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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] daveredfern:
Wow, this is the first custom rom i have installed and amazed at the stability of it. Seems snappy, decent battery life and feature full.

I have only found one bug which is in the music player the play, back and forward button images do not appear correctly until clicked. It doesn't bother me because they still work.

Thanks

Dave.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] code72:
Are your Google contacts showed? Mine no
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulb42:
I've found that Google contacts don't sync until the phone has been rebooted after first signing in.

Try rebooting, and making sure that contacts are showing up in the account sync menu.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
+1 on this! Needed a reboot before I could see them
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
so erm do live wallpapers work on this rom?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MisterRio:
Or force sync from the settings menu, this also works.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
No

10 Char
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] andready:
Nice Rom nprussell. It's very fast and the battery seems very good.

The only problem I run into is with HTC widget. Lacking of HTC widget is almost like a ROM without sense. I miss my HTC widget. Is the fix on the way?

Thanks for great work on 2.1. Your the MAN:)

Andready
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Just had a FC of htc mail when sending a text.

Not happened before this text, no idea if the text has sent or not.

Edit: phone now frozen proceeding with battery pull
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
You on the donators pre release? if so:

Reflash the rom then you should get them back.

Some people have said flashing without a wipe may work, try that first and if not then flash with a wipe.

I know its a bit of a pain as you then have to restore everything (if you wipe) but it should definately fix it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Konradwalsh:
Hey... maybe i should have said... I know all these are current issues,,, its just feedback for Nathan... just so he knows what is and isnt working for everyone since like you say you can add faves, I cant...

and before you ask.. I did a full wipe and two flashs before reporting...

thanks for your assistance though.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Thats ok, was just telling you my experience.

It is strange how some people seem to be reporting problems others are not having e.g. some having issues with camera.

Why don't you try a no wipe flash over the top of what you have?

(obviously nandroid first) to see what happens you never know it may fix your issues.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kevinof:
I tried that a couple of times but never got all the contacts - 45 out of 250. Never could get it to work which is a real shame.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] andready:
Thanks I try:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I read somewhere you should turn off sync (you can use the new power control widget), delete all your contacts (also go to the contacts data app in applications menu) and clear the data then restart phone.

Then turn sync back on and it should resync fine.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ICEM4N99:
Erase all the HTC Widgets from the home panels (clock, wether, music,...). Then reboot. Now the widgets should appear (that worked for me, but i'm not sure if i rebooted before deleting them).

For the people with account-syncing problem, please reboot. If that doesn't solve your problem, then try a manual sync from the setting menu. (Rebooting worked for me, At first i only get around 40% of my contacts)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I tried the method I said after all else failed and it then synced fine (after doing a google search into the problem)

Although your fix will work probably 90% of the time sometimes corrupt data stops sync from working and doing the full clear is the only way to fix it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
before you release the rom can u add this app2sd concept by Chrys Soyars? http://htcpedia.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1767&d=1267138422

found on this rom http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2149
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I agree that does make Apps2SD a nice easy concept.

One day I may have to consider using it as my apps are slowly building up and up.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sedinix:
I agree must have opt :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Sorry about the lack of apps2SD. I'll do it at some point, I promise.

@ The couple of people that have donated today - I will send you the link when I get in from work in a couple of hours. Sorry for the delay - I can't access my email from work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] duxford:
Gallery

Hi Nathan,

at the first I want to say thanks for your hard work.

I am using pre-release of Villain3.0 (via donation) and I have problem with gallery.

When I try to go to gallery application, I see only black screen (can exit via home button). What I am doing wrong?

Have you some work around for this problem?

P.S: Sorry for my bad English please ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Terminal now excepts my code to reboot on this new version :) makes it a lot easier to remove files now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stephenophof:
Nathan said in a previous reply that it's not working right now, but I'm sure he'll fix it soon, because he's such a great man in making ROMs for the Hero :D So don't worry, it will be fixed in the near future! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MisterRio:
This has even been anounced in the release notes.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] duxford:
OK OK, sorry for my stupid question, but there could be some overlooked workaround ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Thank you. That's why I neglected to answer the question.

Sorry if it seems rude, but I really don't have time to answer questions which have been answered in the pre-release email ;)

I write everything in that email to ensure that you install the rom correctly, and know what to expect (widget probs, etc).

I will answer it though for anyone elses that wants to know:

Gallery 3D, Google Nav & Google Sky Map are all related to one issue; an Open GL issue.

