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[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] wicked_beav:
How come it keeps saying my sd card has been removed when it's not? Is there any reason why it is doing that?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] disturkis4u:
any screen shots for this theme please? also how do i format the ext2/3 on my sd card? i partitioned it on a g1 using the console option in recovery mode... is there a way i can use this to format it?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dragonboyy3k:
I tested it and it does not work ... still could not display vietnamese text ... u can do a test by going to www.tinhte.com and see if the font display properly thank you.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
You will need to backup your memory card. Delete all partitions, recreate all 3 again and then wipe and flash.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
I would use Ubuntu. Read the 1st post at the bottom.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Ok, I will investigate further.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] wicked_beav:
Having an issue where it is very slow returning to the loading screen with your latest rom, it appears to love to just sit there and stare at me and say loading. Is there anything I can do to remedy this.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Can you be a little more specific?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hydronos:
Yeah the first two reflashes i skipped the google login and used the phone and the browser worked over the 3g connection but when I wanted to do google sync it wasn't working...I formatted my card couple more times and tried and now I think my 8gb card is corrupted so im going to have to RMA that and use my 4gb...very frustrating
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] disturkis4u:
i get the same thing... returning to the home screen every time it just says loading for about 10 minutes and does nothing.. :mad::confused:

i haven't been able to do anything on the phone yet because it just sits there on the home screen saying 'loading'... will time it to see how long..

update: between the htc screen when you click 'back' and the home screen loadup, it's about 3minutes to get out of an app and get to the home screen..

recommendation: go to taskiller and kill all the apps running.. ALSO: go to swapper and enable the swap.. runs MUCH better after these ..hope this helps
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ch4dr0x:
This is the first Hero ROM that actually worked for me. I wonder what this ROM has that the others don't that makes them appear blurry. Hm, perhaps people should start there.

Only downfall I had is that it runs kind of sluggish, but meh could be me just not used to the Hero. I partitioned the SD Card using RAv1.2.1, as well as moved all my apps to my SD card. I also created a swap using swapper. Anyone have any other ideas? How big is your swap file? How often do I have to move files over to the SD using apps2sd?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] disturkis4u:
any way of me uninstalling java? i've heard that's what causes the black htc screen (which in turn causes the 'loading' lag on the home screen)..i figure if i could uninstall it, i can avoid that problem?

otherwise the rom works great.. the htc screen comes up less often now than when i first booted it..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] yipcanjo:
I'd like to know about this as well -- and uninstalling some other apps/widgets that I don't use (stocks, footprint, etc.). How do we do this?

Hey, eViL -- would you consider a superlite ROM?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] chrisli:
Still unable to receive sms...annoying.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hydronos:
Now when I flash v2xx I get all these errors when the phone starts up..."google setup unexpectedly stopped working and I cant even use the phone...I had a previous version that worked fine but I don't know what happened now
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Lindarose84:
After dealing with the fuzzy screens of every other Hero ROM, this is the first and only ROM where the screen can timeout and not come back blurry. I was finally able to test it after resolving the HTC screen hang.

Now to test that sms works....other than that, THANK YOU for giving us a ROM that doesn't have that dreaded blur issue.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] disturkis4u:
I had a lot of blur issues with others too. Only one beside this that works is jacx version 1.5r2.

I'm definitely not receiving sms either though.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] naplesbill:
I am on 2.xx and receiving SMS is working fine for me. Did you check the APN settings to make sure they are correct?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] androidpanda:
Checked again and SMS working fine (sending & receiving)

Thanks eViL D - this ROM works brilliantly for me......Vodafone Magic (32B).....one thing I'd recommend adding to a future ROM is the VPN client from the market place (it's free) and works perfectly with your ROM.

Quick question: do you notice much improvement in performance with different types of SD cards. I wondered if there was a "recommended" type/brand/size.....?

Thanks for all your hard work!

Jon.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] androidpanda:
spoke too soon

;)

One thing I've noticed is that if I'm using something like the gallery to view some pictures from the SDcard, then press the home key to get out of that app then I see a big "HTC" logo on a black background followed by the loading egg timer (which lasts about 15 seconds) before I get the home screen. Is this just as stuff is swapped into/out of virtual memory?

Cheers, Jon
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] BRAND1SH:
Im with John on this one,

after setting swap to 96/40 it runs much much better. But I keep getting f.c's for htc music, java and touchflow. I'm assuming java gives the htc widgets their animation, which causes the other f.c's.

D, Im still using the stock mytouch spl, and have been advised that I need an updated one. I can figure out the steps no problem, just wondering which spl you use personally. also, should I just do the whole process over, or can I slip the spl in without wiping, formatt,etc ? just double checking as all the tutorials I've read have you do the spl prior to the partition. is it safe to start over again, with a fresh formatted card and add the spl, then flash the rom ??

thanks again D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] AGTCooke:
Swap issues

I'm having some issues with this build and swapper...

