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[Touch CDMA General] DallasW:
Great build mssimon. Everything seems to be working for me on by Bell Touch so far except when I go to download something from the market. When I want to download an application, it says "Starting download" and just sits there, and sometimes it even hangs and makes me force close market.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Touch CDMA General] mssmison:
New hero up. Please try

My Hero build
[Touch CDMA General] lazyvegaskid:
i wanna try this build but doesnt the new initrd require apn settings? I cant find that for sprint and ive never had to alter my default expect resoltuion, density and panel type so im lost on how to obtain user and pass for sprint. help please? id love to try your build
[Touch CDMA General] katmandu421:
Installed the latest with exchange support and new launcher. Market works for me with my existing data file. Only bug I can still see is the landscape not being able to revert back to portrait mode....and the sleeping workaround doesn't seem to work consistently. Surely we can sort this regression issue out, eh?
[Touch CDMA General] katmandu421:
Submenu (App Drawer Folder) Tutorial:

To Create Submenu:

Home Screen>Menu>"...">Submenus

Menu>Manage Submenus

Menu>Add Menu

To add apps:

Home Screen>Menu>"...">Submenus

Right clck on app

Add to Submenus "Name"

Hope this heads off the string of "How do I..." questions.
[Touch CDMA General] mssmison:
thanks man. I really appreciate your help putting these together..
[Touch CDMA General] myshinynewtouch:
mssmison - doooooooooode u rock man - i havent tried u latest build yet(just copied it to phone and its starting now) but ur previous build rocks man - u are fricking awesome.... its already super fast now - once we load it onto ROM - i am never going back to winmo - even now i dont - i use ur regular full build - full time - only problem was i couldnt read SD card from any programs - and for some funky reason - if i loose my signal(which i do often when i go in subways) - i loose my data connection after i come back - i have phone - but no data - wonder if i can use togga to start it up once again...

but mssmison - u sir - r a genius at hero - wish i had half the brains u do....:D
[Touch CDMA General] KERKEDAGAIN:
I dont think the apn stough is necessary. I'm on sprint as well and am running msmissions new hero build "out the box" (off of a zenulator data.img) and can verify that the SD card, audio, data, and market are working pretty quickly, i might add, on a "clean slate" scene..

At this point it kinda goes without saying, but: EXCELLENT work, msmission and the crew..i, too, shall donate when rent is paid, haa
[Touch CDMA General] tatnai:
Use "Modem" to restart your connection, hit disconnect twice first to properly reset the radio.
[Touch CDMA General] tatnai:
So, I have a question: after disabling touchflo, how do you re-enable it? After disabling, the "clear defaults" is greyed out. Clearing data, and force stop, do not do anything (no pop-up when back to home).

Anyone know?
[Touch CDMA General] KERKEDAGAIN:
Haven't tried it and am scared of testing it out for fear i'll have to re-flash (if we can even call it that). Have you tried clearing the defaults on the "Home" app in manage applications?
[Touch CDMA General] zenulator:
Are you using the data.img from my full build? If so I'm going to try that out because I can't get the full ui to come up. I get an acore crash popup and then nothing but the top bar. No launcher down at the bottom no widgets. But I can recieve calls and sound is definately alot better than my builds and the phone app worked great. I'll give it a little more time to do something. Then I'll give up and try it with a data.img from my build.
[Touch CDMA General] KERKEDAGAIN:
Yes, sir, I am using the img from your full build.
[Touch CDMA General] myshinynewtouch:
mssmison - i just tried ur new build -same issues - no sd card and marketplace crash - i was using the old data file though - do u want me to use a new one - just finished customizing it - hate to start all over again - but in the name of progress - i will do it if u so command :d ..... i can see the sd card using oi file manager - but otherwise - u are improving the hero build day by day... cant wait to switch to android loaded full time on booot....

