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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hero-user:
For me 2.7 is great, no issues (be it WiFi, not working ssh server or whatever) at all. Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nuumuun:
same here ... i use the search quite often :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kazuni:
No wifi issues on 2.7 as well.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bunt83:
I'm using 2.5.1 and this issue is present in this version too!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] josifbg:
I didn`t said in wifi settings....

APN is located in wireless control > Mobile Network Settings > Access Point Names, edit the APN and delete the proxy and port
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] uultramann:
I am also experiencing Wi-Fi issues, not to mention the social networking tool is broken. :-(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwiksand:
Quick Note to all:

I was using a program Backup For Root Users to backup my stuff before the wipe, and there's an option in there to auto backup MarketDB which upon restore in the new version was the cause of my market Force Close issues.

I'd unknowingly been clicking "Restore All" without really thinking what was getting put back on the new phone image. So anyone getting weird issues between builds definitely look at the backup/restore app they're using (if they're using one).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ayulin:
Is there any way to remove Dropbear or any of the other shell utilities (such as nano)?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dying4004:
done that. still no wifi. weird.

some r having pron and some are not. i wiped the phone , then created new partitions and then installed new rom. so no old files as well.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] CruiseMan:
How can I get Pinyin input from the keyboard? I only can see cangjie and zhuyin option but no pinyin?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BlueHawk:
I managed the upgrade to 2.7 with nearly no problems. I caused my own problem re-sizing partitions on the mini SDHC but that borked the installed apps. I just re-installed them to fix that but it was a bit of a pain re-installing 39 applications.

I manually moved dalvik-cache to the SD. This frees up some more internal ROM space. The dalvik-cache holds the byte optimized code for all applications. When you re-flash, change the framework, etc, normally this cache gets cleared. The system rebuilds this cache which accounts for the large amount of time on the first boot - the system goes through all installed applications to rebuild the cache. Optimizing the byte code makes the application run faster in general. Typically, at least on an un-modded system, this coupled with the actual installed applications (stored in /data/app and /data/app-private) limit your ROM space which also normally houses your swap file. In a un-modded situation you have a trade off with the number of applications you can install and the amount of running applications you can have (as running applications start to be swapped out to file - you'll reach a limit where no more can be swapped out and they start getting terminated instead).

With that done and a swap partition on SD, I have 29 MB out of 165 MB of internal memory (ROM) used.

Everything seems to work fine, and the system seems quite snappy. The only complaint I have is that the WaveSecure app sends out an alert every time I reboot because the system comes up I think before the SIM is detected/read. I've reported it to WaveSecure.

For those having poor battery life, check the awake time of your phone. If it is awake 100% of the time, some application is keeping it from sleeping and this will result in more rapid battery drain.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lord Lucan:
Battery life is nothing too much to worry about, atleast for me. Wifi is also normal and working.

But, what I would like to know is how much memory should there be immidiately after rom flash. Should it be around 140 to 150MB?

If above is the case than how come I noticed on my Magic(now sold) the memory available was over 290MB after a flash?- (With Hero rom for 32B).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kazuni:
adb shell remount, adb shell, which nano, copy the path and rm it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Updated WaveSecure pack now online - update strongly advised for all WaveSecure users.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] risterdid:
Anyone have the cmd prompt to delete market search history?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] risterdid:
Paul,

Is there a way you can tweak the audio playback in 2.8, there's a thread in questions of modifying the sound settings with frequency changing.

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
2.7.1 uploaded to resolve issues some users were having when installing all packs and running out space on the system partition.

As soon as WaveSecure release updates, I will post an updated pack here, which can also be applied to ANY ROM version.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sidlovatt:
Tattoo

I have this running on my Hero (so much better than out of box) my m8 just got the htc tattoo (aka click), will this rom work on it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
No it definitely will not!

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marazi:
great work :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
Is Facebook Link broken or there is an issue with Facebook?

It connects for seconds but disconnects after a while...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] j2kquest:
That would explain why i cant get Plurk, even though i installed the enhanced pack............going to try and downgrade to Modaco 1.5x then work my way back up and see if that works
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Breakthecycle2:
Great work on this ROM...Is there anyway to get the screen brightness too work?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] j2kquest:
SOLVED

After wiping my device, clearing ext 3 downgrading to Modaco custom rom 1.5.1 , i noticed Plurk was back in my list of social networks.

I re-installed 2.7.1 without wiping my device and Plurk is now showing as an installed App.

