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[Hero CDMA Android Development] nyx528:
I am very new to Androids, coming from a Blackberry Bold.

I have my Hero rooted and have removed some of the Sprintware, but I can't get any ROMs to work.

When I do a recovery reboot all I get is a large yellow ! and I have to do a battery pull for my phone to start back up (which it does fine in normal boot).

I've read all kinds of forums and can't find ANY that refer to this problem.

Could it be an app I have installed?

Please help! I'd love to have a super fast Hero, too :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
You don't have the recovery image installed.

Start at step 9. The file you need is at the top of the post.

http://geekfor.me/faq/how-to-root-the-cdma-htc-sprint-hero/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riotkid976:
alright, after talking back and forth with Flipz, i've got bad news. the vanilla lock screen can't come to fresh 1.0

its integrated into the android 2.0 system (its not a stand alone .apk that can be pulled). We're going to have to wait for a 2.x build to become "stable" and then wait for them to "fresh" it up.

from there we should be able to pull out the HtcLockScreen.apk and have the vanilla lock sitting on top of SenseUI (i'm about to test that now with the 2.1 build, i'll edit this with results)...

edit: i'm not sure why this happened, but i just flashed the modded 2.1 build and it booted with the "rotate to unlock" screen. i know it was nothing that i did; but i also now know that its possible to use this lockscreen with sense in a 2.x rom

(i'd post screen caps, but i'm on my linux box and i don't have the sdk on it yet)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jerrygon:
This happened to me too... It will fix itself in 2-4 days. Seems like google caches something on there side. All will be back in a few days. Have no worries.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david_ag:
I also noticed that when I flashed modded 2.1. I looked into the update file and what I believe happened was that the creator removed HTCLockscreen.apk and that uncovers the Vanilla Lockscreen. Oh well... it will be cool when 2.1 is up and fully running :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dalvarez7:
Where did you find it to push it?

Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
http://geekfor.me/downloads/1-56-stock-apks/

It's in that download.

I honestly didn't think anyone used it which is why I didn't include it originally. Sorry. :) Oh and also because it would make the list of installable programs an odd number which meant for the layout of the form one column would have more than the other; and that bothered me. haha. I'll put it in for the next release though.

I tested this first thing this morning because I didn't want to forget and it works perfectly fine. I downloaded the first hit when searching for compass on the market. I calibrated my magnetometer by waving my phone in a figure 8 motion and voila, it worked just fine.

I'm on plain old fresh rom with almost nothing else installed.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] N0J:
Cool, I don't use it, but I'm sure others will.

lol man, I'm the exact same way with my stuff

Quick question, what is the name of the apk that controls the battery icon at the top?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dalvarez7:
Thanks again for your quick response!.. So loving your ROM. If there is anything I can do for you just let me know.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dalvarez7:
Okay, I'm stupid. I downloaded both versions of the app installer and I can't find the Amazon MP3 in either app directory.... Sorry for my ignorance.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
/system/framework/framework-res.apk

It's not in there. That was aaron's point. And I explained in my post why it wasn't in there. ;) But I linked you to the download that includes it. You can follow the instructions on my site on how to manually push an app back.

http://geekfor.me/faq/how-to-add-stock-apps-back/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] N0J:
awesome, thanks!

I pushed over a enw one, but apparently it didn't like the version I pushed, and got stuck in a boot loop, lol

restored back to yesterdays backup and back to normal again, haha
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Lessthantito:
Ok I used these ADB commands

# adb remount

# adb shell rm system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk

and nothing happened are these correct or should there be a "-" or a "-r" in there somewhere? I am using Fresh 1. with clear lockscreen and clear notifications
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
Press enter in between shell and rm
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dalvarez7:
Thanks, got Amazon MP3 again.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
You're missing your leading slash. The -r stands for recursive so it's not needed in this case.

adb shell rm [B]/[/B]system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexthearmo:
HELP!! I don't know what happened, but the last few days I've noticed that my Calender, and Voicemail apps have been launching in the background and sucking up resources/battery! I don't know why it just started out of nowhere.

Does anyone know how I can fix this problem? I'm running fresh 1.0 with the de-fresh zip.

any help is appreciated. thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dalvarez7:
You can install Advanced Task Killer to stop them.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexthearmo:
ya....i know...i already use taskiller to do that...but I just don't want these programs launching on their own. In the past I never had this problem, but a week or so ago it all started out of nowhere....just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this and how they fixed it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
com.android.providers.calendar starts at boot-up

com.coremobility.app.vnotes starts every time you get an sms

I'm trying to integrate some stuff in to fresh rom to help with it. But right now that's the default. Oh and using a task manager to kill them will only make it worse. They don't get shut down properly and so they come right back to try and do their job.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexthearmo:
Thanks Flipz!

