yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] drygmasken:
Gmail, google contacts, Twitter, Facebook, market, google calender all works just fine for me. Better free memory, and faster. Nice work Nathan.

the only real problem I found so far is the same as many seem to have the problem with the camera crashing the phone after 2-3 pictures, my crashes too :(

Keep up the good work!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Can someone tell me the benefit of flashing espresso. And its limitations?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aze2:
thx a lot ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xinos:
This rom is in almost every way perfect except for the synchronization. It doesnt update my weather (HTC weather widget and Clock widget) neither does it auto sync twitter gmail or exchange activesync, manuall syncing does work however.

But appart from that keep up the good work. I am especially surprised at how smooth the Sense interface is already functioning.

EDIT: Dont know for sure but camera app seems to be chrashing after 3 shots.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I installed Espresso

I like it.

Rom still running well. Push gmail not working though.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] murdoch1:
People

Hiya. Seem to be having problems with People, cannot add Favourites.....also experiencing issues with linking to Facebook....anyone else? I am extremely pleased with the progress made.... Cheers Andy
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sedinix:
sorry for my opinion but its secound time i test it and i make nandroid after 3 min again in my opinion the badest rom on 2.1 widgets duplikate and when i chose wheter and whant move between 3 choses its apear on desktop no chois :/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TobenderZephyr:
Thanks again for this update, mate!

You did a really well job, the first 2.x ROM i use, where weather widget is actually working! (i am online on data connection only, nowhere a WiFi hotspot i could connect to.)

But this one actually doesn't work anymore if you update to Espresso-Rosie. I then 'adb move'ed old Rosie back to the system folder.

I didnt notice so far, but it seems trackball led doesnt work neither on android 2.1, am i right?

sync does work for me, but i'm missing contact pictures(?)

(was working on 1.2.x)

One thing i really wish to see working is graphic drivers, especially for cooliris gallery. Still waiting for a 2.1 sense rom. wouldnt matter to me if it is an official one or not.

Keep up the good work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] touchtweak:
1: yeah, the favorites tab doesnt seem to show starred/favorite contacts, and will not allow you to add new ones.

2: The Camera reboot problem seems to occur when i play with the Contrast setting, but not the Sharpness or Saturation.

3: GMail Push is not working for me either.

4: Is it possible for me to install the Android dialer. Is there an APK or some adb command that i can run. It seems after reading this thread that i am the only one who prefers it so im not asking to have it put back on the rom.

Good work on the ROM, its much smoother and quicker.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Arasthel:
Bug found! When you're using the web browser, if you want to go to another page writing its address, if it hasn't loaded 100% the page you were at, it FCs.

EDIT: Sorry, my mistake. It only happened to me when I tried to go to another page when the default one (google.com/cnr or something like that) hasn't been completely rendered. I tried from some others websites and they loaded ok.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] piotrreq:
I'm using this rom since noon. And I've found some problems. Mostly speed - on original HTC rom I was able to get about 100mb of free ram. Now only 70. Some apps are still swithing on afterr I'll kill them (for example peep) sometimes keyboard is laggy and general system responsiveness varry between annoying slow and accteptable. Displaing all desktops is quite slow (slide show). I also have the issue with notworking cellurar network icon
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
Messages sometimes FC's
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mdayekh:
First of all ,

i would like to thank you for the effort you made to make the dream come true :)

after installed the rom you posted i found the below issue

1- FC in Market

2- FC in Gmail

hopefully i could find a solution to this :)

Thanks in advance

MolMol
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 04fatty:
No speed dial

when i try to add speed dials I get an "android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly"

any ideas ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] smartblaa:
first post.

virgin hero, first root and rom install.

All I can say is wow!

well done man
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salahag:
Same here, (.mms process) even without being in the messages application.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shazna2002:
HTC_CIME always FC when I use Chinese Input as input Method...

Finially, I remove HTC_CIME.apk to solve the problem and use LIME as Chinese IME
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] murdoch1:
Bugs

When deleting bookmarks, selected bookmarks do not highlight.....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ariel1234:
Market problem

can't connect to the market with WIFI. 3G is working o.K
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
I've replicated this issue, and I think I know the cause. It's the phone & telephony service; I believe they're out of date versions. I'll add the latest versions to my phone today and test them.

As for other issues:

There should be NO market issues. I can't understand this. It works perfectly fine for me on 3G and wifi.

Chinese Input is a known problem, I'm working on that. If anyone has managed to successfully PUSH the Chinese keyboard, please forward me a link to one that worked, and ill implement it in the hotfix.

Bookmarks: I've sorted that issue, I'll include it in the patch.

