yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lezroy:
documents to go

hi there, this rom is pretty much perfect, apart from when trying to view excel sheets in documents to go they are all jumbled up :confused: will have to go to other roms for now until its fixed
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] naffgorr:
VillainROM 5.3

How's it coming along? I'm kinda anxious :P

I'm having much stablility issues and sluggishness with this current release. I appreciate your hard work, I'm just REALLY anxious hehe..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mantrajt:
Streaming

Just tried to watch videos from CNN and ESPN mobile sites and a streaming error appeared. Can anyone confirm this as a bug? I thought streaming was solved in 5.2

Sent from my Hero using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kenny5743:
Aha! I, too, all in anticipation! Disturbs only the absence of Russian language!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] killerbyte:
I am having issues using Ustream. The video has no colour at all.

Also is there any way to use the boot screen from VillianROM 4.0, the one that looks like a PC booting up. That boot screen is really cool.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] t24ever:
Did you try to wipe everything before install?

The first time i installed it i forgot to wipe and had the same problem as you describe.

Try using "morelocale2" from marcet, it should support Russian language.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
5.3 SHOULD be available today. More likely to be this evening than the day time though! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bornin:
Good morning Mr. Russel sir,

Will this be available through the Kitchen? And no wipe, please...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ggrammer:
and is it JIT enabled?

man it's just like christmas again
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kenny5743:
Through this program, firmware translates very badly! :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xinos:
Ok just throwing this in here (don't yell at me if anybody already suggested it), does anyone know if we can apply this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=665515&highlight=overclock to the GSM hero kernel to?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 123belly:
With the weather like it is make sure you're coding in the garden, with a Magners of course :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djmace:
Good idea, let everyone including yourself enjoy the nice weather a bit
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
This could be a loaded question but I'm gonna ask anyway.

What is the major advantage (or disadvantage) of the series 5 roms over series 4? Am I actually going to see some difference between the 2 for every day use?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tristan202:
Stock Lockscreen fix.

Heya....

Finally did it. I managed to fix the stock lockscreen, so that it's not jumbled all up. What I did was take flipz and Villain 5.2's android.policy.jar, and baksmalied them both. Then I compared them and found where he had changed it, and then ported it to Villain 5.2. There you go. Fully working stock lockscreen for your VillainROM.

All credit goes to flipz from CDMA forum / Geek 4 You.

http://grauengaard.com/android/theme/stock_lockscreen_fix.zip

Flash through your favorite recovery menu.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djmace:
Is it still transparent or can we use the workaround / metamorph to change the lockscreen wallpaper?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tristan202:
I can give it to you either transparent or with a black background.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djmace:
Would this then work so that we could change the wallpaper used?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6135628&postcount=2209
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Severok:
damn

gps dont work :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tristan202:
I have just tried this, and it works. I did it manually though. I don't care to much of Metamorph.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djmace:
Can you explain how you did it manually please. If i flash the file from the post then wont it then put the original green colour and icons as apposed to the blue ones from your theme?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 123belly:
So with this we'll be able to change the lockscreen manual per normal process?

I know i'm not the only one but i'd love a theme with Clear widgets,clear bottom bar/status bar standard lock screen, that would be lovely jubbly (technical term) :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Decaux:
tristan, do you need to disable the sim-card pin for that **** to work?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tristan202:
Everything needed to make this work is download my changed android.policy.jar and push it to the phone or flash it through amon ra. The rest is done like the previous post either by metamorph or by copying the file inside framework-res.apk manually, and then pushing it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djmace:
sorry im still confused. what file would need to be copied and pushed?

Ive taken a look at the zips that were included in the post that i gave earlier and the images they use inside the framework are all stock. As i have your theme installed if i flash that then il loose your theme.

Also what about the addidtion of the vanilla clock as the rosie alarm clock wont work on vanilla lockscreen?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tristan202:
I have now released it as an update.zip as an addition to my theme, so atm it's only for people running my theme. You can get it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=653292
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] d3sm0nd:
Here we go... I'm not the only one person with this problem!!! :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6220675

!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 123belly:
No your def not all my pics are kinda green. Did see on a CDMA forum they're having an issue with them being a bit blue ish and they sorted that
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] d3sm0nd:
they are working on a fix but nobody sorted that yet.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=662436
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DarthD:
Running 5.2 for a few days now (my first custom rom so im kind of a noob with roms) if i open the autokiller app the screen now gets black, the same with superuser. I tried to install titanium backup but i get a su request with only a black screen.

What can i do? Phone works fine except some gps issues of not getting a fix 80% of the tries.

