yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Amdathlonuk:
Can everyone confirm that apps 2 sd is working??

I have reformatted my card correctly and checked with Ubuntu (I had a G1 for 9 months rooted and running apps to SD before my Hero).

However I have loaded EXACTLY the same programs after flashing this new rom, but I have used 80Mb of internal memory. whereas on the Modaco 1.5 I only used 25Mb..........
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soulonfirexx:
I think it does, because I reformatted my SD card for the upgrade to 2.3 just to have a fresh start, and the apps I had installed were gone when I went to go and add the update.zip to my phone via USB mounting. Also, my internal memory after doing the SD wipe was still the same, as if I had installed those deleted apps on the phone's memory. So I just did a complete wipe of the system and updated.

My phone's internal memory is still going down everytime I install apps, however. I don't see any apps on my SD card, but I'm sure they're going to the ext3 partition and I can't select that from the phone using Linda or Astro. I'm wondering what to do for this. I really have no problem with it because I won't be installing a massive amount of apps, but I'd just like to know everything is working alright.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
ah ok; I just turn BT on and off with the HTC widget, so hadn't spotted this...thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] slimfady:
You can still look at the profile by pressing the name instead of the picture
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
it's much less obvious, but you can click their name, under the pic, to get the profile.

and the pics are much bigger, and no longer pixellated, so I wouldn't say it was entirely useless :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkodr:
Should we be installing this radio (6.35.07.08) alongside the new MCR 2.3?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Breakthecycle2:
Ummm...I seriosuly hope this is a joke before i lay into you.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] unk2009:
Hey Everyone, just a quick question, does this ROM work well on MT3G ? Thanx in advance for your help...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tsekh501:
NO! NO and NO and NO!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Giso:
I just want to thank modaco for the great work, I would like to donate some money to modaco. I t's like I got a new phone. I was on 2.2 then upgraded to 2.3. i prefer the 2.2 as the 2.3 makes the phone "slower" than 2.2. Regardless, this is very good work, and i appreciate it very much. Respect!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Birba:
@ Modaco

Thanks for you hard work.

I have 2 questions regarding 2.3:

1. How can I restore the APN settings (database?) from 2.2?

2. When i type ls in adb shell, i get some strange characters before the name of the files/folders
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MojUk:
Hey guys, quick question...I am running MCR 2.1 and upgraded to 2.3 the other day (have since rolled back to 2.1) is there any good reason to goto 2.2?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] foxmeister:
No - *you* bricked your G1. No one else is responsible and no one is *required* to help you to fix it.

Installing a ROM from any source other than an official one is always a risk and no warranty is either offered or implied by any ROM dev. Don't like it, don't install anything other than a manufacturer approved ROM.

Installing a Hero radio firmware on a G1 is not a clever thing to do in the first place, but there are plenty of people on this forums who would be more than happy to offer help and assistance. However, flaming a ROM developer for what you have done yourself and making ridiculous demands("NOW!!!!!!!...") is one way to ensure that no one would want to help you!

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwiksand:
Nothing like Internet forums to bring the worst out in people hey?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwiksand:
The first one, I dont think you can do that easily, though I'd heard in another thread that going into the APN seettings and pressing menu -> reset to defaults some networks will send out the APN settings again ( I haven't tried this ). Other than that, just type them in manually, took me 30 seconds.

The second one is caused by your shell not supporting terminal colour codes. easiest thing to do there is alias ls=ls to make ls stop sending out colours each time you query a directory. There is a proper fix though
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lesiohormon:
TRUE !!!!!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lesiohormon:
Hi modaco

after instaling 2.3 rom i have problem with the headphones i done wipe as well and still the same i will try orginal rom after disconect them the icon is stil like they are conect the deferenc is only the little mic ikon on the botom of headphones is gone i can't use the phone without headphones :D:D:D

if you have resolution for that please reply

regards

i try other roms the same problem ehhhhhhhhhh
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
lolz, you're responsible for your ownz dumbness, it's a hero thread not g1

modaco didn't force you to use his rom on a non hero
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BlueHawk:
Thanks to Paul for coming out with these builds. Saves us all the work of doing this stuff.