I still have a lot to sort, but I'm working on it. :)

I REALLY need to sort the synchronisation issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Interesting. I haven't seen this yet. I'll replace the messaging apk and see how we go from there.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Once again:

I'll attempt to get a hotfix out tonight. If not, tomorrow at the very latest.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salahag:
Does anyone know why Marketenabler settings keep reseting back to original after a while? is there something specific that triggers that?

Same with SIM contacts, I disable it but they reapear after some time. I even deleted all SIM contacts and at that point their count was zero, but still as if I did nothing later! :confused:

Nathan ... could all this maybe have to do with a problem in superuser permissions not working properly!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Plattendoktor:
Great Work,

now it runs more stable. Its not faster than my 1.5 stock. But its better than 1.5.

I've donated 10$ :D

I hope u can get opengl (or how its called) work and add german language.

Thank U!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
I'll add that to my list for the hotfix.

Thank you all for the feedback/bug reports so far. I don't use more than 50% of the phone's features, so I've not experienced a lot of these problems. Without your help, I'd get nowhere.

I have a LOT of free time this weekend, so I expect it to be a very good weekend for VillainROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mmiii:
Hi,

I can´t find any services by connecting the Hero via bluetooth to my PC ?

Pairing works fine but no services.

Is this a problem of the rom or of my cheap mini USB adapter with MS XP Driver ?

Micha
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] andready:
Hi all.

Layar and Wikitude still dosen't work:(

Great speed on the Rom.

A:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] naposaady:
Thanks Man

Very Nice .. And Very Fast .. And Very Sweeeeeet :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fcknghll:
Hi Nathan

As I said before, you're a legend! :D

Props for adding the 1.5 smart dialer I suggested, makes it easier to use the Hero as a phone ;)

One issue that is a bit annoying (and not sure if its been reported) is that when you select to just view contacts on the phone, after a little while it reverts back to showing sim and facebook contacts as well in the phone book.

On a (very) smaller note, could you update gmail icon to the 2.0 version, i find the new one to look better :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DVSoftware:
GPRS/3G not working

Hello,

I got this phone yesterday (used, already rooted, had 2.0.1 installed), and i installed this ROM, and GPRS is not working anymore, it just says "Connection failed". I triple checked APN settings, and even tried recreating it. It was working before ROM upgrade. Do You have any idea what may be wrong. Also, i noticed a bug that people groups can't be created (crashing), and favorite contacts are not listed in people application.

Other than that, everything works fine, and I must say it's a beautiful ROM. Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Unfortunately, this is pretty much the first report of a problem like this, so I'm not certain what could be causing it. My advice generally would be to manually add the APN, but you've tried that.

I'd definitely try a full wipe and re-flash. This shouldn't be an issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jtech:
For anyone, I am hosting the ROM (vanilla 2.1) on my site.

http://www.buttonclicker.com/2010/02/04/villainrom-2-1-htc-sense-enabled-2-1-rom/

regards
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bludhemn:
Hello

I've installed ver 2.1; just wanted to point out two issues:

1. The phone reboots when playing with the camera's Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness sliders

2. The default music player seems to have their Play, Pause, Forward, Backward buttons blank.

You might also want to change the Villian2.1 reflection on the wallpaper. It reads Villian1.0. ;)

Thanks for all the efforts. Happy coding :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] piotrreq:
It's strange, but today the phone seems to be much faster. Can it be caused by java programs are finished recompiling?

But I have another problem: I can't find a way to install polish keyboard dictionary. I've found folk.ntnu.no/sibtehai/CustomLocale.apk on this thread: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=584950 but it's not working for me.

Also bluetooth has some issues - sometimes I get errors wile switching it on or accessing bluetooth settings.

P.S. Sorry for the url's but since I'm a new member I cant post proper url's yet.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Plattendoktor:
laggy keyboard

The keyboard is very laggy! When typing in the search field of market, the keys often hang a lot, for example. It then writes a "4" instead of an "r".

Is it possible to fix this? Maybe by increasing the priority of the input process if Android is capable of this. ......Or something similar.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
For me it helped to turn off the haptic feedback! Made typing much faster
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salahag:
The wallpaper I have says VILLAIN2.1 ... :)

Request: Does anyone know exactly why alot of people are getting different results in different areas? I'm sure this will help testers point out and report bugs more effectively. Cuz some problems might not be directly related to the ROM.

What does a Wipe really involve? What does it do? Why do we have to reboot after the first startup?

Why do I sometimes get xxx.acore or xxx.Sesnse FC on

startup

and

sometimes don't

? I'm not sure but if I unlock the screen immediately when it turns on, I don't get the FC messages. If I unlock it after few minutes, I find both acore and sense FC messages waiting. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] etherez:
Is it supposed to just Make lots of colors when it starts for the first time? Like an "X" with lots of colors and stuff.

