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[Hero CDMA Android Development] johndoehizzle:
I had this problem too.with a different rom though.called sprint n they had no fix,except taking it to a repair center,which i didnt wanna do....so i justed ended up doing the sprint ruu (reformatting the phone to stock) n it fixed it,not sure what the problem was but it fixed it...i decided to fix it myself instead of taking it to sprint n have them tell me its a problem with the rom n doesnt fall under warranty.....do a backup then sprint ruu,Re-root,n restore the backup...kinda sucks doin all this,i made a thread on this a week or 2 ago,no1 had a fix....hope this helps.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] johndoehizzle:
Just incase anybody might know of a fix or can.come up with a fix,the download button just greys out and sometimes says "download unsuccessful"...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HeroMeng:
That seems like a giant pain in the arse.... but I use MMS a LOT, so thanks for telling me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] johndoehizzle:
No problem..also,not sure if this is part of the problem too,but i remember that sometimes mms's would show up as a slideshow instead of just a "download" button.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HeroMeng:
Before I rooted, my phone would always do that.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lnxmad:
I love this rom..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HeroMeng:
What theme and clock widget is that? It looks dope.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] johndoehizzle:
Yeahhh.i liked how it would automatically load the pics.easier...lol..makes me sound lazy,but yeah haha
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HeroMeng:
LAZY PEOPLE, UNITE!

...tomorrow
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lnxmad:
check out metamorph
[Hero CDMA Android Development] johndoehizzle:
The american way..ahahah no offense to any1 lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theoottesen:
Everyone that is having an issue with SMS can you look and see if MIN shows up in SETTINGS->STATUS->MIN
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
Someone else was the same issue & the only way they fixed was flash the 1.56 RUU, re-root & reflash AOSP 1.6.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
Hmm, thats interesting, it shows that the MIN is unknown for me. Hopefully this is a lead to a fix!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HeroMeng:
Hmm... says the same thing for me. SMS works fine on mine, but MMS doesn't.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theoottesen:
Yeah that's what it is showing for me, every other rom that sms works with shows the MIN. The bad thing is that the EPST menu can't be access from the aosp roms, or if it can it's beyond me how to get it to work. I tried copying the epst.apk and epst.odex to the phone but that did not allow me to get into the epst menu, so someone with more experience than me might be able to help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lorsoblu:
I searched through this thread, but I do not think I've seen anyone really address this...

Is anyone still having issues with this ROM and location services? I'm not talking GPS (that's working fine), I mean the method of defining your location by what I assume is your connection to the network (i.e. based on the tower).

I'm having no luck with that at all. When I use Google Maps, it is either all or nothing. Either it knows exactly where I am by GPS, or it says my location is unavailable. Google Latitude (w/ Gears in the browser) is working, but it is the same thing, only based off GPS when it is on and connected.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gthing:
Same problem here. +1 for a solution...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ffolkes:
I'm consistently getting cell tower locks within about 5 seconds of opening Maps, and GPS locks about 15ish seconds after that. Seems to be working for me...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gthing:
lorsoblu: What is your carrier? Maybe it's a Sprint thing...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lorsoblu:
Yes, I am on Sprint. Everything works fine on the 1.5 ROMS, so it might be unique to Sprint.

What are you using ffolkes? You are using 1.6, correct?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ffolkes:
I'm on Sprint using 1.6 (gbhil from android central), but I'm pretty sure GPS worked fine on plain AOSP 1.6 too. Using a "With Google" branded Hero.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NeedzABetterSN:
SMS didn't work for me. The ROM was very responsive though. Back to TTG.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] coldfire2122:
Nevermind.............
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Gregalous:
Having the same problem here.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
Try flashing back to RUU 1.56, reroot, wipe & reflash AOSP1.6 & extras.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Darkshneider:
Damn... I was one of the lucky ones to get the non working SMS. I enjoyed it for the most part, but I need SMS.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] katmandu421:
Just FYI: I;m on sPrint running gbhil's 1.6 w/ google bits and kernel and get gps and tower location in most apps (maps, geobeagle) but Locale is unable to find me. Not w/google branding
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bron019:
Speech to text is not working for me on this ROM and the other 1.6 ROM
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gthing:
I can get a network location sometimes and a GPS location if I'm outside. I now have 3 friends on this rom, though, and none of our latitude locations update with any frequency.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] giovannizero:
SMS working

