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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Brantyr:
Swap seems weird, I formatted initially with fat32/ext3/swap 72mb (figuring 64mb + padding, wasn't sure if it would use that since last rom I had with swap used 32mb only). Performance was horrible, long reload every time. Reformatted to make it 128mb to allow for all ram + some padding and it's brilliant, TouchFlo comes up instantly when I hit home :D

I'm clueless when it comes to the kernel etc, does anyone know what is the maximum amount of swap android can make use of? Because if it's working like windows does I'm thinking I should up it to ~175 meg, to allow for an entire copy of the RAM (windows copies anything in ram which isn't changing often to the swap, so if it runs out of ram it can just drop it instantly without waiting to write it out to slower memory) + extra swapped out stuff, I'm assuming from 5-25meg usage from a moderatly (say people) to very (browser) high ram usage programs each?

Also, having some issues with A2DP on 7.xx (says connected with audio in settings, bluetooth device says connected, no headset/car indicator in status bar, no sound output), is bluetooth meant to be working? (dont care if it's not, just wondering)

And finally, you should put a donation link up, this rom it completely worth it :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] antonram:
32A device

I agree, I'm using this ROM with 32A device (flashed with redglasse's myhero1.1.2 kernel) and really this is as far the best...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Samar_Djo:
laggy 2.8 ?

Hi Evil

I come from your 2.7x, and it was very fast and looks stable. But I tried 2.8 yesterday, I erased app_s/*.* and did a wipe... and it was very laggy... Strange...

I came back to the 2.7x !
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] magpie2000k:
I had a rwal bad experience on first install but then formatted back to fat 32 and then partitioned again. Seems better.

I guess I have one question and it is where I think I keep making mistakes.

Rom states swap by default but do I have to install swapper to get this and are there any real correct setting for this, plus is it worth setting cpu speeds

Any advice would be great but as I dont understand this fully I cannot work out what is best. I have the sd card partitioned via the recovery screen which I think by default gives 32mb swap. if I wanted to increase the swap would I need to manualy format the swap size to larger.

Thanks in advance
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ckale82:
The application com.android.settings has stopped

I'm installed this Rom but at first boot i get this error:

"The application com.android.settings has stopped"

You can not proceed with the configuration

I have a HTC Magic Vodafone, i created three partitions required and tried both etx2 with ext3...

:(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Merlinux:
Hi,

Try formatting the card manually to have 96mb of swap. When you install the ROM, install swapper, run it and wait for a few seconds for the permissions screen to come up and "allow always", then go to settings, advanced preferences, tick to "Use swap partition", untick "Recreate swap file" (unnecessary), you can leave reformat swap ticked. Then go back to the previous menu, select "Swappiness" and set it to 60 or 40 (i have 60). Go back again, and click "Swap ON".

That should be all.

After that if you click "Get information" it should tell you swap information.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] magpie2000k:
ah thanks for that very explanatory I have one problem. I havent got linux so manualy formatting I am stuck with. any clues...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] StreetGuru:
Download Ubuntu, save it to a cd and run it (see the link on the first post of eViL to the tutorial.) Alternatively download the android sdk and do it via parted (see the tutorial in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534714
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] StreetGuru:
Hey eViL, i'm finding the 2.8 not to be very stable... It is very fast and responsive in the begining but 1 day after i start having fc's and many HTC loading screens. Already have swap at 96 and swappiness at 60 - thinking on going back to the 2.6 build as i didn't had one single problem with swap at 32 and swappiness at 30. Gonna play around with swapper but feels like all builds since 2.6 have been a step backwards (exept for the clean rom without the bundle apps that i preffer.)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] slackwaresupport:
ok.. so im on it.. its pretty fast.. i set swappiness to 80.. and i dont know if anyone has noticed but something that annoys me..!! why do you have the clock widget, and then the CLOCK in the upper right hand corner!!!!! why do you need 2 clocks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] magpie2000k:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\turnbullj>fastboot devices

HT93WKF00526 fastboot

C:\Documents and Settings\turnbullj>fastboot boot recovery_RAv1.2.1G.img

cannot load 'recovery_RAv1.2.1G.img'

C:\Documents and Settings\turnbullj>

stuck at step one LOL this is hwta I get. phone is rooted and has RAv1.2.1G on it.

Thanks again
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lincore:
BT Stereo?

Did anybody tests bt stereo in this rom?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] lincore:
You should enter to fastboot mode(power off your device and power on it holding "back" button)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shadowleo85:
its easier to just use ubuntu... just follow the link posted above... its basically just running it without installing it and using gparted to partition it... now if u have amon ras recovery console ur in luck... just use his recovery console to fast partition it into 3 partitions... than load up ubuntu and just resize the partition thats what i did took about 5 min to resize
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] magpie2000k:
i should just learn to read all done now just need to set swap up properly
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] magpie2000k:
hi mate thanks for that I am nearly there.

