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[G1 Android Development] n1ghtl1fe:
I loved 1.5.1 so fast.

Then i flashed jacs 1.8 and its even faster/smoother.

I was wondering wat the differences are between jacs1.8 and ur 1.5.3 from jacs?

I love ur roms but cant see flashing off jacs if theres no real differences between ur and his builds. (Even tho ur roms were faster than jacs when were using his kernals previously)

So whats diff? (Anyone try them both yet?)
[G1 Android Development] adrake400:
HOLY CRAP!!!

BETTERCUT FINALLY WORKS!!!!

Ive had problems wit previous heros builds wit bettercut not workin (its a paid for app so i want my monies worth :)) tried it today and it flippin works!

IM EXCITED oh ive tried drizzy's, twisted's and Jac's but none compare to this rom HONESTLY A GREAT JOB!!! THANK YOU DEV and all who helped!
[G1 Android Development] akirah:
Well, they're based on a different hero leaks. use JAC's kernel if you want. This is freedom of choice ;)
[G1 Android Development] twics:
longer ring time

Iv used 1.5.0 which was good then 1.5.1 and that was fast didnt think much of the first update apart from the fix on bootscreen now im using cm kernel and its pritty fast too no missed sms or anything so all is good for me right now, a suggestion to the developers I keep missing calls not because I cant hear it ringing but cant get to it in time, is it possible to make it ring longer as to give more time to get to the phone.

This is the best rom for me so far

Thanks to all DEVELOPERS:)
[G1 Android Development] roguestatuskat:
Jac's is smoother imo
[G1 Android Development] twics:
Have you tried cm? by the way I like your skateing andoriods:D
[G1 Android Development] mhsbrian:
Hmm

I find cm's kernal more responsive and also I find it to be a slow down using more than 40mb swap.

Im not sure how to edit the user.cfg file for more than just increasing the swappiness, I'm not even sure how to enable the compucache correctly because I've simply not tried to do it.

That being said, I've had a good expirence so far with 40mb swappiness on the cm kernal.
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
Using Jac's kernel

I've got my phone screaming with 1.5/1.5.3 JAC with linux-swap 96 and swappiness set at 80. Now I haven't given it days of testing yet to see if it slows down a lot, but it is screaming for me. I haven't tried 1.5.3 CM yet. I'm going to write some easy directions to allow you to edit your user.conf file in a few.

Edit: to change your linux swappiness the easy way the easy way right from your phone with "Root Explorer" & "Text Edit" from Market.

to change swappiness in terminal is only temporary, so I recommend using Root Explorer from the market. Buy it! Its a dollar I think.

What to do.

Open Root Explorer

scroll to the bottom

choose "system"

then choose "bin"

Scroll to the bottom and find user.conf

then press and hold user.conf

When menu pops up choose "copy"

Then hit the back button twice (this will take you back to "Rootfs" notice this on the top left)

Scroll down to "sdcard" and open "sdcard"

choose paste from the bottom of screen

Back out of Root Explorer or hit the home button

Now open the app "Text Edit"

choose "open" from the menu

then select Browse and scroll down and select "user.conf"

here you'll see your "user.conf" file in text form

change "swappiness=40 # default 60" to "swappiness=80 # default 60" or whatever swappiness you want 30,40,60,80 ect.

<NOTICE> do not edit cc_swappiness! Just Linux-swappiness!

When you're done editing go ahead and hit the menu button

Now select save

hit home

open Root Explorer

choose "sdcard"

now select "user.conf" by pressing and holding "user.conf"

choose "Move"

hit back to "rootfs"

open "system"

open "bin"

select select "Remount as R/W" from the top of the screen

choose "paste"

It will ask if you want to replace the existing "user.conf"

select "yes"

wait til its done (should only take a sec)

then check "user.conf" by pressing and holding "user.conf" when the menu pops up, scroll to the bottom and select "view as text" to make sure it has changed

Then reboot the phone. (this will change your swappiness until you choose to edit the "user.conf" again)

Thats about it. You can use this method to edit your "user.conf" file for other things too
[G1 Android Development] Bzerk1:
1.5.3 with jac upgrade is faster than jachero 1.8, not by far, but by responsiveness, faster reaction time, and slightly smoother scrolls. I really wanted to keep it, but i had the no flash and java version so heading into flash pages would drive me out of the browser back to homepage.

