yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulb42:
Please feel free.

I have an RS account I don't use much, so I figured I may as well get some use out of it since some people were having problems with the original mirror.

I'll also place the final, and any other open betas up there, I can PM you links to those if you like when you release them.

I might also suggest that you put an MD5 or somesuch into your original post to ensure that all the mirrors are of the original files.

I've not actually had time to test the new beta - the wife thought I should spend Valentine's day with her, rather than my phone....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] davecore:
It make sense as we are both using your ROM's... Hope you'll get your hero soon :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vrmp:
I have been using Beta3 for some hours now and I must say it work perfectly. With Beta3 is was able to sync with exchange also, seems you somehow have fixed this? I tried it several times with Beta2, but it just didn't work.

Calendar is indeed syncing, although I don't have an app able to view the entire calendar. For now I have installed CalWidget, which just shows the appointments and thats the most important thing for me.

SMS, Phone calls, Bluetooth, exchange are all working perfectly (these are the things I need all the time, since it's a corporate phone)

I had no FC apps yet and overall performance is very nice.

Gmail push doesn't work for me.

Location shows up fine.

One other thing in the contacts app (android and htc one), it shows my contact as: surname firstname

Is it possible to change this? The other roms i tried have them displayed like firstname surname. I tried looking for some setting to change it, but it seems there isn't one.

Thanks for your effort and I hope you are able to solve the calendar problem in Beta4.

Edit:

Nevermind the question about the contacts app. Seems it uses the settings in outlook, some of my contacts were saved as surname, firstname.

I have changed this and all show correct now. Think this application actually copies over exchange/outlook settings, which the others don't.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
Sense just FC'd on my when i removed the Messages and Weather widget from the last two (left) screens. Only just installed 3.0, using apps to SD have facebook, overclock widget and task killer installed. Facebook widget on the first screen on the left.

Hopefully this may help solve the issue.

edit: now doing menu > Add to Home FC's sense (3 or 4 times in a row)

edit2: seems to have fixed itself :/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
So what has actually changed between beta 2 and 3?

Before I install it :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dr3as:
I like this rom more and more, ofcourse there are some bugs, but it is a beta.

I notice some strange wifi-disconnects i didnt have before, that is the most irritating thing i have found. And it isnt so bad, disable/enable wifi and its back up :D

Hope my 10$ atleast help alittle and looking sooo much forward to the next beta
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] satinder:
"

I second this, when I add the APN settings for 3G/Edge, it takes 5-10 minutes (rebooting has also worked for me) before the mobile network for data starts working.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Vincent Grevé:
After a cup of coffee for you and me :), i was playing a little bit with your BETA3 and recognized the following things:

Not working for me:

Lockscreen:

- setting a pattern is without problems but while unlocking screen it doesn´t recognize diagonally parts of the pattern

- can´t change background of unlockscreen (over settings) -> com.htc.launcher -> FC

Autoreboot/Shutdown:

- connected to power my HERO started two times a autoreboot by itself and i had to enter my PIN. One at 01:25 am and one at 05:15 am.

- between 05:15 am and 06:30 am there was a complete shutdown without reboot so the alarm didn´t wake me up in the morning...what a night ;-)

Galerie

- takes a long time to actualize the content of my folders with pictures

- often forces to close (com.cooliris.media)

But in honours to your good work there are also many Apps working without any problems (for me).

Working for me:

- internal Memory

- SD Card Memory

- ES File Explorer

- Videos, opend by ES File Manager

- Advanced Task Manager

- ai Systems

- SUFBS

- Root Manager

- Google Maps

- Google Sky Maps

- Android Agenda

So, hope you´ll continue your excellent work...!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] genius.lizard2:
important for me to fix:

the pattern lock screen

background of unlockscreen

Albums work

Thanx For the Best Roms

REPORT:

O O : when i'm calling with someone, if my alarm was set to same time. its alarming alarmin. alarm alarm

and i must END CALL and Dismiss Alarm.

sorry for my bad english
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] piluco:
hi first of all compliments pe ril your job and I reassume you the problems actually found since yesterday to now - calendar every time that I open me to it from unexpected interruption and he/she is closed therefore it doesn't do me neither to add appointments neither to visualize them.

