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[Hero CDMA Android Development] thematrixkid17:
Question: My signal meter is tending to read one bar in an area where I previously had three or four. I don't tend to pay much attention to the actual db reading, since using the bars usually gave me a good indication on other ROMs, but my signal reading now hovers around -95dbm. I always had much better signal in my room on other roms, and when I nandroid back to a DC based ROM, my signal is fine again. Do I need to be flashing another radio? I'm using the radio that the phone shipped with.

Edit: flashed the latest radio from the 2.1 RUU(2.42.01.04.27), and signal is still very bad.

Also, I'm on PRL 60664

Edit2: Tried another radio too. It's apparent that it has nothing to do with the radio, because on other ROMs they all get great signal, but on this one it doesn't... hmm. Anyone else have a low signal issue?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rgildoss:
well i was able to get rid of the VM icon ..i re-activated my old Diamond and went into VM ..i didnt have it setup because i never use Sprint VM ( google voice i use ) once i set it up, re-installed this ROM and re-activated the hero and poof the VM icon is now gone ...its been 2 hours now and still has not come back ...not sure how but it worked ...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] djR3Z:
I'm basing it off of a set period of time and I'm always getting the insane battery drain.

I'm getting the same. About 4-5 hours no matter how much use.

I'm betting some app is contributing to the issue, but i dont think its the sole cause. I do know though that apps are causing slow downs for me. A fresh install has the ROM flying but once I reinstall my apps its deathly slow for me.

I'm using SetCPU
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jakejm79:
OK so I figured I would throw my hat into the ring, regarding the OC and battery life thing:

I was experiencing pretty bad battery life drain. I have taken the following steps and it seems to be better.

I wiped the battery stats in recovery and I use the following settings in OC widget

Screen on: 691/123

Screen off: 480/19

That seems to have helped and I dont seem to be experiencing any lag.

I do have two questions:

1. I understand that using no OC app and it will run at 710, but will it downclock automatically, or is it fixed at 710?

2. Using OC widget, does the "Update Interval" setting refer to just the time it is for the display to update or is it for the actual clock speed to change and update? I assume it is just for the display, but wanted to check.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
Have any one ever tried changing the end key behavior to sleep in spare parts to fix the sleep issue???
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xtkxhom3r:
didnt even cross my mind... doing that now...in 2.6.1 when you pressed the end key during a call it turned off the screen and now on 2.6.2 it ends the call :mad: is there a way to change it back?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] andyjbmiller:
Good idea. Testing now.

Darch, 3d Gallery is still **** for me even after I flashed the fix you posted. I am also getting force close on camcorder. Just letting you know my experience. Everything else is money
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jakejm79:
Try wiping the battery stats in recovery.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] coldsweat:
oops

ignore
[Hero CDMA Android Development] coldsweat:
lol, drama! :p

yeah, it happens to me from time to time. reboot and wipe battery settings and plug back in, then it should charge correctly
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Gregalous:
I was one of those people and I'm trying to boot it right now. I will post back with an update...

EDIT: It's not looking good. ADB's not detecting and it's stuck at HTC. I'll try a battery pull.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] marcusva79:
With youtube the sounds works fine for me but no video.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
ok, i know, but on my phone its working with video :p
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dec3ption:
well that's not fair! :p
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MILH0U5E:
Live wallpapers was running good... tried to change the look of it, and got FC on the live wallpaper program... and then a soft reboot after trying to start it up again while on a static wallpaper.

And GPS isn't working for me either...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] daryelv:
I was one of those people as well. My phone will run at 691,000 but not at 710,000 or 768,000. At those settings it just starts rebooting. At least I got this ROM to load. Yay! :D

-Daryel
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Gregalous:
Sorry Darch, but this one's not booting either. I'm with the guy above, the only one that's ever worked for me was the 710mhz...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dec3ption:
well I was about to flash this, but I guess I'll wait for the video and GPS fixes :p
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
ok, i had the init.heroc.rc write the cpu at 710 mhz in the boot.img in this rom hoping it'd get you guys to boot. maybe i need to set it back to stock. tell me how this goes :S
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
Me too. MMS whatever, but I need/use GPS often.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] RamboDroid:
just me or this the download links broken?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Gregalous:
Will report back momentarily.