Wow...that is really annoying huh? I would love it if the Android programmers just made it so that a program opens ONLY when you click on it to use it. I'm glad you're trying to work on getting them to stay closed. Google should hire you to be their programmer.

Thanks again!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] liquidkernel:
Thanks for the ROM Flipz!

Installed it last night and used the defresh update. The phone feels much more nimble and snappy. Definitely liking the way it's working. I also noticed that popup menus (such as when you click "Menu") seem to shake more than they used to, this is pretty cool. Did you add that?

Just have one question, is there a way to revert to the original boot screen?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Lessthantito:
testing this out now thanks guys and Flipz/Fresh you guys are the ****, your Fresh roms have been my first attempt at rooting and loading custom roms and everything that I can add to my phone, thank you for making these great roms and updating on the regular and helping everyone out..............

ok so I tested and it looks great just what I wanted, but it has this weird number next to a bell icon
[Hero CDMA Android Development] drnelson324:
Has anyone else had any issues with 1.0 being a lot more laggy than .7? I actually just reverted my phone back to .7 because I couldn't handle all of the keyboard lag that is present in 1.0. Maybe I am the only one who is having that problem?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] N0J:
I get the same thing....

It needs to go, lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theraginasian:
This ROM is fantastic. I just wanted to say that after being a MoDaCo guy for so long, I am finally convinced that this is the superior ROM. There just isn't as many updates being provided, and I worry the original creator has abandoned the project! You though Flipz, you are an Android God amongst Men. Thank you so much for all of your excellent contributions, and I truly cannot wait to see what comes next (And by the looks of it, its Eclair you l33t haxor you!)

I think my cheat sheet may be required to adopt a bias towards Fresh ROM if this kind of magic continues going forward... Just a simple opinion I'd like to provide though about additions within your ROM...

While I like the fact that so many unnecessary things are removed, there are also some things added that I do not believe are necessary. Thankfully, you provided a De-Fresh that really helped get rid of the biggest annoyances, but I still think you should keep the ROM from adding too many things. In the end, most of us just want the fastest and best experience from a ROM that doesn't necessarily look different but functions much better than factory spec.

Oh... and you can totally keep the Linux boot up animation, that's awesome! But those taskbar icons... It's kind of like when they add color to Mac Title-Bar icons... seems to throw off the Chi of the whole UI.

Keep up the incredible work!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obededom:
it's the name of your ringtone, as it's translated by the default lockscreen :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ajones7279:
Just push this to /system/app.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thedudejdog:
yes VICTORY!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ajones7279:
Maybe it's just you lol. This is the fastest rom I've used to date.

@jdog, glad you like the lock.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Diplomat2387:
Is there anyway the lockscreen from the Droid can be ported over to this ROM..?...I have not rooted my phone as of yet...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Lessthantito:
what i did was turn off any alarms that I had set reboot the phone and then the weird numbers were gone

is there any way that the vanilla lockscreen could be changed to swipe to unlock instead of pressing menu?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
If you want swipe to unlock then why do you want the vanilla lock screen? ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hbkmat:
Yes I noticed .7 is faster as well on my phone. I thought it was placebo but its not. It could be user error on my part but doubt it. Still works great but I wonder what that is?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nyx528:
Thank you so much! It worked but when I tried to reboot the last time it got stuck at 'initialize Fresh ROM' and has been flashing [WAIT] for the last five minutes... Is this normal?

*EDIT*

Now it's working! Hooray! One last question tho... to get rid of the ugly lock thingy, do I do the same thing with that ROM as with the Fresh ROM?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
Yea the first boot after a flash takes a long time.

http://geekfor.me/fixes/mod-de-fresh-1-0/

Yes, flash it like you flashed the rom.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nyx528:
Thanks again! You guys rock :)

Makes the move from Crackberry to Android Central much less painful and intimidating.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bobdude5:
no flash player in this rom??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mkeyslehman:
I've had issues with the browser flash player too.

I noticed on your homepage a few requests for the USB / wired tether application; I'd like to request this as well.

