yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gdoll:
Thought i had solved the problem but i didn,t. Everything goes good until i run modaco´s version.

Started with factory reset

XDA root method

:: everything working ok ::

Modaco zip from this forum

Installed

Apps are moved to sd, working perfectly

Download via market apps works until it wants to install

just gives me ´fault´

See a few things that make me curious. Installed files from today have a datestamp of 14 sep 09, lot of other files a datestamp of 01 feb 70. Hmmm looks strange. If i want to install the appstosd2 (old, i know but just to see if it can install programms) is say AppsToSD can not be installed on this telephone. Permissions in directories and timestamps, somwhere there should maybe be te problem... (checked again with adb shell, datestamps are ok, just root explorer which screws up'

Gerard

Basics:

Firmware: 1.5

Smallband 63.18.55.06U_6.35.04.25

Kernel: 2.6.27-a5504199 / htc-kernel@and18-2 #521

Build: 1.76.405.6 146733 CL#47214 release/keys

Software 1.0.0.A6288
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
hey guys,i must be missing something here. I've been trying for a couple of days to do this and i always get stuck when doing the update from SD step.

I get an error saying

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:No signature (14 files)

E:Verification failed

Installation aborted.

I have rooted the phone by following Dayzee's guide (thanks!) but maybe i didn't get it quite right? (seems odd cause i have root access none the less). I read in the other forums that this has something to do with the testkey not matching but I haven't been able to find how to fix it.

Help please....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] freddykr:
Hi,

After flashing my phone I just get in to an endless loop when starting, just the Hero screen and then it restarts.

What I have done.

1. Formated my SD card with the help of this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=543985 - alls well and I can see my EXT4 and swap with parted after this.

2. Flashing the update - No problem.

3. First reboot - no problem.

4. 2nd reboot - now I'm just getting the Hero screen and then restart, in an endless loop.

Any ideas ??

I havent removed any applications or anything before the flash, can this be a problem ?

I have have a nandroid backup, so I have reverted back.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Shluggity:
I used the GParted LiveCD to add an Ext3 and a linux-swap partition. I reverted to my original out-of-the-box backup image and the update.zip flashed without problems; after two reboots everything had fallen into place sweetly. Wi-fi stills works, Market is available and downloads work, and all other apps function as expected.

# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 96.2M 0 96.2M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 8.0K 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 170.0M 140.0M 30.0M 82% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 165.8M 12.3M 153.5M 7% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 1.1M 128.9M 1% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 509.6M 33.2M 450.4M 7% /system/sd
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 509.6M 33.2M 450.4M 7% /data/dalvik-cache
/dev/block//vold/179:1
14.4G 3.3G 11.1G 23% /sdcard
# free
free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 197016 193504 3512 0 736
Swap: 32120 4 32116

One n00b-type question: /data/apps has moved onto the SD card but /data/dalvik-cache remains on internal memory. I see /system/sd/dalvik-cache which appears identical..... can I delete the original cache now? :confused:

A big "thanks" to Paul for his user-friendly package, and kudos to all the others who are contributing their expertise.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hkfriends:
so actually how is the SD card format structure?

FAT32 + Ext3 + Swap ???
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Shluggity:
Yep, FAT32 + Ext3 (512MB) + linux-swap (32MB)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
so.. after 3 days i'm still trying to resolve my update.zip error

i extracted you script

the error line is this one : set_perm_recursive 0 0 0755 0644 SYSTEM:sd

so if you could give me a hint :/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] H5N1_NL:
Flac

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a possibility to play flac files on my hero.

Was looking at the G1 thread, there is a ROM wich makes it possible.

MoDaCo, can you help with a patch update maybe?

Thanx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Shluggity:
I take it back - something's not working as internal memory is still listed as only 153MB despite the 500MB Ext3 partition. :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] frmb:
micro sd card ext3 partitioning help

From original post: "just create your partition (I use EXT3) and you're done!"

