yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] xordis:
After trying 1.2 of this rom the other day, and not having much luck, I moved over to jerpelea hero rom and it worked quite well.

Thought I would give this rom one more try before sticking with the home screen version on jerpelea.

For some reason 1.4 of this rom running under the rosie? interface is very quick. (I have the PVT32B so 192MB of RAM)

I think the key is to get rid of the clock on the home page.

I am running the following widgets

Home screen

HTC Calendar (style 2)

Wifi switch

GPS switch

Left of home

HTC Bookmarks (style 2)

Right of home

Wifi switch

Bluetooth switch

GPS Switch

Mobile Switch

Everything else are just shortcuts to programs etc so shouldn't affect performance(?) except for a bit of screen memory

Under 1.2 I was unable to do much after about 5-10 minutes. This has been running about 4+ hours now and no signs of slowing. The first thing I did was delete the clock and all other none wanted widgets.

PS, Anyone know what AndrInit does and why it needs root on bootup?

Thats one thing jerpelea rom didn't do.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] GhostR1der:
It creates a swap file (32MB) in your SD card. If you want use it (recomended for this ROM) tap "Always allow".
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] xordis:
arr cool.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I just did "allow" last time.

Next reboot I will always allow now I know what it is.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Gianmarco:
Hi and thanks for this new ROM (1.4) :)

I installed it since yesterday and I must say it really works well compared to v1.2 and v1.3.

I have a Swisscom/Vodafone Magic and can now use the Rosie interface with nearly no lag at all. I have the following widgets on my homescreen : SMS, Email, First big round clock, big calendar and a few app shortcuts. I only get a reload of the homescreen when I go into the market or weather apps. I seem to get all my text messages too (I think...).

One question is bugging me since the first Hero ROM I installed. How do you get to choose an MP3 file as a ringtone ?? I can't seem to get Tone Picker or Rings Extended to work on these ROMs ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
Seconded! The SMS is really annoying....not ewnough to make me ditch this ROM. v1.4 is awesome. Thanks everyone

Gianmarco, I always did Mp3 ringtones by playing the ringtone, hitting menu and pressign Set As Ringtone (i think)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] cj136uk:
can't get it to intstall

just says 'unsigned' so won't let the install go ahead.

I have a HTC magic from vodafone.

what am I doing wrong?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Gianmarco:
Thanks for the ringtone tip...it worked that way. I was always searching in the phone parameters :o
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bachviet:
That's ROM (storage) after boot (512MB total).
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bachviet:
I ran into the same problem.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] k4r1m:
@skittleguy: I'm not sure if this something that you did its just 1.4 it self but this new seems to be a little slower, im not sure if you would call it slow to be exact its more like lag spikes sometimes between applications and some of the widgets got worst too.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ExTREmE99:
Does anyone use a battery application to know the % of the battery?

Id love to have a % bar embedded into the icon, but i used to use battery status(free) but now it doesnt work with v1.4 Any fix for that?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] skittleguy:
I only made Rogers specific changes. The Rosie optimizations were done before so I dunno why it's like that.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
I am actually finding this rom MUCH better than the past ones. Maybe its psychological...but it feels really good. Dont know about the GPS slowness...havent had a chance to really look at it.

Has anyone figured out the timestamp on the sms messages? Or any ideas?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Johnny5Walker:
The gps slowness i was talking about virtually disappeared. i just had to let it get a fix once, then it seems to pick up the satellite signal very quickly. I had a wierd glitch when i was doing a search in the market. i typed in street view, then when i would go to the search again it was like the word suggestion box with street and whatever else was stuck on the screen. then a touch.input or something along those lines crashed, it happened to me a couple of times, but seems to be working fine now.

P.S. thanx again to everyone involved in this project. I look forward to future releases
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Johnny5Walker:
double post, sorry
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Johnny5Walker:
could the sms time stamp possible be using some sort of default time zone??? or does it make a difference if you set your time zone differently?? Ill maybe try testing this and see if it makes any difference, or if its always 4 hours behind whatever your clock says
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] chaddyboy4:
text message help

i love this rom. i have one question

how do you change order of text messages?

when im having a text conversation with someone i have to scroll up to see the message. all the text messages that ive sent to the person are at the bottom and all the text messages that ive received for the person are at the bottom
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
That is the SMS timezone bug we have been talking about. The timestamps on the SMSs are actually 4 hours behind (for me, at least). Since the SMSs are ordered by time, the ones you receive are ordered like they were received four hours ago.

I just did a test and changed my timezone to GMT - 10. The SMSs are still coming in -4 hours.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Johnny5Walker:
I tried a couple of different time zones, automatically getting the time zone. It's not using the UK timezone or anything like that, its always 4 hours. It couldn't be just a time zone setting that's too easy.

