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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BlueHawk:
a2sd operational checks have been covered previously in this thread.

Your swap is operational - since swap shows up in your free memory check. Linux only uses swap if it is running low on available memory - which it doesn't seem to be at this stage. This is a good thing as using swap incurs a slight performance penalty moving data and applications between working memory and swap (but not as much a penalty as the alternatives - such as killing an application and restarting it again when you next want to use it). :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] CitizenLee:
I bit the bullet and updated to v3.0, without wiping 1st.

I'd say it initially seems a touch slower but a few reboots might sort that, or I might just be imagining it! Paid apps seem fine too... and most importantly my wifi is working again, albeit using Wifi Buddy. Now to get the Hello Moto theme and clear lockscreen back.

Btw, if you like Tool then check out ISIS ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrPappy86:
A2SD

Ok

I see in my device data/apps all my application not in the sdcard/apps

so my a2sd not work?

How to move my apps to the sdcard?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mt3g:
is any one else having issues downloading the 3.0 and my brother is in germany on tmobile deutch(THING) and have him on 2.7 no issues but want to upgrade should i have him upgrade his radio is it super necessary.... thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marvi0:
messaging

isit still recommended to install 3rd party messaging apps in place of the default HTC messaging app which was said to have problems with batterydrain or this new 3.0 update has cured the problem because the default HTC messaging app has delivery report and I believe the 3rd party apps lime chompsms haven't got that feature thanks .
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] regunus:
After a lot of hard work (stupid spl needed goldcard to go away...) I've managed to flash Amon_RA's recovery 1.5.2.

First thing was to download this rom.

Wiped data and dalvik adn then flashed. Phone boots, shows hero logo then htc logo then reboots then hero logo then htc logo then reboots (infinite loop).

my SD has swap partition but no ext partition. do I need ext partition to flash this rom?

any chance I'm doing something else wrong?

thanks in advance...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ayulin:
If I'm not mistaken, the battery drain issue was only on the Sprint Hero (CDMA); the GSM HTC Hero never had such an issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] justbabu:
Are you trying to flash this ROM to a Hero or Magic?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] regunus:
hero. got it working. created an ext partition and it worked.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
http://www.soligard.com/technology/how-to-connect-htc-hero-to-ad-hoc-wifi-network/

I've not tried it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] m0jo:
Didnt work for me somehow. Got the HERO loading screen, then the HTC one. It immediately reboots and loads everything again. I had to roll back.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
wifi doesnt conenct for me on this any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] naruc:
I need some help...

Installed the 3.0 rom, with newest radio, and formated the SD card ( class 6 8 gb with a ext 3 partition on 544 MB and a fat32 on 7.3 GB but it dont looks like the A2SD is enablet even if it suposed to be automatic... it still uses my internal memory when installing apps...

Anyone experienced somthing similar, or have a solution for me?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] naruc:
A2SD

Anyone able to help me or point me in a direction here? 116 mb free on internal memory and going down fast...

Did a "adb shell ls -l /data/app"

I got this result

C:\Users\Lars>adb shell ls -l /data/app

"lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 14 May 6 1980 /data/app -> /system/sd/

app"

also did

adb shell

su

busybox df -h

busybox cp -a /data/data system/sd/

rebooted to recovery

mount data

rm -rf /data/data

ln -s /system/sd/data /data/data

but when continiued installing some apps the internal memory stil went down its now on 108 MB

Please advice
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hotvico:
install what you need. reboot. Free memory is back (assuming you did partition the card right). You do not really need to reboot but this is the easy way. Try and let us know...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] naruc:
Hmm did a reboot but shows internal memory at now 106 MB
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] heyodee:
On the SD you need two partitions,

fat32 partiton
linux ext[2,3,4]

make sure fat file system comes first then rest is ext partition. You don't need swap partition since there is compacahe.

An easier way to is to use RA recovery. Make sure you back up content of sd though.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] naruc:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 512B 7425MB 7425MB primary fat32 lba
2 7425MB 7969MB 544MB primary ext3

does this look ok?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] heyodee:
Yup, Partition table looks ok. All you do is format the first as fat32, and second as ext3 if you haven't already. I assuming you have and apps2sd is working.

one way to find out for sure is to ls -l /system/sd

you should see two directories, apps, apps-private

you can also type the, "mount" command via abd shell or on phone and look for a line that references /system/sd. The related block device should be mmcblk0p2
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mafiaboy01:
Hi, I have a problem with the rom. When I remove the sd card(I unmount it first) when I reinsert it the phone loses all my installed programs including ones in the rom like google maps.

