yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] t-jet:
@hotweiss

thank you very much for your rogers ROMs.

would be great if you could fix the camera in your next release. i can use it only horizontal for now, also the app "Barcode Scanner" doesn't work with it (worked with 1.2) wether vertical nor horizontal, the picture is distorted and additionally somewhat like ghosted... sorry for my bad english ;)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ptekelly:
Same here

i used the one posted at the top of this thread
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] imasna:
hi to all

i have a little problem with v.1.3.

I downloaded (payment ok) from the market bluex-bluetooth fileshare,

download and istallation ok!

but if I try to send a file, when I try new devices bt,

I get error message:

" error in the phone (power off? "

but bluetooth is on!!!!??

solution?

tnx for all

ciao a tutti

Ho un piccolo problema con v.1.3.

Ho scaricato (a pagamento ok) dal market bluex-bluetooth fileshare,

scaricare e istallazione ok!

ma se cerco di inviare un file, quando cerco nuovi dispositivi bt,

Mi appare messaggio di errore:

"Errore nel telefono (power disabilitato?"

ma è il bluetooth !!!!??

qualche soluzione?

grazie di tutto
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] WebghostDK:
I used the 1.3 version that this topic is about ;-)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gesteur:
Hi does anyone know an answer about

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4071001#post4071001

i successfully updated to 1.2 version but it hang on 1.3...

magic phone:

SAPPHIRE pvt 32A ENG S-OFF H

HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP10000)

CPLD -12

RADIO-3.22.20.17

Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
Could it be a swap issue? I believe Swapper was integrated into the non-Rogers 1.3 by Fatal1ty. I think you have to have your SD card formatting properly. Just guessing though.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Lumsdoni:
A little confused here, do I jut install this as I have done with other ROMS or do I need to do anything before hand in order to take advantage of the swapping capabilities?

DO I need to format SD card in a specific way for example?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Fatal1ty2787:
No don't need to do anything before, just install it like you'd done with another rom
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] net_vampire32:
will this firmware work on a rogers magic or must i use the specific rogers v1.3 firmware.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
I think the ROM here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4071968&postcount=679

is what you should use for a rogers magic. I believe hotweiss took Fatal1ty's and made it Rogers specific, eg. took out swapper.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
Sorry, double post.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pippocannelunghe:
Fatality, for who has the version 1.3 installed (with swap enabled) it is needed to delete only swapinfo.txt before pushing new update.zip and then flash the new rom? (recovery mode, wipe, install)

Thanks in advance!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Fatal1ty2787:
Yes, just delete that file
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pippocannelunghe:
Another question: it is quicker then 1.3 or is is only more stable?

Thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] zemigl:
Thank you for this update :D:D:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] fridlack:
How can we disable swaper with 1.4? That have swapper from market instaled?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] LadFromWales85:
I've found the opposite. With 1.2 I couldn't open 'People' without a force close. With 1.3 and default swap settings, I could open People, but most apps are very unresponsive, the dialer itself taking forever to appear, sometimes even just showing a black screen when someone calls me, and not allowing me to answer either with hardware buttons or touch buttons. Perhaps this is down to me having an average Sandisk 4GB card.

But, having since set swappiness and pagefile size to 0, my phone is responsive, calls appear promptly, I can type into a text box straight after it opens, whereas with swap it it some 45+ seconds before the keyboard lag becomes acceptable enough to enter entire words. But, I can no longer run People, but I can open a contact from dialer, back down into the contact list, and then re run People by long holding Home.

The browser is even more frustrating than on normal Google ROM's, swapping to any application and back to Browser almost always results in it popping up retreiving sign in details and reloading whatever page I was viewing.

I have considered going back to nk02's Ion ROM, but I really like the Facebook integration with my contacts among other things!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] apjs87:
flashing problem

Hi there guys. im new to the forum today.

Having a little trouble with the flashing etc. i got the rom onto sd card which is formatted fat32. file is renamed update.zip.

I go into the area on my phone after reboot that allows me to select the file with which to update. after selecting it then tells me sdcard/update.zip no such file found.

Any help appreciated please. thank you
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] asanca:
Bluetooth

Hi Fatal1ty2787

Thank you for your great job, I have a question, Is it solved the problem with the bluetooth in this rom?

Thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] goa200:
would love to see 1.4 ported to CPA12 32A. Looks likes some nice changes on this rom
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hughyb:
Have flashed to 1.4. Very early first impressions are that it is the fastest yet. Weather widget is smooth a responsive, hardly any if any lag when swiping through pages. SMS text is so much more responsive too which hung a fair bit before. I have yet to experience rosie restarting at random like it used to but early days.

Have not said it before but great work fatality, i would not know where to begin with what you are doing here and for someone like myself who cant stand to not have then next best thing this rom is a dream.

