yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mrbubba999:
I've also found it to Be very slow, not had any phone calls on it yet, but just general use, it freezes and becomes unresponsive

Are any of the other's any better?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Okay ; About time I gave you all an update on this.

I will continue work on this ROM. I have another release (Beta 3) about 80% complete.

For your info though; this is NOT as stable as the new release. It's more complete, but definitely not as stable. When I refer to a release as stable, I mean:

- Calls come straight through

- Phone doesn't randomly hang

- No soft/hard reboots

etc etc.

Hence 3.4 and 5.0 are technically more stable than 4.0, however... not as complete in terms of features.

If you're in it for the features, try 4.0B2.

If you're after an insanely quick phone, try 5.0
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
Thank you for continuing with 4.0b2 development. May be 5.x is technically more stable, however phone functions are rather lousy, possibly due to its CDMA origin.

Look forward to a stabilized version of 4.x, especially hoping for elimination of the GPS bug and possibly better battery performance.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberden:
4.0 beta 2 is really stable for me. I use it as my everyday rom and I can"t complain. I can make call, browse, every app is working ok etc. The only thing important to fix is the gps in my point of view. Please, don't let us down :)

Anyway, thanks for all the hard work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
im having generic network failiure when sending mms, uk t-mobile
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] karma0321:
Hi nathan, i was playing with logcat on terminal emulator and i noticed something about brightness sensor. I saw that covering and uncovering it creates events like "lightSensorValue: 90 (example) set display value :170" - sorry i can't remember the exact syntax but that's it more or less. What happens covering the sensor is that the first value changes but the second one doesn't.. then the sensor hardware works but maybe there's just something missing in the operation that the system is supposed to do for every value change? I thought it was not working at all..

Just trying to be useful :) as i love this rom! I tried the 5.0 but the + bug is a showstopper for me so i hope you can fix the remaining issues of this one (or that bug in that one..:D).

Keep up the great work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AmdPhenomII:
I have tried this rom Villain4.02 beta, but I am going back to Villian3.4 now. just finished flashing it.

Villain 4.02 beta is too laggy on my htc hero, and I don't know why, yet...

Maybe it's based on the Legend that it is slower, but Villain 3.4 is far more usable for me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kyrillos:
Hmm... its getting worst... today in the afternoon I could not call until I restarted the phone. It hungs, other people could not reach me as well. Not sure what was the problem. After a restart it was working properly. Btw it restarted on its own (not the first time). Also have issues with htc news widget... it has difficulties updating the news... did anyone tried that?

Hope this will help somehow to fix minor issues. Love all the ROMS of nprussell
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ermacwins:
im having generic network failiure when sending mms, uk t-mobile

cant view mms
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kyrillos:
hope soon all these will be solved, cause the ROM is really great!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mantrajt:
Yeah, I also agree in fixing this version, taking care of launching app speed and phone lag when recieving calls....obviously any speed tweak always appreciated...but for what I use my phone, this is one of the best 2.1 roms floating around.

It´s all about speed, speed, speed....and of course...eye candy!!!!....and live wallpapers...just for the fun of it...

Great work Nathan!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kamirza:
speed

I am this rom now for a week now. I have to say that everything is good in it, like the interface etc but the speed is extremely laggy. As compared to my stck rom which was pretty fast , for this I have to wait so long for almost everything. hope this gets better with newer versions. The internet also is not as smooth as before. So apart from the interface it is down step. Hope you dont mind me saying this.:(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] karma0321:
@nathan

....any news for us??? :D :D :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pauliusba:
It doesn't have google maps, it has some ****ty "Maps [brute]" with a custom icon. Wtf? Nor does Google Earth run. There are duplicate widgets. HTC ones don't download. APPS2SD by default? Why? I barely have the space for my music, why waste space on SD when there is unused internal mem?

I have expected better. This is not a beta, it's alfa-preview to check out the effects of the 2.1 and then immeadetely go back to stock 1.5.

Can't wait for the official one.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] HomerSp:
brut Maps is a modification of the original Maps, if you don't want it then remove it and install the original.

Google Earth does not run on any 2.1 Hero rom.

Apps2SD is only enabled if you have an ext partition on your sd card, otherwise it's disabled.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BlueHawk:
This ROM is a Legend-based framework for Hero. HTC widgets only work on Eris and Hero based frameworks - due to HTC's wish to limit the usability of the widgets to certain devices.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] karma0321:
I feel like i have to defend this rom and in general the work of nathan and all the other people that make these ROMs available to us all.

But the very last thing i want though is to light a flame so, please, read my words with the intentions i expressed above.

Just to clarify the issues you pointed out:

-google maps is there, it is just a modified version (brut actually) that allows gps navigation outside the USA, and it works exactly like the one with the other icon.

