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[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
yah if someone gets the Hero boot screen i might think about sticking with hero but right now i'm planning to stick to cyanogen's until Hero gets better... or just keep switching back and forth to test like i've been doing idk
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
oh ok. question: why does the modaco 1.5.1 seem to be faster than the JAC-ski with the same kernel?
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
Because 1.5.1 is based off of an official build, where JacSki is based off of a leaked build. Also the kernel used in 1.5.1 is an HTC sourced kernel, and as pointed out before, kernels after JacSki 1.8 have BFS, which is experimental.

I say that 1.5.1 is still the best Hero ROM for the G1 till today. I don't reboot my phone often, so I could care less about the missing boot screen, although, yes, it would be a nice feature to have.

Edit: actually 1.5.1 is really fast, becuase Paul @ MoDaCo, got his hands on a "new" hero release that isn't supposed to be released for a few months. this is where I got this notion
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
but what about 1.5.2? that's also a leaked build? and BFS is kinda slow... well at least compared to 1.5.1
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
No, 1.5.2 is the same build, but the kernel is newer(I think it has BFS).
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
oh ok have you tried it? would you say it's the same speed as 1.5.1?
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
I went straight from 1.5.1 to 1.5.4, then went to JacSki2.1, then Drizzy's 1.4r1, and now I'm back at 1.5.1.
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
oh ok... idk i wanna try 1.5.2 but if it's slower then i'll ditch it. maybe i'll just try it and just reflash 1.5.1 on top if i don't. is 1.5.1 faster than Drizzy's 1.4r1?
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
Yep. 1.5.1 is still the fastest Hero rom. If you're gonna have a Hero ROM on your phone for daily use, stick with 1.5.1. Otherwise use whichever ROM you want.

Though 1.4r1 and JacSki2.1 have audio issues(no audio in camcorder, etc). 1.5.1, 1.4r1, and 2.1 all have the contact search FC bug.

I'm sticking with 1.5.1, until I scrape up enough money to buy a Hero off ebay. :p
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
lol. you mean there's no way to search contacts with 1.5.1? maybe when i'm 16 i'll start earning money to upgrade from my G1 to the Hero... but i'll be 16 in a year and a half and by then there will be even better HTC android phones... but that 3.5mm jack is sooooo worth it. besides extra internal memory and RAM =D and maybe finally going with some upgraded internal architecture that isn't 2 years old... -.-
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
Well you cant use the search bar to search contacts, otherwise you can scroll through. One thing I don't like about the "People" app in Hero is it lists ALL of your gmail contacts, not just the phone numbers you've saved, but ALL of them. But in the phone app, you only see phone contacts. I only have about 60-70 contacts in my phone, so it's not a big deal for me.

The original Hero is GSM, but the upcoming Sprint Hero is CDMA.
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
oh ok. search bar where? on the home screen or in the phone app? and i've been hearing that the Sprint Hero is like a different model, cuz it doesn't have a chin... that is besides being CDMA and not GSM like the original Hero. ah well i gotta admit the chin is now an Android distinguisher except for the Magic... i never even use the people app anyways... although the integration with facebook and twitter is pretty cool.
[G1 Android Development] kingkurry:
well i just finished rooting my g1 10 minutes ago. thats all i did. now how do i install this??? plz email me at royal.trident@gmail.com
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
click on the 2nd link in my signature.
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
When you open the People app, and press menu, then search, and type something in, it has a force close.

this is sprint hero

this is the GSM hero

Oh and I got the boot screen working in 1.5.1 I'll post instructions in the next post.
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
OK

Here's how I did it.

1. download "Astro file manager" from market

2. open it, go to system/media (you'll see a folder called bootscreen)

3. open the bootscreen folder and copy+paste each file one at a time to /system/media

4. download this (com.htc.resources.apk) and put it on the root of your sd card.

5. open terminal emulator on your phone, and type:

su
rwsystem
mount /system/framework
mount /sdcard
cp /sdcard/com.htc.resources.apk /system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk

6.reboot

edit: as a side effect, the "arc" in the lockscreen disappeared :p
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
ooh i would miss the arc... but i would wayyy rather have the Hero bootscreen...

