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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Milos.serbia:
I'm asking for help.

Is there any leisure man who have time to write me how to install (step by step) this rom(VillainROM 2.1 (HTC Sense Enabled Android 2.1)) BUT i still have T-mobile G2 touch(germany) with 2.73...

I think that i have no chance but thanks anyway!!!

Sorry about my spelling!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shark0807:
1.) Root your phone, there are several guides on here and via Google search to find out how to do this.

2.) Download the latest version of the ROM on the first page.

3.) in USB mode, put the .zip file onto your SD card, depending on the version of recovery mode you have, you may need to rename the .zip file to 'update.zip'

4.) Turn off your HTC Hero and hold down the Home key and press the end call button to boot your phone in recovery mode. If you do not boot in recovery mode your phone is not rooted and you will need to make sure that it is before continuing.

6.) Assuming you have the latest recovery mode, create a nandroid backup of your phone, All of the guides I've seen have a way of doing this from any recovery mode, this should be no different.

7.) Once that is complete, turn on USB mode from recovery mode and copy the folder 'nandroid' to somewhere on your computer for safe keeping.

8.) turn off USB mode by pressing the home button, it will return you to recovery mode's main menu.

9.) Now select Wipe phone to factory default settings, this will remove everything that is on your phone and return it to a clean install.

10.) Assuming you have the latest version of recovery mode, there should be an option to install from .zip Select that in recovery mode and it will bring up a list of all .zip files on your SDcard. If you renamed the file 'update.zip', it will show up in that directory as such.

11.) Select the .zip file and press 'Home' to execute, the phone will do the rest.

12.) After the installation is complete, reboot the phone and follow the instructions on the first page.

If for some reason this does not work, just put your nandroid folder back into the sdcard directory and restore using recovery mode.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Boucha:
just flashed the new ROM ... stable and fast ! Loving it :) Few force closes ... good for daily use ... thanks and all the best :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zzzz2006:
Very good,thanks,but Touch Input Chinese FC。
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] remeez:
Issue with phone calls

Hi nprussell,

Have you managed to fix the problem with the phone calls. Last night my phone wasn't allowing me to make any phone calls and I keep getting sms's saying that I have missed calls.

Thanks

Remeez
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
I'm close to fixing this. Like I said last night... I had to take a break due to causing my phone to refuse to pass the splash screen. I couldn't get into the recovery console at one point.

At least I'm only $100 away from a dev hero :)

I'll be working on the update again this evening after I finish work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
then you will have a choice over whether or not to use the new phone as your main phone or just for dev :) decisions decisions
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sedinix:
Quote:

Originally Posted by sedinix View Post

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 ?

Just search this forum and you'll see the answer

i use sarch and dont find anythink may you just answear becouse its hard to read 130+ post :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Oh, the new one will be my untouched daily.. and my current phone, which is chipped and scratched... and NAND-Abused will be my dev phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Good call on that one
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Arkmon:
Hello :)

This trick worked for me :

go in GMail -> Contacts -> All contacts -> Select "All" (All checkbox are now checked). Now, in the right panel, you have a box called "Move to My Contacts". click on it and make a synchro with your phone.

Normally, you will have all your contacts on your phone at the end of sync.

I hope this will help you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arenaling:
i've post in other thread, but i think i'll post it in here too

i've download overclock widget from market, and when i tap on it, it stuck with SU request...it show blank screen and a little longer it FC...

other guy can use this overclock widget..

any idea?? thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
sorry its working fine for me
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Working fine for me too
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] guik:
Hello,

just for information, Exchange Calendar don't synchronise for me with 2.1.

Nice work with Expresso, very good idea to remove bubbles :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] painreliever83:
Yeah the SU permissions seem a little buggy... worked ok for me on the overclock app but fc's whenever I try and apply the settings on minfreemanager.

Also whenever I try and sync it with my pc the phone defaults to debug mode so HTC sync won't see it - If I turn off debug mode it just disconnects from the pc again.

Oh and the keyboard is a nightmare to write long messages (like this one) with... very laggy and keeps either not registering key presses or registering a long press instead of a short one and giving you symbols. It's impossible to type with any kind of speed at all, you just end up with gibberish.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Konradwalsh:
here is a guide to rooting your phone and hope it helps:

http://tech-n-life.com/index.php/20...your-new-htc-hero-safely-and-why-you-want-to/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gtot:
Have you managed to make minfreemanager changes permanent with Villain 2.1 ROM ? Mine looses the settings after reboot every time, and i tried also to enter the settings manually in all the init.d files.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
I've got another problem nprussell,

Sometimes when the phone reboots it just picks the last SMS I sent (even if it was a day ago) and resends it to the person... strange.