but i am in love with hero right now - no more winmo - and thanks tatnai - that modem thing really helped - now i dont ever need to switch to winmo again....
[Touch CDMA General] myshinynewtouch:
zenulator - if i might soo say - that after u start the phone from a fresh system image - just leave it along for 10 mins - u can count the clock on that one - i tried it sooo many times - just anxious to see it starting - never works - but now - all i do - i start haret - and then come back after 15 mins - and every single build until now has booted - with new data.img - older data.img always boot faster... and i usually delete the swap files too when i am starting a new build...
[Touch CDMA General] mssmison:
new hero lite build is up on google code. To make it faster and everyone I'll add a data.gz for hero builds later. First boot will be much faster.
[Touch CDMA General] oxsolid:
W O W

I must have missed the note on vilords thread that you were moving here... well either way finding it now was a great surprise... just downloading it now... (rodgers)... i'm excited :D
[Touch CDMA General] mssmison:
Okay I'm uploading a blank data.gz file to the google code page. There's no options set in it. It'll boot way faster for everyone's first boot.
[Touch CDMA General] rhorton:
I apologize in advance, but can you point me to the quick step by step instructions for getting the hero lite build up and running?

- use blank data.gz and hero full?

- settings, apps, touchflo, clear defaults.... then ...

- load lite system file

good to go?
[Touch CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
i just installed the new cupcake theme, it's very fast. next build please make the slider have a phone button on it maybe?

i do have a question though, how can i get my led to flash green for the signal like in winmo? can that be achieved at all? :)
[Touch CDMA General] mssmison:
nope just use the data.gz I posted and the herolite system.img and initrd from the google page. and your ready to go.
[Touch CDMA General] Bkzn3ne:
I started with z's hero full and then loaded mssmion's hero and SD Card is still not working just confirming it.. Google maps market same thing keep getting an error to nd have to press force close
[Touch CDMA General] stealthkk:
Battery???

This is freakin AWESOME. I got android running on my vogue and I have to say, I never want to go back!! Thank you to those that have made this happen!!!

I wish i could run it all the time, but, the battery life is very (extremely) noticably less in android. here's an example: I'll have my phone fully charged and then sit it on the stand off the charger while I play a game for 30 mins. I pause the game, check the phone, and in 30 mins it's already down to 85% battery....just standing by. I make a call to a friend and talk for 8 minutes, and the battery is down to 65% at the end of the call. Am I doing something wrong? I pretty much have to keep the phone on charge between usages to have it be of any use. Is this just a necessary evil of hacking this cool OS to a phone it's not designed for, or am I doing something wrong???

Please help if you have any suggestions...yes yes, i've heard the typical stuff that anyone will tell you "have your phone sync email less, etc etc" but the fact of the matter is, i have exchange and gmail syncing in Windows Mobile and in 3 hours, from a full charge, my phone will only be down to 90% battery, so there is clearly something majorly different about how android uses power, and i want to know if it's me or the OS or what. What can be done?
[Touch CDMA General] mssmison:
hmmm with touchflo enabled that will be true.. but with power suspended I find it's better than other android builds..
[Touch CDMA General] TheKartus:
I can't use my data file from the cupcake themed build in Hero Lite can I? I don't have a data plan and I hate to keep syncing up in order to get my contacts. If my data file will work, Ill give the new lite a try, if it is as fast as you say. ;)
[Touch CDMA General] oxsolid:
thanks mssmison

i tried both rodgers and the hero full: Awesome stuff.. And i spent the last 2 hrs catching up on the posts... it seems you have a vacation to go on... we all apreicate the work, but we dont want you to get burned out either, so now that you left us with some cool new builds to play with, it sounds like you should start that vacation :cool:
[Touch CDMA General] briggs81:
hmm.. trying to download herolite from google code page and it downloads in like 1 second and says its 18mb and invalid zip etc etc. odd :\
[Touch CDMA General] mssmison:
try reboot your pc or hold down 'ctrl' and press 'r' to reload the page fresh. It works for everyone else.
[Touch CDMA General] Moose8106:
Just Finished

Hey Guys I just finished the mssmison build portion of my FAQ so it has all his builds check it out! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=543113
[Touch CDMA General] rhorton:
Thanks once again.. If I get Lite working I will make sure and donate a couple of beers... trying it now...
[Touch CDMA General] MynticeLX:
Well, I've been playing around with these builds tonight for the first time. I feel like the Lite version is pretty solid. Very nicely done. The only thing I am noticing is that it errors out when I try to send a text message. I get a "Message Not Sent" error, even though the message really does go through. Has anyone else experienced this?
[Touch CDMA General] myshinynewtouch:
can anyone who was able to get the sd card working - pls post ur steps, dont know what to do now - as some have reported that starting with zenulator's builds works, some not... and also can u pls post which carrier ur vogue is from...
[Touch CDMA General] aven_soulgazer:
Looks like I don't need to write up the FAQ after all.

