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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maybeoneday:
I am running cyan 3.9 with no problem at all.

But I can't flash any of the Hero roms I think I know why but not sure how to fix.

Problem is my partition on my 8g sd card ... take a look

Disk /dev/block/mmc blko : 8017 MB

sector size (logical/physical):512B/512B (is this the start of my troubles)

Partitions

start stop size

1 32.3KB 7485MB 7485MB primary fat32 (when partitioning I did 0 to 7485)

2 7485MB 7985MB 500MB primary ext2

3 7985 MB 8017MB 32.4 MB primary linux-swap (v1) ( now I have 32.4 instead of 32MB )

The meassage I get while flashing is

E: can't symlink /system/xbin/[

E: failure at line 58:

symlink /system/xbin/bb/busybox

system : x bin [

Installation aborted

Any ideas to get 512B out of there or is this not my problem?

I have used rm to remove all partitions then rebiult them several times with no luck.. same out come every time.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
You do not have the latest spl.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maybeoneday:
Yeah I just read the post right before mine. was writing mine while that one was posted I'm down loading spl nw .. is the 512 bites not a problem, am I OK leaving my partitions the way they are?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h.nocturna:
Beat me to it...

Yes the partition is fine.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] as3k:
SPL Linkage

is the latest SPL the one that is on the google code site? if not can i get a link? thanks guys
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
http://sapphire-port-dream.googlecode.com/files/spl-signed.zip
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h.nocturna:
DISCLAIMER: This is the DANGER SPL, you'll want to read up the threads on it before flashing.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
I'm sure he/she has tried installing it already. Pretty simple actually

Requirements:

1)PVT

2)Latest Radio! (MUST!)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futango:
reboot your phone with camera+power. If you dont see the line HBOOT-1.33.2005. you dont have the lates spl and it is required for all Hero roms.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] mxl180:
Is there a Cab for pocket IE 6.5 to install on 6.1?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] TheBigCheese:
No, 6.5 can not be installed by running a CAB but 6.5 can be installed by following instructions to install a "ROM". Just do a search of the forums here.

The reason you can not do it with a CAB is that the software has to be loaded when the operating system is not running so the file format must be acceptable to your phone's boot loader.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] princeasi:
PIE 6.5 will not run on wm6.1 at all!
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] pilgrim011:
I can confirm that I wasn't able to run PIE for 6.5 on 6.1 ROM, but I don't know why? Maybe some of the developers could do this by modifying some parameters? Actually, PIE is the only thing that I really miss from 6.5 ROMs...
[Touch Diamond CDMA] trunkwontopen:
Okay, So, from the other thread, I upgraded to the 2.00.XX rom as listed in my signature form the HTC website, as it was really really out of date. Since then, I am not having some issues with the text messaging, and they are odd.

I will receive a message, so, in the TF3D scree, it will say (1). I will go to it, there will be a message, and I will reply to it. Here is where the problem starts.

Upon opening up the threaded SMS message, the keyboard will appear, then it will disappear. I will have to click on the keyboard multiple times for it to stay. Once it says, I will begin to type, and the T9 will show the word, but the word will not appear in the window. Ever. Only when I tap the "space" bar will I begin to type out words and they will appear. It's very strange.

Also, once completed the SMS message and its sent, I will close the message, and close out of the Messaging program all together. Only to have the (1) appear again. I will go back into the message, and the new message...is mine. The one that I sent. I will have to go into the message, move the scroll wheel up and down to "clear" or "read" the message for the notification to go away.

So, I'm wondering if I should try some of the cooked ROM's, seeing as people are loving those up left and right, to see fi that clears a lot of the problems that I am having (and I'm assuming that the Sprint-packaging/cabs have a lot to do with the phone being slow, and locking up for about 5-10 seconds here and there.)

Any advice or a quick-start guide that someone can provide on how to get the HardSPL that is right for my phone? It's gotten to the point where I am not concerned about losing my data. I just want a phone that works flawlessly. Of course, still having the radio issues that were mentioned in the (somewhat dead) thread about upgrading the radio.

