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[Hero CDMA Android Development] BonkyMoon:
The black in the contacts is a known issue that hasn't been fixed with anything yet and doesn't seem to be there if you just go browsing through your contacts. It appears to manifest itself when trying to add people to the People HTC widget, and also when first linking a contact to Facebook (it might also show up in other places but that's where I've experienced it).

As for the protected apps, there's a billion posts about that, and some methods work for some people and some don't. Seems like a huge pain honestly, especially for someone like me who skipped over the initial 2.1 ROMs because they were Eris leaks. Edit: I also don't like wiping my phone, and all the fixes for the apps involves at least one wipe, making it too much effort for something I don't care about in the first place.

So to put it bluntly, no, there is no be-all end-all fix for those two issues.

The reason that it seems people aren't complaining too much is because those two issues are pretty minor. I personally don't buy apps precisely because I don't trust them to persist over multiple custom ROMs, and most other protected apps can be found through a Google search anyway.

For the Contacts issue I just ended up making sure that my contacts had portraits so that I wouldn't have to rely on guesswork. And now that I've got my people added to my widget and linked on Facebook I don't even have to worry about it anymore.

I figure this is probably as good as it's gonna get until people get a full official release ROM to mess around with, and that's good enough for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Toyzruskid1976:
yep... I went down the list and wiped everything available. yet I still have a black on black contacts list.

I need to look into nandroid backup. There must be some goodness that I'm missing. Everytime I wipe and load a new rom I always have to rekey the details for my 4 emails, facebook, and install all my apps... there has to be an easier way that I haven't stumbled on yet.

I need a macro that will do all of that for me :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jason kiDD:
Used Titanium Backup to remove the Sprint_Updater.apk but still no alarm functionality. Will reboot phone and see if that is the cause..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tejasrichard:
Damageless,

Hey man! Thanks for the great Rom! I have been one of the lucky ones, I guess, with no FC's, my market works fine (or at least, all the apps I've ever paid for show up. Not really checked.any other apps). Very clean, man, very clean.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] anthony67:
On my boot loader screen it says RA-heroc-V1.2.3 and the only dalvik wipe I see is "Wipe SD:dalvik-cache"

Do I need to do this along with a device wipe??

I have installed this ROM twice and the only problem I have is the alarm clock issue which I definately need.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 2002wrex:
what a huge bunch of ****ery to do a rom flash. just did this last night for a friend's phone, and if there was any doubt in my mind before, there is none now that i am going to stick with winmo til the death.

that being said, i spent most of the night reading through this thread, wading through a lot of the bull**** in a search for answers, and i have only one question,

is the PRL suppossed to be 60659 for this rom?

the rom seems to be running smoothly, no issuses that i have seen, (except the alarm clock, but i found the remedy to that i believe) but then i took my time and did a lot of searching, followed by some research, and had a smooth flash.

and thank you to the devs, who make this stuff possible, and the moderators, and the other gurus who take the time to set up wiki's and answer the questions and provide help to those who otherwise would be walking around with completely stock phones.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kratos313:
testing something out i noticed that i had 2 files on my sd card for disk cache so i'm deleting both and wiping and reflashing the rom to see if thats the problem.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] steb0ne:
Yeah... try doing that
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kratos313:
didn't work still have that darn Verzion app in my drawer
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gapoochi:
nevermind...started working all on it's own.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] QuiQNeZZ:
Can someone tell me where to get this please? Link or post up.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] subliminalurge:
But I thought this rom had no bugs and no issues?

Seriously, damage, at what point does it just get flat out embarrassing to leave that statement there in large font, bold letters? That statement is then followed by a 2700+ post thread discussing the bugs and the issues.

I appreciate the hard work, and I'm using this rom on a day to day basis because it still is, despite some unsolvable issues, the best rom available for the hero at this point in time (IMO), but there's just no denying the fact that the "no issues" claim is flat out inaccurate.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] steb0ne:
Here ya go... :-)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] QuiQNeZZ:
THANK YOU!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] BonkyMoon:
2nd post in this thead has the right patch. Filename is: a2sd-superuser_patch.zip

The filename's not the same as the one you quoted, but that is the right patch.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] trevolutionary:
Any way to get some of the various fixes on here linked in the first post damageless?

Searching for market fix, alarm fix, or protected apps in the thread has started to produce mind boggling results. I appreciated how you had done this for the 1.0 release. Thx
[Hero CDMA Android Development] animal7296:
Damage has stated that he will be working on this soon. However he has a life and is getting married soon.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] trevolutionary:
Didn't want to have to add to this post but I am stuck without protected apps. Followed ideas in post #2407, as well as flashed to DC1.0 and back, several different times. Wiped each time, as well as attempted with wiping dalvik.