But oak posting this from my magic, which is a testiment to how good this Rom is. Keep up the good work guys!!!

EDIT: I read on another forum that this is an issue with the rogers network and nothing to do with the ROM.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] C.PYKE:
@Johnny5Walker - I haven't installed the Hero ROM yet, am am running a rooted Rogers ROM. I don't have the SMS issue you're describing. I've read that it may be an issue with those outside of EDT - is that the case for you?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
No, I am in EDT and it is affecting me. I also changed it to -10. I guess I should try switching the other way towards GMT
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
Which one? I'd be interested in following.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] irv777:
First of all thanks for everyone who made this rom possible for our handsets.....

I have a HTC branded magic (288mb version) from Australia.....I am currently using the Rogers 1.3 version from Skittleguy/Hotweiss (i think)......this is an excellent rom so thank you all......The rom is now super fast especially when i changed the HTC clock widget to the simple one (showing the time in digital, date and location....not the one with the weather) I think someone here a few posts ago mentioned not to use the htc clock widget with weather and it made a lot difference in speed and performance overall.....AND IT DID!!!!......thank you to you.....

Also wondering for those that are using the Rogers 1.4 version ROM that if its worth upgrading from 1.3 to 1.4??.......are there any major changes worth upgrading to?....besides the one mentioned on page 1 of the changelog.......

Thanks in advance.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shingers5:
rooting this device isn't easy........... my god. followed wiki and i think i may have done it but not sure yet. flashing hero 1.4 now and waiting to see if it boots up at all. love the hero and htc animations............. stuck on htc logo.......hmmmmmm waiting............booted and synced hotmail and gmail. seems slow and lag is quite noticeable. initial setup was a slow painful process. clock finally loaded and 'wow' it looks great. can't wait for future updates. hope that i won't need to keep rooting this device as new roms come out........phew! :cool: anyway bed time and will be back on tomorrow for some tips and tweaks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Johnny5Walker:
regarding the SMS issue.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=445375

I ended up setting mine to gmt -2, but the problem with that is it threw out my calendar. so i had to set my calendar to the same time zone as my phone, then adjust all my dates 4 hours.(cuz im in gmt -6)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Johnny5Walker:
Did you remember to turn off the automatic option in your date and time settings??
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Johnny5Walker:
@shingers5

what do you think of the magic with the hero rom running on it compared to you tp2. i was waiting for the tp2, then i saw the sense ui and found out i could run in on the magic, so i went out and got myself a magic. but the tp2 is coming out here in a couple of weeks, and im still kind of tempted to get a tp2
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Johnny5Walker:
damn double posts
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] myshyak:
Thank a lot for the authors of this rom.Have installed v 1.4 yesterday. I have standart vodaphone magic with 192 ram. Have deleted some of the widgets, but left lice clock (w/o weather), small calendar, 4 switches, big weather separately + added some standart widgets.

Works perfectly and fast! Well done!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bogdanioanliviu:
a little help please .

Fatal1ty in your rom you have installed socialnetworkprovider (flikert etc) i do not use it and i like to take it out but if i take out the app and widget it will not allow me to add contacts. i get error . how can i remove this with out getting the error on contacts .

thank you man excellent job .
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] xordis:
I started adding widgets back on today after having had the phone run great all day.

Clock widget with the oldschool digital clock (numbers that flip over with the weather) is working fine.

Seams like this rom is getting better and better.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
With the latest Rom's (this 1.4 version or Jerpelea's one) I can't use GMail or Hotmail as a network is not found, very odd. Didn't have a problem with previous versions.

The error is:

"This application requires network access. Enable mobile network or Wi-Fi to download data"

Suffice to say that network IS enabled in settings. Maybe a service is missing which was installed by default on the previous versions :confused:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ptekelly:
make sure you have the correct apn selected or created
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] t-jet:
@Pfeffernuss

i have a similar problem with 1.4 (rogers).

sometimes i can't access the internet without wi-fi and sometimes it works! with wi-fi everything works perfectly, but without wi-fi it's very annoying as it's like roulette...

I have good signal strength here and my colleague in another city with the same provider and same 1.4 rogers rom has this problem also.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
The creation of a new APN fails... When entering all relevant settings nothing is created when looking at the APN-list, also odd... Impossible to add an APN.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
Ah, okay, thanks! If this problems persists I will re-re-reinstall 1.2 yet again :rolleyes:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] t-jet:
hmm we're not sure yet, if it's a problem of this ROM or a temporary problem of our provider. my colleague is checking this up now with the provider.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ptekelly:
When looking at the APN list - click menu. Do you get New APN as an option?

Are you on Vodafone? contract? PAYG?

