yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zippyioa:
OK I finally got this ROM installed about 7 hours ago after a few teething problems (solved by redownloading and reflashing alongside wiping the dalvik cache and SD partitions)

So the big question is "was it worth it....??"

So far it totally was! It seems very responsive and everything appears to work really well (except for auto brightness - but this is an issue across all 2.1 ROMs at the moment - please fix this someone, I am sure battery is suffering because of this)

Overall the ROM seems to have given a new lease of life to my phone, it seems much quicker to launch apps that previously took some time to come to life. I dont know if this is the case, but it SEEMS to be which works for me :)

I am also very happy to finally have the 2.1 only apps on my phone (e.g. Google Maps with proper navigation, Google Goggles, better GMail app, zoom home screen)

The plus for me was in Settings>About Phone>Battery>Battery Use. This is a great feature which shows the percentage of battery life used on each of the phones features since it was last unplugged - a great way to extend usage by finding the real reason your juice has disappeared!

This can be added to the homescreen too by holding down and choosing: Add shortcut > Settings > Battery Use :cool:

The only solid tests left for me to do now are:

GPS lock when driving (I will do that too and from work today)

Battery life (the office is a great way to test this in comparison to other ROMS)

Stability (fingers crossed it continues to be as good as it has been so far)

I will report back with my findings tonight, but for now, very well done TheAshMan!!

Zippyioa
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Uqbar:
Does this rom support the full regulator domain for WiFi (>=13 channels)?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NoXXX:
Hi all!

Today I got my Hero rebooted suddenly :( Don't know what caused that. After that already for 10 hrs everything is fine. GPS locked in 5-10 minutes outside. So I think there's no problems. About 15% battery drain for 10 hrs.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Dont suppose anyone has tried this rom with Alarming! and Silent Time Lite??

One of the other 2.1 leak roms caused my alarms not to go off properly and I was wondering if it was a 2.1 leak thing or just that rom?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kolaf:
Hi,

Can anyone please check whether the phone is able to go to sleep with the GPS confirmed as working? Most 2.1 ROMs suffer from the problem that the phone must be booted with the GPS off in order to go to sleep properly. I am currently having that problem with villain 3.2, and I am looking for a better solution as I tend to use the GPS.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
I remember using Villain the alarm clock would always fo off one hour exactly before the time I set it to. Still don't know about this one.

Yes, It's going to sleep properly...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
It happens - happened to me on modaco, and on original generic roms as well. It restarts from time to time... **** happens.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Didnt have a problem with the timing, I had Alarming set to vibrate so as not to wake the rest of the house, but it would only vibrate once then stop which isnt really enough to wake me up. I was using Villain too.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Hmmm, just tested it and get exactly the same thing, one vibration then nothing.

Posted a bug suggestion at the site for Alarming.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kolaf:
okay, I will give it a shot. Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
Thanks! I'll make a list of testers (anyone wanting to test just PM me). Once the tests prove it's stable I'll release it as another ROM. I tried it last night and it loaded up fine and everything, fixed a few bugs and all. I'll work on it more after work (6 hours time).

Glad everything's cool. I've had it on for 4 hours today, and 3% battery use! Same reply as above for the Senseless version.

You have to wipe everything for it to work. I'll try my other SD which has ext4 - I think that was causing a hang too the other day. Will confirm after work. Of course ext4 isn't supported by this ROM but there might be a chance it will still boot and ignore that partition.

That's a question no-one could answer. nprussell is an AWESOME chef and he's put so much time into his ROMs and I truly respect that. Mine's just an alternative, like all the others!

As long as the ROM's stable enough til the official one comes out then it's great. After that we'll see a lot more development.

If anyone's having other problems let me know. If everything's stable then I'll be starting on some UI tweaks that people have suggested.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
Justmy2cents

As an out of the box user fooling around with a lot of 2.1 homemade roms, I must admit that this rom does for me what is has to do....:)

Batterydrain seems to be as i always experienced on the stock-roms and the Modaco-roms. Just normal. And thats is very important.

The only problem i did see, was the 'autokiller'. It closes processes that it shouldn't do. So after clearing the superuser permissions and not allowing autokiller to run, FC's are history.

Because /me Heppieboeddah is very happy with this rom, i wouldt like to make a small donation to the cooks. Do you have a paypal-account?

