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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Josh-H:
Best rom I've ever used. The keyboard is smooooth and not laggy, even in landscape mode. Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] -2y2k-:
691/245 should be made rather than the 576/245

theres only wake up issues when its lower than 245 no??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
I won't build any 691/245, since it cannot have optimal frequency hop. Please don't ask about other frequencies and such, becasuse there won't be any. Although a freekernel(as seen in VanillaEclair) will be available.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] -2y2k-:
was just suggesting, sorry...

only reason i said it was because i heard of a lot of problems with it being <200 so thought maybe leave it at 691 for those who really want it and just up the 191

i love your ROM

its the most responsive ROM ive seen yet!!

comparable to 1.5.1 crono's JIT!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stardoche:
no arabic support?

gapps keeps fc :s

no stability whatsoever :s

why is this happening to me only guys???? :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
Did you perform a full wipe before flashing?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stardoche:
yes i did :s

a factory reset, ext wipe, dalvik wipe and then applied the rom.

gapps suddenly stopped forceclosing but arabic characters open as little boxes :s

any suggestions?

Thanks bro for the gr8 work by the way
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
You are missing the Arabic fonts, take the fonts from the /system/fonts of a ROM that does support Arabic and replace the fonts in your current /system/fonts and this should solve the showing of Arabic characters. At least this is the way it works for Hebrew fonts which I assume should be the same.

Btw thanks Radu for this assume kernel, this is the only kernel I find to be stable when OC my hero :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hagbard2323:
I've been running VillainROM since I rooted my phone, but saw a mention for this rom in the comments of a Register article and I thought I'd give it a try. It does feel faster and to my surprise the Extreme Kernel also seems to be working for me, and I got my (mocha) Hero in September 09.

I get linpack scores ranging from 2.9 to 3.3 and just over 30fps on Neocore.

My only worry is whether the overclocking will reduce the life of the phone, it certainly gets a bit warmer now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lukesky:
RaduG, just wondering. This optimal frequency hop that you've been mentioning, it's only applicable when the cpu governor is set to 'on demand' right?

To people who use SetCPU and set the governor to 'performance', it is irrelevant correct?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] -2y2k-:
linpack scores are irrelavent now, after using this ROM...

getting <3mflops and the touch screen is just AMAZING!!

use to get 4.5+ mflops with Crono's and everything is fine but this one seems to be A BIT more responsive than that one

and the best part is, theres no more updates for this one so you dont have to keep flashing for every new ROM update !! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] masterpfa:
No sooner had I written this Radu went and Released VE 4.0 with working A2DP, so I ended back on VanillaEclair.

So people we all have a choice

VanillaEclair or ChocolateEclair

Both have the Radu touch, with performance, smoothness and above all for me INCREDIBLE battery life. I would love to keep both at the same time but hey ho such is life!!! :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stardoche:
i tried changing them with linda manager and astro, but both say read only :(

what's the appropriate way to do it?

thank you for your help really
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stardoche:
and one more thing,my battery is draining :S

i heard you guys talk about reseting the status to fix it, how is this thing done :s

thank you for your patience and responsiveness :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BigD18t:
i thin you do it in the recovery loader, wipe battery status .
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
The battery drain is usually caused by:

- restoring a large number apps with Titanium Backup

- some exotic apps that don't let the phone sleep
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ZeppeMan:
I totally agree with you, VanillaEclair and ChocolatEclair are by far the best ROM's out there.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shokkapic:
No Titanium Backup.

And only Advanced Task Manager, LauncherPro and Handcent SMS.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wynstan:
hm.... tried flashing this rom. but strangely, it didnt boot after 20 mins during the first boot.

did a full wipe.

Even if i dont have ext3 for my SDcard partition, its should be able to work right?

regards,

wynstan
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
Flash the lokernel and it will fix your issues.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wynstan:
Hi RaguG,

thanks for the reply. Tried to flash the lokernal too.. but it didnt boot at all too.

regards,

wynstan
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
Please paste me your logcat.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wynstan:
this is my logcat.

thanks for helping
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] winston6969:
If I flash the extreme kernel for this ROM and it won't boot etc where do I get the original one to put back?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] perdita2000:
Does VPN works on last ChocoEclair?¿?

Regards,
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] moughees:
Hello hi,

i have tried this ROM, its awesome but only one issue, i cannot see Open Office and my timezone and daylight settings are not correct. Pakistan is GMT +5 but in this rom its GMT +6 and when i set time manually, its not correct in messages, its the same GMT +6. can any one help me :) in this regard
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marcinr:
When I install with wiped sd card inserted I get a ridiculous amount of FC's, When I install Without sd card inserted it is fine but I want apps2sd so I then inserted the SD card but the phone goes to an endless boot cycle.