So this kernel still has CPU scaling, it's just set by default to the stock settings?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dreamphyre:
Thanks so much for doing this, Im getting ready to try it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Gregalous:
Oh my lanta :( No luck for me, I'll let it sit for a while but it looks like it's still stuck, and adb still doesn't detect the phone.

I really don't even care about OC that much, I would just love a working AOSP with camera! :/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Tenny:
Very nice, if I didn't just finish getting Frest Toast working exactly how I'd want it, I'd give this a run! I still may, just had enough for today!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Leukay:
Great solid release Darch. The new trackball settings are SICK! Also, for like 4 months i haven't been able to run the starfield live wallpaper (my favorite) on any rom I've tried. ANY. I am extremely pleased that it works on this one, and that you've fixxxed so many issues. On behalf of all of us hero owners, thanks for all of your hard work man.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] andyjbmiller:
Darch, OK went through the rom. Only have three issues. Youtube, GPS and Facebook Sync. Thanks man you have made my hero worth keeping around a while longer.

EDIT: Gallery was working to begin. Now it seems to be not working great at all. When i open the app i can't see the pictures. The app opens but cannot see the pictures. Anyone else having this issue?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dec3ption:
i THINK he's working on youtube and GPS now...don't know about facebook though
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oak25:
damn no you tube.. lol but some nice fixes in deed... i really need that gps though.. still great job!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thedudejdog:
at the bar, dl'ing on 1x... been waiting about an hour it's almost done.

is a wipe required between 2.5.x and 2.6?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] PRGUY85:
I just lost 50% in 4 hours of regular usage.

Will wipe and try it out without OC widget/SetCPU.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kraminc:
On a fresh install battery drained to 50% in 4 hours. 3 txts nothing installed
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kraminc:
Trying now. It definitely doesn't effect spare parts reporting 100%.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
The newest one fixed my battery life issue. Its working fine for me, but when I tried to update to it using the DS updater it always said the md5sum was wrong, so im thinking you need to update the first page lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sph33r:
I just tried ds updater and got the same md5 error.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
no.. i didn't. lol, i'm not a robot, i have a life too. i haven't been home most of the day to constantly dev :-/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sph33r:
No, i'm trying to go from 2.6.1 to 2.6.2.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
someone mind giving me the md5sum of this current rom? I overwrote v2.6.2 with a newer build of mine :-/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david279:
I think i may have some sort of success with the gallery3D problem. After going into spare parts and setting the end button behavior to "go to sleep" when pressed Gallery works all the time now. And phone is quite snappy as well. Im happy!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] assasinbob:
Battery

Hey all, I've been using custom ROM's for awhile now, but i'm just wondering what the best way to get good battery life is. Sometimes my battery gets noticeably hot while the phone is just in my pocket. When I dont have it out I dont want it to update news apps, pull email or use internet connection since I am a student and won't be able to check it every 5 minutes. Are there settings I can change to remedy this?

All help is appreciated
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
and i'm sure your battery woes are gone too, amicorrect? maybe i edited something that dealt with the end button behavior as default which is why it doesn't auto sleep on, though on my phone i didnt need to enable it to solve any battery issues. hmmph.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david279:
I set a profile where if it goes over 40C it sets it self to 480max 245min. Check out the profiles tab in setCPU.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david279:
My battery has been on 87% for more than 5min now.....before i could have watched it trickle down.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
i honestly don't like overclock apps. they are just memory hogs like task killers. i think the phone sets cpu just fine without them on its own. the phone will still OC at 710 mhz default and scales down to 19 mhz on sleep, and if you really need to push it to 768 when awake then you can with an oc app. i just don't really think there is a need to though. The phone is already snappy at 710mhz and scales down just fine when it is asleep.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] herohtcsprinttell:
Darch my voice search still isn't working and the voice to text isn't working either, it says the app is there in system/apps but its not in the launch and the voice icon is missing in the Google search bar.. iv flashed Google ****s as well still no luck
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jakejm79:
Will it set to anything in between 19Mhz and 710 Mhz without an OC tool/program, or is it a case of running: 710 and sleep: 19?

