yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Faq for issues with this rom

FAQ

Q - After flashing I never had any HTC Widgets

A- Save onto your pc all files from sd card you want to keep (music pictures etc) then format your sd card. Do a full wipe and reflash the rom.

(also fix for widgits, sometimes removing all widgits from all home screens and the reboot fixes the issue - Thanks to Piercy0812)

Q - My Htc Widgets have dissapeared after rebooting

A- Same as above!

Q - Super User Permissions just shows a blank screen

A - Turn on "usb debugging"

Q -Gallery 3d won't work in landscape/Horizontal view

A - Turn your phone that way before opening the app and it will work (still issue when switching back within the app)

Q - Navigations not working

A - the links are set up wrong for now, go through maps and it will work

Q - Mobile internet is not working

A - Add your APN settings and turn off "2g only" - This should be fixed in 3.2

Q - How can I stop my SIM contacts showing up?

A - You can't, this rom is based on a CDMA rom, they don't use sim cards so this option is not in this rom (at least at the moment)

The only way to fix this is to delete your SIM contacts, shouldn't be a problem as they should all be on google sync anyway. www.google.com/contacts from your pc to see them all on there

Q - GOOGLE EARTH IS NOT WORKING??!!?

A - without going into the specifics it google earth is not compatible with the HTC Hero (nothing to do with drivers or rom) and until google release a version that is we cannot use it

Q - How can I get live wallpapers to work?

A - you can't it is not yet availiable fully working on any device other than Nexus One (not including phones not yet released). maybe somepoint in the very distant future it will be included in this rom but only when it is fully working.

Q - How do I dissable Apps2sd?

A - Don't have an ext partition on your sd card and it won't turn on.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I am sure it only works on 1.5 roms
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
also fix for widgits, sometimes removing all widgits from all home screens and then reboot fixes the issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Thanks added :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kd0t:
Thanks, cant use torrents at work.

So far:

LED doesnt flash on missed calls not sure on other notifications yet.

GPRS to HSDPA all works fine.

Seems fast, no idea on battery life.

Pinch works, nice feature.

Thanks, will update with any probs, the notifications thing is a bit of a pain as I tend to miss calls and messages alllll the time! lol
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sjeffrey:
SMS Error

I just got an error I have never had before.

I received an SMS and when I went to check I had "general error" and then "SMS error" Cause code: 332, Error Class: 2

Anyone else?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] michalroxorpl:
This ROM works like a charm. I had problems with disappearing widgets, but i did like some other guys adviced:

- upgrade to most recent recovery (i had old 1.4 from cyan)

- wipe everything

- flash

- after reboot put pin for sim card and skip account login, reboot and voilla... it works

I observed one problem: google navigation launcher displays streets / addresses without contact pictures and names. Shouldn't it display contacts? I have more than 700 people, so it is quite uncomfortable in use, however i have never had any experience with nav starter, so maybe this is the way it works, is it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lukacs.attila:
Or, I'm not mistaken, use a spare SD card for update, and after that, you can change back to your old card. Of course this method is only valid when APP2SD is not activated...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
This might not work however as if you place your old sd card back which contains whatever file it is causing the problem it may occur again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kookix:
Multi-upload mirror for VillainROM 3.1
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lukacs.attila:
Yeah, good point.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomick:
For me Contact Sync doesn't work good. All contats from Google was sync, but without avatars.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
go to settings and try to manual sync it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] irispen:
thanks!!

downloading..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bornin:
GPS is definitely not working for me. Think I'll try the "delete all from sd card" method and see what happens
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] michalroxorpl:
It helps only partially. After several hours, reboots, market installs / uninstalls more and more contacts receive avatars. Still not all of them, but the more time passed from upgrade the better is this ROM experience :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomick:
Again... doesn't work :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] asterboter:
Nathan; I got around to amputating the logcat-beating DMAgent from my phone, nothing seems to have stopped working and logcat isn't whining. Performance even seems to be up in some games. Could this be something superfluous in a GSM phone (although maybe vital in a CDMA one)? I checked some other roms for hero's /system/bin/ and there was no dmagent to be found. Might be something to remove for 3.2
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] HomerSp:
Have the same problem. Manual sync, remove and re-add, re-flash, none of those works.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
this should go to the first post...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AsTuRkInG:
for me the "HUGE APN list" doesnt work. i have orange spain and right now im without 3g conectivity.

i will reflash to verify if its is really a bug or not
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spacecat:
working great for me only 2 issues MMS and 3d Gallery in horizontal

otherwise superb all round and HSDPA seems faster, i DL the 3.1 update in about 10 mins!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I have pm'd Nathan to tell him what page my post was on, it is up to him after that :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I didn't have it either,

Do a google search for your carriers apn settings then manually add them in.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phil_UK:
Errr...no :rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
why not? if they are on google then you don't need them on your sim as well.