(and mods: if this thread doesn't belong here, it can be moved, I just figured this is a diamond CDMA, so it should go here?)

Thanks!
[Touch Diamond CDMA] TrizO:
Try out groove rom, its a great 6.5 rom or hit up ppc geeks and find one you like
[Touch Diamond CDMA] blantoncg:
I've tried alot of different ROMs on my HTC Touch Diamond (CDMA) and so far my favorite is the newest EnergyROM is my favorite.
[Touch Diamond CDMA] trunkwontopen:
..and I'm interested in that one as well, but I can't get it to flash.

it stays at 0%, then coems back with a "communications error".

I've followed the instructions to a T in this thread:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35839

I don't think it has to do with windows mobile on the PC, because I can flash and re-flash the rom from HTC for this phone over and over again. I'm doing something wrong, and I don't know what.
[Touch Diamond CDMA] trunkwontopen:
Wait..found this:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=36062

it seemed to take that DiamondUnlocker.exe RUU.

stay tuned.
[Touch Diamond CDMA] rileyd5:
took the words out of my mouth:) was going to post this link. lol.
[Touch Diamond CDMA] trunkwontopen:
Yep, took the grooveROM like a child to candy. Running that now. Just having the issues with Picture mail. Seems to hang when I launch it (or think I am launching it.)

Lets hope this thread is a lesson and a guideline to those running CDMA phones. :D
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infazz:
Wow

thats the future of gaming on devices! :)

just printing special bar code and putting some where, and program drawing 3D objects it self :)

you can even look with your device camera on monitor, it will draw to! ;)

http://www.mobile-augmented-reality.com/

watch it!!
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orelsi:
http://www.engadget.com/tag/augmented+reality/

Check the ninth from top to bottom to get your mind blown.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infazz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te9gj22M_aU&feature=related

this project is mind blow)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Firefall!:
This isn't available yet, is it?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orelsi:
Nope. It falls under the expect it soon category.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hezz05:
That Layar app for Android looks really interesting! Good for a Dutchie like me.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jf4888:
yeah im gonna install a new rom but forgot the code to format the external partition can someone help me out here
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jf4888:
ok thanxs for the help

i formated the ext

and now im on swap(just flashed about 10 minutes ago)

but what do you put in for the swap place so the sd doesnt get corrupted when mounting to a computer
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h.nocturna:
If you're using swapper, and you place the swapfile.swp in the default location (the fat32 of the sdcard) then when you mount the card, you're gonna have problems, maybe even corrupt your sdcard and have to reformat.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jf4888:
So just play it safe and turn off the phone when transfering files???

But i thought i heard that you enter a new swap place something like

"/system/sd/swapfile.swp" and that enetering something like this is to prevent it from corrupting

because the default is

"/sdcard/swapfile.swp"

so when you mount it, it would corrupt becaus ethe comp would try n mount the swap

and if that happenes thing get mucked up
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
yup set it to /system/sd/swapfile.swp because the ext partition isn't mounted :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h.nocturna:
Correct, though I would advise you to use the linux-swap partition cuz its faster
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronin4392:
I saw that Cyanogen ported the power manager widget and I wanted to put it on my phone. He said it was on his Github so i went there and found this:

http://github.com/cyanogen/android_packages_apps_Settings/tree/master

but it is the source code. Could some one post the Settings.apk or give me some help compiling it.

Also I just wanted to make sure, this will work on 3.8 right?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
Might as well wait for him to bring it over in 3.9.1. Can never be too careful :p He should release it soon enough, I'm guessing either today or tomorrow.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karolis:
I've heard "later today" (or similar) from Cyanogen several times already and it was never the case.