EDIT: I almost got a heart attack, but it worked =D

except for the resources.apk... i'm getting Read-only file system... trying again.
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
the Sprint Hero looks like they just added some new designs to the MyTouch3G... i personally like the squaring of the original Hero... but hey it's all good not that i'm even that likely to get it. oh ok so you press menu. didn't know you could do that lol
[G1 Android Development] phaze478:
hey guys on this rom when i use the browser, it just closes on me without giving any force close messages. what should i do to fix this problem? thanks in advance:)
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
have you wiped?
[G1 Android Development] phaze478:
yes i wiped. i flash about 5 roms a week so im pretty savy with my device, but i just cant get it to act right
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
oh ok just checking... ooh yeah idk you might also want to try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=543617

It won't delete anything off your FAT32 partition, and shouldn't delete any apps either, but should definitely get any extra data off after which you should re-flash. also don't forget to do check ext filesystems after rebooting in recovery after doing that script...
[G1 Android Development] phaze478:
k will try in a min. hope it works cuz this rom rocks
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
yah it does :) tried JACHeroSki 2.1, 1.5.4 from here, nope 1.5.1 is the best FYI. also if you read a few posts up there's now a way to get the Hero bootscreen onto 1.5.1
[G1 Android Development] wc326:
same here

but i tried 1.5.4 first then flashed jacheroski2.1

jac 2.1 is not bad , but just not as fast as 1.5.4

i can't make video to work on the web browser.
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
really? ooh wish i could help you there... :( ask one of the devs. they would know
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
also now my phone goes twice through the boot sequence... why would that be? I haven't gotten the resources apk over yet so that might be the problem...
[G1 Android Development] rg8rc18:
I got the boot to work on 1.5.1 and i didnt lose the arc. I just extracted the boot files from 1.5.2 to my sd card. And then deleted the ones on 1.5.1 deleted the bootscreen folder also and tranfered the files of 1.5.2 onto the media folder. Using root explorer. And it worked.. i still have the arc. And didnt need to push the resources.apk and it boots only once.
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
oh ok... well i don't wanna buy root explorer... any easier way? just use astro?
[G1 Android Development] rg8rc18:
Yeah i think itll work with asttro
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
oh ok thanks. so i delete the whole bootscreen folder and put the /system/media 5 files from 1.5.2 into /system/media of 1.5.1/my phone?
[G1 Android Development] rg8rc18:
yea and reboot hopefully itll work for u as it did for me.
[G1 Android Development] djlmp88:
usually takes long for the temperature to show
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
one problem... i can't delete the bootscreen folder because it's saying read-only... for the files inside too... :( still booting twice but at least it's got the hero bootscreen :)
[G1 Android Development] HTCinToronto:
Question about linus-swap

I installed this ROM from 1.5.0 then to 1.5.4.

I've verified the user.conf file as

compcache_en=0

linux_swap=1

swappiness=80

When I run free I find the following values total/used/free

94044/46180/47864

Why isn't my used value up near 80000?

BTW, I also installed VoiceSearch.apk from JACHeroSki 2.1 and seems good so far.

.
[G1 Android Development] rg8rc18:
aww sorry maybe coz u didnt delete the files thats y its booting twice.:(
[G1 Android Development] kingklick:
perhaps you are not switching enough tasks/apps and/or do not have many resource hoggers running.
[G1 Android Development] harpreet1988:
I don't know what you mean by twice. My phone first shows the Tmobile G1 screen, then it shows the HERO screen with the little green guy, then it shows the blue-ish HTC screen during boot.

