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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cbanbury:
Nicely put. Well that answers my question. Btw thanks for all your work :) Got my Hero a few days ago and put your ROM on within a few mins of having it! can't believe how much of a difference it makes!

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
MoDaCo Custom ROM for Dream online here!

32A port is not here yet, please read the 32B post for info.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stickyasglue:
load of stuff stopped working....

hi i flashed a few days back and now my gmail wont sync and peep wont load ant tweets since 5th september.... im not on vodafone so will tht fix work for me ?

also whats wrong with the gmail???

thx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] domi55:
cheers Paul.

But could it be that there is no 2.1 in the phones about section? ;) It still shows 2.0.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
Duh??

See this post
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] domi55:
Damn... I thought I've read all the new posts today :D

Sorry Paul and thanks very much Heppieboeddah.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ammurad:
I need some help. I have 2.0 with a 512 partition and have been noticing my internal memory go down more and more. I am currently on 110 know remaining with only a few apps installed. I wiped when I first flashed as well. I've cleared market and browser caches as well. Please help!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Untouchab1e:
I have concluded with the fact that a custom ROM IS NEEDED in order to keep me from throwing my Hero out the window..

However, to start using the on-screen keyboard without the norwegian dictionary would probably also make me throw it out so is it anyway I can run a custom Hero ROM and get the norwegian dictionary?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tkm89:
Yeah, I'm currently on 117mb with a2sd enabled. I wonder if a program is using the internal phone memory to cache?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] domi55:
Have you checked if the apps are really installed on your SD?

Please see this post
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
same problem with bouygues france here

dunno why cuz calendar sync
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xdaman85:
Any one else having issues with Google voice search, when I press search button then press for voice search it force closes, I think its because the program is installed to the sd card.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] J-Zeus:
Can I suggest that future ROM releases be posted up in a new thread - this ones has become a bit overloaded:rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] liamhere:
i had this too

wiped and now all is good :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] domi55:
Guys...

I'm not able to log in into my facebook account. Yes I already tried a wipe :D

Does anybody have the same or is it maybe a (temporary) FB related issue?

BTW: After a wipe I successfully connected to my FB account during the initial device setup (FB/flickr/twitter). But now I always got the following on the social network screen:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] justbabu:
For method 2, you can use adb from the command line in windows:

1. switch on USB debugging from Menu > Settings > Applications > Development

2. adb pull /system/media/bootscreen/boot_animation.xml boot_animation.xml

3. edit the file and change use_sound to 1 in all 3 places

4. save the file

5. adb push boot_animation.xml /system/media/bootscreen/boot_animation.xml

If you wipe the ROM and re-flash you would need to repeat these changes.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
That works fine..thks :) But I noticed that 'use_sound' is named useAudio in my xml. Then if you push it back to the phone first do 'adb remount', because if you dont do that it will echo: permission denied, read only.

But w/e I have my bootsound back...:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JoepvL:
I had the same problem (messages app hanging at 'loading'), I even lost a few sms messages that came in (I received 3 during the time it was failing, of which only one showed up, but it was empty). chompSMS did work for messages that were on the phone already, but new messages just didn't show up (not even the empty one, that one did show in the messages app but I couldn't view it, obviously, and the preview was empty); I did get the notification sound but no icon in the top bar. A wipe did indeed fix it, but that's kind of a crappy solution, agreed?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] justbabu:
Thanks! Your're right.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phil_UK:
Worked a treat guys...well done! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stickyasglue:
thx man !! i did the cache data thingy 2 and it works !!!

thank you so much !!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ljimn:
I did a MoDaCo update on my HTC Hero yesterday, i installed the 2.1 version.

Now my sms screen says Loading... and i cant read my sms'es, even tho i can hear them coming in.

I've noticed someone talkes about "wipeing" ur phone, but i cant seem to find a guide how to do that anywhere. Not even google wants to help me.

Does any1 have a fairly up to date guide on how to wipe the phone so i can use my hero again?

EDIT: Found it! ><
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] PatternInChaos:
Wipe means Hard Reset. You can find that option in Recovery Mode or you start your Hero by pressing Home and Back. There should appear a white screen, press menue and there you go.

(I had the same problem with SMS not showing anymore, I did a wipe, updated the radio and Modaco and now it works fine!)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ljimn:
I didnt do the radio, if i get problems again, i'll do that =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nicelad_uk:
Have the same problem, it doesn't seem to re-install itself from ext3 correctly when you do a new flash of a rom.

Uninstall it and reinstall it and it works fine, it must put something on the main storage to work.... maybe? :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nicelad_uk:
Modaco...

