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[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
I'm so sorry for the mega-delay. When I flashed A2SD 2.6.1, it took a looooong time at the 'quietly brilliant' screen. I waited a full 20-30mins I think, but still nothing, just 'quietly brilliant'.

So I took the battery out, re-wiped and re-flashed Villain 4 Beta2 again. I don't have a PC these days so the XDA app is my only contact here :-/

Do you want me to change something this time, or should I try flashing your A2SD 2.6.1 script once again?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Flash the version with nocache...see if that works.

http://www.darktremor.com/files/misc/a2sd-2.6.1-nocache-signed.zip
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Okay. FYI I have a class 4 sdcard (Kingston 4GB) in case you're thinking its slow.

Btw, do you know of any free root-level file explorer? Every time I need to flash something I have to bug my roommate (to use his laptop lol).

If there is a way I can put files to the root directory without a PC, it'll be great.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
ES File Explorer is one...Root Explorer is another (that's the one I use).

As for putting files on the root directory...no. That's locked. But you can put them on the SD card (fat 32). You can access the SD card part via /sdcard. You can't directly run them from the SD card (you can install them from there).

If you want an area to run files, the /system/sd partition is one (you can create your own directory), /data is another.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
I just want a place to put files where the recovery can see them, and so I can flash them too.

I didn't know root was locked. I've been using ES explorer, but thought it couldn't copy to root :P

So where can I put files using ES if I want to flash them from recovery?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Put them in /sdcard. Recovery reads the flash zips from there.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Okay, thanks.

I'm going to flash the 'nocache' version now. Hope it doesn't take AGES, or I might have to re-flash all over again. Not fun :-/

Be back in a bit, hopefully!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Hopefully it won't, either.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Sorry for the delay again, but it didn't work :(

I waited for 15 mins but nothing happened, so I re-flashed the same ROM again. Only now have I realized I could have used a nandroid backup! Twice!

I'm even ready to try another 2.1 ROM. I want 2.1 only because of Bluetooth and better apps etc. I'll try a 1.5 ROM too if I can still use Bluetooth and better maps etc.

It's only been about a week that I've rooted, so I'm up for experiments....what now? :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Did you actually pull the battery and reboot? Sometimes, it gets hung at the end and a reboot will usually get it out of its condition.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
I did pull the battery out, but I didn't try to boot into the ROM this time :-/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Try again...if it stalls, pull the battery and reboot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
A few questions...

Which A2SD version do you want me to flash this time?

How long should I wait before I pull the battery?

I just pull the battery and replace it without waiting. There's no need to wait 30-40secs is there?

Lol I feel bad, I wasted a good part of your day! :P
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Flash the nocache version. We'll work on the cache later.

Wait about 5-10 seconds when you pull the battery.

And, don't worry about wasting my day...it's 5am here and I'm usually an insomniac.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
5am!

Off I go again. I'll definitely remember do a nandroid this time!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Cool...let me know how far you get this time.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Sorry, no luck.

Tried flashing A2SD normally, waited for 10 mins, nothing. Removed battery, replaced after 30 secs, booted, still stuck at 'quietly brilliant'.

Tried recovery command OTHER-FIX UID MISMATCHES, waited 10 mins, nothing.

Tried recovery command OTHER-MOVE APPS + DALV TO SD, waited 10 mins, still nothing.

So....now what? :P
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
If you can get to the adb shell, you would run /system/a2sd nocache and reboot.

Other than that...I'm not sure without looking at a logcat dump.

You could nandroid back to your original and manually install the components using a file manager that accepts .zip files. As long as we can put the components in place and move the dalvik-cache manually, it may work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Do you need a log dump? I could do that for you, I don't know how though...

Could you please suggest another ROM that is compatible with the latest A2SD? Preferably based on 2.1

Edit: I have used a nandroid to get back to a working ROM. How do we do it manually?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
There are none that are based on Darktremor A2SD 2.6.1 (since that date of release on that was yesterday). A2SD, however, is relatively old (Cyanogen made the first one) and almost all Roms have the basic A2SD that moves the /data/app and /data/app-private to the ext partition. Flash any one to get basic A2SD functionality.

