yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
wow such fast responses! lol

Sorry if I stepped on any toes but, I just tried a couple and got results that where no where near the instantaneous difference you got in the WinMo world. Maybe I should have stuck with it for a while longer....

I did have a little info up on Facebook but I REFUSE to twitter!! LMAO The contacts I have are numerous so maybe that's a contributing factor. I'm not sure. I really wanted a Froyo rom but, from what I understand, it's still in Beta.

I really just want something fast and reliable. I often use my bluetooth for HOURS on end so something less harsh on the battery would also be extremely helpful.

I will try whatever suggestions you guys have. I know you have been in the Android world way longer than me. I had XDAndroid on my TP but this is a dramatic difference.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
LMAO I got RickRoll'D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Camera works in that ROM. If you had another experience, something was done wrong.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Well played, sir. If you want to watch a real benchmark of Freshtoast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byhykf6D6m4
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I don't see how I could have "done it wrong" I mean it's pretty self explanatory. I opened the camera app and got a broken TV set in purple and blue on my screen. Everything else worked....just slowly. Maybe a bad download.....maybe. I don't know. But how could someone possibly flash wrong and still get it to run? That makes no sense.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
You need to make sure you wipe in recovery before flashing a new ROM. It sounds like that could possibly be the issue.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I never read anything about that! lol wow I feel like such a noob. Do i do that from the menu that pops up when restarting? The one I update the custom rom from?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
that's just sexy
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Yes. Wipe data, dalvik-cache, and sd-ext if you have one.

Flash the custom ROM. When it loads sign into your gmail and give it 5ish minutes to synch your calendar/contacts/mail from the cloud. Once that is completed, you'll want to head to the market and grab "overclock widget" and make sure you're clocked to appropriate speeds.

From then on, the speed improvement should be obvious.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I really appreciate that! What I did was I got the .6 update so I had to revert to .5 just to root. Then I did the nand backup. Then flashed the rom.

Is there an easier way? I read as much as I could and this was all I could find on the subject. Afterwords you put the .bak code so it downloads the update but doesn't flash it. Am I right? Is there something else I missed?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jus10o:
You CAN flash wrong.. When you flash a new rom, if you didnt wipe everything there could still be files lingering in the partition. Also you can download SetCPU from the market and clock the phone higher then 710mhz that it defaults at. Also in the first 5mins of the phone booting all your apps run and sync if necessary, its why its slow at first.

But every rom made in the past 1-2months has a fully working camera. Try rebooting and trying the camera again??

Also SKIP fresh toast and get regular Fresh Rom, newest release. Then flash the OC kernel over it HERE

It doesnt download it.. It just stops it. When flashing a new rom, it includes everything that .6 does. You can completely skip that step cuz a custom rom already has that in it.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Thanks for that advice! Do the directions still stand for the .6 downgrade?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
.5? .6?

Are those RUU versions or what? Now I'm confused.

All that matters at this point is that you have a custom recovery flashed. If you have that, you're golden. Wipe like I said. Partition your SD and flash whatever current ROM you'd like and you should be set.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
If you can boot into recovery then you still have root. If that is the case then you only have to install the Rom of your choice to the root of your SD card, boot into recovery, do a nandroid backup, wipe, then flash your Rom.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Read about it here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694572
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I can't any more. I re-rooted. I will have to root again then do all this. I'm in the process of doing that now! Thanks again! What rom would you recommend? Do you have any screen shots? Thanks again guys
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Ah, no wonder I'm confused. I never had stock 2.1 so I've never looked at that tutorial before.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damiandarkwater:
I'd recomend this:

http: //forum.xda-developers .com/showthread.php?t =703133

Remove the spaces from the link.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Unless you RUU'd, you probably still have a custom recovery. Power down your phone. Hold down both the menu and home buttons and tap the power button. Continue to hold menu and home until the phone's recovery boots.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
It's all good homie! lol I just wanted to make sure this hadn't changed. I have the stock 2.1 upgrade now. It runs fast enough except when I turn on pandora and try to do anything else. The lag on the ringer is still annoying as well. Has this been fixed in any of the custom roms?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
I recommend that you read the threads here in the development sub-forum and decide what bet suits your taste and needs. There are screenies at the beginig of each Rom thread.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Yes I RUU'd. :( but it's ok. I don't mind re-rooting
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Well I have read them. I was just curious as to what the majority of people are running. I didn't see a poll thread about that yet so I thought I'd ask here.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Ah, no big deal. The more you do the stuff the easier it becomes. I'll subscribe to this thread. Report back if you have anymore issues. :cool:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Thanks man. You guys are awesome. Do you have any recommendations for a custom rom?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
Look at the post count for the thread for each Rom... the ones with the high post counts are the most popular.

