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[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
You don't have to format, I haven't formatted it since starting the Hero builds, but its a risk thing, not a big one mind you. The worst that could happen is that the applications fc all the time, if that happens, then I would format it then, otherwise, I don't see any reason to format everytime I upgrade (like twice a day when the builds are really coming out). But yes, it is necessary to WIPE after every build, mostly because there isn't enuff space to update without it. I would just run Backup for Root Users (you can find it on the market for free) and back up everything except the system files so like: Data -system not all data. Then once you've updated, just go back and restore everything.

60 is referring to the swappiness. Go to the a2sd.sh, open it with notepad or something, then change the echo 20 > swappiness (thingy off the top of my head, but something like that) to echo 60 and save, and push the file over and replace the current a2sd.sh with that one. 32MB is the optimal size, so don't mess with that unless JAC or someone tells you to change it. I would resize your 128MB to 32MB, and I think you'll see a world a difference, many people have. Its counter-intuitive that less = faster, but the reality is that it is.
[G1 Android Development] DMaverick50:
at this point you need to format your ext and wipe before flashing, that may (hopefully) change with future builds...
[G1 Android Development] jaygajay:
Either u didn't rename the file to update.zip or your sdcard needs to be reseated.
[G1 Android Development] Deathwish238:
Okay, here's the issue I've been having:

Often, when I press the home screen it asks me if I want to use Home or TouchFlo. I select TouchFlo and set to default...but it still asks me everytime.

However, the bigger issue is that it takes FOREVER to load the home screen if I've been in another app for a few minutes. First, I see a black screen with HTC written on it in silver. Once that's done, I see my wallpaper and in the middle it says loading. About a minute later my homescreen will actually load.

I had this issue with 2.7.1 when I first installed. I upgraded to 2.7.3(wiped) and still had the issue. Last night I formatted my ext3 partition and wiped again. The problem still persists and it's freaking annoying.

Anyone else having the issue or have any ideas? I have a 32 MB linux-swap partition and followed the guide on the first post word for word. I have an 8GB class 6 Transcend SD card so I don't think that's the issue.

I have a good amount of icons, but only a few widgets...the default clock/weather, two toggle icons and a battery meter. Having bigger widgets seemed to slow things down more.
[G1 Android Development] jugg2000:
How do you reformat an ext2 partition using the Cyanogen Console?
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
Mine does not ask me what home application I want to use, it should default to TouchFLO automatically after updating the ROM. Have you checked if the swap partition is being used? Terminal:

$su

#free

Any zeros and that's what's causing your problem.
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
go in to g-parted through the console. then type rm 2 to remove the 2nd parition, which i assume is your ext2 partition, then just remake the partition using instructions from the 1st post.
[G1 Android Development] jugg2000:
Here's what my terminal emulator shows me:

What's up with the zero under "shared"??
[G1 Android Development] jugg2000:
Thank you much, my man...
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
Resize your linux-swap to 32MB, I can almost guarantee you'll see a huge improvement, I know its counterintuitive that less would make your phone faster, but just do it and be amazed.
[G1 Android Development] Deathwish238:
mem 98328 96784 1544

swap 31240 15604 15636

No zeros :confused:

Edit: Hitting home took about 45 seconds to load
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
hmmmmm... I don't know what to say... Mine is set up the same as yours, and I have never seen the prompt asking which app I want as default home... And I never (almost) see the HTC loading screen. If no one else gives any other advice, I would format, re-partition, and then re-flash the ROM as that doesn't sound like its working correctly.