To move the dalvik-cache with the basic A2SD, do the following:

In a shell (adb shell or a terminal program), type the following command (make sure /data has read-write access...in adb it's adb remount...in a terminal program on the phone, it varies.)

mkdir /system/sd/dalvik-cache

cp /data/dalvik-cache/* /system/sd/dalvik-cache

rm /data/dalvik-cache

ln -s /system/sd/dalvik-cache /data/dalvik-cache

reboot
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Hey I can make a little sense of that.

We're making a directory, then copying dalvik, then maybe removing (rm) the /data/dalvik, then probably re-routing data to the /system/sd/dalvik

Edit: I followed your instructions on moving dalvik manually. Everything was okay except for 'rm /data/dalvik-cache'. It wouldn't let me remove (we had to remove/delete it right?) the data/dalvik-cache folder, but I tried 'rmdir' then 'rm' again and so on and finally I think it worked because it gave no errors, just went to the next line. All of the rest went okay.

How do I check if it worked or not? I ran the same 'ls -l' command on /data/ and init.d after the manual moving of dalvik. I'll post screenshots, please take a look :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Sorry for quadruple post, but I can only attach 1 file per post from the XDA mobile app.

Manual move 1.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Manual move 2.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Result after reboot

This screenshot shows both

ls -l /data

and

ls -l /system/etc/init.d

Edit: I know you've probably gone to bed now, so I've already posted info you might be interested in for next time hehe. I'm done for today too. I'll check back in 10hrs :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Dalvik-cache was reset...thought as much.

Next step. if you have access to your phone and have a file manager, go to the zip file from earlier and extract the following file: /system/bin/a2sd...put it on your /sdcard directory.

Once you have done that, go back into the phone and type the following commands:

rm /system/bin/a2sd

cp /sdcard/a2sd /system/bin/a2sd

/system/xbin/busybox chmod 777 /system/bin/a2sd

rm /system/etc/init.d/04apps2sd

ln -s /system/bin/a2sd /system/etc/init.d/04apps2sd

/system/bin/a2sd cache

Once you do that, check the dalvik-cache. If it is now a symbolic link again, reboot the phone.

Once the phone comes back, check the dalvik-cache again to make sure it is still symbolically linked.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Danokan:
I would like to upgrade my sd card.

Currently running

Sandisk 4gb class 2 card

Running a2sd 2.5 and everything moved over has made my sense ui screen flips a little twitchy from time to time.

I want to go to the transcend 8gb class 6 card.

Is there a process to do this without having to start over and re-do everything? I thought there was a thread on this but can't seem to find it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
1. While phone is fully booted, go into adb shell and perform the following command: /system/bin/a2sd nocache

2. Reboot phone in recovery

3. Perform a Nandroid backup with ext.

4. Mount your SD card via USB (option 2 on the recovery menu)

5. Copy the entire contents of your FAT32 SD card to your computer.

6. Unmount the SD card.

7. Turn off the phone

8. Swap the cards

9. Boot into recovery mode

10. Setup your sd partition (ext >= 512MB, Swap >= 0)

11. Mount your SD card via USB

12. Copy the backup of your SD card to your SD card

13. Unmount SD card

14. Perform a Nandroid restore

15. To ensure that the dalvik cache doesn't automatically rebuild, type the following commands in adb shell:

mount -o rw -t auto /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd

echo "x" > /system/sd/.nocache

16. Exit ADB shell

17. Reboot phone

18. Once the phone is rebooted, go into adb shell and type the following command:

/system/sd/a2sd cache

19. Reboot phone.

That should be it. New SD card with minimum problems.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
I'm doing this now. Be back in a bit.

Edit: I need to extract the A2SD nocache 2.6.1 zip right?