I attempted various combinations of the above and the result is always the same. I can see protected apps and can download them but as soon as I restore my nandroid for DC2.0r2 or flash DC2.0r2 (tried both ways several times) I can no longer see protected apps (shopsavvy, goggles).

PRI is 1.68_003.

Any suggestions?

UPDATE: Got it working. RUU->Root->Installed Recovery->Nandroid->Wipe(Factory and dalvik)->DC2.0r2->Wipe(Factory and dalvik)->DC1.0->login to google and downloaded protected apps->update to DC2.0r2 (without wipe)-> Everything works!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jason kiDD:
Alarm now works with final reboot to system... Thanks all!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] daryelv:
This thread is out of control

... bull**** removed ...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] QuiQNeZZ:
Ok thanks. So which version of wifi tether are you guys using that have it working? I downloaded and installed the one for the Nexus for 2.1. It works fine but the access list doesn't work or the encryption either so anyone can connect to it which I DON'T want.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bikcmp:
Hey, awesome release man :). Only one problem, when I use this ROM, my battery life is crap :P. I've tried the #*#*4363*#*# thing, helps a little, but in general, eats my battery right up. :(. I'll try to modify this ROM a bit and see what I can make out of the battery, although my guess is you already tried that.

Jason
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Bielinsk:
I seem to have missed something very important.

I read through 240 pages yesterday, yes, I try to read everything before I flash so I don't add repeat posts.

Wiped and Flashed to dc2. Found I had the problem with PRI, so I did the workaround on the first page, ##786# + MSL + Menu -> Reset + OK + Wait patiently = SUCCESS!. This did reset my phone, seemed to fix my PRI, now saw sprint on the lockscreen etc.

Loaded up all my apps and started configuring the phone. Have some synch issues, go into sync, cancel sync, manually sync and all seems well.

Did a nandroid, wipe flash to DC 1, logged in, downloaded goggles, restore dc20 nandroid and I now see goggles in the market. So seemed to have fixed market.

I did not seem to have any problems with Alarms. I set a timer and it went off.

Issues:

Seemed like it was running warm. Just an observation.

Black screen with the contact - Menu - View. Haven't seen a fix for this.

Sync would keep popping up and staying on. I think this leads to my big problem of....

Battery life was terrible. I would maybe get 5 hours out of a full charge. This is compared to dc 1 where I would get 30+ easily.

Thinking about reflashing in this order.

Restore my 1.5 stock nandroid. Check the PRI and if it is still at a funky number, do the PRI fix.

Wipe - flash dc 2.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shashster:
So I think I may have found something goofy with my phone. I have only opened Google Maps once since I loaded this ROM a couple of days ago but today when I look at my battery usage it said google maps 98%. I thought this was odd. any thought?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] joetemp75:
awesome work thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kyleblakepeters:
Not sure if this will help anyone, but after performing the steps to get protected apps, I was still missing some. Switched to the 2.1 asop drachdroid and now I have everything.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] imekul:
I might be having the same issue you were having.

Did you end up just flashing Drachdroid in place of DamageControl? Did you have to wipe or anything?

Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] subliminalurge:
These are obvious lies. The first post says there are no bugs and there are no issues. Clearly these things can't be happening.

Ok, sarcasm over....

Damageless, thank you for this great release, but PLEASE edit your first post to AT THE VERY LEAST make it honest!

People are flashing this to their phones based on your claim and it's leaving them in a state that does not work for their needs.

This is a great rom once you understand the issues and fix them. But it takes about 2 days of reading + fixing to get there.

The image you link in the first post is NOT 100%. It's maybe 87%. With a few days of research and work it can be brought up to 99%.

Damageless, your first post claims that people can flash the rom you link to and be good to go. Nearly 3000 posts in this thread prove that that claim is bull****.

Dude, take 30 seconds to wipe the egg off your face, own up to your over-enthusiasm, and fix the post.

I'm thankful for what you've brought to the table, and I respect the effort that went into it, but you seem to have abandoned it, and quite frankly the fact that you leave your "no bugs, no issues" claim standing despite massive evidence to the contrary leaves you with no credibility left.

Nobody expects perfection. But it's not unreasonable for people to call you on your bull**** when you continue to claim that this rom is bug free when people have already spent several days trying to fix the bugs in it.

Dude, you're embarrassing yourself at this point.

NOBODY expects perfection. What's embarrassing is when you claim to achieve it when you clearly haven't.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Roman G:
If it's working 100% on his phone which it is then there is no LIE involved so shut the **** UP, and go back under that bridge!

It worked 100% on my phone as well, and works 100% on alot of people phones, it's not our fault your to stupid to figure it out!

What a bunch of whining ass baby's!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] animal7296:
+1

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] subliminalurge:
If that's the case, then he gave you the leaked RUU that he worked from, not the image he released here.

