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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BlueHawk:
I've tried and the music player still detects the headphones being plugged in and redirects accordingly. Pulling out the headphones stops the music player and pressing play again plays the music through the phone's speaker.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Happy to put this in the enhanced pack for future ROMs... do people agree?

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] juju125:
+1 on this ... I was about to propose this.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] CitizenLee:
Another +1 here.

Just away to test v2.3 now... thanks again Paul ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AndiTails:
Done :)

Sorry, would've done that normally too, but had to look in another thread for that.. lol

I've also added RA_Amon's Recovery image (as well as MoDaCo's) as this has more options, does the formatting & partitioning for you, etc..

(from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=561124 )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] felikz:
so i see debian integration has been fixed, so what files do we need and where to put those?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Felikz, just debian.img on /sdcard/debian/ :)

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hellejoep:
Unable to delete sms

Since the upgrade I'm unable to delete sms messages in the htc messaging widget. Anyone else experiencing this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwiksand:
About the headphone jack, mines' fine and I've been playing music out of it all morning.

The only problem I've experienced so far (as stated last night) is the APN settings not being there, but they took 30 seconds to add so no issue.

In regards to all the people questioning whether to install the latest radio update or not, I've got it, and mobile/3g is about the same, but I'm almost 100% sure that wifi reception is a lot better, again!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] felikz:
perfect! will try that soon!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] eujene:
Having troubles with 2.3 Rom. It doesn't send SMS - it doesn't save SMS center.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stripealipe:
+1 on the Album issue. Anyone who can make any sense of a logcat and get to the bottom of this would be greatly appreciated...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
Works fine with me...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BlueHawk:
+1 as long as there are instructions on how to remove these extra packages as per other extras. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] felikz:
+1 would be really nice!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 123belly:
First of all THANK YOU to Paul for all his hard work, i'm sure he never gets fed up of hearing it :)

Also as a wipe is always the best way of upgrading wouldnt it be an idea for a list of all the best back up tools out there. Maybe there's one that can do everything in one hit, APN,Apps,contacts,bookmarks,mail accounts and home screen lay out. Then again maybe i'm just being a lazy boyo
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwiksand:
Also guys, all those having fundamental problems (SMS not working, head phone jack not working), make you've done a full wipe before you install the ROM and report issues as noone else is experiencing them?!?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nuumuun:
+1 ... could come in handy =]
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bnarvaez:
Spare Parts

i cant find spare parts after updating to 2.3 has anyone had this problem?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MojUk:
Hey guys, first post on here so first things first.....mad props to Paul for this and all previous Rom releases, they are awesome and the best by far no doubt!

My question is to Orange UK users I guess - does your hero have much in the apn settings as mine settings are largely empty?

Thanks

Moj
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] covertless:
@Paul

Could you kindly port your latest version over to sapphire like your previous version 2.2? I am using a 32a but I know you are not able to test the 32a rom builds as you do not have a 32a set. So maybe a 32b build will do and then we can port from 32b to 32a.

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] qvert:
maybe for 2.4 you could tune the trackball a little bit... if i slide through my homescreens using the touchscreen it changes the screens very fast, but when i use the trackball it's much slower
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bunt83:
Great ROM Paul. Thanks!

Could I request a fix for the VERY annoying contact picture problem i.e. they appear extremely pixelated when a call is being made/received.

You can also see how bad it is with the new People Widget.

Any ideas if this can be fixed Paul?

Cheers.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] licenced:
If they work they are fine. You don't need to fill in most of the attributes though - I checked mine using the information here:

http://androidbloke.co.uk/orange-uk-apn-and-network-settings/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dhruvzz:
the update is not workin on my phone wen i reboot the phone it hangs after the hero screen....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salmanbodla:
Sure Paul... would love to have these apps :) Moreover,

-- A smoother browser experince and getting rid of lag from "browser keyboard". The keyboard in other apps works just fine but is really laggy in the browser.

-- Bluetooth file transfer

-- I think poor camera performance in low light is a hardware issue. But if it is a software problem, it would be nice to have it improved (IF possible, that is!)

Cheers and thanks so much for your great work!! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salmanbodla:
+1 from me as well. Please please anyone, help on this issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stripealipe:
And whilst i 'patiently' wait for the album/thumbnail issue to be resolved, i'll try and help others some more... ;)

I had no APN settings when i upgraded to different ROMs, but i managed to get them back by going to the APN settings page, hitting menu, and then choosing the Reset Default Settings option. This worked for my o2 settings and may well work for others.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] martint235:
Hi,

Sorry for the noob question but if I flash this ROM (i'm currently on the latest official one, 2.73) will I lose all my apps?