So which build is going to be worked on? mssmison said he was going to quit because the other one was doing so well, and the other guy said he was quitting his because mssmison's was working so well. I formatted my sd card to get the other one then get on and find out he's not going to be updating his anymore. So now downloading the hero zip folder from google code.
[Touch CDMA General] aven_soulgazer:
That or even better is google an application called home switcher .apk It's free and lets you run the app and pick which home you want to use, regular or touchflo

I was going to do that the other day but no one seemed interested, and then I couldn't get it to boot after I removed my previous data file I had made through there even going through all the steps. oi
[Touch CDMA General] fireshaper:
Having probs with this build -- keeps rebooting on me. Anyone else having the same issue?

update: I let it sit for about 30 mins and it still just kept going from Hero->HTC screens and then cycling back to the Hero screen, ad naseum. I tried using the new hero and the herolite builds from the google code page, along with the data.gz files and all of the newest files from the gCode page.
[Touch CDMA General] moekind:
How to get swap working on the Rogers build.

Would swap not make the build faster than it already is?
[Touch CDMA General] moekind:
Market not working for me on the Rogers build
[Touch CDMA General] jamezelle:
Hey mssmison I'm using the new initrd and rootfs u uploaded and when I booted I didnt get 1 error in fact I'm using Android browser to type this again thanks !!! :D
[Touch CDMA General] Bkzn3ne:
please step by on how to get the sd card working
[Touch CDMA General] teetery:
I have the same issue...:(
[Touch CDMA General] tatnai:
I've been getting this reliably, thought it was because I was in Toronto. Messages do get through.

Also, keep getting Music and Albums and Gallery not able to use the SD card. The SD card is mounted in settings, Astro can use it fine. Looking forward to having this fixed, I think both builds will be fully functional when it is. Thanks for all your hard work mssmison, love it!
[Touch CDMA General] tatnai:
ok, like the new light version, no more slide to unlock from hero, I understand the decision - is the "lite" version after all, missed it though.

full version, when booting in using my old data.img, I don't get the new launcher with touchflo off. can't find the switcher.apk searching on google, will look some more, if anyone has it can it be posted? will try fresh data.gz, see if it comes up then. maybe i'm using the old system.img . . .

once again, can't test data and market, cause i'm still in TO.

EDIT: was wrong system.img. got new launcher with latest full hero using my old data.img. looks great!
[Touch CDMA General] grktaurus83:
For everyone having issues switching back and forth between TouchFlo and the standard Android Home...

The reason you're having the "Can't select 'clear defaults' because it is grayed out" issue is because you're in the wrong application...

1a) If you have TouchFlo enabled, go to:

Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > TouchFlo

1b) If you have the standard Android Home enabled, go to:

Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Home

2) Hit "clear defaults"

3) Hit the home button (the windows mobile power button)

4) It will then ask you which home type you would like to use (TouchFlo or Home).

5) Select "Use as default" and pick one of the two options.

6) Go back to step one next time you need to switch again.

Again, if "clear defaults" is grayed out for you, you're in the wrong option...
[Touch CDMA General] tatnai:
thx, helpful
[Touch CDMA General] tatnai:
To allow orientation change to work on the home screen:

Menu > "***" > Extended menu > sensor based orientation > uncheck "enable sensor based orientation on home screen"

Don't know if this will work with touchflo enabled.
[Touch CDMA General] TheKartus:
Trying to boot hero lite with an existing data image from the themed build. I doubt this is going to work, but its worth an attempt so I don't have to resync and reset all my settings.
[Touch CDMA General] sshark:
I have both HERO and HEROLITE booting properly.

I am quite impressed with HERO build and its speed.

1- One persistent problem is I am not getting any calls or SMS, at all. Anyone else in the same situation?