I like his style though. Unlike other devs who would release fixes almost daily, he likes to make sure stuff works before giving it to us. Of course mistakes happen, he's just a man after all, no matter how hard some of us believe that he's GOD :)

Anyway, I think it's best to wait too.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Burag:
He should be named "xda android master dev" :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tubaking182:
not to disrespect Cyanogen, i love his roms, but please don't forget the path that lead us to this point. JesusFreke and stericson as well as several others got us here, Cyanogen just took it to the next level. Cyanogen is great but without the other guys we would be stuck with stock
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karolis:
Yes, yes, JF, Haykuro, and all the rest were gods at some point. They chose to not be any more, so we praise Cyanogen today. Tomorrow we might praise someone else.

Comming back to the original topic, 3.9.1 is out and it includes the widget you wanted. Case closed :) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=539744
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Burag:
True :rolleyes:
[General Questions and Answers] destructa:
Have upgraded my XDA2 to wm6.1 and want to use it for work, can anyone recommend software for the following tasks?

Accounts (must be UK currency compatible)

Invoices

Database

Advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] destructa:
I would like to now the following:

What is the max SD Card capacity that a XDA2 can use

Is there a SD Wifi Card that also has memory (as I'd like to be wireless, and still have the SD Card memory - as I install apps to the SD Card)

What is the XDA backpack and is it still available (a friend suggested i would need this to have SD Card Memory and Wireless - although he could tell me much more than that).

Also is it possible to replace the backup battery as everythime i swap batteries (have 2 batteries I use when out/away) I have re-enter clock/calendar data.

My XDA2 is running WM6.1

Thanks
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Rudegar:
unless the later 6.5roms change that the largests is 2gb non hcsd cards

unless later roms change that non of the wifi cards with storage works at all

unless later roms change that the last rom that worked with the backpack was 2003
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] muckelmaus:
No, Rudegar, you are wrong: the max. SD-capacity is 4 GB (non HC) SD cards, as I prooved with all working roms I tested, yet. (WM2k3 up to WM6.5 and I tried a lot of them!!)

Backpack is still available and some of its functions are working!

The vga-feature is working fine, after installing the driver.

Most ROM use additional battery in the backpack, but not all. You have to test yourself.

The only thing that won't work in roms, other then WM2k3(SE), is the compact flash slot, as there are no working drivers for WM5 and WM6.X (yet)!!!

The backup battery is changeable, you can use the one for the BA as they are the same. Use the search button above, you will find some links on this issue.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Clondyke:
Yep, I have a 4GB non-SDHC card in use with my MDAII...works without problems.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] khawar4m:
How to upgrade windows of O2 XDA 2

I have O2 Xda 2 which have windows 2003 CE on it but i want to upgrade its windows . but i don't know how to start which ROM i needed. please help me
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Rudegar:
"I have O2 Xda 2 which have windows 2003 CE on it but i want to upgrade its windows . but i don't know how to start which ROM i needed. please help me"

any found in these 4 links would work

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=270

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=291

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=387

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Himalaya
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] chaosdefinesorder:
Hi Guys, I'd like to have the HTC task manager in the top right of every program (except full screen obviously) in place of the "X". If I want to exit a program, I usually press the hardware "ok" button and keep it running in the background for fast loading later and keep an eye on memory usage with the top right menu. Is it possible to have the task manager always on in place of the cross?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] mtcerio:
Yes, that would be great. I did not find anything to get what we want, so far.

As a workaround, I used WkTask (http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask_en.html) which works well, and allows to switch easily from one running program to the other.

Waiting for a better solution, hope that this helps.

maTTeo
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] evorgevol:
Best program iv found by a long way is Showcase. Works like a charm and looks pretty! :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Neville.Holland:
SPB Pocket Plus and SBSH both do as you ask... but the come at a premium
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] emanrov:
pbar works for me. "pBar is able to override the behaviour of the "X" button just like other task managers. In addition, there are a couple of handy shortcuts found on the popup menu. You can even add shortcuts of a couple ..."
[General Questions and Answers] cris_rowlands:
Im running THIS ROM, and it has the version of PIE thats included with wm6.1, despite being a wm6.5 ROM.

