yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Yeh, I just figured that out, and btw, I have fixed the problem now, just looking into making a no wipe mini update for it.

Glad to hear, should have the last bugs like the weather widget ironed out soon, also working on some more battery drain modifications so will up them together.

EDIT: My trackball glows correctly now instead of flickering like other Eris ones :) I'm still figuring out how to make a no wipe update script so as son as I do i'll incorporate the fixes into an update and also upload v1.3 which should be fully working with all bugs fixed.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bad4ss:
What's this widget called please? it looks cool.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Power Control - Android standard widget.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bad4ss:
Thanks. I didn't know it was standard android.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
v1.3

Version 1.3 is up as a no wipe update, please test and give feedback, it should hopefully fix the weather animation and help battery somewhat.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kien:
Does email sync work on this ROM? using another 2.1 ROM at the moment but hotmail and imap mail accounts don't sync automatically (with hourly interval set) and have no notications on new email.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Yes it works, I just set up and tried.

Goto HTC mail, settings, notifications and enable notification sound and vibrate as you prefer, works fine.

Enjoy
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MMartins:
will this work on magic?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
I have no idea since I don't have a magic, let me ask you something that may answer that for us both... do other hero roms work on the magic?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Seidr:
I'll be flashing this when I get home - looks sexy, thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MMartins:
never tried, I will try and post the result :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] e.japonica:
should named as 1.2b as it was a patch not full installation =x (just my thinking)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Keithoms:
Hi, i rooted my hero for the first time this morning. I decided that your rom looked the best and fitted my want's more than other front pagers, so i gave it a try.

Things started well, it ran great and looked great. Then sadly the home screen started crashing. Then there was the clock glitch and i had had enough. I wiped the phone and tried 5 other ROM's i found on the site.

None of them, to me, could compare to what yours was when it was working. I noticed that you had posted your update, so i tried for a reinstall. I reinstalled then applied the update (which went fine). So far, i have had NO crashes and the clock is fixed.

Loving this! Am considering a donation as thanks.

Keith
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
installed this morning the 1.2 : perfect [i noticed the transparent weather bug].

just installed the 1.3 update and it works great.

this is my first 2.1 rom i try, am i missing something or this is amazing? :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] e.japonica:
some other rom which has this system volume bug which make your phone system volume too loud that the speaker can handle(req u to lower the volume unable to set to loudest as normal)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Thanks

I'm glad you are happy so far, please try it for a little longer and if it keeps working great for you, as I expect and hope it should, then consider donating. It would be appreciated.

I'm glad everything worked out great especially with the update!

As for the earlier comment regarding naming, I will consider renaming the update to 1.2b and uploading a full install which I will call v1.3 if people think it is appropriate.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
hmm, i've found a little bug: looks like it's slow to show the answer screen for the incoming calls... you receive the call, the phone rings but it takes a while before showing the right screen...

:confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Can you please give some more information. I have tested it 20 or 30 times, in sleep mode, awake, plugged in, unplugged.

If the phone is asleep, it will ring, then upto 1 second later the screen will be shown.

If the phone is awake, it will ring, show screen and display contact image almost instantly.

Did you install 1.2 fresh followed by 1.3? Was it ok in 1.2?

Are you using a custom ringtone?

Where is the contact coming from that is ringing you(phone, google, Facebook, Exchange, etc) ? All mine are phone contacts.

Please let me know and if it is a bug in the ROM I'll get on it immediately.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
awake is almost istantly.

in sleep mode it's slower than the "default rom", it takes 3/4 seconds

:-/ i don't remember if i receive calls with the 1.2...

yup... the one i attach here...

tested two times with a known caller [google contact] and with an unknow caller...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
I have just tested on my phone with your ringtone so that's clearly not the issue as it still comes on instantly in sleep.

I know it's a lot to ask but is it possible you can do a wipe?

Can you do a nandroid backup, wipe your data and settings and reboot.

No need to reinstall.

I'm just trying to work through possible causes here so that I can try replicate it on my device because it's working instantanious for me reglardless of sleep or not.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
hmm, well, let me explain: yesterday i updated the rom to 1.3, tested if was working fine and i putted the phone in aereo mode until this morning.

just now i try the simply reboot the phone and the issue disappear.

i'm wondering if using apps the ram get dirty or slow and create that lag.

anyway it's quite fine, really.

i think it's a real very good rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
I have tried filling my phone with apps and running a lot so that i have only 24MB RAM free, even then I don't seem to get any lag.

