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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Roy_Drage:
KarrdeNZ, mate I followed your guide to the letter. I got all the way down to step 11 and then a problem occurred.

When I clicked 'Apply sdcard:update.zip' it just said cannot find or cannot load update.zip, or something like that, then said operation aborted?

I was trying to install the EXACT same ROM as you, I downloaded it to my laptop, renamed it update.zip and moved it to the root of the SD card.

Yet it didn't work, I can't for the life of me think where it's gone wrong as everything else up to that point had gone smoothly.

Any idea's?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Roy_Drage:
Well I tried downloading the same file again. No luck this time either!

This is what it says when I click the install from sdcard button:

--install from sdcard...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

E: Can't open /sdcard/update.zip

(no such file or directory)

Installation aborted.

Now I get that it's saying that it can't find the file but I really don't understand why? I mean the file is there, do I have to unzip the file onto my computer 1st and then put it on the sdcard?

I thought i just stuck the zipped file onto the root of the card making sure i renamed it 'update.zip'

Please help me out guys, thanks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] icepixie:
The exact thing happened to me; and I realized I was dumb and had named the file "update.zip", when in fact it should just be "update". The file extension should come naturally since the file is still compressed.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] icepixie:
KarredeNZ, THANK YOU for your awesome tutorial!! I looked through so many other pages for instructions and they went totally over my head. Your tutorial was the best and easiest to follow. :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Roy_Drage:
Oh yeah I did the exact same thing.

I thought about naming the file just 'update' but then thought nah I'll follow the guide to the letter, that way I can't go wrong right :eek:

Anyways thanks for the tip, I'll give it a whirl later when I get home.

Which ROM did you go for, did you use the HERO fatal1ty ROM? I heard it's pretty slow but by disabling touchflo you get all the benfits of the extra apps etc but none of the slowness due to the touchflo interface.

I might give the ION 5 ROM a blast as whirl, that one seems to be the fastest one around and has some really cool features.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] KarrdeNZ:
It all depends on whether you have file extensions showing in Windows. It's off by default, but I tend to turn it on myself so I'm just used to seeing it that way, which is why it's in my guide like that. Incidentally, under Windows XP, renaming with file extensions showing selects the whole file name (including extension) for renaming whereas under Vista it only selects the name itself, not the extension.

The other comment about waiting a bit for the SD card to load is also valid - I'll update my guide with a note about that.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Roy_Drage:
Ah I see, then that explains why it didn't work. I guess if I had the file exstensions off by default and then I rename it update.zip I would essentially be renaming the file 'update.zip.zip'!!

Or something like that, thanks for the heads up. One last thing, i'm using windows XP, how would I change it so that file exstensions are showing? I'll try this when I get home.

Cheers, Roy.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] KarrdeNZ:
Open Windows Explorer (or any folder window) and go to Tools, Folder Options. Go to the View tab and in the Advanced Settings list, uncheck Hide Extensions for known file types.

I prefer using Windows this way - it's also helpful in avoiding those nasty viruses that try and trick you with double extensions (like image.jpg.exe).
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eva_d:
I've ran through both ROMs yesterday. Fatality with Sense UI (aka TouchFlo) enabled is pretty much useless, really. OK, looks great, but waiting for interface response sometimes for a minute or two (sic!) drives me crazy. After disabling Sense it gets much snappier and comfortable to use, however it still gets hiccups from time to time. Generally I like Fataility thanks to all these new features it offers from Hero, ie. improved browser (fullscreen finally!), facebook/twitter integration, better keyboard and few additions in settings dialogs. Quite nice overall.

ION5 on the other hand is

blazingly fast

, but... to be honest, I couldn't figure that much difference from Magic's stock ROM. IMHO, it's pretty much the same as factory ROM you have in your Magic, with just a few new features and applications added. And it's fast. Really fast.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Roy_Drage:
Yeah I figure were going to have to diasble touch flo if we wanna use the features of the Herom ROM on our Magic phone. Not too much of a problem, i just like flashing things to be honest :D

With the ION5 ROM, is that still running cupcake then? I've seen the pictures and it does look very very similar to the standard stock ROM we got.