-AFAIK google earth won't work on any 2.1 rom for hero due to hardware capabilities unless future upgrades will allow it.

-About the duplicate widget i suppose you talk about htc ones and android stock ones, and they are not the same things, they are just all grouped in the same menu while on 1.5 you have 2 sub-menus htc widgets and android widgets.

-i think there's no problem with apps2sd if you don't create an ext2 partition on your sd. It just won't start.

I hope i've been able to answer your questions.

By the way, opposite to your point of view, as i'm using it on a daily basis since b2 was released, i think this is at the moment the most complete, stable and reliable 2.1 rom available on the hero dev scenario.

Maybe i just got the luck not to experience the lag and the other known bugs, but that has nothing to do with what you talked about anyway.

There's a lot of other roms out there, maybe this is just not the one for you. :)

Peace.

EDIT: oops... it took me so much time to write my post on the phone that i missed all previous answers.. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stari4ek:
wtf?

Legend is HTC phone. And HTC's widgets works there. I've used some of them without any problems on 4.0b2
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] leedtourwood:
The widgets that come with the rom work, the ones that you download from the market do not.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arshad14:
Right now I'm just patiently waiting for Nathan to release Beta3 or the final Villain4.0. I've used Villain5.02 but it still doesn't feel quite... GSM like. The legend base just makes it feel right at home with the rest of the bunch with the Friendstream and all the other widgets not quite available on the CDMA Port made specifically for Sprint HTC Hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xxbabiboi228xx:
I feel the same way the only thing thats really bugs me about the cdma port is that sync is constantly syncing.So im coming back to this rom until everything gets worked out with the cdma version or htc releases the official 2.1 Hero Rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BlueHawk:
Apart from the GPS issue, this ROM is still better than 5.0 IMHO. I don't have any lag (I do have swap on and advanced task manager) and I get 2.5 days out of a charge. So I'm parked on this release we get a new Villain Legend ROM (I hear Behnaam got a newer Legend leak) or we get a GSM Hero leak. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mederlock:
This ROM is my very first on my Hero, and it is fantastic. I only have one issue. I'm not sure if it's the ROM, Superuser, or Overclock widget, or me. I use Overclock Widget to set my phone at the maximum clock when I have the screen on, and I have it incredibly under clocked when the screen is off to save battery. This worked amazingly well, saving over 7 hours of battery at times, yet being at max when I need it. I've recently ran into problems though. I flashed a different boot screen, and it didn't work (the directory of the ROM's boot screen must have been in a different place then the package thought), and now Superuser Permissions repeatedly when Overclock widgets is activated, and causes Overclock widget to FC. I've reinstalled Overclock widget twice, I've shut off the phone, pulled the battery, and restarted it. The problem continues. Help..? The phone wouldn't be very useful with it's current battery life, so yeah. Thank you for a great ROM, btw.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] michael_ch:
It seems like many people who have tried the 5.0 ROM have come back to this version for several reasons. So please Nathan, can you roll out at least those bugfixes which seem to be ready (according your dev blog)? Thanks in advance!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kyrillos:
Nathan,

Regarding the lag during the income phonecall, I've noticed that the lag (5-10 sec. black screen) happens only when the caller is on my phonebook! If not, I can see at the same time who's calling. Hope this helps...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kd0t:
Hmm the only speed issues Ive noticed I have put down to using my 6gb memory card, but maybe it has issues getting at data like pictures for contacts etc?

What is this gps issue? With all the 2.1 roms ive never had issues as far as i know? GPS just works and located me to within 50 meters or am i missing something.

This rom is a lot better than the previous, the flashing ball is no longer an issue :D

So far no probs besides having to set up my phone yet again :/ Thanks for the rom ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nicknyhk:
if its within 50 metres then you are probably using A-gps and not gps which is the cell triangulation..(i think) Gps should be good to about 2 metres.

i used to have gps issues but its working good now!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Case_:
nprussell: Just FYI, the issue that caused the so called "boot notification crash" that HomerSp fixed earlier in this thread applies to more apps in your ROM, not just com.htc.resources.apk., ie. Teeter crashes for exactly the same reasons.

As explained by brut here, the easiest way to avoid this issue (and potentially other as well) for good is to use aapt to package the apps instead of ZIP. Tested and works like a charm. Thought you might want to know that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kyrillos:
guys...any idea why it doesn't download other htc widgets??? it says unable... it doesn't even show them (only once I managed to see the list). How can I fix it? There are two useful widgets that I would like to download ( battery and profile).

Thanks in advance...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
This is because they are not built for the Legend which is what this rom is based on.

We have to wait until HTC make new widgets available.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kyrillos:
Oh... then I probably saw it on another ROM of Nathan... have to wait then... :( they were quite useful... :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Deeko1:
I'm on beta 1 and I think I know what is causing the battery drain!