A follow on general question is what happens if I ever do lose my apps? I have a nandroid backup but my understanding this will restore my apps to that point in time along with whatever ROM I was using at the time, is this correct?

Thanks

M
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
how long did you leave it?

mine took a *long* time; despite having done many updates before, I was starting to worry. It could have been as much as 15 minutes, not sure.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
No; updating from a recent ROM does not require a wipe/reset, and so you will not lose your apps.

A caveat is that the /system/app dir will be replaced, so if you had manually copied any apk files into there, they will be lost. But that's unusual.

Correct. You should use one of the many backup tools to create an independent backup that can be used to restore independent of ROM. "Backup for Root users" and MyBackup are quite good, and app-only things like AppManager, which copy your apk files to SD card, are also useful.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fkyang:
so, is there any way to add only "Plurk" application in my Hero?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dtopler:
Is there any way to easily back up all applications, but also all shortcuts/widgets and the LAYOUT of Sense? I haven't seen any program that does that specifically for the Hero, which, obviously, is the only phone that would need that feature...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] martint235:
@cdmackay thanks very much for your help and advice.

M
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MojUk:
Thanks licenced.

Few observations from reading post's re: MCR 2.3 this afternoon across a number of forums:

1.) Lot's of debate regarding which radio is 'best' 06.18 or 07.08? As far as i can see 06.18 was the radio that 'went with' MCR 2.3 and comments that 07.08 is 'flakey' etc seem to pop up across forums too....

2.) The actual merit's of partitioning the Micro SD card....seem's that some people sing the praises of having swap enabled and other's think it makes little to no difference.....I have used Linux in various flavours on my PC's for years so i understand how linux interacts with a swap partition but i have no specific knowledge of how this would perform in a phone?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shaji007:
i have just installd 2.3 update i was already on 2.1

its botted from the hero screen and its stuck on a black screen read that it takes time if you have a lot of applications i do not have a look of applications can anyone give me an estimate of how long it should take?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
+1

also would it be possible to put Better Browser on there?

Another thing (and I don't know if this is possible to fix) is that I'm using the Chinese MCR with CustomLocale set to en-GB but whenever I reboot the phone CustomLocale will get set to en-English which seems to cause to cause the phone keypad to show what I think is russian characters instead of the alphabet.

Oh...and....comments on Market are not showing. A reboot seems to fix this but then it disappears after a while. a bit inconvenient.

Anyways, just my 2c. Love the work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bnarvaez:
+ 1 Here, this is not a necessity its a must. Iphone has this so why not do it here but better! :) I was a heavy iphone user but ATT and apple has pissed me off about the google voice app which inturn made me get a hero and now i love it and this rom!!

Suggestion for Paul - include the most common used apns with your rom for each carrier. Such as ATT, TMO, etc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cadwizzard:
Great job, but can we please have discoverable bluetooth always?

I went from Orange ROM to MoDaCo 2.2, and now to 2.3.

Thanks Paul, you have done an amazing job.

Please please could we have the option in a future ROM to turn the damn bluetooth to always dicoverable if we wish?

There are various forums discussing this and i have found a 'fix' for the dream stated here - http://blag.tsukasa.net.au/2009/08/25/always-discoverable-on-android/

So far i have been unable to get it working on the Hero but surely it must be possible?

I am happy to have discoverable always on or completely off, the 120 seconds discoverable on the android just will not let my bluetooth handsfree car kit connect without messing with the phone every time i get in my car.

If anyone else would also like this change, please say so and raise support for the request.

Again,thanks, and great work once again.

Darryl
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Amdathlonuk:
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

I've lost 3g.

I've tried manually entering the settings as above but still no go.... any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
I don't understand this: discoverable is to aid in pairing two new devices, not previously know to each other. Once paired, your car kit should find your phone happily each time, with discoverable set to off.

Or is this an issue with you having to repeatedly re-pair a "dumb" car kit with multiple phones?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
I looked into this and was unable to find anything that backed up the Sense UI bits (other than the total backup of nandroid, of course). I even contacts the devs of the well-known backup apps.

For this reason, I stopped using the Sense folders entirely, and use Apps Organiser to layout my apps, since it can backup its own layout to SD card.

I don't have that many widgets, so wouldn't mind adding them again from scratch.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cadwizzard:
@cdmackay

The car kit and phone are paired just fine, but they don't realise they are in proximity unless i turnoff and on BT, or enable discoverable. Connects just fine then.

I had the same thing with my SE phone. Leaving it discoverable was the solution.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JakobFriedrich:
i have one main question does it get rid of the lag of the screen?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] danibjor:
Is it just me - or is the new People-widget useless?

I mean, it takes up just as much space but does less..