Anyone that can help me?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] masterpfa:
How has your phone been since flashing this Kernel, any issues?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hund:
Is it possible yo use Ext2 without Apps2SD?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ericjosepi:
Hey where did you get that radio update? I didn't see it in the list in the Sticky.

EDIT: Also, thanks for this ROM. Definitely my favorite Vanilla Android build!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ZeppeMan:
This is not a Vanilla ROM... This is from the official build.

Here you can find RaduG's Vanilla ROM.

EDIT:

New radio -> Download
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wynstan:
is there anything wrong with it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nicolasfoto:
Extreme Kernel didn't work for me.. Just hangs on boot
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itongz:
haha ... me too .. -.-'
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itongz:
How i can check Apps2SD enabled?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hagbard2323:
I'm on my first working day with this ROM with the Extreme Kernel and still trying to get a feel for the battery use. I got about 16 hours use from it on Sunday before it dropped below 10% and that was with a mix of ebook reading (with Aldiko) and internet use (mostly 3g and some wireless). That was a big improvement over SlideVillain and VillainROM for me.

This morning I unplugged my Hero fully charged at around 07.00 and used it mainly for reading on my morning commute. This was about 90 mins of ebook reading (Aldiko again, on night mode with brightness set low). By about 09.00 I was down to 93% and then started the music player and loaded up google maps to update my latitude location. My Sense widgets (weather and flip clock) wouldn't update with my location even with a GPS fix. Checking about 5 mins later the battery had suddenly dropped to 83% which I can only assume was down to the GPS but I didn't have it running for more than a couple of minutes. At that point the Sense widgets had properly updated. Got into work 15 mins later and found that the music player had only used another 5% to leave me with 78% which didn't seem too bad. Over an hour later as I post this and I'm still on 78% so I suspect that it will not drop much now for the rest of the day as my phone doesn't get much usage at work.

I'm used to the battery draining fairly consistently over the course of a day, so it's strange to see it so stable for long periods of inactivity, only to then see it drop rapidly when any apps are in use. I have to say that I miss a couple of apps, which are the 3d gallery and the HTC PDF reader.

Looking good so far though and it's definitely the speediest ROM I've used.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] flitz:
The fastest working rom I ever used. Keep up the work. Maby a few things :

- auto-updater (saw it on villian)

- maby more speed. Its already fast on my hero but maby you can tweak it a bit.

Tnx !!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] werziluk:
I dont like auto updaters, its part of why i think VR is slower than this ROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
I went from 80% to 3% in 72:49:37. HSDPA always on, twitter, fb and google sync.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hagbard2323:
Any tips? I read somewhere that people with excessive battery drain could try draining the battery to 5% and then clearing the battery data via recovery. I haven't done that but didn't consider my battery drain to be excessive. I can't see my battery lasting 72 hours, but if it lasts a day without needing a top-up at lunch then I'm happy.

I saw you mention that restoring a lot of apps with Titanium could affect the battery, and I have used that to restore a few. Can you elaborate on what effect it has, and is it premanent or something that would go away with a reset?

Thanks for a great ROM by the way.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] werziluk:
I have created an experimental jiton.zip for this rom so far its working well. Will report further on sucess later. When im back at home later ill post it for those interested and with Ragu's permission.

As He has already said you dont really need jit in this ROM but its a nice extra boost :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ukripper:
Wow!! Finally I found a perfect ROM for Tmobile G2 (Rebranded hero by uk tmobile). Speed is amazing, I was on VillainROM 5.4 and just flashed this ChocEclair ROM, really can't believe the difference. It feels as if Hero is on steroids now. Thank you very much for this. No more living in dark ages....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wynstan:
Hi radug

Have you seen the logcat? Am so eager to install this ROM since there is so many good reports about it

Regards

Wynstan
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
Did you perform a FULL wipe?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wynstan:
yea..

wiped data/factory reset

wipe Dalvik-cache

wipe sd:ext partition

wip battery stats

this is what i wiped
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wynstan:
ok

i've got it working...

apparently in this rom if you have swap partition in your SD card, you will need to have ext2 for apps2sd. if you do not have it, you will keep having boot cycle.

thanks Radug,

finally i can try this great rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Conduction:
One of the best roms! I think I will donate a few bucks soon :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyzjh:
If I perform a reset factory default action after using this ROM, will the performance be the same or do I have to re-flash?