Sorry I'm really very new here... I got the rest of this tutorial to work (!) but haven't a clue how to create a partition or make it ext3.

I saw this elsewhere to get the job done:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4107149

but that required a different ROM altogether I believe.

Could anybody please direct me here?

Thanks for your time and help!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spiderman_anhvu:
Do this, it's independence with ROM :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ClashOfThe:
Cheers for the work Paul

Have installed stock rom and 1.4 mod with ext3 and swap and device seems quicker

How do I know apps2sd is working as when I install stuff the phone memory decreases
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] frmb:
yikes

Sorry I'm really slow here.

I've got a hero so no physical keyboard (this is a hero thread afterall!) So the instructions (I believe) mean to put into recovery (achieved) but then hit alt-X to get into "console." First, not sure what console is, but further, there is no physical keyboard on the hero so how to hit alt-x while in recovery mode??? I must be missing something.

Further this instruction assumes having the cyanogen recovery image flashed, which I also can't get done. Same tutorial says to place recovery image in root of sd (done), then to flash it. My output (using better terminal app) says: usage: flash_image partition file.img. No idea what that means...

Think I'm fully clueless. Any guidance very appreciated!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chris-steenkamp:
The cyanogen roms are made for the Dream which has a hardware keyboard. To implement a software based keyboard for a recovery image would be quite a task. The best thing to do is whenever you see press alt-x to drop to console, connect your device to your pc and use type 'adb shell'. That is how we have to do it on the magic...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chiasoft:
Dumb question..

Is there an easy way to turn off apps-to-sd and busybox?

Or Just default Rom + Root? And does anyone know if the radio versions are interchangeable. (i.e. Flashing the 2.22.19.26I Radio from G1.) Assuming they run the same baseband chip...

Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] frmb:
Thanks, Chris,

problem with adb shell is that while in recovery mode, I always got the message: device not found. So terminal on pc nor mac worked in that state.

Thank you for your ideas though and trying to help me troubleshoot...!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] freddykr:
Solved it my self, I first formated the SD card with EXT4 as mentioned in the other thread, no go.

Now formated with EXT3 and it seems to work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
There is no reason to disable busybox, to disable A2SD you could 'adb remount' then 'adb rm /system/bin/a2sd'.

P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jamesking420:
So,

I've rooted my device, I think!

Here's what I did. In retrospect, some of it was a little unnecessary (I didn't realise the recovery image in modaco's release had Nandroid included) but I'd appreciate some assurance that I didn't do anything crazy :D

In order to create a backup of my device, I followed Daisy's Guide upto the end of part 5, creating a backup as I went. This included all the downloading of the SD, installation of drivers, etc, and was very useful.

2. I then copied modaco's instructions 1 - 6. The only complication was mounting the SD card! I had my phone plugged in to my PC and didn't actually know how to mount it! I eventually figured out that you do it by using the notification area on the phone - I don't think anywhere tells you how to do this, and I didn't know how at the time!

So, all seemed to go well... Anyone think I've done anything drastically wrong? Could I have done it all with modaco's recovery image..? Are modaco's and Dayzee's the same thing? :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jamesking420:
Well, wifi tether seems to be functioning fine, though I can't actually connect at the moment for some reason through the Hero :D

All the other apps that I could find recommended to test that root has worked were paid for apps, that I don't need, so I tried this one out instead. As it was running it kept asking for various permissions to do with root:root that I allowed, and it seemed happy, so I assume I'm rooted, even though my reception here (at home) is too rubbish to actually allow me to go on the internet tethered to my phone :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jamesking420:
Sorry to be an idiot, but I also have the following questions...

Superuser permissions. This shows up as an app but when I click it there is just a blank black screen with nothing on, so, do I need to do anything here.

A2SD. Apparently this is "automatically" set up...? So all my apps automatically moved to my SD card? Or is there more to it than that? How do I go about doing this?