However, for 2.3, I found it felt a bit less responsive moving from screen to screen - just the feel of it - just milliseconds of delay between swiping and the screen moving. But enough to make it "not feel right". Also didn't overly like the new people widget enough to make the move. But glad for the opportunity to try 2.3 ! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
can 2.2 still be downloaded as i went straight from the vanilla offical update to 2.3 and everyone is saying 2.2 is better!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkodr:
I'm having some problems with APNs. As someone mentioned earlier, the are no longer being configured automatically, you have to enter then manually, but that's no biggy. At least it wouldn't have been if they weren't deleted every time Market Enabler is used! Every time I fake another provider, my APN settings are deleted and I have to enter them manually again - and that's a pain in the a**! Is there a solution to this problem? Thanks in advance!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Azure465:
Will the auto apn thing be back in a coming version?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soulonfirexx:
Yes, it can still be downloaded. Hopefully Paul doesn't get mad, but what I did was copy the download link for 2.3, and just replaced "2.3" with "2.2" and got got it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ignis1982:
Hi there Paul.

First of all congratulations on your outstanding success. The MCR is giving a new life to our Hero's. Keep up the great work!

I'm a member of a spanish forum dedicated to HTC devices (HTCMania.com) and, of course, there's a good amount of Hero users. Since you said you were open to suggestions for MCR 2.4 we have been discussing some features or issues related to your MCR so you could take note and, hopefully, address them.

We have been filtering all sugestions and came up with this list

Important stuff (AWESOME news if added):

Send files using bluetooth (either adding an app to MCR or modding the HTC rom)

An option to choose where to install the apps (Some in the Hero, some in the SD)

A switch widget to change from 3G to 2G. Something like the GPS switch. 2G speeds are enough for twitter, weather etc, and saves a lot of power.

For some reason 2.3 isn't as snappier as 2.2, ie: While moving between the different home screens it feels a bit heavier... Maybe a bug with the new contacts widget?

Interesting stuff. Desirable but we can survive without it ;):

An option to Enable/Disable the startup sound without editing files (People have problem signing files)

An option to Enable/Disable the clock widget animation

In calendar application, events older than one month are not synchronized.

There is no way to change an event from one calendar to other when editing.

Decrease input lag in keyboard

A switch widget to enable/disable the lock pattern (Sometimes you need it, sometimes it's annoying)

Include the APN's as in 2.2

Zoom in camera mode by using the trackball

A change font size option in SMS (or other places if avaliable)

An option to enable more home screens so we can use more "big" widgets

An option to have the blockscreen and trasparent notificacions as in DDR rom would be nice

Market icon as in DDR rom

I hope you find this list interesting and brings you some ideas for future releases. Everyone is invited to discuss this list as it could prove useful for Paul

Greetings from the HTCmania community
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] martint235:
Facebook

Hi,

I moved straight to 2.3 but after reading all the comments about how much quicker 2.2 is I've moved to that. However I'm getting an error now in facebook, "an error occurred while fetching data (3/unknown method). I've tried it over GPRS and over wifi but still getting the same error. Any one got any ideas?

Thanks

M
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soulonfirexx:
I wiped my phone last night to install 2.2 fresh, and when I tried setting up my Facebook account, it said I could not sign in. I signed in fine via my computer.

What I did was sign in using the browser, then sign in again using People. It worked for me that way. Hopefully that gets you through!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Linnyuk:
Hi,

Where can I get the 2.2 Rom from? I currently have 2.0 but can only find the new 2.3 links.

