yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] afazel:
Well I wouldn't mind uninstalling it and going back to stock so I can try patching to this 1.3, but I haven't quite figured out how to do that. I do have a nandroid backup from before I applied 1.1, but I'm worried about reverting my SD card.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] centtavo79:
I went from a stock rom to 1.3 and I had alot of force closures, but that was due to me going into recovery mode and moving my apps/delv cache to the sd card using apps2sd. I reinstalled the sprint rom with the RUU uploader, then rooted my hero, did a backup with nanroid, uninstalled bloatware, did apps2sd again before updating to 1.3a. After all this I had no more force closures. I guess you have to play around with it to get something that works for you.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wcgbmd:
Alright I could have been nicer and more helpful in finding a resolution but I was trying to get the rom working for over 3 days. I flashed to the Fresh rom and I'm not having any problems it is more laggy than 1.2c but I decided to try something new. Here is a list of all of the problems I was having with the rom:

-Keyboard would randomly insert symbols and numbers instead of letters even after I re-calibrated it.

-All Google and Sprint apps would randomly force close.

-Couldn't set a ringtone or notification sound they always defaulted back to the default ringtone.

-Apps would force close immediately sometimes but would normally force close after a few minutes.

-My "Current Location" read as the number 5 for all htc location apps and still does even on the fresh rom.

-Had to reflash rom at least 5 times because it would get stuck at boot. I tried flashing through recovery and adb.

-Would freeze at boot after installing or rebooting and couldn't successfully install another rom so I had to install the ruu and redo all my modding twice.

-Not all apps would install to SD.

-Web Browsing was extremely slow and crashed alot.

-Keyboard would randomly cancel out.

-Trackball would always push to the left.

-Froze at boot multiple times and had to remove battery

-All apps began force closing after it began working for a day.

-Cleared Dalvik cache and couldn't open any apps without them crashing.

-Extremely sluggish, took an easy 8 seconds to start each app and at least 5 minutes to boot up.

-Battery drained much faster than normal.

-Camera would show a black screen now and then.

-Touchscreen would stop responding after unlocking the phone.

All of this was resolved after flashing to fresh. I never had any of these problems with 1.2c. 1.2c was the best rom I've tried so far and is still a bit faster than fresh. I really want to find out what is causing my location to be reported as a number than my actual location(Glen Burnie, MD) I'm snowed in so I can help test any updates until Tuesday or Wednesday. Good luck with resolving these problems I hope I helped.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kbnguy:
Bug??

I went from stock to MDC rom 1.3a straight after rooted. So far so good. My only problem is in-call volume. No matter how i set it and reboot after reboot after everycall it goes back to middle volume level. I tried everything i've could think of but no dice. Any advices?

TIA

Update: I now get FC like crazy even more than porn site popups...do I reinstall or nanc restore?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
Clear the dalvik-cache from recovery. Do the FC's go away?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
No need, 1.3a should load over 1.1 without any problems.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xdarkfluxx:
Having problems with FC. And it wont let me delete the dalvik cache from the recovery menu, telling me to use the command line. However when I do that it says No ext partition not found.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dcdave63:
Ok, been using 1.3a for a couple of days, and the only "quirk" I can see is that when I get a text message my screen flashes on and off for a split second. It's never done that before, and none of my notification settings are set for turning the screen on, or off. Anyone else seeing this? Is this worth going back to 1.3 or even 1.2c? Probably not, but I don't know if having it flash like this might at some point cause some negative effect with the screen. Just a thought. Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dperalesit:
Upgraded from 1.1, getting numerous FC...

Really wanted to try this too, dont really feel like going back to stock, im very lazy lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bimmer95:
Upgraded from 1.1 to 1.3a too, running v1.5.2 recovery. Now the market, browser and maps all fail to work and there's a ton of FCs. I did clear the dalvik cache, didn't help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
Ok, all of this stuff sounds really odd in terms of the issues people are having. None of the changes I made should have been large enough to cause these issues. I will start this rom over fresh from an unmodified 1.56 rom and reintegrate all of the changes from the MoDaCo rom one by one. That's going to take me a bit since I'm on vacation this week.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bimmer95:
I did a full data reset and that got it back up and running... got a lot of settings to go back through again now though... ugg.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Mizex:
Been running 1.3a upgraded from 1.1. I had to do a wipe and clear dalvik cache. Seems like everything is working OK..

I think 1.1 ran smoother for me. 1.3a seems to lag from time to time when flipping from screen to screen. It also seems that my battery is draining a bit faster than before.

Has anyone run into these issues? I am tempted to go back to 1.1 as I think it was a more solid build.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
Going back to 1.1 will net you:

The SMS vs Dialer bug (leading to increased battery use)

The Bluetooth core dump bug (leading to /data being consumed)

The slower camera

No speakerphone and mute buttons in the dialer

I'm sure there are others.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
Mine just works, for what it's worth. Even the version display in Settings is right now, although if I look at the build.prop file in the update, it's wrong.

