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[Droid Incredible General] igl007:
Hello everyone,

I just wanted to thank the entire community for taking a honest look at this. I really appreciate 'most' of the comments on the different forums. A lot of them have led to valid work-arounds. On the flip side it's been interesting seeing the comments that refer to me as a zombie, troll, Apple fan boy and retard. Oh well, I guess I asked for it. However I can honestly say that stirring up trouble was the last thing I wanted to do. For the record, I absolutely LOVE this phone. For some reason people see the video and think I hate the phone or hate android. I did not do these tests because I could or could not "live with the problem". The scale and scope of this problem, and how it might or might not effect each person seemed totally irrelevant. I simply did the tests to point out the flaw and thus find a fix, either through HTC or through the community, hence giving everyone a better phone. I sincerely apologize if this has upset some people. That was not my intention.

-Igl007
[Droid Incredible General] Orenk:
I Have similar problem with HTC HERO.

when not holding the phone, both sides (About 1cm from the frame), of touch area, are unresponsive, the center is working great.

when holding the phone, the touch working great.

When connected to USB, its also working well.

BTW: I Test this with a paint app.
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
so last night my pc crashed and i thought i lost everything, i was able to recover my windows 7 install, thank god. anyways if i couldn't of i was going to install the new ubuntu that just came out. my question is:

is there htc sync for linux?

will ubuntu detect the hero on usb mode?

i assume there is a android sdk & guide to setup on ubuntu?

do you find building roms & developing for the hero easier on linux?

thanks!
[Hero CDMA General] ccapasso:
I don't know if this will help you at all, but I believe gbhil did/does a lot of Ubuntu. Here is a guide he wrote for setting things up:

http://forum.androidcentral.com/hac...ramming-envrionment-using-ubuntu-windows.html
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Yes

Ubuntu is amazing. The newest version was released yesterday, 10.04 -- and it's great! I've dual booted (Windows 7 and Ubuntu) for some time now and realistically once you try Linux, you'll most likely use it as your main OS.

Developing, theming, syncing, and anything you can do in Windows with the HERO can be done in Linux (Ubuntu) -- I know, because I do it! :D

You should definitely give Ubuntu a try, at least try a Live CD, you won't be disappointed.
[Hero CDMA General] ccapasso:
Or, if you use VMWare, I have a Virtual Machine already compiled and running Ubuntu (not the newset) but it should be setup already.

Edit....Actually, that may have been before I had to reinstall windows. Anyways, I'll check and see what I still have lol.
[Hero CDMA General] icornwal:
Ubuntu is definitely the way to go. I'd never go back. Everything works for me.
[Hero CDMA General] VinceOB:
I use Ubuntu exclusively now. Wont go back to Winblows. Also, you can use Wubi installer if you dont want to remove your Windows install. Wubi will install Ubuntu beside Windows and give you the option to dual boot...
[Hero CDMA General] danaff37:
yea, I'm a wubi convert. If linux played better with my laptop, I'd go all the way, if ya know what I mean... lol

anyways, two problems I have (although will be trying 10.04 later this weekend to see if they're fixed) was plugging in headphones not automatically turning off speakers (could turn down speaker volume manually though) and finding a decent visualization program for listening to music at work (I use whitecap on windows right now). Minor annoyances, but hey.
[Hero CDMA General] sdotcarlisle:
Sweet. thanks for the tip.
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
im gonna set up a wubi install tonight, i still love windows 7 too much but after last night im compelled to format but it takes too damn long.
[Hero CDMA General] ccapasso:
I wonder if with Wubi if you can install the newest Ubuntu or if you are tied down to specific versions?
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
wubi will come on all ubuntu versions. it's included in the iso you download.
[Hero CDMA General] tkirton:
1. No HTC Sync for Linux

2. Ubuntu will detect the Hero (the 1.5-based Roms had an additional benefit...when you mount the SD card, you would also be able to directly modify the ext partition if you were using Apps2SD...market apps such as splitter will perform the same function in any Rom).