Im not in any way complaining about this ROM as it is very fast, stable etc.

But, im just wondering if its possible to upgrade to the newer build of PIE.

I dont know if its PIE6 or whatever, as Ive lost track of which is which.

But i cant seem to find a cab for it anywhere (and yes, I have searched)

Is it possible to extract files from a 6.5 emulator and copy them across to your device to use? If yes, could anyone advise me on which files I would need?

If it isnt as simple as this, then, it sucks. lol

So yeh, if anyone can help me with this, ill be very happy.

Plus, i think many others may want to know about this too.

Thanks

Cris
[General Questions and Answers] typo:
I'm pretty sure it is possible to install IE Mobile 6 separately, but I'm not sure how. Somebody will probably be along to explain.

That said -- I'm not sure I'd recommend doing so! IE6 is a decent browser, but I'd say that Opera 9.7, Iris, and Skyfire are all better. I actually prefer to DOWNGRADE to the old PIE, because it handles mobile sites better than any of the "full" browsers.
[General Questions and Answers] cris_rowlands:
yeh, despite the features available in more recent browsers, I still enjoy the simplicity of IE mobile.
[General Questions and Answers] Farmer Ted:
If it's basically running PIE 5, then most likely the chef disabled PIE 6.5 with a regedit. Here's how you 'upgrade' it (whether or not it's an upgrade is debatable, lol):

Go to HKLM\Security\Internet Explorer and change the value of 'MSHTML' from 0 to 1 and soft reset. That should do it, unless the chef actually replaced all the PIE stuff with one from an old build (I kind of doubt it).
[General Questions and Answers] cris_rowlands:
well, im gonna try this now

If it works, I will be incredibly happy xD
[General Questions and Answers] cris_rowlands:
Well, there was no 'MSHTML' entry where you said it would be :(

Damn.

It appears he did actually replace it.

Oh well. Cant blame me for trying.

At least i now know what to tell others for this problem :)

THANK YOU TED
[General Questions and Answers] Farmer Ted:
You can always try entering the 'MSHTML' value, setting it as a DWord=1. It's worth a try. Just delete it if it doesn't work.
[General Questions and Answers] Da_G:
Sounds like the chef may have removed the BROWSINGIE, widgets, and/or another package or two from the ROM.. you could make some cabs out of those missing packages and install them, that would probably set you up and running :) But afaik there are no existing cabs for this right now, so you'd have to create them.
[General Questions and Answers] tvrtim:
From reading a few post after doing a search here on XDA_Devs it seems that unfortunately ie needs to be cooked into the rom, there are no cabs available, and the ones that are... don't work! Sorry!
[General Questions and Answers] cris_rowlands:
I did try this :(

Still no luck.

Thanks for your help anyway ^_________^
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sillyshy:
I have RC29 were and how do you install radio and spl?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h.nocturna:
By reading the multiple guides out there...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alritewhadeva:
http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/ PLEASE PLEASE search. You've created multiple useless threads on these forums.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] str8ceez:
Search search search....... but ill help out any way download the new radio and spl flash radio first make sure your pvt then flash new spl then either push files with adb for the rom of your choice after flashing the spl or you can use a sd card adapter and put rom of your choice on there that way and flash walla ur all set if you don't flash a rom after you flash the spl you will loop when you try to boot up let me kno if you need any help
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] pug:
Does any one know how to stop windows media player from scanning folders for media to add to the library? There used to be a file you added for the older devices like the XDA and XDA II but I can't remember what it was called.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] a33a:
If you want to stop the access to a specific folder then I think it's possible to make the folder hidden using a file manager.

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for however.

:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] pug:
Not quite what I was after but thanks anyway, might have to resort to that.