Used a google mail account and associated it with market but it was a wrong mail, had to reset it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TsunKit:
great rom!

live wallpapers? :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] whitealien:
Not by default, but this ROM is capable of handling them. Expect performance drop so.

push LiveWallpapersPicker.apk to /system/app, reboot phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dr.dre:
Why is my phone getting very hot while charging, It touches something around 49.7'C Battery temperature :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] flitz:
I can't wait for the next update :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jnk1348:
I'd be interested in Radu's input about that too... 72h is HUGE. And about the Titanium thing, is it permanent?

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ukripper:
Will the next update have JIT?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ukripper:
How can I check whether my hero supports 768MHz, I'd like to try on extreme kernel version of this rom.

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hagbard2323:
3am this morning and 20 hours since charging, my battery was still at 30%. I have no doubt it would have lasted well over 24 hours but didn't want it running out halfway through the day so I charged it again. Marginal improvement today, from approx 07.00 to 08.20 I was on the tube reading an ebook and it stayed at 100% the whole time. As soon as I went above ground it started to drop again, and by 09.30 I was down to 83% which is still better than yesterday.

I really didn't think my Hero would run the Extreme Kernel, but it does and I'm amazed at the results. I will try and sort out a coke for you very soon.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
Do a nandroid backup, flash the kenrel, and if it boots then you are probably good with it. If it doesn't boot, restore your backup.

Thanks mate.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ukripper:
By the way, do you have tmobile G2 or normal HTC hero?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
Don't worry, it won't boil :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dr.dre:
That's a very nice reply and RaduG can you just tell me How can I enable the Bootsounds on this ROM ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
Bootsounds... there is an included sound when the boot animation appears. You might be able to change it by pushing a file named android_audio.mp3 to system/customize/resource .
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hagbard2323:
I have a normal unlocked Hero. I got it through an online deal (mobiles.co.uk) on a vodafone contract last September. I thought I was getting a black hero but when it came through it didn't look quite right and I realised that I had been sent the mocha version. I think it was released along with a pink one just after the original back and white ones came out.

RaduG: Just noticed that even though I have am now following vanilladroidcom, the twitter widget will not update with your posts. They show up via the website, and if I go into the twitter app I can refresh your posts manually and see them, but no matter how many times I refresh the widget they don't appear there. I might try resetting the phone later to see if that solves anything.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dr.dre:
It is there the default Boot sound, But it still doesn't ring on start up.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
Mine does at every reboot.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dr.dre:
It rang the very first time I flashed this ROM after that it doesn't ring now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] silverstream:
RaduG, can you please create a kernel for 672/245 please. 691 doesn't work for me and 576 is sooo far away. PLEASE !:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dr.dre:
OR

Give us the Free Kernal, So we can manually Overclock :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] silverstream:
Yes Please .... cna't wait ... will flash in the VanillaEclair FreeKernel ... keep my finger crossed !

EDIT: Can't get past the boot screen :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
The VanillaEclair kernels don't work with this ROM...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] silverstream:
Can we have the freekernel for this Rom pls?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hagbard2323:
Just downloaded the beta for RockPlayerBase but have no video files on my phone. Looking forward to giving it a try later and will report back.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] enyeng:
+1 for the freekernel

For some reason, my Hero works unreliably @160MHz (often fails to wake up). Running fine @691, though. To keep it usable, I have to use 576/245, which mean I'm capped at 576 max.

One question: Did you guys still use 'autokiller' when using this ROM? If it is, what's your optimum setting?

Gr8 ROM this is, can't wait to wait for 1.1 to come out.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] amie17:
Anyone know how to enable wireless ad-hoc for this rom like the one available in vanillaeclair?

Thanks in advance and great rom btw! Thanks a lot radug!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dr.dre:
Yup! I use Autokiller with it, First I had set my profile to Aggressive but many times It kept on killing Sense, So I lowered it down to Strict, It's fine now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] enyeng:
Ok. Thanks. I was just wondering whether RaduG has incorporate (and optimize) this setting somewhere in his kernel package.

I usually am happy enough with Optimum (using quite a lot of widget here and there :D), mine is snappy enough using this setting.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] laurentbon:
Hello All,

Trying this ROM for a bit..

How do I set LauncherPro to be default Launcher to have the bottom bar instead of Sense ugly icons?

Thank you for your help!

L
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
It is written in the first post.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] laurentbon:
Oops, sorry and thank you. I think I prefer Vanilla edition, definately so I don't think I will stay long under Sense!

Thank you again for those fantastic ROMs!