If you're running the image in the first post, then you are NOT 100%. You might not personally care about the remaining issues, but that doesn't mean you're phone is 100% ready to go for anybody.

Remember, he makes the overly bold claim that "Now there is absolutely NO reason not to upgrade."

Or do you have solutions to the unresolved issues and you're just not releasing them?

I have no issue with the rom, the work behind it, or the state that it's in. I'm running it as my daily. My one and only issue is with the claim that it's "ready for everybody" when it's clearly not.

All you have to do is read this forum to realize that there are a LOT of people who are now stuck with phones that they're not happy with because of that demonstrably false claim that he refuses to retract even in the face of massive evidence.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
C'mon, seriously.

Give him a break. I'm sure he's working on it right now as we speak... maybe he won't anymore do to comments like yours.

Just don't use his rom and RUU back to stock if you can't handle it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] derekstory:
Dude have a drink and chill
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Bielinsk:
Wow, don't use my issues and quote me to bash damage you jackass. subliminalurge you are embarrassing yourself and this entire community. Why don't you make a ROM for people to use then you can control any % you want to put on the front page.

I very well may be doing something wrong, hence my post for guidance.

I have been running DC 1 since its release, and I keep going back to it.

Damage makes a great ROM.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CharlyDigital:
Second that. Chill out and either role with the punches or go stock buddy.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] modchipper:
I love this rom! Everything seems to works really good. I would have to say for me it's 100%. I am not having any of the issues like others. Thank you for this rom !!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] trevolutionary:
troll...

just saying
[Hero CDMA Android Development] subliminalurge:
No intentions of going stock. I'm actually happy with this rom.

My issue is with the provably bull**** claims made in the first post of this thread, and the fact that having those claims remain is causing more people to flash this, flood the conversation, and in the end slowing down actual progress on getting the remaining issues resolved.

I'm sorry, I guess I just have a low tolerance for disingenuous bull****, and the first post is jam packed with it.

As for people saying that it's "100% for me".... Well, a major chunk of this thread is used up by people having trouble with facebook syncing issues. I don't even have a facebook account, so I don't really care about that. But does that mean that I can release a fix and call it "100% working for everybody" if it doesn't help people who use facebook? Hell no.

All I'm asking for is a little honesty in his representation of what he's presenting.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] BonkyMoon:
I use version 1.6 from the googlecode site (I attached it because I can't post links yet.)

But it works about the same as the one you've got. I turned on encryption and access control but it lets anyone connect anyway. So unfortunately I'm not gonna be much help there =/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
You're in my prayers... :(

I hope you understand the words that you are typing... makes no sense and is helping NO ONE on this forum and/or in life!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jerry43812:
Couple Bugs, maybe?

One of my first posts here and I would love to say that I really like this release and will be sticking with it!

Few things though.... some to confirm what others have said, and some observations made by me as well.

1) Facebook sync does stick, like everyone says.

2) VERY LONG lag times, sometimes 5-10 seconds +

noticeable lags

opening google search on home screen ~ 5 sec

opening browser ~ 10+ sec

I am pleased with the screen transition times, and most of the time I am happy with the menu opening times, although they can lag up to 5+ seconds randomly too.

This is running this ROM with nothing else on it.

I run PDAnet which I am using right now, and occasionally it will disconnect from the computer randomly.

I've also noticed that the ROM (since i never had this issue on stock 1.5) will actually quickly disconnect/reconnect to the computer via USB, asking me how I want to connect (charge only, etc etc)

Just some things I want to put out there, and I've been followig this thread closely although the trolling, whining bull**** is really aggravating and it was almost enough to make me say forget it. This thread needs condensed into a can of "No****" and locked, editable only by the OP.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] subliminalurge:
Which part didn't make sense? I'd be happy to clarify. Maybe offer you a link to a good dictionary site?

Oh, appreciate the prayers....

EDIT: Apparently I accomplished something. The first post has been edited to acknowledge that there are issues. That was my only goal. It's been achieved. I'm done.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wtphoto:
ok seems like every 20 pages or so some one has to complain about the title or the 1st post or whatever. So here was my process to get where everything works great for me. and IS 100%.

PRI fix>RUU>root>Flash DC2.0r2>nandroid>market fix in post #2407 replacing the final restore with DC2.0r2 instead of 1.5rom>removed sprint_app_updater>darch a2sd patch in post 2. DONE!!! everything works perfectly for me including facebook widget and sync and battery life is great.

this dev came out of left field and started making sweet ROMs for us when it seemd that most of the other dev (with a few exceptions) either where working on other projects or because of drama like what has gone on in this thread or any number of other reasons decided to keep their work to themselves. lets try not to chase away another dev. becasue I for one know I cant do this stuff for myself so I really like the fact that the devs here ARE willing to share.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] damageless:
I never meant to deceive anyone. You need to realize that I have a life and have been working on another version. I simply haven't had the time to go through every post and see how people fixed different problems. I have never had a problem with facebook sync, battery problems, alarm or anything.