Any chance you can look at the issue of not being able to send MMS while the internet is active?

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lopiuh:
Trackball selection for Copy Text in Browser

Hi folks,

in MCR 2.1 on my white Hero I am not able to use the trackball to selct the highlighted text for copy text function in the browser (works at no page) Searched the forum and XDA but did not find a thread about that. Could you please check what happens on your device:

-Open Browser

-Menu->More->Copy text

-mouse pointer is shown and above text press the trackball

-move trackball

Does the text while you move the trackball highlight and if you press trackball again does Hero say "Text copied to clibboard"?

It works for me only when I use the finger on the screen. It is supposed to work with trackball as well (checked several Hero-Roms on G1)... don't know if it worked earlier on my Hero device or if it is a MCR / device problem. Does it work for anyone (on Hero device)? And when yes, which rom?

Thanks for your help

Frank
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
I have sort of asked this before but anyway

I am running the stock update and all seems very fast and stable.

I'm thinking about the 2.1 custom version but how much better is ?

I am not going to run 100s of progs on it.

Has anyone gone from the standard to the 2.1? Is it

Significantly better or more extra tweaks

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stripealipe:
Okey, my first suggestion for next build... please!

http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/bfs-faq.txt
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
I'm on standard and the track ball does not highlight
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lopiuh:
Thanks for testing, just to get sure, with "track ball does not highlight" you did not mean that the led in the trackball-LED goes on, but that the text selection for "Copy text" does not work using the trackball? Is it a general Hero glitch? It worked fine since cupcake on any G1. But not on the hero device? hard to believe... especially because it works on any Hero Rom for G1 I tested, but not on my Hero device itself ...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
Nothing lights up and nothing copies
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] foxmeister:
I'm on Modaco 2.0, and although I seldom use MMS, I did try sending a picture message whilst listening to some music streaming from Spotify, and connected to the internet via HSDPA. It all worked fine.

I do notice that I've a separate APN for picture messaging, so I wonder if it is APN "sharing" issue?

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] PatternInChaos:
Can I delete Java-Box or is it essential? Does anyone know?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NumbGreenThumb:
I finally jumped in a installed the custom ROM and updated the radio and everything went great and seems to be working amazingly well. I just have two questions though:

1. When I look at the info for the phone, the firmware is still 1.5. I thought this ROM was the 2.0 one...

2. How can I tell if the apps I install are now on the SD card (which, as I understand it, they should be since ap2sd is part of the ROM)?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] domi55:
Strange! I can confirm that the Build Number (not the Firmware. Because that's just the Android Version Number) should show 2.0:

On Version 2.1 Paul has not updated build.prop. So it still shows 2.0.

see this post ;)

Please try the steps on this post.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NumbGreenThumb:
Ahhhh....I see. Sorry for the lame question. I'm not sure why I was looking at the firmware version. Thanks for the other link.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] felikz:
yes u can delete it, its just for running j2me apps on ya phone
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] foxmeister:
I believe the firmware version is there to indicate the build of Android that the ROM was based on. 1.5 indicates a Cupcake build, and I wouldn't expect this to change until the next Google release (Donut?).

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] felikz:
anyone experiencing that debian runs easily on 2.1? i mean, does the preinstall stuff and so on work correctly (and modaco forgot to remove the "[investigating...]" from his first post)?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xdaman85:
Thanx mate, that works, should have tried that initially
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
Is this of any help?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] simcarloc:
Ok, firstly I would like to thank Paul at Modaco for his good work, it is much apprecoated by myself and many people on here.

Secondly, I thought I'd share my experience with the new ROM:

Pros

Faster screen flicking - this is VERY noticeable, it feels like an entirely different phone and is easily on a par with the iphone here. Impressive stuff.

The music-playback issue is fixed - it appears that the ROM has fixed the intermittent interferance/skipping I used to get when playing music. I cannot explain how much of a relief that is.

Stability and responsiveness - my phone seems more stable and generally responds better. For instance, I can get the home-screen up a lot quicker now (whereas when I pressed the power button before, it took almost 2-3 seconds at times!) and programs seem to start-up quicker.

Cons

Keyboard lag - I'm afraid that I am experiencing fairly bad keyboard lag since the update whereas before I experienced none. This is quite an irritating step backwards it must be said.

Speed is not evident everywhere - As mentioned above, the screen flicks from the home-screen are very fast. But when you are flicking through programs, contacts, pictures and menus, the samy jittery response rears its ugly head. This is a shame, but no big deal.

Over all I am very thankful for the update, I think it has made the phone a lot more usable as flicking through home-screen pages is what I and most people will do most of the time to access widgets and apps etc. I think there is a lot of room for improvement though which is quite an exciting prospect. I am very glad I stuck with the Hero.