Maybe I could try optimizing some more and removing some extras.

It's hard to know what to remove though as some people will want things, obviously the phone needs to meet my requirements but since I'm sharing this I can't go just removing everything I don't use.

As for performance, I'm currently using the same exact ROM I uploaded here, I have Twitter, Exchange Sync (mail, contacts and calendar), Facebook and Gmail all on push syncing (instant), I have all the normal widgets the phone loads with plus the calendar widget (HTC agenda) and HTc music widget (full size) and a bunch of market apps installed. I have 130MB free on the internal storage, battery life isnt very good but performance wise it's much more responsive than my stock 1.5 was.

I do NOT use APPS2SD though, so can't comment on performance with this.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
i don't use app2sd too, anyway it works fine now. :)

maybe a false alarm?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Hopefully, lets hope it keeps working great for you.

I'm using this an my every day ROM too so I'll be making sure everything works as best it can, and if problems arise, the fixes I implement will of course be posted here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Release:
Hi guys! I'm using a custom 2.1 ROM. I installed it about 2 mounths ago, but it isn't very fast and it has some bugs, so i decided to try this new ROM. On the web a lot of people speak very well about this one, so... for me there are no problems installing 1.2 version of this rom, but i don't know how to install the 1.3 version! How can i do?

I'm sorry if my english isn't perfect ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Install

Your English is just fine.

To install v1.3 just download and copy it to your sdcard then flash it from the recovery menu exactly the same way that you did with 1.2. It will only fix the things that are needed in 1.2 (so you have to be on that version first).

So, for clean install (from different NOT NeO ROM) do this:

Download v1.2 and v1.3(update13.zip)

go to recovery

wipe

flash 1.2 from SD card.

flsh 1.3 from SD card.

reboot.

I will put this in the first post.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Connecter:
Hi!

I have some questions before flashing.

1) No german languages is in the rom??!?

2) How long does the battery run until reload it?

3) By some roms i notice the lookscreen is difficult to unlook by finger. Same here?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
1) I believe you can add German using morelocale2 from the market.

2) Battery life isn't great compared to stock 1.5 ROM, the main problem is the unoptimized kernel and only slight changes can be made to try and help. I would expect all of these 2.1 ROMs to be about on par for battery life.

3)I have never had a problem unlocking the lockscreen by finger dragging down, it should be fine.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Connecter:
Thank you for your fast answer. I will download and flash it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
You're welcome.

You are welcome.

Also, I will take a look at adding German language asap.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itolson:
does the usb tether work on this like 1.5 settings, wireless and network and then there was a mobile network check box that allowed the phone to be used as a usb modem like pdanet but for free.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Release:
your guide is simple and exhaustive, tnks ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
My pleasure.

USB tether does not exist in the 2.1 ROMs because they are not intended for the HTC hero. This is the reason I included aNetshare, you can plug the phone in to charge but it will use the wifi to send you the data.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Release:
1.3 version installed. Great job. Really ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Keithoms:
Hi, well ive tried it another day, and im still having the crashing problem. The only thing that seems to cause it is the HTC weather widget. If you go to that home screen and then scroll up and down on the widget, it will eventually crash the home (then relaunch). Any chance you could take a look at this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
i'm not having this issue... it works fine and fast. try a full wipe :/

@alias_neo: a little bug [?], i was in the dark at the phone... so i discover while talking that the screen doesn't go off... is it a bug?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Keithoms:
This is after 3 full wipes and upgrades :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
I just tried it at varying speeds from a couple of minutes and no crash, instead it just changed faster without animation if I change faster.

This is expected as the brightness sensor does not work in this build. I'm not sure there is an easy solution.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] antz88c:
from BeHero 1.2.6, tried this and kinda liking it.

Now I'm confused what to use :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mt3g:
I got a question for my brother who is in the army (Germany) US citizen, I told him to get the hero and he loves it had him put modaco's hero on it he hasn't changed it yet and I want him to have a fun and great android so....

1:will the apn's adjust to his German T-mobile service?

2:will this rom work for him being on his phone, and radio and such?

I'm an avid android user have done lots with my mytouch (as much as the ram will allow lol) but any help with my questions would be greatly appreciated :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
:( ops... i hope in the 1.4 version it will hope! thx anyway!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itolson:
The gps does not work on my phone, i have done a full wipe installed 1.2 then 1.3 most things seem fine and dandy, all but the gps waiting for ever to obtain a lock.

any ideas.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
i'm testing the gps right now... looks like the gps doesn't work... am i wrong? :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
I have added a huge list of APNs so there should be one there for T-Mobile Germany, there is no reason why it shouldn't work if her phone is prepped for custom ROMs.