3. There is an Android SDK for Linux and several guides that will tell you how to set it up on Ubuntu.

4. Development, I think, is easier since both run the Linux OS.
[Hero CDMA General] tkirton:
Wait...there's an HTC Sync for Linux (not that it really matters, since I can care less...but if so, I may have stuck my foot in my mouth again. Can't get this taste of Tinactin out of my mouth.)
[Hero CDMA General] agentofboom:
Ad hoc networking is spotty in Ubuntu...at least 9.04 and 9.10. Until i install the 10.04 final I cant say if it still sucks. They changed a bunch of stuff regarding networking support, so It might be fixed now.Takes a lot of extra work to get wireless tethering to work.

My bluetooth hardware in my computers wont see the phone and it connects but never pairs. Android has always had lackluster bluetooth support anyways. That might be my hardware in my systems though.

Im ok with wired tethering though anyway so I havent made a lot of effort on that front. Thats my only major gripe.

Almost every little quirky thing can be fixed if you do come across problems, but these problems are fewer and fewer since 8.04 .

Ubuntu forums are amazingly helpful (if you follow the rules and dont ask stupid ass questions)
[Hero CDMA General] sdotcarlisle:
installing wubi now. this has been an excellent thread thanks!:D

i do have an ubuntu netbook i have used twice due to my wife is a thief! thats why so excited to try this. beats buying another laptop.
[Hero CDMA General] pimix2009:
How do you install Ubuntu on a hero? i wanna try too lol
[Hero CDMA General] VinceOB:
Uhh, no one is installing Ubuntu on the Hero.
[Hero CDMA General] ccapasso:
lol. Not on the hero :).
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
it would be cool if we could, the tp2 users can.

anybody got a link for the htc sync for linux?
[Hero CDMA General] usq:
ad hoc...

i am running crunchbang 9.04 (great for older machines and underpowered netbooks) which is a very sleek, very fast distro based off of ubunutu 9.04 and wifi tethering works perfectly without any fussing with it.

for a distro, ubuntu is a great starting point but personally it is too bloated and feels too much like windows.

btw- crunchbang 10 alpha release is very solid (especially for an alpha build) and works very well on netbooks. the support community for it is fantastic (which is very important for me- read: i am not a dev). check out distrowatch.

cheers and best of luck with linux!,

ryan
[Hero CDMA General] VinceOB:
Just installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Not bad. Easy setup. Only issue is installing Java 6. Apparently they removed it from the repositories. had to find a different way to install it...
[Hero CDMA General] mountaindont:
was crosslooping with regaw and got to play on ubuntu on his vm. was very interesting, im considering setting one up myself.
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
10.04 is solid, the new customization for the boot loader is a great feature, no longer do have to look at 4 text based options when I boot, I now have just two icons (Ubuntu and Windows). So far, everything's great.

By the way, how did you go about getting Java 6? I usually just run

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

which you probably already know will install Flash, Java, MP3 codecs, etc.
[Hero CDMA General] beyondinferno:
My 2 cents on Ubuntu....

I bit the bullet about a month ago and wiped all 4 of my systems and am running 9.10 on them. At first it can be a little frustrating doing any kind of advanced type config (if you're a life long winblows user) but after a couple days of googling and searching forums I can say I will NEVER go back to windows.

IMO, it's more powerful and robust than any other OS I've used. If you have any kinda of aptitude for computer software configuration you'll love it!

BTW, other than one small difference in your first setup of the SDK, it works exactly the same in Ubuntu as it does in windows if not better.
[Hero CDMA General] icornwal:
In your software sources enable the partner source in the "Other Software" tab and then you should be able to sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
I see, shall do. Thanks.
[Hero CDMA General] ThatGuyFromSprint:
I haven't read much of this post, but i thought i would add this:

I run a dual boot of Ubuntu and Windows 7, and use the Ubuntu boot purely for my Hero, i've noticed quicker file transfers and overall a better experience performing root operations and the like through terminal versus Windows Power Shell/Command Prompt...

It really seems to be preference from my point of view, some people prefer windows, due to it being more familiar to most, i prefer Linux for Android operations due to there being no need for a translation between the OS and the phone.
[Hero CDMA General] SchmediumTux:
GRUB (the bootloader that comes with Ubuntu) will also let you dual boot windows and Ubuntu. I have used Ubuntu for about a year now, and I can tell you that I have converted my wife's laptop, and my father's business over to Ubuntu. Too bad I still have to use Windows at work. :(
[Hero CDMA General] MrWicked1:
How do you customize the bootloader?
[Hero CDMA General] VinceOB:
I did

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner" then I did...

sudo apt-get update then...