How many of you who have bad battery performance have the Android Power Control Widget on a home screen? I removed mine last night (after losing my temper with it as it wasn't responding well) and my battery only went down a couple of % overnight. I added it again this morning and the drain started again. I have now removed it again and the drain has slowed again. I'm using the battery graph application to see how my battery is performing.

I reckon it's keeping the phone awake somehow....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
They were on the Eris based rom he made (VillainRom v3) but not since then.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raym0nd:
So far is there any tweaks that I can apply to make this ROM faster? I tried to use 2 homescreen and removed all other widgets but still very slow.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BlueHawk:
Try using a task killer/task manager to remove other services from memory - when it boots, nearly everything (apps at least) loads up into memory. Maps, Gallery, etc. While memory is not really the issue for slowing up your system, just the sheer number of things running bog down the system. Even if some of these things sleep, the system management has to still deal with a large number of things. The more things to manage, the more the system management will bog down. So killing those things is less about freeing memory, and more about freeing CPU cycles.

Also use setCPU or similar to set the processor speed stepping management to onDemand. This makes it respond faster (go to full CPU speed to complete CPU tasks). Actually, I need to go and check whether this setting holds in the kernel. It's less important regarding the speed throttling and stepping values, since this is a closed-source kernel and there isn't much control on the stepper sets available.

Anyway, see if that helps. MY system isn't that slow except for when Market is running, but it seems to be a process hog.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] martyn.27:
hello all,

I experienced response delays at times but i have started to pay attention to running process , haven't experienced this problem since using advanced task killer at point of start-up, and also ending tasks if its been awhile since last reboot... try it you should see a difference ,

Martyn
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raym0nd:
Thanks for the information, I will give it a try.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kyrillos:
Don't know if you experience that... but when I run advanced task killer.... when it kills the processes, the phone shows black screen with HTC written there and then I see in few seconds the wallpaper... it's like it kills the home screen or the Sense... hmmm... is it normal? Should I add something to the ignore list?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] h-o-r-a-z:
How install the fix ? ...

Sorry for the question, but...

How do I install the fix? ... or flash the fix?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] holywood:
@Phanes

Yup, probably friendstream etc (it combines facebook and twitter for me, so maybe it's heavier on resources than rest of the widgets) is contributing to the difference i'm talking about, although i don't think a 1000 sms would... i had exactly the same setup on 3.4, to be clear, only without the friendstream widget (another one widget in it's place). Aside from that i wouldn't say i have a lot of stuff on my phone, maybe 3 apps added... and another thing to mention would be the menu, for me it takes sometimes around 2 seconds to open, while on 3.4 it appeared instantly.

Once again i want to say that i'm not stating here that it's slow or something ;) the difference in speed is not that big to make me go back to 3.4, i'm keeping beta 4 :) just wanted to share my observations where they differed ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phanes:
@holywood

relax, nobody said anything :D ... but you wrote something interesting about the menu, it opens for me almost instantly.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] robocik:
Crazy flashing balltrack sollution ?

Hello to all!

First of all i want to thank nprussel for his great work and awesome ROMS!!

THANKS MAN!

I have ported this rom to magic 32a and i found that if i replace

/system/lib/hw/lights.msm7k.so

with the file i post here, you just have to rename it, take .cab away ofcoz.

and replace the file, the trackball will flash as it should, missed calls etc. not on every notification ;)

hope it works for you guys on hero, but it works on my magic :)

Thanks again
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mantrajt:
HTCmail

I remember theres was a time....I mean a ROM in which images in the HTCmail app appeared on screen without having to DL them...is this a configuration issue or just the way it is????

THX
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] barryallott:
Was this a long time ago, in a post far far away?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Thanks. I'm looking at this right now...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] holywood:
@Phanes

Hm, now you surprised me ;) i don't see any reason for it to open much slower in my case... as i mentioned, i added 3 apps to the rom, and removed footprints, so the app list shouldn't be much longer... i think i'll experiment with the widgets (adding/disableing) some more ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mantrajt:
Friendstream

Friendstream widget doesn´t update when new twitt arrives. Had to remove widget anbd then it update, will see if from now on it updates or not.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tristan202:
I can confirm that this actually works. No insane blinking when connecting usb anymore, and it blinks when getting a text.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phanes:
@holywood

I forgot to mention, that I do not use widgets. It possibly influence speed, that a good idea.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mantrajt:
yeah, maybe it was on Behnaam´s rom, can anyone confirm this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Same here. I'm making an update.zip for this.