I also wonder what happens when Donut gets released.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] icepixie:
i was running fatal1ty's HERO rom, and it's pretty cool, but i found it was too slow.

how do i disable the touchflo? is there a specific version with it disabled?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Roy_Drage:
I think you need to go into settings mate and click 'disable touch flo', not to sure where it is, but it's not in a separate version that's what i'm saying... try that before you go to another ROM. I think fatal1ty gives instructions at the top of his page on how to disable it, check that out first.

I'm using the ROM on this page (check out version c - it's very nice) has the look and feel of HERO but is quite fast and stable.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=533113
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] icepixie:
^thanks! but i'm on 32A... so i guess i need to keep looking for a stable HERO rom...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eva_d:
Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> TouchFlo -> Clear defaults

Then click HOME button, select Home (not TouchFlo) and tick the checkbox. Done.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gwhizzrocky:
@ KarrdeNZ

Thanks for this great, clear and concise guide to flashing ROMs.

Any chance you could do the same for "rooting" the magic as i'm not sure if i want to take the plunge into ROMs just yet?

@ everyone

What ROMs are people using atm with the vodafone magic (192mb ram) that are working well. (ie fast)

Many thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eva_d:
nk02's ION v4.1.1 - really nice ROM overall, quite quick, although it sometimes gets minor hiccups and 'application not responding' warnings. Note: you won't find any fancy but sluggish Hero gadgets in that ROM (thankfully).
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pep1t0:
Nandroid

For some reason it does backup sms's, contacts, settings, apps, etc... maybe it is the version you are using... i use 2.2
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] da-vid:
Will this work if I follow the guide exactly on a 32A device, or is there a different procedure?

Edit: Yeah okay it worked perfectly. Great guide!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] KarrdeNZ:
Most (if not all) the ROMs available here are pre-rooted. I haven't done it myself so I haven't got the knowledge to write a guide yet :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] JiNXt3r:
Probably a stupid question... I have a MyTouch3g and wanted to install a hero rom but as everyone knows, we have the dreaded perfect SPL's and the 32B mobo. Although they have finally been able to root the phone I was curious whether I would actually have to root it to install a hero rom. I actually created a gold card and everything is set to root, just having second thoughts about rooting because of the post I saw about a guy bricking his phone! If I don't have to root install a Hero rom that would be sick!
[General Questions and Answers] bstylz911:
is there any way to make it faster?

a tweak maybe?

also,

does speed matter if your using a Micro sd ADAPTER

or a MINI sd?
[General Questions and Answers] Aegishua:
The things that will determine your SDCards speed (read speed) are the SD Cards transfer speed and your PPC CPU Speed. To answer your second question.. In most cases No, the adapter will not influence the speed of the SD Card.

However if you want to speed it up you should consider defraging it on your PC or running more programs off your device memory
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Timossss:
Hi,

i want to disable or use for other funcion the start/program button on my touch pro 2. By using the Shell program i just see the ugly WM 6.1 menu which i dont like. Any idea how to disable or use for other funcions this buttin? (at least on Touch Flo i get a nice menu...)?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] paphko:
Look for the settings of Spb Mobile Shell - then 'System' - then activate 'Replace Start'.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] dabomb4097:
Hello,

I wanted to re-sell my VZW XV6800 now that I've upgraded to something else. But I can't figure out how to remove my telephone number and other settings from the PST information. I tried doing a hard reset (Hold both soft keys and reset) but that did not remove the existing PST data from the ##778 screen.