Hope this helps anyone else having the problem with Plurk not showing :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kazuni:
wow, 2.7.1. that was fast and sneaky. change of split area? so ur actually using a bit more rom space for /system?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tisungho:
Hi Paul, I'm still unable to remout sd card after unmount it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NikosA:
Maybe, but there is no python under /data/data/com.google.ase/ in my gadget. So I can't just go there and change permissions :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kazuni:
same here. i cant mount my sdcard nor detecting USB mode plugging into a PC anymore. any reason?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Are you using swapper?

If not, uninstall in the normal way (settings->applications) to resolve this.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kazuni:
gonan try that.

update: still no go, card is not detected. /dev/block/ doesnt' have any thing starting wtih mmc*

by the way paul, can i ask a favor? I wanted to see if, by any chance, you can list out all the dev nodes in /dev/block/ because my device can't mount any sd card nor USB. =\
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ZenorGR:
There is no uninstall button on Swapper for me.

Also, can't uninstall by using ASTRO.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jokies:
VPN Please, I'm a Chinese user in china, I need it to go through GFW. Or some software can povide me VPN function?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] J-Zeus:
A small oddity since I upgraded to 2.7.1

If it's been asleep for a little bit - when I wake it up there is a little icon in the notice bar ( top left hand side ) - it disappears after a few seconds so I never get a good look at it. It seems to be a round shaped white symbol with a red cross over it.

Anyone seen anything similar?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
- Add WiFi Status indicator, with kind permission of Andrew Schwimmer

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=552591
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ayulin:
Thanks! Running remount failed (said it couldn't be found), but executing the rest of the commands seems to have worked.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] thespeed:
Great work Modaco,

I have updated it from 2.6 to the new one with no

problems.

I got a ext 3 partition on my SD card.

Is it useful to use the swapper?.

Or is this not usefull because i am using a ext 3 partition.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bunt83:
Paul,

I think you should include this phone explorer app in your next ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=574677

It's awesome!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Branwen:
oops, ninja'd
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ivolution:
existing wavesecure account?

I've added the wavesecure update. Now, when I start wavesecure, it only wants to create a new wavesecure account.

Is it possible to add my existing account to my wavesecure setup?

Otherwise things get messy..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomtommy:
Question,

Is there another download link for the 2.7.1 rom i can't manage to download it from modaco's

Greetz
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ivolution:
Hi, You need to register first!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomtommy:
I am registred what i know
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Abednego:
MotoHome ... not

Since I am using my Hero only with Linux boxes, I'd prefer if the MotoHome app was not included in the core image. HTC Sync is enough Windows-only extra weight in my lovely Linux phone...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] michalst:
HTC Hero Kernel is out :)

DL: http://bit.ly/VgEkN

Hope we will seen 1.6 soon Paul ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
eh, this is an application for your pc? or am i not getting this right?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bunt83:
No, it's an app for your phone to allow you to browse files and manage your phone through a browser...

Download it and check it out!

It's got NOTHING to do with windows/linux

:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bunt83:
Please see my post above, this app has nothing to do with windows/linux.

Download the app and try it out before you make an assumption! ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
ok, now it is clearer. the screenshots imply that is a standalone application, as there is nothing from a browser in them, neither is it clearly stated. thanks for the clarification, imho this should not make it into the (core) rom, as it is not designed for the hero (and by this could cause severe problems). nice idea for an optional pack though.

lol, on the long shot i see an "enhanced pack configurator" coming, you just check the applications you want and get an update.zip with just your desired applications and settings ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
That app is also a rip from a Moto ROM, hence I won't be including it in our HTC ROM.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] notxel21:
Kernel

@ Paul, any intentions for using the HTC Kernel now that's it's FINALLY released?

Thanks Paul! Love you're work! :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pookie1:
I'll make the post clearer so everyone knows you use the browser.

Although it hasn't been designed for the hero, it works fine, it won't destroy your Hero :p

Not saying it should be in the custom ROM, just clearing up any FUD
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
First stab at a custom kernel for MCR...

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...ck-playing-with-custom-kernels-for-the-brave/

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sidlovatt:
Thanks, did not think so but thought asking someone on here would be better than potentially bricking his phone lol
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] danibjor:
I've been running 2.7.1 a while now.. This thing really flies!! My Hero has newer ever been this fast.. Boot time is also shorter now.

The lag that could come when you switch between apps is all gone now. Scrolling in large lists is also much better now :D

Thanks!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Diskun:
BUG!

I'm coming from MoDaCo 2.0 if I recall correctly, with Apps2SD and a swap partition in my card, and after appying the new update, every time I plug the USB cable to transfer files, everything goes well, but after unplugging the cable, when the system tries to mount the card, I get the "The SD Card is damaged" message.