MT3G

Wiped phone

Formatted my 8GB C6 SDCard via Amon's utility

Converted ext2 to ext3

Copied image to my 4GB card

Installed image from 4GB

Boot

Upgraded swapper to current release.

No matter what I do, swapper does NOT retain my options. It *always* reverts to a swap_file_ at swappiness=10. It seems to run okay for a while if I set it to swap partition, swappiness=20, but after a reboot\HTC reload screen, it reverts back.

This is a sweet build, if I could just figure out this darn swap problem.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] WaterMan!:
can you create a build that doesnt need the Ext2/ext3? I have no use for apps to sd
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] yipcanjo:
SMS is working fine here. v2xx
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Check your APN settings, then check the Priority in messaging itself.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Did you format ext2/3 and then wipe data before flashing?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
I can only recommend what I have tried, the Sandisk Mobile Ultra II. It is possible I would try an A-Data Class 6 or Transcend Class 6. ONLY class 6.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] WaterMan!:
Will this work without ext 2 partition?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
I have a Google ION, so I never needed to change SPL. FYI, it's 1.33.3004 (SAPP30000), which I believe is the engineering SPL.

I would go that route.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Check the 1st post for configuring swap. If you're still having problems, I would blow away your card and start fresh.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
No, you will need ext partition.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
I'm not sure what apps and widgets and whatnot you have running, but I have only had TF3D reset on me once. And, I run it pretty hard trying to cause resets. What kind of memory card are you using?

I did notice that HTC album is ALWAYS loading.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hydronos:
I did and then no other rom was flashing so I had to unroot my phone and then re root it using the 1 click method but I can only go up to v2 and login into my google account...v2x and v2xx I get an error when logging into my google account even over wifi
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] naplesbill:
First things first, this is the only Hero rom I have found that works without the blur issue. :)

Now, I thought I would mention this since I didn't see it mentioned anywhere else. I followed the instructions in post #34 of this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4404409

I now have A2DP working on the Evil 2.xx rom. I am so freakin happy about this I thought I would share.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] ElahC:
Hey eViL, can you make some no-wipe updates, I hate having to reinstall all my apps over again, :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
There weren't any major changes from v2 to v2xx. Can you access the internet?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
I don't think I'm quite that talented, but I can check into it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hydronos:
Yeah I can browse the web perfectly over 3g and wifi...this is so weird...and now I tried flashing a different rom the zeroxd one and it flashes correctly but the phone just sits at the mytouch screen
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] androidpanda:
swapiness? Who needs it?

Hi,

I have installed eViL D's Hero ROM and it's working okay, but occasionally it's a bit sluggish. Before I installed I created a 64Mb swap partition, and this is being used by android - but I've noticed lots of emails about swapper/swappiness and comp-cache, should I be using these too?

Does the success of these alternative swapping/cache-ing mechanisms depend on the speed of the SD card?

Any help much appreciated.

Cheers, Jon
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] BRAND1SH:
D,

so far having a good experience with your rom, however like others I keep getting the htc screen followed by 15-30 seconds of loading. I have the processor overclocked, swap set at 96/40, all partitions done correctly. I dont have any shortcuts on my homescreen just widgets.

the widgets I'm using: htc bookmarks, htc music ( only one that forcecloses), htc people, 4 settings widgets ( wifi, blutooth,gps, and ringer), htc flip clock with weather, htc messages, fml, mobile buzz, gaming buzz, and new buzz. After listing them it sounds like a lot lol.

def not criticizing, this rom is great, just looking for answers ! lol
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] yipcanjo:
No shortcuts, just widgets?! It's the widgets that are likely messing you over here. Shortcuts don't take any processing power, while the widgets work the phone pretty hard --- and it's already taxed running the Hero ROM.

Truth is, your performance is only going to be so good with Hero right now. There should be a major Hero update from HTC next month, but in the meantime we have to deal with sluggishness and the *occasional* HTC load screen. It's getting better, though, and Hero is so much fun to use!

Hope that helps... or something... :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
yes, looking into it. harder than it seems....
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] BRAND1SH:
yea I figured that,, also, when the hero hits sprint (last i heard) and lands in the states, I believe all these roms will get the refinement they deserve, and I'm definitely not putting that on the guys making these. All these guys are amazing ! Not just for what they do, but also for sharing it AND helping people (newbs) like myself out.

kudos to all
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] FenderGuy:
Untill yesterday I almost gave up on the Hero rom and then I updated to this one, very happy , slight lag but i can deal with it
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] rainabba:
Freaking outstanding!!

I've been tortured by the fact that only Hero roms support Exchange Contacts, Calendar, AND Email natively (everything required hacks that were inelligant in one fashion or another), but Hero has always run so slow on my 32B and typically lacked A2DP.

