yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Has it been 7 hours already, damn this working day!

Not sure where the screens are Nathan said he would try at lunch and then has not mentioned them, so I guess he couldn't do it, or forgot.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Attached are your screenies. Sorry, didn't have time to upload them and link them properly!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Yes - that's sorted mate.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Ah you used that theme :)

Looking good Nathan, can't wait to get my hands on it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Yes, it's a beautiful theme. Feels very 2.1 too.

It's only 80% of the theme, due to differences in the files between 1.5 and 2.1.

Anyway, it flows more smoothly, and that was the aim really.

Also, default wallpaper will be the new HTC Desire wallpaper, not the standard Villain one we've had throughout.

Oh - and for the person that asked... Blue highlights THROUGHOUT the theme.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Probably a silly question but do we still get 7 screens (with pinch zoom?)

and does this theme include some sort of marker to know which screen we are on?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Yes, you still get the 7 screens, and the pinch zoom.

Seems smoother too.

Unfortunately, no marker. I never really saw the point tbh. SORRY! :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gtot:
Hi again Nathan.

Will it still be possible to use Expresso on top ?

Gtot
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Yes, but I wouldn't recommend it.

This theme is smarter, and smoother than Espresso.

Trust me on this. Try it first ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Yeah don't worry the marker is just a help sometimes, but not a big issue at all. It is easy enough to work out what screen your on :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
So are we (doantors) getting this rom today or what? can't wait...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
He said we will, yes.

Just check your email later tonight and we will have something.

Looking to get the final build out by Monday.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Yes.

Just chill out. I'm at work for another hour, then I have some minor work to do on it. It'll be up tonight (That gives me 7 hours... HA) ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
So it will be out sometime after I get my ass drunk as ****... that's a shame...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Could well be in the same boat here as well.

Just flash it tomorrow morning instead
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
yea, completely hung over. brilliant :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
of course :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Right home time very nearly, will try to check back later but I may be going out for drinks (if not tonight then it will be tomorrow night).

I will look out for that email though :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
@nprussell

Does Google Earth work on this release?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] akirainblack:
If you add a contact via

Phone -> Contacts ->Create Contact

It only seems to add it to your google contacts and not the phone contacts

(sorry I know it's late in the day)

It works if you do

Phone -> Contacts ->People

where it asks you where to add it, is there any way to change this as I don't use that google account for anything except the market and they don't appear in the list anyway.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bajo76:
Donated a few bucks

8BA28380CP8898803
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] afc49:
Just sent a donation your way for all the hard work and great ROM's you've been working hard on!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bornin:
Oke, I am preparing for tonight's epic event.

What's the best app to backup things like email, email accounts etc.?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pecheurs7:
donation

95J83469VM2266913

for your work
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] eujene:
@nprussel In email app (not gmail, but another one) there are encoding problems with outgoing messages. My recipients get only question marks instead of Cyrillic symbols. I tried morelocale to change locale, and it fixed this problem.

I guess it is related to the fact you killed all locales except US.

Please, get them back!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sjeffrey:
Donation

Just donated a few bucks.

0XY41917K1101114W.

Thanks for the great work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
They're back in this build ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 2lucky4u:
Can't wait!!

my F5 button is now almost broken.... -so I installed "RefreshEvery" for firefox ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] X-Ter:
LOL, your commitment is admirable.

How's battery life in the new version? I have beta 3 and its not very good.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] izmar:
Ohhhh mi-gosh

I have 4 or so more hours until this is released. Nathan should be off work and working on this as I am typing this! I am still, so excite.

I was going to drink tonight, but I might just be too into my phone to notice the other people ;)

I'm hoping it's not so good that it draws me away from my regular breathing pattern... I don't want to die before I get to use this :D

i so excite...

@nprussel

Will my camera work with 5MP with this build? (hope so ;))
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djdavis:
I'm excited about this new release!

just made my donation, 7YM91576H1649152W
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] d3sm0nd:
Very nice... can't wait!

I'm still using 2.0.1... it's very stable but performance of the keyboard is very slow (htc) :( Android one is good...

Did the HTC keyboard improove in the new release?