Sorry for the questions - I'm new to Android :) I tried a few searches but couldn't find a clear guide to this stuff for noobs :)

Thanks,

James
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
I had this problem as well. My post got deleted :) I was kinda annoyed but i went back and read the the instructions again (actually I read it at least 20 times) and worked out where I had gone wrong.

You need to unzip the file that you download. In there you will see another zip file called "update-hero-signed.zip". That is the zip file that you need to upload to your sd card. Not the original zip file that you download.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
Hi there James,

Have a look here.

http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/A2SD
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jamesking420:
Thanks lsim001

Unfortunately, that sounds too complicated for me, and isn't "idiot guide" enough :D I don't know what it means by load the operating syustem etc, I thought I'd already put a root image on there. Oh well, I'll wait until a simpler method, or a complete idots guide comes out for it :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gavinfabl:
Has anyone lost any functionality from rooting.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zyborg:
SD Card reformat?

I have the 'loop problem' too. I suspect that it has something to do with me trying to update the SD card to EXT3/4.

Is it possible to reformat the SD card with adb or some other method?? For some weird reason, I do not have access to the "Format SD Card" command on the phone (dimmed). Thx.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
Fair enough. I haven't managed to partition my SD card either. It takes a bit of time to learn the ropes (especially if you not familiar with unix) but it's all part of the fun :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Shluggity:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=512873

Thanks to Scopes64 for pointing this out to me.

/Al
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] leshii:
bugger it took me so long to write and check that someone beat me to it!!!

ahh you see I only searched the hero part of the forum for a solution. damn me for not looking elsewhere!!:rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jamesking420:
Hi guys,

So, I've already followed Paul's (Mocado's) instructions for rooting my phone. I'm now wanting to get Apps2SD working properly :)

All the partitioning etc seemed too complicated, but Leshii has created some great instructions for getting the partition done which makes it seem very simple:). I'm going to follow these tonight.

A few questions that I'd really appreciated being answered…

1 - Do I then need to reinstall the update.zip in order to get the Apps2SD working?

2 - I understand the Apps2SD doesn't move over programs you've already installed, so would the best thing to do be to uninstall and then reinstall the programs I've installed so far to get them on the SD card?

3 - What signs will I have that it's working..? At the moment I have a SuperUserPermissions program which, when I open it, is just a blank box. Is this right? Will there be a Apps2SD program in my list?

Thanks for all your help - I'm learning slowly :)

James
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jamesking420:
Well, I've just done what I thought had to be done - reinstalled the update.zip, with the partition already set.

I then uninstalled all my programmes, and reinstalled them, but it doesn't appear to have worked - they're still seem to be showing that space has been used up on the internal memory :(

Any advice appreciated. There's so much info on this forum, some of it out of date, some of it applying to different phones with different ROMs etc, that I'm really struggling to find something that is clear to me about what I need to do.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
It's still a great post and it helped me a lot. Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] thedudelasse:
Any news on when an official / rom is coming?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
Basically what a2sd does is move the apps to the sd card and create a link from the original folder to the folder on the sd card. So if you do a cd to the original folder it will actually go to the folder on the sd card.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spiderman_anhvu:
I have used the driver from android SDK1.5r3 and the driver from x64 but i cannot install driver for my hero phone :( I using windows XP. Anyone could upload your driver that you have installed successful for your Hero. thank you so muck! I really want to get root on my Hero.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] hungabunga:
I couldn't see anything in the rules regarding sales but feel free to remove if not allowed.

We bought a Touch Pro fro one of our Directors and he doesn't like it so it's up for Sale. It is only about 2 months old and a recipt of purchase can be provided.

It was purchased froma U.K business HTC partner but it came with a US style plug (they have provided a U.K generic to us and will be included)

The phone has been flashed with Energy ROM 2 bu can be returned to factory ROM if required.

It was unlocked to all networks from factory and has not been unlocked by us.

The phone is in top condition with box and manuals. Pictures can be provided if required.