That is the only fix for now, if your not willing to do that then you will have to stick with them showing.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] giorgit28:
Did you test GPS?

Is it working?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Pitel:
GPS

GPS doesn't works form me either. So no geocaching today :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] r6armadillo:
Don't think this has been mentioned but the Automatic brightness setting isn't working for me.

GPS took a long time to get a fix but no problems with it since.

Everything else seems ok except the common Gallery/MMS etc issues.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
OK FAQ post link is now be found in my signature until Nathan has time to add it to his first post :)

If you are having issues please check it before posting to stop the same questions being asked over and over again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phil_UK:
Or wait till ROM works properly. I'll survive! :D

Well done & Thx nathan for the work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Ok its up to you but you can always copy them back to your sim at a later date.

Check my FAQ btw for more info on this issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
It's the most comprehensive APN list in existence, including all APNs in Dubai, middle east, etc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Nathan maybe its not working as my orange UK apn never came up after a fresh 3.1 install.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] meatmaker:
Maybe recheck the APN List. In 3.0 yesterday evening 3G worked out of the Box. Today wiped-flashed 3.1 didn't found my APN, so I had to enter the settings manually. Im on german EPlus. :-)

Nevertheless, fantastiv rom, super fast!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tsj5j:
Neither did my APN appear, though I managed to add it manually with no problems.

Some issues I have:

1.) GPS seems to be not working, other builds claim to have this fixed?

2.) Gallery 3D still bugged.

3.) Is it possible to add TUN to the kernel? I need it for OpenVPN :S
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mcduck1:
Another mirror (Direct link, 100mbit)

http://grense.no/android/villainrom.3.1/V3.1.zip

Thanks for an excellent rom, love it :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
****e ****e ****e. I forgot to re-add the APN list after the update.

IT WILL come in 3.2 tonight. I promise!

Sorry about that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wizkid6000:
DUDE!!!! superb rom!!! just flashing 3.1 now :), NO WHIPE!!! woop. Only problem is gallery at the moment, but apart from that top notch.....

Will be donating tonight :), any plans for future releases?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Haha oh well :)

BTW have you seen my FAQ in my sig? you might want to add it/link it to your first post?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
No-one is perfect, dont sweat it
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mcduck1:
Anyone got Google Earth working? on my device it just starts with a black screen then exits.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Oh yeah - look at my FAQ
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itsmonkey:
How can I backup HTC Widgets to SD Card?

Thanks

Chris
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Regarding the FAQ - could you PM me/GTalk me everytime you add anything mate?

I will then re-quote in the first thread.

Thanks bud.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bornin:
3.2 will be a non-wipe again I presume/hope?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wizkid6000:
Anyone having issues with downloading 3.1? wont download? keeps failing half way through and i end up with a corrupt zip...... any help lolz
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Even if its not, after such a short time there cant really be that much that would be a hassle to set up again and you have the benefit of backups and a nice fresh system??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ilbulgaro89:
how can i remove the htc lockscreen?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bornin:
No, but it's becoming such a draaaaaaaaaag
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Just sent you 3 Pm's (sorry :) )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Can you use ADB or not?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mattyguk:
Sorry if i missed this elsewhere, but is there anyway to stop the over zealous memory management for closing a couple of apps i REALLY want to keep running in the background. i.e. fring etc...?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] meatmaker:
Maybe it's possible to add the additional HTC-Widgets from the market to 3.2? They are partial not installable in germany, e.g. Today in History and Dice-Widget can be loaded, but install fails. Was the same with MCR3 before, I think there ate Checks by HTC, that the widgets are only installed on "authorised" phones.

Would be really cool, use the Dice-Widget on weekly tabletop gaming evening. (Yes yes, oldschool, but still rocks... :p )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] orangiseng:
is there any Flip Clock application that really working on 2.1 ROM?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Not as far as I know, someone will have to make one.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paul9619:
On the 1.5 software in the people application there was an option to only show phone contacts and ignore sim ones.