Does your phone go through that cycle twice?
[G1 Android Development] leomak:
I dun know if anyone mentioned b4, but I can't install the 1.51(with Java/flash) When I looked at the ftp site (wsisiz.edu.pl/pub/G1/) I found that the file of 1.51 for Sapphire and the 1.51 for G1 are identical (90.54MB but not 95MB stated). is it normal and can anybody install 1.51 with j/f? I m dling 1.51 w/o j/f and see if i could get it working :)

Update: after wiping and partition again and again I can finally install 1.51 with J/F...booting....
[G1 Android Development] leomak:
juz install 1.51. I tried many other hero roms (like jachero 1.8~2.1, zeroxd, drizzy 1.4r1...etc) and I agree too this is the fastest and most usable hero rom by far....i will stick with this one until someone tells me there is rom better than 1.51

btw, does anyone know how to delete HTC_IME and its library? 'coz I want to install the chinese one
[G1 Android Development] grafxxx:
I just flashed 1.5.1 again. I tried everything 1.5.4, drizzy's new one etc, but nothing is compareable to the 1.5.1 rom.

Clean,smooth and fast, as it should be.

Keep on your work.
[G1 Android Development] rg8rc18:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITpPKzR4vP4&feature=player_profilepage

fixing missing boot on 1.5.1
[G1 Android Development] jugg2000:
From what I remember, this build (1.5.1) didn't have multi-touch, right?
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
yes... i got the files deleted from inside the bootscreen folder through adb, but i don't know the command to delete a folder... i don't wanna pay for root explorer, so i'll just use adb if anyone can tell me how to get the folder deleted...
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
ok thanks for the video :) do you think it would work if i just copied the whole media folder but inside it only the five boot files? trying now...
[G1 Android Development] zeromila:
after wipe and flashing 1.5.1

adb logcat give me that error messeng

E/AndroidRuntime( 1539): at com.android.server.PackageManagerService.main

(PackageManagerService.java:261)

E/AndroidRuntime( 1539): at com.android.server.ServerThread.run(SystemSer

ver.java:126)

E/AndroidRuntime( 1539): Crash logging skipped, no checkin service

I/Process ( 1539): Sending signal. PID: 1539 SIG: 9

I/ServiceManager( 130): service 'batteryinfo' died

I/ServiceManager( 130): service 'usagestats' died

I/ServiceManager( 130): service 'telephony.registry' died

I/ServiceManager( 130): service 'SurfaceFlinger' died

I/ServiceManager( 130): service 'power' died

E/installd( 147): eof

E/installd( 147): failed to read size

I/installd( 147): closing connection

I/Zygote ( 1538): Exit zygote because system server (1539) has terminated

and then try infinity reboot....

what's the problem?

edit: resolved formatting ext3
[G1 Android Development] grafxxx:
in your opinion: what is the best swappiness setting for the 1.5.1 version.

It is the fastest so far, but there is always room for tweaking.

I'm using 30 swappiness so far.
[G1 Android Development] dipeshb:
I must agree.. NONE of the mods have bettered the fluidity of the relatively untouched base ROM leak 2.83.x.x which has formed 1.51 and JAC's 1.62..

I think the DEV's are on the right track with the mods e.g BFS, Compcache, app scripts, customized kernals etc... but getting them all to work beautifully together must be a HUGE undertaking.. These DEV's are mini geniuses but they really need to collaborate to start improving on the official Hero ROM's, which are produced by large dev teams...

Having said that, I would have never experienced these ROM's on my puny G1 without the dedication of these guys... Excellent work guys.. We need You!!!!
[G1 Android Development] kaotikking:
I use 75 but anything from 60-80 will b sufficient IMO
[G1 Android Development] n1ghtl1fe:
what do u guys reccomend as a swap for 1.5.1? i remeber trying 100mb and it was kinda slow but 32mb was quicker. any thoughts?
[G1 Android Development] :
i agree, if all the devs got together hero would be awesome
[G1 Android Development] Tomb77:
I use 96 and 60 swappiness. It woks great for me.
[G1 Android Development] Daf.:
Anyone know why when i flash this, after the G1 screen i get a black screen on 1.5.1. I know in the first it says its supposed to happen but i've left it for about 25-30 minutes and it just hangs.

I've re-partitioned/formatted/wiped/flashed everything, and still i get the blank screen.

Anyone know a fix?

