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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phil_UK:
Thanks for that Dayzee....I can't resist trying this now :D

In case it helps some great links I found as a NOOB (some from this forum) are:

http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html#s3 Good for the diff between Recovery Img and ROM.

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Dream_overview_and_useful_information Very good starter guide for terminology and other basics.

Hope it helps Noobs :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
(No offending meant): You windows using guys seem to have a lot of trouble creating a simple ext3 partition on a sd card. What I mean is that you could give Linux a try (Live cd -- Ubuntu is a great uption for you - http://www.ubuntu.com ) and, if nothing else, partition the card without problems.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] felikz:
i have a simple question:

for what does the word "radio" stand in connection to an android phone???
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] behnaam:
I made a slight modification to HTC Dreams Rosie ROM Color Changer so that it work's on the Hero, made mine blue :) If anybody wants or thinks it sounds useful reply and I'll upload it and give furthur instructions.

My Rosie on Hero:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DrLaban:
What clock widget is that?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] behnaam:
'Digital Clock Widget' on market :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] felikz:
can someone explain us beginners what a ROSIE is???
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joemax:
I believe Rosie was the code name for Sense the lovely GUI HTC have built to make Android that little bit more special (and slightly slower at times).

Nice large sig you have there... scared the pants off me when I loaded the page :eek:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dayzee:
The "radio" is the firmware that controls the "phone" aspects of the handset, making calls, connecting to internet, wifi, GPS, GSM and lots of other letters. Basically all the functions that use radiowaves or are wireless on the phone.

It's also known as the Baseband Firmware. Changing the radio version can help with improving reception/call quality and ability to connect to wifi, GPS and bluetooth and how good the signal/connection is. It is seperate from the ROM (kinda like the Operating System of the fone, in this case Android) and is usually updated seperately with no impact on Data or ROM.

Hope that helps a bit. Dayzz
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phil_UK:
Hi Dayzee,

I assume the link to the recovery image is the same file as you described in the Root thread?

http://rapidshare.com/files/262621147/cm-hero-recovery.img.zip

The link never worked for me so this is the link from Dayzee's Root Noob guide. Please ignore this if it is not meant to be the same image!!! :D

PS. Why is it the same...is there only ever one Recovery image used for all the ROM loads?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dayzee:
So far I think I just used that one as it does the job. No real need for another if it does the bizz :) I used the same one I've had since rooting previously in July.

Hugs - Dayz
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
Of course! Please share everything!!! (It should be your moral obligation to upload and post some instructions ;) )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sphinxy:
Im thinking about flashing due to my keyboard always lagging behind in my typing.

Can any describe your experience with the keyboard lag?

It maybe just myself having this lag, its quite bad actually...it can get up to 3 words behind when i type....and its quite...annoying >.<
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Huey85:
Oh that's great! I wanted to change my Rosie Colour scheme to something a little lighter - I saw the dream Rosie colour changer to white, looked quite nice!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
i am having a small issue with the trackball notification on the mised call... anyone else?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
One thing I have learnt about the guides is that don't work for everyone. Not because they are wrong though. I think it could be because of different ROM versions and/or recovery image versions. For example Dayzee seems to have no problems using the guides but when I used the same guides I would have problems. I would then have to search around for alternative guides. So far I have always found one that would work for me. To give you an idea i used 4 or 5 ways of partitioning my sd card before finding one that would work. (as it turns out everything that I needed was on the recovery image. )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Foka002:
Gr8! Can't wait.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arene:
Not that I donated because of this promise, but my curiosity is booming. I hardly sleep anymore. does it have to do with the upcoming release?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] minty1978:
lol just donated too, on the strength of this promise. cant wait!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] OttarA:
Had i only understood what underpinnings is i would probably be even more exited ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FloridaK:
underpinning = noun - support, base, foundation, footing, groundwork, substructure

Is Paul hinting that we may be getting a look at something with a Donut feel to it?

Florida
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jonasback:
Google Maps?

Hi, I got my HTC Hero yesterday and immediately flashed this custom rom. Everything is nice, however.. I can't find Google Maps in Market. I read that someone suggested to use market enabler, but it doesn't seem to help? Could anyone plz help me with the proper market enabler settings to get this to use, or give me another option.

thx

edit. Nevermind, i figured it out! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] monocay:
Holding my breath for MCR 2.4

need my custom rom fix ;-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
My assumption is that Paul is having to strip out all the Google proprietary stuff (e.g. Market, Sync) from his ROM, now that Google have C&Dd Cyanogen. This will make it not bootable, presumably, and require us to have a way to back all that stuff up, install Paul's new opensource ROM, and then restore it all again.