now testing 1.5.3 with CM w/ flash and java.
[G1 Android Development] Breakthecycle2:
Hey Guys,

Quick question, I am currently on 1.5 for the mytouch. Can I just upgrade to either Jac's or CM's kernel? If so, does it need to be ported for the mytouch?
[G1 Android Development] Frank Black:
If you can get to the screen you're talking about, you're able to fix your phone(you're not bricked) read over the bricked thread again and thoroughly this time. Find out your radio and rom and I'd suggest going back to step 1 and doing it all over again but this time flashing a rom that goes with your phone.
[G1 Android Development] Weees:
OK, so here is a wierd problem.......

I wiped my phone and flashed it with 1.51 w/flash and then I upgraded using the 1.53CM Kernel. and restarted the phone.

So now im basically on the first boot and im going into this wierd Hero LOOP. The phone is stuck between a black screen and then goes back into the HERO screen and keeps looping like that endlessly.......Any ideas why ?
[G1 Android Development] r_dub:
The one that he says that he did not make the one with MT is by far the best I used all three extensivly pushing them to their limits got load screens on both cm and JAC WITHOUT MT but the one with MT is BY FAR the best out most responsive and not a load screen yet this is with 32 mb swap and underclocked at 383 to 245
[G1 Android Development] kingskidd268:
Very fast Rom no lag, but when I get a call and when another call come in. The call I was 1st on hangs up....
[G1 Android Development] r_dub:
No just do a wipe and you should be good
[G1 Android Development] ccyrowski:
are you talking about the MT patch with BFS i posted in me and JAC's thread?
[G1 Android Development] r_dub:
Yeah it runs smooth good job dude
[G1 Android Development] ccyrowski:
Thanks. I was just wondering if there was something else floating around I didn't know about. I'd like to inspect it!
[G1 Android Development] Bzerk1:
Finished testing with 1.5.3 CM upgrade. and it is blazing fast. i never get a loading screen except after i installed my whole line of apps and went to homescreen. Super fast and responsive, internet seems even smoother, but no MultiTouch. im gonna stick with this one. hopefully cyanogen comes out with like a multitouch touch up for it. or someone does.
[G1 Android Development] Weees:
hhmm.....wierd......

I did a wipe and then I flashed the rom again with CN Upgrade but this time I couldnt get passed the Tmobile G1 screen. Got stuck their for 45 min. My battery was completely drained out. So I wiped and flashed again without running any upgrades, but still it was the same thing, wont boot.

Any ideas why this is happening ?
[G1 Android Development] CC CEO:
everytime u wipe u need to wipe ur ext partition as well.
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
hello all just a quick question

Has this rom crashed on anyone? its been crashing on me since the 1st day i flashed it yesterday and is there a fix for it if so let me kno

first i had 1.5.1 now i have 1.5.3 so let me kno
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
Well a few questions of course. Which rom 1.5, 1.5.1 w/java/flash or 1.5.1 w/o java/flash and with which upgrade 1.52, 1.5.3 CM or 1.5.3 JAC? And did you wipe your ext3 with "rm -rf /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" or did you "mke2fs -j /dev/block/mmcblk0p2", cause sometime "rm -rf /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" leaves a little bit behind and that can cause problems. Also you do have a class6 sdcard, right?
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
1. i have my mistake i have 1.5.1 with flash than i updated to 1.5.2 so i could see the hero screen instead of the black screen

2. i redid my whole Transcend 4gig class 6 micro sdhc card all 3 partitons redone

