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[Hero CDMA Android Development] ebaDamagePlan:
Even though it does cut down on the 'flow' I think it's worth it. Even for someone who's not a beginning it answers good questions like "Well I know how to install a theme, what exactly is this guy's software doing?" And your program explains everything it's doing. Which I think is good because in general if I can do something myself I'll more than likely do it unless I really trust the software doing it for me, and your step by step explanations help remove doubt, but that's just me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] randalldeflagg:
never popped up. I noticed it didnt do a push command either.

not sure if it makes a diffrence. my phone camae with 1.56 preloaded. so I tried the other method first by checking the with google box. got a ton of errors. but it did push the older recovery image. the errors where out of memory errors.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
That actually shows that it worked. The out of memory errors just happen sometimes when flashing the RA image. 90% of the time it worked just fine even though there were errors. The other 10% you can reboot the phone and do it a second time and it will go. It's an "issue" with the fact that the recovery image only has so much space it's allowed to take up and it just freaks out sometimes when you are flashing a new img to it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] superman.namrepus:
Brilliant

This is Brilliant! You have done a great job with this. It works great for me with no problems so far. Thank you for making this pre-kitchen. I look forward to what you come out with next. I plan to donate but in the mean time I got to your web page and visit all of the adsense links on the right side everyday. :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] randalldeflagg:
good to know. loving how fast it is now. made it very easy. not sure a caveman could.

but this is just wonderful
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zilesx:
I also got "The installer was unable to open the debug to determine if it is installed" but it seemed as if everything worked fine.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
For the most part it should work on any Hero I suppose. Since a lot of the directory paths are the same. I'd love a GSM tester to let me know if it works for them. ;) I haven't looked at your guys roms close enough to see if it's the same or not though. I guess what might not work would be

1) Auto-rooter, since your method is different

2) You would need to be running a rom that supports "adb remount" which is pretty much any non-stock rom

3) The nandroid stuff, just because I'm not sure what command lines work with your version

4) Other stuff that I can't think of right now. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ebaDamagePlan:
Hey I thought of a suggestion, thumbnails for lock screens and such. It would obviously just be a frill and isn't needed but people might like it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
If you pick a lockscreen / theme it will show you a preview. It's the best way I could do it without hard coding the previews in to the application. This allows you to throw any updated or new lockscreens and themes right in to the program directory and have them show up in the kitchen.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ebaDamagePlan:
Oh wow, again you're one step ahead of me
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lilzone:
Thanks for the help flipz, You are the man. I got everything working again back to fast hero. Cant wait for the finished result of the kitchen. Go flipz!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dying4004:
a'rite man. i will test with gsm roms and let you know. cheers for your great work. cool going bro.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rquinn19:
I cannot install the clear theme for nothing. I've tried many different ways and I get an error saying Rosie is in use. Tried installing manually and it said it was signed or something.

Also getting an unable to view the degub to see if the theme installed popup
[Hero CDMA Android Development] StephenMilone:
same here, it crashes on win7 32bit.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
I'll check it out guys. Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] durhamite:
I am having problems installing boot screens too. I am able to add and remove programs using the Kitchen but not boot screens. This is what I am getting in the log

The system cannot find the file specified.

Funny thing is this log file was dated yesterday and I should have a new one since I tried installing the boot screen today. Any suggestions.

Running Windows 7 and Fresh 1.0
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Diplomat2387:
Will there be a tuturial on this..?...I am a noob and havent even rooted my phone yet..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Semantics:
Man, you get much respect for this Pre Kitchen. What a great design. I can't add or remove programs with the ROM I am currently running. I am trying the Gumbo ROM I got from Android Central.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ebaDamagePlan:
I've uninstalled and changed boot screens with no issues on win7 64, haven't tried anything else, I'm willing to test other stuff if anyone wants me to.

The whole thing is pretty self explanatory, just plug your phone into your PC via the USB cable and run the .exe Root your phone first with the button that looks like a # sign, then after that uninstall the programs you don't want, change your boot screen and theme.

Any other questions or specifics you're interested in?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
Will someone out there that is getting the "unable to open the debug" error try something for me? Or if a few of you could do this that are seeing this problem I appreciate it. We need to figure out what's locking the files. I can't duplicate this problem.

1) Download process monitor: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx and run it

2) Run the kitchen and try to install a bootscreen or theme and wait for the error that says it can't read the debug. Once you pops up don't click ok... just leave it.

3) Click on the little binoculars on the title bar in process explorer, it will allow you to search for opened items. If you tried a bootscreen you want to search for "bootscreen-installer-debug.txt" if you tried a theme then you need to search for "theme-debug.txt"

4) Once you search it will display in the very first column what program is actually locking the file. Please let me know what it says! Thanks.