I flashed radio after i flashed the rom can that be the problem?

R

Latest radio and RA latest recovery
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Danltn:
Sounds like you turned off "USB Debugging". Try turning it back on, restart the phone and try again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DarthD:
thanx that did the trick :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Snepscheut:
eta?

Hello Nathan,

Any eta on 5.3?

You're not HTC ;-) ;-) are you?;-)

LOL

Thanks for all your work and for the niche kitchen!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] flipper203:
For your information, seen on nprussell twitter:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] colonel_lp:
BUG....

adding events to contacts saves the date as 1 month earlier than that inputted...

CAMERA------ when gps is enabled, camera will crash and show black screen when trying to take second photo.... even though the geo-tag photos is unchecked....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raecarter82:
The second is a known bug go to villainroms page there is a fix on the first post
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raecarter82:
Sorry misread your post ignore my last
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] silvake:
Confirm 1 month shift error, I encountered this too.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zhezhan:
I've got a Problem with WiFi Router in my friends house. I can find my fiwi in my house, but not the one in my friends house. Has this something to do with the channels - is there a fix?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jUsT2eXy:
I think channels 1-13 are fine, 13+ (like in the US) don't work... I think..

Try switching to channel 1,6,11, or 13.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zhezhan:
This maybe is a solution - in fact i'd prefer a fix. Hopefully in the next Rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jUsT2eXy:
What exactly would a fix do?

It can't change the Wifi channels for you as that's 'router side' //

From what I can see you are having problems connecting and you should rule out the Wifi channel being the problem first. Then rules out hardware. I think I read somewhere that the Hero did not like a specific Router brand.. google it.. see if others have the same issue... what router does your friend use?

Other people are not having wifi problems. I have never had wifi problems. Also the fact you can connect to your wifi and not your friends means it is almost certain it is the wifi channel that is the cause of the problem.

My Belkin N1 is set to channel 11. (I'm in the UK)..

Download Wifi Analyser from the market. Run it, and it will tell you what the best Wifi channel is. Then, change your routers Wifi channel to that and that should solve the pbolem.

If not try reflashing the Radio (if you have not yet). [But, since your home wifi works I don't see how this would help..but worth a go I guess]

This eleimates 99% of 'signal and wireless' problems.

When flashing the new radio, make sure GPS is enabled before powering down.

:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] trebiani:
a fix would be very nice. sometimes i can not change the channels on routers ...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jUsT2eXy:
Remember the GSM Hero and the CDMA will have different WiFi settings (in terms of what channels it can operate on).

May be the CDMA ROM has something to do with it, but lets see what others say...

It is 99% a channel problem. 1-13 works fine for me. I connect to other peoples routers all the time, especially open wifi networks when I'm out and about and I have never experianced any problems.

Also what would the fix be doing? What do you want it to solve?

What country do you reside in?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hownsmeed:
villian 5.2 su request troubles

hi,

i have a problem when starting wifi thether app:

the su request window pops up but without any ui.

a quick reply would be awesome :)

greez hown

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
turn on USB debugging.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] trebiani:
what the fix should do?!? the fix should enable my hero to connect to all possible channels - i guess ist's just a configuration file that has to be changed. but it's just a guess.

i'm in austria and i can not connect to some public access points (and i can NOT change their channels)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Public Wifi should not be running on channels 13+ anyway.

But yes it can be fixed and Nathan has done it in the past, I am guessing he just overlooked it this time round.

Saying that I don't know if its a change he has made for 5.3 or not.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jUsT2eXy:
What would this 'fix' fix lol?

Would is disable access to certain wifi channels? Or enable them?

Also 5.3 delayed.. dOh

http://twitter.com/nprussell :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
I've linked to a script within both builds that I have forgotten to write and include. Once I have included it, I'll have to re-sign them of course... which I can't do from my work laptop, due to restrictions.

I'm staying away with work tonight, so it'll be tomorrow.

I'm sorry for the delay... really annoyed myself. :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phoehtaung:
guys...

Do you guys know the version of the TitaniumBackup nathan was talking about? I can't freaking download from easy share... so i need to know the TitaniumBackup version so that i can go to google and find another mirror...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dcrazydan:
A local problem

hi i just flashed to this rom and it looks great....

but a the first time i tried to make a phone call it adds to my contact number the number 1... so i cant make any phone calls.... what do i do?

it looks like this if my contact number is 03999999, when i make a call it looks like- 103999999, and obviesly its a worng number.... help me!!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I'll mirror it soon.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wezzy-se:
Can't call anyone

Hi, I really liked the rom, but now when I tried to make my first call with it, it failed miserably... as someone else said, I too get a 1 in front of every number I try. And the + numbers I get 011 instead... :(

edit* been testing more, seems to matter how many numbers you are using, with 9 numbers or less it seems okay. With 10 or more numbers I get a "1" in front of the number...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Leeejohn:
GPS not working with Radio 09.26. When start Google Maps I got red cross in GPS icon.