The message is gone after a soft reset and the card is just OK, but it is a pain in the ass.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dying4004:
i can see some ppl r having issue with sdacrd with rom 2.7.1. definitely some thing is there which is causing this.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Yes, it's swapper. Set Swapper to a swap partition or uninstall.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nemo0815:
Thanks, think that fixed it!

But i have a far worse problem with 2.7.1 - battery usage. I've charged the phone to 100% yesterday at 7pm and now it's down to 48% with almost no use at all (no phone calls or sms, just 30 mins of internet usage or so) and the phone was in flight mode during the night.

Was definately much better with previous Roms.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Version 2.8 is now online!

Note that although 2.8 no longer includes swapper or morelocale (at the request of users to 'slim things down' a little), if you are upgrading without a wipe you'll need to delete these manually from Settings->Applications or /data/app.

Changelog

- MoDaCo Custom Kernel 1.2 featuring additional filesystem support (EXT4, NFS, CramFS, SquashFS 4.0), CompCache 0.5.4 modules and DroidWall support

- Updated WiFi Tether (1.60 pre3)

- Script to optionally remove dropbear SSH (run /system/bin/dropbearremove.sh via ADB)

- Moved VoiceSearch to data partition (aids updgrading via market)

- Removed Swapper and MoreLocale, now advised downloads in main post

Enjoy! :)

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nemo0815:
Hm, seem taht download link won't work yet? Or mabe I'm a tad to fast :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Oops, fixed! ;)

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
Script to optionally remove dropbear SSH (run /system/bin/dropbearremove.sh via ADB)

I get a /system/bin/dropbearremove.sh not found...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erikwt:
I have apps2sd running, so what do I lose when doing a 'wipe'? 2.5.1 works great, but when I upgrade to any newer version I get many force closes etc, that's why I'm thinking of wiping. I dont really know what to back-up though. Where is the data of the apps stored? Also on SD I suppose?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wain_hero:
Thanks a lot ! 2.8 works great ! Everything seems to run fine with the new built kernel :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NumbGreenThumb:
Thanks for all your hard work Paul! The new ROM works great for me, no problems at all. It's noticeable quicker compared to 2.3 which was the last one I was running.

The only thing is that indeed the script to deactivate dropbear isn't there...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elee1998:
error (process com.htc.android.cime has stopped unexpectedly) when I select Chinese input from SMS. Any solution?

Thank you.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
agree... the sh file is missing?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomtommy:
I have a problem i cant download the file anyone got another mirror

Thnx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] thecastlefordkid:
Hi Paul,

The download link for the Enhanced add on pack isn't working
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lmart1n:
same here

@ paul ... remove it from core version and make it as add on pack pls.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AndiTails:
All up on my mirror.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] benlc:
Hello

Any plans on ad-hoc support (I know it already can be done modifying some conf files but a native support would be great in the rom) ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dnetzone:
hows the battery life on 2.8?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] M3 SMGII:
I want to know that too. Better or worse than 2.6?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
hard to say, with the rom beeing out less than one battery charge...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tianci86:
i think the brightness of the screen sometimes dim sometimes bright. is this a bug?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
It should be ./removedropbear.sh, my bad! :)

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
many thanks! It worked!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NumbGreenThumb:
Ok, found it. My bad. All is good.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
/system/bin/removedropbear.sh
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] akirainblack:
Is it safe to flash the 2.7.1 bootsounds onto the 2.8 ROM?

I'm going with a yes, but am desperate not to bust my phone.

Thanks loads for all your hard work Paul
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tianci86:
i have installed the chi pack but the chi app cant load
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] markoc84:
I have just got myself a Hero, and i am really interested in using the MoDaCo custom ROM, but i am a bit scarred to try to do the updates without knowing what i am doing properly, especially as i am new to Android.

I have had a look at the walkthrough at the beginning of the thread, but i'm still not sure i understand exactly what i am doing.

Please can you direct me to a very detailed walkthrough showing step-by-step what i'm supposed to be doing, or even better a youtube video showing what to click and where. I'm new to quite a few of these terms that are being used in some places.

I'm really sorry if this has already been mentioned in this thread or there is a dedicated thread to it, but i havent found it yet, but please direct me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Archatos:
I think I've found a security issue in 2.7 (I'm not sure whether it's in HTC's stock rom too):

When an alarm goes off and you want to stop it, you are directly in the homescreen without drawing the unlockpattern, even though you have set your phone to unlock with a pattern.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] akirainblack:
@Markoc84

Ok,

First you have to download the SDK from Android's site:

http://developer.android.com/index.html

Next do

either:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=561124

or

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...ed-recovery-image-on-your-device-permanently/

I advise saving the .img file into the adb folder (not at my machine with the SDK on it so can't remember the exact route will update when I can).