Should I change swap size from 32mb uto a higher figure?

is there any benefit of also installing set CPU and changing that?

thanks again guys you have all been a real help.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shadowleo85:
its all good only way to learn is to ask questions... but setting up ur swap is a breeze... if u have ur partition set up correctly... what size is ur swap partition? if its 96 mb than open up the apps menu and scroll to swapper... once swapper opens press menu... than press configuration... and than settings... once in settings press advanced settings and check the box that says use swap partition... than check ur swappiness (this will depends on the speed of ur sd for which swappiness u can set it at try between 20-60 to see which works for u) im currents using 96 swap 40 swappiness... now check ur swap size and set it to 96 if thats the size of ur swap partition after that press the back button till ur at the first screen u saw in swapper... once there press on... once it says all down pop out the battery and reset... and u r golden from there...

H

HOPE THIS HELPS
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shadowleo85:
if ur using this rom set cpu is already installed... and yes huge benefit mine is on always max for set cpu... it helps when coming from sleep mode... and yes set ur swap partiton for 96mb mine is at 102mb... so u can set a good swappiness for ur phone which will help to improve functionality... and one more thing once ur done go to the market and search for root... than look for and download move cache for root users... which moves all ur cache to the sd card which will also help to boost speed and functionality... im using 2.6 and dont think ill be changing just yet lol
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] magpie2000k:
Set CPU isnt installed on 2.8 so will install and will follow your other advice and report back
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shadowleo85:
o ok lol that just solidified my judgement call to stick with 2.6 lol
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ckale82:
has happened to someone my same problem?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] magpie2000k:
Thanks all seems good with this set up correctly

Thanks to all.....
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eltigroUK:
wow this ROM is da bomb! running on 2.7 with class 6 SDHC. 100 swappinness, lotsa widgets, and 100mb swap.

just installed root cache to SD, and man. i get a browser load from cold to homepage, in 2-3 secs. so so zippy. not as fast as cyanogen,,,,but then what is. for hero this is the best.

loving the hero! good enough for daily use. just need BT then its perfect.

off to do a nandroid backup!!! lol!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] LostinThesauce:
Thanks, good looking out. i did read a lot of how toos and stuff and did everything i could to stop from posting but the truth is this is the first phone i have even tried to play with like this . so a lots of the terminology is like reading greek to me. i appreciate you guys helping me out, as an update i dl swapper and it seems to be working GREAT only thing is a little lag and a htc screen every now and then but from what i read that could be caused by the fact that i have a class2 SD my next undertaking is to figure out how to use this app 2 sd or what ever it is. any input you guys have i would appreciate it. but if your just gonna tell me to go look it up dont waste your energy or time time of others making a post on here. thank guys !!!! evil you the man.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Reignzone:
BFS-230?

Are you planning up implementing the latest BFS upgrade...? (230)

I'm referring to for your next version of course...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] tazz9690:
Is 202MB of swap too much? That's what I get when I partition my SD with Twisted's or Amon_Ra's recovery image. I would've used parted, but I always get an error that the value is too small to parition when I try to set up my ext3 or linux swap. I have 16.1GB when I print using parted. Instead of MB, it gives me GB. I can do the fat 32, 15.4 GB. I then try to do 15.4GB to 16.GB of ext. Then from there 16Gb to 16.1GB of swap. However, when I do this it won't even let me part my sd for the Ext which I think is weird, because it is about 500MB. Any answers regarding whether my swap parition size is okay for this ROM or how to rectify my problem to get 96MB would greatly be appreciated. Thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
If you use Swapper, you can specify the swap size to use, even 96 with a 202mb swap partition.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] tazz9690:
is anybody else getting random htc.provider force closes?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Reignzone:
Evil, flashed v2.8, it's not bad...but it's sluggish upon first boot. The setup sent me through a double-boot scenario. It was strange. Thankfully, I was testing it on my spare device. It works perfectly now, with the exception of force close issues with "htc.provider.com" and "TouchFlo" as well.

Also, could you clean out the unnecessary files from the notifications and ringtones...and ONLY utilize the "HTC" provided files. Same for the wallpapers, simply use the standard files so that there aren't any force closes while scrolling to select any of them from the gallery.