This rom, with 128MB swap and 60 swappiness runs incredibly well and completely usable. I'd say 80-90 as quick "feeling" any any of the cupcake or ION ROMS i've tried except perhaps xROM1.4r3, but (and I love that ROM), I lost WiFi and Bluetooth with that one.

Someone in this thread linked to another that provided an a2dp.ko my a native hero rom and that fixed A2DP for me so I'm not missing any functionality that I'm aware of at this point.

I run with the flipperclock/weather widget and mail widget on my homescreen, otherwise all shortcuts and can't say that I've seen home reload yet (only been ~16 hours).

Right now I've got gMaps, Browser, Mail (exchange), and swapper running (just checked values) and yet everything is still quick and smooth.

Thanks a ton.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] FenderGuy:
I have not changed swap settings or cpu settings and I am using my stock class2 4gb memory card, and I am fine, I have experienced the reload, but I would rather deal with that then blurry screens or foreclosing every other time. What swap settings and cpu settings would you anyone suggest?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] yipcanjo:
As has been mentioned, a 96mb or 128mb swap is good + 40 or 60 swappiness.

As for CPU speed, I (personally) set my MAX/MIN to 528mhz, and then enabled the profiles for "Sleep" and "Charging" modes. I leave those as they are. Most of our phones spend a LOT of time "asleep", so slower speed there is fine. I like it fast when I'm using it, though!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] AGTCooke:
My thoughts exactly. And it frustrates me when people slam Exchange use or offer uber-hack solutions like "Well just sync it to your GMail and then down to your phone!". No. You fail.

Exchange support sans calendar and contacts is not Exchange support. Even at that, I think the Hero Exch. options need some refinement.

Hey what method did you use to setup your SDCard partitions? I'm having a helluva time getting ADB to work, and the Ubuntu LiveCD seems so... "alternate solution'ish". Maybe future versions of Amon's utility will facilitate custom sizes.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] hitman4485:
Originally Posted by WaterMan! View Post

can you create a build that doesnt need the Ext2/ext3? I have no use for apps to sd

this would be absolutely amazing! Ive been meaning to try Loccy's method to remove a2sd but seems to difficult and would just be a hassle to do everytime our good friend evil D posts a new update...keep up the good work hope to see a new update soon :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bogdanioanliviu:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=555624&page=11

let´s look at this to evil . maybe somethings will help

kip up the good work .
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] androidpanda:
compcache?

Hi,

I went back to look at the first post here and noticed that eViL D recommends running compcache - and provides a link to some configuration pages. I followed these to the letter, and failed when I got to the part where I had to run modprobe to add the ram disk.

My question is: is compcache enabled by default in eViL D's ROM? Do the instructions only apply to cyanogen's ROM (as the 3rd post in that thread suggests)? What sort of improvement in performance can I expect?

The reason I ask is because I've tried a real HTC Hero today and it was blindingly fast compared to eViL D's ROM running on my HTC Magic 32B. Now I've looked at the specs for the 2 phones and they're almost identical apart from the extra 64Mb RAM on the HTC Hero. So what gives? Is compcache the key? Is my SDcard too slow? How can I find out what class it is?

I'd love to get this working properly - as the basic Cupcake interface on the Vodafone Magic is really limited.....

Things I love about eViL D's rom - the inclusion of the HTC mail app, the tethering app, the number of swipe screens (though 5 would be plenty), the browser with flash support, I could go on and on - yeah, like I haven't already ;)

The only thing that stops it being perfect is the speed.

Any help/suggestions much appreciated.

Cheers, Jon
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] chrisli:
some sms which were send to me, are still missing in version 2xx. Please take a look at this..
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Linux-swap, not compcache
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
have you changed the message priority to high?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Reignzone:
Ugh.

It's alright, I guess.

All these HERO ports are beginning to merge into one...eventually NO developer will have anything that another does not. That's unfortunate.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Thanks for being appreciative.....
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] FenderGuy:
Thanks for the aswome rom, you saved my view on these roms, 1 question is the BT not working with your rom? My jawbone connects to my phone and I can hear it click, but when I make calls no dice, phone audio is still on
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] yipcanjo:
+1 on the awesome ROM, eViL :)

As for bluetooth, well... does bluetooth phone audio truly work on any Hero ROM at this point? I've tried several ROMs with the same results as you -- it pairs, connects, and seems fine, but no phone audio (like a phone call) goes to the headset. It's a big bummer, for sure.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] chrisli:
You mean "Messiging - Settings - MMS Options - Priority?"

Yes
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
That's strange, I haven't missed any or failed to send any. What type of error do you receive?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] chrisli:
Sending is fine. No errors, no reports from friends about some missed sms.

I will have an eye on the receiving. Today i received every sms.

