yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] whoiswes:
Create a regular google account with your google apps email as the login. This is how I'm set up and it works perfectly fine...you may have to jump through a few hoops in the beginning but it should allow you to change everything on the voice account once set up.

It sucks but it's the only way to make it work. On the plus side, it seems as though there is some SLIGHT integration starting to happen between gmail and gapps.

I agree with you 100% BTW - I'm a GA user (for three years now) and the lack of voice and a few other niceties is bull****, plain and simple.

There are some guides to using a regular gmail account and doing some fanciness to get your email coming and going under your own domain (in conjunction with a GA account) so you'd have a single sign-in for mail, contacts, calendar, etc, but I never got very far in setting it up...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riddlebox1980:
This rom is awesome! I just wonder if Sprint/HTC were having problems and needed some beta testers to help them get these things straightened out! Can you guys tell me is the only reason to use aps2sd so you can have more apps on the phone? Otherwise I cant seem to understand why you would want to use it. I would think the apps would run a bit slower from the SD card?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] avhokie:
WTF? Have no idea how or why, but my keyboard is hosed. No matter what letter I hit, it always thinks I pressed "q". The touchscreen works perfectly otherwise.

Edit: Reboot did nothing, but recalibrating fixed it :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] masterninja:
When you're in PEOPLE, hit MENU, VIEW, and see if the Facebook option is checked. If it is, un check it - then DONE. Hope this helps you out.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Fyahstarter:
Stuck in continuous boot loop.

Hey people, excuse me if this has already been tackled (which I'm sure it probably has, but nothing's coming up in search or I haven't found a definitive answer), but I just rooted my phone from stock so it's clean, formatted my SD and attempted to install v2.05 just to get stuck in and endless bootloop between the HTC quietly brilliant screen and the sprint logo animation. Don't know what I did wrong, but any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

P.S. Do I need to wipe although it's stock?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riddlebox1980:
I think on the first page it says something about the stuck boot process, I think damageless said to wipe, and flash the update.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
Apps2sd

I would love to here some input on this too... I never used apps2sd because i was pretty sure that the hero had more than enough flash to run the apps that I've accumulated. And I too do believe it will cause more cons than pros.

I cant have my phone depend on this cheap little plastic (sd card) too much!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Fyahstarter:
Hey Riddle,

Thanks for the reply. I'm just curious if I'm wiping even though the stock is brand new? I haven't even imported my contacts as yet. Also does a previous version of Damagless have to be on the phone already? As you can I see, I'm kinda new to this.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] masterninja:
Well, since I'm on here, I thought I would take this time to thank Damage and EVERYONE else who helped put this ROM out for -- me, whom likes to sit around and take advantage of their hard work and SMARTS. Here is my home screen as a show of gratitude and appreciation. I've been running v1 and have been patiently waiting for this update. And I'm sure it is only going to get better.

Btw, I am having NO issues AT ALL! Of course, I have applied all necessary fixes (actually, FB update sync being the only one). I get all my apps, my radio, PRI, PRL, EVERYTHING is GREAT from flash! My cell standby time is about 34% with 0%.

FYI, I have the 1.70_003 PRI. I could be wrong, but I thought I saw that internet sharing wouldn't work with this particular version, but I get no errors and it is working.

Sorry, for long post, but as you can see from my post count, I don't say a whole lot. But I wanted everyone to know how appreciative I am for how my HERO now performs and looks. HOWEVER (:D), if anyone can help, I would really like GODSONZ onyx version icons and dialer. I had them on v1, but they don't want to work on this 2.05.

Thanks and gratitude to all!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] PlagaDeRock:
Yeah its pretty much so you can install more apps keep more system data ect like sms and stuff. If you are content with like 10 favorite apps and like keeping everything clean you probably dont need it. But keep in mind that there's only so much you can partition on it and its not all that much but it triples the amount available. So you dont really need a huge sd card to do it just a 2 gig would work and you wont really loose too much room on it. Hope that helps a little.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] koricua74:
Up and running as well time to play!!!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] phishstics:
...UP............
[Hero CDMA Android Development] phonetec:
i didnt have that, i just got the white htc brilliant screen
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zenulator:
This I can live with. Mind posting the removed apps somewhere? My son likes teeter.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jonesdana:
Actually... i have not really had any of the major issues that others have had on your ROMs... Guess there is some benefit to not being a ROM whore!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] joetemp75:
smooth as butter so far
[Hero CDMA Android Development] VinceOB:
Im just happy the trackball finally works...haha good work mang!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] durandetto:
Rebooting now!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
It says that MNS doesn't work with the older PRI, how can I update that so I don't have to use wifi tether?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] phonetec:
my trackball light will not turn off
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bbv203:
It was only there momentarily between the HTC screens
[Hero CDMA Android Development] looneylu:
will the damage themes work on this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] BrettGoesRawr:
ya hes like the jesus of roms :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] docjon4:
Nice, no boot sounds!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] durandetto:
Still booting 4 minutes and counting