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
To get weather to load fast connect to wifi then open Weather.apk and let it load with your current location (you may have to hit refresh). It should only take a sec, then open settings and change Celsius to Fahrenheit. Hit back and let weather refresh. Now go to the home screen you want to put the widget on and load your widget (I'm assuming you're using the clock/weather widget) and it should load quickly :)

Hope that helps
[G1 Android Development] Tomb77:
If you are still waiting. Did you move the roller ball or hit a button and see if anything comes up?
[G1 Android Development] Daf.:
Yep, i've clicked the trackball, moved it, moved the keyboard up, clicked the volume buttons and everything.

Nothing comes up at all, not even Hero or anything, just the G1 screen then blank screen, strange...
[G1 Android Development] horrorwolf:
You hit the nail on the head. Thats what I've been thinking....which it why I have to think its not a good idea to push scripts and hacks from one rom to another without a lot of customization.

And 1.50 and 1.51 for some reason stills literally owns all other Heros to date.
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
Try re-downloading the rom just to make sure, Also try this in recovery console "mke2fs -j /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" to wipe your ext3 partition. This method break down your ext3 partition and rebuilds it so its totally clean.

So the steps

recovery

wipe

go to console and enter

mke2fs -j /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

reboot recovery

wipe again

repair ext

apply 1.5.1 rom

reboot

wait.............

this should do the trick. If you're still having issues check your steps using any of the "How to install Hero rom" in the Q&A section
[G1 Android Development] Daf.:
I did have ext3 before re-partitioning, but removed it, so i only have the fat32 and ext2 left. Should i re-partition again to ext3 aswell?
[G1 Android Development] chrisoyh:
Google Maps

I have just flashed 1.5.1 and noticed that I couldn't find any Google Maps application. I can't find it in the market as well. If I push the APK manually, will Market be able to track it and inform me when there is an update?
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
Your partitions should be

fat32

Ext3

Linux-swap

Check on JAC/SKI's page for directions on how to use "Parted" to make your partions. When in doubt "Search" can also be of great help :)
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
Search "Google" in the market. "Google Maps" should be there.
[G1 Android Development] Tomb77:
you don't need to repartition, you just need to upgrade your ext2
[G1 Android Development] Daf.:
Ah ok, ill use partition manager as i already have that. Thanks for that though, im guessing this should fix my problems.

Thanks for the help yourtravelboy
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
I've noticed in the last few weeks that all the "Key" Devs are sharing and working together. Just follow them on Twitter, you'll see em asking each other stuff all the time. We have BFS because of them working together right? I'm sure there are a lot more peeps out there that could contribute, but maybe they already are. After all we as a community are all part of the big picture right? We'll always be testing, reporting back our findings and learning more to customize our Hero experiences right?

Sorry to go off "Subject for the thread" :)

I'm enjoying 1.5.1 w/boot screen fix with linux-swap 64mb and swappiness at 80 lol
[G1 Android Development] youngstacks74:
how did you set your swappiness?
[G1 Android Development] r_dub:
Well after having tried out all the newest hero's as of late 1.5.1 still is by far head and shoulders above all the other builds this doesn't even really need the BFS kernel in fact i would say for 1.5.1 it actually hurts performance more than it does help it
[G1 Android Development] Tomb77:
if you want 60(to show you where to insert the number you want)

in terminal

su

echo 60 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.
[G1 Android Development] chrisoyh:
I have searched "Google" and "Google Maps". The former returned me 300+ results and I gave up scrolling through the list after a while. The latter, doesn't show up the application. :(
[G1 Android Development] chrisoyh:
To make the configuration stick after a reboot, the better approach would be:

Open up the terminal app and then:

su

cd /system/bin

rwsystem

vi user.conf

- edit the swappiness factor of the linux-swap section

- save the file

rosystem
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
I posted instructions in the thread on how to edit user. conf back in the thread. I'm away at work. I'll pm you later or you can search and you should find it.
[G1 Android Development] n1ghtl1fe:
just search MAPS =D like 4 app down
[G1 Android Development] Tomb77:
Go to market/applications. it should one of the first ten apps there.