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] martint235:
Hi

Thanks for responding however it seems to have just been a Facebook glitch

M
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soulonfirexx:
Here is the link for 2.2 from the MoDaCo site.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Linnyuk:
Sweet. Thanks mate.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AndiTails:
I've also re-upped 2.2 (both versions) onto my mirror - link below.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] japher:
I went from the stock 1.x Orange UK ROM to MoDaCo 2.3 and didn't notice any speed increase at all. I'm thinking of trying 2.2.

Do I have to do another complete data reset when I apply the 2.2 ROM, or can I just load 2.2 over the top of 2.3?

Also, does anyone know if you can install RA-HERO-1.2.2 over the top of Cyanogen? I'd like to use the format/partition features of RA to get my SD card ready for A2SD.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AndiTails:
There's no problem with going from 2.3 back to 2.2 - you don't need to do a wipe.

And in order to install the other recovery ROM, you'll need to issue the commands again (just replacing the img file on your SD card doesn't do it) - but yes, fine to change to that (as I have).

Suprised you've not noticed a difference. I think you didn't use your original ROM a lot... as mine lagged like a b----, and have loved MoDaCo's ROMs ever since they first came out.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] domi55:
My words! +1 :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Temjin:
Same here! Although I didn't really notice any difference with speed scrolling left and right on the "desktop" (coming from the stock Orange rom), browsing through the contact and app list is much faster. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nemo0815:
I also downgraded from 2.3 to 2.2 and the phone is indeed much smoother again! Seems somethings wrong with the speed in 2.3...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Breakthecycle2:
Is App2sd built into this Rom, like the ones for the Mytouch's and G1's? Or do you not really need it with the actual phone?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fleming222:
Yes. Sadly the forums don't let me give that short an answer.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MojUk:
Any ideas guys?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
yes its better , very quick and stable and takes about 4 mins to do so why not ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwiksand:
I've seen this behavior too with the HTC social networks setup and the android Facebook client. I'm going to hazard a guess and say that there may be a slightly different api or set of services that the mobile clients are calling/using and has been down sporadically as I've noticed this behaviour on and off. Going to the main site of course still works as expected as its not using the same API, I'm guessing, but this could be tested with another facebook client?!?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] crestj:
Can someone tell me if the MCR rom (v2.2 or 2.3) on here is the same as the ROM Paul posts on the Android@MoDaCo site (update-hero-generic-2.73.405.5-63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18-signed.zip)?

Does it contain the same ROM and Radio files or are the separate one's more up to date?

btw. my Hero on Orange turns up today so want to be ready to make it better!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] licenced:
If you don't need or want to root your phone then just install the official Orange Hero update - download it from HTC.co.uk

Otherwise you can download 2.3 from the MoDaCo site and 2.2 from the links posted above.

The radio update is generally separate - there is one on the MoDaCo site, but there is a slightly newer one referenced in the last few pages of this thread - I have held off installing that as comments on it seem undecided yet as to whether it's worth it

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] philipjaifry:
Can anybody tell me if it's ok to flash one of Paul's roms without updating the radio? I've rolled back to a stock hero and I like 2.3, BUT any of the new radio really don't work well w/my hero, it's usually the data connection that doesn't work properly when I update the radio.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] licenced:
Yep, that's fine
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cadwizzard:
I have reverted back to the 2.2 ROM now and it does seem smoother.

I miss the new people widget now (since someone mentioned to click the name to get to the contact details)

My main reason to revert was that while:

Typing text

On the apps screen

Sometimes in apps menus

The phone appeared to have something cause loss of focus of the window, almost as if the back button had been pressed. For a while i thought it was an app in the background doing it, but i couldnt find the problem.

Reverted to 2.2 with all the same apps and the problem has gone (Which is good news as it was very irritating!)