Tho I guess that isn't a big deal since it is probably only rare occasions when the phone isnt sleeping but also isn't requiring full power.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
could you give me more info than that please? have you tried pushing VoiceSearch.apk from google ****s onto your phone to get it working. and what do you mean still? were you having this problem before? i never heard of a report about it
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
when its awake it scales between 710 mhz and 2xx mhz (i forget the exact number :-/), so true, it is only using full cpu freq when necessary.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] david279:
I have voice search. Maybe hes talking about the voice button on the keyboard? Like the xda HTC_IME one....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jakejm79:
OK so unless I want to push it to 768 (which I am having issues doing, it only works if I do 768 for min and max in OC widget). There is no need for any OC apps?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
that is correct.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] herohtcsprinttell:
Iv tried pushing it but no luck... the apk is in system/apps... it just doesn't seem to want to work
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
still not enough info man. get me a logcat (adb logcat) of like 5 seconds after you pushed the apk. please copy and paste it onto pastebin.com for me to more easily read it.

and btw, it should be /system/app, not /system/apps
[Hero CDMA Android Development] boredmug:
I cant get my computer to recognize my phone now. Im trying to push a file and when i type adb remount it says error, device not found.. Am i doing something wrong? never had this problem before.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
is usb debugging enabled??? or maybe try replugging in your phone to your computer????
[Hero CDMA Android Development] boredmug:
yea.. debugging is enabled. I've tried plugging and unplugging. I'll try a different usb port.

Hrm.. I dunno. I've tried it through fresh kitchen and through a cmd prompt. same thing. Can't find my phone. I know i wasn't having this issue previously on 2.6.1 cuz i really screwed stuff up pushing certain files. lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] realmrealm:
36dd10cb5e9612094e5816ac7cd08703

-AndyS-
[Hero CDMA Android Development] marcusva79:
Any update coming out today? Just asking hahaah. My batterylife has been going down pretty fast but I dont really care. i have a charger at work that I use. Just waiting on the MMS recieve.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
no there isn't gunna be an update today. have u tried the fix in spare parts i suggested two pages back? (changing end call behavior to sleep)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] myke66:
great rom, nice and fast. love AOSP. Battery life is terrible. looking forward to see where this rom goes.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] DevinXtreme:
I have great news! I had the phone off for about 8 hours today, and I went from 100% to 68% all day!! I sent 68 texts throughout the day, made two phone calls, and brought the web up for a minute. My battery problems have been relieved. This is still worse than my FreshRom days, but I don't mind.

I followed Avalaunch's tips earlier, but I also uninstalled my OC tools. I flashed this ROM directly over 2.6.1, and 2.6.0 before that. 2.6 was after a complete wipe. I do not use A2SD. I have the end button set up to make the phone sleep in spare parts. All the other info you need about my phone is in my signature.

