yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yeah. I pm'd paul o'brien to see about a chef's account at modaco, but I think his heart's over at the nexus forums just now, so it's probably not his biggest priority right now.

I don't know how to create a kitchen front-end, but you will obviously be the man to create a back-end. The only issue would be the load it would put on the kind guy's server (since it won't only be hosting this...), which I think would be a bit unreasonable since we're getting it for free, and manipulating 100MB zip files will probably be quite CPU-intensive.

Maybe in a month or so, I'll look at developing a windows application that will use our servers to download a config file, present the options for the user, then download patch files and construct the zip locally... That would reduce server load, but obviously isn't any good for non-Windows folk (the only cross-platform language I know is java, which wouldn't be ideal for this IMHO).

EDIT: I believe the server we should be getting access to will be linux.

EDIT2: I checked the PM the guy sent, and he did specifically say that the load can't get too high (he hosts numerous other sites on the box, so I think kitchens will not be an option for this one...) He also mentoined accessing the 'shell' of the server, so it will be linux
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
to bad, would be a local kitchen then. well, once it is final maybe i'll adapt dsixda's kitchen to villain, would a kitchen package for linux then.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yup. Unless we can find some mega-server resources, then it'll need to be local. I suppose if we could write it in java, then it would be cross-platform.

But there would still be issues I reckon.

But not until beginning of May for me :( (Too much on in the mean-time, so this is a long-term plan)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mcduck1:
Should you need some bandwidth and cpu on a quad core linux server on 100mbit in europe, send me a message. I already mirror alot of roms (Like 4.0beta). I could allocate up to 2TB of transfer pr month for a project like this and as many GB storage as would be needed. Server runs Linux + Apache (LAMP) and cPanel.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I'll PM you about this. We wouldn't be anything like that for bandwidth :)

I think it is a good idea to get a few mirrors going (canadian one in the sig, UK one hopefully in the pipeline). That way, everyone should have a server close to them, but also it keeps the load on all the hosts' machines down.

As for storage, we probably wouldn't need too much, although you can never have too much, as I'm sure you've discovered :D

Very kind offer, and as I said, PM coming your way in the next few minutes.

@Kendon. This one sounds interesting... Possibility for a kitchen if mcduck was OK with that???

EDIT: PM sent
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DMzda:
@anon2122:

The logcat for the crash is attached (I replaced contact info with "**")
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
OK. Could you try a nandroid backup, then wipe and re-flash (for wipe, wipe everything including dalvik, ext and data)?

I think there is something funny going on for you - the line

W/dalvikvm( 5813): Refusing to reopen boot DEX '/system/framework/com.htc.android.pimlib.jar'

doesn't sound good, and I reckon a reflash is the best way to fix this.

If you don't want to reflash, I guess we could try and replace that file, although personally I'd do a full wipe and flash first, since that often gets rid of little 'niggles' like this.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DMzda:
I don't really want to reflash, unless the other method doesn't work.

(BTW, where are SMS's stored?)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
IIRC, it's inside telephony.db in "/data/app/com.android.providers.telephone/databases/", but if someone could check that, it would be great.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Storken:
i think its in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DMzda:
It is where Storken wrote. Thanks.

BTW, do you have the file I can replace the .jar with?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Sure. Get it at www.villainrom.kriev.com/Villain4.0/files/com.htc.android.pimlib.jar although I don't know if this will fix the issue...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Strange to see some having problems with sms mine is perfect. I would say its best to wipe and flash again.

On another note i think I found a new feature (new to me anyway). Selecting text in browse4is now really easy by long pressing then you get this magnifying thing and pop up for options.

Is this actually new?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I've had it in benhaam's alphas, but I think it's new to legend ROMs. So not in old villain...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DMzda:
Replaced the file, but no change. Is there anything else I can try?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Not off the top of my head. Looks like it might have to be a re-flash. Strange, as no-one else seems to have this issue. Did you do a full wipe before installing this ROM?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DMzda:
Yes, it is weird. I did a wipe, but I didn't wipe dalvik-cache and ext. Should I wipe those? It may just be something stupid like that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yes. I'd always do those two, as a matter of course, especially when dealing with beta ROMs.