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

This should install Java 6 for you.
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
Well, essentially you'll be installing a new boot loader (which is built off Grub), called Burg (Grub backwards).

Anyways, I followed the steps on these sites:

If you run into trouble, just google Ubuntu + your version + Burg (ex: Ubuntu 10.04 Burg) or go to Ubuntuforums.org, there's a huge thread about it over there.

If you have problems, you can ask.

Here's a preview of what your new boot loader MIGHT look like, after you complete this. I say might, because there is more than just the theme below, currently about 10-15 different themes.

Also, no that's not MY screen shot, just an example. Mine only has Ubuntu and Windows.

Great, thanks.
[Hero CDMA General] MrWicked1:
thanks haven't been to active on Ubuntu Forums
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
tried ubuntu last night and had a ton of issues, so i got rid of it. im thinking about actually trying a snow leopard osx86 install. i had a fully working version a year ago.
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
...Tons of issues? Could you please tell us some of them? To be honest, Ubuntu works out of the box 95% of the time. The only things that will require some work are some of the proprietary software, codecs, etc. (but this can be fixed VERY easily) and Linux also as the ability to run your Windows programs INSIDE itself via Wine or PlayOnMe (which uses Wine).

The initial setup can be a little much at first, but if you're someone whose willing to at least search and look for answers, believe me the Internet WILL have your answer, especially if you're running Ubuntu as your Linux distro.

Linux personally is FAR better than OSX; more functionality, more customization, and best of all... its Open.

Sorry you had a bad experience, most people almost never do.
[Hero CDMA General] icornwal:
I just moved my wife to it because she was complaining about the speed of windows. It installed beautifully. All hardware is working well and it is way fast. I even turned on a bunch of Compiz stuff and its still quick.
[Hero CDMA General] diordnahero:
Well said! This link should help those who have "Issues".

Self Issue Repair Book
[Hero CDMA General] sdotcarlisle:
you didnt finish it. its just let me google that for you it doesnt type anything. it fixed none of my issues :( j/k but seriously the link doesnt work.
[Hero CDMA General] usq:
issues?

fixxxxer-

please elaborate. i am confused also. i have installed ubuntu and branches of ubuntu on various machines with very little issues. ei- 8+ year old machines that struggle to run xp, new netbooks and brand new multicore monsters and the worst issues i had were okaying the use of proprietary driver for the notorious broadcom wifi cards.

some times you do have to search a little to figure out how to install things like java or the latest firefox and such but there are many great tutorials for doing such. not hard at all and well worth it.

when i switched over 1.5 years ago i left a small partition with windows 7 on it just in case. i have booted into it less than 5 times.

playing around with linux and tweaking it to suit your personal taste is fun. it is a lot like tweaking your hero. without too much time invested you can have an os that looks and feels like an original one made just for you.

cheers,

ryan
[Hero CDMA General] sdotcarlisle:
i installed wubi the other day and only problem is i cant get my wifi working. i have a broadcam wifi card too lol. how did you fix?:D
[Hero CDMA General] danaff37:
you need the fwcutter drivers. I'm trying to remember, but somewhere in the menu for connections (in the upper right), you allow it to ok propreitary drivers, but you will have to connect to the net through cat5 to let it download and install. At least with 9.10 ya did, don't know about with 10.04 yet.
[Hero CDMA General] VinceOB:
Go to System - Administration - Hardware Drivers It will search for available drivers for your wireless. If you have a Broadcom wireless card then it will find probably two of them. The one you most likely need is the Broadcom STA drivers. Click on that and click Activate. It should download the proper wireless drivers. Once its finished reboot and it should work...
[Hero CDMA General] usq:
yup, cat5 to the modem should get you on line. i believe in system settings there should be a 'restricted device manager' and it should pop right up that you have a broadcom wifi card that is restricted. click on activate. it will go online and do everything for you. then i think you disconnect the cat5 and reboot; should be good to go. 5 minutes tops!