Anyone know how to do this with the 3.1 Rom, at the moment I have Sim and phone contacts so I have duplicates which is annoying

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
please read my faq in sig and post 1 it answers your question!!!!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oggie41:
Will a fix for the GPS problem (GPS will enable but never obtain a fix) be in this next release?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] folgui:
I have no problems with 3G, default Orange APN is ok for me.

What shouldn't be there is the "Carrefour MMS" APN.

Regards, folgui.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] meatmaker:
There have been 1073 posts in this thread since the leak appeard here Yesterday, 09:15 AM. Pretty awesome! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Did you come from 3.0? 3.0 had apn but 3.1 doesn't so if you wipe and install 3.1 we are left with no apn's
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
lenny, reserve some posts in your faq i can see that one getting rather long and you wanna keep all your posts at the top!

edit: oh its not a thread! :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
FAQ was just a post in this thread not a thread of its own

Nathan has quoted it all in his first post and the link will remain in my sig.

(and anyone elses sig if they choose to link it)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
i looked in the system/app but i cant find desktop clock, i wanna get rid of it as there is another clock app there. also wanna get rid of call history, people and phone from app drawee as i can access that by pressing the dial button so how do i do it?

softweh benchark after rebbot:

gpu = 114

cpu = 140

is that good?

nercore 20.5fps

not good?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Rui-Cruz:
My mobile network also works fine now, . seems my city doesn`t have that good 3G covering after all. Just moved location and started working.

sorry if it made any extra work . For me though , the rom just got even better!:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] orangiseng:
is there any way that I can disable ap2sd in 3.1 ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
if you dont have an ext partition on your sd card it wont do it.

one for the faq i think lenny :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
adb remount
adb shell rm system/etc/init.d/02apps2sd

I'm at work at the moment so can't download the ROM. Extract the ROM on your computer and confirm the name of that that 02app2sd file by browsing to systemetc/init.d/ and then edit the command above.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
done :) (10char)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Pitel:
A2SD

Does A2SD in Villain 3.x works with ext4?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] CyrilleM:
Thank you for all you have done !

Here is my feedback :

1 / In case of problem with widget after flashing the rom, just flash an second time without a wipe before

2 / I confirm

* GPS seems to be not working

* Gallery 3D scambled when horizontal

3 / Gmail client doesn't show images in mail even if you clic the "show image button" does someone have the same ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JBNAquatics:
Problem:

You open Navigator and Navigation and View Map doesn't do anything.

Solution (at least I believe so):

Go to market and install Google maps (the phone thinks that Google Maps haven't been installed yet)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
that is a fix yes, read my faq for the full reason why its not working.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fabsn182:
Problem. Dunno if 2.1 causes it:

I create a new contact as a google contact. It appears in my list. Then the phone syncs with google. The contact disappears. Can't find it anywhere.

How to solve this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
One way to solve it is to go to google contacts on a pc and add it in there.

www.google.com/contacts
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ratson:
if i update google maps, will it still work worldwide?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Just don't use navigator and if you want to use google navigation then go direct through google maps (the one that is currently installed)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] waldzias:
Download links

To lennyuk & nprussell:

Few mirror links to 3.1 appeared in this thread, can you put all of them in FAQ?

Some people struggle trying to download from mediafire...

cheers,

Vlad
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fabsn182:
Well - to be honest - that's not a way to solve it. It's a workaround. I don't wanna go to that page to add new contacts.

I want to add contacts fast - maybe when you're in a pub or s.th. like that. No time to browse the web. :o
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] duxford:
MMS

IMHO is problem with MMS caused by differences between GSM and CDMA versions.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vido.ardes:
GPS works fine for me, and the Gallery problem has been around as long as the gallery itself. If you open it in landscape it works, if you open it in portrait it works, it's the switching whilst still in the app that breaks it.

I can confirm the Gmail issue though, good spot.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] woollef:
It will obtain a fix it just takes a long while the first time
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Ok add it again in your phone and then sync manually straight after and see what happens.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] woollef:
No problem with Sygic. It only took a long while for the gps had a fix.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Images are loading fine in gmail for me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fabsn182:
Did this twice now. Phone says I've got 49 contacts before, and 48 contacts after syncin'
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
ok let me have a look into this for you.

Edit: try to save to "contact account" "phone" at least thats a workaround that you can use on your phone :) that way google shouldn't touch it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alexperkins:
MMS messages on T-Mobile uk wont download. The APN settings in mobile network are correct, but the MMS settings in the Messages app are set to some other network, and are greyed out, and cant be changed.

Is there anyone else with this problem?

"Generic Network Failure" is the error provided.

Trying to establish whether its an APN list problem, or a bug in the messages app preventing settings being changed.