Sorry about the bad news about having to wipe and reflash :( I guess it's the best option available
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kevinlow:
just tested with the htc touch input chinese update and cause FC when opening it ... cant make it still..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
OK. Can't help here unfortunately until I have access to a legend version of Chinese IME. Sorry
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kevinlow:
no worries..was using some others chinese input method all the while..just wanted to test out ur htc cime..but no luck..

anyway..thanks a lot..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DMzda:
It's OK, i'm taking backups now. Thanks so much for your help :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
that sounds great. 2 tb should be more than enough, i have no idea about cpu usage for a kitchen, but i think we could just try it? i'll contact you tomorrow, gotta go to bed now, had a rough week...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
yeah. I'll sort out the rsync that I pm'd tomorrow (ssh isn't turned on, but the guy said he would give me it, so I pm'd him to check). Time for bed here too!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Rui-Cruz:
If you use titanium , and backup apps + android home and sense, you be able to restore your settings and also scene after you flash. takes only few minutes. The reason people have had problems with titanium is probably because they came from eris to legend and something got stuck.. hope I could reach you before flashing..It worked for me when doing this from benhams alpha 1.2 to villain 4, only needed to put the widgets back, every shortcut where there.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sharpzippy:
FYI battery consuption

rom4.0beta nothing removed and hotfixes applied

Flashed rom yesterday 17.30 gmt

cell stand by 32%

phone idle 33%

voice calls 19%

wifi 9%

dialer 4%

display 3%

battery just gave me 15% power left,

time since unplug 29hrs 25min

data connection been all all the time (hoping somebody would email me...lol)

3hrs 26 min of calls on bluetooth headset

facebook 1hr 18min

market downloads 26min

7 pictures taken and 30sec video

30min ish of music in car through radio

this is on a stock battery can anybody confirm what useage they getting from an upgraded battery....

"is it worth the investment???"

personally its a great improvment from 3.4 battery life wise....i can live with the lagging till monday..:)

Great work nathen!

edit... radio for anybody intrested 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DMzda:
Don't worry, I'm not using Titanium Backup. I personally hate it. Instead I use craft backup.

EDIT: It worked!! I did delete the mmssms.db file from the backup just in case that was messing something p, but it hasn't fc'd yet on open. I will test more tomorrow though. Once again, thanks for your help :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] orgasmatrond:
Does anyone want to teach me how to delete native .apks using Root Explorer? Can't get the HTC drivers working on my PC (W7 64 bit), so i can't use ADB. Want to remove footprints, stocks, maps (brut) (i dont have a car...), friend stream, 3d gallery and tts...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Sure. Open root explorer and navigate to system/app. Then tap enable r/w at the top of the screen. Then long tap the apk. To delete, and choose delete.

Nandroid first!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] orgasmatrond:
Thanks! is browser and original message app also possible to rm w/o messing up anything?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] D3_:
Been using this rom for a few days now, very stable as far as I can tell.

As for the battery life, I can't say much about normal usage (I don't really pay attention to it) but using brut maps navigation with GPS for about 1hr15 used roughly 20% battery life, not sure if that's good or bad since I've never used the navigation before.

I'll pay more attention to the battery info tomorrow and give more detailed info then.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MartijnGP:
Hey guys!

I got annoyed by removing all the unneeded applications by hand through the ADB shell. So I wrote a script that writes as script (ya'rly) for me that can do that. (Windows only)

So, why not share it? I must warn you though, the script won't check for dependancies you are breaking and it will happily let you trash your entire system/app/ dir. Anyway, it's here:

http://martijngp.nl/development/android/adb_writer.php

It's got only the apps in it that came with VillainROM 4.0 when I downloaded it a few hours ago. Just got them through ls system/app. You just check the APK's you want removed and click the button. It writes you a VBS script. This VBS script will controll your shell and type the commands for you. You can check the source if you want. Have fun with it, and if you find any use from this, let me now!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shark0807:
Ran the test build today at work, these are my findings and suggestions:

I found when trying to dial a phone number that is not in your contact list, it will not call when you press the call button, but if you then try typing in a different phone number and press call, it calls the previously dialed number.

The lag can be unusably slow at times, but I should have accepted this, since it was known that the build is slow.

As far as suggestions go, I really liked the Friend Stream widget, and if it is available on future builds I would use that a lot more than the facebook widget. I would use the theme from VillainROM 3.4 and include the FriendStream widget in future releases!

Thank you again for this great Rom, as always, I look forward to future development.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arshad14:
Just out of curiosity, did you do a wipe factory, dalvik and ext, and then flash the rom? I might be wrong but usually some don't do dalvik and ext and that's what causes the problem from the last ROM.

I haven't come across the phone not calling numbers not in the contact list or it been really slow either. It might be tad slow but not that bad.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jeremy89632:
Just checking with you guys, is this a CDMA port?

Do I have to use mmszap to manage the mms settings? Or I could just go to settings to change from there.