Next you reboot your phone by restarting it.

Download the latest radio (from the links in the first post of this thread), save it to your phone and rename it to update.zip

unplug your phone from the PC and wait for it to reinitialise the SD card (I didn't once and it corrupted the whole card)

Now turn the phone off or pull the battery.

hold down home and power on or put the battery back in.

You'll get to a screen with several options.

as is said it's always best to nandroid backup first.

Then select to flash the update.zip.

Download the core rom you wish to flash.

plug the phone into the computer

delete the update.zip on the phone

copy across the new one you just downloaded and rename it to update.zip

repeat the same process as for the radio.

The flash will take longer as it's writing more data

The first boot can take an age as it's installing things.

Please note I take no responsibility if you brick your phone doing any of the above. I will however flesh this out with more details and remove the need to refer to other pages (except for the ROMs/recovery images, number the points etc, I just don't have the time to just now.

Once again I'd like to thank Modaco and add thanks to Cyanogen, Amon_Ra and Lox and all the other dev's (sorry it hasn't come sooner) for all their hard work on making it so we can have better and custom builds on our phones.

If I've missed out something please feel free to point it out so I can add it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Archatos:
I've had the same problem. And after quite a struggle, I came out at these links:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4257045&postcount=38

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=559613

I hope you'll find 'em just as usefull as I did... :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] masterpfa:
Thanks Paul great work as always, HTC Hero, sorry G2 Touch wiped & rooted previously, running almost as fast as Mr Bolt.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] johnboywilson:
I`m getting Social Network Error, service is not available?

Anyone? :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] masterpfa:
Hi, I found these links very helpful when Rooting and updating the ROM on my HERO.

Re-read all the instructions above as well as the instructions from the the links enclosed.

http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-root-your-htc-hero-in-one-click/

http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-your-htc-hero/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] matt6gsr:
This Swapper app is confusing me, please help.

I have 32mb swap partition on my sd card already, will swapper use this partition or will it make its own and do i need to install swapper in the first place because my phone is already swapping or do i need to direct swapper to that partition?

Im so confused........:(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] markoc84:
Hi akirainblack and Archatos,

Thanks very much for your assistance, these guides will be very helpful. Once again sorry for my android virginness but i just dont want to brick my new baby.

I will let you know how it goes.

And thanks to Masterpfa
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] johnboywilson:
Plus when i eventually set it up there is no weather on homepage. I have done 2 wipes and 3 reinstalls?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] masterpfa:
Are you refering to FaceBook, Twitter & the like, if so, no I haven't had any problems, all working as should be & better
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] johnboywilson:
Yes i am, if i go into social networks on the phone it comes up with an error!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] masterpfa:
Have you tried rebooting your device?

Are you experiencing any problems with any other services and or 3G network?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] johnboywilson:
i have rebooted, reinstalled, wiped and done everything possible. I have used every ROM Paul has made and they all worked fine. At the mo i`m redownloading the files again. I`ll try this before i give up..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Sergio PC:
Chef:cool::

2.8 ROM= Smooth as Silk

Thanks for your amazing work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] commodoor:
Damn 2.8 is really great, but now the kernel is released will you make a clean version? i really don't like the htc UI it slows down the phone.

i really hope to see a clean android (without HTC UI)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jutley:
i can second that this really is silk smoothe now fast as its gonna get well done paul.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] thecastlefordkid:
I had a similar problem when installing v2.7 and had the social network issue earlier today when installing v2.8.

Are you trying to install any of the add on files as well? I was getting the same error when installing the new version and before rebooting the phone, I was installing the Enhanced add on pack.

The solution, install the core ROM, reboot your phone and then go back in to the recovery console to install any of the add on packs. I found that I had to reboot the phone after each installation otherwise the error popped up as soon as the home screen loaded.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Sergio PC:
I think this is true, installing addons with out rebooting after every add on install, just means trouble.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gazos:
Can someone please help me with get-a-robot-vpnc still can't seem to get it to work on 2.8 i'm pulling my hair out here! Have read through all the posts that gets it working on 2.2 but they don;t work
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] plbelanger:
I've rooted my phone and am considering flashing this ROM just wondering is it _noticeably_ faster than the original HTC ROM, the latest version I mean? Also I noticed you added ext4 support, will you consider adding support in your custom recovery ROM to create an ext4 partition as well? Thanks.