Cheers
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] m1k3-:
I have a Rogers branded Magic and am using it on AT&T here in the US. I can verify the ROM bcrook references does work fine on my phone. My thanks to the developers.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pippocannelunghe:
So you suggest to us to try this new release?

Tell us some information :P
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] k4r1m:
Anyone made a rogers version for 1.4?

@Fatal1ty: thx for 1.4 man, big ups!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hughyb:
I am definitly not an authority on the matter as to be honest I am just an end user but I would say it seems very stable and fast. I have about 5 widgets running including weather widget(scaled down to 2 locations, but to be honest Im not too bother what the weather is doing in japan)

Other functions such as editing contacts are snappy. Not tried bluetooth but then i dont have anything bluetooth to try out. Wireless works for me.

Its only been an hour os so but very impressed, congrats fatality again
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mr.r9:
Thank you Fatality! Definitely this is the best 'version' of the Hero rom.

I can confirm that 1.4 is faster than 1.3, keep up the great work Fatality:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hotweiss:
Hopefully skittleguy makes one. If not, I'll be home in an hour.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
Fatal1ty...in your release notes for 1.4 you say "Fixed SMS bug". Is that the one where the SMSs are time stamped in past? If so, you = my hero. If not, still my hero
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] cbaltzer:
SMS fix ftw! Can't wait for the Rogers rom to try this out.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pippocannelunghe:
Just a question, did you have the little weather image under clock in touchFLO?

I see only the time...

EDIT: Solved.. It need to turn on wifi for maps :P
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] skittleguy:
For those asking about a Rogers/32A, I'm working on it. My download is chugging along at about 10k/s...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] goa200:
thx a ton skittleguy, really looking forward to 1.4 with the optimization of the widgets and other stuff.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hotweiss:
You guys have to stop using rapidshare.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] skittleguy:
I was referring to grabbing the rom from http://www.androidiani.com.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] *child:
Thanks Fatal1ty, hotweiss and skittleguy!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pippocannelunghe:
Do you think that only 32mb of swap in v1.4 are enough?

# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 98908 97556 1352 0 4
Swap: 32760 29012 3748
Total: 131668 126568 5100
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] apjs87:
any help with the above would be appreciated please guys!!

Tried just also naming the file 'update' but then it comes up saying the file has no signature. thank you
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] avigan:
With the phone on and with USB cable in, type

adb push nameOfOriginalFile.zip /sdcard/update.zip

shut down phone

And then boot into recovery either through fastboot (hold back + power) or if you have flashed a recovery (hold home + power)

and then update it
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shwan_3:
Why don't you use Dropbox and copy the ROMs to your public mapp, then we can just download it, if you are interested I could start an ftp server on my 10 Mbit upload line or host files on my University account with 100 to 1000 Mbit upload . PM me if you want me help.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] k4r1m:
I have an old dreamhost account that i dont really use with unlimited space and unlimited bandwidth... i could most likely host it for you guys just not sure about the legal terms.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] timmy1980:
Was wondering which SMS bug is fixed too, although I am interested in the one where some SMS's don't come through.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] avigan:
Okay so this is my first public port from PVT32B to PVT32A, use with causion and nandroid your nands! Perhaps till some of the more reliable guys reelase one! :)

http://tinyurl.com/hero1-4-PVT32A

Changes:

Switched boot.img to the one in hotweiss 1.3 (or was that skittleguys?)

changed wlan.ko

removed swap

changed boot sound to a lower volume one, tho it seems it has a hiss to it, low volume tho.

Have fun and, and yes I flashed it on my own just now.

Credits to fatal1ty, skittleguy, hotweiss.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Lumsdoni:
The extra featues on this port look great - facebook and flickr integration, contacts, widgets etc, but Should it be so slow, or have I done something wrong. I seem to be waiting for 5 secs or so bfore anything happens after each key press.

Everything was instant on the ion ROM?

AM using VOdafone UK Magic.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] kalross:
Any info about how to fix the camera yet folks?

K
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] apjs87:
'adb push nameOfOriginalFile.zip /sdcard/update.zip' - type this where?

Thanks for helping
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] *child:
Is this for Rogers?

Edit: Never mind.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] apjs87:
'adb push nameOfOriginalFile.zip /sdcard/update.zip' - type this where?

any other help on this would be good please!!

thank you
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] avigan:
Oh sorry forgot that! :D

you type that in your terminal or command prompt (terminal for linux, command prompt for windows)

first you need to have the tools installed, specially adb they come with the android dev source. then do all of this, I recommend you to start off with some of the many guides on this subject if you feel totally lost, else just remember to nadroid backup your stuff before any crazy ideas come into play!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] apjs87:
im very lost lol. thought it was just as easy as fatality's instructions on the first page. think ill just give it a miss and live with my already very good Vodafone magic. cheers for your help
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] m1k3-:
Anyone this deep in this thread should already have the android sdk installed somewhere on their computer...

http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.5_r2/index.html
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] skittleguy:
Okay here it is:

http://thephishing.net/RogersRoms/Fatal1ty_Hero-Full_v1.4-ROGERS-signed.zip

All the fixes of 1.4 plus Voice Search, patched to work with the Rogers Magic/32A (from what I understand). If you like it, thank Fatal1ty.