Paul
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shingers5:
well magic looks great with hero rom. i like the start up animations etc. this rom however from my experience is running rather slowly. 15-20 sec lag. all email accounts synced correctly and it looks great. i am aware that this hero rom is not for this device so probs are expected. speed and fluidity should be from the door. one should not have to tweak a device to get it to work quicker. it does look great though......... tp2 however my friend is in a whole different league. my phone is very responsive, quick and fluid. apps open like lightning and the phone is quick. touchflo is almost iphone like but not quite there yet and it is currently htc best winmo device. can't wait for this hero rom on tp2 as it will be awesome. haven't used mobishell on tp2 as touchflo is that good.

i admire the work of the guys in here producing these roms and any negatives i post will hopefully spur them on to come out even better! :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shingers5:
hmmmmmm obviously i am not on rogers but when i flashed this rom after boot it loaded all my t-mobile uk settings auto. didn't have to do anything. in my APN field i have t-mobile internet, tmobile web and picture message.......... my phone was vodafone magic already unlocked!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] myshyak:
Was very happy to try this rom.Hovever, after using it for 5 hours returned to my old one.

Mane reason for me: BT does not work.It connects to my BT device (Jabra SP-550) , but after pressing responce button - here only one disgusting loud noice and then nothing.

+ several times missed the call because the phone was "thinking" and I was not able to press response button- non soft nor hard.

Sorry for that- the speed of screen change in menus is really great
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] myshyak:
Double post, sorry
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
Yes, I do get the Add APN option, fill in all relevant settings, press Return (as there is no "Save" option), but after that only the APN's that were already available are there, not the newly created one.

This happen with this Rom and the Jerpelea Rom3 as well. With Fatality's 1.2 Rom all works as it should. Very bummed by this :mad:

And yes, Vodafone, contract. The only available APN's are Vodafone MMS and Vodafone MMS Business, no Vodafone internet is there, as there previously was. Back to 1.2 I'm afraid.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shwan_3:
maybe, I have never had this issue here in Sweden
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] zw4mp:
Maybe you are running MarketEnabler ? Which APNs you can see depends on how your sim card is set up. You can only see them in the list if the MCC and MNC settings in the APN are the same as the current numeric operator value.

Also, if you press Menu when entering a new APN, there is a Save button :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ptekelly:
In my APN list i get

Vodafone Post-pay ISP

Vodafone Prepay ISP

Vodafone MMS

Vodafone MMS Prepay

i can only select the top two and Vodafone Post-pay ISP is for contract - this was ticked automatcically for me

Also when you have filled in all details in new APN do you clock the menu button? that is where i get the save?

perhaps worth reflashing if not saving APN's

I assume you rooted phone
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shingers5:
by return do you mean 'menu' button. i just tested by adding bogus apn. after filling in the fields i pressed menu button and save option was there...... saved fine and it was available
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
OMG! :eek:

Thanks SO much guys! I didn't realise that you had to press Menu AGAIN to be able to save the new APN! :o Strange thing is that with previous Rom's this wasn't necessary in the first place.

But... All works now! Added GMail and Hotmail, both are working, now finally able to test this Rom!

Again... thanks a LOT! :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shingers5:
funny................:D:D:D:D:D:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ptekelly:
cool - glad it is sorted
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] stevetigersix:
@ ptekelly

paul do you fancy doing a walkthrough rooting and installing this rom onto a uk vf magic via msn tutorial? friend wants me to do it but dont want to take the risk i may brick it lol
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ptekelly:
to be honest i would feel the same way.

however i suggest he follows the steps here

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Magic_Rooting

to root the phone then just apply on the roms as described at the top of this forum (if this is the bit you are unsure of let me know)

If he cant follow the stops from the wiki then i would suggest he doesnt flash his phone

Paul
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] nestortoledo:
Anybody know how to fix the bluetooth problem, appear as enable but nothing work, bluex dosent work also using it with my parrot ck3100 handfree, conect but no audio

Fatality posible you can help to solve this
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pepinocho9:
Well done Fatal1ty!

Do you think that we will see a completly optimized version of Hero for Magic someday? :)

Can someone post a demo video of v1.4 Hero ROM working on a Magic?

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sorry my english is a fatal exception

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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] skittleguy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7V2WdYi0T4

Yeah I screwed up.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hughyb:
link doesnt work
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] rabhw:
Hey skittleguy, can you post the wallpaper you're using in that video? All of the ones that come with the hero rom are boring solid colors :(

Thanks for modding the roms to work smoothly with the Rogers phones by the way, your guide helped me a lot also.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] skittleguy:
I'll do one better. Here's the Rosie, Rogers, MyTouch3G, and a few wallpapers I made myself. Enjoy!

http://thephishing.net/RogersRoms/Wallpaper.rar
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mockillo:
Several internets and 3 cookies to Fatal1ty for this ROM.