I could be off on a tangent, of course :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zalman361:
I use 2.3, dont have 1 problem at all, great stuff..

looking for 2.4 also, thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pcwei:
Hi, i am new here. I just flashed my ROM to modaco v2.3. i found 1 bug/problem where, when i add a new contact let say name "A". then after that i try to find this "A" contact is actually not in my contact list. But when "A" call me, is actually show "A" name and photo. when i go to call history i can even view "A" contact information. but just cant search in my contact list.

Thanks.

PS: i have a very bad english grammer here. anywhere hope u all can help and understand my problem. cheers......
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Huey85:
MCR2.4 with new underpinnings? :eek: I smell donuts in the air :confused:;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] risterdid:
minor bug...

during a call I maximize the phone pad and the letters for each number arent english...

2.3 btw
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Sadly no Donut yet, i've been trying, but it's not gonna happen until we at least get the kernel source. My secret spies are sniffing round HTC for a Donut build too tho ;)

I know a few people felt 2.3 didn't perform as well as 2.2, so 2.4 will hopefully redress that!

:)

re: donators, i'm hoping to get some of the top paid apps in ROM for free for donators, but negotiations on that front are still ongoing! ;)

P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] uradox:
When you say donators, do you mean subscribers on modaco?

Just curious because I am a subscriber but keen to donate for this HTC Hero project =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
MoDaCo premium subscriber also = donator :-)

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bunt83:
Paul,

If we're using 2.2/2.3 will we still be able to receive the OTA donut update from Tmobile UK (WHEN it eventually gets pushed)???

Cheers.

Keep up the GREAT work! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] foxmeister:
Who says there is going to be an OTA update for the Hero?

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bunt83:
Dave,

You're probably right that I'm jumping the gun a bit with my assumption.

BUT with today's news that the G1 and Mytouch are receiving donut OTA, I am hoping this will be the same for the Hero?

Is it too much to ask!? :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] foxmeister:
Google will be pushing out the OTA updates for the G1 and the MyTouch3G, but crucially these phones are branded "with Google" and run vanilla Android.

Hero isn't Google branded and doesn't run vanilla Android as it contains loads of HTC customizations. Therefore, I seriously doubt that Google would be involved in OTA updates for the Hero, so any such update would need to be pushed by HTC.

Given that they didn't push the relatively minor update to the 2.73 version, I doubt that future updates will be pushed and HTC will rely on the RUU mechanism that they've always used - at least for the foreseeable future!

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bunt83:
I don't know whether that's a good or bad thing...

Thoughts?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] notxel21:
Where are you're donation links? :confused:

Could you edit you're sig to include them?

Thanks! I'm on 2.2 and I'm loving it!! Great work!! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
my screen doesnt auto rotate anymore
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zyborg:
Flash on unbranded Hero

I've flashed several Orange and T-Mobile branded Heros, but today I flashed MCR 2.3 on an original HTC Hero (unbranded) and ran into a few surprises.

1) Only English interface available.

2) Only English, Spanish, French and German input languages available.

I thought the ROM included more languages? Is it because the phone is CID/security locked somehow?:confused:

Thank you in advance for your input.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] monocay:
Run the app "Custom Locale" included with your ROM :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] minogue:
had 2.3 since it came out. and it sucks and i mean it! However i went back to 2.2 and now things are working fine for me again.... but i still think 1.5 was a bit better!!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lox_Dev:
lol (sorry .... could not resist)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zyborg:
I'm aware of that option, but that does really help me with text input/T9 in other languages...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] monocay:
I am runinning MCR2, have Czech language selected for system,

in keyboard options i have the choices Czech, English and Polish

Maybe you have to select appropriate language for system to get more options for keyboard language?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zyborg:
See my original post:

I've flashed several Orange and T-Mobile branded Heros, but today I flashed MCR 2.3 on an original HTC Hero (unbranded) and ran into a few surprises.

1) Only English interface available.

2) Only English, Spanish, French and German input languages available.

I thought the ROM included more languages? Is it because the phone is CID/security locked somehow?

Thank you in advance for your input.

--

I.e., I cannot select e.g. Danish as text input language...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] monocay:
OK, sorry about that. Anyway, quite strange, i am too running unbranded Hero with MCR 2.3 and have all of the languages.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stingerpl:
I also rolled back to 2.2. It's a lot faster.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zcmander:
I know this is asked many times, but i couldn't find

Do I need to flash recovery image permanently in order to flash from stock 1.x to 2.3, or can I just use fastboot?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] OttarA:
No problem just using fastboot ;-) it's å bit simpler to have it installed But it's not a must
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mackster248:
led's

I just flashed this Rom, just wondering how to get the led's to work. Thanks in advance!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkodr:
@modaco: Could the next version be compiled with the support for the "owner" netfilter kernel module, or whatever it is that would let us run the Droid Wall application? Details: here (I'm experiencing the same problem as the person quoted in this post; I'm on MCR 2.2).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lox_Dev:
Well as we can't actually compile a kernel it is hard to add a kernel module.... If you point me to a sapphire rom running 2.6.27 kernel with netfilter module, I can try to add it.