Go figure. :)

Based on an earlier experience I had, I feel sure you can lay this at the feet of apps2sd. I would bet that every one of these people claiming FC's has used it.

People, once you've used apps2sd, you CANNOT remove the sdcard. Get used to the idea. If you EVER restart that phone without those apps being there, even if you replace it later, all bets are off.

I have a 16 gb card coming to replace my 8 gb. When it gets here, I will nandroid+ext my phone from recovery, then put the new card in and partition it, again from recovery. I will then put the original sdcard in the computer and copy everything back, including the nandroid backup, which I will then restore.

Without ever letting Android boot.

If you let the phone's OS boot, you WILL get FC's. Count on it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
I had the same issue initially, do you see a decent amount of background data activity? If so then go to settings > location > uncheck "use wireless networks" I noticed this caused excessive data use and was draining my battery to death and lagging my phone. I have gps enabled without problem though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Mizex:
I have unchecked "use wireless networks" I will report back on how battery life does now. So you have GPS enabled at all times? I normally only enable GPS when I need to use it and disable it again when I am finished.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] grifforama:
Getting the same issues.

Stock --> Root --> Modaco 1.3a --> Tons of FC's. examples. com.google.process.gapps....com.sprint.updater.......etc etc etc

Clearing dalvik cache has done nothing. Am Nandroiding back and not doing this until this has been fixed.

:mad:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bimmer95:
I am running Apps2SD, but I never pulled my SD card. The ROM was copied to my card via USB cable and installed using 1.5.2 recovery boot. Still had to wipe and reinstall everything to get it working.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
what I find most interesting, is that this works great without issues for a lot of people and then there are some people who have endless problems. It boggles the mind since we are all technically running the same hardware. I've triped flashing the roms from the following circumstances without error:

ruu>root>update>1.3a

ruu>update>root>1.3a

ruu>root>1.3a

ruu>root>1.1>1.3a

ruu>root>1.2c>1.3a

I don't mess with apps2sd though.

However, like I said, I'm going to attempt to rebuild this rom entirely from a stock 1.56 base. I should have done that a while ago.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
This one bothers me... if you rooted it, how did you run the MR? :)

Mine would most closely be: RUU >> Root >> 1.1 >> 1.2c >> 1.3beta >> 1.3 >> 1.3a
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
maybe my memory is lacking but I'm pretty sure the update ran without messing up my root.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
More the other way around... supposedly once you've rooted it, it fails some checksum, and the MR won't apply. Never tried it myself, because when I first rooted mine, flashrec didn't work, I couldn't back up the recovery, so mine would have failed the MR in any case.

If that didn't happen for you, it didn't happen. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jagerkatze:
Answer to FCs

Try this:

rm -r /data/boot-cache

reboot

If you do this, it should fix issues with FC...the boot process is looking for the apps in the phone when it's on SD...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thecodemonk:
It wasn't the rooting that messed up the update (I was rooted pre-update and root stayed). The update checks the recovery image and fails if you've installed a custom recovery image over the stock one.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] grifforama:
Perfect !!! Thank you so much.

This is the first working modded ROM I have installed on my Sprint Hero, and I have to say I'm pretty chuffed.

I had managed to get it pretty fast as a stock phone using Advanced Task Killer and a class 6 SD Card (It may be placebo as I heard it only reads at 2, but whatever..it feels faster)

So, I removed some crappy Sprint apps, but I have a few more questions.

1. It Apps2SD automatic ?

2. When Sprint releases the 2.1 upgrade within the next 6 months (!!!) willI have to downgrade back to Stock and then upgrade to 2.1 ? Is there any way of backing up my data when I do this ?

Thanks for this ROM, it's awesome.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] grifforama:
oh man.

famous last words.

Now, every time I mount and unmount my SD card, the phone says it's damaged and tries to reformat.

If I reboot, everything is good.

I had used the recovery to format it ext2 then reformatted to ext3, as I though that what one should do for apps2sd.

Is this a problem, or should I leave it ? All my data seems OK...

:confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
if you run apps2sd removing your sd card is not recommended
[Hero CDMA Android Development] grifforama:
I didn't remove it. I merely mounted it and unmounted it. Are you saying I can't even do this ?

:confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
I'm admittedly not an expert on apps2sd. I don't even bother running it on my phone since I don't have issues with internal storage limits with the apps that I use. From what I've read/heard apps2sd is pretty particular and once the memory card is installed and setup for apps2sd I really wouldn't mess with the SD card at all beyond that. But I don't have much experience with it as I've said. Just remember that your phone becomes wholly dependent on the SD card for proper operation with apps2sd mounting/unmounting has the same theoretical effect as removing the card, although it is not as potentially catastrophic.