My GPS works fine, I'll reflash today as soon as I get a spare hour and see what happens, then I'll look at a fix.

I'm working on a couple of minor changes and also looking into the brightness sensor (not good so far) but i'll keep you all updated.

My apologies for the GPS problem, i'll get on it post haste.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
you are just working great and your work is amazing.

we'll wait your improvements!

thanx mate!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] slimjimwoods:
no gps here either, just searches- all excellent otherwise, a 2.1 rom that doesnt run like c***!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Testing

I am currently testing 1.3b. It only has some minor backend fixes and cleanups and hopefully should fix the GPS for you guys.

If it all goes well, 1.3b will replace all previous versions.

I will post it as a BETA, it's a full wipe and reflash. Let me know how things go.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
...and now it works! :D

well, i did a test, shut down the brightness sensor in the widget then configured to "automatic" in settings->display the sensor... and now the screen goes off after 30 secs during the call.

am i wrong?

can anyone do some tests?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Connecter:
Hello again!

Now I have tested it. First it works fine! I have found some bugs. The german language was included.

- To unlock the locksreen the finger must touch the area on the arbor or under it. Over the arbor nothing happen.

- By the first boot, i tought the rom crash. A black screen is shown for a long time.

- The date isn´t correct. For example: Mi.,Mär. 10. This format has a komma to much. So in chompsms the date will not be shown correct.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
I'm sorry, please explain, do you mean German language is NOT included?

Regarding the lockscreen, I do not believe this is a bug, it is intended this way, you drag down from the arc itself or below it, dragging any point above the arc (above where the carrier is displayed) it should not unlock.

Black screen on first boot is normal, this is because the boot animation ends a lot earlier than the phone is ready to boot, I can look at extending the length of the boot animation, but this will affect subsequent boots because the boot animation willl be displayed longer unnecessarily.

Can you please tell me where the date is shown incorrectly? If you drag the curtain down what does it display? What language and locale are you using the ROM in currently?

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Connecter:
I can select German after the first boot. So more languages are includet?!?

I have a old 1.5 Rom and the lookscreen is easyer to unlook. Maybe not a bug. I found it in all roms before. We will see by the final rom by htc ;).

Maybe write it on the first page, so nobody mean that the rom is broken. But only a offer. I don´t see it on other 2.1 roms before.

The date is not correct at the clock, lookscreen and so on. Go to the settings an you see datelayouts. The last of the list are not correct. I have see the same problem in VillainROM 3.2. 3.3 have fix it. But it is only a small bug so you do good work! Good support. Thx!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
ARGH

I have almost everything working but screen brightness is driving me crazy.

If I switch auto brightness off and on again, I get get it to work perfect, it will go from minimum brightness to maximum and vice versa every time I flash a mag-lite (torch) at it, however, if the screen goes to sleep, once it wakes, auto-brightness no longer works.

I'm trying to figure out how I can fix this but having no luck so far, If any devs read this I would appreciate if you could help shed some light. Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] antz88c:
i am not sure if my PM got thru, can i try your 1.3b?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vixper:
sim contact

Hi,

Congratulation for the great rom!

just a question...is there any way to hide sim contacts?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] antz88c:
This is so worth it, what is there to expect on the final release?

Great job..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] GhostSeven:
Anyone else having problems with MMS if the provider uses a different APN for mms (such as vodafone UK does) think this maybe the issue and it does not look like it covered in MMSZap

Also anyone else getting the HTTP bug that has been talked about (can be seen in emails in google mail all for me, when you try to download images in the message)

Fantastic rom! Keep up the good work and thanks for your time and effort!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] steelbytes:
why is google maps showing in the market as not installed? i tried downloading from it from the market, and ended up with two copies installed - one which had working pinch zoom, and one didn't!

ps, great rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Can you please elaborate on the HTTP bug, it's the first I have heard of it since I always refuse images in my gmail.

This is done on purpose, the version of maps that is installed is a haked one by "brut". It is purposely renamed (at the backend) to allow you to install the normal maps from the market, the difference with the hacked maps is that it allows google maps navigation outside of the US and it has multitouch, the map one allows neither of these.