Thanks,

S.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Jabbypants:
I have keyboard lag on the default sms program when i used chomp sms i had none, trouble is now when i run chomp it just pops up saying you need to close this etc, it won't work now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
Hey Paul, noticed that the change log has been updated to 2.2 but the download link still points to 2.1?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stingerpl:
It's available for download at http://content.modaco.net/hero/2.2-update-hero-modacocustomrom-core-signed.zip but too afraid to flash before the official announcement ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
2.2 installed
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
New update in first post!

P

Changelog

2.2

Corrected tun.ko

Updated busybox

Minor tweaks to unify build with sapphire and dream versions
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] domi55:
Does really nobody hits this issue (on 2.1c and 2.2c):

Facebook login issues

I always lose my FB log-in details (settings -> social networks) shortly after I've entered them. Then I go back to the social network settings and it shows: Not logged in.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] felikz:
Hope debian will work in the next release ;-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomehb:
2.0 to 2.2

guessing where it says MCR2.0 means i got version 2.0 ... Is it totally safe to upgrade from 2.0 to 2.2 without performing a wipe and without root permissions?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aleck_eagle:
Hello Paul !

Everything in your custom roms seems fine but one,which I'm a lil concerned about. The advanced task manager app does not work the way it should, 1) in the running apps tab the memory info is blank.2) when The system tab is selected either the app forcecloses or there is no info in that tab (all blank) . Now this works absolutely fine with the original rooted and unrooted roms and also your custom 1.5.1 . If you could kindly look into this matter it would be gr8. Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lsim001:
That's what I did. And everything is still working.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phil_UK:
Probelm Found

Hi,

I can confirm the same case for me running 2.0. Only problem i've found.

Thanks

Phil
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] monocay:
bussybox & tun.ko

I am running ver 2.0 of modaco ROM

is it essential to update to 2.2?

must admitt i really do not know what busybox and tun.ko is

some differences for day to day use?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gaabrysz:
Browser problem

Hey.

I have a weird problem with my browser. when i go to landscape mode and press the search button on hero and try to type anything the keyboard jumps up and down making typing impossible :( any thoughts on this ??

Oh and didn't have that on 1.5 ROM it started in 2.0. I have tried clearing data and cache in browser but it didn't help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
I get the same issue with v2.2
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrBrown666:
me too. the notification bar pops up when pushing a button, pushing down the whole keyboard. disappears almost immediately and the keyboard snaps back into position
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] domi55:
Same for me. Additionally I'm still affected by the 'contacts facebook association bug'.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jamesking420:
I have this bug, but not the facebook one...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
Added to first post:

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
Would you consider maybe publishing any info for (us) new chefs? Maybe some tips about build environment and tools and that kind of things. Personally I and very interesting in these ROMs and I would (if time and ideas come my way:D) consider making some tweaks in ROMs. So any info would be great. Maybe also a short note what things never to do (something like flashing a SPL, etc...) and what could be interesting for tweaking. Any info would be great!!!

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
A big TY

Thanks Paul for youre efforts giving us a perfect rom based on the HTC generic.

Still looking for the donation button..if you need a donation..:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
It's all pretty straightforward really, i'll look into producing an 'idiots guide' when I have the time.

Heppieboeddah - if you wanna donate, it's in my sig ;)

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
Made an account and upgraded to one year add-free..;)

Thanks again...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hkfriends:
hi Paul,

The custom locale is not working for TW Traditional Chinese....

In fact, it will show Simplified Chinese, so i cannot use it

I knew that the old version has TW Chinese in the initial setup, how can I restore the TW Traditional Chinese?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kongweb:
hi,Paul(MoDaCo)

2.x is a great Version,But I have meet a big problem,I'm a Simple Chinese Language User,When I use PhoneCall,and search the contact people,I can't find it,It's not working in this Rom.

But it can working in the old rom : 1.5.1

For example:

I input the number as:93982626 (mean Input words:Wu ZeYuan),I will find the contact man:Wu ZeYuan.

Thanks alot.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nemo0815:
Is it a good idea to update from 2.0 to 2.2?

Don't know what all of the changes mean to me... :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Casey Rain:
Hey Paul....are you aware of this problem with the Hero where people are not recieving their text messages?

http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/8155-do-not-receive-100-my-texts-htc-hero.html

I don't personally have a Hero but my cousin does and he alerted me to this problem. It's nothing to do with your ROM, but it appears to be an OS issue as people are reporting it in different countries and on different networks. My cousin is running your 2.2 ROM and has this problem, but people running stock have reported it as well.

