yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
flipping heck man how the chef can rectify that! for real man :D. i got 3 win mobiles here all set to my location and all different weather variants. it is what it is
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joshlusignan:
I completely agree, wasn't asking chef to fix it, just wondering if anyone had any ideas. Looks like they are coming from different sources. You know your on a really stable ROM when your complaining about weather widgets! lol Cant wait to try out Senseless version as well.:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kolaf:
Yup! So the real challenge is how do we fix it? If it's at least possible to turn the GPS on and off without rebooting the phone things would be a lot better...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
Totally agree:D:D:D:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NoXXX:
One more thing I'm waiting from our precious chef is fixing of autobrightness feature :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] v33r3n:
hey i think this rom is awesome but i was wondering y does my trackball keep flashing like crazy every 2 seconds?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NoXXX:
it does that on every rom based on Eris leak AFAIK
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjasper:
I've tried 3 variants so far and the trackball flashes on all of them. Kind of useful and kind of annoying:confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Arthur Hucksake:
Got everything setup and stable, now I have noticed one thing compared to the Modaco 3.2b5 rom.

The wifi performance isn't asgood. Downloading is alot slower for some reason, have no idea why.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
Because HTC realised that no-one really used it otherwise and tried to find better uses for it.

Providing you have ADB setup on your machine run:

adb remount
adb shell ls /system/app
adb shell rm system/app/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup.apk

You can use the adb shell rm command with other apps too that you feel like deleting. That works for the apps in the system folder (listed on the first page)

Use:

adb remount
adb shell ls /system/sd/app
adb shell rm whatever_app.apk

For apps in the data folder (if you're using A2SD). The easier way to remove data apps is using an app manager (Astro has one included).

The link for the Senseless version has been sent out to all who PM'd to test it. I'm looking forward to some feedback. Hopefully get a chance to do some more work on these ROMs tomorrow. Calling it a day for now!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
LOLOLOL

Sense > Vanilla :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
Looks like I figured out the Battery draining problem. We now know that having the GPS on while rebooting makes it work, but is keeping the phone from idling, meaning the awake time is the same as uptime. Now, if we turn GPS off while rebooting, the wake time is smaller than the uptime, but you can't get GPS signal. I now downgraded my radio to 63.18.55.06IU_6.35.08.22 version, and after rebooting with GPS on, the phone will go to sleep just fine!

Question is, will the GPS work.... As it's 1AM i'm not gonna test that until tomorrow morning, but looks that looks like a fine solution for now.

cya in the morning with more results...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberden:
Just to cheer up the chef, I just installed the latest version coming from mcr3.1 and it's just awesome. Everything works as expected, facebook sync, gps, apn recognized, multitouch maps and so on!

The only issues are the auto brightness thing and the battery drain even if I will be able to have more accurate feedback tomorrow. Otherwise, great work! Thanks again!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] llvllaster:
Really good rom but my battery drains like a horror. %100 charged at 00:53. Now its 03:23 and my battery is at %89 without using the phone. I'll try to downgrading the radio.

But absolute good rom. Nice work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberden:
The battery indeed drains very fast. Another issue is the fact that no images are loaded into mails but I can live with that... I will try the navigation to go to work this morning.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zippyioa:
GPS seemed to work fine on my Hero, then I realised I had never tried it after booting up with GPS off - as soon as I turned it on it wouldnt get a fix until I rebooted again, clearly no good......

After changing the radio to 63.18.55.06IU_6.35.08.22 as suggested by Dolby the GPS works fine whether the phone boots with it switched on or off - great result!! :cool:

Now, I just have to see how this older radio affects battery :rolleyes:

Cracking spot Dolby!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
Awesome find, I've updated the first post. It should hopefully improve the battery too!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
Also, is anyone having the widget issues mentioned around the place?

I'd like some scenarios for when it works/doesn't work for people then I can work on an effective fix.

I have one decent idea on how I'd go about solving it but it depends if everyone else had similar experience.

When it didn't work for me, I just backed them up and restored again with Titanium and they started working...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberden:
I didn't have any widget issues. I came from MCR 3.1, wiped everything, flashed your ROM "et voila". Everything was working ok out of the box.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kmoon:
On all the 2.1 ROMS based on Eris leak I have tried so far I seem to have the same problems

Facebook doesn't sync

Apps can't access HTTP GET.

Anyone else have these issues?

Anyone have any idea what to do?

I have formatted, wiped, re-installed, rebooted in all possible combinations (it seems)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
What Radio version are you on and what are your APN settings?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kmoon:
I have just downgraded the radio to -63.18.55.06IU_6.35.08.22 from the latest version - same issues exist.

I suspect it's the same issue as the missing Gmail images.