Was wondering you couldt make the new roms in that way that it is possible to flash without wiping/factoryreset, dalvik and ext3partition. Reinstalling all my apps is always al lot of work..:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
right been testing battery performance from 1200 GMT when flashed initial 2.04 with sync fix added. 20% drain after 9 hrs........... 40% after 14 hrs(2am GMT) 10% extra drain during night so at 50% when woke up this morning. currently approaching 24 hrs and 70% drain with 30% battery life remaining. battery indicator now is orange. this is a vast improvement of previous drain issues. 7-12 hrs max previously on all roms across the board. basically on par to 1.5 roms as got about a day and a half on them with same usage! very good!

using for now till senseless version is released with battery fix applied
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
Hey ashman, is there a chance you could get the weather animation of the weather clock widget start running as soon as you unlock the screen, and not wait like 2-3 seconds before it starts?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Using the steps here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=628178 help enormously with battery and speed as well, my battery rarely goes down more than 2-5% overnight.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] j0bro:
Battery life is OK with this ROM

Just to inform you guys: I charged my phone fully and unplugged it 08:00 (AM) today; right now it is 13:00 (1:00 PM) and the battery level is at 92%. Didn't do much, a little surfing, mail reading and watched a video of Sandra Bullock winning her Oscar, but it means there is no background process hogging the CPU or similar :)

Thus so far, battery life is good!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Why did you watch a video of sandra Bullock winning her Oscar??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
I don't use the weather widget, but I'll try it out and see what can be done. Wouldn't be too hopeful though.

I hadn't considered donations, but if people are willing to give me money then I can get a Paypal setup for it!

Sounds really handy, I'll put Spare Parts and the Overclock widget into the next version.

LOL!!! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] j0bro:
Why did the chicken cross the street? Just because I can of course! A little extra info: she's the first to win a Razzie and an Oscar, and she accepted both with pride.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
Set it up...:)

And updating youre rom without wiping?

Was wondering you couldt make the new roms in that way that it is possible to flash without wiping/factoryreset, dalvik and ext3partition
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
The wipe is only really needed for people coming from < 2.1.

If you're using one of the 2.1 Eris-Leaks out there then a full wipe probably isn't needed.

All future updates definitely don't need a wipe. You can install over the existing install without problem.

Maybe when the official 2.1 is out, and Defiance 3.x is released you might need to worry about wiping again. That shouldn't need an ext wipe, just data. As long you have a decent backup app - MyBackup/Sprite/Google Sync/Titanium (included) it's not too difficult to restore.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Sounds Fair, I guess I'm just more of a Charlize Theron kind of guy
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Arthur Hucksake:
Hi folks,

Been watching the forums for sometime now and testing various roms so decided it was time to register and post atlast.

Was testing Defiance 2.1 last night, very impressed with it but had one problem which was a bit annoying.

After installing apps from the market, they don't show up on the programs menu until I reboot the phone. Any idea why?

If I click to launch them directly after installing from within the market they work ok no problem, it's strange.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
i love it! got a good little following starting here. ashman you keep delivering the goods under pressure and you will get quite a rep. a good rep on here goes a long way! so are in this for the long haul or will you disappear when the going gets tough? so far you have stuck in there!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] henky92:
sorry for asking but how's this rom compared to vanillain? faster / more stable?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] j0bro:
*blatantly off topic* Ah Charlize; I have worked in South Africa and one of my colleagues used to be in high school with her. He says she was quite a rough brat at the time hehe. Her last name is actually pronounced 'Tron' in Afrikaans ;)

On topic: Whoa! Had my first FC on Sense today with Defiance 2.0.4, just out of the blue... It was when I tried to open the Battery widget. Hopefully just a quirk?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Charlize. Mmmmmmmm.......

Hmmm, havent had a force close so far, the only real issue I have is the single vibrate with my alarm, which isnt a lot of use when you have to wake up at 6.00am
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ivorhooper:
Great rom!

Just wondering if the google news and weather widget can be added?

It's supposed to be in the "add android widget" bit isnt it but I cant seem to find it.

thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kolaf:
I did a full wipe from villain 3.2 and installed this one. I turned on the GPS in the settings, rebooted the phone and confirmed that GPS was working. I then turn off the screen and let it lie for an hour. When looking at it it reports that it has been running for this entire hour, it has not slept at all :(

So there is no ROM that can give me this functionality without draining the battery :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Shows up fine in mine, its just called News and Weather, I just dont use it because its a very American news feed which isnt much use to us in the UK.

GPS picked up my location perfectly okay from inside the building after a reboot with GPS switched on. As long as you switch off Maps or whatever is using GPS its seems to sleep fine?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Heppieboeddah:
U can setup youre location in the menu from 'News and Weather'! Works fine for me in the Netherlands.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
I know, I disabled things like the US news feed but its still fairly American (New York Post, that kind of thing).

I just prefer Jim Blackler's BBC news widget
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] the1theycalldave:
Battery

i have been using this rom since yesterday but after a full charge last night, my battery is down to 64% since 7am now it is 2pm. from all the coments on here about battery i know mine doesnt seem to be doing quite as well. iv not used it to much just the od tx and a bit of music. i have a few widgets but not onevery screen. anyone no what might be causing it to die quicker than other peoples? im probaly going to use it alot more this evening and dont want it to die on me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Really depends on what you have installed, wether you have more frequent e-mail checking, wether you have facebook logged in and checking?