I don't want to send a device off with my cell phone number still programmed into it in places.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] drewcam888:
Delete them manually. That is the only way I know how.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] dabomb4097:
They all got nuked the first time I flashed to a DCD ROM from the stock Verizon ROM, so I figured reflashing again might do it, but it did not clear anything this time. Guess I'll go through and clear it out manually.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
This theme has all of Cyanogens mods working and intact I have no problem porting for other builds if there is a call for it.Thanks to ohmarni for letting me use pieces of Android Plus and Ohsaka for colorChanger.jar so white notifications are able to be done on any build.

New Version 1.5.1 fixed all of the remaining 9.png's though there could be a few stragglers,and still have all the needed files to support the HtcMusic.apk I would suggest getting one you like from here Thanks to Beags for the sweet designs.I also added my statusbar icons and new to 1.5.1a app icons there will be a version 1.5.2 with alternate 3g/edge/gprs icons if you aren't digging these.

\/ Here are screens of the new app icons in 1.5.1c \/

^ Version1.5.1a app icons ^

^ Version 1.4 on left version 1.5.1 on right ^

Search widget does not hang off the edge like pictured :)

Version1.3 CM3.6.5 or 3.6.6

and a Mirror

Version1.3 CM 3.6.7.1

Version1.4 CM 3.6.7.2

Version1.5.1 CM 3.6.7.2

Version 1.5.1a with app icons

Version 1.5.1b no app icons Cyanogen 3.6.8

JetBlack 1.5.1c Cyanogen 3.6.8.1 new app icons

JetBlack 1.5.1c Cyanogen 3.9.2

Let me know if you find any problems and I will resolve them as fast as possible.

If there is anything you would like to see different in one of my themes feel free to ask I wont bite.

Any member of this forum may port,copy,cut anything I have made.

Thanks to Cyanogen, The Dude,Stericson,Ei8htohms,Tehseano,Moonspoon,Manup,Beags...Everyone who has been involved in making Android the sickest mobile platform available!!​
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] stellarman:
Nice. Where can we get the app icons? I like them too.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Thats BS:
icons

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=526659&page=3

Liking this more and more. Thanks for all your work.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kidnoble:
looks good! I dig the clock
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] lukekirstein:
Hmm, like the idea, but too black for me. Needs some kind of outlining, for example, the border around the launcher. The pull out tab, I'd prefer it to be bigger, kinda like Kspec...now that would be sweet :]
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jay22are:
i like ;).....
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] BSDADON:
Only suggestion I have is making the launcher 5x4 for some reason 4 across just bugs the hell out of me.....can't explain it, just does. haha
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
I will look into that but last I tried it breaks cyanogens mods using a launcher thats not from his build...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] BSDADON:
thanks! ohmarni has it working on the android plus theme using the launcher and xml's from sir*mez i believe. Hope that points you in the right direction:D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
Looks like Cyanogen 3.6.6 has the 5x4 6x3 layout I will have that version up soon.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jdwme:
take a loot at some of your .9.png files, the one for the search bar is off a little and causing it to look funny, should be your text field one
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
Yeah I have recompiled some of these .9 pngs over and over will keep at it till I get them as clean as possible.

New version 1.2 with 5x4/6x3 launcher drawer posted.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] broncosfantx:
first off love the theme , the only thing i have noticed is that when i go to use the phone it seems a bit sluggish.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
I havent noticed anything like that,I am still on 3.6.5 though let me upgrade to 3.6.6 and see if I have the same problem then I will see if I can fix it.Glad you like the theme though...:D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] senaia:
great theme, plain and simple, but check the search bar is.. off, looks really odd, the voice search button is hanging off the frame if you know what i mean... looks nice tho, clock is definately a keeper, and chance you could make it hero size?

-=edit=- never mind about the clock, i already had clock widget active when i applied the theme, removed and replaced widget and it's nice and big and awesomely cool :) thanks, just the search to sort, but you may want to wait till cyan updates again, i recon there is 3.7 in the works some time soon
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
Thanks and I will look into cleaning up that search widget.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
A preview of version 1.5 let me know what you guys think.