The problem I mentioned before with BT discoverability may or may not be an issue with my head unit, but there is no update I can find to fix it. If anyone can figure out how to make BT always discoverable (after all i'd like to make the decision if i want it on all the time), please let me know and i'm sure i can find a reward for you/buy your paid app etc!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kamirza:
no partition

Frankly speaking I found the partitioning difficult seo just flashed your Rom without it. It is as fast as official update. Would partitioning make any difference?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MojUk:
Guys slightly random question but.....how do you take those printscreen style shot's which you see across hero forum's around the net? is there a way to do a printscreen on the hero that somehow export's to SD or something?

Peace out!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] licenced:
You need to use the Android SDK.

Read this:

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/22/taking-screenshots-on-an-android-based-phone/

but ignore the stuff about installing an IDE like Eclipse - I didn't bother with that but can still use DDMS no problem

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] denvro:
Force closes

I have installed this rom 10 day's ago. In the beginning everything worked VERY fine. The last few days I get a lot of force closes, mostly in the Last.fm app and when I refresh Twitter messages in Peep. Restarting my Hero does not solve anything.

Are there people with the same experiences? Are there thing I can do to prevent this behavior?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] licenced:
I get quite a few force closes with Last.fm with the standard 2.73 HTC ROM so it's not the MoDaCo ROM doing that.

The Peep errors could be due to the known issues with HTC Peep and the number of tweets in the world

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spiderman_anhvu:
Last night, I met a problem with version 2.3.

When I have a new sms but I haven't read, so that there is a icon on notification bar. At that time, I have one more sms but The notification bar doesn't show the new content of the newest sms, it shows the previous sms that i haven't read b4.

I've wiped before flashing from 2.2 to 2.3.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] prnull:
Exelent ROM modaco!

Just flashed it last night. Faster and much better Wifi with the new radio.

Many many thanks!!

//prNull
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soulehmoo:
whats the news with the kernel source?

are HTC still releasing it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] packetlss:
They are obligated by law to do it. No new info on when it's coming though.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gerardo66:
strange very strange

hi there

i'm new in android hero world

i got strange problem

i'm running modaco 2.3 with Enhanced and microsd class 6 transcend

look like the app go into my phone and not into my SD

and every time i reboot my phone with SD in keep reboot forever this sd card i use in my other rooted G1 without problem

take out the SD and is ok put in with phone ON and no problem

BUT now missing (android-wifi-tether 1.52-Spare Parts-and last app i downloaded)

do you think my phone is rooted? why the apps go to my phone??:rolleyes:

thanx guy
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
Without being too alarmist, this C&D business with Cyanogen would seem to also imply the end for the MoDaCo ROMs?

http://phandroid.com/2009/09/25/eff-google-screw-android-the-backlash-begins/

as they also contain Google's proprietary apps (e.g. Market)?

unless we do some nifty foot-work to backup all the essentials apps, upgrade, then restore them? Hard to install apps without Market though :) so would need to be at the apk file copying level.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] khunjj:
How can get new people widget with MCR 2.2 ?

I have updated from MCR 2.2 to MCR 2.3 and like new people widget.

I would like to go back to MCR 2.2 (seem better) but need new people widget.

Have seen it somewhere here but try to search around, still can't.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bnarvaez:
I love these roms, but i must say after playing with 2.3 since tis been released i had to go back to 2.2. Here are my issues with 2.3

For some odd reason the battery life is draining REALLY FAST. It would die within like 6 hours after normal use.

With 2.2 I have normal use and im on day 2.

Wifi on 2.3 constantly drops and doesn't stay connected. In 2.2 i am connected and never drops.

Boot up is faster with 2.2 and 2.3 takes a little bit longer.

Performance of 2.3 is jittery. 2.2 is way smoother

I don't know if anyone else has this issue. 2.3 you cant use overclocking widgets or overclock the cpu. But in 2.2 I was able to use SETCPU and works wonders.

The new people widget is clunky. I like to old one better but like the bigger 2.3 widget not the mini one.

Anyone Paul if you read this, Check into some of these issues for your 2.4

My vote so far is 2.2 is the best hero rom for HTC HERO 2.3 needs more work IMO.