I recommend overclocking Fresh 2.1.2 if you don't want to give up sense. If you want a blazing fast Rom and don't care about sense then Darchdroid 2.7 is my personal recomendation you.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
It depends if you want to keep SenseUI. Android will run faster without Sense, but you'll lose your Sense widgets.

If you want Sense I'd either flash:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=681856

or

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=656690

Both of those need to have a kernel flashed on top them to enable overclocking.

If you can live without Sense like me:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=703133

That ROM comes with an overclocked kernel. If you want speed, that would be what I recommend. About 3/4 of the way through that thread Darch posted an undervolted kernel which is supposed to help conserve battery power while still maintaining overclock. (EDIT: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6885956&postcount=1041)

Those are the defacto standard ROMs for the time being. If flashed properly, all three are 100% functional.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfinitefx45:
Also if you want to see what is really going on in the back ground especially on first boot, if you have the android sdk installed then launch the command promt and type ddms.

once it opens , you will see you phone in the top left. Click it and you will see just how long it will be loading and building the cache, plus syncing the system on first boot.

Once it is done everything then take it for a test drive to see the real performance of the rom.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Thanks guys! Awesome responses and the last little trick is great! I'm thinking the second rom illogic6 posted looks great to me. I like that one but what kernal should be used to flash on top of it? I just re-rooted my Hero and I'm about to flash the rom right now
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=705074

Where it says, "DarchKernelV3 For Fresh AND Damage Based Roms". That's the one you want for Damagecontrol.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=705074

Here is the overclock kernal to flash over the second one.

Edit... never mind I was beaten to the reply.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damiandarkwater:
[side_note]ALWAYS make sure you have atleast 50% battery befor you flash any roms.

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Ok one more thing and I will swear you are a god....what about the IME mod? I didn't see it in the damage control but I did see it in the other one. Can I get it separately? Like in .apk?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roadster92:
I believed that Damage control 2.09.1 included the HTC_IME mod kb.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I didn't see it in the change log but I'll take your word on it. Flashing now. You said do a "WIPE" first? Then then ugrade the rom? Then do the kernal over it all?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
If not: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=624416

You want the low-res version for 1.6+
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Yes. Wipe Data, Dalvik, Ext. Flash Rom, flash kernel, reboot.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
Nandoid backup first... then wipe, then flash the rom, then the kernel.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damiandarkwater:
Backup backup then so on so forth for extra saftey ;)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
You always want to nandroid backup before doing anything in recovery, that way if anything goes wrong or if you just don't like rom you can just do a nandroid restore and revert back to your previous rom.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Ok so when I did the wipe I went to the Dalvik and it says

"Error : Run 'wipe dalvik' via adb!"

Do I need to reconnect via USB or am I doing something wrong?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distantneighbor:
definately the fastest and (IMO) "lightest" custom ROM out there is DarchDroid 2.7 and can be found at: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=703133

I would recommend that one as it does everything you want to do without all the bloatware that HTC puts in. and did I forget to say it is fast?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
What recovery are you using? I recall reading that an older version would display that error even though the cache was wiped successfully.

EDIT: I think it will also do that if you have not created an EXT partition on your SD card. Have you partitioned?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
What recovery version are you running?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damiandarkwater:
Yes Sir.

connect to your computer, open cmd, navigate to your sdk tools, enter adb shell, and run the nessessary commands (=
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I followed the instructions here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694572

same as before. I haven't upgraded the rom yet. I'm still in system recovery. Should I go ahead with the upgrade? It keeps giving me that same error when I try to do the dalvick-cache thing
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
LOL we are stepping over eachother to help you.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pritch1011:
just go away pls

:cool:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I know and I thank you guys so much!