APN is for 3 DK

data.tre.dk

No port, proxy, username, password or server
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gowzel:
GPS

If its any help on the GPS, I came from MCR 3.2, I did a full wipe etc and installed your ROM. After flashing and the phone starting (and not rebooting), I tried Google maps withthe GPS switched on and it obtained a lock within seconds.

Since then I have rebooted the phone and the GPS is now as on everybody elses phone in that I have to start the phone with GPS switched on in order to get a lock.

Keep up the great work, I have no other issues at all great ROM
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
Thanks for all the feedback so far. Looking forward to hearing more response about the GPS issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] killerbyte:
I have found an issue with this ROM.

I have installed it on two different Heros and the second Hero does not boot. It just sits at the HTC loading screen forever. I left it for at least 15-20 min and still no boot.

Did a full wipe before installing your ROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
What format is the ext partition? Is it ext4?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kmoon:
Additional info.

Problem with connection persists on Wifi.

The URLS that the apps can't connect to work perfectly through the browser app
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
only issue i have is with show pics in emails........this is not present in sensehero or ahero so its an issue with the eris dump. reflashed Ahero just to check. sensehero is 1.5 but Ahero is 2.1 so issue is with eris dump. no probs with wifi as been using xclusively in house. i always advise peops to use the rom as its been created for about a day then start customising one step at a time. that way if rom is working perfect prior to customising then its issue wid 3rd party apps and not rom. been using this rom as it was created with none of the issues on here at all. most people flash the rom customise like crazy and then are surprised when stuff dont work. this is 2.1 beta stuff and not all custom addition will work with this firmware
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
By customize you mean installing apps from the market? Because for example, I can't use the rom for 24 hours without anysoftkeyboard, as HTC didn't add a hebrew keyboard.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
Alright, as reported - after downgrading the Radio version to 63.18.55.06IU_6.35.08.22 you can have GPS turned on while rebooting, and still have the phone sleeping whenever it can. In addition, GPS does lock and works great.

Battery life is now supposed to be better, but we'll see what's what as the day goes by... not sure about it yet.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
na keyboard and that is ok but other guys add old widgets from cupcake and use tools and tweaks from old firmware. this will no doubt impact on the rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] killerbyte:
the ext partition is in ext4
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
Yea, probably...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
doesnt work with ext 4 so that your prob right there
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kassemalaa:
battery drain

i've been experiencing some battery drain, how do i know if it's caused by the gps? in spareparts it shows my phone is going to sleep...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
radio functions take up 57% of battery use. some battery drain is linked to radio used. different regions have radios customised for those areas. potential problems can arise if flashing a us radio to a uk phone with firmware from uk etc. i am using radio 63.18.55.06ju_6.356.09.26. these dumps are not made for our phones and these chefs work very hard to customise them to work for us. i may be wrong but thats my feeling
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
I am also experiencing a lot of battery drain still, 58% of my battery use in 5 hours went on "Cell standby", and although awake time is lower, it's still high, Not sure why though... I'll continue testing...

EDIT:

Looks like the phone stays awake from the second I use the GPS with GPS Status / Google Maps...

I'll try not using them now and see how the battery goes...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
had no issues with battery. dont use maps on phone as pointless as have sat nav. phone too small to be genuine nav. gps in itself is a battery hog and wid wrong radio can be real bad. radio i am using i have no battery issues at all
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
Using it as a permanent GPS for the car might be useless, but from time to time it could come to use, and I do want it available. I know I might be fighting a bit to harsh considering we are about a week away from the official Hero 2.1 rom, but whatever...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] v33r3n:
this is amazing and really is cool for showing what 2.1 is goin to have in offer but i couldnt open my people widget or sms without it force closing... known problem??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
Never happened to me... Try rewiping/reflashing...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
now there is a 1st time for everything;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberden:
No problem for me. I use handcent SMS for messages. I tried maps navigation today to go to work... It's not that great even if might get useful eventually. That beeing said, I use my phone as GPS every time I need one. I don't see why I should buy another device when my phone is good enough in my point of view.

Back to the rom, after flashing the IU radio this morning, the battery seems to be better but the feeling needs to be confirmed. Anyway, despite the mail images issue, everything is working incredibly great. I will keep this rom until a rom based on the official HTC release is made available. I can do everything I want to do with my phone and I don't think I could come back to a cupcacke rom...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] v33r3n:
ye i used both android sms and handcent and both didnt let me send a message. i will try a rewipe reflash coz this seems like a good rom otherwise.

villianrom 3.3, behero or defiance 2.1.... suggestions on the best rom at the moment?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
all very stable and come from hard working chefs. stuck with this as 1st to announce better battery and it has lived up to that! as users vary and experiences are different i feel its each to their own mate. whatever suits your needs. dont forget herodroid by maxo64 which is also very good. villain is visually very impressive with new bootscreen and custom wallpaper. love all that jazz! battery life is slightly less than this and battery is most important to me! i am waiting for a new release of any senseless rom wid battery improvements!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberden:
What I liked in this rom (did not try anything else) was that everything was working out of the box (no patch) with TitaniumBackup, Autokiller and WirelessTether which are tools I use...