Have you checked the md5sum of the update to see if you downloaded the file correctly? A corrupted update can cause all sorts of havoc.
[G1 Android Development] SolemnWishing:
Is there a significant improvement using a linux-swap partition? I know it isn't difficult to do, but I have a lot of stuff on my SD card and im a bit lazy to back everything up. In all honesty, the performance im getting right now without using a linux swap is a little less than satisfactory. I dont even use TouchFLO and have NO widgets on the default launcher lol. Note, im running an 8GB class 4 card, not class 6.
[G1 Android Development] Enmi:
Ah, thanks for the tip, but it did the same thing yesterday, and no change. I found that editing each contact, unlinking to Facebook, saving and then re-linking clears up the issue. It's still annoying to do that. XD.
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
Yes, the performance will be noticeably faster. Its not a big deal to backup everything, you could have the whole process finished in about 30min I guess (a lot of it is transferring files over, depending on how much you have). If you're not using TouchFLO, and don't care about flash, maybe flash cyanogen and see if you like that. Just make sure to set the linux-swap at 32MB, not more.
[G1 Android Development] clr822:
wow over 400 pages already and 399 are all with questions that could be answered if ppl just read the FIRST page fully!!!!!!!
[G1 Android Development] hgmarcia:
how can I uninstall peep and clock widgets I've tried looking with

astro where they are so I can adb remove them and I can't find

them? any help is appreciated.
[G1 Android Development] Deathwish238:
Yeah I'm trying to avoid having to format my card...I don't like having to use my gf's G1 as a card reader lol. Not to mention copying over 6GB takes a while.

No idea about the md5sum, how would I check it?
[G1 Android Development] Deathwish238:
If you browse the thread...I've seen it posted a few times. I don't know the commands myself though
[G1 Android Development] SolemnWishing:
Yeah, I don''t care about flash. But I do care about the multitouch album :D along with the social networking integration :P also, shouldnt my apps be on an ext3 partition? I notice the instructions will make it an ext2?

EDIT: Nevermind I see the upgrade instructions
[G1 Android Development] jugg2000:
Sorry to say, but the reality is that people aren't prone for reading and combing paragraphs for answers, let alone search an entire forum.

I'm just being real. Unless there is a bonified FAQ in a central place... you're going to have people asking the same questions over and over. As a matter of fact, I don't think an FAQ can help with some of the questions I've seen.
[G1 Android Development] hgmarcia:
Trust me I've searched for it, the whole forum and this thread but

the commands don't work for me, thanks though....
[G1 Android Development] Jceezy:
Get the Root Explorer app from the market one of the best programs there is and perfect for what you want to do, used it for the exact same thing myself
[G1 Android Development] beidl:
in the first post it says

just type upgrade_fs into the recovery after partitioning ;)

EDIT: aahh, i see, i was too late ^^
[G1 Android Development] markimar:
So why does decreasing the swap to 32 megs make it run faster ?

Mine is at 628 megs! I just used the leftover space as the swap. It runs fast as it is, with no lags. Would I see a noticeable speed change ?
[G1 Android Development] hgmarcia:
Thank you, paid app is in euros so I can't use my amex card on my google

checkout but I think I figured out how to, Astro is not showing me all the

files.
[G1 Android Development] jaygajay:
damn.....if that is ur swap then that is super huge.
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
If you're fine with the way things are, and you don't see the HTC loading screen, I would stick with whatever you have, but it is recommended that you use 32MB as that's what testing has shown to be the fastest. And are you sure you have 628MB linux-swap? That sounds more like your ext2/3. 628MB is absurd.