Edit: done
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aggie6600:
Mine took a little over 5 minutes to boot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] docjon4:
I was just about to pull my battery, but after about 6 minutes the screen went a little dim and boom! Rom loaded!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jeb0921:
Took about 5 minutes to boot. everything came up great, & I cheated, I didn't wipe.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bbv203:
I get no HTC clocks....already force stopped in applications...still nothing
[Hero CDMA Android Development] VinceOB:
try em and find out...It also depends on what themes you're talking about...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] smw6180:
Apps run perfectly fine on the SD card. I have a class 6 8gb card with no issues. My wife has a class 2 card, no issues.

Yes, the primary reason is to be able to install apps without blowing through all your internal memory. Bear in mind that most apps aren't just the size of the app itself, but that they also place other information on your memory...caching, settings (in some cases), etc. So if you have a lot of apps and don't use the SD card for the base install you'll eventually run out of room just from the fact that you're running software at all.

By and large most people probably won't need a2sd. I use it for the 'cool factor'. It was something I hadn't used before and I wanted to see it work. I leave it that way because I like seeing 60-70mb of RAM free constantly. That means it will be a LONG time before I have to clear application cache and such, which means anything I run that 'keeps track of stuff' won't have to start all over because I've wiped its stored data.

Also bear in mind your contacts, emails (aside from attachments) and SMS (I believe) are stored on internal memory. The more space you save there, to longer you can go without having to worry about removing things.

In the end it's a preference thing: If you don't mind watching your memory usage occasionally and doing cleanups when necessary, don't bother with a2sd. If you're like me and don't want to be bothered until/unless something has a problem, DO use a2sd.

Just my .02.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] masterninja:
OH! And here's my lockscreen! Thanks to Damage, Regaw, and ALL others who have helped. As soon as I am able (I'm in college, too), I can donate.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] subliminalurge:
I wouldn't worry about that too much. There were a few problems in the early days, but flash memory has gotten pretty reliable now. I fully expect my sd card to outlive my hero and be in use for other purposes long after I've moved on to other phones.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ImKeyserSoze:
I am in the same boat, and "thought" I'd followed all the directions in this thread as well as the "how-to" wiki. Obviously I've done something wrong, despite three hours of reading prior to attempting this procedure. I am definately rooted properly, but after installing the update am stuck in the same boot loop.

Could someone please verify exactly what "wiping" entails? Is it a format of the SD card and/or a factory reset of the phone? That seems to be the key area, and the only step I was unsure of.

Thank you in advance.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ImKeyserSoze:
Nevermind... I figured it out. I had done a "factory reset" from within the phone's menu, thinking that was a "wipe". I wiped using the boot utility option and all is well. Thanks to Damage for this ROM.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] inferno865:
Yeah it is important you do the wipe. I had the same issue and then wiped and was fine. After I stripped out the Sprint apps and fixed Marketplace for paid apps using Marketplace enabler I was good to go.

FYI - I am using this ROM on a non-Sprint carrier.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] greenmikey:
This may be wrong, but didn't the last version's stock messaging app allow messages up to 2MB? This one seems to only go to 1MB. I use handsent, but just something I noticed.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Rynet:
anyone else having problems with sound suddenly not working then you have to reboot phone to fix it? if so has there been a work-around/fix?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] johnnyphive:
What else to remove

So i'm going through trying to clean up the bloat ware and was wondering what else is suggested to remove. I've already removed all the sprint stuff (minus the VVM, as i like it). Below is whats left, any suggestions? Please tell me what exactly it is. Also, i wanted to get rid of the "Stocks" app, but i'm not sure which one it is as there are three things listed with the word "Stock" in them.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riddlebox1980:
I would wipe it back to stock just to make sure, then reflash. Thats what the instructions say, plus wiping only takes like 30 seconds.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] johnnyphive:
Marketplace enabler? Can you link to more info?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] blankd3ckskat3r:
dont mean to hijack, but my rom is based off this with all the stuff that you dont need removed.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
Apps2sd

You are very correct about that.. I was more stating on the lines of if end up misplacing it or upgrading.

That was the main question.. is it any speed difference. So you basically use it if you have RAM hogging apps.