Edit : Is the widget "One Day in history" working for you? Not that I need it but it doesn't seem to load any data...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
takes a while but it works! :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] coastersteve:
Came from MCR 3.1 with a clean wipe. I'm running baseband 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26 and the build from 2 days ago. Took it off charge at 7:30 am and its now nearly 8pm. I've probably made around 30mins worth of calls today and my battery is sat at 68% still.

So far I'm REALLY REALLY impressed. Keep up the good work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberden:
I've just noticed a major issue. I've read it before but I can't remember if it was on this thread or not. It seems that all eris based roms don't allow apps to access the web renderer... When an application wants to open an url without using the browser app, the page can't be found... Two major apps i'm using daily (almost) don't work which is a real pity... :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xxbabiboi228xx:
To: Mr ashman

Well my friend I think you have won me over with your Eris dump Rom very very responsive & smooth and it seems to me that you figured out how to save on are battery drainage issues very well done I'm giving two thumbs up on this Rom :D

Thanks to SHINGER 5for telling me to give it a whirl thanks mate :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dolby71:
Okay, Using the bluetooth and GPS drastically drains the battery. Also, If you turn on GPS, the phone stays awake all the time until you reboot it. So I guess GPS is still not a 100% usable, but it does the work. If you navigate with it then you probably have a charger in your car anyway.

Bottom line: turn bluetooth on only when you need it (in your car or whatever), and GPS also, only when you have to.

Again, only a week until the official Hero rom comes out... :)

Good work ashman, loving this rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
Interesting stuff, looks like behnaam has managed to get hold of a Legend ROM dump! Really looking forward to having a play with that and seeing if it runs more stable than the Eris-leak. Looks like it has the Friendstream widget and all.

Here's hoping for a working ROM with proper battery management, GPS, email and other such fixes!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
yeah i heard. should be much better adapted as Legend is Hero upgrade after all. too muche 'sense for me'. Paul @ Mocado has a working dump already and posted on twitter showing it on his Hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kassemalaa:
radio

i've been reading a lot lately about that radio issue, apparently updating to the latest radio would help improving the battery life, how do we flash a radio in recovery? i know i have to apply it as an update.zip, but do i need to wipe data/partition/davlik?

thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xxbabiboi228xx:
No sir no wipe needed to flash a radio just flash the update zip radio in recovery mode then reboot there you have a new radio
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kassemalaa:
Thanks! Flashing right now, hope it improves battery :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ulhume1:
I have the same issue here and that's a real problem for Astrid (a TODO manager) where synchronizing with RememberTheMilk.

Here is the relevent (I think) logcat traces for this issue

I/rtm-invoker( 328): Executing the method:http:\\api.rememberthemilk.com/services/rest/?method=rtm.auth.getFrob&blablabla
...
D/RequestQueue( 328): queueRequest to set proxy

EDIT: I put anti-slashes instead of slashes in URL because of this forum restrictions. That is not the reason of the problem :)

After this, no error, nothing, just a 404 page not found that I not have when trying directly through the browser.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NoXXX:
Well, last time I flashed KaguDroid, I came back to MCR 3.2. Now, after test of aHero 0.5, I come back to this ROM. It's fantastic!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] diamondino:
simple questione what isn't working on this rom?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sullan:
A2SD work with ext3 or ext4 ??

And what can i see if my apps are correctly installed on my sd card ???

Do you know a good ext3/4 file explorer on Android ?

Sorry for my bad english :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberden:
App2SD is supposed to be working (even if I didn't try it). However, the ext partition shouldn't be ext3/4 because the leaked kernel does not support it.

Otherwise, from my point of view, everything is working ok (didn't try mms) except the application integrated browsers.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sullan:
So ext2 ?? it's okay ??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NoXXX:
Everything's working except the GPS issue (discussed later here).

I have A2SD working with Ext3. Don't know any file explorer able to work with partitions themselves, but there's the way to see if your partition is used:

using adb shell type command 'mount'. You should have output like this:

rootfs / rootfs ro 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /sqlite_stmt_journals tmpfs rw,size=4096k 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,cpu 0 0
/dev/block/mtdblock3 /system yaffs2 ro 0 0
/dev/block/mtdblock5 /data yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
/dev/block/mtdblock4 /cache yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext3 rw,noatime,nodiratime,errors=continue,data= ordered 0 0
/dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid= 1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

Here, /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext3 is your a2sd partition.