Already happened to me twice... Really annoying.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
I'll look into sorting out the SU issue tonight.

I have noticed it too after further use. MinfreeManager FCs, and the logcat tells me its caused by the SU permissions.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DVSoftware:
I'm also having a problem with SU permissions, screen just stays blank and FC after a few minutes. Also, some settings are not saved between reboots (market enabler for example)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stefanux:
Me too. :(

I've noticed this every reboot, but the last sms will be re-sent one time.

I've updated to latest radio rom and doing some tests now...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
Works fine for me to!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] akirainblack:
Have you had any luck with the phone calls.

My phone currently very rarely actually rings and when it does I'm unable to answer when I drag down it doesn't answer.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Azure465:
Hi, i found a bug in the HTC Mail app. I can't open any attachment. When I press the arrow next to "view attachment" nothing happens. No respons att all.

And I still can't download the HTC widgets from the market. I just get the message "unable to install"

Otherwise a great rom!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
I also have the latest radio, I don't think it has anything to do with it. It's something with the rom. the Radio is only in charge of the antennas and **** like that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wezzy-se:
Orientation problem

Is anyone else having problem with the screen orientation? It works for me for a while. When I later try to write a SMS, the screen keeps it's normal mode even though I turn it 90 degrees. If I go in in settings and un-enable automatic screen orientation and enables it again it will work again...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] J-Zeus:
Same here:(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MisterRio:
in browser > search button (hard button on phone) > searchbox appears > keyboard has no space key. Isn't supposed to be like that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Another idea for this rom

Can you include Teeter (game) I miss it :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aze2:
when I put my hand free, automaticly in Call, Mute as set at ON...

and my correspondant can't llisten me.

any one?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
Handsfree works. No mute and the one I talk to can hear me loud and clear
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] touchtweak:
Mute works for me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phanes:
Congrats nprussell!

Nice piece of work. I made some modifications for myself. I like to keep the ROM´s, running on my Hero, slim and tight.

I removed the following:

*Mail*, *PCSCII*, *HTCNew*, *Twit*, *com.nsw.android.mediaexplorer.apk*, *HTC_CIME.apk*, *HtcFacebook.apk*, *com.htc.MusikWidget.apk*, *htcmsgwidgets.apk*, *htccontactwidgets.apk*, *htcmailwidgets.apk*, *com.htc.NewsReaderWidget.apk*, *com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk*, *HtcPhotoWidget.apk*, *VoiceDialer.apk*, *Bluetooth.apk*, *HTCSetupWizard.apk*, *vizBattery*, ... (maybe more to come ...)

Phone feels now very responsive and has minor sluggishness. I removed the NSW Player, due to my subjective feeling that the build in player is way better.

One thing nprussel, if possible, could you have a look after the following. After removing the widgets from the directory, I have now a, I call it a "placeholder" in the UI. Is there a way to remove this placeholder to keep the UI clean?

MinFreeManager is not reboot proof.

No musik lag.

Bug -> After reboot all contacts are shown SIM and phone (even after applying to just one of them)

The OverclockWidget does work, BUT I think the kernel is set from min 480000 to max 527000 and all setting which possibly is done with the widget will be immediately overwritten, so there is no possibility to set the CPU clock to 128000 when the phone goes to sleep and that means unnecessary battery draining.

Weather+Clock Widget is buggy. No automatic refresh of the weather data and no reaction on touch.

Responsiveness after touch on icons shows a lag.

:) last but not least ... GMail

Keep up the good work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] piotrreq:
Can anyone tell me how to get rid off peep? I can't remove it from settings/apps and adb uninstall peep returns "failure"
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] CrabMan:
I have HTC Hero with installd VillainROM 2.1. It's nice, but camera app acts strange. When I turn on camera app, I have many colored pixels, and when I try to focus, there is a strange sound and it focuses really bad(this issue with focus occurs with all 2.1 ROMs, i've tried.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] minty1978:
I had this problem earlier, phone went into auto mute during a call....very strange.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DnNuke:
Does anyone have problems with reading their SMS? My SMS 'threads' are just wildly mixed with 3-4 different people and it takes time before the number gets associated to the contacts name...And since there are different senders in one thread I'm very unsure who is recieving the sms when I would send one..