Thank you.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Another small update to 2.1.1
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] miclflores:
But doesn't this delete your apps also? Is there a way to format the ext2/3 without losing my apps and is there a way to do it on my phone? I have the RAv1.2.1g recovery. Thanks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mgorman:
disregard message.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] FenderGuy:
Will they every get rid of the amazon mp3 icon? I will never use it and i am not sure if anyone else will use it eaither?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dtbogor:
which business card reader?

What is the business card reader installed in the latest build?

I have worked my way through the thread but can't find any info/name of it.

cheers

dtbogor
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
I use it personally.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
You can scan business cards onto your phone. If you have a card, lay it down and try it out.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dragonboyy3k:
still does not display the vietnamese unicode font correctly like prior-1.6 build ... the multilingual bug?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shaunprice1988:
I tried to flash to 2.1.1 and it gave me

E: Corrupt file:

system/lib/libwebcore.so

E:Verification failed

Installation aborted.

Now I completely wiped the phone and SD Re-Partitioned and everything. Re downloaded the file as well and still getting this.

Any suggestions?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Corrupt download? Are you using a download manager?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Not sure, I'll keep looking into it. You say 1.6 was fine?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] dragonboyy3k:
the 1.4 1.5 was fine ..not sure about the 1.6 but i think it did.... but after that ....the 1.7 and up no go ... :(... thank you
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Ok, I have it fixed finally. I will upload the new ROM soon.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
Version 2.2 is online.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mgorman:
how do i remove apps like peep, footprints, plurk, etc in adb? is there a way list all the installed apps and widgets?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Apollo_316:
Try downloading aTrackdog from the android market and uninstall from there! That app is amazing!!

Hope that helps!

~*Apollo*~
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mgorman:
That can't remove things that are not things from the market. I want to remove things that came with the rom like stocks and peep
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] yipcanjo:
I'm with you... remove the "bloat". Stocks, peep, footprints, etc.. Does it *significantly* help performance, though?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bobdude5:
dude add that BFS that cyanogen added to his rom!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Johnny Blaze:
Search forum for adb explorer. Download it and use it to remove unwanted apps.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
No, it's all loaded on sd anyway. Besides, those aren't services.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] androidpanda:
speed issues

Hi,

I've been playing around with eViL D's Hero ROM, and I'm pretty impressed - the most annoying thing is the speed.

I'm still not sure why this is an issue, since my phone HTC Magic (32B) has only a few less MBs than an HTC Hero (which is super fast), but same CPU etc.

Here's what I've tried:

- purchase 8GB class 6 micro SD card

- format card with (1) FAT32 (2) ext2 - 500Mb and (3) linux-swap (64Mb) partitions

- convert ext2 to ext3 with recovery_RA1.2.1G.img boot rom

- install eViL D's Hero ROM 2.2

- use recovery boot option to move apps+davlink-cache to SD

- using swapper configure it to use swap partition, turn ON at boot time etc.

cat /proc/swaps gives:

/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 partition 62424 34180 -1

free gives:

TOTAL USED FREE

Mem: 97852 96196 1656

Swap: 62424 30260 32164

Total: 160276 126456 33820

Is this what I should expect to see? Should I be using linux-swap *and* a file swap? Do I need to overclock? Is comp-cache where I should be heading? Does it work with this ROM?

Any help or pointers would be much appreciated.

Cheers, Jon
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bobdude5:
well i first applied this update

http://content.modaco.net/hero/cm-4.1.6-update-dream-sapphire32b-modacocustomrom-signed.zip

that adds cyangons kernel and makes the rom alot faster..then i downloaded swapper and enabled the partitiion through advanced preferences (my swap is 100mb with swappiness set at 40)...then i downloaded the setcpu set max to 528 and min to384
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eViL D::
New version with BFS up, 2.3x
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] mgorman:
I read the BFS FAQ and I still don't understand what it does. What does it do?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] vtecbros:
Rom is fast but browser freezes alot and forces close too.

It doesnt have Multi-Touch either.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eatabagel:
Did a wipe, also rm -r the contents of /system/sd/app and /system/sd/app_s.

Then I flashed this ROM on my MT3G (32B).

I get to the sign-in screens but get a lot, lot, lot of FCs. And this goes on and on and on until I power the phone down in frustration.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] alfredoc:
Bluetooth doesn't work for me. It on shows "Turning on..." under the settings.

Is this a common thing with HERO ROMS as I have tried a few ROMS today and the same issue with Bluetooth.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] eatabagel:
Ok. I got it working.... It is FAST. No load screens for homescreens.

GPS works. Wifi works. I can't test Bluetooth since I don't have anything bluetooth.

Looking good! Be sure to totally wipe your ext2/3 to get a clean install. This is a great ROM! Thanks!

edit: No Multitouch.