Remember to Nandroid backup, wipe data.

Happy Flashing!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] KuRunnings:
Thanks Skittleguy. Trying now. Fast download for me!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] *child:
Thanks skittleguy. I just updated.

SMS received messages are still dated 4 hours in the past and the camera view in portrait mode is still skewed :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lezperez:
Hi guys got my new magic vodafone uk last week and have been looking around to see what i can do with it and stumbled across this forum. So finally took the plunge tonight, rooted, backed up original vodafone firmware with nandroid and have just successfully flashed this hero rom. Obviously from reading up i can see that it runs slow(and i can confirm it does!) so i was wondering can someone point me in the direction of being able to get it to run quicker. Ive already disabled the touchflo home screen but i like it and would love to use that instead. Cheers in advance. :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gavindi:
Hi,

Every time I go back to the standard Launcher, the people app closes on me with a com.process.acore error message.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dvice19:
one question

if i flash this rom onto a magic, will it unlock the sim?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] KuRunnings:
Is anyones facebook friend data integration not working with 1.4?

I can't pull up my facebook friends to link with a contact.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
I think if you get a Class 6 SD card it will speed up the swap process. Sadly the Vodaphone is a bit crippled with 192 (i think) MB of RAM vs. the ~288 in the HTC branded ones. Maybe someone with the VOdaphone one can confirm.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
FLash ROM Script

Hey everyone,

If you guys could give this file a test, http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9B7M2EGW, that would be awesome. During my testing the one important thing is to wait until the phone is entirely booted before pushing the apps back. If anyone does this too early and cant figure out how to push them without the script, let me know and I can send you the app upload script by itself.

Please let me know of any bugs! I just did it on mine and it worked great.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] sherifone:
Is there any trick to this? I'm trying to push it on a fairly stock ion except for a recovery with root. Or does the rom need to have root as well?

I've done adb push Launcher.apk /data/app_s/Launcher.apk

No luck so far!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bpmorris:
Restarting Touchflow after disabling it.

Hi All!

I have tried the following from the first post on this discussion to spead up the phone however I do prefer the touchflow UI. Can anyone give me a hint as to how I can re-enable it as when I go back to the same settings path it does not appear as an option...

Cheer!

****************** Part of original post****

Here is a trick for those who want performance, and want to come back to other rom, before doing this just try this:

settings-->applications-->manage-->touchflo-->clear defaults

*******************
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pippocannelunghe:
Go to settings-->applications-->manage-->HOME-->clear defaults and the when you press home button, choose touchFLO :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] newarkthunder@gmail.com:
Im sorry for the total newb question but i have a mytouch and im trying to get the rom on here i even changed it to say update.zip but they say "E: Can't open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory)" Does anyone have any idea? Thank you I appreciate it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hughyb:
Someone earlier in this thread (alot earlier somewhere around page 25??) said you should try taking out the sdcard and replacing it as it needs time to initialise. Also make sure you have not named it update.zip.zip if you have file extensions hidden. hope this helps.

Also I have vodafone magic 32b board running 1.4. I have played around with how many widgets (about 5) I have but am finding it extremely quick. I am happy (more resigned to the fact) to accept that my vodafone only has 192mb and will struggle with full functionality of sense but have set my phone up to run it as best as it can and i am very happy with it. Considering it has been less than a week and we already have v1.4 and the hero is only just coming into the shops I think is amazing.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ptekelly:
Well said - its amazing you guys can produce such work so quickly.

I would be nice to see wiki pages that are simple and contain all you need for each device (if they already exist then cool). The rooting wiki is great. Be nice to see for instance a wiki for the the UK Vodafone magic showing all the steps with recomendations for settings like swapper etc. For instance i find it hard to find which spl is recommended for my phone and which radio i should use etc.

I know search is my friend however results are often confusing to me (just slightly techy) and often contradictory. Threads for the magic are often hijacked by dream users and vice verse so often the advice seems to be for one phone but is for another.

That all said i HAVE managed to root my phone and install Fatal1ty's 1.4 rom and it is by far the best. Even so far as having all the APN's set up for me. it is fantastic. Thank you everyone - if i was rich i would buy you many pints.