MMS settings in the messages app show as

Production

http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms

not set

notset

Wap 2.0
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
I'm on T-mobile and have exactly the same thing, has anyone tried Hancent instead??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
same on all networks :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alexperkins:
hopefully it will be fixed in 3.2....cant be much causing the problem!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] d3sm0nd:
I tried but it says Rotate Animations is for 1.5 only and it does not work.. :( That's sad... the animations were epic.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] duxford:
It's not deppending on your network it's caused by CDMA version of this ROM
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Yeah I remembered that after I downloaded it myself, shame.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] duxford:
And what about the rror message: "E/DMAgent ( 1770): SMD Port open failure.[v1.1.2.12231200]" (every 5s in logcat)?

Any news?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Pitel:
Hero supports A-GPS (assisted GPS) and it should have fix and prety precise position during 15 seconds. At least it did with modaco 1.5 ROMs.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
The FAQ has now been updated to include all the latest mirrors, pm me if any are dead and I will remove them.

thanks to @waldzias for collating the links
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kar1oko:
Anybody else having problems with Mobile data connection? For me, everything works fine, except data connection.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
any got adfree workin?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] duxford:
I found in logcat dowload of some data for gps when I turned it on after long time so its probably working. Though gps is not working to me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Anyone tried Handcent for MMS yet?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
That's your APNs... Bear with me!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Plattendoktor:
GPS works

First i thought gps doesn't work.

But now I can confirm, that GPS is working.

I leaved my phone at the window for a view minutes, then the GPS got the position.

So wait a while then gps will fix!!! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mattyguk:
I found I only get the 'grainy' facebook avatars on the large favorite people widget, on the single row one, it looks fine for me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Only half my facebook contacts seem to have synced, and out of that half only half again (so 1/4 overall) have pictures :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mantrajt:
Hi, just flashed this rom....trying to detect bugs,

1.- Web browser´s pinch to zoom is a little bit sluggish

2.- Camera takes greenish pictures and ofently freezes, reboot needed

3.- Widgets gone after reboot!!!

Other than that I must say wow...I got a new phone, much more faster and sleek.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sanderg:
Same problem here... even though I repartitioned and wiped everything including ext before updating the rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] StNickZA:
I am having the same problem. Not sure of a fix yet, but I hope someone figures it out. This is practically a deal-breaker for me, I use Astrid religiously.

Other than that, I would be VERY hard pressed to find fault with this fantastic ROM! Suddenly I am very excited for the official Hero ROM! Great work nprussel!

PS: Would be nice to see Market Enabler come standard.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] georgeskydiver:
Need Help here!

I Add APN and get the mobile internet works

I and sync the google stuff and get the google map work and download map.

Issue

1 . however, the Browser cannot get online...

not even in the dolphin browser...

2. GPS still can't getting the signal ...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
My facebook contacts have only synced to the first few "J" names.

Any ideas to sync the rest?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alim5375:
There is no usb tethering. Is it possible to add in your next update? Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
I have tried. It's a no-go
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
yes me, i always try both normal and handcent, niether work. i dunno if its cos of the new leak or if its the same issue as before (possibly the same issue).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Trying to fix facebook sync

-Turned off sync

-Rebooted

-Turned on sync

Lets see what happens

Edit: well the sync takes like 2 seconds so I doubt its fixed
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Storken:
Cant delete facebook contacts

Cant edit facebook contacts

Cant sync facebook users pic gallery , have test with and without Wifi

Get error msg with Adfree , failed to replace your host file

NumoFinder only works 1 time of 10
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] StNickZA:
Seconded. This would be a great addition.

How about "Reboot phone" option when holding down power button?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] orangiseng:
I have a problem viewing, 'My Contact Card' in My contact list.

anyone have same problem?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Guess I am stuck with only some contacts linked to their facebook accounts then.

Very strange
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Seems to be working fine for me, although I had to add all my info back into it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mattyguk:
I found that the last thing you should do is play with the facebook sync for the pics. I found mine stopped at 'G' for ages so went a did a manual sync etc.. the icon only showed syncing for about a second. I then left my phone sat on the side for 15 min or so and forgot about it. Next time i checked my contacts they all had pics. I would just ignore it for an hour ansd see what happens, or maybe another reboot and leave it for a while.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
is it working over wifi do you know or do I need to leave it syncing with mobile connection?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Xian_2:
I did like the Corporate mail thing, maybe you could readd it in the 3.2 tonight, Nathan ?