It have done that for like 1-2 minutes now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kayceejayh:
The first boot takes a VERY long time.. and the X is from the Nexus One.. very pretty!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] etherez:
Okey. good.

I thought i had done something wrong. Yes the X was very pretty =).

I forgot to wipe/factory reset it the first time. so i flashed it again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LiteAsh:
Folder Names are outside

Add a new folder and open him, then the name is partially beyond the folder.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MisterRio:
Aganin: great work and thanks for all your effort so far!

Some small issues I've noticed:

- In HTC photoframe, there's always black strips on top and bottom of the frame, that wasn't there in 1.5. I hate android photoframe cuz it blurs photos (as mentioned before)

- When in Contacts > Menu > View, I'm missing the option "Google Contacts". Either way, whatever you select, after a reboot it's back to default, including SIM-contacts which I don't want to have selected.

Besides this the usual issues that all of us would like to see fixed.

Keep it up mister, MANY thanks for all your good work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wizkid6000:
Yo man, New update is running smoothly! no lags, got one FC on sense and one on Messages but not had them since. Gets abit stuck sometimes when doing multitasking but nothing to serious.

None of the auto syncing works for mail, don't use facebook or tweeter so can't test these.

Again loving the ROM!

P.S One thing i have found wierd, dunno if i have done something wrong but when i search for a contact on Messaging it brings up all these extra ones with no numbers, Weird codes and email adresses. You any idea why this is, its quite annoying when sending an sms to someone cause i always press the wrong one lol. included a picture so you can see what im on about.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lassegs:
I get these kinds of contacts too, in version 2.1, not in 1.2 which i came from.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DVSoftware:
Can You recommend a good way to backup and restore contacts, messages and settings, so I can try wiping it again? I'm new with this phone and android platform...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salahag:
Can you check that contact "Adam Gabriel" in People app. Open it, do you see the green chain icon on top? Also, when you try to edit that same contact, does it ask you which one you want to edit.

I've noticed I have some contacts linked to eachother, for the same person of course. To unlink them, click the green link icon, it will then open a list of all linked contacts, where you can press and hold the green chain on each to remove the link! when you finish you'll see duplicates in the contacts list, but they are not really duplicates, as there is something different everytime, a number, a note... etc.

I hope HTC is not complicating things :rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] remeez:
Hi All,

Yesterday I installed 2.1 and had quite a few FC's. My facebook sync with contacts wasn't working and my phone calls were not coming through or allowing to make outgoing calls.

Today I did the following and it seems to have somehow fixed alot of issues I was having:

13oots2 posted the following:

I don't seem to be experiencing any issues with this build and am very happy. Some people seem to be having issues with double widgets and other problems, so I have listed how I prepare the phone and flash the ROM, please bare with me if these are basics, it works for me.

You need RA-Hero v1.5.2 installed for the process.

I) Wipe SD:ext partition

II) Wipe Dalvik-cache

III) Wipe data/factory reset.

IV) Partition SDcard

V) Mount USB and transfer Villiain 2.1 ROM to SDcard

VI) Flash ROM

I realise some of these steps are self repeating but I seem to have few issues with doubled widgets and contact problems.

Have added a few applications from the Market to speed things up still and can report that the Overclocking widget functions perfectly as does Spare Parts.

I followed his steps and my facebook contacts are syncing, although gmail push is still not working. The ROM seems much faster that it did previous so I am really happy. When adding on widgets, the duplicate entries are gone. I took some photos and everything is working okay. Google Nav not working in S.A. The mobile widget remains on and does not allow you to power up 3G once you switch it off. The Market is working well, have not used MarketEnabler yet. Still had two clocks.

Nathan, would it be possible to add in the ringtone trimmer, it's not necessary if you don't have time, I just use it quite often.

Once again Nathan, well done, this is an awesome ROM!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DVSoftware:
Thanks, wiping it solved the problem with GPRS/3G.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cbanbury:
I also have the weird contact problem. Mine went a step further though & merged two contacts together using that code thing :S

WTF??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tsyvanpe:
Just flashed Villain again after a short detour to Kagudroid, which started draining battery and all kinds of other funny things. Seems that this rom has gotten some more speed under it's wings. Pretty much usable now :) I was going through the application and services that are running on my phone and was wondering if any of them can be removed? For example messages (the HTC one) seems to launch every now and then and I keep closing it as I use Handcent SMS. Is there any way to remove HTCs messaging app altogether and is there any reason that is not advisable? And are there any other services/apps that could be removed (GTalk service, as I don't use it etc.)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Nathan

I have been investigating the push thing (from a non-dev point of view) and will tell you what I have found.