I want £250 + Postage (Cost £406 so a bargain)

Thanks

Sully
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Rudegar:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=476

it's more then fresh vegetable and fresh meat these days ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] hungabunga:
opps missed that section, can this be moved please

Sully
[G1 Apps and Games] Seoulboy1:
I was wondering if there was an app that could track the amount of swap space being used real time. I find myself cking this often when trying to find a right setup with hero roms.

I'm thinking a simple widget that will show available/max would be fantastic. Maybe with a simple notification when it is past certain percentage or something.

If there is something like this I would love to find out how to get it. If there isn't one, maybe someone could use my idea and make one? :D

Thx
[General Questions and Answers] plaktoets:
Hi,

I am trying to take over my xp pro desktop on my office with my Touch HD using remote desktop. The VPN connection is succesful and i can even connect to my desktop's ip but then i just get an empty, non responding screen. I have tried several remote clients but they all get the same result.

Strangely enough i can connect to this desktop fine when using laptop or home pc. I just can't seem to get to the login screen when i use my mobile!

I have searched for a long time but didnt find anything related to this problem so hopefully somebody here knows what i can do?

Using winmo 6.5.

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] muek:
Hi there,

I have bought a Samsung D980, and I'm trying to develop a small java game to it.

The problem is that I getting problems everytime , I transfer my game from the PC to cellphone.

I even try the game in Nokia, and it works just fine.

Does anyone have develop a java game that runs on D980?

thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] valkryomnia:
Jbed?

Have you downloaded the HTC Java file to your phone? I think its called Jbed.

Most phones dont have java on them, so to make a game for it you need this file in your windows folder.

Hope this helps!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] muek:
The Samsung D980 don't use Windows Mobile, but a Samgsung OS.

You can check it here http://pt.samsungmobile.com/telemoveis/samsung-d980-specification
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flywhc:
Java is designed for compiling once and running everywhere.

But in fact it needs compiling many times and debugging everywhere.

Because different manufactures have their own packages and even slightly different behavior for standard APIs.

It is normal that your java program works on Nokia but not other devices.

You need programming documents for your phone. Or ask Samsung.
[G1 Apps and Games] outsider787:
Is there any apps out there that will switch my phone from 3G to 2G when the screen goes off, or if the screen has been off (the phone is on sleep) for a certain amount of time, and back to 3G when I bring the phone out of sleep?
[G1 Apps and Games] stickman:
No, it can't be done. Google has imposed that in order to change between 2G/3G you have to go to the network configuration page and change it manually. It can't be done automatically.
[G1 Apps and Games] brian_v3ntura:
there is this small wigdet i use on my homescreen so i can toggle 2g and 3g.

its called

2g-3g onoff

or just search 3g widget in market to find it faster.
[G1 Apps and Games] wroigo:
Do you know why they're imposing that?
[Windows Mobile Themes] billyJ:
Hi there,

I've made some HTC square rounded icons for my Topaz rom, feel free to use them in your 6.5 roms. I redone some icons you can find already on XDA forum (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=533993).

Download:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ei2y8m

updated 2010-01-11 - 337 icons for games and apps

and a link for my rom, you can see how these actually look in WM6.5 Start Menu

http://pdaclub.pl/forum/index.php?topic=141518.msg1056449#msg1056449

Billy
[Windows Mobile Themes] hrhnick:
these icons look sweet!
[Windows Mobile Themes] udK:
wow! really a wonderful set of icons!

Many many thanks, for sure I will use them in my ROM ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] billyJ:
good to hear that, it took me a long time to do them
[Windows Mobile Themes] billyJ:
good to hear that, it took a long time to do them - sorry intentet connection problem
[Windows Mobile Themes] xTERRORIZERx:
These are the icons I was looking for! I'm changing all the icons of the start menu. Now, I just need icons for the Settings (and subfolders).