After reinstalling the rom I found SMS broken. I restored back to Fresh 1.1 and then did a wipe. After installing the 1.6 rom, booting, installing gbits and booting sms is working just fine now.

That's not a great fix but basically I just reinstalled everything after wiping and my sms is working fine now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gthing:
The only other problem I can't seem to fix (besides the location services thing) is the data periodically crashing and requiring a reboot. I've seen others report the same thing but no solution. Any progress on this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] coffe34:
Switched from fresh to 1.6 last week. I didnt have to wipe. Only problems i had were with headphones, which i fixed, and my network going out. Been looking for a fix, but seems to be a recurring problem. It only goes out about twice a day, but its still annoying to have to reset my phone for no reason. Other than that, it works great.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] daveydave:
Yeah, I love the hard work that quietcblongs did to put this ROM together, as it's very slick, but I'm bummed that he doesn't think the network drop-out issues are worthy of his time to fix (as he's posted a few times). He thinks rebooting the phone a few times a day is ample fix in its own.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
He didn't say it wasn't worthy of his time to fix, he stated that it's not at the top of the list to fix.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cj1171:
yeah an occasional reboot isn't as show-stopping as say, not being able to send SMS...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] athlet1c:
Yes SMS is my Issue as well. I did the reinstall thing and nothing , so I guess im going to have to wait it out
[Hero CDMA Android Development] samrozzi:
any news on getting bluetooth to work??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 98classic:
all of you crying just like this should start learning and fixing it on your own instead of *****ing about the dev not being on YOUR schedule.

ungrateful people i tell ya. take it as it comes and dont pressure for free **** or start doing yourself. and dont give me that "well i dont know where to start" im sure the devs were there once, or the "well i dont have time" im sure its the same issue for the devs not getting around to it. it is their hobbie not their job so i think a "shut up and quit *****ing and start helping" is in order, *****ing and asking for ETA's doesnt help, pulling logs and stuff like that do but no one seems to want to contribute just take.

./rant over
[Hero CDMA Android Development] daveydave:
You give me gas.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] eddieroger:
I'm with you on this, and I've seen plenty of it as a developer as well. Playing devil's advocate, though, there aren't really a ton of resources out there for learning how to cook roms, let alone debug one you didn't write. I've been searching this forum, Google's site, everywhere for howtos, posts, etc, and it's not available. Tips? Links? Guides? If not, let's write one.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] giovannizero:
To be clear - fixing sms

To be clear on my last post, sms wasn't fixed until I'd wiped, restored to a working rom and then wiped and flashed to 1.6 a few times.

The first two tried sms still didn't work but a couple of wipe's later it works just fine.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gthing:
Geez - relax. This is xda-developers.com. People post stuff they're developing, and then everyone posts bugs, asks for fixes, gives feedback, etc. Why would someone fix a bug themselves without asking if anyone else had run into or fixed it first?

If nobody was posting bugs and asking for fixes than there wouldn't be much on this forum at all.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 98classic:
Lol so if a fix hasnt been posted what do u think that means? Probably that quiet is holding out? Come on, he updates as soon as a fix for something is found. but whatever a phone can be fixed, stupid cant.

And links have been posted to stuff that can help a start to android developement, i would find them but phone browsing suck.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gthing:
Are you suggesting we all keep quiet about any issues we're having and just assume the devs already know about the bugs and the level of demand to have them fixed?

People post questions on these forums not only for the developers but to find out what other users are running into. One user asked the question about the data crashing on another forum and another user (not the dev) responded with a list of applications that will cause the data connection to crash.