Paul

One bug so far: Settings -> Data Synchronisation -> PC

Causes com.android.settings to force close
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] oxeneers:
This is probably due to the fact that they removed HTC Sync from the ROM at version 1.3.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Leviathon:
I don't know why but I seem to have problems with versions 1.3 and 1.4 of this rom, they both run terribly. I've tried deleting the swap files on the sd card, removing the sd card etc but I get a lot of pauses and crashes. Normally after a couple of minutes the phone desktop becomes unresponsive. Currently I'm back on ION r4. I'm on UK Vodaphone, SPL 2005, never changed the radio though, not sure if that's anything to do with it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] apjs87:
think its pot luck. my vodafone, according to useful switchers has 295mb ram
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hughyb:
Im presuming mine has 192mb, how do i check for sure?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] apjs87:
go to the app market, search, type 'useful switchers'.

once installed, tap it to activate and then it should give you the amount or ram at the top of the window
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] netsuo:
ALL vodafone branded Magic are 192mb. Without exeptions..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hughyb:
using useful switchers it does say at the top of app:

Internal Memory: 213mb/295mb

could this be misleading me? or is it accurate? or does this rrefer to capacity and not RAM?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ptekelly:
useful switchers = Internal memory 224mb/295mb

i have uk VF magic (with google)

does this mean switchers is wrong? does it mean i am not reading correctly? or that i do have 295mb?

Paul

Edit

Found this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4080598

so am guessing the total ram relates to system memory rather than useable memory
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hughyb:
oh well dream over. should really have realised this.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] MadBeaverDK:
Is there an easy way to backup the sms/mms messages on the phone before installing a new ROM.

Is it as easy as copying the files from a directory and then pasting them back after updating? Propably just wishful thinking.

Is there an app that gets the job done?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] macsim:
I use Mybackup Pro. You can find it in the market but it's not free
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bluekieran:
New 16Gb class-6 card arrived this morning. Installed 1.4, still slow. Dialled the swappiness up to 20 and increased the size of the swap file, still slow. The big ugly clock widget also keeps changing it's mind about what the time is.

Have now returned to the Rogers ROM I was using and added some swap in. To be honest the only thing I didn't like about this ROM was the speed, and hopefully the new card as swap will solve that.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Lumsdoni:
WOuld someone who is using a UK Vodafone be so kind to say exactly what steps they took to install 1.4.

MOst people seem to think it is very fast and usable, so I think I must have done something wrong as I found it painfully slow.

Did you just load it on to the SDcard and fastboot, or did you format SD card, change swapfile settings etc......?

Be very interested.

Thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ptekelly:
ooooh where did u get the 16gig class 6? i search recently and couldnt find any.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bluekieran:
eBay. The item linked is shipped (free) from Hong Kong, but it still arrived in just under a week.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mr.r9:
@ Lumsdoni,

First of all, take a look here http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Magic_Rooting and make sure that you have done the steps in that web page.

The procedure to install:

I loaded the ROM to the base of the memory card, renamed it to Update.zip.

Then I pressed the home key+the power button, next I wiped the device. After wiping directly finished, I applied the update. Finally, reboot the device and you will have the ROM installed.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] npw:
I have had a few issues with my UK Vodafone and the hero ROMs. As others have alluded to, it is important to root your magic and install the modified recovery, not least because it makes things easier later on.

Regardsing the TOMs, I found that if I updated my hero rom (even with a wipe) from another hero rom I had problems with lag, but also with SMS messages not coming through though the sender got a delivery report. I found bizarrely that I get better results when I get the basic Google Ion ROM and wipe/flash/reboot into OS, then wipe/flash the HERO ROM following that. I have no idea why, but it just seems to work for me.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Lumsdoni:
Thanks Mr.r9, I did do that but I found the ROM pretty unusable, it hung at about every process,taking upto 15s to acknowledge a key or button press.

Thanks anyway.

Pete
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mr.r9:
Is the rom really unusable? Thats really weird. I also have a Vodafone Magic, and the rom runs pretty nice, much better than 1.2 or 1.3. Mind you, If you want a light rom, then use the ION rom or the Hero Black.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=523971

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=533113
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Lumsdoni:
Thanks again, strangely I re flashed it and it is a lot moe usable, still some time delays on opeing and closing some apps and I am convinced it is slower on the browser, however it is now usable and the people app is keeping me stuck on this rom for a while, if not I will just restore my nandroid of the ION ROM.

Gotta love Android and Xda DEvs!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
Tried 1.4 this afternoon. Same as 1.3, didn't like it at all. Couldn't get GMail and Hotmail to work, no idea why.

Put 1.2 back on, and it's running like a dream. So far that is my favorite Rom by FAR. Everything works fast, 100% stable, ideal. Did switch off Touchflo though, I am only interested in Multitouch and the HTC Persons app. Sometimes I show (off) Rosie to friends, but the regular Home UI is good enough for me, until Rosie is as fast as Home that is.