Generally push as you know does not seem to be working, however I have noted that when you go to your settings > accounts and tell it to manual sync gmail push appears to work for approximately 5-10 mins after this sync completes, then turns off again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Lenny, thanks for that. I've actually experienced the same thing. It seems to allow push mails to come through whilst the sync is running, but that'd be an insane drain on the battery if it were to require permanent sync.

I'm pretty sure my sync problem lies in the base framework, and replacing google apps isn't going to cure it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] andready:
To all of you who have missed pushmail in gmail, you can use "K-9 Mail" until gmail is working:):):)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I fail to see how that helps at all :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] andready:
K-9 Mail

You have to set it up as a Imap.

Settings for it here:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78799
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stephenophof:
I'm new to this, I got my Hero two days ago and I managed to root the HTC Hero. Can I now flash this ROM or do I have to do something else before? :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] langer hans:
Finally 2.1 is usable for me. No FCs so far, very stable except camera (not important for me), very fast. Really nice work! Who needs HTC for an update :P

My mirror is still up: Sorry, no more mirror from me

FYI: Traffic yesterday: 6 GB :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Yeah - I uploaded 1.0 to my own web space, and I was hammered for 14gb in 2 days...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] awsy44:
Excellent man this really helps! your the man
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] richardtrip:
Take a look at my thread "Working vpn modules 2.x roms" for the pptp and l2tp modules.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aze2:
thx for your ROM, great work.

very few FC (a little more than KaguDroid but normal, VILLAIN is with more apps and widget) but no FC very important.

THANKS nprussell.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrYiff:
You will want to install a recovery ROM first, this allows you to backup everything aswell as install other ROM's easily.

See this thread for details and instructions on how to set it up

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4549551
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] phillyjay:
Thank you for the great ROM. Loving the espresso with it :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Xeijin:
Google Contact Sync doesn't seem to be working for me (is tickable and syncable in the settings menu, but there is no option for it in the "People" application, when I click view. All I see is Phone, Facebook, SIM and Exchange).

Anyone know how to get it working?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] folgui:
Hi!

Enjoying the rom at this moment! No FC in 1 day, but you may know (apart from known push problems):

- After 3 photos and deletes, the 4th photo/delete rebooted my phone.

- I have got a "esthetic" font problem at Settings -> Privacy Settings -> Backup my data. At that screen the font size is super-big, 1 o 2 letters visible at same time and have to scroll a lot to view checkbox, ¿anyone else?

Thanks.

Regards, folgui.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salahag:
Has anyone else noticed the light sensor doesn't work for auto adjusting brightness? or is it a known issue!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Xeijin:
I am having this same problem, is there any way to download the Google Contacts app, and switch the setting?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stephenophof:
Thank you.

I installed the recovery ROM succesfully, my HTC Hero is also "rooted" now. I downloaded this ROM but how do I flash it to my Hero? Do I have to use a Rom Upgrade Utility or something? :O
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joshlusignan:
reboot phone while holding power and home and select usb toggle and dump the .zip on the root of your sd card ...do a nand backup first...then wipe data/factory reset...then just select update from zip option.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] saar73:
what about Apps2SD? any chance to get it work?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
Apps2SD is something that will come. Maybe not in the next update, but eventually. It's on Nathan's list of things todo
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sedinix:
1 more time Im istal that rom 3rd time and have allways DUBLED HTC Widgets. I make wipe factory/data davlik cache someone can tell me how to fix it ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
Just search this forum and you'll see the answer ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Due to the problems some are having, I'll add Google's contacts.apk to the next build.

There may be a slight delay on the update, due to my poor phone refusing to get past the initial splash screen on a few occasions tonight. I've not made much progress so far with the sync.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MysteryHero:
Nice, for some reason there's something wrong with the Market background on the top? Is this a problem anyone is facing or was it just a bad flash? {grey background where the search button was cliped by a white rectangle},

Also anyone know how to set the device to united kingdom since my phone installed amazon with USA store and not with UK :/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shark0807:
Once again NPRussell, great job on the ROM! Ever since Exchange was implemented I have been using it exclusively, and I really do appreciate your response time and how quickly you roll out a new patch.

One problem I noticed in 2.0.1 that wasn't addressed in 2.1 (I know this because my phone is doing this right now) is that randomly it seems like HTC Sense stops working. I haven't found any reason why this occurs, but sometimes after I leave an application, or I turn my phone back on from standby, the HTC Sense screen has the loading loop that you first see when you turn on the phone, and nothing happens.

If I remember to turn it on when I turn on the phone, I can turn off the process using Advanced Task Manager which restarts HTC Sense, and after a short loading time it recreates the screen in which I want to have it.

Just thought I'd let you know! Thank you for the ROM and I look forward to future patches!