Finally, could you perhaps offer two versions of either v2.9 or v3.0 that would be ONE feature-rich, complete w/ every application and widget build...and ONE fully-optimized, cut-down, and gutted build? Not a bad idea, eh? :D

All-in-all, great work boss.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] joanri72:
Yes, i also have radonly this type of error.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] retaliator:
I flashed with the eViL_HeRo_v2.8 but unfortunately my HTC Magic became very slow. Is there anything I can do to makes my phone faster?

With 'slow' I mean, when I try to close or open an app, I can put my phone on the desk waiting nearly a minute.

Thanks to help us all.

BTW: it looks sometimes quicker
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
I am pondering releasing a version with NO app2sd, meaning all apps will be stored on internal flash. It DOES respond better and seems pretty fast. The downside to this though is obvious, no external storage. Currently on boot, there is about 200mb of free memory. I'm not sure how many of you would ever use that up on a daily device.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] joanri72:
Hi ! i see in your firm : eViL HeRo v2.9ex

Have you releaset ?

Thanks for the fast hero ROM that i have never see !!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] retaliator:
Could it be that it became slow because I didnot reformat my sdcard?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gaprince:
looks great but it runs slow and i am not recieving some text messages
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
switched to 1.5.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gg3ars:
Nice and fast except for messaging. Message app force close everytime.:)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shadowleo85:
where can i get the original hero keyboard from... i hate this touchpal one...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vtecbros:
Just flashed your v1.5X2 on mytouch. Running faster then ever.

Ive tried Qteknology Hero v1.3b, JACxHEROskiv1.4 for 32B, and Full V3.

So far this is the FASTEST Rom out there.

Good job with the HERO rom.

Add any wallpaper for background. Big THANKS.

Messaging working.

wifi working.

everything is good.

Oh and ive been listing to music and texting at the same time and it runs really smooth.

Once again thank you for the awesome rom.

oh and

Im Mexican, I can flash any ROM. Im sure you can too, its not hard.

READ.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Secretcow:
Yeah it's a great rom.. I just can't stand the keyboard either. How do I change it? :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mgorman:
i flashed this rom and its getting stuck on the htc boot screen.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vorach:
very good ROM !

just i can't put touchpal in french ?!

i install touchpalfrenchpack.apk from the market but i can't apply it.

if anybody know how i can do that ! thank's to explain for me ;)

:)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mykenyc:
ill try this if the stock htc keyboard comes back you should have two versions...nice work but i tried the touchpal and hated it stay with qtek for now
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shadowleo85:
try repartitioning and reformatting ur entire memory card... and wiping the data on the phone... than re installing the update 1.5x2

mine was stuck in a boot loop for a min until i did that
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shadowleo85:
i found the original hero keyboard... hit me up in my pms and ill send u the apk
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mykenyc:
just "google htc_ime.apk" for people who need it, but i want it built in for some reason maybe its just me "installing it vs already in it" works different to me seems much more smoother when its always presented in the build.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shadowleo85:
DUDDEEEEEEEEEEE u took out the htc search widget... that white google one just messes up the look of the rom
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] gaprince:
everytime i go back to the home screen, the htc logo comes up and it reloads. can someone help me?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mgorman:
try getting an app from the market that moves your cache to the sd card
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
when the keyboard pops up, HOLD the "EN" button on the bottom left. That should bring up options.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Check your swappiness. Set it to external (linux-swap) and swappiness 30+
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Put it on your last page. ;P

I thought it was a little redundant to have 2 search widgets. Especially when 1 (HTC) doesn't do voice search.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Ghost117:
I would LOVE to try this, but since CM 3.9.11.2 I am hooked on global search! Any chance you are working on bringing it over?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vorach:
I do that but the only option i got is English :s

i try to put the touchpal from markter but made an signed error !!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] joanri72:
Yes ! I have to format my SD and with swapper configure a 96MB wapping partition.

Sorry for my bad english but i'm from spain.

Jordi.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] johnnylicious:
i agreee no apps2sd would make this rom run very faster and 200mb left is plenty of users :)

doo it pleaseeee great job!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
format, wipe, reflash.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
2.9 is now online. Have fun and let me know the results. Remember, ALWAYS format and then wipe before flashing.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] WebghostDK:
Ok now im pissed off... just downloaded 2.8 and when im done downloading the 2.9 version is out LOL!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] johnnylicious:
thank you sir! downloading and gonna flash after work great job!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] joanri72:
Witch version it will be faster : with A2SD or No A2SD