And I hope you don't include apps like HandcentSMS and Twitdroid...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 13oots2:
Have been a bit of a traitor the past few days and have been trying the SenseHero 1.4 MCR3.2 [Firmware 1.5]. The Beta 4 was a little unstable for my day to day usage. 2 Things I really noticed with this release were a substantial boost in signal strength, which is a serious problem in my home and a very extended battery life. I am getting about the same life with the WiFi on than with it off on the Beta 4.

Speed difference and battery life is not so important but the boost to signal was a huge benefit, I get 2-4 bars where I would get 0-2 bars on the Beta 4. I was wondering if the network tweaks applied in the other release could be applied to this ROM too.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
1.5 builds, especially SenseHero which is essentially just a themed Modaco (ie - it's been built by one of the greatest devs to grace the android platform) will be far superior in performance to my 2.x roms.

Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do about that until I get a hold of the genuine article, then it's just a game of 'how fast' from there.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Anyway, to the good news:

3.0 Final Pre-Release (Donators Only build) is done, and is VERY VERY SLOWLY being uploaded as we speak.

Unfortunately, I'm having serious network issues, as usual, and it's uploading at 3kbps. This could take hours at this rate. We'll have to see.

Anyway, I have made up the email and the list of donators, and I've just added a couple more in the past 10 minutes who has just donated. Any other donators will be added to the list just before I send it out.

IMPORTANT:

I have added Gallery 3D, but it's not working right now. Don't remove it, as I am 90% sure I have fixed the 3D issue (Google Nav & 3D Gallery), and I will implement a hot-fix to donators tomorrow when I have had time to test. The rest of my evening is devoted to my lovely, and incredibly patient girlfriend.

I'll probably not post again on here tonight, but donators, I'd advise you keep an eye on your emails.

Thanks all - I look forward to any feedback about the rom so we can make it better for the public release in a few days.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 13oots2:
Thanks for the update Nathan, am sat here with the first beer I have had in 5 years. Could be fun when I try to flash lol
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] izmar:
Just did the math, and at 60MB, which I'm guessing may not even be even close the actual size, will take 5.5 hours to upload at 3/kbps.

Darn.. I wish the internet gods would bless you with a wireless version of google's fiber service.. 1Gbit/dl and upload.

I am awaiting your email :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] izmar:
Whoops, bricked phone! :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
custom apps

Hi,

Can someone post a list of custom applications that come as part of this ROM please? I just want to know before I go ahead and try the ROM ... thanks in advance!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] taipan541:
hey nathan. i found 2 bugs in villainrom 3.0 beta4.

One is location picker keeps FC whenever i tries to attach a location to a SMS.

Another is clock and wheather widget isnt syncing my location when 3G connection is on. Only if i switch on my wifi connection, it will show my current location.

Thanks. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
3.0 Final last testy Beta is about to come out so maybe he has fixed it
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] H88RRY:
I have been trying ur roms time since the 1st villian and I'm finding that there brilliant at 1st bit after a few days they become unstable and start to freeze and fc I dunno if its just me but its frustrating cos I know these roms are fantastic. Also I have vannillian Rom and I can't get that to work I have tryed to flash it again and reboot but I keep getting the setup wizard fc on me
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skedone:
mate try a new memory card sounds like it has bad areas. also i find vinnillian fast and more stable my self
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] izmar:
Hmm... Guess it wont be released today... Awaiting the e-mail sometime tomorrow.

Still very excite thumbs up.. Just anxious!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bornin:
No downloadlink, bummer :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skedone:
as he said he is having some internet issues could be ten hours or more for upload, so it will be sent out to donators at some point today as long as it dont reset his connection lol
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
10 hours to upload 110 MB is very sad!

Worse than dial up
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bornin:
he'd better used 3G :rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] H88RRY:
How would this help?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Im sure it will come at some point today, but Nathan, it might be worth switching to a new isp :)

Looking forward to when my email goes ping.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] supahero:
nprussel is now accepting donations for a new ISP. All donators will receive updates at 6kbs. If you can't afford to donate don't worry, you WILL still get the update @ 3kbs. :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
yea nprussell, you definitely need a new isp. my hangover is already gone, and still no email :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 123belly:
Nath,

What ISP is it? I'm sure some people who work for it are watching this thread. I work for one and may be able to help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] _stefans_:
Oh sweet, just got the link and finished download....... onto flashing this thing :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 2lucky4u:
Sweet!!!

Downloading!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] X-Ter:
Do the emails all go out at the same time?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hurtcake:
Sweet. Downloading :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] akirainblack:
Ah well, I guess then it is just for the donators, the testers who couldn't dontate will have to wait.

