yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
2.4 is back up, but it does seem to have horrible issues with users who are starting from a fresh wipe, due to the IM application. I'll be removing this and uploading 2.5 while I investigate.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zalman361:
thanks! so we should wait for the 2.5?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
2.5 up, sorry for the inconvenience!

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gaabrysz:
Is the issue with the keyboard in landscape mode while doing a search solved?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jaffacake:
Upgraded to 2.4, without wiping, some oddness on first boot but all good on the second boot.

IM app doesn't work, but I'm guessing that's why it was removed in 2.5.

Now running "FU" radio too.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LeeDroid:
Ditto! All is well!

Great work paul, many thanks!

IM app issue I think may have something to do with permissions, just says it cannot log in as it cannot read the phone number from the sim... Bizzareo..

P.S, I am in the proceess of creating a site and an Android related forum and blog, all are welcome :D

Droidzone.co.uk

forum.droidzone.co.uk
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bryanchapman9999:
Sounds great, but theres no option to register!!?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomtommy:
Does anyone know there is another download link i can't manage getting the the download

Greetz:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AndiTails:
I always mirror Paul's ROMs for him:

http://thei.tguy.co.uk/hero/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] foxmeister:
Sadly no. The app is *designed* to work this way.

Switch to WiFi and you will be able to sign in no problem.

This is the same IM that was supplied by T-Mobile US on their G1s. For whatever reason, TMo didn't want IM to work over their cellular network so the application was coded to effectively use SMS messages when using cellular data and true IM messages over WiFi. There used to be a version for the G1 that someone hacked to overcome this artificial restriction, but I've no idea whether or not this is still available.

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
Upgraded from 2.3e Chinese to 2.5. Everything looking good. Definitely faster. Waiting for chinese version.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kosmiq:
Cool with new version, thanks a lot! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LeeDroid:
Lol, my bad, issue with the used theme, sorted now! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Stay on topic please! ;)

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mbbatu:
my friend is not doing well at the beginning sound. How can we open the start tone. Do not forget to tell you, "Enhanced" How will install the package.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tisungho:
I confirm that the bouncing keyboard and top bar issue while typing in browser with landscape mode is fixed. Connecting to Mobile Network seems fast. I'll test it a little bit more and get back.

Thanks for your good job Paul!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gangstaunitg:
There should be a new ROM

Paul says : I'm uploading 2.5.1 with fixed busybox shortcuts and a rolled back build.prop to (hopefully) mix market issues.

20 mins as usual.

It's 15minut old report, so it should be any minute
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
I can confirm 2.5.1 has fixed the market issue for me.

Now if only my upload was faster!!!

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] domi55:
Phu... ;) I was about to download 2.5. But now I will wait for version 2.5.1

cheers Paul
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Jesterz:
Paul you state for 2.4 (and I assume for 2.5 and 2.5.1) that you used "New WWE core image" care to mentioned which version that is ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
An optimised 2.73.405.38.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aleck_eagle:
Could We Please have this in update.zip format ... only rooted..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
2.5.1 is up! Get it while it's hot! ;-)

Changelog in post 2 as usual.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] big_amir:
The new update is great but i am having problems installing the new radio 63.18.55.06FU_6.35.07.08 it keeps saying it is a BAD file anybody having the same problem.

i have tried two different methods once using update.zip the other using the original file name and using the update from any zip file.

Any help will be very much appreciated.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
Hi Paul. Will we see a build from you with some moto features?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arene:
Thanx Paul,

Really appreciate your time and effort in releasing this ROM.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
have you tried downloading it again? maybe the file IS broken.

btw mine seems to be working fine, md5 is: a52e970cf2cc518829640bae1c3efd82, filesize 9372900 bytes.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
I am on 2.5 and get some error. Its caused by HTC Checkin Service! Any idea?