Also, you get the small numbers on the people there if the hace facebook updates and such - but you can't click the user to go in and have a look on what updates they have.. if you click them, you ring/sms them.. the older peoples-widget lets you choose if you want to ring/sms or go to their profile and have a looksie on their stuff.. :confused:

Anyway - 2.3 seems rock solid on my phone as long as i've been running it! thanks! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sphinxy:
Quick easy answer - definitely.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Breakthecycle2:
What does everyone think of this rom?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nicelad_uk:
Thats because when you leave the devlices in discoverable mode it is always searching to see if the device is there... The Hero should never need to do this as it is the carkit that should be constantly checking to see if any of its paired devices are around and then connect if needed.

It sounds like your carkit is not doing what it's supposed to, they are supposed to search every 30 seconds I think (model dependent) to find any devices that are stored in its memory. From the sounds of it you could do with a firmware upgrade of the carkit, its what I had to do on my brothers Bury kit who had a similar problem.

The options not there on the Hero though, and I doubt a dev will make a program just to solely do that unfort for you.

What carkit do you have?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] qvert:
i have the issue that since 2.3 the twitter client peep always gets errors and needs to close or the .htc.provider ...

with 2.2 everything works well...

anyone the same?

i don't do a wipe while updating from 2.2 to 2.3 but i did a wipe at the beginning of using modaco this means at 1.5 i think.

Anyone any idea?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JBNAquatics:
I have the exact same problem as qvert but not just with the twitter client peep. I get the "close due to htc provider" error even without any other apps open. I have never experienced this in the 2.2 version and I did an upgrade without wipe also.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] qvert:
yes i now had it in copilot...

i now do a wipe and install 2.3 on a clean rom

maybe this will fix it
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ppiixx:
Seeing this on a wipe then install of 2.3

logcat says:

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143): Uncaught handler: thread TwidroidBackgroundService exiting due to uncaught exception

D/TwitterApiPlus( 570): query time:662

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143):	at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.enlargeBuffer(AbstractStringBuilder.java:99)

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143):	at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.append0(AbstractStringBuilder.java:170)

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143):	at java.lang.StringBuilder.append(StringBuilder.java:224)

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143):	at org.json.JSONObject.toString(JSONObject.java:936)

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143):	at com.htc.htctwitter.misc.TwitterApiWrapper$User.<init>(TwitterApiWrapper.java:547)

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143):	at com.htc.htctwitter.misc.TwitterApiWrapper$Tweet.<init>(TwitterApiWrapper.java:383)

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143):	at com.htc.htctwitter.misc.TwitterApiWrapper$Tweet.getTweets(TwitterApiWrapper.java:247)

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143):	at com.htc.htctwitter.misc.TwitterApiWrapper.getFriendsTimeline(TwitterApiWrapper.java:1190)

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143):	at com.htc.htctwitter.TwitterApiPlus.UpdateMessages(TwitterApiPlus.java:938)

E/AndroidRuntime( 3143):	at com.htc.htctwitter.BackgroundService$UpdateThread.run(BackgroundService.java:456)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] qvert:
just get the htc provider error on the fresh installed 2.3 version

and now alhtough the com.htc.htctwitter error...

i don't install anything yet.. just the clean rom :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] qvert:
now i did a wipe

and recovered my 2.2 nandroid backup and still get the com.htc.provider unexpected close task.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stripealipe:
Yes, i'm getting this error since updating to 2.3. First time i've had problems with any of the ROMs tbh, apart from the Album thumbnail problems which i think are unrelated.

Does doing a wipe and then flashing a ROM "completely" erase everything on the phone, or is there something still being stored somewhere that could be causing hiccups with the system i wonder?

Would pulling the battery for a while do anything?!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ppiixx:
hmm yeah, looks like it is breaking all vers of htc peep:

http://twitter.com/#search?q=htc peep

have twitter changed the API recently?

Ah here we go:

http://mashable.com/2009/09/21/twitpocalypse-ii-update/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] qvert:
thanks for the help!

i am sure it's the api
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] qvert:
sorry for double post
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Funkym0nkey:
Ok at first I thought I was imagining things.

It it only me or 2.2 feels faster than 2.3. ( faster might be inaccurate, 2.2 was smoother )

I have gone back and forth between the two 3 times now, and 2.3 has odd stuttering effect on my hero. The scrolling animation, lock screen pull down, all feel little jerky.

2.2 is butter smooth. ( I have done clean wipe + repartition & reformat of SD and flash as well just to insure it wasnt old apps on sd card thats causing it. )

Still on 6.18 radio. havent flashed new leak.