I wonder if it has to do with the new INITRD?

2- Also, I have lost my Exchange and Hotmail set ups that I had in HERO version, after moving to HEROLITE with same data file.

Edit: Bold comments were not meant to point out faults, just so that it can serve as log for future changes.
[Touch CDMA General] tatnai:
make sure to delete all icons off your home screen before trying this. i don't think this will work as mssmison said he added some things to the data.img, but hey, try and post back.
[Touch CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
okay since i cant get an answer to how to run apps in superuser mode can anybody tell me where i can find a cache cleaner & screenshot app that will run in non superuser mode? :(

also why doesn't the vogues led flash constantly for the phone signal? you know the green led light?

i want to switch over full time to android but these kind of issues are whats keeping me from doing it.
[Touch CDMA General] zenulator:
If you want to run android full time the I suggest you try vilors Ion build. Its the most stable and functional build out there.
[Touch CDMA General] fireshaper:
Whoops, forgot to add lcd.density=160 to my Default.txt file. Now it's working.
[Touch CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
well so far the newest hero cupcake build is awesum and fast. why can't you guys answer why we can't become superusers? i know the g1 and hero users can do it, it's like jailbreaking your phone. not sure if we can do it or not because this isn't really a rom that we flash. ive done a ton of searching and all i come up with is apps you have to flash to unlock your android phone, this won't work for the vogue.
[Touch CDMA General] rhorton:
OK, I have tried many different options to get into Hero Lite build with no success, after it extracts the data image and sets volumes, it goes to a blank screen and sits there.

- Formatted fat32

- default.txt has 320x480 and 160 lcd.density

- using lite image file, data.gz and initrd from goole page

- I'm sure it is something dumb, but I can't figure it out

It is frustrating because I see many others getting it working. and I really want the slide to unlock functionality instead of menu to unlock.

I KNOW these items have been re-hashed over and over, but any help would be appreciated. :confused:
[Touch CDMA General] TheKartus:
The slide to unlock is no longer part of Hero Lite, its only in a full hero build.

You have to be patient too, I suggest booting Haret, and then putting your phone in a drawer and not thinking about it for at least 15 minutes on the first boot. Its what worked for me in the past when I tried to get these going.
[Touch CDMA General] tatnai:
I can't get into ringtone options either in settings, or trying to set them for individual contacts.

I have my media in three places. the original location for ion, everything out of the media > audio > . . . placed into /sdcard, and the audio folder placed into /sdcard.

i get a force close whenever trying to access ringtone options. this is on latest full hero. don't know if this is the same issue as music, albums, gallery, and camera not being able to access the sdcard, even though the sdcard is mounted. anyone have this working?
[Touch CDMA General] DallasW:
This cupcake build is SUPER fast, should of just tried it yesterday instead of playing around with Hero Lite all day and wasting valuable study time!

Thanks again mssmison!
[Touch CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
does anybody notice the market isn't working right now? it just says downloading and won't install anything? :confused:
[Touch CDMA General] Moose8106:
Check out my FAQ in my sig I know it's a lot of info but try and see if it helps you
[Touch CDMA General] zenulator:
What do you need super user for? If you don't mind me asking?
[Touch CDMA General] rhorton:
I have, but it's tough to follow... I will check again - thanks for the work

Thank you.... the slide to unlock is one of the main things I am looking for, so I will probably stick with the themed build or Vilord's... thanks!

giving lite one more try (in a drawer)
[Touch CDMA General] stealthkk:
new hero.zip constant reboot

No matter what i do, this just keeps saying "HTC", then "HERO" and the little android dude pops out...then the boot sound again and repeat...