L
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marcinr:
How do I get APPS2SD to work? I have a ext2 partition that is fully working (checked this with gscript) but apps install to internal memory anyway.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] psychomnts:
I got the same problem =(

If someone knows a selution please tell us ^^
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] slimjimwoods:
not sure if this has already been asked, but is there any way to get the vanilla lockscreen on here? I had a quick look through some posts to no avail.....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cwm83:
How do I check if APPS2SD is working?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itongz:
you can see

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=645253

^^
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
OK guys, I'm off. Cya in July, have fun with the ROM. I won't be able to answer your questions, so please don't send any PMs. Ask your questions in this thread and probably someone will help you, because we have a great community here!

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marcinr:
So, anyone have a solution? :P I really need APPS2SD to work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hagbard2323:
If anyone's looking for an alternative to the 3d Gallery that isn't included with this ROM, JustPictures doesn't seem too bad. It can synch with Picasa and other accounts. It's not as flashy as HTC's gallery as it doesn't have the animations, but it does pretty much the same thing otherwise.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marcinr:
IF you have problems with Apps2SD Flash this http://sites.google.com/site/tjphysicist/Apps2SD-DC-update.zip?attredirects=0&d=1

Found it by accident in the villain thread :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TsunKit:
oo thanks for that, downloaded the file but any tips on how to 'push' it ^^
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nicolasfoto:
Yip.. I would also like to know how. A bit of a noob here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dr.dre:
I tried to do this(pushing LiveWallpaperpicker.apk) But it didn't work :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shoonari:
damn, scrolling with smartkeybord installed(and selected as input method) is very laggy

have not faced this problem on other roms
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyzjh:
I reset my phone with the restore factory defaults after flashing this ROM to remove gmail accounts in market. I have now lost google navigation. If I wipe and reflash this ROM will it be working?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MacaronyMax:
Great Rom Thanks :D:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cwm83:
Thanks!

I got a msg saying that

"APPS2SD is working without dalvik-cache"

Is there a cause for concern?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kirilliz:
hi there,

i justed flashed this rom and so far everythings great.

i have a question though, can i add the percentage number for the battery into the staus bar icon? i´m not sure where i activated that feature last time, maybe in spare parts. i cant find it in this rom, somebody know where i can find that option?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skydg:
spare parts > 'general' (at the bottom) >check 'Battery status display'
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kirilliz:
are there different spare parts versions around? i just downloaded the app from the makrte but cant find that option.. its not there Oo
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] -2y2k-:
best ROM out there, stability, battery life, responsiveness.

nothing beats it!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chanaka2:
I want to know as well. It works or not.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vudiq:
Yes, it works = apps are on SD ext partition.

Dalvik-cache, however, is still on the data partition (phone internal), which means when you install/run apps, the remaining space left will decrease, but only by the amount needed for the cache. There is no information how much space is left on the SD ext partition, however, you may run from terminal emulator or from adb shell:

df -h

Check the line starting "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2", first number is size of the ext-partition, second number is used space, third number is space left, usage in %, mount point

Cheers,
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chanaka2:
Thanks a lot,
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cwm83:
Thanks.

Any ez way to check whats the current CPU speed?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Alisteroz:
bluetooth sending files?

Does the bluetooth work properly? Can you send files (eg. mp3 files size ~5mb) to other phones like nokia, samsung???
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] essbee1958:
adb shell cat /proc/cpuinfo

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] enyeng:
Try this:

adb shell cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq

I read somewhere that to indicate the current CPU clock frequency, this is more accurate than the BogoMIPS information contained in /proc/cpuinfo .
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
The BogoMIPS in the /proc/cpuinfo is the number of operations per second your system can do. While the scaling_cur_freq really reflects the current cpu frequency.

I know that many times they are they the same, but other times they are not.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] oxje:
I think i might have broken something :)

After running flawlessly for a day or two, suddenly my GPS doesn't get a fix anymore and also my wifi is unable to obtain an IP-address from my wireless network (manually entering an IP still works). I'm running radio 63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18 but i'm a bit reluctant to flash a new one, especially because it did work earlier.

Anyone experienced similar issues?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hagbard2323:
Stability on the ExtremeKernel has dropped massively for me over the last week. The phone now tends to reset itself at least twice a day if not more, and usually at least 2 total lockups that require a battery pull. I don't know if the hot weather in the UK has contributed to this, as the lockups tend to happen when the phone is in a warm environment and also getting warm itself. I'd like to drop back to the standard kernel but can't see a link for that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
I have packaged the original kernel as an update.zip for recovery:

http://www.multiupload.com/9TH1N3VTY1

If I remember correctly this one is 691/160.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dr.dre:
Have you tried flashing this ? I did the same you have done but it didn't work :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
Yes I have flashed it successfully.

Do you mean that you tried to flash my update and it did not work or your own version did not work?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dr.dre:
No No! My version didn't work :D