- Bluethoot when I finish the conversation, as in the old version, part in automatic the musical reader causing an awful lag to be able to close him/it at times I must detach and to attack again the battery - facebook is syncronized well as you you signal in the home page but if I go to open the details of a contact, it returns the error unexpected closing of the application.

for now I have been able to make a will these things I hope that can serve you somehow
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
I already donated but I don't wanna install any of the beta releases until all those problems with the calendar and the alarm are worked out. can't afford to not have those 2 features...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] genius.lizard2:
REPORT:

O O : when i'm calling with someone, if my alarm was set to same time. its alarming alarmin. alarm alarm

and i must END CALL and Dismiss Alarm.

sorry for my bad english
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I doubt there will be a fix for this, but how often do you get a call with your alarm on at the same time anyway? I am guessing its not going to be often.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
Gallery doesn't seem to work for me says no items in my collection. I just copied a load of photos onto my SD (the photos from before i installed 3.0). I also took a picture with fxcamera but the gallery app doesn't show it.

Am i doing something wrong or is it broken? :S

might it be because im using apps 2 sd?

Ignore that, got it working, hadnt saved the pic, as soon as i did it refreshed with all my pics from the sd card too.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dr3as:
My alarm works nice, waked me up this morning, and have had 3 test this day.. Always ringing on time.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] taipan541:
htc launcher fc

hello.

first of all, i would like to thank you for this wonderful ROM. had been using your ROM since v1.0 . Really nice of you to work on this ROM on your spare time. I will continue using this ROM since I believed that this is the best ROM for HTC Hero out there. :)

I encounter htc launcher FC after installing espresso optimized. I am on villainROM 3.0 v3. It keeps on FC. And also, the pattern lock screen doesnt work.

Thank you very much! Really love this ROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
@nprussel

Just sent you another $10. Just because you're a good dev and the most helpfull one
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Those of you who want to remove apps (mainly the lock screen) from the phone using Terminal (search for it in market)

This should be all you need to do to (from memory)

_________________

su

# mount -oremount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

# rm system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk (OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF REMOVING THE LOCK SCREEN, place any other app name here (exactly) to remove that instead)

# reboot

IF IT WON'T LET YOU REBOOT THEN YOU CAN JUST REBOOT MANUALLY (TURN PHONE OFF AND ON)

___________________________

Reason I write this as there will be loads of you out there who cannot use ADB and/or do not know how to so this will help you remove any built in apps on this (and any other rom)

Personally I prefer the default lock screen which is why I do this.

Hope this helps
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dakeyras:
Okies, was testing last night and a bit this morning but didn’t get a chance to post but here’s me feedback:

Google/exchange/facebook sync all worked fine from the start, all contacts/mail/appointments synced okay. No twitter option to sync? Gmail push no working

No enforcing of exchange password policy this time, not that I’m complaining since I don’t have to enter a password to unlock.

Widgets working: power control, mail, youtube, smooth calendar, weather, people (pics still wrong resolution from FB and button images at bottom are messed up), overclock, facebook (doesn’t seem to auto update), stocks, music, news and weather

Widgets not working: calendar, bookmarks

Programs working: aldiko, astro, barcode scanner, benchmark, droidbox, keepassdroid, 3d labyrinth, minfreemanager, newsrob, robo defense, systray monitor, proximity monitor

Programs not working: nothing else so far

Bluetooth audio working fine, will check Bluetooth file transfer tonight.

Not many FC and no resets required. Once again top work sir! I’ll keep on trying as much stuff as I can and see if I can find any broken stuff! All in all she’s a keeper, no deal breakers that would make me revert to 2
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Ok I have missed something out here, any ideas what it is I can't remember

EDIT: Nevermind fixed it (I think) see original post
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
I saw your edited original post. But I've also seen this solution in another thread:

$ su

# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

# cd /system/app/

# rm HtcLockScreen.apk

# rm HtcLockScreen.odex

# reboot
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Thanks, my edited first post does work, however without the reboot line you will have to manually reboot so I will add that line to the guide.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
Whu is it in some guides removing the HtcLockScreen.odex as well. Do you know?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
No idea, but I have never had to in the past and it always works.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ktmna:
Hello, here my report:

- When I disconnected the bluetooth handsfree car, the

phone has been frozen, I had to remove the battery.

- I can't change the lockscreen wallpaper .

That's all for now.

Sorry about my english.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] piotrreq:
Hello - my report:

people all looks ok - I don't know what You mean by "looks horrible"

I had a problem with contacts wit more than one phone number:

contact xxx has two numbers work (default) and home. But when I try to call it via regular dialer I can call only to home number. To call work (default) nuber I have to hose "edit contact" and from there make the call.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
That's because - in the stock roms, the apps (including lockscreen) are odexed.