Edit 2: There are two files called a2sd:

1. a2sd

2. a2sd~

I'm using no.1
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
1. Correct. Use A2SD 2.6.1 Nocache version

2. Correct. a2sd~ is a swap file I keep removing, but it comes back everytime I edit. Use a2sd.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Can you tell me how to mount the /system as read/write? It's the only thing I'm stumped at...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
/system/xbin/busybox mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

This is the command to mount the /system as read-write.

If you want to mount the /data, here's that command:

/system/xbin/busybox mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Lildegregs22:
exactly how long does it take to boot up the phone after you reboot the first time, mine has been stuck on the htc screen for around 20 minutes now
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Shouldn't take that long. I don't suppose you can pull a logcat?

Nandroid restore and allow it to boot. Perform the same steps as before tp install a2sd, but I want you to add the following steps before you reboot (I think this is what I forgot last night)

/system/xbin/mount -o rw -t auto /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd

echo "x" > /system/sd/.nocache

Then reboot again.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Grr...am I doing something wrong?

I entered it like that because I wasn't sure where one command ends and the other begins :P
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
I found your problem...you need busybox.

Download Busybox: http://www.darktremor.com/upload/busybox

Put this in /system/xbin

Then you run the following command:

/system/xbin/busybox --install /system/xbin

Then run those commands I gave you earlier again.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Roger that

(lol)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
It's opening instead of downloading in the browser for some reason.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
http://www.darktremor.com/upload/busybox.xxx

Now, when you get it in, type this statement where you downloaded the file:

mv busybox.xxx busybox

Then run the other...how many are we up to...commands.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
I'm sorry I went out for a bit.

I downloaded the second link (busybox.xxx) using SAVE AS, but it downloaded as busybox.html (approx 700Kb).

Is it ok if I just rename it to busybox using ES?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Go ahead...hopefully it works.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Hi there, very sorry for the delay, but I won't be with access to internet for today. I'll continue here when I'm connected again.

So far I tried moving busybox to /system/xbin but ES cannot move it there. I messed up superuser whitelist too somehow :P

I'll use nandroid to get whitelist working, then try moving it with Terminal Emulator, but late at night or tomorrow. Sorry.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Okay...let me know when you are back online.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Danokan:
Thanks tkirton.

Haven't done it yet but have the instructions printed :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Let me know if you run into issues.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Hi again, tkirton :)

So where we left off, I had to put busybox to /system/xbin. I had to do this so that I could mount /system as read/write and put a2sd in /system/bin.

I tried using Terminal Emulator to copy busybox to /system/xbin. Turns out I do have busybox already :-/

However the commands you gave to mount /system as read/write don't seem to be working.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
I didn't see the mount command in there.

/system/xbin/busybox mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

And don't delete busybox if you already have it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
Yesss! It finally mounted system as read/write. This means that I must have entered wrong commands last time, sorry :P

Okay so after system read/write worked, I entered the commands for a2sd. Everything worked apparently, but I think a2sd gave an error when I told it to cache.

Kindly check the screenshot :)

Edit: I restarted after posting the screenshot, but got stuck in the same 'quietly brilliant' loop. Tried removing battery + FIX APK UID MISMATCHES option from recovery + restarted again a few times, all to no avail :-/

Edit 2: I was looking for ROM and other info on Modaco.com and came across this topic. Seems like a few other people are having the same problem as myself. Maybe it will give a different perspective to our dilemma

http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307398/apps2sd-miniguide/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
The error is because you have already mounted (2.6.1-3 will fix that).

For now, make sure that your /data/dalvik-cache is not going to your sd card (I would rather try to get this working in its basic functions and work on the rest later).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
You want to check if dalvik is NOT going to the sdcard? I have restored a nandroid backup since the last hacking session :) and dalvik is in system now. Is that what you want to see?

/data folder attached. Nandroid restore so I haven't entered your commands again yet.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Slvrshot:
How do I uninstall apps2sd 2.5? I am unable to install programs from the app store. error is always installation unsuccessful
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Las_Vegas:
adb shell
# a2sd uninstall
# reboot
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mountaindont:
a2sd molested me when i was a child.

i dont think ill ever be able to forgive it.:(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shahid.malik:
There, there, come sit in my lap :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tkirton:
Close:

a2sd remove
[General Questions and Answers] ren4e:
Hi!