Edit: also if you need to xfer files to/from the card, just hook up your usb cable to the phone and do it that way.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Mizex:
Is there anyway to revert back once using apps2sd without losing everything and getting a million FCs?

I know this is a bit off-topic but wanted to test how 1.3a would run without apps2sd.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
nothing I'm aware of thats really simple. your best bet would be to do a nanodroid restore to before you applied apps2sd, or flash the RUU, reroot and reflash the rom. Of course you'll have to reinstall your apps and resync your contacts etc. That is also probably the safest way to change back with the least likelihood of having residual problems.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
You can look through the forums, there's a procedure to follow when moving an application back to the internal storage.

I really haven't had a problem with apps2sd, though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
Well, yeah... you're unmounting the /sdcard partition, but you're not doing anything for the partition mounted on /system/sd (where /data got symlinked to for apps2sd). You remove the sdcard, all goes to h*ll because you removed a mounted filesystem.

DO NOT REMOVE THE SDCARD

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
Just got done doing it. Still no FC's. I *do* wish the phone would keep track of ringtones better, though. I have no idea how Android links to ringtones in /sdcard/media, but it ISN'T simply by filename, as after restoring every backup I've ever made, I've had to go back into People and reset them all.

Since it builds the radio-button list to choose from, I have a feeling that there's some sort of index table somewhere, and it doesn't actually use the filenames.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] govno64:
THANK GOD!!!

I've been trying for days to fix the FCs with all the Google apps (specifically maps) and this fixed everything! Now the phone is running slick as ice.

This should be added to the first page. I can't tell you how many times I wiped the dalvik cache and how many other things I tried to get my apps working again.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
I'm flying 15 hours today I'll update the first page tomorrow.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dcdave63:
I am still a bit confused by the Apps2SD and how the programs are moved to the SD Card. If I have already moved the programs, will all newly installed programs be automatically installed to the SD card going forward, or do I have to clear the dalvik cache, or somehow re-move the programs from the internal memory to the SD card?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
You just do a factory wipe if you get to that point.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
No, actually I follow the procedure I outlined, which as I said worked perfectly.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rustyman14:
Help

Ok this is probably a dumb question but does 1.3a have apps2sd in it or not??? Cause i partitioned my sdcard and am having tons of fun trying to figure out why the downloaded apps work and the stock ones wont like google maps, sprint navi, etc.. and i cant even get into terminal cause superuser force closes everytime i type $ su ...

I was going to try the earlier post with terminal rm -r/data/boot-cache

But i cant get into the root..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
Then you haven't done what you think you've done. Or didn't do it right. That's all there is to it.

If you'd applied MoDaCo 1.3a, then a simple 'adb shell' would leave you at a root prompt. If you're shelling into the phone, and you're NOT at a root prompt already, then you haven't applied the custom ROM.

Yes, MoDaCo 1.3a applies the symlink trick if it finds the EXT partition on your sdcard at first boot. You can see it in the output from the mount command at the shell, mounted on /system/sd.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
posguy is like unofficial, official, unofficial tech support. yeah... thats it! :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
Fine, I'll be quiet, then. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
:) I appreciate it personally...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
I was responding to the last line about removing the card and the force close. Sorry, I should have been more specific.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dan330:
hi

I have Sprint Hero.. new.. got it 12/30/09

rooted fine

MoDaCo 1.1 fine

just upgraded to MoDaCo 1.3.........

now.. it has a lot of forced closed apps.. like Sprint TV and Google search.... will not work..

Can still make and receive calls..

What needs to be done to fix?

Thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rustyman14:
Go into the recovery and wipe the dalvik cache
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
There are two potential fixes placed on the page of the first post. You need to either clear your Dalvik-Cache from the recovery console or log into your phone via adb and delete your boot cache. I want to script it into the rom to do that automatically, but I've been distracted because of the holidays.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dan330:
that is great.. sounds like the fix is simple...

but....

I aint got no idea... where to go to complish this task...

I mounted my SDcard.. and did not find any suck files...

So.. I am guessing I am looking in the wrong place. :confused:

can someone please .. tell me a little more detail.. on how to do this simple ... delete the dalvik Cache?

Much appreciated..

you guys rock!!! :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
when you rooted your phone I hope you installed the recovery image? If you have then you can boot into recovery mode by powering the phone on while holding the home key. You should be able to find it very easily in the resulting menu that pops up.

Unfortunately, the adb console for removing the boot-cache is not as simple. Still I do not think it should be too difficult. You need to have two very important things installed on your computer. One is the android sdk, which should be easily located, downloaded and installed after a quick google search. Just make sure that the SDK is installed somewhere simple like c:\hero_sdk. Next you have to go to htc.com and get the latest version of htc sync and install that. Once you have installed both here are the next steps.