​
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] BSDADON:
I like it except for the 3g icon, would still rock the theme with or without the icon though. love how this theme looks. Especially love the keyboard
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Thats BS:
I like the 3g icon but would like to see a different battery icon, like the ophone or the pre battery icons. Lovin 1.5 though. Sharp looking.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
I am gonna try to make my own battery icons and see how they look I will be customizing all the notification icons and will also make app icons for this theme eventually but I want the notifications finished before I release 1.5.Now I am gonna make two versions also with different 3g,edge,gprs Icons.Thanks for your input guys its greatly appreciated.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Thats BS:
Awesome! My favorite theme right now and app icons would be Ill!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
New version posted lots of fixes and additions!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] BSDADON:
So much for sleep. Haha. Downloading and flashing now:D

UPDATE: I actually don't mind the icons, they go good with the theme. I didn't like it in the picture but on my phone it looks good. I especially like when it transmits data.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Thats BS:
Nice! Better battery icon.

One thing I noticed is the wifi icon is only a single white dot, like the waves coming up are black and the dot is white.

Otherwise getting better and better! Thanks man!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
Yeah I dont know why it wont show the waves they are supposed to be red but I will change them to white so they will show up.Thanks to you and BSDADON so much for your replies.I know this is my most popular theme so far cause of the download numbers I am glad people are using it and liking it!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Thats BS:
Nice update.

Stick with this one and continue to make it badass. I f-ing hate to criticize, 'cause I aint making ****e, but...

The app icons should be black,

everything

should be shiny and black, IMHO that is.:D

Still loving it though.;)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
I agree I thought it would look better gray but I aint into the icons that much myself either.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] twics:
no sound on dialer

I noticed that at times there is no touch tone's on the dialer, its silent as I dial a number anyone else notice this.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
I have not noticed this I will check into it though thanks for the input.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Thats BS:
Nice! Thanks for updating multiple themes.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
Not a problem glad to do it!

New version posted with new app icons.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Thats BS:
Nice job on the icons! Much better. They look great, thanks bro!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
No problem thank you man,so should I make an icon pack then?I was waiting to see if these icons were liked,if they weren't I was gonna scrap app icons for this theme all together.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Thats BS:
The 3.6.8.1 update won't flash, says the Launcher apk is damaged.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
I upped a new version should work now though I have been running the previous version without a problem so please let me know if it doesn't fix the problem.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Thats BS:
That did it! Works great, thanks again.:D

Maybe a bad upload/download. The file was about 2mb bigger on the new one that worked.

Anyway, the icons are keepers this time! Sweetness.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] twics:
touch tones are working now on dialer must of been the update rom 3.6.7.2 I didnt try 3.6.8, went on to 3.6.8.1

jetblack theme3.6.8.1 would'nt flash yesterday gonna try again

EDIT> Jetblack theme3.6.8.1 working now thanks love this theme I also like the Legalize theme but this one has the edge.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
Lol thanks man glad you like my themes.I should have an icon pack for this up tonight or tomorrow.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] taufcon:
This is realy quality work. Very well designed in my opinion.

I prefer the icons in 1.5.1a. Thanks much.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
Thanks man thats really nice of you to say and I didnt realize some people liked the original app icons I will post an updated version with those app icons.

The black app icon pack is about half done havent had as much time as usual to do themes lately but I will have it done by tomorrow.Also does anyone want me to change the 3g/edge/gprs statusbar icons still or are the present ones liked?Thanks again to everyone for the great comments so far I have had very few if any bad comments with any of my themes and I greatly appreciate the support you people rock!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] twics:
.Also does anyone want me to change the 3g/edge/gprs statusbar icons still or are the present ones liked?Thanks again to everyone for the great comments so far I have had very few if any bad comments with any of my themes and I greatly appreciate the support you people rock![/QUOTE]

I like the 3g/edge/gprs statusbar icons please dont change, if you have to change please keep a theme with them on it.

keep up the gooooooooooooooood work thanks.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
Lol thanks man will do.....sorry if anyone has been waiting for this icon pack its still not finished and due to some unfortunate circumstances wont be for a few days as I cant access my computer right now.I will have the situation rectified no later than Monday sorry again to anyone who has been waiting.