Have fun guys, can't wait to join you soon.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] isael33:
my touch root

does this rom work on my touch?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I have not had a link yet :(

Edit: nevermind downloading :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
downloading , hope its betetr than my Vanillain 1.1 which is working v well
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
everyone, check your spam on gmail. my mail from nathan was tossed to spam for no apparent reason:(

edit: downloading @ 23kbps lol
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djdavis:
I haven't got my email yet, ill check again in an hour
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I have some HTC widgets but not others, is this because I am missing them or is it because they are not included (mainly missing bookmarks).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
I think he said they are all included....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
First impression, this is quick and smooth
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gtot:
Hi Nathan.

Been installing all my apps now, and it looks quite fast and smooth.

Only had one background FC's and one weather FC

BUT, in this version i can't install Email.apk, CoreGAL, CoreCAL either :-( this is really so sad....

I think it is using a lot of time on showing Sense. Every time i have done something and go bach to "Home" it is showing the HTC screen for a while before the Homescreen shows.

Gtot
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] linofaria:
I have not had a link yet :o
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Semiturko:
Nice! Thank you for this great ROM. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bartolo777:
Just woke up and downloading, its going to be a nice morning by the way download at 573KB
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
woot!?! how?! am I the only one who can't get past 25 kbps on this stupid server?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 2lucky4u:
Google account sync problem

Hi. Thank you for this ROM, it looks great!

I have flashed it two times now; The first time all widgets was showing at the screen, but I did not get my contacts from my google acount, so I tried to reflash, (yes, with full wipe ;)) and now some of the widgets are missing from the screen. That is not any problem, but the problem is that I can't sync my google acc. where all my contacts are stored.. (I have all contacts backed up with WaveSecure, but this need to be fixed before final release)

-= Thomas=-
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Re add your Google account and reboot...

Then you'll get your contacts.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] linofaria:
Y Nate cAN YOU SE WHY I THONT HAVE A LINK, PLEASE
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Akrain, ill pm you the link. Out an about at the moment.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
working very nice for me thanks Nathan might well swap back from Vanillain 1.1 to this
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Don Vincenzo:
Contacts

Just setting this up now - first impressions are really good, however I do have one question.

A problem I've had with all Sense 2.1 builds is that the people app never seems to contain the groups tab, which on 1.5 allows you to choose to sync only certain Google contacts. In your Beta3 you also included the Android People app, and through that we were able to set up our Google contacts to just sync certain groups, and this was then reflected in the people app as well. In this build that isn't an option, and so I was wondering if there was any way of resolving this. This ROM is so so close to being something I can run on my main phone, but for me I need my contacts to function properly.

Thanks for all the amazing work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Nathan I have no HTC widgets, they were there, now they have gone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
Can I please get a working link?

The RapidShare link is telling me it's overloaded all the time..

I have just made a donation :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] X-Ter:
I haven't had a link yet, maybe its because I only donated yesterday?

Confirmation number was 9NT98066DH9181939.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sjeffrey:
Roms looks great but I'm having issues with the HTC Widgets.

I've tried 3 times now with complete wipes (data, cache, dalvik and ext) and widgets are ok until I reboot, then they are duplicated.

The last time I skipped the google wizard, checked the widgets they were there single time, I rebooted. Duplicated :(

What am I doing wrong?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
At least you have the widgets, can you send me the ones you don't need :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] drygmasken:
Same problem here I'm afraid. Re-flashed several times but always the same result :(

Also a few FC's on bg process during setup.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Looks like I will have to flash again :(

Edit: just flashed again, lets hope I have the widgets this time
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bartolo777:
Hey Nathan apps2sd not working for me are they included.

i try

# adb remount

# adb shell apps2sd on

# adb reboot

nothing
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
No widgets again, rebooting as suggested to see if they appear now.

Not looking good.

Edit: got them now but doubled, not reflashing again will just put up with the doubling.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] drygmasken:
Did yet another re-flash. This time I didn't do a wipe.