cheers and best of luck,

ryan
[Hero CDMA General] VinceOB:
See my post above yours. :D
[Hero CDMA General] usq:
!!

bastid! :D

after having malware, virus/trojan issues monthly with windows xp i have been on a little crusade to help people move over to linux. in the 1.5 years i have been on it i havent had a single issue. the system runs so fast and smoothly its amazing.

unless you are a hard core gamer (using windows)- linux

or a hard core professional level graphics/web design/photo stuff/video stuff (using a mac)- linux

i think that about covers 98% of computer users out there.

cheers,

ryan
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
Well, with Wine and PlayOnMe -- you won't really need to rely on Windows. Wine can already run CS4 and Microsoft 2007 and I'm positive the games like WoW, CSS, etc have been ported over to work in Linux.

Also, for anyone that uses STEAM (me) -- apparently there in the works for a Linux version... so, yea. Epic.
[Hero CDMA General] sdotcarlisle:
Excellent. Thanks guys!!!!
[Hero CDMA General] usq:
lets us know if that works for you. there are many ways to get the job done. that is the simplest way. best of luck.

cheers,

ryan
[Hero CDMA General] VinceOB:
How did you get CS4 to run with Wine? I couldnt get it too work... :(
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
Well, I haven't tried personally - on the list of programs that Wine is supposed to run... CS4 was listed. So, I don't know -- but I'll most definitely see if I can get it to work, cause if so -- then ****... I seriously have no needs for Windows or at least to dual boot anymore.
[Hero CDMA General] VinceOB:
I tried to get a trial copy of CS4, but its not available anymore. CS5 is out now...
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
CS5 is out now... that's stupid. CS4 just came out, what like a year ago? I'm still using CS3 and seriously I've never been disappointed. CS4 and CS5 probably aren't any better, but I'll see which version is the most stable for Wine and download it... well -- I'll get it something that's not a trial at least. :D
[Hero CDMA General] MrWicked1:
Cs4 is way better and by the looks of Cs5 is suposed to be even better....i tried getting cs4 installed with wine but it was a no go. I ended up installing a virtual machine and got it installed
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
Hmm... a virtual machine inside Linux, I could do that. Might just have to grab myself a copy of Virtual box, I need to begin testing this.;)
[Hero CDMA General] MrWicked1:
I tried various different tutorials for cs4 inside wine couldnt get any to work......even tried crossover pro didn't get it to work either so i went to virtualbox and did it that way
[Hero CDMA General] VinceOB:
This is suppose to work with CS4. Of course I cant find a trial of CS4. I tried installing CS5 with Wine, but it was a no go...

http://freeasinbeard.org/post/105517877/running-photoshop-cs4-on-linux-using-wine
[Hero CDMA General] wtphoto:
ok since I cant seem to figure this out I am trying to learn how to compile a kernel in ubuntu and im trying to follow the steps here but I feel like a dumbass since I dont understand what they mean by legacy repos so as such have no idea how to enable them.

can someone help me out,

thanks
[Hero CDMA General] Jus10o:
Im tryin to do the same thing.. I get stuck on "make menuconfig".. it gives me an error

I gave up for now
[Hero CDMA General] wtphoto:
hey at least you got that far I cant even get past the first step.
[Hero CDMA General] VinceOB:
You have to add the apt repositories...Its in the instructions...Copy and paste each line into your terminal. You may need to do sudo before each line. If you get errors without sudo, then you need to add it...Actually, by looking at the directions you should already be root when doing these steps. Im sure you know how to access root so I wont tell you that step.

deb http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu jaunty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu jaunty-updates main restricted universe multiverse

Then you need to edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archive To edit it do this...

sudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archive inside your terminal. Add these lines to the top of the script

APT::Archives:MaxAge "2880";
APT::Archives:MinAge "2";
APT::Archives:MaxSize "1000";

Thats it. It should get you past the first step. LOL
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
Definitely going to try this! Now, I need to go download CS4, guess I'm moving on to bigger and better.
[Hero CDMA General] wtphoto:
Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[General Topics] royalbloodvi:
Anyone know how to remove time & date from windows 6.5 lockscreen?