Also when I turn of the data connection, after like 3-5h I get a LOUD female voice saying 'data connection lost' wth? :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alpha124:
EXACT same thing is also happening with my phone...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alpha124:
Anyone else experiencing a black screen during SU Request???
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alexperkins:
Im also getting that SMS problem

Another problem I have found is this:

Youtube loses the connection frequently (shows com.google.etcetcetc has lost connection in a little box), it sometimes does not play at all (shows green and white interlaced image where the video should be), and will not work on High Quality whatsoever

Anyone else having this problem?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SeRPRo:
I have an issue with the market..

When I click on any program to install.. it keeps on "Starting download.." and never start..

any help?

Thanks

P.S. Very nice rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kshoughton:
Mine does this too, apart from that it's a very smooth ROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Xian_2:
Mine too... any fix ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
I've never experienced this problem in this ROM. It's really strange that people have so different problems with the same ROM. Not talking about just Villain's but other custom ROMs as well. Anyone know the reason for this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
BTW

When it comes to this "starting download..."-problem. A well known fix for this is to log in to the Gtalk app. Just search the forums and you'll see:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kshoughton:
How strange, it worked.

I logged into GTalk, included in the ROM, and the market is working without fail.

Thank you for that shelnes.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
No problem! Sometimes android moves in mysterious ways :rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gudge:
Same issue for me
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Update: Progressing pretty nicely! :)

Looks like I'll have a decent update for you tomorrow!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tchan012:
great ROM - I am eagerly awaiting tomorrow's build.

Just heard that the droid got multi-touch google maps as well. Any chance you can do your magic and port it to the Hero?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] saproll:
I can't use company directory in exchange,any suggestion?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arjun2003:
apps2sd application in market..?

i am unable to find apps2sd application in market..? any workaround..?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
OMG! You are one active dev. Remember to get some fresh air once in a while ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Xian_2:
Is it possible to get access to multiple exchange accounts ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] knudsen81:
sounds great, can you tell alittle about what to come :D ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aze2:
any information? what's fixed?

any optimisation? more RAM :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mrmamon:
nice! waiting for gmail fixed version!!

Thanks for your work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] knudsen81:
yes +1 whats the only reasen i 'm on my stock rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mlanca:
nprussell you can fix the bluetooth on next release because don't go
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] him7x:
THe Bluetooth works so good for me,file sharing works so good and fast!

BTW there are a lot of bugs right now in the ROM,first of all the RAM uses,only 70mb free if I close all...in the old 1.5 original sw the RAM is upper to 110mb
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] buck32:
I can send and receive with bluetooth no probs on this Villains Rom 2.1. It can be slow at times but that depends on size of file you send/receive. It works best when you send files by going through the Album App. The file you send seems to buffer phone memory first then it sends so be patient, especially when sending big files as anything over your phone memory capacity wont send, you'll receive a low memory notification. Hope this makes sense to you or anyone having problems. :D

Cant wait for next update. :) Keep up the good work Nathan, best 2.1 rom by far.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
+1 for this one. It might save my weekend!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] int123:
+1 Hope to see the update..:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kloek:
Love villain 2.1... used it for two days straight but then realized that my data conection where unstable... does anyone else have that problem or is it just me??? maybe somthing to look in to??

Great work!!! my favorite ROM
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Casey Rain:
I'll be flashing this ROM on my cousins Hero as soon as Gmail push is fixed! Looks good!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Fisgaz:
everything perfect here.

everything works.

only texting is kinda slow... best rom so far...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] baldric:
messaging is force closing alot for me recently.

edit: also noticed that when i scroll to the left from the home tab it always goes right first then have to keep scrolling left to get to where i want to go.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Yamthief:
Apps2SD?

I can't get the market to download anything at all, and also is this ROM supposed to have Auto Apps2SD? It doesn't seem to be loading apps from SD at all :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phanes:
... fella, where did you read Auto Apps2SD?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
It's not a a2sd ROM yet, but will be in the future, according to Nathan (the dev)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Edit - 2.1.1 taken down
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] buzzzer:
Just installed it [the original 2.1 not the recent 2.1.1 update ;-)] and everything looks great so far.

Will post any issues encountered when i use for a full day tomorrow..

Nice work - keep it up -
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aze2:
you change de boot? (and you add GL?)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salahag:
thanks for the update.

Here's what happened with me.

After flashing the update, my phone hanged on the n1 logo (this was a first), I had to remove the battery.

Next try, it booted successfully. Got the Sense FC, which happens sometimes anyway. But this time, I got the google.gapps FC too. A first for me on your rom. I rebooted again, only got the sense and acore FCs. (both appear sometimes on booting anyway).

But I was wondering Nathan, what problem with the dialer does this fix? :o
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ilbulgaro89:
the hero will be upgrade to 2.1....probably on the half of febrary
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] J-Zeus:
Sorry if this is reeeeealllly stupid - but I can't get it because the site needs a user name and password ( I did a search ) - can anyone help on this?

cheers :o
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
30% Uploaded...