If it shows up as "non-existent process" (helpful, right??) then you'll also need to do the following:

1) Open windows task manager (control + alt + delete)

2) Click on View < Select Columbs < PID

3) Click on processes tab and then sort by the PID column and find the PID that process monitor gave you earlier. Task manager will then show you what the process is.

Make sure to tell me what OS you are on when you post your info.

As for those of you getting the file not found errors in debug, I'm still working on finding the cause of that. I think I have an idea.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dalvarez7:
Okay...here is my info.

OS: Windows 7 32-bit

Process: adb-windows.exe

I was trying to install a theme. Phones rooted with 1.52 running Fresh 1.0
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
Ok cool. That's what I needed to know. I already have code in the kitchen to kill that process off because I had seen in the past that it sometimes would hang open. I'll have to add a loop in that if checks for it after it thinks it should be gone and tries to kill it again. Thanks!

Hey let me ask... did the theme install for you? Or did the theme install also fail?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dalvarez7:
The theme didn't install. I rebooted the phone and still a no go.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] swaze:
Any update on installing the bootscreens??? Still getting the same error about the debugging not being able to tell if the bootscreen installed. Can't get it to work like the posters who posted on the geek4me site.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
Flipz is still working on it. What I suggest, is just provide system info, ie OS, ROM & recovery, & wait for 0.2/0.1.1 to come out.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
I got it. Update coming right meow. Just debating on 0.1b vs 0.1.1 lol. Decisions decisions.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
My vote is 0.1.1, since a bug fix, not adding features to the kitchen.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
Too late. :-P that was my reasoning for doing 0.1b. haha.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] swaze:
Great work Flipz, im about to d/l the fix and ill let you know if there are any issues, but I suspect that since you put the fix out that you know it works. Either way, appreciate the work. Eventually I will get up to speed to be able to help out in this stuff, im reading and working on things everyday.

UPDATE: Fix worked as advertized. Installed a new bootscreen with no errors and with confirmation. Thanks again flipz.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] BigBallin:
are there any plans on doing a mac version?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
Thanks for letting me know!

Not by me... but I'd be happy to share my knowledge with someone who knows about mac dev. I know 0 (other than scripts for the terminal).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] durhamite:
Just an FYI: if you still have issues after installing the update. Do a Ctrl Alt Del and kill the ADB windows process and try it again. This worked for me!

Thanks Flipz!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
When I first created this second test build I had it kill adb and then start it again, but then I decided to just change it back to starting it because I hoped it would help prevent an issue with stopping and starting the adb server too quickly. But if I had done that, it would have prevented your error. hehe.

thanks durhamite! To clarify... if you were already having this issue and 0.1b doesn't fix it for you then pull up task manager and kill adb-windows.exe and then run it again. For everyone else, 0.1b should fix all issues (if you had any in the first place).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jeric71:
I may be a complete idiot in regards to an issue I had pop up, but I wanted to ask the question. I used the pre-kitchen to clear my texts as I had not deleted any threads since I bought my phone in October. The app deleted them perfectly (and in a lot less time than manually doing it in Handcent or the Messages app), but I cannot seem to find where the backups went. If you could help me on this, it would be great. Thanks!

BTW the .1b fix worked for me and the boot screen installed flawlessly. Everything else I've done with the kitchen has worked perfectly (add/remove apps, auto-root)

Thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
The backups are in c:\folder-where-kitchen-is\backups\ . Hrm... actually ya know what? It looks like I packed it without the backup folder in the kitchen. So it's not backing them up before deleting them. :o I had honestly not even planned on advertising that it was making a backup in the first place, but I changed that right before release. I'm not going to push an update for that at this moment, but I'll put it in the known issues.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jeric71:
good news is that even though the kitchen didn't include a packaged backups folder, it seems the .db with the texts is just dumped into the main folder anyways. Manually creating a backups folder will dump the backup in the correct place.

Edit: Is there any app that will take the files created and restore the SMS to the phone? What program or app will read the files dumped out by the kitchen?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jesse714:
okay so I just tried to install this patch and I'm getting 1 error " E: no signature (1 files)