Because it was hell last night to change the mms settings manually as mmszap provided the wrong settings for my ISP and I had to use SQL to edit yhe database on my villianrom3.4.

Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shiznt:
Anybody had them phone randomly switch off with this build?... I reached into my pocket today and my phone was off... tryed to switch it back on but no luck.

I had to remove the battery, put it back in and it booted up fine agian. I'll keep my eye on it until a update for this build is released.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tsyvanpe:
I personally would advice against removeing the messaging app (mms.apk). I removed it as I used Handcent SMS, but stopped receiving sms messages completely. Started working again after putting mms.apk back. Not sure if anybody else has had same experience?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bunnygum:
Sorry for not responding sooner, family duties took me off line till now. In the meantime the problem just got bigger.

I asked a family friend to look at it and he accidental formatted my SD card so my only working backup has now gone. I still have a ROM which will not go past the HTC splash screen. Can someone suggest what I should do now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Pittek:
Maybe someone of you has a clue:

with 1.5 ROMs i was able to determinate which contact groups of my google account are to sync.

Now it just syncs all of my contacts which is quite annoying (i have several test phonebooks (groups) on my google acc whch i.e. contain 2500 test entries)

Is the option to determinate single groups for sync removed in 2.1 versions??

TIA, and rock on!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
No. This isn't a CDMA port, so SIM contacts can be turned off, and a you can unlock your phone with an unlocking code (in theory)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
OK.

What I'd do is put the Villain4.0 beta update.zip onto the SD card, along with any of the fixes you want... Then enter recovery and wip data, dalvik cache and ext. Now flash the update.zip for villain, along with any fixes.

Then reboot the phone... Hopfully this gets it going for you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikael_t:
feedback #bugs

@nprussell and @anon2122

#bugs

Installed the VillainROM4.0 Early Beta linked from the 1st post. I have radio 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26.

It works real well -thanks for all your work!

The speed isn't really a problem in general and I haven't found any bugs in functionality I use (Exchange, MMS, Bluetooth handsfree, camera etc.). Sometimes the brightness goes weird after using the camera -but it's not really a bad problem.

I do find the speed issues being a PROBLEM when answering a call -and the 1) number of caller takes long time to come up 2) actually answering call is lagged 3-6 sec -meaning I sometimes MISS incoming call due to speed lag.

thanks..

/m
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] orangeclanz:
"Get More HTC widgets"

anyone have "Get More HTC widgets" works?:o:o

i never have luck at all...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sakolaas:
I'm having issues with the exact same problem. I don't experienced any other problems so far. The battery lasts long, it has decent speed, all over I'm happy with it :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dalet11:
same for me.. hope will fixed today..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] remeez:
Downloading now, can't wait!!!

I am still running the 63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18 radio version. Is it necessary to update this to the latest one or can i leave it as is? I have read some posts that users have bricked their hero's by flashing a radio update.

Nathan, enjoy the weekend and keep up the good work!

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] my_space:
rs mirror just in case

http://rapidshare.com/files/365482416/villain4BETA_signed.zip

thanks for the rom, will begin testing
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Cool. I actually run another site, although can't offer anything from it, as it is not for my personal 'consumption' :(

But if you are needing help with any administration or setup, I'm your man if so desired.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Ah finally booted took nearly 10 mins
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] b_jammin666:
Downloading now! Thanks for all your hard work. Looking forward to trying it out :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phanes:
@remeez

Flash the latest radio to get the best result. Flash like you would flash a ROM, do not interrupt the flashing process and you won´t brick your phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
2 more reboots required until it'll run at full speed ;)

Tested this on 3 occassions
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marinierb:
Just my two cents, but if everybody posts that they are downloading, then flashing, then booting, then "Oh, nice splash screen!", etc. we will be up to our armpits in posts before the day is over.

FWIW.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] remeez:
Thanks dude, will give it go later.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
There's not a huge difference in speed between this and Benham's Alpha, as a huge proportion of the build is Benhams.

If you're waiting for speed... you'll have to wait 3 days at the most.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
well start it before we are lost in a million posts

#reboot phone as option when holding power button

(not sure if its there as i will wait for the next build)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
yeah just doing reboot 1 now :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
#idea

-Reboot button on end button menu

#bug

-Market closes (no FC just back to homescreen) - attempting google talk fix

#bugfix

- Google Talk fix does work for market (if market does not open, log into google talk then market works fine)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I'm hopefully gonna have a bug tracker up soon at an address to be announced...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Deeko1:
Just installing now! In the meantime you have inspired me to donate with all the effort you've been putting in to keep us all happy! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Clean install - market is fine for me.