It's not simply a case of replacing the driver and it working, but the logcat is telling me that a certain driver is responsible.

As a result, I am focussing on this as my current number one priority, but I don't have any dev time today. It'll be tomorrow evening before I can even look at it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Konradwalsh:
ya sure why not.. ill report back
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Flame-R:
np, could you reply to my privat message please.

this is probably the best ROM ive had, i havent had any problems yet.

i havent tested google nav yet but i hope it works for me in the morning.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] code72:
Done but contacts are not showing in the "view" options; only phone and SIM
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] daveredfern:
Hello,

I have installed this and it was all going well until google sync didn't work with contacts. I read that you need to reboot for it to work (which was true and did work) but now most of the htc widgets have gone.

how can i get them back?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vvaleta28:
Hello, nprussell, you Message a private

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] duxford:
Sure, I know it is not simple ;)

Just for inspiration, I have tried the "aHero v0.3 ROM" (xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=638584) and there is 3d gallery working (in landscape mode), so maybe helps it ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vvaleta28:
In the rom of chopoubs 1.9, the gallery 3D works perfectly in horizontally
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] john_stolwijk:
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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vvaleta28:
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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
no rom has it working with sense yet. but just wait and see what nathan can do.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JayCe98:
Hi,

a "nice" bug I have just encountered; I'm still in beta 3 but I don't think it has been brought up before.

I was switching application (long press on home button) while a call arrived. My phone started to ring and get stuck with the call panel in background and the application switch one in foreground, and continue ringing ... forever. I had to remove the battery to make it work again.

eargerly waiting for the final release ...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Very interestesting. Thanks for the information... I'll look into that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vvaleta28:
when you can, pass me the link to download the rom, I want to try it. donation yesterday. fantastic job
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kmoon:
I am very excited about this release and can't wait until it's available to the public.

I wish I could donate to get a head start, but unfortunately I have no working creditcard at the moment.

What is the ETA?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mlanca:
nprussell when you public the 3.0?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
he last said Wednesday/Thursday, but he is only going to release it when it is ready and I am not sure how much time he has had to spend on dev work the last few days.

Just be patient it will come and based on the donators pre-release it is definitely worth the wait this rom is awesome.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
does this rom support live wallpaper?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
No not at the moment, I think the reasoning is as they don't work fully yet on any hero rom then there is no point including it here.

We are also yet to see if they work at all with htc sense running.

Maybe in the future when they are fully working Nathan will consider including them but I can't imagine they will be high on his list of priorities for a long time.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
@ Lenny - correct again.

I can confirm that you'll all be getting Apps2SD in the public release. ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
Woop! Woop! Great news :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tron13:
Could you please send me a download link...?

please check your PMs
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Uniqron:
+1. PMmed you yesterday Nathan. I would very much like a share of this Villain goodness.:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BobderDritte:
me to ;-) ....

please
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phoehtaung:
me 3!!! ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BobderDritte:
i think, first he buys a porsche from the donations, then he send us the link :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Uniqron:
I don't think so;) But he might be buying another Hero for the testing...

And: I'm not sure how much you donated, but I doubt that he'll be able to get a porsche any time soon out of this.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] woollef:
Where can I find this chopoubs 1.9 rom. I would really like to try this 3D gallery.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BobderDritte:
it was just a joke ...bro

i think he earns the donation for all the work ... thats fine for me ...

and he can do with the money what ever he wants .. perhaps a matchbox porsche
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vvaleta28:
nprusell, I did some tests with the gallery, when selecting a forum and go back, when you wear the black screen, turns the screen and appears perfectly horizontal gallery.'ve test and view. un saludo.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
when u say fully not working do u mean how its with the 2.1 roms?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Yes there is a problem with the 3d drivers and openGL that means certain things live wallpaper being one of them do not fully function on the htc hero until the drivers are fixed.

Now live wallpapers are infact not officially on any phone other than the nexus one at this moment in time and there is nothing to suggest that HTC will ever implement this feature either.

We will just have to wait and see. Or hope someone else can fix it (perhaps Nathan)

In any event all it does is hog resources and slow the phone down, which along with Sense it is just not a good idea.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kar1oko:
Nathan,

I installed the ROM yesterday night and in general I must say it's awesome! It's fast, estable, nice. Great job!!!

I have noticed some different behaviour in the music application. I don't know if it is a bug or it's just a change:

- My Podcasts doesn't appear in the library. They are in a different folder of the SD Card (also Mp3 format), and with the Modaco 3.2b5 (and previous ones) appeared in the library.