EDIT: If i wait 10 minutes in Google Maps he has GPS. He doesnt work inside a building but near a window he works.

He is only loading the map for 5 minutes now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bornin:
Same here on same radio, also when i boot with GPS on.

no problem tho, i have a Tomtom :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rankjie:
I can provide a mirror!!

email me : rankjie@gmail.com
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Paid Apps do show, and speed of the market is fine. I can confirm this across two Heros
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] craig0r:
You also need to wipe the ext partition.

Sorry to make an example of you, but it's real annoying when people don't read the thread. This has been addressed in this thread more than once. Yes, everyone is aware that MoreLocale2 doesn't work, and everyone (who isn't too lazy to read a few pages) is also aware that you can change from Fahrenheit to Celsius by clicking the Weather widget, and then going into the Settings.

That being said, the ROM we are using here is a Sprint-specific ROM, as Sprint is the only company in the world that uses the CDMA Hero. That's why English is the only language there, and likely why dialing is an issue for anyone outside of North America. I'd be willing to bet that if we were able to set other locales, the dialing issue might be fixed. But I wouldn't hold your breath for that. Not that I don't have faith in Nathan fixing it, but we'll probably have a proper GSM/WWE ROM very soon, which should fix that anyhow.

EDIT: RE GPS: For those of you having GPS issues, when I flashed the alpha release last night, it took upwards of ten minutes to get a GPS fix when I tested it, so make sure you give it plenty of time. (Of course, that was on radio 08.29, although I also had GPS working in VR 4.0b2 with 09.26)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Open.weather app from menu. Press menu, settings, change f to c

Hth
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jens.bergqvist:
I tried this a few hours ago. The 4.0 phone app works fine until you try to dial a number. Then it consistenty FCs.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Anyone got any ideas how to stop the dialer displaying numbers with stupid dashes? Ie. I call 150, and it shows as '1 - 50', which is fair enough for a CDMA rom, but does anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] X-Ter:
The Brut Maps app is here and the MT works

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=630887
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
I understand the locale is the cause of this. It appears to be fixed to the USA, which makes sense considering it's a ROM built for the CDMA (US) phone.

There's a simple line in the build prop regarding the defalt region, but I highly doubt it'll change anything.

I'll check this one out.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nortynort:
Hi, sorry getting a bit confused with the wording of the thread title and the first post.

So is this Rom for the gsm hero or the cdma hero?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] craig0r:
Obviously you didn't read very closely. There are several posts that state very clearly that THIS ROM IS FOR THE GSM HERO.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djdavis:
Where's the best place to download launcher2 from? ive seen what looks like 2 different versions of it, which is the best one?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MartijnGP:
Downloading and going to flash when done! I won't keep it long though, need a very stable non-beta ROM for work tomorrow.

Just a suggestion though, maybe you can upload the ROMs on http://www.multiupload.com? This uploads the ROM again to about 10 other sites, so there's always a mirror (or faste service) available.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
FOR GSM Hero

:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jUsT2eXy:
Channels 1-13 should connect without problems.

Sometimes my laptop won't connect to my router even though other devices can but after a restart etc it works. Even though the laptop has an 'N' wireless chip, full signal....

WiFi can be annoying and refuse to conenct for no obvious reason.

Especially public WiFi. Bad login, weak signal... there are many reasons why your phone won't connect.

Even hardware incompatibility... but im sure this is very very very rare.

So I don't see what a fix would do as everyone elses wifi works? :confused::confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jUsT2eXy:
Thanks so much for your hard work and dedication to us Hero owners. Even though you have the Desire (drools) :p

I'm sure we can wait another day or two for the finished article. Can;t wait though. :cool::cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nprussell:
Some good news & some info:

- Vanillain 2.0 will feature JIT as standard. Incredibly stable & Live Wallpapers that stick. Using Launcher 2 (stable), this is the best Vanilla ROM I have tried.

- Villain 5.3 will improve upon 5.2... That's all I'm going to say so far.