Really appreciate whatever it was you did to the keyboard, makes landscape typing (especially in Handcent) usable:)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Lessthantito:
I like the look of the Vanilla Lockscreen but it acted weird when I receive a call so I reverted back to the regular slide to unlock screen. On another note I was having some battery issues yesterday and I'm not exactly sure what the culprit was I installed Beautiful widgets and soon after my battery started draining like crazy I uninstalled it and the battery was still draining pretty quickly so I restored from my latest backup and all seems well but it was quite strange (I love Nandroid!!!)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
Does Wired Tether work on our kernel?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
PDAnet works, and I know that you can use connection lag to get a tether going.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
Neither one of which have anything to do with whether Wired Tether work on the CDMA kernel.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
I was under the impression that using the USB cable to transmit data to and from your computer using the mobile network was under the catagory of "wired tethering" My mistake.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
Wired Tether is an application, just like Wireless Tether is.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexthearmo:
Hey Flipz...wanna give us a hint on what might make it into the next Fresh ROM and approximately when you're thinking of releasing it? ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
In that case, com.android.whatever crashes when you try to tether. And Win 7 x64 don't want to detect it as a... internet thing... whatever it's called, i forgot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] prattleon:
I recently installed Fresh 1.0 and was loving it. suddenly, i'm noticing sever lag (1-2 seconds for just about every menu). i've always had lag for the call/dialing aspect but this is bad. the battery also appears to be losing power more quickly. i have not changed any of the settings, and i don't know where to begin in diagnosing the problem. any suggestions?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
I have been spending 100% of my time on kitchen stuff (and getting frustrated with it. lol). I have a few very small things planned for the next release but nothing big enough worth releasing right now. Maybe I'll just make like a 1.01 patch.

I am looking in to this whole battery thing myself. 1.0 has been out for 11 days with no real complaints. However all of a sudden I am starting to see complaints all over every board and in every thread (aka some users who aren't even rooted or using fresh at all) about battery issues. I myself had my battery drain 70% in one night a few nights ago despite not having changed anything. And my awake time was right, my phone had slept through the other night. The only thing I had done in that time was install HTC's new battery widget. I have since uninstalled it and my battery drain was minimal last night and back to normal. I haven't done enough testing yet though to say that it was the problem.

I am looking in to this issue but I really don't think it's a fresh rom thing considering it is getting posted around a lot right now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kevin813:
any idea when you might have everything working on 2.1..... im using fresh 1.0 right now and love it keep up the good work i was just curious about 2.1
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kevin813:
i also had the battery drain problem i was using beautiful widgets.. i uninstalled it and everything seems to be working fine now
[Hero CDMA Android Development] prattleon:
along with my new lag/battery problem, i've noticed frequent force closes of the Gentle Alarm program i have installed. i uninstalled it, and the lagging seems to have decreased though it is still apparent, though intermittent.

also, the sync icon seems to be popping up randomly...it will occasionally come on for a few seconds off, then back on for a minute or so, then flash on and off.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] yugoliang:
actually i have been noticing a faster battery drain as well...i dont have anything special installed.

i had the new battery widget from htc installed but uninstalled and did a wipe/fresh install of 1.0

still the drain is noticeably faster than 0.7
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
You'll have to talk to toast, quiet, 27s, or one of the guys currently working on it. ;)

Yea I've seen beautiful widgets mentioned in a few places now. It's also apparently causing sleep issues? I haven't tested or confirmed.

I can't really control force closes of a 3rd party app. Also the sync icon randomly showing up is completely normal. It's showing you that your phone is syncing with gmail/gcal/gcontacts..... it has always done that. Maybe you just didn't notice because of the icon.

This wasn't a problem at 1.0 release though. I went on vacation the day I released 1.0 and I went 5 days and only had to plug it in twice. And as I mentioned there are users complaining of this who aren't fresh rom users and don't have a custom rom flashed at all. I'm looking in to what's causing it though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ElAguila:
I have noticed the battery drain issue as well. It doesn't seem to be a fresh issue. I have a generic spare battery I am going to put my phone and see if that makes a difference. It may not but stranger things have been known to happen.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 702DROID:
im running fresh 1.0 and beautiful widgets and im at 5% awake time batt lasting at least 15 20 hours a day
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kraminc:
Im a little new to linux, android and have been learning as I go. When you say push what would that be?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] prattleon:
I didn't mean to imply that my problems were the result of Fresh ROM. removing Gentle Alarm seemed to fix my main issue. and the battery drain doesn't seem to have changed since installing Fresh 1.0. there is still some intermittent lag that is quite annoying. this phone has been a bit unpredictable since i first got it. i guess that's to be expected with something so new.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexthearmo:
Cool! I'm excited. I was wondering...when Flan comes out for Verizon's Eris, are you gonna tear it apart and make a FRESH ROM using the 2.1 base?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexthearmo:
For those of you experiencing lag using Fresh 1.0, you might wanna check this out:

I had 1.0 running, and wiped to try 2.1....than I wiped again to get back to 1.0, and used My Backup (app) to get my homescreen back in order. After, for the last few days I experienced extreme lag. I just noticed that my message widget had an extremely dark shadow. I dragged it to throw it away and there was one behind it. In fact, somehow, after using my backup there were like 5 messaging widgets all stacked on top of one another (it's hard to notice, but the shadow gave it away)....so I removed all of them but one from the homescreen and started checking my other widgets and shortcuts. All of them had multiples stacked one upon the other. At least two, sometimes five of the same thing. I removed ALL of the multiples, and now my phone is back to FRESH FLYING SPEED!