Did you wipe? (daft question)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Keep up this level of excellent work ;)

I'll stop quoting hashtags now... I promise.

If anyone needs me... TWEET ME!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] swoke:
3.4 theme

Hey.

Thanks a lot for your really good work !

Could you please put a update with 3.4 theme ? :)

It's really better than the default one!

Thanks again!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Wiley87:
Thanks for your time and effort put into this ROM, it's greatly appreciated.

I'll wait until Monday to try it myself, I'm still VERY happy with the Villain 3.4 release. I have no money in my account until my next student loan comes through,then I am happy to send over some money for the effort you put into your releases.

It's great to find a community where everyone chips in, regardless of whether they get paid or not.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] piotrreq:
Yes - bugtracker is an excellent idea - it will cover the mess with thousands off post in one thread :D

I've just finished download - will try it later :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nscxp2005:
Hi DMzda,

Could you post a QR code to where to get Craft Backup from?

Thanks

All the best

NSCXP2005

@Anon2122 Thank you for the Dalvik Fix, It fixed my problem fantasticly.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DMzda:
Craft backup isn't an app from the android market. It is a script that you flash through recovery, and use through adb. You can find it here: hxxp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=628743 . It backs up everything, even homescreen layouts. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] orangeclanz:
after reboot 4 times & remove tts & PICO really improve the speed...:D:D:D

Behnaam Alpha Legendary 1.1 pics quality(wallpaper) is better than this rom..maybe im wrong..but anyone feel the same??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rimoog:
At the moment I am using 3.4,but I like to switch to 4.0.

The problem is that I can't wipe all,I got the message : Error : Run 'wipe dalvik' via adb!

What is this and how can I wipe all ?

And is it wise to switch over to 4.0 now,or is it better to wait for the next update of the beta version?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mcduck1:
Its enabled now :>
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dcmedia:
Space

Hi,

i don't use A2SD and on 3.4 i had with all installed apps 62 MB internal memory free.

Now i have installed 4.0 and i have only 25 MB free - why this??

Any solution for this?

Thanks at all!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
This is a beta build, some things will probably be moved or removed by the time this is a final release to give more internal memory.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Thanks buddy. PM sent to thank you... :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
If you want more space, try the move dalvik cache modification that's stored in my signature...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] loucs93:
Hi,

I didn't have the time to read all posts in this thread so i don't know if the problem has already been reported but i've got some issues with wifi. When i activate wifi, with the htc widget or in parameters −> wireless and networks (the activation in wifi parameters' page isn't concerned), it simply does work randomly, but most of the time it doesn't. I have to go in the wifi parameters' page, whithout doing anything in it, to make it connect.

if you can't reproduce and need me to post logcats, i'll do it.

Regards

PS : didn't test flashing radio
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MartijnGP:
I'm looking at this as well. But I'm keeping an eye on it while doing other stuff, I found out that it is at least more likely to work when booting with WiFi turned on, nut sure if this works all the time. Can you confirm this? Might be coincidental, but worth a shot.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
Change Bootscreen

I would like to change the bootscreen. I however found that 4.0 does not have the same structure. The bootscreen is a zip file in the system/media, whilst previous Villain release(s), resources files and a boot_animation.xml instruction are sorted in a system/media/bootscreen folder.

Can anyone give me some guidance here ? :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MartijnGP:
Nope, I've been looking at this as well but I can't seem to get it working either. Anyway, I actually like it the best without a boot screen, with the Energy Star boot sequence :D Nostalgia on my Android phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
that IS your bootscreen then ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] etherez:
Do i need to wipe my Villain 3.4 to get 4.0 ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Yes this rom has a completely different base to the last one, a full wipe is necessary if you want it to function.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dcmedia:
Thanks, but i don't want to use A2SD.

In 3.4 i mean use the dalvik cache the internal memory even though there is more free...

As Lennyuk said, i hope it will be better with next releases.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] etherez:
Okey. Thanks :) Will test this rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] -wilking-:
your ROM is very prety good :D

I'm very happy when i instal it ^^

One think that miss me, the landscape mode in 3D album, how can i fix this ???

(sorry for the mistakes i'm french ^^)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
If you mean the bug when screen rotates, there's nothing that can be done about this at the moment :( All roms have this issue...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Well there is a workaround.

Turn your phone landscape first then open the gallery and it loads fine (but will go weird again when you turn back the other way)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Good point, and one I forgot about :o

Thanks, lenny :)