Now I guess that user could have gone and done his own research - going through applications one by one, but it seems like there is a big benefit to collaborating with others and pooling your knowledge together. If you really want to "go it alone" and fix everything and do everything by yourself than you should unplug your internet, because that's the whole point.

Everyone's really impressed with how well you can suck up to the devs, but it would be more impressive if you actually contributed something other than transparent ass kissing. Post a bug or post a question or post a solution that you found to a problem. That's why we're here. We don't need to dance around the issues - this is xda-developers not xda-customer-support.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] SupahDave:
someone pass the popcorn... this is getting good. lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] daryelv:
If I was a moderator on XDA I'd create specific protected threads that developers could use without having all the "I can't send SMS" messages. Yes, the devs are VERY aware that there are users with SMS problems, but re-iterating it over and over won't help them solve the problem. Be patient, most of the devs do this as a hobby and have a regular job and families. If you want it fixed on YOUR schedule, go hire a developer to do it for you.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
^ ^ QFT! ^ ^
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 98classic:
Lol damn you, said exactly what i said just 100000x shorter and clearer. Hahah

And that dude said im doing transparent asskissing? Lol ok dude. People keep asking the same crap that has been answered over and over AFTER quet said that pulling logs would help. People are just to stupid to do/find anything on their own. Ive read ALL the posts on this thread to see what i was getting into but most dont seem to think thats worth doin
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rulermon:
Dude i think people are funny

i was enjoying the fight too....somone sper it on because i dont want to be that guy.... but at least i have something to look forward to reading besides the "my sms doesnt work" & "does anyone have a workaround to sms" how 'bout the "my gps doesnt work"..... i dont think this really desterbs the devs too much (unless your being a **** about it not working) i mean if you read this thread daily (which i do) and im guessing the dev that made this would it wouldnt hert much posting your damn fighting which entertains all of us hopeing to see some changes to the rom ...again....atleast you are providing me with entertainment while i wait

Keep up the great work quite my sms doesnt work but im paiently waiting and im happy with what i have
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
I didn't have a problem with SMS working.

Flashed from Fresh 1.1 with MCK.

Not sure if there's anything to that, but I saw in another thread someone talking about Fresh having persistant files.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
Could you please link me to that forum post with the list? thnx :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cj1171:
Did you go from Fresh straight to 1.6? Typically I do a wipe before switching ROMs, so maybe that will solve the SMS issue?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mrinehart93:
I doubt this will help any, but I'm going to start to try flashing 1.6 coming from different ROM's, wiping between ROM flashes. I REALLY want to see if I can find a fix for this SMS issue. Just a quick idea... would a RUU AND THEN flash 1.6 do anything? Maybe there is something about the original root process (first one ever posted... I used this one and SMS doesn't work for me) that disables SMS on some phones? I don't know... just a guess. But if anyone else wants to help me figure this stuff out, go ahead and help :)

So right now, I'm going to flashed Gutted 1.5 (since it's extremely basic... less chance of conflicts between flashes), and then flash 1.6. I'll let you guys know how it goes.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cj1171:
To save you the trouble, I tried wiping and installing Fresh 1.1 today and then going straight to 1.6 and still no luck sending SMS.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mrinehart93:
In the past I've tried going from Fresh 1.1 to 1.6, and it's never worked.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
I came from stock, installed Fresh 1.1, wiped, went to 1.6 AOSP.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riotkid976:
I went DIRECTLY from the .56 RUU to this 1.6 build and I still have no MIN. My text works, but its sporatic (same issue I ran into under any other flashing conditions with this ROM).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
My MIN is "Unknown" but I can receive & send SMS without issues.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
Alright, so I do this

busybox --install /system/xbin/

And adb gives me this

busybox --install /system/xbin/
busybox: /system/xbin/[: Invalid cross-device link
busybox: /system/xbin/[[: Invalid cross-device link
busybox: /system/xbin/arping: Invalid cross-device link
busybox: /system/xbin/ash: Invalid cross-device link