What is the command to wipe?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Have you partitioned the SD card yet? That is what I'm betting you've missed. :p
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
This is what I got when I did it from cmd...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
You should be able to wipe through the recovery menu.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damiandarkwater:
It's either (in tools):

adb wipe dalvik

or (in adb shell):

wipe dalvik

It's been a while so I don't recall exactly but id go with the latter.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
Partitioning the SD card is optional, he only has to to do that if he wants apps to sd.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
No I haven't. That wasn't in any steps I've read anywhere. I thought about doing that...lol ok I'll do that first. After that do I still need to wipe dalvik? Since I never had any partitions?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
You shouldn't have to do any of this at the command prompt. What do you see when you're booted into recovery?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duffkitty:
Darchdroid for speed, Zenexp for sense (espresso) and Damagecontrol for stock sense. Those are my votes :-P I hear Fresh is cool but never really played more then a prl update with it...

Sent from my Hero CDMA using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I got all of the same choices you had in that screenie. I just partitioned the sd card. I did 1024 on each one with the remainder as fat32. When I went back to wipe and did the dalvik cache it worked. So I guess I did need to partition first?

Is that a good amount of partitioning? Did I screw that up as well?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
Oh and if you do partition back up your SD card on your computer first or u will lose all the data on the card.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
That's what I figured. You won't need any swap partition, and the EXT partition is where your apps will be stored. 1024mb is a little overkill. I think I have 512, but that's all personal preference.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
****!!!!!! I lost it!!!!!!! Now I can't flash!!!! What the hell?!?!? So I guess now I gotta put the SD card back in the computer and copy the zip back over?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
lol yeah

You shouldn't have to remove the SD card. Just switch to mass storage mode in the recovery menu; you'll be able to copy the ROM that way too.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
Damnit I tried to catch ya before you did it.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
LOL ok I'm doing that now. Then I upgrdade the rom. Boot up THEN flash the kernal or can I flah the kernal before I reboot?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
LOL it's all good bro. I got it. Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
You can flash the kernel before first boot.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Ok it still says no zip files found....****
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Make sure the SD has been unmounted by your computer. If it has been, double check that the zip files are there.... then uhh reboot

If none of that fixes it, I dunno... lol
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Never mind. Apparently you have to give it a minute to catch up. I found the rom and I'm flashing now. When it is complete I'll do the kernal then reboot. Thanks guys! You are all awesome!!!!!!!!!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
Time for a drink. Martini anyone?:cool:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I'll take 5! lol It's booting now....I can't wait to see the fruits of you guys' labor! LMAO!!!

So what's a safe OC for this phone? Anyone really stress tested it?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Damn, that's exactly what I was thinking. Budweiser incoming.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damiandarkwater:
I think 710 is more then enough but that's just me (:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
256 and 710...

I don't think you could drink 5 of my martini's. I make mine doubles. :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
All of you guys are TO awesome! Any other recommendations for my noob ass? lol
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Here's my overclock widget setup: I have it set so it clocks down when the screen is off to 235 - 384... Screen on at 691 - 768. I haven't experienced any kind of instability at these speeds with Darchdroid.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damiandarkwater:
Blah 17 so drinks are a no-no but I'm more then up for a nice cup o' coke (:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
Woops! I meant 710 for the Max not 761

...

:o
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
You guys are awesome. Thank you so much. http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=744580260 stop by if you want! You guys are the ****!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
I believe that kernal is already governed you might want to see how it performs first.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
It was. Whenm I ran the widget it stated I'm at 710 all ready!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Yes, this is true. I like keeping mine scaled a little high because I'm never too far from a charger.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
Chevelle, Southern metal(Pantera,Down,Crowbar,Cor conformity...), Crowbar Band

Nice selection of music.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigupurself7:
I don't think you are ready for custom roms! I am sure you did not do it right if it is running slow. Spend some time reading before you jump in like the rest of us had to do.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Me neither. I have the car charger when I'm at work to. So I'm with you on that

Thank you! I'm all over the place when it comes to music. I love it all!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatjerk:
Your a little late to the party buddy.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
LOL I try not to respond to the haters. There was another one early in the conversation but the way I look at it is if you are spending your time ragging on people who new to this then you have no life and don't deserve my attention
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Thanks! lol
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distantneighbor:
:rolleyes:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Irisht:
Where's the love for Regaw?!