Im sure there are more issues but these are the ones that stick out the most for me. what about anyone else?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] trice1921:
Been using 2.3 for the past few days but decided to go back to 2.2. 2.2 feels alot smother and i get better battery life.

Is their any way i can get the new people widget for 2.2?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] philipjaifry:
A couple things about the stock rom finally pushed me over the edge today and I went back to MCR v 2.2. Everything works great, nice and speedy. How do I get apps to install onto the SD card? I have been reading around the last couple hours, and have found ways to partition the SD via the terminal, but I don't know what needs to be done step by step. I read that 2.2 has app2sd built in and it is taken care of automatically, but what specifically do I need to do for apps to install to sd on 2.2?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MojUk:
I have the same question really, have been reading round loads but no real 'definitive' guides? I noticed in the 2.3 changelog it has parted? Does this mean I could flash to 2.3 partition sd then back to 2.2? What's the best shout?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
i went from stock to 2.3 and now to 2.2.

2.2 seems the best one of the 3 by far, its very quick and i dont get the dropped signals hsdpa and phone at all like i often got on the other 2.

very smooth now and the HEro is really showing how good it is

nice one P will be making a donation soon
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bnarvaez:
To get your SD card Partitioned right, try using the [Recovery] [16-Sept-2009] [RA-HERO-v1.2.2] it has a great simple partition program built in.

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

That should help get the card prepared for apps2sd to work. Just make sure you upgrade your FS to ext 3 AND NOT 4
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] electrocat:
any news about 2.4 ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cmsweet21:
for some reason i cant flash this ROM,

the error was the E: chown / system bla bla

i have ext2 sd card partition and i do

i do mke2fs -j /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 to rebuild the ext3 partition

but still i got this error :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ritdaw:
How can I get my locale to default to en_gb? Every time I reboot I have to go in and reapply it. The default is en-English, but this has the wrong letters on the phone keypad. Highly annoying!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tofrost:
Does anyone have a mirror for MCR2.2? I want to switch back from 2.3 ....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] notxel21:
Here is the enhanced version of 2.2: http://www.thei.tguy.co.uk/hero/2.2-update-hero-modacocustomrom-enhanced-signed.zip
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tofrost:
great, thx. Is there also the core version?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
Just follow the link in this post. Was posted 2 pages back..:rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tishovo:
МоDaCo 2.2 ROM

Core: http://content.modaco.net/hero/2.2-update-hero-modacocustomrom-core-signed.zip

Enhanced:http://content.modaco.net/hero/2.2-update-hero-modacocustomrom-enhanced-signed.zip
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] martint235:
Hi,

I went back to 2.2 but now the 3G/HSPA network keeps dropping. By keeps I mean 4 or 5 times a day when I'm not moving (ie I'd expect it to stay stable). it doesn't last for long, 30 seconds or so but can be annoying as it only seems to happen when I'm using it. Is anyone else having these problems? I'm using the 63.18.55.06EU radio on T Mobile.

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulobrien:
MCR 2.4 with new underpinnings coming soon...

P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bnarvaez:
Underpinnings?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] notxel21:
Underpinnings?

Could you elaborate or is it a surprise? :rolleyes:

Thanks!! I'm loving 2.2 and can't wait to see what you have slated for 2.4!! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gaabrysz:
You just saved my day:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
Great thing there Paul. Maybe you could be so good and in the spirit of community you could share some of your ROM editing techniques like some others have done it (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=551711).

And another question about flashing: do you need to have a full battery (or at least 50%) before flashing - if you connect your device to a USB port?

Blaž
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joemax:
Ah, I can answer this one :D

By using the USB cable, you are running power into the handset anyway. So with battery at 50% there would be no worries.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oblika:
Thank you. Great feeling when you can help one out, ehh? ;) (I enjoy it when i can)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joemax:
Oh yes... at least with non techy stuff its nice to give something back to the forum :)