*edited for space*

busybox: /system/xbin/wget: Invalid cross-device link
busybox: /system/xbin/which: Invalid cross-device link
busybox: /system/xbin/who: Invalid cross-device link
busybox: /system/xbin/whoami: Invalid cross-device link
busybox: /system/xbin/xargs: Invalid cross-device link
busybox: /system/xbin/yes: Invalid cross-device link
busybox: /system/xbin/zcat: Invalid cross-device link

EDIT: Running it while the phone is booted through adb gives me a read only file system error, and running it via a terminal emulator returns the same. However, I get no su request, probably because busybox isn't installed.

Ideas?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
Ah crap. Meant to post this in the 1.6 Add-Ons thread. Oh well, as long as I'm here.

Resolved the invalid cross-talk, seems unplugging my USB drive helped, but I'm getting

busybox: /system/xbin/lsattr: No such file or directory
busybox: /system/xbin/lsmod: No such file or directory
busybox: /system/xbin/makedevs: No such file or directory
busybox: /system/xbin/md5sum: No such file or directory
busybox: /system/xbin/mdev: No such file or directory

*edited for size*

busybox: /system/xbin/whoami: No such file or directory
busybox: /system/xbin/xargs: No such file or directory
busybox: /system/xbin/yes: No such file or directory
busybox: /system/xbin/zcat: No such file or directory

Edit:

Seems that re-rooting fixed this,
[Hero CDMA Android Development] watzone69:
I reinstalled 1.6 tonight to test the SMS issue. At first I wasn't receiving any test texts using the native messaging app so I installed Chomp and and sent a text to myself and it worked. I just uninstalled Chomp and now the native app is working! Maybe it will crap out again or I might have lucked out.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mrinehart93:
Ok, so I'm going to RUU my phone today, using the .56 one. I have just a few questions, so if anyone can answer them, that's great.

1. I can still use the auto-root in the Pre-Kitchen, correct?

2. I can reinstall a nandroid backup that I have from before the RUU, right?

My intent by using the RUU is to make my phone more of a "with Google" phone instead of an HTC-branded one (pre-release model) so that SMS works :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 98classic:
RUU would just set your phone back to as if u just bought it from the store. If u run ur nandroid it would be set back to whatever u backed up erasing the RUU procedure. What exactly do u mean "with google phone" not htc branded. Either way u will get rid of 1.6
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mrinehart93:
I know that a nandroid will reverse the RUU, I just wanted to make sure incase the RUU->1.6 flash didn't work still. And what I meant by the "with google" and htc-branded is that there are two versions of our CDMA Hero: a version that only says HTC on the back (not With Google), and a version that says "With Google" on the back. The HTC-only ones are the very first made, and came with the older RUU. The With Google versions were the second batches, and they had the new RUU on them.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Agimax:
I bought one from BestBuy that said "with Google" and was 1.29 when I rooted.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gomorrah:
The "with Google" battery cover is dependant on the build date of your phone, not your software. The cutoff was 9/29 I believe. But don't quote me on that.:D

Oh, and sorry for posting something that wasnt pertinent solely to 1.6. Don't come after me gu1dry.:eek:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
The "With Google" phones came out a month after they started selling the phone, and about a month before the 1.56 RUU came out.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mrinehart93:
^ Oh ok. Well anyway, the RUU->1.6 did nothing to resolve the SMS problem for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] blankd3ckskat3r:
ok so i noticed something interesting.

i use chompsms on a daily basis on 1.5 roms. i installed it on aosp 1.6, and for some reason, all of my texts wouldnt send to contacts in my phone. i used the stock sms app, and it worked. so i started sending texts in chomp to numbers not stored in my phone, and it worked. so i dug even further, and the problem is, is when a number has +1 in front of the number, for example +1123-456-7678 it wont send in chomp. if the number is in this format 123-456-7890 it works. if you look in contacts, most numbers your phone stores, starts with +1
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mrinehart93:
I have tried that too, and it still wouldn't work for me :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
I won't come after you. You attempt help & don't ask stupid questions that have already been asked & answer 20billion times ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HeroMeng:
I haven't been having any SMS issues, except MMS-rcv fails epically.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] skola28:
Two Cell Signal Strength Icons

Is anyone seeing two signal strength icons in the status bar? One reads 'EV' (for EVDO) and one that reads 'c'. Both have signal strength meters in the icon and they both show different levels. Is one the 'non' EVDO signal strength?