Anyone else experiencing this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] furius:
people widget

I agree with danibjor... new people widget seems useless... :mad:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] furius:
same problem for me on 2.3... but it does'nt seem connected to twitter client... it appens few time after booting device...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] furius:
quickoffice

other little problem:

when I start quickoffice app, it crashes immediatly (error on processocom.qo.android.htc)

the problem was also on 2.2 ROM...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] atsavlis:
Went through exactly the same problems/stutters, did multiple installations, and ended up reverting back to 2.2 as this for me seems the smoothest, also tried the new radio, and had a few issues syncing my gmail contacts and fb contacts... reveted back to 6.18 ans all good again....

Regardless, Modaco thanks for all your great work, any effort is appreciated!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nuumuun:
adfree doesn't seem to be able to replace the hosts file.

it worked flawlessly with 2.73 rooted from modaco.

any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Stanimir Komitov:
Same here. I'm going back to 2.2...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fleming222:
I also agree that 2.2 was slicker, I'm going back to it for now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gaz31:
Adfree hasn't been working for me since Modaco's v2,you end up with a updated host file in the root of your sd card

so using root explorer i have been moving it to /system/etc and copying over the old host file.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
re: the Peep problem...

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/23/htc-hero-users-hit-by-twitpocalyse-bug/

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dtulsiyan:
Android Market

problem downloading any application after updating latest version 2.3 from android market in wifi connectivity
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soulonfirexx:
Thought I was the only one. I feel a noticeable lag when typing up an SMS. I will probably revert back to 2.2 tonight.

Quick question, if I go from 2.3 to 2.2, do I have to wipe or can I just flash it over 2.3?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Stea1thmode:
Me too, I'm sure it's only a slight hiccup for now. Regardless, keep up the excellent work Paul, I have massive respect for the work you do:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Stea1thmode:
good question, does anybody know?

cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nuumuun:
yay

thanks for the pointer!

copied it manually.

could you please look into it Paul (modaco) ??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nuumuun:
since both roms are based on the same android build i don't see why it shouldn't work.

but still ... make a nandroid backup just in case :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Stea1thmode:
thanks, ur right. good as gold again
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soulonfirexx:
Worked for you? Sweet. Can't wait to get home tonight! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Foka002:
I have got the same feeling about lag on 2.3. I'm coming back to 2.2. Anyway Thank you Paul for your hard work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Breakthecycle2:
IS app2sd built in or is it not necessary with this phone?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RichardFHTC:
Help HTC hero T-mobile UK

followed the instructions as laid out

when I now try to boot phone it loops between the T-mobile logo and the HTC logo nothing else happens, I have tried to wipe / reset and re-install image for radio and 2.3 but it just loops,

Thought I would try and go right back to the beginning but get "header is the same not flashing recovery" when i try an reinstall patched Hero recovery image.

Why is my phone not accepting the new image, how to I get it to boot searched forums cant find an answer

Thanks

Resolved re-applied Stock image then latest radio then core then extended version working now
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jaejae886:
modaco you bricked my g1 with the radio update and now you need to help me fix it. NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] justbabu:
Did you load the radio for HERO onto your G1?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FloridaK:
If I were you, I'd post exactly what you've done and what the result is, ie you flashed this image onto this phone and now the phone wont power on / sits at the boot logo screen... etc etc. It'll be more useful for those that can help if they are armed with the necessary information. Also, its probably best not to demand someone helps you as they will probably feel less inclined to offer their assistance.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soulonfirexx:
This is your own fault, just to let you know. He doesn't need to help you do anything.

The reason that those radio updates are in the Hero section of this site is because IT'S FOR THE HERO.

Please learn how to read and comprehend warnings. It should be generally know that if you brick the phone, it's usually your fault and the dev holds no responsibility.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ZenorGR:
Quick question:

If I want to

downgrade

to a previous MoDaCo ROM, do I only have to download 2.2 and use the update.zip method?

I mean, without nandroid.

P.S: Thanks Paul for yet another update.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soulonfirexx:
Yup, just download the old update and flash it over 2.3 and it will work fine.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kast:
First of all, Paul thank you for your excellent job!

Catched the train only very recently as got an Hero only last Friday. First update to official 2.73, then to your 2.2 and yesterday to 2.3

Got only one little comment if you don't mind. You removed Google Maps from the build as you invite people to get the latest version from the market. Well, although Google Maps is available on most "Markets" around the world, where I live, for some obscure reasons, is not. Although it was on the official build, I can't download it from the Market. I had to use a "trick" to make it appear in the Market and be able to download it.

The updates you provide are pretty easy to install and I guess anyone following your guide is able to do the update without any issues. Finding the reason why some apps are not in the market and a way to get them back could be a little misleading for some. Just my two cents. Probably easier just to leave it there than providing a guide on how to get it back.

Really looking forward for your next roms!

Thanks again,

Ka.