I heard its possible by editing the LS_Lockscene480x800.cpr found in windows directory with notepad.

Anyone can tell me how?
[General Topics] francomur99:
I'm very P@@@ OFF why in the year 2010 is not possible to move my application to the SD card? Please do not tell me that there is LINDA or APPMonster or Astro....they do not do the job.
[General Topics] Senax:
There is always an alternative mentioned here on xda;

S-K Tools (not free) but please continue reading for an free alternative,

http://www.s-k-tools.com/index.html?m_products.html

Move Data :

Move Installed Programs

Move folders

Move files

Other...

..you are not going to believe it, but there's much more this program can do :cool:

Anyway francomur99, I guess you never encountered S-K Tools on your hunt to MOVE PROGRAMS.

Though S-K Tools is not free,... fortunately though S-K Tools provides us with a free alternative to MOVE CABs during install to anywhere WE wish;

CabInstl

Believe me, if you want to find the link to this program via the above link, you'll be there for a while :) . Therefore I'll provide it within this thread, so you and others here on xda can easily obtain it;

http://www.s-k-tools.com/index.html?m_util.html

Page down to CabInstl. BTW as you'll see there's more nice (read super powerfull) freeware on this page ;) ! Don't forget to chech out S-K Tools it's main Download page, because there's other (read super powerfull) freeware there too ;)

Hope this helps as a start,

Senax
[General Topics] eaglesteve:
Wrong os mate.
[General Questions and Answers] apax:
is it true that skyfire came out with version 2.0 or is it only for android phones?

is it available for the windows mobile also? if so, is there a link for the cab somewhere, i checked there website but there link is broken...
[General Questions and Answers] the0ne:
2.0 is for Android only .. at least for now
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ced 8525:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=673115

Can anyone port this over to work on the nexus version of the (desire rom)?

I have been lurking over there and thought this would work however I get an error....

thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] britoso:
I dont see any differences with the glass status bar, except that smoked glass aids readability in some cases.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ced 8525:
i like the icons..plus the glass status only works with CM. this is specifically for desire.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] GeJohnO:
Hey there,

I don't know if this will do a bit of good, but I thought it may help some of the devs out there.

Vodaphone is launching a low-cost Android handset that has a native resolution of 240x320 and is running 2.1.

Once this launches, would it be possible to import the theming / build components for use on a vogue? Would this make creating an eclair build any easier?

Thanks, and if this is a useless post, apologies

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...one-release-its-own-Android-mobile-phone.html
[Touch CDMA Android Development] Shidell:
I've been trying to find the hardware specs of this phone, but haven't come up with anything.

You're right in that it would have natively-skinned/themed applications, and what could also be interesting is if it uses the MSM7x chipset.

If it does, it could mean some truly native support for things like GL.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] GeJohnO:
I found this if it helps...

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=2270&c=vodafone_845
[Touch CDMA Android Development] *M*:
Hard to find info on the chipset, theres also the HTC tide which is QVGA and comming soon. It uses a Qualcomm cpu tho Cant find info about the OS, seems to be running some form of Sense UI
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] wal24:
I have a request. Does anyone know how to properly called the bar marked on the screenshot. He appears when you click to start the ROM with the lower beam. And where can I find Guid's individual icons on the toolbar. Or maybe someone knows how to move these icons in places? Thanks in advance for your help.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] rank78:
I'm trying to update a LWP from the market but after it downloads it says it can't install due to 'insufficient storage'. I have roughly 45-47 apps (this includes apps, skins for better keyboard, and LWP's) after deleting a few apps and I still get this error. Any idea why? I'm holding off on going the APP2SD route until after the official 2.1 is released and our devs make it worthy of installation.

Under 'running services' it says: Avail 48mb+0.00b in 8 Other 0.00b in 4

In 'internal phone storage' it says: 19.02mb available

Currently running Fresh 2.0d

Also, does anyone know why Keepscreen from the market runs at startup? I only want to use it with Google Nav, which isn't often, and it bugs me that its in running services at every boot. If this cannot be adjusted, what similar app is out there than only runs when needed?