There used to be a text file which you called something like "do not scan" to a folder which WMP then ignored. Problem is with the media based world these days I think the option is one that's long been forgotten.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adq:
Hi, since this is my wife's HTC hero from Orange UK, I'm being particularly careful with it. I'm new to xda-developers/HTC platforms (but not new to doing horrible things to embedded platforms) :>

I've been messing about with the phone all evening - downloaded that ROM image from the other thread and pulled it apart to look at the OS files etc - the standard break-a-new-embedded-linux-platform routine.

Anyway, if you hold down BACK when powering on, it enters the bootloader mode with a "FASTBOOT USB" prompt, which sounded interesting. I got a copy of the fastboot binary, and extracted the kernel and the ramdisk images from "boot.img" in the "HEROIMG_Hero_HTC_WWE_1.76.405.1_R3_WWE_release_signed.zip" (using split_bootimg.pl).

Just as a quick test, I tried booting them with:

fastboot boot kernel.img boot.img

since the above just boots a kernel from RAM, and not actually flash it. Anyway, fastboot claims it downloaded and booted it ok, and the phone shows the "HERO" logo. Unfortunately that is as far as it gets. However, if I reset the phone, it boots perfectly fine from the kernel/ramdisk in flash (phew!)

Since it doesn't actually boot into android proper (and doesn't show up as a USB device), I don't know if (a) its showing the HERO logo, but failing the signature check, or (b) actually booting, but crashing 'cos the kernel/ramdisk aren't quite right. I'd guess (a) myself, but I'm new to messing with HTC bootloaders.

Anyway, in case they're useful, the details of the phone from the fastboot mode are:

HERO CVT SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-1.76.0004 (HERO10000)

MICROP-010f

TOUCH PANEL-SYN0104

RADIO-6.35.04.25

Jul 3 2009,15:22:21
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dayzee:
That method of entering fastboot is the same as the magic. Check the magic / sapphire wiki and have a read as I suspect the magic is its closest relative and a lot of the magic stuff will work...

daisy xx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adq:
Aha, thank you very much, that gives me more information!

Anyway, I just tried booting the boot.img itself instead of splitting it up with:

fastboot boot boot.img

This time, it booted right into the full android! Checking /proc/config.gz:

On the phone booting normally, it says:

# Linux kernel version: 2.6.27

# Fri Jul 3 07:52:06 2009

On the phone booted with boot.img extracted from that zip, it starts:

# Linux kernel version: 2.6.27

# Thu Jun 25 14:16:01 2009

So it seems as though it can boot the boot.img: AFAIK config.gz is hardcoded into the kernel binary. Now: is there a signature in the boot.img file?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adq:
Erm, I'm either hallucinating from lack of sleep, or I appear to have a root shell on it now. e.g. I can see the contents of /data from "adb shell":

ps reports: [snip]

root 43 1 3332 164 ffffffff 0000e8f4 S /sbin/adbd

root 619 43 748 340 c005ef5c afe0d08c S /system/bin/sh

# ls /data/app

org.oep.pong.apk

com.google.android.stardroid.apk

se.illusionlabs.labyrinth.lite.apk

com.google.zxing.client.android.apk

com.innovativelanguage.wordpowerlite.jp.apk

com.funambol.android.apk

com.massorbit.sword.apk

com.soundroid2012.piano.apk

jg.entertainment.abook.four.apk

com.maplekeycompany.apps.shake.apk

net.peterd.zombierun.apk

All I did was

1) pull the boot.img apart with split_bootimg

2) gunzip the ramdisk

3) hexedit the ramdisk to set ro.secure=0 (couldn't be bothered faffing about with cpio)

4) gzip the ramdisk

5) rebuild the image with mkbootimg. Oh you need to specify a different base address. Example command line:

/tmp/mkbootimg --kernel boot.img-kernel --ramdisk boot.img-ramdisk.insecure.gz --cmdline 'no_console_suspend=1 console=null' -o test-insecure.img --base 0x19200000

Then I just booted it with "fastboot boot test-insecure.img"