I have htc touch pro (AT&T version) with the latest stock rom.

For months already I am having problems with my clock in TF3D. Altho its set to +2 Sofia time, it keeps on changing either to +1 time zone either it keeps the time zone but it changes 1 hour ahead or back. Doesn't sound that horrible, i know, but it's practicly unusable as an alarm clock and when i had forgotten my wristwatch home, i never know if i can trust my phone

Please tell me any ideas u might have for this.

Thanks in advance! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jonny#1:
I am looking to sell my hero to help fund a HTC desire, however i need to unlock it from Orange UK, does anyone know of any good guides on how to do this?

Cheers

John
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
There are no free ways of doing it as far as I know. But once you have your code, you will need a non-Orange SIM to put in your phone, it'l ask for the unlock code, enter it, and your done. If the code is not accepted, or it doesn't even ask for one, then you will need to downgrade your ROM (see "Original GoldCard procedure" halfway through the 1st post in BTDAG's [Guide] Newbie Guide to Install a Custom Rom [Updated 14/04] and try again (this is a known issue on Orange branded handsets). But you should then be fine.
[HD2 General] Niker84:
Hello everyone,

can someone tell me that by clicking "X" in an app my HD2 will finally close programs and will not keep them running in the background...!?

In my ROM (2013/6.5.3) there is no feature in the settings area as in former times to enable or disable it. Is there any registry hack?

Thx in advance.
[HD2 General] Niker84:
Nobody any clue??
[HD2 General] dfkd:
Install Dutty's task manager and it will add that option to your control panel.
[HD2 General] vponomarev:
Another option is WKTask. It hasn't been updated for a long time and looks like the author has lost interest, but it works fine with 6.5 and even 6.5.3. Just disable the skin (which draws its own OK or X button on the task bar) - you will not loose any functionality.
[HD2 General] Niker84:
Isn't there any registry solution?

Dutty's Task Manager didn't as it is not compatible with 6.5.x. The setting was added but didn't affect anything...
[HD2 General] Archer:
Try the TouchX task manager. Both Dutty's or that have always worked for me, so you may still have the 6.5.5 compatibility issue, but I've never heard of that before.
[HD2 General] epp1907:
For windows mobile 6.5.x try this xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=618300" its works great
[HD2 General] Niker84:
In fact I do not want a task manager. I just want to close programs and not minimize them. There must some kind of registry hack for that...
[HD2 General] elburna:
No! There is none. You need a programm that runs in background/as a process which monitors the x-button and closes programms. Its just like that.

BTW. WKTask and Opera 10 dont work together. Try installing WKTask and got to landscape in Opera10. The device will crash. Can anybody please confirm this as i still love WKTask (Im on RTTs RTMi 5 ROM with 6.5.3 and Sense 2013) --> Thanks guys
[HD2 General] Raadius:
I want something like this too. I came from an iPhone, so excuse my noobness but when you hit the HOME key it closes a program out, not run in the background. I want to be able to hit 'X' at the top and it closes the program out, not run in the background. I just cant believe nobody has made a run around, a .cab or reg edit for this. I hate having a slow HD2 because the proccess keep piling up.
[HD2 General] elburna:
I never said there is no solution. Theres just no way via the registry. You will need one of the millions of taskmanagers out there. I recommend Ameba (close via tapping x, minimize via holding x) in combination with ArkSwitch (complete Taskmanager, can be opened via tapping left part of the taskbar or long press sendkey). The best and most stable solution in my opinion.

Greets
[HD2 General] epp1907:
Forget the iphone they invent now the multitasking....

Get one task manager and a ram cleaner(optional) and go with multitasking!!!!

You will get used of it
[HD2 General] henk-jan:
Take a look at Wisbar: great program, great developer and a excelant support
[HD2 General] VT(R)ené:
Hi,

i have got a contrary problem.

My running programs do not stay in the Backround.

Mostly, if i push the home or back-key, my HD2 closes the actual program. The program is in backround for a short time and then it closes.