Tia
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] naTTan:
Is there any difference between this radio and 63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
re: Moto features, no. Moto features are for moto phones. Ripping stuff between ROMs will end in disaster... ;)

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] srt4mn:
So is it alright to flash 2.5.1 on top of 2.5 and keep my Home layout, apps, etc? I just got done personalizing everything for 2.5 and then you released 2.5.1 on me! haha
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] big_amir:
yes i have downloaded it 3 times keep getting same error. should i have updated the radio first then the rom. as i have updated rom-core then the enhanced pack then the radio.

Any idea??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] narkoleg:
I also got an error when I tried to update. I downloaded it twice with Firefox, but without luck.

Then I tried Internet Explorer and it worked - weird!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] M3 SMGII:
Does it have the flipclock widget or is it the same as the Stock 2.73 Rom that was without the flipclock. I miss it :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] npoldrug:
hi! on my hero i have rom 2.0 and now i try to install 2.4 and 2.5 and now on both (2.4 and 2.5) when phone loads and came to loading screen he reboot and do this again all time! What cause that? I entered custom recovery image before and install new radio!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dragonflyFZX:
I got an error too when first installing the radio. I flashed modaco 2.5.1 first. Then downloaded radio again, copied to sd; made sure I unmmounted device and flashed radio image. Then all was working.

Thanks Paul. Great rom!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tisungho:
Hi what was wrong with market in 2.5?

I flashed 2.5 without format, and I got my apps in market however it also includes the old apps that I uninstalled before. Is it the problem? If it's not, should I update to 2.5.1?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] blakestimac:
Still no voice search?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tisungho:
Opps duplicated posts :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dipje:
Hi Paul (and others),

First, thanks for spending so much time on the ROMs :). 2nd, thanks for dividing your time between MoDaCo and XDA, makes life easier for me at least :).

I've used your custom ROM 1.x, 2.0, 2.2 and today did a complete reinstall to 2.5. As in, I wiped, installed 2.5, installed the newer radio, wiped again to be sure, and booted.

It worked fine, except a few market issues. _Almost_ all my paid apps don't work well. I don't see them in the normal list or search results anymore. When I go to 'My Downloads' I see them in the list as 'purchased' but when I click them to download, the download directly goes to 'download unsuccessful'.

The only paid apps that work seem to be 'Buka' and CoPilot. But others like 'Crystallight Defense' and 'Abduction! World Attack' don't work.

CoPilot and Crystallight were bought on the stock shipped ROM on my launch-day Hero, others were bought on your custom ROM on 2.0 / 2.2. Never had any market issues before or any need for Market Enabler or apps like that.

But here's the real kicker, I installed 2.5.1 and flashed it (without wiping) and the problem still persists. I killed the Market app with 'ADvanced Task Killer Free' and deleted the entire /data/data/com.android.vending/cache directory. Turned off the phone, turned it back on... and I still can't download the apps marked as 'Purchased' in the My Downloads section.

Any more tips / advice? I didn't try wiping 2.5.1 yet, so I might try that if nobody has any ideas :). Don't really mind wiping, still got my SMS db on my sdcard and apps are quickly (re)downloaded.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fleming222:
Updated from 2.2 to 2.5.

I am thrilled with the performance and everything else.

Thanks a lot paul, donations may be in order :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
@dipje: 2.5 market didn't work for me, not even after 2.5.1 update. wiped 2.5.1 worked aswell as 2.5.1 update on top of not wiped 2.3, should work for you too...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] j2kquest:
can anyone help

did a fresh wipe coming from 2.2

installed 2.5.1 core and 2.5 enhanced but i cant see plurk

has this been removed, because it says its there in the log..but its not in my list of programs
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] uradox:
Good job with this rom Paul. So far I'm finding it fast, very fast.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ppiixx:
Unable to download protected apps with 2.5 or 2.5.1

Rolled back to a 2.3 nandroid backup and still unable.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] deeren:
try with a wipe before install
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gaabrysz:
How about a home screen rotation in next build?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Huey85:
Highly unlikely - that would require that SenseUI be tweaked to allow landscape mode.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
What about with the android default home screen that is still there somewhere in the back bits of phone's memory. Would enabling that give us home screen rotation? (Just thinking outloud, I'm a proud SenseUI user, though.)