The market app also works with the car navigation panel which I have removed from the ROM but can be installed if you want to use it along with market maps.

Can anyone please confirm if MMS works at all for you with any providers or even using MMS Zap? I'm getting reports of it still not working for people and so am looking into replacing the messaging app with an older version believed to be working.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ilbulgaro89:
How about the battery drain? I need to have Network data ON all day....

Now with modaco I've got Seesmic (twitter) notification evry 20 min, bloo (facebook) notification every 2 min...a lot of mail ( gmail push)...and some browsing........I'm asking too much to this ROM?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
I test it with eveything always on, except WiFi.

Twitter, Facebook, gmail and exchange on push. Messing with the phone every 5 minutes, It will last you in that case it lasts about 12 hours. It's no comparison to 1.5 because of problems in the kernel.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ilbulgaro89:
Thank you very much...xD
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] antz88c:
Okay, so I'm on 1.3b again, had few issues with BeHero 1.3.1
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
I hope that one will run ok for a while until I can get something going. I'm working on 1.3c but I'm pulling stuff from all over the place trying to fix this and that and I'm killing my install over and over so I have to restore and start again, there is only so often I can do that because I need to use the phone for normal use too.

Anyway, as is the nature of this build there won't be needless updates, those I do make will fix or optimize something.

Keep an eye out guys.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bob3695:
Im trying to put this rom on my Sprint HTC Hero but when i go to install 1.2 it says "E:Failure at line 2: assert getprop("ro.product.device") == "hero" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "hero" Installation aborted"

I am very interested in using your ROM and would like to install it
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Is the Sprint Hero a CDMA device? I don't know much about Sprint/CDMA but if it is, then you're in the wrong forum section and these ROMs (for GSM) phones won't work for you.

UPDATE: On the progress of the ROM, I have been quietly working on 2 things. Attempting to fix the battery drain, at this point after a few days of testing, I can safely say that the radio version practically makes no difference, but some are worse than other and I an practically sit and watch the battery bar go down.

The second is MMS, I don't use it, but I know Vodafone customers are having problems because Voda uses different APNs for MMS and Internet. Once I get something considered acceptable implemented, along with a few minor tweaks, I'll be releasing 1.3c.

Currently, moving the the Legend leak is under consideration as I know the battery drain is the most important thing, but I would like feedback from anyone who uses the ROM first.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nicknyhk:
thx for the pretty rom

First time i rooted my android and this was the first rom i picked...Loved it and thank you for your hard work.. btw the only thing i dont get is why is there a desk clock and clock app when they more or less do the same thing? is it just me or something else?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
It's the way HTC made it, the Desk clock is part of the clock app, but desk clock just links you directly to the correct "page". Kind of like going directly to alarm or stop watch, but they decided to create an icon for it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kkazakov13:
So far, this is the most stable and fastest 2.1 ROM. Really like it.

Few apps are not working correctly, but it's the same situation with other cooked 2.1 roms - for example, Screebl Pro works, but drains the battery. SetCPU drains the battery too.

SU File Manager & Terminal, Autostarts and few others, do install, but the icon and name are not showing - instead - they show as com.protocol.x.su.f.bs.... as name, and when opened, FC the interface. This did not happened in BeHero and HeroDroid.

Edit: When I restored SUFBS from Titanium backup, it appeared to work perfectly. Also for the other programs. I suspect broken download issue, all the programs I had problems with, were downloaded simultaneously, almost at the same time
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nicknyhk:
gps woes

I decided to take my phone out for a spin today with a real test in Manchester. Usually in London so i needed the gps. I cant seem to get the gps to fix though. I manage to get the cell triangulation one which is +- 500 m. Is it just me or perhaps it was orange or the rom?? Once again thanks for the rom. Other than that it works like a beauty!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alias_neo:
Did you get the 1.3b from me?

Try this out, it fixes a couple of problems: http://www.multiupload.com/K2AVWX6WNI

I'm working on the next build but I'm currently working based on the Legend leak, battery life is much, much better.

As for time, I cna't make any promises, I have very very little spare time at the moment and after 2 days without sleep messing with it this weekend it still isn't booting, I can't put much time into it for the rest of this week, so just keep your eyes out and check out some of the great work by the other devs in the mean time.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kkazakov13:
Does it require full wipe, if coming from 1.3 ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itolson:
my mike is really low, people complaining they cannot hear me, if i changed back to an older rom it works fine.

any ideas ?..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kkazakov13:
I don't have any hearing issues with this rom.