Wow, I have a slow upload speed. Still, should be up in the next half an hour...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Goose247:
Agreed, absolutely awesome job and by far the best 2.1 yet imo. I desperately want apps2sd as I can't get it to work with instructions in 1st post but that is minor compared to the awesomeness of this rom :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nzgul:
omg! you work so fast

i just check this out for like 10 mins ago, then you updating again.... so awesome!

thank you so much for your work...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xavi_7_77:
Hello, I have a problem with gmail, I do not sync automatically and do not receive the emails, I have to tell me which updates to receive them.

Any help? or can not be resolved in this version?

Thank you very much.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wizkid6000:
wooop cant wait to try the new one!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Flame-R:
yh i hope it has th e original keyboard tho, but if not i dont mind he's done a fantastic job.

i just like the smart keys where i can hold the letter "Q" for the number "1".
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Fluesopp:
Does market enabler work? When I use it, I can see pay apps in the first screen, but when I go to Applications -> all apps, I get Top Free and Just in as my only options. How can I browse only paid apps?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Just to answer a few of the questions:

APPS2SD:

NOT fixed as of yet. The reason being, I made this rom for me and a friend - neither of us use APPS2SD. However, it's popular, so Exit, the maker of CKDroid has offered to help me with this. I'll speak to him over the next couple of days and try to get it working.

MARKET:

Still can't suss this one out. I will speak to the guy who fixed it for the other roms, and see if I can get it sorted. Once the market is working, the rom will be as good as done, then I can focus on speed tweaks, especially with Rosie.

Keyboard:

As I said in the changelog, I've added the HTC Keyboard, and it's working fine, along with its dictionary

Hmmm, I haven't noticed this. I'll have to look into this for the next one, as 1.1 is done.

Anyone else having this issue?

PS - 60% Uploaded. Damn, I have a poor connection.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] knudsen81:
nprussell

i have problem with google sync my contacts do not sync to my phone
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Flame-R:
ur connection doesnt matter, ur doing a good job man!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xavi_7_77:
I looked if there was a menu option that can activate or deactivate the option to update automatically but do not have ...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Flame-R:
is the market not working at all?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wizkid6000:
Yes it works, just can't get all your payed apps, think its just protected ones.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyentsang:
Thank you so much for building such a wonderful ROM, really appreciate it.

By the way, is there a way to make it to display "Chinese" ? I have install the custom locale and apply Chinese locale but it still not able to display chinese only "squares".

Thanks again for your ALL YOUR Hard work !!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Flame-R:
ok thats kl for now.... :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Fluesopp:
You can't browse them. If you search, they are there.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wizkid6000:
No there not, i can't get Taskiller full or AdFree.

Ok just found AdFree, Taskiller still nowhere tho.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Fluesopp:
Did you run Market enabler?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] piotrreq:
I've just installed the update and the phone hanged on Nexus splash screen. However I can connect via adb. I wonder should I wait a little longer or make reboot....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salahag:
more...

Auto Memory Manager, gets the FC alert when applying new limits.

Market enabler doesn't work anymore, although I had it "Always Allow" in SU before. But the strange thing is: Market Enabler normally asks for SU permissions on the 4th/last phase when applying new settings, now i get the failure message almost instantly.

Both apps use the SU permissions.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MerXury13:
had the same issue: replace the battery and then put it in again and start the phone again: for me it works
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] piotrreq:
"adb reboot" was enough for me :)

But something is wrong with google sync. After reboot I got fc with some google sync app (I don't remember exact name) and when I turn off and on sync (in power management widget) I get some error too, but it;s too short to see the text (I supose it's the same error)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] touchtweak:
Yup me too. Trying a full wipe and reinstall now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MerXury13:
I got a FC of Gapps!but i hate to wipe so i'll wait for the next update;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] touchtweak:
Okay force close of GAPP using Google sync (contacts) disappeared only after a full wipe and reformat of SD card.

During first boot phone hangs; but as mentioned, a quick battery removal and reboot remedied that.

EDIT: oops wrote to soon. GAPPS force close is back once i try to open People app. Only happens while Google sync is trying to Sync contacts. Thought for sure a full wipe and format would solve this.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Flame-R:
sorry i havent been on to say how the rom has been but my internet was cut off and i find the 3g long on my phone, but im sure every1 has been commenting on the rom.

i cant find the download patch for 2.1.1, help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
Here it is. If you look at page 138 in this thread it's there:rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Flame-R:
thanks mate
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
No problem:D