LP

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
Installed 2.5.1 and found that I can't update any apps. I have no protected apps just free ones.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] liorry:
I installed Hebrew fonts, this time it worked only through Root Explorer and not via shell.

Anyway, I'd like to use the people widget but I can't now, since 2.3 and now on 2.5 as it force closes the htc sense every time i press on a contact with a Hebrew text name.. any ideas why does it happens or how to fix it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] M3 SMGII:
I've installed 2.5.1 and I came from the stock 2.73.xxx without root.

I didn't performed a wipe and all my apps etc. are still there. So I was happy. But now, I think I don't have root access. If I open Super User Permission, it is stucked and it gives an error. So do I have root or not?

How can I check root or activate root?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jhericurls:
Can you run the Wireless Tether apps?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
about wireless tether, why did u still use 1.5.2 instead of 1.6 ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NutsPT:
Hello there people.

I have 2.5.1, it's great.

But at the same time I followed this tutorial for SD card partitioning: http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-manually-partition-your-sd-card-for-android-apps2sd/

And now the phone keeps stuck on the boot when the SD Card is inserted. Am I missing anything?

Please help.

Thx.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] qvert:
you can't use ext4 you have to use ext3
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] M3 SMGII:
I do not use wifi tether and never used it so i dont know how it works.

But if i start the app, it just opens.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NutsPT:
Great it works now.

Just a question, how do I prepare Apps2SD? It's needed so I can use the ext3 part right?

Thx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dipje:
For the people on 2.5.1 and not seeing paid apps in the market: Wiping helped for me! Apparently something on 2.5 that broke the market is saved when you just flash 2.5.1 over it. I wiped and all my apps were ready to install again.

On MoDaCo Paul posted a solution about clearing a cache folder from your data partition (/data/data/com.android.vending/cache if I remember correctly) but that didn't work for me, wiping did.

For people not being able to use 'root' applications (the SU permissions-box opens on a black screen and just stays like that) I had it a few times earlier. It happened mostly when upgrading from one ROM to another and keeping your apps on SD. I cleared my ext3 partition that contains the installed apps on my SD card and wiped (so I had to redownload everything from the market, but that's what the 'My Downloads' list is for) but SU-permission now works ok!

Thanks @whoever posted the thing paid-apps-fix for wiping :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dipje:
If you have the proper ext3 partition and one of Paul's ROMs just start installing applications :). For example, look how much phone memory is free, install a big trial application like CoPilot or something (7mb) and see that the phone memory hasn't dropped. Or maybe just dropped by a little.

If you're a bit into linux you could also just take a look at the contents of the ext3 partition to see that directories and files are being placed there :).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erikwt:
Coming from 2.2, now on 2.5.1, i cant connect to facebook anymore. It says 'Service is unavailable' after trying to connect. Logcat only gives:

Anyone having the same problem?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] M3 SMGII:
Thx for the information. That's exactly what you said. Black screen and keeps on the black screen.

But I've never used MCR Rom before. I had the standard ROM from HTC and also no apps2sd. I also haven't created a ext2 or ext3 but that's not the problem of root issue.

So I think it couldn't be caused by the problem of apps on my sd.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FloridaK:
M3, I had the exact same problem when I first went to a MCR rom, I simply turned on USB debugging and all of a sudden it started working (I may have rebooted the phone once I'd set the option).

Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Debugging.

Florida
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ooo7:
Hi,

is this rom based on 1.6SDK? or 1.5SDk

oo7
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
1.5 as there is no 1.6 rom for hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] j2kquest:
yeh its doing the same thing to me......doing a back up now, then im gong to wipe the ext 3.......see if that solves the problem
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erikwt:
Works for me now, probably was a facebook-problem.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
im enjoying 2.2 whats better about this one 2.5.1 over it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
Faster. Boom! And the other things stated on the first page.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] matt6gsr:
so there's no issues now flashing from 2.2 to 2.5.1 regarding paid apps?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
I think there is but you should go find out for yourself.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bryanchapman9999:
Anyone noticed instability with google mail app and mail app?

gmail app had crashed twice and mail app has crashed a few times too.