partitions go like so

mkpartfs primary fat32 0 3400

mkpartfs primary ext2 3400 3900

mkpartfs primary linux-swap 3900 3964

and i did the command to change ext2 to ext3

and 3 yes i have a Transcend 4gig class 6 micro sdhc card

and at first it would just go black the phone wouldnt respond it would just stay black but when i plugged it in it would make the sound when it connects to the PC through usb so i knew it didnt shut off its on this time i made sure the light stayed on and i was on the bus listening to music and it just stoped outta no where on my way home and i cant get it respond to any buttons at all so let me kno
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
okay, thanks. There have been a few complaints about 1.5.1. I recommend if you want a smooth experience. start with 1.5 and then upgrade to 1.5.3 JAC. Its working flawlessly for me and my friends. Also I changed changed swappiness to 80 and up'd my linux-swap to 96, but it comes recommended to not make those changes I did it anyways and its a fierce monster lol.
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
well ill redo my whole **** rite now do u have a video on youtube of your phone and ****? ill do it rite now if u show me a lil sum of how it works youtube,veoh something
[G1 Android Development] ulyssesclark:
just flashed 1.5.1 and after g1 screen i get a black screen...help
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
I'll see if I can borrow a video camera and hook it up just a sec.
[G1 Android Development] brian_v3ntura:
boot image is broken meaning you wont see the hero splash screen. wait a few minutes and the phone will boot up
[G1 Android Development] ulyssesclark:
lmao damn...i just repartitioned and now flashing
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
ight good looks ill stick around
[G1 Android Development] Weees:
Ok thanks for the info. That was indeed the problem

So I got Hero with CM Kernel working now. But for some reason, the phone becomes extremely slow after a while and eveentually dies on me.

I did install the swapper application from the market and I set it up for 64mb swap and 80 swappiness.

Which made my phone fly after that......but it quickly becomes very slow and unresponsive.

Any ideas ?
[G1 Android Development] ulyssesclark:
can i go from 1.5.1 to jacs 1.5.3..( i hear that jacs is better)
[G1 Android Development] just2good4u3434:
Yes, but do NOT wipe first

For what its worth, I went from 1.5.1 to jacs 1.5.3 with BFS and MT and I definitely think 1.5.1 is faster and more responsive.
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
why do they recommend not to use higher than 64 and it seems everyone has 96 linux-swap but why do they recommend not to use 96 swap?
[G1 Android Development] just2good4u3434:
Some Believe that a larger swap partition will slow the phone down over a period of a couple days
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
well i wanna redo my partitions so i can flash jac 1.5.3 but need to kno if its really ganna do nething preformance wise after a few days or w/e most people say its great i aint see noone say it sux before so i dnt kno
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
Okay its not a good video, but here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEdvDIWLTmc
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
ok i saw the video ill flash it so ill just redo all my partitions and get my swap to 96 megs than change my swappiness to 80 but you said to flash 1.5 than go straight to Jac 1.5.3 rite?
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
Yeah flash 1.5, then do all your set up stuff like login in and Google, Facebook, twitter etc. Then after you've got your phone the way you like it, then go to recovery and flash the upgrade. Do you know how to change the user.conf to change swappiness?

I recommend having both downloads on your sd card, so you can save time
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
ok cool and yea i kno how just copy user.conf or some crap like that from the /system/bin folder than use the app from the market to text edit it than copy it bak to the folder overwrite the one thats there restart the phone and it will be changed to 80 ok cool my phone is dead...so i gatta wait im ganna do my sdcard now with the usb in hopefully it dont cut off lol
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
Yeah I think I know what you mean. Yesterday I was trying out JAC 1.8 and the weirdest thing kept happening. When it was asleep and hit menu, it stayed black and after hitting every button and then finally I hit power, I heard the phone restarting but still the screen was black. I flashed back to 1.5 seconds later. lol
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
so if i flash to this 1.5 than 1.5.3 that problems gone rite? it aint happen to u yet?
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
Yeah I'll say. I'm 13 hours in and no funny stuff. I didn't flash CSki's little update from yesterday, cause he said it was a quick fix and it wasn't an official release. In the passed when he's said "its not official" its never work perfectly. So I'd wait for BFS upgrades until akirah releases it here = ]
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
o ok thats cool ight im ganna flash it but hey i ran into a problem i cant change my ext2 to ext3 i usually quit parted than i type "/etc/fstab" and it does it for me automatically so how can i change the ext2 to ext3 if i need to for this but if i dont need it dnt wrry bout it
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
No after you quit parted, you type "upgrade_fs" then when its done "reboot recovery"

PM me so we don't muddy up the thread anymore
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
o yea thats what it was im an idiot...thx man lol flashing in a minute
[G1 Android Development] zellbz:
I agree with the above post that Akirah's roms are very stable but next update should have bfs and the audio v7 hack intergrated.
[G1 Android Development] im.l0ltn:
BFS is in the kernel so as long as you update to either of the new kernels you'll have it.