- Villain 5.3JIT BETA (That's right! - but this is donator only due to it being a test build). Once Villain JIT is confirmed to be stable, it'll be an option in the kitchen & will be released publicly)

So... patience will bring great things people... :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djmace:
I normally go for vanilla as I much prefered it over rosie, but since 5.2 I honestly can't say is go back to vanilla. Everything is perfect for me apart from Facebook sync, and with tristans theme running it looks stunning too. Here's to 5.3, can't wait to flash it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] summer_dell:
thank you for a job well done. a very nice rom, i am looking forward to 5.3 :D thanks again for the hard work =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dajones89:
i went over to modaco 3.2 for a few days but the wifi saver thing kept doing my head in whilst connected to a public spot! so im back on villainrom waiting for 5.3 :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dalet11:
when 5.3 is out? it will include friends stream?

Why did you leave us whitout more information????? :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] holyshit1:
How I can activate my apps2sd ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] volatile_ink:
Auto-Brightness

Hi, quick question.. Does this ROM support auto-brightness? I've tried other 2.1's for the GSM Hero and this is my only concern with them.

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
yes auto-brightness works, maybe not quite as good as 1.5 roms but it works
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marksyzm:
Create an ext3 partition on your SD card, then flash the rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jUsT2eXy:
if you read his twitter it says tommorrow.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dalet11:
i dont have a twitter..

thanks.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Noppes123:
Bluetooth keeps disconnecting every 15 seconds

After waiting and waiting and waiting (you get the idea...) for the HTC issued 1.2 update, I decided to go with a custom ROM. Apart from 1.5 having limitations with some apps not working, my main concern with 1.5 was the limited Exchange Server support of the built-in HTC mail client. I know of other apps providing this functionallity, but none of them were fully integrated with Google mail, contacts calendar, etc.

The 5.2 release is a great ROM, especially given the challenges of porting it and combining all the drivers and apps. Apart from some small glitches, there is one thing that's realy bothering me: bluetooth connectivity with my (manufacturer built-in) carkit. It authorizes and connects just fine, but every 15 or so seconds it simple disconnects to be automatically connected again after a few seconds.

There are others with bluetooth issues as I understand from postings in this thread. Since I drive a lot, this is a serious issue for me, but I hate to lose the integrated Exchange server support. :mad:

Is there anything I could try to fix this? Already tried the usual stuff, like repairing, rebooting, renaming, etc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Json_81:
Will USB-tether be included in Vanillain?

Or is that sense only?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
You don't need to have a twitter account to be able to read his tweets.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] digitallion:
GPRS bug in Villain ROM, or Android???

Hello, I've encountered some interesting bug. When using any navigation app and after using it phone does not drop gprs connection (except for google maps). After that you can try to switch off mobile connection, and it switches off, but after some moment it starts again. I've tried almost everything: switching off background services, switching off roaming data, etc. The only thing what helped me is APNDroid app in a store. So I just wanted to ask you, can this problem be related with Android or VillanRom ? Where should I put bug request? =)))

This problem is serious for me cause GPRS traffic is very expensive in Latvia
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raecarter82:
What's a JIT? Sorry
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] volatile_ink:
I don't want to beat a dead horse, but whats the deal with Auto-brightness? It's only a small feature, but IMHO it's an essential one... the other 2.1 roms have a tendency to melt your retinas if you switch the phone on in a dark room.

Any work being done to implement this feature so it's fully-working?

Thanks again, I'll give villain a go tonight (with the lights on!).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Its a problem with the 2.1 sources we currently have. At the moment Nathan has got it working better than most if not all other hero dev's.

Give it a try I think it will work to your satisfaction.

Some people don't use this feature anyway, but I do and its definitely working now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jUsT2eXy:
JITstands for “just in time” compilation, and allows software to run faster by “compiling bytecode into native machine code at runtime which substantially increases performance”.

A JIT is essential to battery life, too. Discrete jobs are executed faster, in less instructions (an interpreter carries a lot of overhead, since it pretends executes the bytecode) allowing the CPU to go back to idle/sleep sooner and more often.

Have a read @ this. http://androidandme.com/2010/02/news/jit-compiler-coming-to-android-sooner-than-you-think/

& this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=658891
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raecarter82:
Thanks for this just2exy it frazzled my tiny mind but I like the faster bit. A quick question if 5.2 is running fast already are we likely to see a vast difference in performance?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
5.2 fast and JIT 5.3 fast will be completely different things.... :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raecarter82:
Thanks lenny. Being a little wet behind the ears will it be ok for me to download not knowing much about it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dandowftm:
Hi, not sure if this is another bug or I just need to change a setting but I was left a voicemail this morning but never received the notification to tell me so.

Anyone else noticed this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
It will come in the rom by default you won't have to do anything with it, the hard work has all been done by Nathan.

Just run it and see if you like it, if you don't then run the non JIT version of the rom.