Regards
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
bump

also has 1.6 been rooted?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] martint235:
As far as I'm aware, 1.6 hasn't been ported successfully let alone rooted. I believe the devs are waiting for HTC to provide the kernel.

M
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lopiuh:
Do you mean that you are on stock 1.x Rom and your leds, backlight and ear phone plug are not working anymore? That was my situation in times when custom rom version 1.5 where state of the art. After flashing that rom and newest radio in these days the mentioned problems where solved and kept being solved till now with 2.2. Don't know if that works the same way going directly to the newest radio and 2.2/2.3 rom. But I do suppose so. Hope these information help a little bit. I defenetly would try ro go through 1.5 before doing a RMA. And don't flash the stock 2.x because you would lose easy way to flash custom roms because of new HBOOT.

I am looking forward to new hero roms and kernel source from HTC because compared to dream there is nothing going on in hero cooking.

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rootus.by:
I have problem with Weather widget, when it placed on separate screen and full version, after swithing to this page and updating weather proccess started it fails with crash. What it could be?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pecheurs7:
news

does anyone knows when modaco will release a new amazing rom ???

Thks

nico
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bunt83:
2.4 is coming soon...

Says Paul!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] electrocat:
Paul buy Pulse :(

http://twitter.com/PaulOBrien/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gaabrysz:
Yeah. I think that Hero wont get that much love like G1 or magic:( so i wont to sell my Hero. Anyone? Pm me. UK only. It's white unlock.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FunkAndSoda:
I think love will come when the kernel source is released.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kosmiq:
I really hope we will see some updates as soon as HTC releases a 1.6 ROM for the Hero. I'd also love to see Cyanogen mod ported to the Hero, that would be awesome. Also I kinda thinks that Paul should be working on the Hero since the community got him one... ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] co1d7usion:
enable boot sound

Hi i like the boot sound and would like to enable it back.

Tried the boot_animation.xml edit to useAudio="1", failed.

Tried the enable_boot_sound_update-signed.zip, failed.

Anyone have an idea how to bring that boot sound back?

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
Did you follow the steps as described with the adb-push and pull-commands? See this post
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] matt6gsr:
rolled back to 2.2, much faster imo, cant wait for 2.4 :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JuniperFIN:
Radio issues...

Modaco 2.0 is in my phone, now trying to upgrade this poor radio (63.18.55.06_6.35.04.25) for the latest but keep getting this error message (which I cant remember now :) ).

Should I wipe/do something else before clickin update.zip?

Also one Mac related thing, as I download the zips my iMac automatically puts them into folders, is it ok I re-zip them to re-make update.zip? Might sound silly but I can assure you it is actually stupid question :o
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] J-Zeus:
Juniper - that wont work on a Mac - Go to Safari Preferences>general and untick the " Open 'safe' files after..." button, which stops them automatically unzipping.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JuniperFIN:
Hey, thanks, must do that now again, maybe that rezipping screwed the files up :cool:

EDIT: for all Mac users, this was a great hint, so DONT rezip unzipped data again, wont work. Untick the box instead to keep the zip intact.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] J-Zeus:
I'm pretty much a 'tinkering newbie':o, but like to help where I can:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwiksand:
Ech, and he's said plenty of times, its coming. How about chilling out and realise that he's not working for you, me, HTC, Google anyone, and he'll get it finished when he's ready?

Once again, I'd hate for him to be put off and stop releasing ROM because some newb is pestering for releases.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stripealipe:
Kernels, kernels, kernels.... Until HTC get their bums in gear and release these, we're not gonna see much in the way of significant mods for our Heros and there is absolutely nothing Paul can do about that.

And when they're finally released, it's going to take some time for him to get his head around compiling the necessary code around possible Donut goodness.

Time peeps, give it time....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kosmiq:
I think you misunderstood me. I merely hope for releases and pestering is a little harsh since I have mentioned it once. Not more, not less. I am very thankful and happy for the hard work Paul has put into the releases so far and I've been using his modded ROM since I got my Hero. So please take it a little easy with the hate towards anyone remotely mentioning a release and chill a bit. It's great that you also call me a "newb" with nothing, whatsoever, to base that on.

Also I'm sure we will see some excellent custom ROM's as soon as HTC do release their sources.