Now my widgets seem to be OK, all there and no doubles. Maybe, maybe.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
haha I only got the bookmarks widget, nothing else though... tried rebooting. now i'll try reflashing and hope for the best...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
sounds like the same problem I had, but I had various other widgets shown (on their own) each time I rebooted
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dan_q8:
Weird... I don't have any of those issues, only other thing I did was to clear my SD card before starting the wipe and update. This new release is fantastic. NPRussell you are a star!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
yea me too. first i got nothing, after reboot i had bookmarks and news. after another reboot i only got the music widget...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
after a reflash I have them now, but doubled but I don't see why that is a real issue anyway
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
maybe it's a burden when it comes to ram or cpu usage?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phanes:
Hi Nathan,

short review ....

My download was on 258kbps so no problem. I have no problems with any of the widgets (wipe, wipe and wipe - the main secret), all are working. AutoKiller FC at boot (press wait, will fix), several Boot up FC (press wait, will fix).

I deleted a bunch of HTC bloat and other stuff:

*Mail*

*Foot*

*PCSCII*

*Teet*

*HtcSoundRecorder*

*HtcRingtoneTrimmer*

*HTCNews*

*HtcPhotoWidget*

*GoogleSearch*

*VoiceDialer*

*Calculator*

*com.nsw.android.mediaexplorer*

etc.

Things not working:

- apps2sd

- gMail push

Things I like:

scrolling again smoother (very nice!)

feels faster

shows stable behaviour

:D JAVABOX!!!

:D NIMBUZZ is working even with incoming calls!!!

Movies running
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I don't think it is, I believe it mearly is just listing them twice (they are not installed twice)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] holyshit1:
Please upload beta 4 to other mirror no rapidshare , i can't download from this mirror .
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hinz:
I donated a week or so ago but don't have any email/link :-(

52415510DU813560X

np can you send the link please when you have a few moments, thanks

Also if your flashing the ROM make sure you have formatted/cleaned your SD and remove any folders that android creates that you don't need.

I've found if there are files created by previous ROMs on the SD card you tend to have problems when you load a new ROM even with a wipe!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
oh, yea sure. i thought you were talking about widgets laying on top of one another, like on one of the previous builds.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Oh no, just in the list twice each.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skedone:
just downloading now mate at 1.6mb a sec (but i have premium account) will test in a bit tho i have just gone back to 1.1 and installed all my apps lol. hope my games work with this
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] f_squalll:
Hi Nathan,

I didn't receive the link neither.

My confirmation number is 8KG175545P702152J.

Please don't forget to send it to me when you come back.

Thanks a lot!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ICEM4N99:
best 2.1 rom at the moment (much better than beta 4)

I miss the 3D gallery and the rounded dock from beta 3 (i just dont like the new one)

I think proximity sensor should be included in every rom, also dolphin browser and handcent SMS, but that's my personal opinion (i'm used to them)

Really good job, much faster than beta4 and more stable than beta3.

The only thing i could think of to improve is the "3G" symbol instead of the "H" one (yeah, that annoys me, but it's not so important)

Miss the villain boot screen
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
can we download the HTC extra widgets?

the ones with the phone seem fine but i cant download the extra ones
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hinz:
I think those widgets are only for Cupcake 1.5
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] holyshit1:
Please upload rom in other mirror , i can't download from this mirror villain 3 beta 4 .
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] izmar:
My download got up to 1.5MB :rolleyes:

backing up now, then will flash.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djdavis:
Nprussel could you send me the link please?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Memory is so high on this build.

Well done Nathan
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] akirainblack:
My F5 key is dying again ;) Thanks :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MultiMartin:
Wow this looks really good initially. Will give it a spin today and see how it goes. Do we know if GMail push is working now?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adecot:
what about the push : gmail ? gcalendar ? contacts ? Does it work finaly ????
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
don't think push works for contacts, nor for calendar... didn't check gmail as i like the htc app better.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bornin:
First Impression: WOW:eek:

Not laggy at all anymore and everything seems to be working fine so far.

Will play with it tonight.

I also have the widgets double listed but that I can live with.

Great Job Nathan!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kevinof:
Contacts sync from google is not working - only getting 30% of contacts. Back to modaco.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 2lucky4u:
Working link...

Here is another link:

edited

Use your password that you were provided with in the mail from Nathan..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
try manually syncing once or twice. and not going into the people app while doing so. should work...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kevinof:
I have - many times , reformatted again and again and still the same.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] isael33:
villan rom work with mytouch?

does this work with tmobilr mytouch?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] holyshit1:
Thank you , but really it is villain 3 beta 4 ?