I dont play many games, but if developers do come out with the games that are up to par with the iphone/ipod (which Im not sure if they are yet or not... but I know they will be soon) I will probably look into it because those demand more RAM.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] smoother2010:
do you have a zip for that lockscreen?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riddlebox1980:
by the wayI too have the sound issue, all of a sudden no sound, on handset, cannot hear anyone and they cant hear me. I noticed that the phone is really really slow, I rebooted and it works fine again.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cirehawk:
Whoa!!!! I want that screen. Where did you get it? Wouldn't mind the taskbar icons as well.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ziggy682:
Yes, the menu option in DC 1.1 had an option for up to 2MB. This one is back down to 1MB. Kind of annoying because the pictures taken with the camera at full resolution are usually right around that limit. That's always been a frustrating limitation with the Hero. You shouldn't have to manually resize a picture just to send it as an MMS.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pipefitter:
memkill?

Where is the memkill? Had it with flipz 2.03, but don't see it on Damageless 2.05
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ziggy682:
You can remove these for the Stock program and widget.

com.htc.StockWidget.apk

Stock.apk

This is the Navigation/driving screen/big icon launcher thing that I believe comes from the Eris.

HtcNaviPanel.apk

Also, this ROM includes the previous versions of Google Maps and Facebook, and that need updates from the market. Whenever you update from the market, they are installed automatically in /data/app. So you should also be able to safely remove these, I know I did.

Maps.apk

Facebook.apk
[Hero CDMA Android Development] showbo:
Anyone else's period don't work on their keyboard? Kinda need that one :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Darkshneider:
Press space twice, it should give you a period. Also having ovaries helps.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ziggy682:
I found the memory killer settings seem to be too aggressive, and are killing off the Facebook syncing which runs in the background.

On previous releases, the HTC Facebook program seemed to be more "active" and would sync pictures rather quickly. This one seems to run more in the background and be easily killed off by the aggressive memory killer settings.

I have found Damages settings of 1536,3072,4096,21000,23000,25000 in all the latest ROMs to be too aggressive for my tastes. I constantly see problems with the browser automatically closing upon launch from another program. Generally, when launching from a link in Peep, Gmail, etc. the browser will be killed off as soon as it launches. Pressing the link 2 or 3 times will usually get it to launch. Editing the gumbo.sh file for less aggressive settings usually remedies this completely.

However, in this ROM, editing the gumbo.sh file has no effect. The phone always defaults back to 1536,3072,4096,21000,23000,25000 after a reboot. So, there must be another place in the ROM where this is being set. I have even tried a few memory killer apps from the market, and they will change the settings, but it always defaults back to the aggressive settings upon reboot. By the way, Autokiller and the other program I tried (can't remember the name) both get overwritten on boot (even though they both have options to set their settings on boot) so you have to manually launch Autokiller every time you boot up.

Anyway, I find the ROM to run a bit better with less aggressive settings. I also had completely removed my Facebook account, booted, changed to the less aggressive settings, re-added my Facebook account, and now it has synced all 180 contact pictures. Also, my Updates and Events tab is working properly in People. The phone did all this last night while I was sleeping. I can verify that none of this was working with the aggressive memory killer settings.

Hope that helps.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riddlebox1980:
thank you, I new I had seen something about it, but wasnt finding it, now I lost my clock and weather widget, but I know I read something about that as well
[Hero CDMA Android Development] subliminalurge:
That's a pretty good point. Upgrading isn't a huge worry, it's just a matter of creating the partitions and copying the files over to the new card (from both partitions). Having a Linux machine available would make that process a whole lot simpler. You can get ext2/ext3 drivers for Windows, but I've had, shall we say, mixed results with that over the years... (Edit: Now that I think about it, just doing a nandroid + ext backup and restore should be fine, then all that's left is the fat32 partition, and you can just copy those files back and forth from your pc....)

As far as misplacing it, I could definitely see an issue there. These things are tiny enough that they could conceivably get lost in your carpet and not be found until they turn up in a hundred pieces in your vacuum cleaner bag. I tend not to worry about it since my card never gets removed from my hero, but if you have different usage habits than I do, that could be a very real concern.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] showbo:
Yeah...not working. Hmmm.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] GolpherZX:
Looks as though I had posted prematurely earlier about FriendStream. I am actually having a similar issue getting FriendStream to work. I've attempted to install both via adb and via FileExplorer. Any help may be appreciated, primarily on the install of the FriendStream app itself. I am able to get the widget installed just fine.

Here is the error that I get (running off of a macbook from the tools folder):

./adb install FriendStream.apk

698 KB/s (64509 bytes in 0.090s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/FriendStream.apk

Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION]
[Hero CDMA Android Development] masterninja:
Do you need the wallpaper or the clear lock?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jedis:
Does anyone know what file to edit to get the lockscreen wallpaper transparent? I made a transparent PNG and set it as the lockscreen wallpaper, however, the screen is just black.