This rom doesn't have any odex files, so deleting the lockscreen.apk alone should do it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Change from homescreen works fine ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
There you go, knew someone would have the answer
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
worked for me to :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] satinder:
Is the Bluetooth Audio for calls working for you?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] drygmasken:
I can't connect to my twitter account with Plurk.

Had to download app from market.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shelnes:
Great! Thank you. Was wondering a bit about.that part
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Sobab:
BT Audio works excellent in my calls too...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dakeyras:
yes indeedy, no problems on that front
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
this is probably not the rom's fault, however, My phone is syncing all my facebook contacts. Kinda good except someone i know has put their number in as 999. SO if i go to call that person im gonna be in a lot of trouble LOL. What i would like do is, make facebook only sync contacts i have on my phone, so 1.5/1.6 i was using used to sync the picture and the DOB and that was all, not all the numbers and not every person on facebook. Can you please tell if i can do this and how?

Thanks,
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] satinder:
Same here. Looks like Plurk is not a Twitter application.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Plurk is not a twitter app, its a different social networking site very similar to twitter it has been dubbed as "twitter for kids".
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] satinder:
Well somehow there is a problem with my settings somewhere. It connects and works well for the media (songs etc.) but doesn't work for calls.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] drygmasken:
Nathan got it wrong then I guess "- HTC Plurk (new HTC 2.1 Twitter app)"

Otherwise so far I don´t experience any big problems with beta 3.

Nice work Nathan.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Yeah, I had to do research myself to find out it was not twitter, easy mistake to make I guess.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
oooops. Sorry about that O.o

I thought plurk was twitter.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dakeyras:
When i synced up my facebook it gave me the option to sync all or just sync those in contacts already. maybe try removing your FB account and syncing again
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Sobab:
Have you checked what status your headset have in BT-settings? Might be that it does not recognize your head set other than headphones. (Connected to phone- and media sound). Some ericsson headsets have settings to just connect to the media sound also.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vuoshino:
why the launcher2 is incompatible with this rom???
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
nope, but i had the option to sync htc facebook or facebook, i chose the htc one and it didnt offer me any settings other than logging in. the normal one didnt do anything, just want black then back to the accounts screen.

trying syncmypix now, but it only in beta test for 2.x
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
How are people finding the battery life?

Should be better than before.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
only installed it a few hours ago ill let you know tomorrow, usually by about 10pm uk time im plugging it in so we shall see.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulb42:
I've found the standby battery to be MUCH better than the 2.1. I've not actually used it much to see how it manages in-use.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Yesterday 50% of my battery loss was due to wifi, that is the highest I have ever seen wifi use the battery.

This might be due to everything else not draining the battery at all, or may be that wifi now drains the battery faster than it did before.

Either way the battery seems to be lasting better than before anyway.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
About $65 away from a dev hero.

Thank you so much people. Looks like I might get enough by Thursday at this rate, so that it arrives on my day off Friday! :)

Seriously, I cannot thank you all enough. My way of thanks is to make this rom as excellent & complete as it can possibly be.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
ok, sync my pix doesnt work :/ Anyone got any ideas what i can do about this facebook sync issue. i dont wanna get every contact just the photos of the contacts ive already got synced with google.

someone previously said about an option but i dont have any options, i just sync my FB account and off it whizzes.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Go into "contacts" not "people" press menu and go views (or something like that) tick "only contacts with phone numbers" then you should also see your name click that and then untick the sync box

this should do the trick
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
I just sent a very cheeky email to HTC, with a brave ask of some recent 2.1 Sense apps.

I'm 100% sure they'll tell me where to go, but still... thought it was worth the trouble ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] piluco:
hello I too have made my donation, but unfortunately I have not seen any answers to the problems I reported

look in your private messages
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
they will prob send back previews of some rather than the actual apps. Although at the same time they may give you them as "leaks" that way they get beta testing without people whining when they dont work properly :) Like a lot of the windows leaks are often deliberate to get feedback without people being able to complain.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Sorry, there are almost 2000 replies in this thread. Please re-post your problems and I'll answer the best I can.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
ticking the box will help slightly but i do not see my facebook sync account in there, just my google sync and my phone contacts.