-Now there is a new album per folder. The previous version recognized the ID3 tag and assigned the album only following the information in the ID3 track. New one if two songs with same album in the ID3 tag are in different folders, then we have two albums.

- In the music player the buttons (play, next, prev) appear empty (but they work)

Thanks a lot for your work. I'll keep you informing about other issues I find...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] eujene:
found a small bug in dialer. it is impossible to create a new contact from unknown number from dialer screen. a menu appears, but no action is complete.

One more fact to return to original dialer?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Is this in VillainROM?

I can't see it when I rotate the screen.

If you could elaborate, I'd really appreciate it. I could really do with fixing this 3D issue.

Thanks,

Nathan
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
@ Those that have donated; I'm sorry for the delay, I'll send you the link in a few hours.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tron13:
Thanks my friend... We Waiting you :):):)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Info Update:

Version 3.0 Public Estimated release has been put back until Friday 5th March ETA.

This is due to me wanting to release it in the most stable state possible. I'm going to have a few hours tonight & tomorrow to work on it, then plenty of time on Friday evening.

Here are my main goals:

- Implement WORKING Apps2SD (90% Done)

- Fix all 3D applications (Google Sky Map, Google Nav, Gallery 3D, etc) - (I have several ideas)

- Have yet another look at the Gmail PUSH issue.

- Re-add Vanilla Contacts for those who prefer it/wish to use it to sort their contacts

- Add Nexus One email.apk, corpcal.apk, etc.

I'm not very confident about fixing Gmail Push, as it SHOULD be working. I can't find any reason it isn't, and the logcat shows nothing.

The 3D issue is related to one driver in particular. I have tried every possible version of the driver, yet the issue persists.

FYI - Chopubs is a rom made up of Hik@ri as a base rom. I'll see if I can find how he's fixed the 3D issue in Chopubs, and attempt to replicate the fix. If I can't get it working, I'll ask him.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] andready:
I tryed to wipe and flash the ROM 4 times. The 4 time all widget were there, but when I restarted it, all the widget were gone again:(

I hope there is a fix for the problem in the next ROM. I havent see the problem before in any of the ROM's.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Aafjes:
I've been silently following this threat with great interest. Great things coming soon, I guess :). Thanks in advance for your great work. I admire it!

I do have some questions:

- Gmail push means that you directly get a notification when a new mail arrives in your gmail account? I currently use the KaguDroid ROM from Benocharm, where this works perfect.

- If you get Google Nav to work, does it also work outside the USA?

Thanks in advance for a reaction and once again good luck with your great work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Flame-R:
Everythink seems to be working 4 me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
well worth the wait with all these features

also please remember to add the camera 5mp fix if you havent already

i take it location is working?

does live wallpapers work?

man i you can release this b4 5p fri, i would really appreciate so i can test at work as theres not much work to do these days
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
Same for me. I have flashed back to 2.1, which seems much more stable.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Sorry to hear some people are having trouble still.

this pre-release though (for me at least) is way way way more stable than 2.1 was and incredibly quicker with more free memory as well.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] andready:
I am with you on that and don't wont to go back. Just miss my HTC widget:(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phanes:
For all those who complain to have widget issues ... Did you all wiped your !ext! partition?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] folgui:
Totally agree ;)

@andy9 : I can see all widgets, even after each reboot and no doubling. What i did was, after 1st boot, didn't config anything, rebooted inmediately and then all widgets were there until now and with several reboots.

Only mention that if you restore config saved in sdcard when 1st boot asks you after flash, you'll always have problems with widgets (that's my experience).

I'm very happy with prerelease, some minor issues, but stable and fast enough for me. Also made some personal changes, like lockscreen-background accordly to new "desire" wallpaper, automatic apps2sd, etc.

Sure i'll keep with 3pre and 3final until HTC publish of official rom.

Regards, folgui.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
ok, I'll try again, although 2.1. looks not that slow or unstable to me
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Have you attempted to manually remove all of the visible HTC widgets from all 7 screens, then rebooting?

That's how simple the fix has been for me on both of my phones. :\

The weather widget (far left screen) was causing it. Removing that crashed Sense, and after the FC, it was all sorted. It hasn't broken since.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RichardFHTC:
I've been wondering the same desire or legend its so close to call
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I had trouble first time round but my screens had no widgets on them, I was forced to reflash, now they are all there but listed twice in the menu.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phanes:
:) I haven´t had any problems with the widgets and I never had issues with the camera. (FC on highest res. or similar)

I just don´t understand why those phones do act so different.