Why is this happening?

Can i fix it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
you shouldn't remove the sdcard while the phone is powered on. apps2sd is not able to handle this.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mafiaboy01:
Even when the sd card is unmounted?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ichirumama:
Hi, this is a first time i use the Modaco ROM. When i flash Modaco 2.8 with chinese input, my battery drains alot (40% within 1 night >_<), 1:00 AM to 6:00 AM it drains from 54% to 12%. I use radio: 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.08.29. My phone is rooted, HTC Hero. How can i fix it??? Thanks alot.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] heyodee:
Get a 3000mAH battery or kill apps running in background
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Fraction:
I have rooted my phone, and I'm using the recovery image from RA-hero..

But if I flash this rom or Behnaam, the booting stops at the last gif/splashscreen.

In the past I had some problems with the rooting, so i had go downgrade/unroot with the goldcard. And its the official HTC_2.73.405.5 ROM I use at the moment.

But I want to Flash to a 2.1 rom, and get the Busybox and all the new stuff, any help?

Regards Fraction
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
What firmware version is the new version 1.2/1.3 custom rom??

LP

Blaž
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Hybrid / secret ;)

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
So I'm guessing it's something like 2.x??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AndiTails:
If it follows standard Linux naming convention, it wouldn't receive the v2 number until final code.

Great work, Paul - I know what I'll be sorting tonight! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nemo0815:
Stupid general question:

Is there any way to backup/restore my contacts and stuff if i want to update to this ROM?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
1.3 is now online.

P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vpstriderz:
Modaco,

This is a little off-topic. The clock in new update (the one that you showed in a video that removes the lag in hero) is no longer flip. Is it possible to have the clock-flip intact while maintain a lag free?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nemo0815:
OMG he wants the clock to flip(!)

:D

Seriously, that was one of the reason people moaned about the lag that's why HTC disabled the flip (presumably).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] minogue:
i thought the clock flipping was a really nice integration. But theres probably a reason why they made it not flip and im guessing its because of laggyness it causes..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AndiTails:
Use Google Contacts to keep your contacts in sync - works great for this very reason!

Then get AppManager from the Market - and this'll let you backup your apps so you can install them again easily once reflashed.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] commodoor:
ok i like youre custom rom its fast.

i was trying to install the new 1.3 version but i got an error. the error was as followd

"E:Failure at line 391:copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:installation aborted"
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
Did you do a wipe before?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
same error cuz i didn't wipe first :D

second try is a win but stuck on htc since few min
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] commodoor:
No i didn't. i didn't wipe it with 1.1 and it worked fine. i will try now with the wipe. will let know how it went

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Ok i first did a wipe and worked
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
hero up and kickin

just have to use sprite backup to restore my things :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
I think that's normal... Was the same with the 1.1 version for me... stuck for minutes, but then booted normally....

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Paul, is it possible to format the data partition before copying the files (like with the system part.) - enforce a wipe?

LP

B
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lcw622:
OK.... I edit the whole post...

I flash the 1.3 and it's fast !! thanks for the work..

and I was voted for keeping the CHINESE IME...

but I think there's only chinese... "display" (china)(Taiwai)

but there wasn't any IME(Input Method Editor) for chinese....in the ROM...

any thoughts?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
can you post your system info (firmware version, etc...)?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Yeah, I could (and probably should do that), but if for any reason you wanna reapply the update.zip (e.g. you screw up your system partition) then the non-wipe is handy!

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
Good point there, though. But (as you did;)) it should be noted clearly to the users.

LP

Blaž
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chetermaat:
Based on eclair

Is this rom yet based on the eclair. Sorry for the noob question.

If so.. I'll turn back @ this rom. Always loved it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
yes. apps2sd was not implemented in original android, neither stock nor from htc. it is a hack from the community, and comes with this downside. i can pretty good live with it, just have a mini usb cable at work and at home and there is no reason to take it out at all.

check with spareparts what app is draining your battery and get rid of it.

you need to wipe before flashing a 2.1 rom when coming from 1.5. busybox is included in several 1.5 roms, including mcr3.0.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Fraction:
Oh, that simple! damn why didn't I think of that (?)....

Thanks for the help! :D

Fraction
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] m0jo:
No, it isn't.

->
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberkid2002:
hi all,

I really apologise if this has already been covered but is there any way to disable A2SD (dont have many apps and I believe they run faster of the device than SDCard)? I tried just not setting up an EXT partition but my phone looped on boot without one.