Thank

s
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] retaliator:
No A2SD is always faster because the apps are stored on your phone.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] joanri72:
Thank you ! i will download and try !
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] prophetz:
Megaupload is timing out on the no A2SD! No downloady for me:confused:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] wicked_beav:
Hey Evil, just a question... Do you think you could do a mash-up of Cyanogen's 4.1.11.1 (Donut) and your Hero? That would be amazingly awesome. BTW... your latest is amazing and super fast. Kudos and great work!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] slackwaresupport:
wont download.. whats up??
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] wicked_beav:
What web browser are you guys using to download. I've noticed I've had issues with some browsers, but always seems to let me download with Firefox.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] slackwaresupport:
firefox and safari.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] slackwaresupport:
evil .. i have somewhere we can put em up.. fast..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] prophetz:
Im using IE7. Going to try it out with firefox!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Samar_Djo:
Compcache

Hi Evil

You wrote Compcache working but not enabled... What do you mean ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] slackwaresupport:
ok the noa2sd finally worked.. i stuck it up here.

http://www.slackwaresupport.com/eViL_HeRo_v2.9_no_a2sd.zip
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] D3NNY:
It means that if you want to enable compache yourself by editing the user.conf you can and it will work, but by default its not enabled, instead linux swap is enabled.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
It is not enabled in the user.conf.

You should be able to pull the user.conf from system/bin and edit it. Then push back. Run adb shell sh system/bin/userinit.sh.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Thanks. I believe there was/is a problem with Megaupload since I had to retry about 6 times to upload.....
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bluecluenj:
WOW! The no apps2sd ROM works like it shipped on the phone. No lag, no loading, smooth as butter :)

2 questions though....with the thing running totally onboard, do we need to partition differently? Is there any need for ext3 or even swap for that matter? Or can it run straight off the phone with just a fat32 card for storage?

My second question (sorry to be a pain, maybe more of an observation) is that the ROM seems to manage memory differently. When I open task killer I notice many more apps running than I ever did with other traditional apps2sd ROMs. It slows the phone down until the apps are killed manually. Seems like the phone is allowing more stuff to stay active longer somehow.

Overall, I think this is the ROM I have been holding my breath for and maybe I can finally stop flashing and leave it on my phone YAY!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
A swap partition is needed, unless you like loading screens. ;P Ext partition, I will do some more testing. Right now, without using the ext, you can flash super quick. No more formatting. But, in the end, I think I will try to get it to 2 partitions, 1 fat32 and the other linux-swap. Or, 1 fat32 partition if you enable compcache will work. I haven't tried though. Currently the device will look for the 3rd partition for the swap.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] slackwaresupport:
mine was sluggish..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
What do you mean by sluggish? Did you get any FC's on boot? Did you let the phone boot up fully?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] wicked_beav:
So how did you feel about that Evil, marrying donut with your hero?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Reignzone:
Eww.

Could you enable the boot audio by default? That would be great.

I love this concept of NO A2SD! That's a great thing to do...offering more than one type of build.

Great work on v2.9 though.

EDIT: First boot is outrageously SLOW! I have never seen such latency during the initial booting process. This is just ridiculous. Removing the home screen icons and widgets at startup was damn near impossible.

EDIT 2: 10 MINUTES AFTER INITIAL BOOT (A2SD version) ---> screen is freezing, responsiveness is minimal, app-drawer hardly opens on command, swiping is impossible, and Google contact syncing is STILL not done...? And the "OPhone" dialer is buggy with overlapped characters for the last row of keys.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
The first boot is super slow, yes. I know you all are eager, but be patient after it boots too. It might be good to reboot afterwards.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] wicked_beav:
Everything is great now, it's just that first initial boot. If you reboot again after that it's not slow like that. Everything else seems fine, though that audio hack seems like it's gonna blow the speakers, i only need the volume at half now. LOL!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] _Belial:
Thanks for 2.9, i'm finding it a massssive improvement over 2.8 (which I removed and went back to rogers 1.5 tbh). One small thing though, is there no way to set the MMS user-agent on this? On the other roms i've tried i can set the user-agent for MMS as my provider (O2 UK) resizes mms message to tiny thumbnail messages if it's set as the default magic one.

thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bluecluenj:
I might have spoken too soon, the ROM works amazing but the ring delay is pretty extreme. I get like one ring before it goes to voicemail. The screen wakes for about the time of 3 rings, trackball flashes but no ring or vibrate.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] wicked_beav:
Is there any way to stop programs from booting up or running in the background upon a phone reboot. My phone runs super slow until I close all the background processes on each reboot, is there an app or easy way to stop these apps from auto-running on reboot.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] johnnylicious:
this hero runs pretty smooth when you kill all the BG processes overrall speed is decent

the incoming call ringtone / screen takes about 4-5 sec lag :/ which really sucks hope you can work on that but overrall its pretty good.