The only thing strange I discovered was, that sometimes something, some application sits on the CPU and sucks the battery dry. Not enough that this happens, even when I do a wipe (no ext wipe) the issue still persists.

I had some time today and was thinking about the push issue, could the problem be that the verification while the contact process between network and GMail server is running, it possibly causes an out time effect?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
sorry, i did go back a few pages but couldnt see anything, has mms been fixed? :)

Also, i have donated, i wanted to give more but my car packed up so i have had to buy a new one, the good news is the newer car is nicer lol.

My confirmation number is:

43943184KP766113M

Thanks,

Piercy
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Carjigo:
My confirmation number is

6G0277939P4129334

Thanks again
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] J-Zeus:
Camera issue = Even though it is off in the settings, all my pics have time/date stamp:(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] andready:
The problem with the widget are that you can't find them in the menu. They are just gone and some time they come back. Very strange.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
It's like that in all the 2.1 ROMs. Nothing to do about it, until it's officially released a 2.1 ROM from HTC.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chc052:
My confirmation number is 5K723784PJ6805615
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stephenophof:
Another bug I found:

I'm always listening music on my Hero when I cycle to school. I use the included ear phones with three buttons on it (previous, start/pause, next). You can switch between songs with those buttons. But they're not working on the Hero when using VillainROM 3.0 Pre-release. It worked fine in Beta 3.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vvaleta28:
Hello, since you have managed to activate app2sd?? I, with the adb it has not left me.

Thank you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] noel_leon:
Here is my list of issues. I am not 100% sure if they are ROM related but I would appreciate some help solving them.

My major gripe: I can not for the life of me get a internet/data connection via my cellular network. The APN settings that I use are the exact same (and service provider supplied these) as the ones I used in all previous ROMs.

I see a glaring error that I get when checking with "adb logcat" and I will upload a copy of my log so you can have a look.

I see "MobileDataStateTracker" dropping because of "wrong Apn". This should tell me that the apn is wrong, right? But what do I do when the settings are exactly the same as before?

Here is the log: http://bit.ly/6NGVA5

I don't know where to start but line 449 would probably be close to a issue.

Not having a data connection without WIFI is a major issue for me. I will be trying to flash a different radio to see if that might help. I am currently using 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26 . I will try JU_6.35.08.29. edit:That did nothing as expected. Flashing back to newest radio.

A couple tiny issues with the facebook syncing of contacts.

Previous versions only synced the contacts on my phone via linking them. Now it syncs all contacts from facebook to the phone.

The facebook sync process does not allow for unlinking and relinking contacts without creating duplicates.

One last thing about facebook syncing is that it does not sync my own display picture or status.

The Clock app is horrible bugged. I don't get a "dismiss"-dialogue if the phone is in sleep mode and that makes it a great Alarm clock, but not so great when timers run out and I have no way of shutting the ringer off except killing the clock app or rebooting.

So to clarify: Alarm and timers do not give me a dismiss option if the phone is sleeping when the alarm or timer is set to go off.

Is this why you have shaketowake as standard? Or is this issue mine alone?

So far those are all the things I have found that bother me with the rom. The clock and facebook stuff is not really important, but the Mobile Network data connection is.

Thank you for all your hard work, nprussell! I am glad to see such a dedicated cook.

I really hope we can figure out why I am not getting a data connection.

With regards

Noel
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] supadupa111:
I think its just the url shortener that triggered kasparsky

As far as I know mine did. All my contacts are there and gmail etc.

Did you try ticking the bubble next to your APN in the wireless settings menu?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] StNickZA:
noel_leon, re. the Facebook syncing issues you are experiencing, does it then sync those contacts back to Google Contacts?

Might hang ten on this for now then... I'm quite obsessive about keeping my Google Contacts neat and tidy. Looks like a fantastic ROM otherwise! Thanks and congrats to nprussell!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] noel_leon:
StNickZA: It does NOT sync the facebook-only contacts to google :)

Link without shortener: http://puuu.us/villain1.1.zip

Edit:

Supadupa, yes. I have also tried the default apn, combining the two and a apn that is similar but used for prepaid cards.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] osmotoletto:
Hi, this ROM runs great! Where's the calendar? Contacts can be syncroniesieren with Outlook, but no dates!

Or there is a possibility it from the market to Douwnload?

Thanks for the quick reply

Greetings from Germany

Excuse my bad English:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shadowli0721:
还是不能下载，can't download

还是不能下载，can't download