Type command 'df' and you should see something like this:

/dev: 98116K total, 0K used, 98116K available (block size 4096)
/sqlite_stmt_journals: 4096K total, 0K used, 4096K available (block size 4096)
/system: 174080K total, 167716K used, 6364K available (block size 4096)
/data: 169728K total, 22576K used, 147152K available (block size 4096)
/cache: 133120K total, 1160K used, 131960K available (block size 4096)
/system/sd: 468331K total, 21487K used, 446844K available (block size 1024)
/sdcard: 1479512K total, 1363760K used, 115752K available (block size 4096)

You can see that /system/sd ext3 partition is 468331K size total and 21467K used. Try install any software and repeat these steps. Used size should increase.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberden:
Thanks for the details :) Do you have issues with the webviewer? I just want to know if everybody has the issue or not...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sullan:
oh thx man!!

But i have a small problem, because i'm on seven x64 and i can't install SDK android to use "adb" :(. Do you know what can isntall SDk on x64 ??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NoXXX:
I don't use any of applications using webviewer, so can't test it. Browsing with browser is ok.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] samusalo:
SetCPU causing some of the battery drain?

SetCPU doesn't work correctly. If you have it installed, it's most propably causing some of the battery drain. Mine shows max 528 MHz min 480 MHz when wake even if I have set it to max 480 MHz min 245 MHz.

When in sleep i don't know how to verify the true clock rate(??)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geoff_allix:
I'm on Win 7 64-bit and it works fine. I just put the android-sdk-windows folder in My Documents. Go into the folder, Shift + Right-Click Tools and click Open Command Window Here. Type adb shell, hit return and Hey Presto!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geoff_allix:
Exactly the same using Overclock widget. I love this ROM though.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NoXXX:
I do not install SDK at all. I use this archive. Just unpack it to any folder, Win+R, cmd, Enter, cd full-path-to-folder, adb.

(see screenshot for more ...)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sullan:
Thx man it's work great!!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sullan:
I get this is it okay ??

When i see on Linda Manager, i can see "Application (36/165M)" So i think it's install on sd and on he phone ??? i don't understand :(

Very sorry for my bad english :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NoXXX:
Looks like you have 108149K used on your A2SD ext3 partition. Seems everything is ok.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sullan:
ya but i don't understand why it use that "Application (36/165M)" :s before i install all games and application it was i think "Application (20/165M)"
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Xian_2:
VPN PPTP works fine. But unable to send mms. Is it possible to include the email.apk from Nexus One. This can handle multiple exchange accounts
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikepheng:
Hey, Which ROM would be best in terms of bugs, speed and battery life - VillainROM or Defiance2.1
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NoXXX:
what answer do you expect to hear asking your question here? Of course, Defiance :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shingers5:
LOL

Ahero 0.52 wen released .......... :D:D:D:D

both quite good but battery life on this is better and i have used both. currently using this one as i get 1.5 days of battery life
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gowzel:
As Google street view images for large parts of the UK went live today on Google maps, can anyone tell me how to view them as I am travelling using Google maps navigation.

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ebguilbert:
Autokiller 1.3

Autokiller 1.3 is now available at the market. Does anyone know how to upgrade it in this ROM?

I understand Defiance 2.1 has the Autokiller 1.1, which runs as a service. The new version has the service removed.

Im not sure if replacing the apk in system/app would work :confused: Can anyone confirm this? AshMan?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheAshMan:
Sorry folks, I'll no longer be developing this ROM for a few reasons:

1) Some other developers on here started acting a bit pathetic (they know who they are).

2) All Eris-based ROMs pretty much converged into the same thing with same tweaks/fixes but minor app differences

3) There wasn't a lot more possible with that ROM, and it wasn't worth spending too much time over when the official one was supposedly only around the corner.

I intended to do a lot more work when the official 2.1 release came out but now my Hero is going to be replaced with a Desire so I'll probably be focusing on the Desire, and more likely on just applications/games rather than custom ROMs.

Hope you enjoyed using Defiance. Thanks for the support!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] abalint21:
Thank you for this excelent ROM

Don't mind those guys! You did a more then excellent job!!! Congrats

If you still can/want keep up the good work on the HERO as well :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] j0bro:
That to be honest is not a fix. With the standard 1.5 ROM I need to charge only every 2 days or so, not every 12 hours (like with the 2.1 ROMs). Hope you actually *fixed* something, other than advertising a subjective feeling about your battery life.