1. Connect phone to computer with a usb cord.

2. do not let HTC Sync do anything we just installed the software for the drivers

3. open your command prompt Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt

4. type without quotes "cd hero_sdk" and then "cd tools"

5. open adb console by now typing "adb" at your command prompt.

6. You should now be logged into your phone and see a new prompt symbol either $ or #

7. is you see $ then enter in the "su" command for root access

8. now you enter "rm -r /data/boot-cache" this clears the boot cache

9. then type "reboot" your phone should now reboot itself. Don't worry if it takes a little bit longer after that since it now has to rebuild the boot cache.

10. Enjoy your fully functional rooted hero with modded rom.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dan330:
AWESOME!!!!

I did load the SDK, ADB, and recovery, and Sync when i did the rooting...

I did look in the Recovery boot.. in safe mode...by holding the "home" button....

but... the choice to delete Dalvik .. was not an option...

but I did follow your instructions to clear the boot-cache...

and now.. my HERO is working ... for now.. :P

thanks.. so much

hope this also helps others...

:D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dan330:
for being a pain...sorry.. :p

but...after clear Boot-cache,

1 thing did not work.. that i can tell...

WifiTether... would "force Close"

So I took a look at the wipe Dalvik-cache again... and was able to find the "wipe Dalvik-Cache" option in recovery boot.

performed the operation.. and Reboot the system.....

then back to before (after the 1.3 update).. many programs would FC... and same programs would not work...

I did the Boot-cache clear again .. per instructions again...

and...

seams like all programs are working but the Tether....

WiFiTether.. ... force closed!

which is very ironic... because that is the MAIN reason... I wanted to do all this... hahah LOL :rolleyes:

.... what is my next ... step...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
1. you could go into adb and manually remove the apk, reboot and then reinstall it.

2. look for a new/older version of the wifi tether and install that instead

I'm not sure why exactly you are having the problem though as wifi-tether works great for me I always run my own rom :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dan330:
i found the software...

loaded it using HTC Sync software...

loaded it over the old....

no change...still has FC :confused:

how do you unload/uninstall.. a software.. ???
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dan330:
ok.. just to let others know...

I found another software to tether .. aNetShare

it is not available in the Google Market

Loaded it..

works fine.

that just means that the hardware and software are good...

BTW.. the Wifi-tether was working before I did the 1.3 update..

so.. it is just some setting.. that is conflicting for the Wifi-Tether .. but not aNetShare

hope this gets resolved....

I like the performance and options on WifiTether more

:cool:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] striker777:
Thanks for all the hard work!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] daviss:
new version?

Looks like there is a new version out:

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...n-2-0-modaco-custom-rom-for-sprint-cdma-hero/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] AimanF:
Hope this isn't too stupid a question but is it possible to flash the new official MCR 2.0 over this build? Or is a wipe required to go to the new rom?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] posguy99:
And what do the instructions for 2.0 say, since they're the ones that control?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
Ok, home now, full belly and a cold beer. Getting to work to fixing the problems. Anyone want to be my guinea pig and test it on MoDaCo 1.1?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thorracing1:
i will:),,,
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
Ok, we have a new build being tested, and it looks promising for current MoDaCo 1.1 users, the rom will require a wipe from recovery mode before flashing in order to get everything working ok.

Looking for more testers! PM for download link.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david279:
The rom works great. I went ahead and updated the build.prop files to the updated MR info and all is well. Great job patching it together.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
Glad to hear it, next step for me is modding the MoDaCo rom into something I can call my own. This has been an extraordinary learning (and fun) experience for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theraginasian:
Can anyone confirm working WifiTether?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david279:
yea it works.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david279:
Okay here as a quick note. Ext4 partition cause the phone to go into a boot-loop of sorts. Just had it happen to me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theraginasian:
Could you help me with how to update the build.prop files? I want to update but would like my device to report the correct ROM version!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david279:
Check PM......
[Hero CDMA Android Development] the_miker:
Just flashed this over a rooted stock 1.29.651.1, worked perfectly, didn't even have to wipe. I manually updated the build.prop to reflect the MR update version number (1.56.651.2) and when I rebooted, all my paid apps were back in the Market. I think it had something to do with leaving this line alone:

ro.build.fingerprint=sprint/htc_heroc/heroc/heroc:1.5/1.29.651.1/69164:user/release-keys

I could be wrong though. Anyway.. thanks for the rom!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david279:
Did not work for me. It could be because i flashed a rooted stock hero with MR.

Not a rooted stock without MR.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
thats odd because I havent had any problems accessing market apps.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david279:
I can see some but not all paid apps. Like bust a move or picsay pro,ect...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
you're right... hrmmm I'm going to look into a possible fix for that

I think it's related to the build fingerprint like themiker suggested.

If the market app doesn't recognize your device fingerprint it wont let you get protected apps. I'll work on a fix.