edit: sorry. posting at the same time. hope this all solves the issue.
[G1 Android Development] Tomb77:
How do I edit it and then save it? Thanks
[G1 Android Development] youngstacks74:
trying to figure this out too... searched but no luck
[G1 Android Development] Tomb77:
I edited it by scrolling to the swappiness. I hit s and it enabled me to edit the number. You may be able to hit any letter, I don't know yet. but now how do I save this? Hmmm. Anyone. Please.
[G1 Android Development] youngstacks74:
does anyone know if this rom already has the v7 audio mod?
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
it doesn't seem too... not too loud cuz you can compare by flashing something like cyanogen's or probably another hero build that has it and put it on full blast. this doesn't seem to go as loud as the other ones with the audio mod so probably not
[G1 Android Development] ~~Tito~~:
Ive been reading around and people say its not a good idea to upgrade to 1.5.4? Why not?
[G1 Android Development] horrorwolf:
It doesn't. You will have to push it manually.
[G1 Android Development] chrisoyh:
You move the cursor over the character you want to change.

The hit 's' on the keyboard to go into substitution mode.

You then type the new values over the old one.

Once you have entered the new characters, press the trackball + '1' to exit edit mode.

Then on the keyboard, type ':wq' without the single quotes to save the file.

If you're confused, an easier way is to copy the "user.conf" to your /sdcard folder, transfer it to your PC and edit it.
[G1 Android Development] Surge1:
edit* nevermind <3
[G1 Android Development] te_quiero_forever_girl:
Well, just flashed but the phone hangs on HTC screen ( the buttons light up, I can even drag down to unlock the screen but that is it =.= ) Plz help
[G1 Android Development] r_dub:
Okay just wait it will load or try a reboot
[G1 Android Development] te_quiero_forever_girl:
you mean just turned it off, then back on ?
[G1 Android Development] r_dub:
No end+menu+call all at the same time
[G1 Android Development] r_dub:
Oh and if anybody care MyFaves.apk the unodexed version works on the 1.5.1 build :cool:
[G1 Android Development] te_quiero_forever_girl:
just did, and it still hangs on the HTC screen
[G1 Android Development] r_dub:
Wipe your ext 3 then do an alt+w wipe and then reflash
[G1 Android Development] Surge1:
k been waiting on black screen almost an hour.....i didnt wipe ext4, is it absolutely necessary or is it just taking a while because i have apps there? (only had like 20mb worth)
[G1 Android Development] kaotikking:
Wiping ur ext4 is NOT an option its required to flash this ROM... remember apps 2 sd is extending ur phone memory to ur sd card if u wipe ur phone be4 u flash its MANDITORY to do the same to ur EXT2/3/4
[G1 Android Development] prince.siraj:
64 or 96 works best... also 60-80 swappiness :) and maybe 40 too
[G1 Android Development] yourtravelboy:
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] dipeshb:
Waited almost an hour?!! Dude, should take no more than 10 minutes, 15 at a push.. I dont use ext4 but you need to atleast wip the contents of /system/sd/app_s and /system/sd/dalvik-cache..

Here is my previous post...

Originally Posted by dipeshb View Post

You forgot to wipe the dalvik-cache folder, this is what I do, to keep the apps, has never let me down:

1) boot into recovery

2) Go to phone terminal and enter this:

# mount /system/sd

# cd /system/sd/dalvik-cache

# rm * (removes all files within the dalvik-cache folder)

# cd /system/sd/app_s

# rm * (removes all files within the app_s folder)

# recovery

3) After the 'recovery' command, you should be back to the Cyan 1.4 recovery console. NOW WIPE. - No need to repair as we havent deleted any folders..

4) Apply the Update

Works every time.. Boot takes longer as apps load on boot up... Hope this helps some noobs
[G1 Android Development] youngstacks74:
what do u guys say 1.5.4 or 1.5.1
[G1 Android Development] kaotikking:
1.51!!!!! by far the fastest IMHO
[G1 Android Development] slimster:
I have tried all other hero roms (I believe) and I would have to agree, 1.51 is smoking fast!
[G1 Android Development] kaotikking:
but i will add its only because of JAC/CC's kernel and the fact that modaco's ROM is pretty much just a standard release with minor tweaks