This will be hotfix 2 (totally optional).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Keefo:
can anyone tell me where i can get the HTC Battery status thingy that came in Villain3.4???

cant seem to find it anywere...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] robocik:
I am glad it worked for you guys ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
i'd like to suggest to call this one mod(ification), to avoid confusion. i actually like the tb flashing that much, are we sure this is a bug, not a feature?

lol i just thought of a name, what about darknipplemod? :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Morak75:
Finally!

Flashing!

I have one question though, Would any future updates of this rom need a full wipe ? 'cause it is quite irritating to loose all parameters :rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yup. You're right. This is a mod, as opposed to a bugfix... Making it right now...

EDIT: Testing update.zip right now... (I'm gonna test it properly to avoid any mess-ups like last time).

OK. It works fine. Update.zip is now uploaded to a new site. Direct link to come in a minute or 2...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] holywood:
I have to admit that for me removing the friendstream widget feels like changing the rom... don't know why it makes such a big difference in speed, but yeah, after removing it (with mail, with new layout and people widgets still in place, almost no difference in adding those for me) i can also say that speed difference between beta 4 and 3.4 is nothing problematic. Maybe there are still some bugs hiding in it ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arshad14:
I just got the first SenseUI FC. I was just at the friendstream widget 'cause I didn't see it update since I flashed it and it just restarted the UI.

Edit: Tried it again and happened again! Hmm....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
OK. Folks. Tested update.zip to fix the trackball LED from flashing all the time...

Grab it from here

Cheers, and credit to robocik for bringing this up.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kyrillos:
Just put it on your SD Card...then turn off the phone. Turn it on while holding the HOME button (keep it holding until you will see nandoird)...then choose something that says other .zip...you will have a list of .zip which will include the fix. Well...from there I suppose you know...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] k0las84:
Can't log in to Facebook for HTC sense

Hi there,

just rooted my phone and have a problem with my facebook for HTC sense. Can't seem to log in for that - cannot add account under settings -> accounts and sync. Hence, now i can't link my contacts to the facebook profile. anyone having this problem? or anyway to solve it? Thanks!

Kelvin
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nicknyhk:
dont think anyone is having an issue with facebook at all....just wondering but do you happen to use gmail?? i get an issue with facebook and twitter that if i registered with my email as gmail.com with facebook it wont work if i enter .googlemail.com alternatively vice versa...not sure that helps but that all i can think of
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] k0las84:
nicknyhk - i tried to key in @googlemail.com instead but it says username and password not valid.

when i use gmail.com they say the service is currently unavailable... weird.. no one else has such issues before? i tried logging in from computer and it's fine...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shokuhawan:
The Photos taken is very blurry, like it doesn't have auto-focus and yellow than Htc Magic.

Anyone know or it caused by the rom?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nicknyhk:
@k0las84 -sorry im new to this..never heard of this issue before :s

Anyone else getting the whole phone crashing and restarting by itself when left alone?? its never crashed when i used it...force closes stuff sometimes but when i lay it by itself it seems to auto reboot randomly at times...im gonna hold out till htc come out with some new 2.1 hero roms and a good samaritan out there makes a custom rom but a tiny winsy fix for this would be nice in the meantime...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DyingStar:
Thanks for all the work! It works like a charm ;-) Seems very stable
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kyrillos:
mine restarts from time to time... also still having issues with the alarm clock.... last week it didn't work 3 out of 5 days..... same today in the morning.... :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Plattendoktor:
I installed LifeWallpaperPicker.apk and "SeedsOfLive". But its the same problem like with the lockscreen like Villain 5.02!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mantrajt:
waiting for an update!!!! I hope now is our time!!!!

As I consider Legend rom better than Hero rom and Hero totally capable of the Legend Rom....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
what exactly do you think your missing in the hero rom? The only thing I noticed was the select text thing in the browser?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mantrajt:
As I haven't seen any screenshots or tried out any 5 version, I mainly center my opinion in the following:

1: The browser select, translate and share capability

2: The looks and aesthetics of widgets, bigger and shinier than in Hero roms.

3: The new features of some widgets such as agenda view of calendar, friendstream, mail list view form, etc.

4: The "polite" feature of the phone, that lowers the ringing as you pick up the phone.

That as I remember right now, it's kind of early here and my mind is still asleep....

If v5 have all of these integrated and faster as they claim, then there is no reason for me holding to this particular version. It just really works for me.

PD: I also think weather animations are fancier....

Waiting for your reply, thanks

Can you tell me if this is so or not?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
1 and 3 are missing correct, hopefully they will return in a final 2.1 build or can be added in manually via some good dev work at a later date.

I can't agree with you on 2 they look the same to me on both roms.

and as for 4 I am sure that is in v5.1 as well.

The weather animations are identical in both roms.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ratson:
is the 'not sleeping after gps use' problem already solved?