Huzzah!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ExTREmE99:
Any clues on how to fix the Bluetooth problem?

and perhaps get the battery status app to work again.

Thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ExTREmE99:
Double post, please delete.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] parrot5:
Talking about hacking, this ROM is toooooo LOUD for me. Was the volume fix applied? Can I revert it??
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bachviet:
My custom ringtones (mp3) don't work.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] froesei:
Have to say, I'm pretty impressed with how this runs on the Rogers Magic. Someone said that the weather widget wasn't working, but I haven't had any problems. In fact the only problem I've had is with the clock...wondering if trying the one from the original hero rom included in the apps folder would work (installing the .apk file)...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] unplug:
wifi doesn't work for me and the timestamp for rogers is quite annoying but i can live with it till a new rom out

**edit and the clock, which i need since i use my phone as my alarm
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bobdude5:
this is

perfection..i love you
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] birchboi96:
my mms dont seem to be working... tmobile us, i tried all the right apn settings but nothing
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Killadude:
My widget always worked its the main clock app that does not work every time I open the clock it force closes ..... cant use alarm!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Roy Jovero:
Played with this on my Ion for a bit and I see tons of potential! All it needs is a little polish here and there, root, and SU to be perfect. The Force Closing when going to the home screen was a bit annoying, but damn. I can't wait to see what the gurus can do with this!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bobdude5:
to get root do this

adb shell

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cd system/bin

cat sh > su

chmod 4755 su

sync

reboot

then get setcpu and swapper
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mysticon:
im getting magic soon. and i realy like the HTC Hero Rom. but could someone explane whats bether whit it then then rom that are on the magic?

Is there any problems for us that live in small towns to get the weather app to work whit our town, is it slower then the magic room and can anyone explane abit more how to install this since this whould be my first rom install.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gnasher666:
Awesome ROM, thank you very much guys.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] skittleguy:
Well, grabbed Klaxon to get around the clock bug. Other than that, Swapper is running and this will probably be my rom of choice until another one comes out :D

Thanks again for all the hard coding and what not. You guys are the best!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ukm700user:
Hi Guys

I also get a warning triangle when pressing home and power any help please
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] theillustratedlife:
That's recovery mode, but since you don't have a keyboard, you need to flash to one that uses the trackball. Try this: http://wiki.smartphonefrance.info/Default.aspx?Page=firmware-htcmagic&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mack:
Looks like you haven't booted into a modded recovery. You can either flash or fastboot into it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] josharmour:
If your wondering how to get past the exclamation triangle screen, simply hit hang up and home key at the same time exactly and you'll get the options. Then use the scroll ball to select the right one (apply sdcard:update.zip) and then push in the scroll bar.

If hitting those two together doesnt bring up the menu, try again because timing is crucial.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ukm700user:
You guys are amazing rebooting now HTC & DA rock!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] zyon92:
Wawwwww Thanks a lot !!

Beautiful, very very beautiful job !!! and rom ;)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dazcox5181:
Great rom, shame the UK Voda Magic is a poor imitation of the HTC version. Don't know what to do now, will get swapper and setcpu this morning, and see how it is then, and I'm sure there are people who will sort this out...

Than1ks Fatal1ty and Others, Fantastic work never thought it would happen so quick
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bobdude5:
one problem

sometimes when you hit the home button to go to the home scree..the htc boot screen comes and then it take about 30 seconds to load the home screen..i have setcpu and swapper and i have taken off all the widget from the homescreen
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] alurdun:
Skittleguy, that demo sold me. I'm taking the plunge on 1.4.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] xordis:
Is anyone having issues after mounting the SD card?

I get the following every time.

Plug in USB.

Mount SD card. (all good, I can see it on my pc)

Unmount SD card. (works)

Preparing SD card message comes up with "Checking for errors"

After 10 seconds

Damaged SD card

"The SD card is damaged. You may have to reformat"

Reformat doesn't work.

Reboot the phone and its all happy.

Could it have something to do with AndrInit having the swap file on the SD card and loosing control of it?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] micool_21:
same here, scared the crap out of me!!! dont care about bt, but i need a wifi fix
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] xordis:
I should add it doesn't affect the SD card or the data on it.

And as I mentioned after a reboot it's all good again.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] xordis:
What is wrong with your wifi?

I have the 1.4 rom and it's working well against WEP and WPA protected wifi
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] micool_21:
It won't allow me to turn it on thru settings,
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mysticon:
how do i install this? kinda new to rom and stuff. a quick guide would be lovely :) thanks anyway.