I have edited the first post to hopefully make you a bit happier and I'm working now to document everything that everyone has found. Again, I'm sorry it has taken this long. I really do apologize.

I didn't do this for self-promotion of any kind. You need to realize that. I put what I did because it has been working flawlessly for me. I never had the PRI issue or anything because RUU updated my phone's PRI so I didn't know that others were having issues, that was my oversight and I apologize.

Now please just be happy with what you have. If you don't want to use this ROM, fine.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ro_bro:
All I have to say is - Thanks Damage for contributing yet another good ROM.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wtphoto:
I too have noticed the lag but that is to be expected since the release as of right now is an unoptimized stock sprint rom I mean since when has a sprint release not lagged wether on this phone or a BB or whatever, if (and I hope he does) damage releases the next version it should be optimized and a lot of the fat cut out just like DC1.0 was. and after I went through and got rid of most of the bloatware my lag time has been significantly less,

as far as the other issues like sync it does stick for me on first boot but after that it is fine, and I have only seen the disconnect/reconnect problem when I am using a regular mini usb and not the one that came with the phone.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] QuiQNeZZ:
So are you saying that you did NOT have to replace the FB apk's and the permasync bug was non existent? Can you try uploading a pic from your phone to FB using HTC FB for sense and let me know if it works?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Darkshneider:
I really dont know why people complain so much. Not even Sprint can make a fully functioning ROM (SMS awake issue anyone?), and they get paid and are dedicated to doing this. Devs on this site do this as a hobby and they work with what they can or have. Dont like the fact that theres bugs? Get a rotary phone and stop cluttering the threads.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wtphoto:
damage please stop appologizing to people there is no reason for it as this is an incredible rom, I will say that it seems to me like if you flash this straight from a fresh RUU and root that it eliminates ALOT of the problems yes there are still a few but the fixes are easy enough for the couple problems that are there after the fresh flash.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mjdoran:
Damage it is all good. We all know (or should know) the risks when installing these ROM's. It is supposed to be for fun and our own curiosity. Keep up all the good hard work. Thank you for posting the rom and all the help you have provided there after.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wtphoto:
I do have the sync issue on first boot but after I manually sync the first time after boot it does not stick again and no I did not remove and replace the FB apks. I will try to upload a photo right now and report back.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bl4ck0ps:
I wanted to confirm everything is working for me as well after the PRI update.

Love the ROM and love the work being done to make a totally slim version. I can't wait to have a ROM that is totally stripped down - just need to Google stuff and Exchange.

Well done everyone!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] watzone69:
In the immortal words of William Shatner...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] damageless:
You win. First post is edited.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wtphoto:
ok so as a responce to the photo upload yes it worked perfectly for me (lol this was actually a good test as that is the first photo I have on my FB lol) but yes everything worked flawlessly.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] QuiQNeZZ:
Ok, so I think that by switching the FB apk's with the others posted in this thread earlier (which I did) it DOES fix the permasync bug but (at least for me) it breaks the photo upload on HTC FB for sense and I get a FC everytime I try to upload a pic. If any of you that have also replaced the FB apk's can confirm that would be great.

Downer cuz I really liked the FB photo upload feature of sense which let's you upload multiple pics at a time and is pretty quick compared to the FB app and bloo. Oh well. Hopefully Damage's next release fixes the permasync bug without replacing the APK's. I'm hesitant like others to go the RUU route so i'll just wait and see. Thanks for testing it though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mountaindont:
Any news on the next update?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] subliminalurge:
Just to avoid any confusion, that's accurate. The quoted text was mine even though it appears to come from derek.

(derek, you say you're 100%. Does that mean I've missed a solution for the black text on black background issue?)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KBizzle:
Hows the pub?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CRUISECONTROL:
Some people seem to be a bit confused in this thread. Asking damageless to put in the first post the bugs that exist isn't a personal attack on him, it just needs to be there to get rid of an enormous amount of spam in this thread and help people fix issues they might run into.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] DanWalker:
4 Day report...

So it's been 4 days since I flashed this ROM and I still love it, haven't thought once about using any other, well except the anticipated tweaked version that Damageless is undoubtedly going to put out there (I hope!). It had a few tweaks that needed to be added but nothing that couldn't be handled by even me, the noobiest of noobs when it comes to ADB. For anyone that hasn't flashed yet I highly recommend this ROM.

Side note: Has anyone noticed that if you get a text message and view it through the task bar you still have a notification of message on the home page? I looked but couldn't see it reported anywhere.