Darch, in previous ROMs I've used I was able to disable Mobile Data Network always on through 'Settings -> Wireless and Networks -> Mobile Networks' and I was able to drastically save battery by disabling a data connection when the phone sleeps. This causes problems for some people who need e-mail right away, but I am not one of those people. Is it possible for you to add this feature in? Also, I PMed you a couple of days about how I update PRL through this ROM... I still don't know how :p

Thanks, darch, for all your hard work! This is my favorite ROM ever :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
look one post above yours. have you tried doing that to fix wake issue?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
what tips?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] az93civic:
I have, and not much change
[Hero CDMA Android Development] boredmug:
another weird thing i noticed.. if i wanna make a nandroid i can't make a nandroid+ext. Does it have something to do with the option to move stuff to ap2sd from settings? I can do a regular nandroid, but that kinda screws stuff up if my ext gets wiped.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] DevinXtreme:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6565422#post6565422
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
been mentioned a couple times. i know about that. update to the recovery posted in the first post to fix that issue :p

hmm interesting. I would say don't use any 3rd party apps such as a taskiller or setcpu because overall they just hog memory. but if it works for you, cool. I dont have battery issues at all and i'm not using any fix of any sort,
[Hero CDMA Android Development] DevinXtreme:
I'll try it out tomorrow with AutoKiller uninstalled, so we'll see. But, for now, this works great.

But what about the other question? Is it possible to turn Data Always On off?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
Idk, i remember there was an app (i forget the name) out there that i once used on 1.5 (ya, idk either) to disable it, but no its not packaged inside the rom
[Hero CDMA Android Development] marcusva79:
okay tried what you said. we will see later. you know how you have the dailer/phone/ contacts as your setup. How would you got about doing that for like icerom or freshtoast
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
yo guys, check out this theme, its pretty sweet

forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/2696-mods-black-blackbar-facebook-launchers-browser-t7-052210/

though you can probably just flash that overtop this rom, you'll get a roaming indicator warnings. i made it so it'd be cool on darchdroid
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
Pretty sweet Darch, I like! I also came across this cool launcher that I've been using with this rom, really like it!

http://www.jbthemes.com/anderweb/adwlauncher.html

I especially like the customizable 'slide up' dockbar. Probably old news around here but it was new to me! ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] boredmug:
sweet! been looking for something like this for your rom! i found the updated recovery image on your first page to fix nandroid+ext, but i can't install because of the issue i'm having getting my computer to recognize my phone. For some reason the flashrec way doesn't work either. . it gives an error cannot run command.

hmm.. I can push files with my netbook.. just not my laptop. Must be some drivers missing on my laptop.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] marcusva79:
darch i did what you said in spare parts. still getting the same results. I dont really care but I am just reporting it. Do i need to reboot to make it work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
possibly. also, would you mind copy and pasting a logcat of yours when youre turning off the screen on pastebin.com. just the logcat after you turn off your scrreen
[Hero CDMA Android Development] marcusva79:
i have no idea what you are talking bout hathahahahah. logcat.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
alright then. i'm not gunna teach ya, there are other threads for that sort of business. one you find out, go ahead and post it on pastebin.com and link to it. this applies to anyone else having battery drainage issues still
[Hero CDMA Android Development] DJAscendance:
I installed 2.6.2 and I just did the end button config, I will report to you tomorrow how my results are :D

Darch, so far this is the best rom ive used on my phone. Thank you!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
btw everyone, if you wanna port bootanimations from a sensui rom, check out these guides into how u cud make a bootanimation.zip for aosp
[Hero CDMA Android Development] boredmug:
As it is now i'm pretty dang happy with this rom. No worries about the com.htc.bgp bug from stock sprint rom which is very nice! Really, the ONLY issue i have now after fixing a few quirks is the 3d gallery. When rotating it gets all messed up. Other than that, it's all gravy.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jakejm79:
I have similar problems. I didn't even get 9 hours on a full charge, normally get about 24.

http://pastebin.com/rPY1CeyT

Seems to be no mention of sleep and/or standby. Just the screen shutting off.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
ok, thanks for that. it seems your phone is actually going to sleep

D/WindowManager( 129): I'm tired mEndcallBehavior=0x2

maybe its not downscaling to 19 mhz? no oc app or any of that sort correct?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jakejm79:
Correct, I will recharge overnight and test tomorrow, I was running OC widget earlier and since our previous convo earlier I removed it since there is no need. I will do some research and see what I come up with for battery performance tomorrow.