Its worth turning down screen brightness and also set your mobile connection to 2G networks, saves a lot of battery as it doesnt waste power searching for and switching between networks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gowzel:
Why upgrade?

I have finally taken the plunge and upgraded from 1.5 (MCR 3.2) All seems good with the ROM so far. BUT, why should people upgrade?? Apart from the its possible so I'll do it people, what are the benefits?

I was looking forward to trying out Navigation but I can only see maps and that just seems to work as it did with MCR and stock ROMS. And what is maps multitouch?.

I like the pinch action on the home page and the ability to see all the screens at once.

What else is there and any help with finding navigation? (I am in the UK)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] the1theycalldave:
i have it the same was i did when i was using 1.5 roms but this seems to be draining quite alot. i have turned down the brightness, if i turn only to 2g can i still recieve the likes off e-mails twitters and things?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] an0therus3r:
After a tip i flashed this rom on my hero and it looks great ;)

Only thing i can't get to work (not even with MmsZap) is MMS.

When using MmsZap my GPRS connection got lost when sending MMS and that isn't good as it should use this.

Any ideas ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Apparently sending an MMS from the phone will re-enable receiving. Havent tested it myself though
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djdavis:
GPS isnt working for me
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Arthur Hucksake:
Is everyone else's programs showing up on the programs menu after installing from the market? I have to reboot my phone to get to mine.

Any way to stop this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
Works fine here, did you do a complete wipe of everything first (phone, sd card, ext, dalvik)?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joshlusignan:
I just installed 3 programs from market (google goggles, gesture search, and movies)... all icons are in programs tab without reboot. Not too sure why yours are not showing up, may have to format and repartion your sd card.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Arthur Hucksake:
I'll do another wipe / reflash and try again. Strange one.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] samusalo:
Sound missing from Sygic 9?

Having problems with sound in Sygic 9, as there isn´t any. Navigation itself works perfectly.

Anyone else lost sound from their Sygic 9?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] carlx:
Just wanted to say that the thing that interested me about this Rom was the battery fix and as far as I'm concerned it's fix! being to work and back doing every day thing's with the phone, sync gmail hotmail been downloading feed's and after 10 hour's i still have 60% which is on par with my last 1.5 Rom an for programs i haven't had any thing that i would call a problem
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] samusalo:
Answer to myself. Seems that the Sygic 9 isn't fully 2.1 compatible at the moment :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nysos:
I'm not too sure of this. Here's my battery graph from today (8:30AM to 18:15PM):

As an experiment, I switched off GPS first hour, wifi the next, switched to 2g after, then switched off the mobile data altogether. The change in battery usage isn't that drastic, which suggests that some other background process is eating away at the battery.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kolaf:
try rebooting with the GPS off, and then do the same measurement without turning it on. You should see a marked difference in your results.

Edit: by the way, which application gives you the battery graph?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kolaf:
Not for me. The phone seems to be sleeping, but when I check the battery information it says it has actually been running all the time. I have the same problem with many 2.1 ROMs, I haven't actually found one without the problem yet.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nysos:
The app's called "Battery graph" ;)

I'll check what the results are with GPS turned off from the beginning.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Zuber:
Hi guys,

Just installed this ROM. I'm getting a plank screen with a title saying SU Request now and then. Flashed a couple of other ROMs and not seen that before.

Any ideas ?

Thanks,

Zuber
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] samusalo:
Too much battery drain on any 2.1 Eris leak ROMs i have tried. Going back to MrBang's suberb 2.0 Beta 2 Cupcake ROM until the official HTC release of 2.1.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Arthur Hucksake:
I just run SetCPU to try and set the minimum CPU frequency to 245 but it sticks to 528.

That will drain the battery, if its stuck full speed even on sleep mode / when screens off.

Anyway to have it 528 max and 245 min or is that already set in the rom and SetCPU just isnt working?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
battery drain is not an issue on this rom but please be aware that not all apps are compliant with eclair and after installing these the chef cannot be held responsible for any issues that arise. i have used the rom as it was created only installing facebook and no battery drain at all. 33 hrs before i needed a charge.......... on par with cupcake! customising the rom will obviously have an effect on your battery consumption so try using rom as it was conceived for a day or so prior to customising! great job Ash
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
issues

when i receive an email and click shows pictures i get only ? where photos should be. i noticed that all day today and even double checked before. no pictures come up. not had this issue on any others so far!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zippyioa:
I have never seen that long between charges (that said I am an app junkie - I could never go that long without installing my favourite apps! :rolleyes:)

After unplugging this morning my phone has been in the office all day where coverage is a little sketchy to say the least.