Not a force close message just closes back to the homescreen. Upon restart of the app its not back at the same point, but right at the beginning

Cheers

Bryan
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ritdaw:
Good job on 2.5.1 Paul, very quick!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] denvro:
Installed 2.5.1 over version 2.2 whitout a wipe. I have also installed the latest radio rom. So far everything works fine! Very quick! If I find anything I report it.

Great job Paul, can you tell me where i can donate? ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bunt83:
Nope I haven't experienced this issue, have you tried wiping first?

Re: the market issue. This seems to be affecting people outside of the UK, clearing the market's cache seems to fix the issue...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] darkenergy:
just Wiped and flashed this version and 3g wasnt detected, therefore google sync coudnt be completed

roled back to a working older version, then upgraded to 2.5 and it worked

wicked rom its really fast!!

(new htc hero user coming from htc touch diamond)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] matt6gsr:
Thanks for the help mate
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Donate link is in the first post!

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tisungho:
Hi Paul,

It seems that so many people from Sweden (me and people from Swedroid forum) are experiencing an issue with connecting mobile network. As I mentioned in some other threads, mobile network isn't connected if I turn it off for a long time (1 night), and the only way to get it connected again is going to settings - wireless controls - mobile network settings - network operators, and then choose "select automatically".

I don't know if it's possible to add some lines of code so that they can handle this automatically? Typically, can we do it as following psuedo codes in existing connect_mobile_network function: :)

connect_mobile_network() {

//... some code

MobileNetwork.connect();

//... maybe wait for a while

if(conn_status == unavailable)

{

Network_Operators.select_auto();

}

}

I really appreciate it if you consider this issue

Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Tirabytes:
Going to Data Sync and then Google in settings crashes for me - "This process system has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." Anyone having this issue?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] KinkyGolab:
hello can somebody help me?, i haw problem whit the latest 2.5.1 i cant install programs i haw bayd from market, it begins the installation and it stops this is the following programs i haw problem whit

facebook contact sync

ThinkFree Mobile office Suite

AndRovio

DroidLive

Scan2PDF Mobile

twideoid PRO for twitter

send 2 PRinter

Shares

BarTor

Bloo

But free program can i install whit out eney problem i haw cleand cache from market and rebooted it dount help

i haw tryd maket enabler to se if it can help but it dount help

i haw reinstalled 2.5.1 and made clean new install it dount help

and i haw the latest Radio installed

this is from Logcat

D/dalvikvm( 194): GC freed 47 objects / 2264 bytes in 93ms

I/installd( 87): free_cache(1217022) avail 149409792

I/ActivityManager( 105): Starting activity: Intent { action=android.intent.action.VIEW comp={com.android.vending/com.android.vending.AssetPermissionsSubActivity} (has extras) }

I/XT9IME ( 348): [finishInput]

I/ActivityManager( 105): Displayed activity com.android.vending/.AssetPermissionsSubActivity: 185 ms

W/vending ( 584): com.android.vending.BaseConfirmSubActivity$1.handleRequest(): unknown requestId: 446

D/dalvikvm( 584): GC freed 8530 objects / 606360 bytes in 145ms

D/dalvikvm( 303): GC freed 1026 objects / 141392 bytes in 95ms

D/dalvikvm( 437): GC freed 504 objects / 74400 bytes in 163ms

D/LocationMasfClient( 105): getNetworkLocation(): Returning cache location with accuracy 75.0

I/ActivityManager( 105): Stopping service: com.google.android.apps.maps/com.google.googlenav.friend.android.LocationFriendService

D/LocationMasfClient( 105): getNetworkLocation(): Returning cache location with accuracy 75.0