Sorry for the basic question, this is the first ROM I have tried out so just trying to get my head around things/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] inertiax3:
I only have a FAT32 partition and the phone boots fine.. with 2.8, 2.9 and 3.0 with newest Teknologist kernel..

not sure how to disable A2SD though
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FormelLMS:
You don't need to make an ext partition.

If you don't want to use Apps2SD it works with one partition. Than, Apps2SD isn't enabled.

The bootloops couldn't be a Problem with Apps2SD if you have no ext Partition.

If this is your first MoDaCo ROM, you must Wipe it before first start.

The first start could take some minutes, what seems like a bootloop. But it's totally normal and ok so.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MojUk:
Anyone else having problems with the new HTC widgets available for free in the market giving the attached error?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maxld:
Yep, I think that these widgets are for Sprint Hero, cause I couldn't install them even on the stock rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marvi0:
internet sharing

hie guys i have searched, but i just cant seem to get a clear solution, but how do i enable internet sharing, using this modaco3.0 update, thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BlueHawk:
There has been some discussion about this. The current theory is that MCR 3.0 needs to be updated to a .66 "real" firmware release (with release keys) rather than the pre-release packages. However, this is yet to be confirmed - some people have been able to install and some haven't. Paul is looking into it AFAIK.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bryanchapman9999:
You mean tethering? The 'Wireless tether for root' app is included
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marvi0:
thanks for your reply, are you sure mate, that the tethering app is included, i know it does say, on the first page of the post that it is included, but i just cant find it, any idea, were, it could be located at many thanks, or it has to be downloaded, on the link on the changelog, on the first post.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] heyodee:
No longer missing paid apps

I honestly don't know why this works, but it does.

wipe data & cache & davlik, flashed Hero AOSP 2.0.1-r5 -> http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1528

checked out the market, and all the apps missing apps magically showed up

then wiped again and flashed MCR
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bryanchapman9999:
Its included with mine, just a normal app called Wireless tether for root - works great BTW!

Anyhow, here you go, a link for the apk

Merry Christmas!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FormelLMS:
Yes it did.

You must not install all after it.

I didn't reinstall MCR, I let the Nandroid Backup make a rollback and it works!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] heyodee:
Just glad the world is back to normal :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] heyodee:
One love to nandroid. Its a complete saver!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FormelLMS:
Yes, it is...!!! :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dryspuri:
hi this is very true, for the time being i am sticking to .66 release signed

have a look at this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5178847
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nemo0815:
Merry Christmas

After some weeks using MCR 3.0 now, i feel it becomes more and more sluggish, opening the HTC weather often takes >10sec. and same goes for the contacts list and other (obvious) applications.

Also, i often get no notification on SMS or new email whatsoever, unless I wake the phone from standby by myself pressing any of the keys. Even when somebody calls me the caller has to wait several seconds until the phone finally wakes up and rings through (sometimes the caller cuts the call again thinking that I'm not avail. due to this!). Other things like set alarms not occurring at all not to mention....

Again i feel this is because of the custom kernel used, and 2.8 was definately not having any of these problems. So i will again revert back to 2.8 until a new ROM finally fixes all these issues which hopefully uses Android 2.1 already.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberkid2002:
have you tried updating to the 1.91 custom kernel? I remember hearing something about improving the phones performance over time.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nemo0815:
Nope, haven't tried that. But i don't see anything in 2.8 that is worth updating to 3.0 (even with that 1.91 kernel) other than performance.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vengence_angels:
hi i just root my hero..

2 questions i have:

how do i get access to the paid apps on the market?..

and what must i wipe when i want to go from 1.5 to 2.1?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jhericurls:
I updated to 3.0 on its release and a few weeks ago I had to revert back to 2.9.

3.0 was no longer usable, text input was lagging like crazy and typing out a message became a nightmare. In general it would freeze and lag just doing the simple tasks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kakabobo:
if i am using app2sd and swap.

do i need to install swapper app to enable it ?

if i were to increase my swap to 512mb would i help in performance ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
installed 3.0 and now apps cant see the memory card, it shows up when i mount it in widows as a drive but not on phone

any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
did a wipe now all ok
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] m0jo:
Same here. Im back to 2.9 aswell.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
went back to 2.8 myslef still the best imo
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NisseGurra:
+1, 2.8 is the best modaco rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dryspuri:
you are correct i tried 2.9 first then 3.0 then i am back to 2.8

hav a look at this http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero-hero-modaco-com/298560/mcr-with-2-73-405-66-is-coming/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aguiamaster:
hey guys,i just got my hero yeasterday , so i was stupid enough to not do the SPL thing first and run this modaco 3.0 by command update.zip and it worked , how come ? shouldnt i do first SPL unlock ? i am a little confuse . thanks