E: verification failed. Install aborted"

now then I did just notice that this is a "windows only" app... so downloading on a macbook and then xfering to a sd card could possible cause this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
This isn't a patch for your phone. It's a program that you run on your computer. ;) If you're on a macbook then you'll either need to setup bootcamp or parallels to use it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jesse714:
okay so I'm on a windows machine and hella confused. I thought this was a patch to change the lock screen and get that installer and uninstaller ect. so if its not a patch so how do i get those screens that were in thescreen shot?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
By extracting this zip on your computer and running the exe inside. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] roberts.tyler3289:
okay so I tried to install a them using the pre kitchen and got an error that said continue or cancell and before i got done reading the error my phone restarted and then wouldn't boot up. I reverted to a nandroid however its a previous rom so i will have to go back to the 1.0 is there any way that i can be sure to avoid this error in the future. also can i theoretically take a theme thats not preloaded in the pre kitchen, download it, and then load it to the phone using the pre kitchen?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lv2bll:
first go to tweaks and the bootscreen is right there, if you want to use a theme the n you have to drop 1 in the themes folder(wherever you extracted it)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
Make sure you are using 0.1b which fixed an error. It's a tiny 600kb download that you just need to drop it in to the folder and replace the exe. Also you should make a nandroid backup before playing with things like this app. ;)

And yea, in theory you can use any theme as long as it's made for our phones.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] roberts.tyler3289:
okay so i downloaded a few themes from theunlockr. they said they were for the hero however they didn't specify gsm or cdma, but when i load them i don't get an error anymore, they just don't change anything, so i would say its safe to assume that they are for the gsm version. so my question would be does anyone know where i can get some cool themes for the cdma version of the hero?

thanks for all your help its greately appreciated.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
http://xdaforums.com/search_rop.php?searchid=31846708

Be aware that you are best off using ones that say they are ok with fresh 1.0. You can try others but you may need to do clear cache (an option in the kitchen) to get the phone to boot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Is_907:
So this may have been suggested already but I thought I'd throw in my two cents...

I love your ROM and I really like the kitchen app but I have one suggestion for the kitchen app:

Make a checklist type toolbox section so I can easily create a backup, install a theme and boot screen, and remove my cached lock screen all in one go and then reboot once.

That'd really save first time users some time as well as people like me who pick out everything and change it all at once. ;)

Thanks for the awesome work!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ebaDamagePlan:
How is this not on the front page?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riotkid976:
clearing the lockscreen wallpaper isn't working for me, but everything else works fine!

job well done!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
The wallpaper cache clear assumes that you are running 1.0 and have removed the source of your original lockscreen wallpaper. Any add-on themes may interfere with it (if they included a wallpaper in lockscreen.apk) or if you have assigned a lockscreen wallpaper since flashing fresh originally.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riotkid976:
I flashed my fresh 1.0 backup and I thought it was clean but I was wrong. I'll do a clean install tonight when I get off work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Lessthantito:
Works like a charm I installed the Nexus boot screen and it's pretty kick ass is there a way to change my Evil lock to the regular Sprint lock I already have the clear image
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Diplomat2387:
So I can root my phone using this..?..All I have to do is click auto root and then check off with google seeming that it says that on the back of my phone?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flipzmode:
That's the goal. :) Also check off "with google" flashes the old recovery image first, because I have seen some issues with going straight to the new one on a couple of random phones. Once the first one finishes and roots fine you can go back and run it again with the box unchecked to install the newest recovery image.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] STILLSPRINTIN:
Can someone tell me where the text messages save to after you back them up?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Semantics:
For some reason, I'm unable to have any success with the Pre Kitchen. I've tried the auto root with 1.5.2 img on my sd card, and that failed to flash the recovery. I've also never once had any success using the auto install/uninstall. I click the programs to install, the cmd prompt window opens for a split second, it says remount succeeded, then the cmd window closes and my phone reboots. The programs never install. Any suggestions? This happened with 1.0 and with 1.1 flashed from stock root.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jziggy618:
I am struggling to download this package. The download repeatedly times out. Is there an alternate download location? Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
Please read the thread, this has already been answered.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riotkid976:
I still can't force the lockscreen cache to clear. I just flashed fresh 1.1 (so i know its theme-free) and i've completely deleted the wallpaper image, but the bugger persists!

edit: oops, I lied. somehow I still have the clear notifications theme, so it is possible that I have others....not sure how that happened...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Diplomat2387:
I can't get the test command to work...I am running Windows 7 so idk what I am doing wrong..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Saltwater Hero:
I kept getting the out of memory error so i check the "with google" box even though I dont have a phone with the google logo on the back and it worked like a charm!! Thank you!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Diplomat2387:
Thanks to 702DROID for walking me through the process of rooting..I am currently on the latest Fresh ROM now...I tried to auto root again to get the latest recovery image but on the cmdprompt it says no such file or directory and then when the recovery image loads up its still v1.2.3..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] deadonarivalry:
dl RA's latest (there's a thread here), copy it to /sdcard and then use adb to flash it.