I'm trying to get the lockscreen working like this on the DCv2.05 rom, but no luck thus far. The filename used in 1.5 (lockscreen_topedge.png) is non-existant in this rom, and the lockscreen PNG I overwrote (lockscreen_arcglass_bottom.png) is getting cut off (I think it was the border of the bottom arch, hence the wrong file).

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!

Attached is how I am wanting it to look.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] omair2005:
my contacts aren't syncing? there not showing up in under people. Just my contact card. This happened after I changed to default in Autokiller...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] masterninja:
The wallpaper came from ZEDGE (market-just searched HERO in wallpapers.) Here's the taskbar thanks to TrevE...http://www.4shared.com/file/253379892/fb78f686/ADWone_TaskbarLightened_Damage.html
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cirehawk:
Both actually. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] masterninja:
Xerxes beat me to it. Good deal. And the lockscreen is thanks to Regaw's add-ons...http://www.4shared.com/file/254035043/cba7bcbd/RegawMOD-clearlock-black-droid.html. *NOTE* I had (wanted) to flash the droid launcher for this, however, he does have a version just for Espresso.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrDanger:
Facebook

I've been having trouble with my facebook sync since moving to 2.1 ROM. Here are my symptoms:

1. When I hit "Sync Now" under Accounts & Sync - Facebook for HTC, it runs for like a 1 millisecond. 1 full second at the most.

2. It only syncs the "My Contact" card. That's it!

3. If I try to link a friend, it shows "No Matches Found" where my friend list suppose to be.

I have done the add, remove, reboot, repeat... and still nothing till this day.

I too wonder if it's the memory settings... but I dont know if anybody else are having these problems... and it would be weird if it was just me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrWicked1:
ok i have one issue and can't seem o find anyone else having in the thread when i go to Settings>Applications>mange applications i get a fc.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jedis:
It's working here. Make sure you wipe the cache, too, before flashing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrWicked1:
Did that when i flashed it(the night damage released it) everything else works I just went to go uninstall a app and noticed it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jedis:
You could always try using the Uninstaller app from the Market. It only loads apps installed by the user and hides the rest of the garbage. Cheap fix until you can figure out what's causing it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mrinehart93:
Or you can go to Market, then Downloads, and then uninstall from there... it's much faster.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrWicked1:
but i cant clear defaults from there :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ASULutzy:
I don't see why people are so anxious to have "free" memory. RAM that isn't being used is useless. It's always better to have stuff fetched and cached than having "empty" RAM.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shashster:
Is anyone else having an issue with Google Maps not closing and sucking your battery Dry?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jonesdana:
Yeah... i have just been making sure to close it through ATK everytime i get done using it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] apristel:
What taskbar is this... anyone know?

Nevermind..thanks anyways...found it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cirehawk:
tkirton, I've spent some time looking at your instructions in an effort to really understand how apps2sd work. If I'm understanding correctly, the key part of your instructions is the first part. If I do a directory listing of the /data directory and see the symbolic links for app and app-private, then apps2sd is set up properly and nothing else needs to be done. Only if those links don't exist would I then continue with the rest of your instructions, correct?

Assuming the symbolic links were not there, you say to remove (after first copying the data in both) the /data/app and /data/app-private directories. Once removed, you then create the symbolic links. I understand this to mean that you no longer REALLY have /data/app or /data/app-private directories. The symbolic links make the system THINK they exist, but they are really directories on the sd card. If this is true, it brings me to a couple questions.

1) When installing apps (from market or from an ipk), where are they installed? I know there is also the /system/app directory, which seems to have all the apps that come by default with the Sprint rom. My guess is that new apps are installed into /data/app (which is now symbolically linked to the sd card).

2) My second question kind of piggybacks on the first one. I have been using the "Quick System Info" app to monitor free space on my Internal Storage and A2SD Storage. When I install a new app, the free space on both seem to be going down by the same amount. Is this normal? If apps are being installed to the /data/app directory, I would think that free space on A2SD Storage would go down a lot more than on Internal Storage since /data/app is really on the sd card. Is it possible that my /data/app and data/app-private directories have NOT been deleted and apps are being installed to these directories as well as the symbolically linked directories on my sd card?

Thanks again for your help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mjodotcom:
So I noticed something weird with the GPS when using this ROM. When using Google Navigation, like every few minutes my position would "jump" left or right by like 20 yards then jump back after like 30 seconds. Also, I would randomly lose my GPS signal. I never had any of these issues with previous revisions. Thoughts?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] doojer:
Yeah, my Google maps are acting plain old wacky. Much less accurate then they were in D1. Not sure why that is, but it always thinks I'm next to the freeway, instead of on it.