ps:offcourse i used RA-hero-v1.2.3 recovery mode , but is this possible ? not do the SPL unlock and just flash Modaco rom ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] notxel21:
Yeah I was excited to see Paul's post and I can hardly wait for 3.1!! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] m0jo:
i had to go back to 2.9 aswell since 3.0 was getting terribly slow.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aguiamaster:
guys please someone explain me , i just flashed my hero to 3.0 WITHOUT changing the SPL , is that possible ? do i need to change allways my SPL to then flash a cooked rom like 3.0 ? please someone awnser me i am little confuse, realy thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lord_Phoenix:
Guys, is there any apk package or instruction how to get back dropbear on MCR 3.0 after you remove it? O:-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FormelLMS:
Install the MCR again. It takes 3 Minutes and nothing's lost.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lord_Phoenix:
I have lot's of other customizations and software removed, so I really want just the dropbear back.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FormelLMS:
Ah, okay, I understand.

I've done this, too.

You can remove the not used Apps at MoDaCos ROM and flash it then.

Or make a script, that removes it automatically like "rosie remover" from MoDaCo.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aguiamaster:
can someone pleasee help me ? i am alot of confuse , please awnser my last post someone
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] notxel21:
The SPL has nothing to do with flashing a rom.

As long as you're rooted you will be able to flash roms etc...

Flashing the SPL is geared more towards Devs allowing them to flashed unsigned roms for testing purposes, flashing custom boot images, etc... :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aguiamaster:
the main problem is that , my computers at home do not work syncronize with my phone using the HTC SYNC , without that i cannot flash back to original ROM HTC HERO right ? it reconize my phone as storage but not with HTC SYNC , any ideas why please ? thanks in advance
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kasmq:
hi ,

you don't need HTC sync to flash back. all you need is a nandroid backup or you can get the ROM HTC HERO from the wiki & adb drivers .
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] w0utje:
Just wanna say that I love the HTC Hero with the RA recovery rom (with nandroid + app2sd) and this modaco rom. we can do everything with it!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ndep:
is it possible to disable/enable dropbear at running time? just like iphone does...

for now ssh server is mainly useful for transferring files from and to PC
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] w0utje:
I know that there is a script for removing it..

search google for dropbear command's
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] schlagg:
Hi,

what are the built-in app i can uninstall without breaking the system??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
Anyone know what happened to google maps?

not on market anymore
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FormelLMS:
Not without Android 1.6 or 2.0 or so on.

Google Maps in Market isn't for Android 1.5 that's still on our Heros.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
bit cheeky from google that google OS phone users cant use a MAJOR GOOGLE app!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stickyasglue:
anyone else having problems with gmail not sending ?

just started happening on this 3.0 version :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FormelLMS:
No, your Hero has previously installed GMaps.

It's not the problem of Google, it's more a problem of HTC, who are not very quick in importing Android 2.1 to our Hero.

Install the Behnaams and Lox 2.1 Android and you can install the newest GMaps of course from Market.

But wheres your problem? In MoDaCo 3.0 is GMaps installed, too...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ritdaw:
I had a similar problem when moving over from 2.0.1 (lox and benhamm), turns out I needed to clear the cache for the two gmail apps listed in applications.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
im on 2.8 modaco 3.0 didnt work very well for me and 2.8 seems to be the best all round rom. G maps is not on it
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FormelLMS:
Sorry, I think in every MoDaCo ROM is GMaps installed. Am I not right?

Did you make a wipe after flashing?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
i wiped as my memory card started to play up
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Fraction:
I have some strange issues with this rom. I did for the past 4 days download several apps, just for fun for trying out the new stuff thats on the market. And I downloaded Sesmic, an Twitter app. EVERY time I start that app i get the "com.google.xxxxx has stopped..." and then the system has stopped. Over and over i get these messages, and get the "force close", and the rosie/sense are trying to start over stopps, blows up these messages on the screen and it loops like that.

When I get that problem, I reboot and its gone, sure but not for long. I even got it when opening Wifi tether, and that after a cleaning up in the opened apps (by advanced task killer free).

I have the RA-v1.5.2 Recovery

I have rooted the Hero

I haven't flashed a new SPL (second program loader), since I have read that: "Note that the SPL is installed and operates independently of the Android build that runs atop it."

Have anyone stumbled on this irritating problem.

I want to use this ROM, since it has got the A2SD and More speed :) But I don't want to reboot the device to often..

Regards,

Fraction