I think the size that is optimal has to do with the way android manages your memory. Unless the phone is running out, it will keep programs running in the background, so basically the trick is have just enough to keep TouchFLO from closing and at the same time not have too many apps open at the same time as that will slow down your phone regardless of how much space you have in your swap.
[G1 Android Development] jugg2000:
Doesn't linux support a dynamic swap? Why set a swap size?
[G1 Android Development] Deathwish238:
The swap size is the size of the partition of your sdcard...that can only be changed by repartitioning your card
[G1 Android Development] markimar:
Thanks so much for the explanation, I'm going to resize the swap and see what happens!
[G1 Android Development] youneek:
I tested with my swap at 32, 64 and 128 to see if changing the sizes made a difference. 32 was faster then 64 it felt like but 128 was way faster than both. Everything takes a second to respond when I was at 32 especially if the phone was sitting for a long time. I'm going to try the light version, I miss too many calls when it lags.
[G1 Android Development] markimar:
I tried 39 which was the min it would allow I'm going to try 128 is there a diff between swap 2 or swap 3 types ?
[G1 Android Development] Dror520:
I have a problem ... I think AppstoSD is not working for me. Even after I do a reboot the size of the internal memory doesn't change ... What can I do to fix it? thanks!
[G1 Android Development] jl1030:
this doesn't work....i even use the app "tone picker" to change my message alert, but that annoying ringtone still gets off
[G1 Android Development] Shaquiel Harris:
Hey guys. i messed up my g1 on friday and on that same morning i ordered another one from customer care and i got the standard 7 day shipping thing. i live in california when do you think it might get here? i know its kinda off topic but its been 3 days to many without my g1 lol
[G1 Android Development] Dror520:
what did you do to your g1?
[G1 Android Development] Shaquiel Harris:
i didnt do anything to it. dunno what happened maybe cuz it was overclocking 24/7 i dunno but i woke up and i had my g1 on the charger and liquid was coming out of it. the batt still works but the g1 is history. Called Tmobile and just told them the ota update messing it up plus sqeaky corner screen complaint and they made the request and all that friday. its 6:16 and i know ups stops shipping at 7 so yeah :(
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
Have you tried wiping/re-flashing and then re-picking your notification sound?
[G1 Android Development] EZ14U2NV:
dialer vs people speed

Hello anyone notice/realize that the contact list in dialer (with call log cleared) scrolls much faster than the people contact list? anyone know why or how to fix! my guess is the alphabetic dividers cause lag! anyone know if there is a way to remove them? just wonderin! thanks for the help got my linux-swap at 32/20 running smooth on an 8gb card that came with my storm! anyone know what class that is btw?!
[G1 Android Development] ulyssesclark:
can someone explain to me how to change my echo for my linux-swap?
[G1 Android Development] ulyssesclark:
its class 2 if it came with your storm. I also own one and hate it with a passion
[G1 Android Development] EZ14U2NV:
how to set swappiness

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4143241&highlight=echo#post4143241

thats how you change swappiness just type "su" in terminal then type:

echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

change the bold 10 to the preferred swappiness
[G1 Android Development] EZ14U2NV:
CLASS 2 WTF!!!

Oh well with 3 parts a2sd and swap it is running VERY smooth on a class two lol. im thinkin of orderin a 16gb class 6 for $60 on ebay! anyone think it will REALLY make a difference? if so what will change app load time, scroll speed???
[G1 Android Development] SolemnWishing:
Is anyone getting a force close on process.acore when they open People? Ive reformatted, wiped, etc but still this issue.
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
It will speed up anything that uses your sdcard: a2sd, linux-swap, so basically your phone in general. There's an A-Data one on sale at amazon for like $49.95 if you wanna check that out. :D (Also 16GB Class 6)
[G1 Android Development] abteer:
Yeah go to newegg.com or amazon.com for your memory card. Quicker shipping and you know what your getting. Plus it's cheaper.
[G1 Android Development] stopjockingme@gmail.com:
Did jac die or something? He hasn't been on in a while and no updates on his twitter. WHERE ARE YOU JAC?
[G1 Android Development] drumgang:
I Lurked the board and rooted my phone this past week lol...Signed up to say people who are having problems JUST arent following the directions cause I NEVER, NEVER did anything like this....Seriously....and lemme see.

My 1st time getting this hero build on the phone, I made the ext3 partition, but not the linux swap 1, flashed update.zip and got ALL The errors that you all are getting...so people...Just go back, ALT+W the thing, re-format your card, re-format your card with the 3 partitions, flash update.zip and youre good.

I've put this one like 4 co-workers phones this morning from MEMORY alone, nothing written down, just know how...Simply because of how easy and thorough dudes made it.

And once again ima super newb at this.....I thought putting a SNES EMulator on my tmobile dash last year made me "Know something"....lol.

Wanna say thanks to the creators, contributors, and people with the know how to teach someone without it like me how to get on the level.

Much appreciated, peace!
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
Aren't you impressed with yourself... j/k

I feel the same everytime I show my phone off to my friends haha.