So...if you're experiencing lag, or used MY BackUp, check to see if you have multiples on your homescreen.

Hope this helps someone with a lag problem!

-alex
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hbkmat:
When I try to flash from 1.0 to .7 it force closes the google setup what is going on with that? Thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] boredmug:
I'm having the lag issue after trying android 2.0.. It also seems like i inherited its always trying to sync problem because it's looking like my phone is almost always using data. I'll have to check for the widgets.. Any simple way i can just wipe this crap clean and start over? i have several nandroid backups on my harddrive but i restored from a backup that was good and now i'm having these problems.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] andybars:
I have been having battery drain and force close issues as well. One day I had the battery drain 70% in 4 hours with little to no use. I reset the phone and it lasted another 5 hours from @ the 30% mark. It all seems pretty random, but for now a quick reset fixes the problems temporarily...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] boredmug:
I went back to my stock rooted nandroid backup and now i'm reinstalling fresh 1.0. Gunna see if that helps. I noticed that with the stock rom i still can't play HD youtube anymore and hardly any regular ones either through the app. SO i definately confirm that issue is not with fresh.. still bugs the crap outa me though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Lessthantito:
I have also noticed lag but it seems to have started since I DL the HTC battery widget after reading the last few posts in this thread I uninstalled it and I got a FC with Sense which was kinda weird, I also uninstalled Beautiful Widgets. (I can't really say if it had anything to do with the lag) It seems like my phone runs great for a few hours and then as the day progresses the lag is unbearable I am pretty much unable to pull the notification shade down without it sticking half way flicking from screen to screen is really bad. I checked all of my widgets and there aren't any duplicates, I'm going to restore to an older backup before I even installed the battery widget and see if it makes any difference
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Semantics:
I've noticed some terrible lag as well. I've had to nandroid back to stock and reflash 1.0 three times already. It will be fine for a couple days, then the lag gets unbearable. I don't want to blame the ROM, it may be the HTC Battery Widget, I'm going to drop that and see what happens.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] esoteric1311:
I've noticed the same thing. I've re-flashed like three times now. Didn't think about the battery widget. I was getting a lot of keyboard lag too.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
It seems to be a problem with the System_Server process. It's not quite a memory leak, but it has a similiar effect to it and it eats up clock cycles like no ones business. Turning off all of the location settings seemed to help. Before my phone would die while using wireless tethering, eevn if plugged in through an outlet. Now it's charging from my USB port.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] asapelectric:
I dont post too often, but my phone got very hot this AM, in my pocket. I reset it got, rid of GPS toggle, and another app, but those have been on there. So I dont know, but it was very warm...:confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
Having slow downs, force closes, and horrible battery life?

abcdfvis absolutely right. Please see:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5195062

and if you want a better explanation:

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3453

It is a bug in Android 1.5 that is caused by multiple apps accessing the location manager. I am looking in to the patch that those guys created, but the only official fix is to upgrade to 1.6+. :cool:

I am running a totally stock rom right now (RUU'd yesterday and haven't even rooted) and my system_server process is using 16% at idle! I went in and disabled all 3 "location service" options in the settings menu. It jumped up to like 30% and then dropped to 0% after about 1 minute.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] whatsleft4her:
hey flip any idea if we can get the new slide to unlock from the 2.1android leaks of nexus?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Lessthantito:
I always turn off Location and GPS this has never been an issue and for me the slowdowns just started recently Fresh 1.0 was running great for around 5-6 days before any lag I was amazed every day at it's speed
[Hero CDMA Android Development] azfxstb:
I hate to pile on here but i am having the same result never had this issue before Fresh 1.0 and it started about 5-6 days after flash..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jonassalk:
Had been running Fresh 1.0 without issue for 3-4 days, now getting the following error:

"Sorry! Application OMADM (in process com.htc.android.omadm) is not responding." Force close or Wait.

This prevents me from initiating a data connection. Any ideas?

I did do a nandroid backup after rooting, but before installing Fresh 1.0. Is the process for "uninstalling" a custom rom simply to restore the nandroid backup from SD? Is that the only solution to this problem?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] manlypowers:
I have the battery drain issue as well. I know it wasn't this way before the flash to fresh 1.0. Yesterday I did a full wipe and clean install (plus the update)and now my battery only lasts 3-4 hours even without use. I can not say 100% that there is something in fresh 1.0 - but I can say for sure that the problems weren't there before I installed the ROM. If the problem was there - it definitely was not this evident as I was pretty happy with battery life.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] yugoliang:
just wanted to share that i wiped/flashed back to 0.7 from 1.0 and battery is much better imho.