I can see it, i have WKTask running. It is the same, if i have uninstalled WKTask, so this taskmanager is not the cause.

I have this problem mostly, not always but i can´t see the cause.

What is wrong with my HD2?
[Desire General] OnlinePredator:
Hey guys, I have just tried doing a hard reset and recover using the built in backup. It restored my data perfectly after the hard reset, although now when I recieve messages, the message does not go under the correct conversation.

For example I already have a conversation with BOB and JANE. I get a sms from JANE, which shows up inside BOB's conversation.....

I installed handcent sms which I guess I will uninstall and see how it goes. Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue?
[Desire General] OnlinePredator:
So far the only way to resolve this in my experience was to delete ALL sms threads. All the sms I am now receiving are going to the correct conversations. What a stupid bug.

I just went into my gf's conversation on my phone, then sent a sms through it, it went to my boss....WTF? I get a sms back from him and it goes into my gf's conversation.....
[General Questions and Answers] wbdiver:
Hi,

New to this forum, and have been enjoying (!) trawling for answers all over...

Have Loox N560 which am very pleased with, but wifi connection is still bit of a mystery.

Connects fine to unsecured networks (email and internet).

But although home secured network is discovered, and I enter the pass phrase, it hangs on connection.

Using WPA-SPK on device and home router, with TKIP encryption.

Device seems to be using a longer character string than my pass phrase in the 'network key' box. But neither this string, or my pass phrase seem to work.

Have stopped using the bundled E2C programme. Once bitten... Since done several factory resets.

By the way, newplows SDHC card driver is a great upgrade. Nice one.
[General Questions and Answers] Bernhard12345:
hi wbdriver,

E2C works very fine on my N560. But i remember to have the same errors as you have. What i found was, that the passphrase would be changed internally into a hex-code. And this algorithm had some problems at my wifi-router. Therefore i changed it from ascii directly to hex and it worked fine.

regards

Bernhard
[General Questions and Answers] wbdiver:
Hi Bernhard,

That worked a treat - was driving me mad. Plus found Skyfire from the web, so all in all, working great. Used a hex generator facility on the web to convert passphrase, copied it to a text file on desktop and then transferred to PDA. Opened text file in PDA. Then, just copying the text string (did not actually paste it anywhere) seemed to update the 'configure network authentication' window. Connected straight away.

Many thanks
[General Topics] MrAskani:
Hi gang,

I'm kinda new to the whole rom cooking scene. I've been playing but I can't figure out how to actually place a link to or a shortcut to the SYSTEM - SETTINGS - POWER applet on my HD2, which opens the battery & backlight settings screen.

This is where you can go in and change with the slider the actual screen backlight brightness? I want to put a shortcut to that on my front screen, or at least in the first screen when I hit the Windows button.

Any advice will be greatfully received!

Thanks guys,

MrAskani (aka right now as N00bChef to friends with this phone!!)
[General Topics] supersanj:
the way i'd do it is to install MyLight then under settings buttons assign the program to a key.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=485141
[Desire General] season007:
I bought a Desire off online hoping that it can be rooted and do whatever i want with it.....but apparantly it is lock down now so i am hoping someone can supply the asia rom for desire...

To what i've read on the site i think i can flash official asia rom to mu europe desire and get chinese support right?

Thank you for all the incoming help....
[Desire General] 10w40:
well you can use morelocale2 from android market..

or if you want to flash it entirely:

httx://bbs.3gin.net/thread-25943-1-1.html
[Desire General] maximini1:
yes, on the market, I'm using too
[Desire General] octop8:
you can use morelocale2. Also sogou for chinese input
[Desire General] 我的风格:
You can download 'more locale 2'
[Desire General] michaelming:
Hi, I also hope some one could publish the HTC Desire's Asia Rom. I want the HTC chinese input method not the locale stuff.

None of Google,Sogou,QQ,Baidu input method is good enough for both English and Chinese.But switch between these input methods and HTC's input method is slow and will disable multi-touch function until reboot.

Anyone could help me?