Lol,

I figure I could put my 2 cents in and make a suggestion too.. Personally I have tried em all, all very fast, all have their perks but for some reason I keep coming back to RegawMOD 2.1

Despite the lack of OC & Jit in his rom it is honestly about the fastest with stability and killer battery life that I have used (with sense obviously). Not to mention I can go for days without having to recycle the phone to clear up errors or lag. I usually do because I have OCD about performance and clutter. LOL.. I definitely think its worth a look. If you are interested just click on the ROM link in my sig.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Looks pretty enough. I'm still using the one I was recommended to me here and after getting it done right I must say that it is indeed awesome. I reduced the clock speed to the stock speed and attempted to use the phone.....dramatic difference. I love this phone now! lol
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tennockey:
agreed that custom roms are slow for now

im also having some problems. all that i tried have been slow compared to stock 1.5 that my phone came with. i upgraded to the official 2.1 release, which was quite slower in my opinion comparing it to my wifes who has 1.5 still. then all the custom roms ive flashed have also been slow. have tried about 15... the one thing i might be messing up on in wiping. in my recovery it only lets me wipe data/factor reset, no dalvik or ext wiping. it says i have to do it from adb, and idk how to do that. if you all think this could be the problem please let me know how to wipe all that from adb. thanks! also i would like some more opinions on what the best rom is.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bk718:
what version recovery are u using??? we can start there..
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Do you have the sprint stock rom with the update? If so you need to follow the directions in the thread I posted earlier. You need to downgrade then root.

The recovery that is included in that post will allow you to wipe and wipe dalvick. The ext is a partition on your SD card that needs to be set up using the recovery as well.

Since I followed the directions in this forum I'm totally satisfied. I will try to help as much as I can
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuro_genesis:
http://www.4shared.com/file/NOHnsZWV/DarchHoneyOCv3.html

Flash this kernal to OC RegawMOD, it works perfectly fine up to 768.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Irisht:
Ill give it a shot and report back... Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerry43812:
Regaw 2.1 is beasty for me. Works perfect, smooth, and barely ever have to reboot.

my toes typed this on my heroc
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I'm still using the damage control rom with the OC'ed kernal. I love it!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiquidSolstice:
Been using the unthemed version of Regaw_MOD. I'm so sick of ROMs that don't have Sense. Sense is what brings refinement to these phones and I'm tired of them being removed.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiquidSolstice:
OMFG! Thank you!! :D

Just when I thought there wasn't anything else I could possibly do to RegawMOD to make it better. I can confirm that with SetCPU, I can pump it all the way upp to 768, and BOY is this thing fast.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I'm still running at 710 and I think that's fast enough...is it really that big of a difference? Also, does anyone know of any roms that have smaller icons on the home screen? I see my home screens filling up fast!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiquidSolstice:
What ROM are you running? And now I'm confused, I thought you said you're done with custom ROMs?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
I know it's a few pages but if you read the entire thread you would find I was VERY wrong. I was walked through a MUCH better way of getting it done and also a PROPER rom.

However to answer your question I'm running Damage Control with the OC kernal at 710 and I have to admit, it ridiculously outpaces the stock rom.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiquidSolstice:
Good god, you're right. For some reason I saw this thread as being 2 pages long, not 12. Well, glad to hear you stayed with custom Android, and to each his own :).
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
LOL yeah they had to "educate" me. :confused: I'm a recent defector from WinMo. Drastically different in the Android realm. Now I'm trying to help any way I can:D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bk718:
there isn't a particular rom with smaller icons, however there is a widget tho. Look for "More Icons Widget" in the market... there is a tiny cost of $1.99.. but with this you could add up to 64 icons on ONE home screen (that overkill if u ask me).. but it gives you many different options on how many icons you may wanna add to ur screens
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Yeah that's a little extreme...lol But I will look in to it! Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bk718:
you could set it up with a 4x1, 2x1, or 1x1 space...