Thanks for the ROM akirah. Smooth as silk.
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
yo big homie yourtravleboy i got this **** up and running ganna test it out now good lookin out man ill give some feed back first stable hero that im rly ganna use from what im hearing : ) good lookin man
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
of course, just sharing cause someone shared with me (akirah)
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
gggrrrrrr its still freezing damit wtf i dont kno wuts wrong it just froze on me yourtravleboy no idea wuts causeing it...guess ill ask akirah if he gets back but im loving how this rom flows i love it
[G1 Android Development] Bzerk1:
QUESTION?

after installing the CM kernal, can we install the JAC/ccrowski multitouch fix to fix it, or is it strictly for JAC's kernal.
[G1 Android Development] ccyrowski:
our patch is an entirely new kernel. You have the recook the kernel for MT. So me and JAC's kernel is the only one that will allow you to have MT on Hero!
[G1 Android Development] alvaro_castro:
what mind JAChero 1.8

96mb swap 80 swappines

s??

I need repartitioned my SD card to flash this rom or upgrade...??

I have build-2.73.405.5-signed and I want to upgrade wiht a 1.5.3JAC Upgrade... Can I do that?
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
There are some great threads in the Q&A section that answer your your questions about swappiness
[G1 Android Development] skauk:
It runs well

Only problems I found were

1) FC errors when you open the keyboard while in the home screen (I suspect cause the real Hero doesnt have the keyboard) bug fix will be apllied im sure.

2) every so often it would go back to the HTC screen and then load in the home screen again.

Other than that it was great and it seemed to run 1.6 version of flixster with near me support. Unlike the stock T-mobile G1 ROM that just says there are no theatres near me..... grrrrrrrr
[G1 Android Development] brian_v3ntura:
these "problems" exist in all hero roms.
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
yo anyone kno of the rom freezeing seems like i cant even use it this is what i have done since last nite

redone my partitions

i have a Trasncend 4GB Class 6 Micro SDHC card

i have fat32 3368 megs

i have ext3 500 megs

i have 96 linux-swap with 80 swappiness(it was 64 but it was still freezeing so)

than i flashed 1.5 set my **** up than went straight to 1.5.3jacx

than everything was fine my phone started dieing and it froze......so than i took the battery out and put it bak in start the phone back up than put the charger in i left the music on all nite it didnt freeze one time i took the charger out and it ****ed up not even 5 minutes later just froze on me than to see if it was widgets i would restart the phone and take widgets down and btw this was also happening with 1.5.2 so i dont kno what to do...

i tryed taking the music htc widget down still froze i tryed the weather still froze and i tryed the calender still froze so at this point i have NOOOOOO idea what to do so im asking for help i really like this rom i dnt see anyone else complaining about this so i dont kno..help i guess...
[G1 Android Development] V_RocKs:
Follow the instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534479

Take care not to rm 1 since that would remove your fat32 partition and we don't need to do that... Just rm 2 and rm 3 (swap) and then re-add them...
[G1 Android Development] Weees:
Yea thanks. I formatted the swap and ext3 and then reflashed everything.

and I gotta say this CM1.3 Is pretty fast !! At first i had quiet a few problems with where it kept on hanging..........but finally after doing severals tweaks (using swapper and various commands into the Terminal + editing the user.conf) things are looking good now. I have been using the phone heavily for the past 10 hours and it seems to be holding. It did take several restarts before it stabilised though.

BTW for those asking about swap size, I had it at 96mb but i was facing difficulties so i went down to 64 and its doing pretty good right now.

Thanks again for all the help I got in this thread !! You all are doing a great job !

Cheers !
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
1. Yeah, hopefully one of our great devs will make a fix.

2. Ever since I repartitioned my sd card, and increased the linux-swap partition, I changed the swap to 64mb with 64mb swappiness. I have yet to see the htc loading screen after pressing the home button from within any app.
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
cool so i guess were blind now
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
This is still a hero rom. I would recommend being easy on the usage. I mean only use minimal widgets, apps running at once etc. My video I made shows all screens used, but I still had slowness and removed most of the widgets after making it. I use 3 screens and 2 HTC widgets and a few Android widgets for regular use. And as for running the music app all night. I've tested that too and had the same results. Just reboot and and use Advanced Task Manager or Task Killer to kill the apps you're not using to free up space. Remember Hero is designed for twice the hardware, not the G1's small CPU. Its not a miracle rom. Its just a slimmed down version forced into a tight spot for us to enjoy = ]
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
i dont see any other problems but this hang issue now im guessing im doing something wrong cause i only read a few posts and people were saying they fixed it but didnt say how...so im just asking for info so i can fix it and enjoy the rom thats all anyone have any clue(im sure someone does) let me kno