EDIT:Icon pack posted.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] crotalusfreak:
Updated for Cyanogen 3.9.1. :D sorry it took so long to get a 3.9 version up.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Thats BS:
Many thanks. Glad your back.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Greeee:
I'm just wondering...

Each morning, I wake up to the boring alarm clocks which are on the phone...

I was just curious if there is any application out there which still is an alarm, however can possibly connect via the WIFI connection, to say the Radio 1 live stream, and play that out loud?

Or am I over complicating things?

I'm on PAYG you see, so there is no chance of the phone using my credit on GPRS to stream Live BBC shows, but I want to be able to wake to Chris Moyles (since my actual alarm clock is faulty).

Thanks,
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] GLO:
the only thing that comes to mind is to use PhoneAlarm (also manages phone profile switching) and nominate an MP3 to play at your chosen time
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ASCIIker:
G-Alarm is pretty good too if you want to wake up to an mp3 file on your device...

dunno about any software that can connect to a streaming radio service...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Greeee:
Do either of you know how many alarms these will offer?

Generally the current 3 are wasted on me, as i'm more than a heavy sleeper...

So generally would love about 5, as my old SE phone did... Just would like to do more things...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watchyaself:
I just finished installing hero

but its looping at the hero Logo with the little android guy

Did i do something wrong or is it just booting up

for the first time???

Its been about 5 minutes now please help me out

ps i didnt repair eternal system files before wipeing/flashing

you think this is why???
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
If it takes more than 10 you should try rebooting. If it does it again then try wiping and reflashing it
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukekirstein:
Builds normally take anywhere from 5-10 minutes to boot up the first time. This is due to them setting up some framework before they begin to work.

Now, if you see it flicker and re-animate, that's a boot loop. Watch the animation closer, and if it disappears and then appears again (within a split second), then it's a boot loop. In this case, make sure you have the correct SPL and Radio installed.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watchyaself:
well heres what it does

its at the screen after the TMO G1 screen

Now it animates HERO

then the little android guy waves Etc..

then it goes black then rpeats this

Boot Loop

or Wrong SPL/Radio(i dont think so i had 2.22.1.216, and the spl was 1.33.2005
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukekirstein:
Yup, that's a boot loop. Try wiping/reflashing, and see what you get. Which build of Hero are you using?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watchyaself:
iM using JAChero 2.6.3

but ididnt repair the ext sys files b4 wipeing/flashing

as instructed

you think this is why its looping

considering i have right spl/radio

should i

repair

wipe

then flash
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saiboogu:
In your other thread you said you were setting up your partitions with Paragon.. Are you sure you got them correct?

FAT32 - Ext2 or 3 - Linux swap ?

If a wipe / flash doesn't fix it, try redoing the partitions.

If you have Cyanogen's recovery, click the "Partition from the phone" link in my sig, it'll show you how to do it all.

Oh yeah.. When you have a new question on this issue (partitioning your card and flashing Hero) just post it as a reply in here, instead of starting new threads and editing your old ones. Makes it hard to follow what you've tried already if you keep changing it up.
[G1 General] watchyaself:
Well i flashed my g1 to hero rom by JAC

and now its looping at the screen with the little android guy

what did i do wrong

Can someone help me out please

i made another thread but no ones being nice so no tough love please mods
[G1 General] supremeteam256:
Did you set your SD card up the way its suppose to be?
[G1 General] Mi|enko:
Repartition/format your SD card

Copy the update to it

Load Recovery

Wipe

Install

Boot
[G1 General] gtrplr71:
I had that problem the hero rom don't play well with the g1 I reformatted the card and started from scratch with a more stable rom