They really did make it too easy... I feel like a nub even tho I can do this in my sleep...
[G1 Android Development] drumgang:
Lemme add I only get homepage lag like that real heavy when i got all the widgets out lol. I go with twitter, the big nice clock, annnnnnd the music player(which causes the most lag to me but its super dope, f it son!)...

SO yeah fammo, Follow the INSTRUCTIONS forreal, this joint works real fast, I'd go so far as to even say that in the next 2 releases the JAC Guy prolly goneh ave this sh runnin damn near perfect lol
[G1 Android Development] komposure85:
maybe others will do as you did.........before asking for immediate help without even trying.....go0d job
[G1 Android Development] Daneshm90:
FREAG JAC WHERE ARE YOU .... lol...
[G1 Android Development] drumgang:
lol i didnt mean to come off as sounding proud or arrogant, my apologies forum. lol. THanks for even allowing me to post here but sh....I am Proud, A Dumbass who Damages his SD Card every time he goes to put music on it did all this fancy ish on his phone LOL..
[G1 Android Development] alritewhadeva:
Ok posts like those two i have just quoted are the reason, that in less than 2 weeks this thread has already taken a turn for the worst. 400+ pages!? Do we really need to close and make a new thread every single couple of updates because of senseless ,ridiculous questions and comments? C'mon guys ,I'm not being disrespectful to stopjockingme or Daneshm90 but please, this is development. You can DM him on twitter ,and the guy has a life too. So chill out ;) I'm anxious as well.
[G1 Android Development] stopjockingme@gmail.com:
Well seems to me he has disappeared from the face of the earth. Reason why im posting on here asking where has he been is because he hasn't updated his twitter or even logged in to stop by and give us heads up on what is to be expected in the next release. The growth of this thread will always grow beyond 300+ pages. Ridiculous questions and comments are to be expected, noobs don't exist on xda or what? :rolleyes: lol
[G1 Android Development] alritewhadeva:
Xda-DEVELOPERS. Noobs --> go to dream q&a section or just search. Ok I'm done posting my fair share of useless posts.
[G1 Android Development] sullitf:
Last week there were a few mentions of Jac moving, that's probably where he's been. He has a life too!
[G1 Android Development] IRIE4IPIER:
NICE......... These guys are pissing me off too.
[G1 Android Development] MortICi:
I had this happen after i signed into facebook, sign out, clear the data and cache for the people app, remove it from the phone, and push the apk/odex from 2.7.3 to it, reboot.

Fixed.
[G1 Android Development] jl1030:
i've wiped twice, when use Tone Picker, i chose my own tone as the notification (sms) alert, when i get an notification (ie mounting it), i get my own tone, but when incoming SMS, it played that annoying Fire Fly ringtone in the android system, anyone know how i can fix that please?
[G1 Android Development] mykoe817:
I am having the same issue with the sms ringtone... I have yet to find a fix and have tried wiping and reflashing. Maybe if I use cryno's audio resource files and link my notification tone to that folder would fix the issue. Will try it now.

::SAVED::FOR::UPDATE::ON::AUDIO::FILES::

EDIT::RESULTS::

I did not end up using cryno's audio files. What I did was click the message icon from home screen or menu, Tap the menu key, go to settings and change notification sound on the message setting screen. This solved the stupid fairy sound playing when receiving a message.

SMS NOTIFICATION FIX ABOVE

however another bug I notice is when the screen is timed-out and instead of hitting menu twice to get to home screen - if I just slide the screen open, it would give me force closes on launcher. However if I hit menu twice, it'll be fine or even menu than slide down on lock. This is something I am currently debugging.
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
There are 3 different notification settings. One for general (sdcard, etc), one for SMS (go to your messaging application and change it from there), and one for email (go to email application and change your tone from there). If that's what you did... I don't know, but sounds like you only changed one out of 3.
[G1 Android Development] samdog112:
why does my messaging app forclose when boot

i flashed 2.7.3 and when i rebooted it started but my sms app just forclosed so i cant recive or send txt :mad: so if sombodie would help me out it be great ty
[G1 Android Development] johnnylicious:
anyone try to skin the htc lockscreen?