I/ActivityManager( 105): Stopping service: com.google.android.apps.maps/com.google.googlenav.friend.android.LocationFriendService

I/NotificationService( 105): enqueueToast pkg=com.android.vending callback=android.app.ITransientNotification$Stub$Proxy@439397c8 duration=1

I/XT9IME ( 348): [finishInput]

D/dalvikvm( 105): GC freed 22357 objects / 1211000 bytes in 266ms

I/ActivityManager( 105): Stopping service: com.android.vending/.InstallAssetReceiver$InstallAssetService

I/vending ( 584): com.android.vending.AssetDownloader.startDownload(): Download request row inserted at content://downloads/download/23

D/DownloadManager( 211): http error 404 for download 23

D/dalvikvm( 211): threadid=25 wakeup: interrupted

I/vending ( 584): com.android.vending.AssetDownloader$DownloadManagerBroadcastReceiver.getDownloadStatus(): Unexpected status from download - 404

D/dalvikvm( 437): GC freed 863 objects / 94304 bytes in 104ms
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Denil Wong:
There's and error on spare parts when clicking Fancy Input Animations an error msg of "(process com.andriodapps.spare_parts) has stopped unexpectedly. This occur whenever I tried to run the spare parts also.

And when I chose "fast" on the Window and Transition animations, close the spare parts and opened it again, it is back to "normal".
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] murdocknl:
Since the update my wireless won't work. I enable it but it won't find any network. My notebook can find the networks. I will try later a complete wipe. I let you now if that solve the problem
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lcw622:
just wondering is there gonna be a 2.5.1 Chinese Core Version coming ?

Thanks for the hard work... ^^
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Arctic Matt:
Works great so far.

Updated radio first and then to 2.5.1 from 2.2 without wiping. I don't have apps on SD so I cannot comment on that side of things. I don't use the people widget either but all the others run without a hitch

Market Enabler now working again and the phone seems to be stable and a bit more snappy than 2.2.

Great work Paul.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soulonfirexx:
Went from 2.2 to 2.5.1. I wiped before hand and installed the radio too. Everything is working perfectly. I will be donating to your cause, Paul! Thank you SO much!

A request for a future update if possible... Can we get a percentage of battery life somewhere in the status bar on top where the clock is? Only place I can ever get the battery life % is if I go into Spare Parts.

I also had another request but it totally just slipped my mind. Thank you again Paul!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ZenorGR:
Once again, great work Paul! Thank you!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tisungho:
hi,

I have problem with wireless. It's often dropped when I let the phone idle for several hours. I can see the icon on the top bar but it's not working. A workaround is to restart wireless (turn off and on again).

Does anyone suffer this issue?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kosworld:
very big thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] risterdid:
Upgraded from 2.2, Thanks Paul!

Is there a bug in Spare Parts? It wont save the font size to small, everytime i choose small it goes back to normal.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NutsPT:
Hello ppl

I can't put my alarm clock ringing... when the time comes it never rings... it happens with all the roms...

Can someone help?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] foxmeister:
Are you regularly killing tasks with a task killer?

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Pume:
And have you checked that your alarm ringtone is not silenced? Can be done in the alarm menu when choosing the tone by pressing volume controls.

- Pume
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Jesterz:
made thread sticky....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NutsPT:
I do kill tasks but I always keep the clock one open....

I tried to put volume to maximum...

Lets see if I don't skip work on Monday :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chetermaat:
What type of debian.

What type of debian leny should i Download.

•Alpha

•AMD64

•ARM

•EABI ARM

•HP PA-RISC

•Intel x86

•Intel IA-64

•MIPS (big endian)

•MIPS (little endian)

•PowerPC

•IBM S/390

•SPARC

Thx in advance
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Jesterz:
@paul modaco

i'm wondering where the speed improvements are coming from in the latest ROM (.38 and yours) can you check if "they" used zipalign ?

if not, maybe we can use it to get even more speedups...

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/09/zipalign-easy-optimization.html