o yea and btw i have Taskiller pro or w/e and this rom has been haning on me before i installed any apps at all but i only ignore the

touchFLO,Touch input,musicapp,calender,com.htc.provider(dont kno wat that is but it has to be essential),messages and theres 1 more i forget my phones off rite now

so i cant look so its not i have too many apps running its something else cause it still hangs and the phone wont respond after a few but travelboy you dont seem to have this problem so u give me ur step by step and ill try that
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
Have you removed any apk/odex? if so which ones? Cause I removed a lot of stuff I don't use plurk, stocks, java etc.
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
na i aint remove nething i was ganna get this thing set all the way up like i want than remove alotta that crap but u tell me what u removed and give me the command i kno i gatta do it in adb on dos but i forgot the commands and give me a list of what u removed since u dont seem to have this problem and ill see if that works
[G1 Android Development] Fabulous691:
here is my Hero rom 1.5.1 (without flash/java version), on which i 've deleted some app_s (Plurk, BizCardReader, Footprints, QuickOffice, Tether....) and signed it after, to make it more light ;)

Its very cool cause you've not to flash the rom and delete app_s you don't want after flash...only install what you want

light version in a few words :)

Enjoy

Rom Hero 1.5.1 Fabulous version
[G1 Android Development] RanT476:
u can send the list and commands in a private message if u want makes no diffrence to me
[G1 Android Development] APrinceAmongMen:
Has anyone noticed that the jacskiv version is slower than 1.51?
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
Yes i have noticed. 1.5.1 is still the fastest hero rom, at least it seems that way to me.
[G1 Android Development] jugg2000:
Actually, I've noticed but I think that JACHroski 1.8 was just as fast and fluid. JACHeroski 2.0 is solid and the compcache with swap_notify_free is pretty decent. Modaco 1.5.1 was blazing with a tweaked linux-swap and a lower up_threshold.
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
For me, JAC 1.8 had random lag ,1.5.1 didn't. I haven't tried JAC 2.0 yet. Mind letting me know about the exact settings you use(d) on 2.0? I have been using 64mb linux swap with 64mb swappiness on 1.5.1 and its blazing fast.
[G1 Android Development] ccyrowski:
what kernel is 1.5.1 using?

under about phone kernel version

2.6.29-jac-ski root@DeserLake-Labs?

if so that HTC sourced kernel. That's were the speed is coming from.
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
Yes that is the kernel. I'm waiting for 2.1 before i flash again :p. I've flashed a new rom daily for the past three days.
[G1 Android Development] ccyrowski:
you're in for a treat! 2.1 uploading now! 15 minutes...
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
Second ROM about to be flashed of the day!
[G1 Android Development] jugg2000:
Sweetness.
[G1 Android Development] jayb222:
so how's 2.1? faster than MoDaCo 1.5.1?
[G1 Android Development] justanothercrowd:
I havent ran 1.51 or event looked at it actually...ill see what's going on in there.

2.1 is guarenteed to be a contender with any Hero ROM though
[G1 Android Development] im.l0ltn:
Yay, hopefully you'll find something that will benefit your roms. Installing 2.1 now but I've used 1.5.1 with 32mb linux-swap and have to admit it's really fast even though there's no BFS.
[G1 Android Development] wc326:
maybe try 1.51 once before saying that.

coz this 1.5x hero rom is really the fastest hero rom i have used
[G1 Android Development] im.l0ltn:
Calm down, all he said was that it's a contender.
[G1 Android Development] akirah:
And actually (at least for me) it's not a competition. I've just put some framework and bin directories. As you can notice 1.5.1 build uses JAC-SKI kernel, and so most of the versions except 1.5.3CM.

1.5.4 is blazing fast, and it's only because of the wonderfull work done cyrowski, justanotherdev and of course cyanogen who did BFS scheduler backport to 2.6.29 kernel and make it work on android.

Those guys rock:)
[G1 Android Development] pl_laszlo:
It's only a modifaction (delete, replace, add :D) of JxHSKi.

ya, everybody can do this for home use only :D

But... Thanks, anyway :)