I haven't use the pre-kitchen just yet, so I'm not sure if you could flash it from there, but if you have adb up and running, I can walk you through that. It's really easy actually.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shawn_diggidy:
I am getting the same error, and from reading some posts in this thread it sounds like there should have been some folders extracted when I unzipped the pre-kitchen download and all I get is the fresh pre-kitchen executable when I unzip. Is this a problem?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kraminc:
Sounds like you just downloaded the patch. Go to this link download kitchen01 first then download the patch and extract and replace the original exe file.

http://geekfor.me/new-release/fresh-pre-kitchen-01/#more-441
[Hero CDMA Android Development] AyoJake:
i have the 0.1 version and it is doing that error so idk what to do...can it be something else
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shawn_diggidy:
Yep, this did it. Downloaded the 0.1 edition, extracted it, then re-extracted the patch to replace the .exe and the test works for me. Now to root. :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] AyoJake:
i dont get what to do can you explain?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
Download & extract this. Then download & extract this in the same direct & all it to replace the files it says it is going to replace/overrite.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] AyoJake:
k i push root then a window pops up and says this: the auto rooter has attempted to read the debug to make sure that step 1 successfully however it failed to open the file on your computer just click ok to continue.the rooting may or may not work.

i click ok then

then command prompt opens and it types a bit the something like the system cannot find path specified

then a lil more is typed and then goes mount is not recognized as an internal or external command

then it says the same with flash image and reboot about it not being an internal or external command?

ahhh plz help
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
Did you update the kitchen to 0.1b?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] AyoJake:
ok so now i installed new drivers and restarted and then tried again and now im getting the ! with the dead hero whats that mean?

and when i click the help button it says it was unable to open the debug to determine if the command was successful
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wtphoto:
I am having the same issue with the auto root not working. I have tried it after useing both the 1.29 RUU and the 1.56 not sure what the problem is. and yes I have updated to 0.1b and am still getting that debug error
[Hero CDMA Android Development] johndoehizzle:
thats the same thing im getting on mine..did the kitchen update n all too..running on windows vista x 64,if that matters....the phones on the fresh 1.1 btw..slick rom!!! :) ..just wanna get the pre-kitchen working to do all the work for meeeeeeeee haha
[Hero CDMA Android Development] modchipper:
I first tried 0.1b without any success after many attempts. :confused:

I got it to root using 0.1 without the update even with a few of out of memory errors but it worked. :D Love the pre kitchen tho, thanks flipz :cool:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 702DROID:
you supposed to copy .1b ontop of .1 that will fix your memory errors
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dom2114:
text message backup

hey there all...

been a little while since ive been on here as I was so happy w/ fresh 0.6...how things have changed!

everything's working perfectly (props to flipz as always....become a bit of a legend since I was last on).

One thing though. Managed to backup my text messages and have the mmssms.db file.

My only question is what program do we use to open this file? (Im thinking this may be a very stupid question with a very quick answer)

Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Diplomat2387:
How do I get the lastest recovery img on my phone.?..I have the with Google Hero...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] asianizeboy:
HI, I am new to this android thing and I wanted to know if someone could help me root my phone. I have a stock sprint hero with the new firmware update and I wanted to know if the auto-root would work for me. It would seem like the easiest way to root my phone instead of doing those other steps. If someone could help me that would be great. Thank you.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 702DROID:
this pre kitchen is the easiest way just download it and run it follow the on screen instructions and your good to go
[Hero CDMA Android Development] TF1984:
Help help help

I have surely missed this somewhere, but I simply can't search anymore. It's a pre-kitchen issue.

I have Fresh 1.1, no issues. Today I downloaded the pre-kitchen and read the release info. then I tried to install the clear theme, got a false-positive message. Went back to Fresh site, downloaded 0.1b, extracted to overwrite prekitchen exe. Fired it up again, the theme took.

Then I decided I didn't like the full Clear theme, so I added the F1 (clear widget) theme to the kitchen folder. Then I realized I no longer was receiving the option to "mount" my sd card when I plugged up.

Anyway, tried to install theme, kitchen will not recognize my phone, AND NOW I CAN'T MOUNT SD EITHER. WHAT HAS HAPPENED???????

I deleted the debug text files like Flipz mentioned on his site, but still nothing. I didn't think I was an idiot but I really can't figure out what is happening, and I can't afford to not be able to mount my phone.

Windows 7, 32 bit. HTC HERO, CDMA on Sprint, Fresh 1.1 rom (upgraded from 1.0) RA Heroc1.2.3 Recovery image...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 702DROID:
have you tried to restore a backup and see if that fixes the problem
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nck4857:
Awesome, I just downloaded .2 and installed Quick Office back in.. Couldn't have been easier!!! Thanks for the update!!!!