To any moderator reading this, sorry for the off-topic.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwiksand:
I haven't been around long enough to know, but how much of a custom mod scene was there for the Dream/Magic before the Kernel source was made available?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dnetzone:
i installed the core rom ..renaming it to update.zip

how do i install the Enhanced part? please reply soon
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] OttarA:
Just download the Enhanced package and rename it to Update.zip. It installs just as the core ROM
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dnetzone:
so u mean i just have to replace the old .zip with the new1?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kkoouu:
I prefer not to rename zip files and use "apply any zip from sd" menu command - then you can select the right one and still have the files on sd card with reasonable names. More - you can "apply" both core and enhanced zips at once.

Regarding your question: yes, you can overwrite the update.zip with new one, it is only used during installation ( "applying" )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] surfer69:
Ditto that, I've been doing a speed comparison between 2.2 and 2.3.

I have both update files with their original names on my 8GB SD.

I'm about to change back to 2.2, since it seems to be faster. I only preferred 2.3 for the bigger people widget, but I did the folder trick mentioned in another thread and now have 12 favourites easily accessible.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dnetzone:
i cant find google maps in the Market..can someone please help!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
Strange?! Try it this way...

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-google-android-apps-maps-jw.aspx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dnetzone:
thanks for the link mate..but m not able to download it..cant find the link..its wud be gr8 if u cud put the file as an attachment..please thanks :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] justbabu:
Download barcode scanner app from the market.

Then click on the line that Heppieboeddah has given, open the barcode scanner app on your HTC Hero and scan the QR code on the androlib page. This should allow market to find the app.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shaji007:
is anyone having problems with the market

im on 2.3 enhanced

i just did a nandroid restore and it market has stopped working as in it doesnt download anything!

anyhelp please!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] co1d7usion:
It works! Thanks mate!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Merlinux:
+1 for this. Absolutely my favourite ROM. Would be great to see the latest 2.3 version on a 32A :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
You can find it here @4shared.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Version 2.4 online in first post!

Changelog:

2.4

- Faster than 2.2!

- Recommended for use with radio 63.18.55.06FU_6.35.07.08

- New WWE core image

- Another busybox update - 1.15.2 release

- Added dropbear binaries in ROM (will add as a service in a later release)

- Replaced CustomLocale with MoreLocales

- Added IM application in ROM

- Maps is now no longer removed

- Other tweaks I forgot!

I also readded the donation link to the first post by request.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AndiTails:
Thanks, Paul!

Been having random lockups, so will be doing a complete card wipe and repartition, device wipe and install from fresh with this one - will be an 'experience' lol.

(Plus, I've mirror'd it as usual for anyone that likes that! :))
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
Well done Paul!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] uradox:
Thanks Paul. Looking forward to trying this.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] martint235:
Thanks for this Paul.

I don't suppose it's possible to open a new thread for 2.4 as this one is getting a bit unwieldy for searching etc.

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] saquib:
Failed to load. Tries to apply the update and then gives the following error message:

E:Can't chown/mod /data/xbin/nano

(No such file or directory)

E:Failure at line 365:

set_perm 0 0 04755 DATA:xbin/nano

Installation aborted.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arene:
same for me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Oops, last minute change broke the install script!

Uploading fixed version now...

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] foxmeister:
Coming from Modaco 2.2, I get the following error when I try to flash to 2.4:

E: Can't chown/mod /data/xbin/nano

(no such file or directory)

E: Failure at line 365:

set_perm 0 0 04755 DATA:xbin/nano

Installation aborted.

Regards,

Dave

EDIT - well, I forgot to post my reply, and when I did this had already been reported 3 times! Oh well!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] qvert:
i was able to install it?

downloaded at around 13:00 o clock

without any error
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mbbatu:
I get error at startup after you install 2.4 ü. Help
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] OttarA:
Damn this was fast. ;-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aleck_eagle:
Yeah.. Same Problem, May be somthin to do wit the im app ?..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Was that on a wiped install?

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] saquib:
Paul,

I'm getting the same force close, coming from 2.3 and did a wipe first.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ppiixx:
installed ok onto 2.3

IM app pops up for a second and then goes back to home screen.

Havent bothered wiping but will give that a try once the new 2.4 is available.

Tried google maps/talk

synced phonebook/calendar/contacts with no errors.

What are people doing to get the gapps force quit?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Working on it peeps, apologies...

P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aleck_eagle:
Yes ! Wiped b4 install and also used a new sd card. an 8 gig one to check if the album thumb n. work ... it gave me the error in recovery. i tried a reboot after that, it worked.. and then the fc's . and no im app in menu.. but the browser landscape bounce is gone. sms 7min error still persists ..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arene:
No problem. no harm done. Just a few more minutes patience for us.

Thanx in advance