I've even completely wiped the SD card and redownloaded the android bundle and then just applied the hero.zip files to them and copied them back over...no luck...constant reboot over and over. what am i doing wrong here?
[Touch CDMA General] fireshaper:
Did you set lcd.density=160 in the Default.txt? I had the same problem and that fixed it.
[Touch CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
running screenshot and cache cleaner app from the market.

im wondering if theres a way we can make the android rom image that we put on our sd card unlocked from the get go? that way we can run in root mode all the time.
[Touch CDMA General] stealthkk:
Just tried it...shoot, not working...still a consta-reboot. Heres my default.txt:
[Touch CDMA General] Bkzn3ne:
it suppose to b 320x480 dude

take the part where it says lcd density and place it right behind the resolution
[Touch CDMA General] tatnai:
shouldn't matter where it is placed, yeah, it is the 320x480 that's killing you.
[Touch CDMA General] tatnai:
I did a fresh start. latest full build, tried with data.gz initially, failed to unpack after 11 minutes waiting on it. deleted data.gz, went without a data file, worked perfectly - hit wait on everything and DO NOT hit force close, just wait it out until you see the google languages show up behind the warning box, just be patient - still albums cannot see the sd card, and neither can music or the camera - don't think shots are saved. but WOW, touchflo runs fast, almost considering keeping it up and running instead of killing it. still can't access ringtones.

can someone post the actual directory tree that I should have my ringtones in, or is this a known problem awaiting resolution?

TIA
[Touch CDMA General] Bkzn3ne:
For the ringtones did you put the media folder in the root of ur SDHC? Because it workes for me
[Touch CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
first off i want to thank the chefs for this awesum alternative to winmo, i really think android will kill windows in the near future. i love it and i think im hooked now. :)

anyways i know i was asking about superuser access on the android image. i figured what the heck and i went ahead and downloaded a couple of "root only" apps from the marketplace to see if they would work or not? one of the apps is to move all of your cache to the sd card. i tried it out and it worked! i also noticed a new folder under my winmo sd card labeled cache, i looked in it and it does have my current cache listed from android. i guess maybe we don't need root access with this? i thought we did after doing some reading. the weird thing is under my terminal it still says im non root. :confused:
[Touch CDMA General] Bkzn3ne:
Android does that folder on its own. Because i never rooted anything and its on the Root of my Sd card.
[Touch CDMA General] sshark:
What are the names of these apps?
[Touch CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
cleanme

screenshot

move2sd
[Touch CDMA General] stealthkk:
speed?

yay! finally got the new hero full build running.

I notice that everyone is raving how fast it is...I must be doing something wrong because it seems very slow to respond and hardly usable compared to mss's original hero cupcake build.

Is there something I can do to speed it up or is this how it is?

edit: yeah there's definitely something not right here...im getting lots of "force close" messages. doesnt seem right.
[Touch CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
funny as i never saw that folder before and my cache was stored there dated today. i dunno, i was just hoping to accomplish always being rooted to run certain market apps. i guess it cant be done at this point?
[Touch CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
if you want speed, stability and the hero look install the newest hero themed cupcake build. working great for me with no crashes of any kind. make sure all of your files are up to date to.
[Touch CDMA General] aven_soulgazer:
Is it as fast as the 2.0 full was or are you using the lite version? The newest full with using the data from mssmison is slower for me than the tmobile 2.5 version I'd previously set up. Considering having to run lite.

http://yyaammaa.jimdo.com/homeswitcher/

That's the link to the HomeSwitcher .apk that you were looking for that I was talking about before. It makes it much easier to switch between touchflo and normal home than going through settings. Make a folder in root called AndroidApps I believe with the capitolization and drop the .apk in there and it should work fine.
[Touch CDMA General] jamezelle:
i am running the latest build, and i cant get the market to download anything i get this "the application market (process com.android.vending) has stopped unexpectdly, please try again" :confused::confused::confused:

any help would be appriciated tia
[Touch CDMA General] bangout:
is android reading your sd card. think the sd card has to mount in order to be able to use market. could be wrong
[Touch CDMA General] jamezelle:
yea it says that the sd card is mounted in settings it gives the specs (total strorage, amount used ect)
[Touch CDMA General] bangout:
if you go to your pic album can you view pics that are on oyour sdcard cause the system will say that its mounted but its not.
[Touch CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
is there any way to make the in call volume louder during a phone call? i have it all the way up and it's still pretty low.
[Touch CDMA General] craig0r:
Still can't select a ringtone.
[Touch CDMA General] jsun21:
I just installed the full Hero version onto my phone, with past builds working fine. But now it gets stuck at the HTC logo that flashes, then it would restart back to the Hero logo, and it keeps doing this. Any one know what's up?