PS : for QVGA, is there someone who knows how to make the icons bigger? By editing the registry?
[Windows Mobile Themes] shadowline:
Ahh thank you, these will be going in my rom aswell. Very good job making them uniform. :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] sIiiS:
Nice and useful pack, thank you :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] billyJ:
and below previous version of folder icons, maybe you will like them more
[Windows Mobile Themes] chalid:
Very nice, thanks for sharing :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] gfandrea:
Can you make a weather icon? for spb weather 2...

Thanks!

PS: your icon are great!
[Windows Mobile Themes] wallah:
Hi

Very nice, thanks a lot bro !!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] kidoucorp:
Very nice work, but would it be possible that you share you reg file for the default htc icon, to avoid us doing it manually ? :rolleyes: :D
[Windows Mobile Themes] kancrutt:
must be placed where? OEM or SYS folder?
[Windows Mobile Themes] jmckeejr:
Is there a StartInfo registry key for SlidingSound? Or we have to hack the icon in the exe? I have done the latter, but results in lower quality images :( Thanks for any help
[Windows Mobile Themes] andrew-in-woking:
Icon Library

Hi billyJ

Do you have any objection to me making these into an icon library for WM6.1 & below start menu customisation. See the link in my signature for my idea.

I'll do it for myself either way so it's a question about publication on the forum.

Cheers

andrew-in-woking
[Windows Mobile Themes] kidoucorp:
Thanks for sharing man ;)

Once I will have some time, I will share the English version ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] billyJ:
here is a little update

andrew-in-woking - no problem, but do not forget to mention about icon source
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red-X:
Hi guys i am new to the forum and also new to the android / HTC world , it isnt until today that i found out about HTC hero and boy what an amazing phone it is , however i have some questions that i hope will find an answer

My main concern is the lag , which leads to a question , does HTC firmware update its mobile or not? and does firmware updates usually improve speed or other aspects

Moreover what kind of support does HTC provide its phones and now hero. should i wait for the next android phone or so hoping htc would provide a better processor or will this issue be fixed right now? i notice the lag specially with the music player which is of main concern also.

So if anyone could fill me in with HTC plans regarding such issue or how to solve it , i would be eternally grateful.

Thanks in advance
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdmackay:
are you having a problem with the lag, or have you just read about it?

I don't even notice it myself, and I have lots of apps running. Using a fast microSD card - allegedly for swapping - and clearing out running apps now and then, seems to keep it under control.

not a problem, at least for me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fozzieb:
the lag is usualy caused by the clock changing and trying to change page before it has changed. If I unlock the phone wait for the clock the change page, there is no lag. not great but leass anoying.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coolchedder:
I just noticed the same thing, when ever i am using the clocks especially the clock #8 of the HTC widget clocks it gives me a much longer lag switching between pages.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamhere:
only htc can answer about there plans...we can only guess :rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red-X:
So HTC doesnt firmware update its phones like nokia does?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahlberg:
Yes they do provide their users with firmware upgrades. Here is what they wrote as description for the TP2 uppdate. "An updated ROM is now available for HTC Touch Pro2 users to download. As always, HTC is committed to providing customers with the best possible mobile experience."
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] plbelanger:
Just saw it. I used this all the time on Symbian phones so it's a welcome addition =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] keyra74:
yeah saw it too, far better than ebuddy or else for me

works fine with wifi or even edge
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Phil_UK:
Synchronising an issue for me...but early days.

Can you make calls using it over IP? :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] zeed82:
I just installed it on my Hero.

I just connected over wifi (also happen using 3g) to skype using nimbuzz and I cant found the option for call to contact I only can open chat with contact :(

Does somebody tried it?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] nvoul:
when i slide the screen the view i get is two windows simultaneously (one is for main index and the other is for the topic i have chosen )instead of one and i hate to scroll down all the time because of them narrowed in the same screen
[Dash 3G, Snap General] msoprano13:
i hope this is not the case

any thoughts?