BTW, I tried searching this thread; one, it doesn't let you search the string 'two' b/c its too common, and I searched for 'icons' and it didn't come up with anything relevant :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lnxmad:
It has been covered. C is your call or celular signal. EVD0 is strictly data
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Ska8erMush:
That's weird cause I bought my hero the week it came out on Sprint and it has with google on the back cover
[Hero CDMA Android Development] skola28:
Same here. With Google, first week.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gomorrah:
Refer to my post above tkirton's. It has to do with when your phone was built, not when it was purchased or what software it has on it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flexgrip:
When they say "Camcorder" doesn't work. Do they mean that app, or using the camera to record video? So like, no recording video at all.

I just thought to myself that maybe there was a different app, or workaround to record video.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HeroMeng:
Yeah, there is Qik Video in the market..... never tried it though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] flexgrip:
Does that mean the camera IS able to record video? Or just an app suggestion. QiK doesn't seem like a good replacement. It has other purposes.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
With AOSP 1.6, you can launch the Camcorder, but if you attempt to record anything, it doesn't actually record anything, but still creates a file.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] TheBiles:
Has there been any fix for losing the data connection after disconnecting from wifi? I noticed that I'm not the only one with this problem, but it is extremely annoying because I usually switch in and out throughout the day. Also, it seems that just after an hour or so of not using the data it will stop working, and I will have to either switch to wifi or reboot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] TheBiles:
Edit: Double post.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 5tr4t4:
Not yet as far as I can tell from this thread. I'm no longer running AOSP 1.6, can you try starting and stopping Airplane mode to see if that fixes it?

...this is Unix, there has to be a way to restart the service/daemon since that's essentially all that happens on reboot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] TheBiles:
Airplane mode did not fix it, and neither did simply stopping and starting mobile data with QuickSettings.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] HeroMeng:
Any progress on the SMS issue? Quiet said he used the libhtc_ril.so from the 2.1 rom. Maybe we can try the one from the stock 1.5?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 5tr4t4:
Got 1x data working!

I can get 1x data working again after it dies using a method posted in the AOSP 2.0 thread (quiet). Perhaps someone can enlighten us as to why this works and why this does not enable anything beyond 1x. (I assume /dev/qmi0 (and qmi, qmi1, qmi2) are the radio).

I ran these three commands while logged into the phone (adb shell). Then in the roaming setting ("Settings-->Wireless Controls -->Mobile Networks-->System select") just toggle over to "Home only" and then back to "Automatic".

This is pretty ugly to be dumping properties directly to a device, but it works as a band-aid.

Update: running only the last command only ("echo -n 'up:0 ' > /dev/qmi0") seems to have the same effect.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] giovannizero:
Running from the phone

Nice! Maybe we can get a cron to push that command every couple of minutes. There's probably a better solution though...

..now to figure out how to get cron on 1.6
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 5tr4t4:
Now with 3G

Following up, it appears this works better with fewer steps and also gives you 3G (or whatever is available near you). After your data connection dies, just do (logged into the phone via "adb shell"):

echo -n 'up:0 ' > /dev/qmi0

Done, in a few seconds EvDO comes right back up for me.

This is with my roaming settings already set to "Automatic", left alone, no toggle step. If you get nothing after more than 10 seconds, you can just re-select/re-click "Automatic".

This seems like something that the phone is supposed to do on it's own but it needs a little nudge ;)