Also should it report the same thing when it sleeps from inactivity, cos all I get is this, maybe that is the problem, the phone only sleeps on end button not from X seconds on inactivity.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thematrixkid17:
I just ported my Matrix Digital Rain bootscreen to work on this ROM. I made it a little faster than before. But, if you'd like to change the speed, the fps value is the number right before the 'p' in desc.txt.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] djR3Z:
Alright, so I deleted a ton of apps, applied the end button sleep setting in spare parts, uninstalled all OC apps and wiped battery stats in recovery. The rom tuns a lot smoother except for the keyboard in Google voice(not sure why its just here) but there were no improvements in battery life. Its also worth noting that the charge time is insane, like 12 hours.

And last, no changes are ever made to the custom dictionary. Do i have to turn something on for it to add words i type to the dictionary?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
just longpress the word in the suggestion bubble you want to remember as you type
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thematrixkid17:
darch, here's what I have going on whenever I try to open any app that does video capture. I was taking a look at it, so I figure i'd just pastebin it while i'm at it. http://pastebin.com/0uqLMbz5

I haven't tested the battery life for more than an hour or so, but it seems to be better than the last version (if not 'fixed'). I too have

D/WindowManager( 129): I'm tired mEndcallBehavior=0x2

in my log when I use the end call button, after configuring it for sleep in spare parts. My spare parts is still reporting 100% awake. I'll give it a real-world battery test tomorrow at work.

The most curious issue I have so far seems to be decreased signal as compared to other 2.1 roms. Its ~20 dbm lower than one based off a sprint rom.

I might also note that I tried turning off JIT just to see if it made any difference. It didn't. It felt about the same speed too :p

As far as charge time, it seems completely normal to me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
lol, i'm getting a better signal than my mom's official 2.1 update for her hero. -81 dbms compared to -89 dbms
[Hero CDMA Android Development] realmrealm:
battery suckage

Yeah, count me in the battery suckage crowd.

This thing is pulling so hard on battery my phone can barely charge fast enough to keep up (charging through pc, not wall) I have been charging for about 6 hours and I'm at 42% I have bluetooth, wireless, and gps off. battery is at 106 degrees.

I've never seen anything like it.

I have not touched any overclocking stuff. I have installed all my normal apps though (about 65 - yes, I know that's a lot)

Using apps2sd also.

Full wipe of everything possible, new partition of sd (ext3) and installed with googlebits.

Good thing I got 3 batteries :D

Other than that, Awesome ROM Darch, as always.

-AndyS-
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jus10o:
Lol and she doesnt sport any custom roms or themes having a son like you??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] darchstar:
WTF!!! thats insane man. and that sounds illogical and impossible as it runs on AC power when connected to the wall as it charges the phone... or maybe thats my laptop :S. I think it applies to both though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chubbzlou:
Sound like there is a problem with your charge port on your phone. There is no way that the battery is draining faster than the phone is charging.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] junkshow:
I'm pretty sure USB hubs, including PCs only provide 5V,500mA. The AC adapter provide 5V,1A, so it should charge twice as fast on the wall wart.

I have personally verified that the phone will think it is charging when it is connected to an unpowered USB hub, which may be providing as little as 100mA. In that case, the battery actually had less charge when I disconnected than it had when I connected, even though the LEDs and on screen indicator said it was charging.

Unrelated, but actually on on topic: I dig this ROM, but have the battery suckage AKA no sleep issue. FWIW, I had the same issue (100% awake time) when I tried FreshROM 2.1.1. I never was able to resolve it, but have had great battery life with the 5/14 leak. Also, my phone is fairly new (about a month old)...maybe they changed something in the power management?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obelisk79:
time to bust out my android investigative tools, this battery thing is the only downside to this rom right now. the mms thing is a minor nuisance by comparison. I just got back from church and I was at 54% when I got there and at 19% 2 1/2 hours later when I just got home.