it looks boring now :/
[G1 Android Development] h.nocturna:
Did you try the search button? They've already asked this question at least, what... 8 times in this thread alone... The answer is to extract the JACHero2.7.3.zip (or at least Mms.apk and Mms.odex), then:

either using adb or terminal:

adb shell rm /system/sd/app_s/Msm.*

adb push \wherever you extracted Mms.apk&odex\ /system/sd/app_s

-or-

If you're using Terminal only, copy the files to the root of your sdcard (the very top folder, basically, click on the drive and paste it there)

then run Terminal Emulator

#rm /system/sd/app_s/Mms.apk

#mv /sdcard/Mms.* /system/sd/app_s/

Then try clicking your messaging application again and it should work. Please search next time, not for 2sec, but take your time and search, you'll uncover a wealth of information that might not pertain to your current problem, but will definitely help you down the road as you use this phone.
[G1 Android Development] mykoe817:
Did you reformat all your partitions? What build or rom are you coming from?

Follow the exact directions at the start of this page. Reformatting is a necessary.
[G1 Android Development] hiroots:
are u obsessed with jac or something? its only been 4 days. haha relax. dont you have something better to den then refresh his twitter and xdev page every couple hours or minutes?
[G1 Android Development] jay652:
Can anyone confirm that the YouMail app does not work in Hero? It kept force closing for me, and as a result, I had to flash back to Cupcake. I'm reluctant to flash again if I can't get that app working. I understand that this has nothing to do with JAC; I'm just curious.
[G1 Android Development] jl1030:
ok, thx so much, i got it now!!!
[G1 Android Development] HighRidas:
just flashed working great
[G1 Android Development] vr24:
YouMail is working fine for me on Jac 2.7.3.

(I LOVE YouMail!!!)
[G1 Android Development] hiroots:
i guess u were implying that 2 urself?
[G1 Android Development] Deathwish238:
Okay...I think the issue is caused by running out of memory. If I reboot my phone, it's all good for a while and then it does the above again.

However, I just had a new issue. All 6 of my used desktops just lost all their icons and widgets. wtf? :confused::confused::confused: Didn't do anything out of the ordinary...just sent a text and hit the home button and was hit with the HTC loading screen and bam...no icons
[G1 Android Development] goldenarmZ:
I always use a translucent one.. one of the few tweaks I do before pushing any of JAC's roms:
[G1 Android Development] johnphamiliar:
update anytime soon?

anyone know when will 2.8 comes out?

oh yeah i cant use nandroid backup 2.1 on cyanogen recovery if im running 2.7.3??
[G1 Android Development] Dyonas:
That looks snazzy, how easy / difficult is it to pull that off?

Quick question regarding two issues I've got with Hero. Notifications are fine about 9/10, the other time I get nothing unless I wake the phone up and unlock it. When I do that I get the audio notification as if it's just came in, it had came in much earlier. It's happened with SMS a little but Twitter mostly, the built-in app and various others on the market too.

Might be related to the other issue where 3G seems really bad, almost 2G speeds at times, and it's not able to get a location fix using cell towers. Google can't find the location, Maps can't and neither can any of the other location based HTC widgets. Hardware GPS fix works fine but that's not really useful as a long-term solution, just wondering if these are common issues that other people are experiencing.
[G1 Android Development] goldenarmZ:
Easy.. delete any/all files at /data/misc/lockscreen (these are the reduced quality jpegs created by the set lockscreen app), then unzip and push the attached file to /etc/lockscreen/port and /etc/lockscreen/land.. Reboot and you should be rocking the new screen.

In case anyone is wondering.. No, you can't have transparency in a jpg, its just a png renamed to jpg.
[G1 Android Development] cire253:
I have the same issue, I have my icons, but same issues, thats why I switched to cyogens new rom, until these issues are fixed :( I miss Hero
[G1 Android Development] free-sidux:
Today I booted my device and I found that I've lost my bookmarks.

Strange!?!
[G1 Android Development] Drizzy Drake Rogers:
How about this???