The contacts app still displays all my facebook friends (which have numbers).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
ah that's really strange, your facebook sync in that menu should just be listed as your name it won't say it's facebook.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Does anyone know how to change the boot volume? its really really loud with this rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] satinder:
Well I use the BT to connect to my Pioneer system in the car. I used make calls using that with my earlier ROM but somehow ths support is missing in the 2.1 based ROMs. Once connected it shows it as media headset. Haven't tried a generic BT earphone. I'll try that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
ah i see, i was looking for one which said facebook as it said google sync on the other one. ty :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Sorry, I should have responded sooner.

REMOVE the tick from phone contacts, and it will only show your Google contacts, whilst still using the facebook pictures.

Hope that helps.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maliiina:
I have error in flashing - genie widget coruppt , some idea ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
yep yep thanks :) that me happy with 3.0 now :D seems a lot faster than 2.1 :) Only thing for me to test now is MMS. hopefully this works cos its something i missed in 2.1.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
No problem, we are all in the same boat afteral
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cambria83:
I installed this ROM after wiping everything (including ext, cache etc.) and I'm having problems with multiple apps.

Taskiller isn't remembering my settings and every time I restart it thinks it's been installed freshly again.

I can't install Google Maps at all from the market? It just gives me an error.

Wavesecure force closes upon open and the same with Copilot live and Bloo.

Am I doing something wrong here? I've reinstalled the ROM twice now and have the same issues? I'm just going to try uninstalling the problematic apps and reinstalling again to see if it resolves anything. Obviously it won't solve the Google Maps issue though :(

Any ideas?

Oh and I also would like to know about changing the boot sound volume.

Thanks very much! Apart from problematic apps. this ROM seems ace!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tchan012:
Nathan,

great job on the ROM.

donated a little something to get you closer to your dev hero. Hope that helps.

27624525BR974664M

Tarun
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
atm, i cant send mms, says the service is unavailable, I checked all the apn settings and they are correct according to the vodafone uk help section (they dont have a section for hero but i followed the magic guide... shouldnt be any different).

Does it work for anyone else?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
I don't use mms often at all so could not tell you.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dakeyras:
just another thing I noticed disappeared was the recent applications in the pull down that was there previously, dunno if it was intentionally removed.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
i hope so i disliked it being there lol. although if you hold the home button it does the same thing :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] thieum la fouine:
is there an app that allow you to change the internal killing app setting?

thank's for your help :o
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
yes its called AutoKiller.

@nprussell i will give you an indication of battery tomorrow night /wednesday morning. Ive had to stick it on charge cos the battery is low. I dont think today would be a fair test as ive flashed it twice, setup apps 2 sd, setup facebook sync and installed all my apps. Tomorrow will be a better test so ill see how the battery lasts tomorrow :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] J-Zeus:
Nice and fast although Expose is a bit laggy.

After a bit of testing

The Mobile network widget doesn't work properly - if you turn it on it shows this by showing green bar, but when you turn it off the bar remains.

GPS is working in UK - but how can you change that annoying voice!!:D

Security lock not working properly

Still have MMS problems in Handsent

When looking for contacts in Nav - it shows a lot of the people listed twice.

Also known issues w/ Music / Album / Txt etc.

Although OK - I'm not wild about Dolphin.

I too would like to lose the start-up chime - too loud too annoying

Looking forward to phase 4:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] happybob:
great work donation some to you it all good
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Piercy0812:
for contacts listed twice, it sounds like the facebook thing i experienced earlier. Read back a few pages. or it could be they are on your sim as well as your phone, check your view settings :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
This was intentionally done. That bar you mention is the 2.1 notifications bar and it can be quite laggy and slow which is why Nathan added the 1.5 bar back.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Nathan, not sure if you saw my request before but any chance we can get voice dialling? Or do we need to wait for an official HTC release for this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sjeffrey:
GMail Push

I think I somehow managed to get gmail push to work on mine.

Here's the steps I did if someone else could confirm that this does work:

- Settings, Accounts & Sync

- I had both Background Data and Auto-Sync checked

- I unchecked both

- Rechecked both

- Back on my home screen I have the Power control widget and I noticed that the sync control was turned off.

- I click it a few times until it reflected being on (twice I believe)

- Push now started working

I'm not sure if the steps in accounts & sync are required, but that is exactly what I did. Hopefully it will work for others.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mmiii:
Sorry, didn´t work for me.

mmiii
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Romdan:
When i try to change wallpaper background or image screenlock, "sense" FC and then freeze with "loading" message
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Konradwalsh:
Donation

@NPRUSSELL

Here is $10

Confirmation number: 2PJ26758JM9380456

If it means I get in on beta team good.. if not, that's ok. the money is to say thanks for the hard work so far.

More when this reaches final