Would you be able to take a look into this and see if there's a simple fix for it that you might be able to sort out ahead of HTC looking into it? HTC must be aware of it by now but who knows how long it will take for them to fix it...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
It's definitely not related to my ROM, as people have variously reported it all over the place.

TBH, I really wouldn't know where to start re: looking in to it. Does it also happen if you use ChompSMS rather than the stock app?

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
I've tweeted HTC about it, i'll ask my contacts there too...

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] frandavid100:
Thanks for everything you have done for us, Paul :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Casey Rain:
Thanks Paul. Much appreciated. I'm the one that convinced a few family members and friends to get Hero's - so I'm the one that they all run to when they have problems, even though I myself have a G1....

Yes, the same problem occurs with chompSMS, I suggested to try that when I was first told of this issue.....the texts are still not getting through...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ritdaw:
I was hoping HTC had fixed it in their latest update - I think I have missed a reply today, but need to confirm this.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
there are several people in the relevant threads saying that with 2.0 MoDaCo the SMS not arriving problem *is* fixed. Well, for them. Do we have someone saying definitely that it isn't? Interesting...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dayzee:
This isn't internet related, its when you are using WiFi in my experience.

Switch the wifi off and it will send if you are on your providers service. I wondered if this was deliberate, so that you have to send over the IP's service not your own wifi?...

Dayzee
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
thanks Paul - can you give us just a few-line summary of the steps involved, please?

then those of us brave to experiment without said idiots guide can get on with it :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
Mobile internet intermittently not working

I've noticed that my Mobile Internet - generally that's GPRS around here - doesn't work, and I have to reboot the phone, and then it's fine. Anyone else see this?

I''m running 2.0 with the latest radio. I've not had the phone long, and mostly use wifi - don't get out much :) - so couldn't say for sure it might have occurred with the stock ROM/radio. So it may be nothing to do with MCR 2.x, and if so I apologise. that said, I don't recall ever seeing it before I put on MCR 2.0.

The Hero is on WLAN most of the time, with mobile internet OFF. When I'm heading out, I turn off WLAN and turn on mobile internet. I use the HTC widgets for this.

I note that the mobile data icon doesn't appear on the status bar. going into settings, I can see it says something about "disconnected; service not available". I can't say exactly, since of course it's not doing it right now.

Rebooting the phone cures the problem instantly, and there's definitely strong GPRS signal here, so I'm sure it's not a signal issue.

It's intermittent - not happening right now, for example - yet frequent. It was having the problem earlier today, for example, yet not now.

anyone ever see this? thanks much.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ammurad:
Thanks Paul for all your work. I love my hero to bits!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Casey Rain:
Yep. My cousin first noted the problem while running 2.0, and is now running 2.2..... still has the problem.

I don't know if he flashed the new radio though......is there any chance that could be the problem?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomehb:
Cheers

Worked a treat - just wanted to double check - I always get scared!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
omg :/ no !
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phil_UK:
Yeah, think same here on 2.0. Not sure how much down to the HDSPA being so weak though. :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] myHero:
Tonight I installed the latest custom ROM for the first time. Paul, sadly to hear that you're backing out of Android... Thanks for all your great work, I'm happy with the new ROM.

The only thing which is not working well is the keyboard. Sometimes the keyboard gives the normal feedback, but most of the time no feedback is given and no characters is placed.

[EDIT]

I had problems with the keyboard when entering info for a new APN. Using the keyboard while in HTC mail, is acting normal. Is there maybe a difference between using the keyboard in Android or HTC apps??

If some one needs more information or debug info, let me know how to post it here.

Patrick
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nemo0815:
I think since the majority of users has no problems at all it's more related to some crappy 3rd party software that some of you might have installed.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Casey Rain:
Hmmm.....I'll ask my cousin about the last few things he has installed.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
I believe some people are seeing it on stock phones, with no added software, but who knows?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
thanks Phil.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lesiohormon:
paul thanks from POLAND hope to see you again .....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gaabrysz:
Hello

Can someone tell me how to go back to 1.5?? with 2.2 i have some problems :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stinger32:
What problems do you have?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FunkAndSoda:
Jip Same Here. Gps is also down sometimes ans doesnt get a fix. Im on modaco 2.2 with the latest radio
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jayjay:
Thanks Paul, for everything.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stripealipe:
Yeah, thankyou Paul, your work has been fantastic and very much appreciated.

Here's hoping someone picks up where you left off and continues to develop these ROMs like Cyanogen is doing.

Maybe we should all mail HTC and get them to give you the Hero. After all, i think you've saved them an awful lot of returned units?! ;)