I used it for about 45 minutes at lunchtime to browse a few websites, read the news with newsrob and try out google goggles.

The phone is set to push email constantly and update facebook, weather etc every 3 hours

I had bluetooth, wifi and GPS swithced off but 3G was on.....

The result now is just over 10 hours off the charger and 60% battery remaining. This is pretty good bearing in mind the poor reception at my office (we are in a dip surrounded by high buildings!)

I am playing with ways to improve this - any suggestions that make a BIG difference??

Zippyioa
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
yeah my usage varies. last 30% of battery remaining i had a 30 minute call which took me down to 10% so would have lasted even longer. i text alot and watch music vids saved on sdcard. as i have stated user exp varies but i have listed mine and so have you. battery life is more important to me that voice search and all the apps that seem to not work. do people really use them or just like the fact that they work!:D i aint no beta tester just want something i can use so if i have to nip out my battery or functionality wont decrease! this ticks the boxes so far
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
A known bug is that GPS truned on won't let the phone sleep. Turn GPS off whilst you're not using it and you should save a lot of battery.

There's never a NEED to update. People do it for different reasons. If you're happy with 1.5 then like they say, if it ain't broke don't fix it!

In Maps you can press Menu and choose Navigation.

Multitouch is pinching to zoom in/out on Maps.

Main difference is that you can now install 2.1 applications from the Market.

Try this fix instead

Turn on, restart phone and it should work. Some people have got it working after flashing the ROM again.

That's any application that needs superuser permissions asking you if it's allowed access. Always Allow (or Deny if you'd rather) takes care of that.

Another known bug from Google - I think they'll have to fix that.

I just got home 15 minutes ago (had to stay behind at work), but am starting the Senseless version now so that I can start getting feedback. Give it an hour hopefully. After that I'll tweak this one up a bit and that way everyone should be happy!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] furrypotato:
Can't comment on battery life as I have a (huge) 3000mAh battery installed. I need it as I am a phone junkie and check and use it constantly for twitter, internet, email and other apps. But it's better than the pre-eris leak 2.1 roms.

One little tip for Google News & Weather users that have found that it is stukck on US settings. I downloaded morelocale2 and set location to English UK and now my app shows me the correct UK news.

And if you dont use the news & weather app- why not ? To reveal it's power, setup your own custom 'topics' such as 'Android' , or your local sports team etc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
'senseless' music to my ears............. i will revert back to Ahero wid 12 hrs battery life to get away from sense! :D
[HD2 General] blue sabre:
Hi, I have just flashed my handset with: RUU_Leo_Dopod_CHS_1.70.706.0_Radio_CRC_Signed_15.3 2.50.07U_2.07.51.22_2_Ship.exe

I now get the message 'your OS ROM isn't customized for your hardware.

Please reflash the proper ROM Code or contact the service centre.'

I'm trying to reflash RUU_Leo_HTC_WWE_1.66.405.2_Radio_Signed_15.30.50.0 ¶

7U_2.06.51.07_Ship.exe, but it fails to communicate with the device.

Any ideas how I can fix this?

Thanks
[HD2 General] MasDroid:
Try downloading the relevant radio version from this link (note that download only contains the .nbh file):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=611787

Then download the CustomRUU.exe file from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4798017&postcount=1

Put both files in the same folder and run the CustomRUU.exe file and it should hopefully work.
[HD2 General] blue sabre:
Okay, tried that and it's exactly the same - gets to the stage 'verifying data on your pda' then gets connection error as it hasn't been able to connect through mobile device centre
[HD2 General] MasDroid:
Did you try this?

Go to Start > Settings > Connections > USB to PC > Uncheck "Enable advanced network functionality"
[HD2 General] blue sabre:
I'm not able to get into any menus - I just have a black screen with the above error message in red text.
[HD2 General] MasDroid:
Have you checked your HSPL version? there must be SPL 1.42.0000 on your device otherwise the installation will fail.

To check your SPL version, hold the Volume Down button and do a reset. It is possible to downgrade to this SPL, by just flashing to an Official ROM with this SPL version.
[HD2 General] blue sabre:
Well I had hspl on there from this site. I was changing ROMS this morning as I wasn't massively impressed with the custom one I flashed it with. It wont let me flash with any ROM as the Update Utility Cannot connect to the phone.
[HD2 General] MasDroid:
Try take the battery out for about 2 minutes and then power it back on.
[HD2 General] MasDroid:
From the troubleshooting notes section found via this link, it stated the following:

"Your OS ROM isn't customized for your hardware. Please reflash the proper ROM code or contact the service center", !!! Problem NOT related to HSPL !!! ... this means that you flashed a region protected rom... flash any other rom that has your region ID... or patch it
[HD2 General] blue sabre:
Had no joy with that either! Will try to flash from SD Card- hopefully that'll do it!