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[Hero CDMA Android Development] xxproblemzxx:
Other than the gps are there any downsides to bfs kernel. And does it make that much of a differnce in speed
[Hero CDMA Android Development] platinumrug:
I typed in SU before the first line, it seemed to work until PERMISSION DENIED popped up right underneath it after like 2 seconds. It used to come up automatically after I would type something.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] epitaphromance:
anyone get swype working?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Flip260z:
I have swype working on mine. Had to run the original swype installer app from signing up in the beta to get it to work though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xortim:
Depending what you're doing you may need to remount the system mount at rw. Adb stuff really isn't difficult.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dedian:
Was that question asked three times within, like, two minutes?

For registration, please follow the clear directions that nickserv sends you.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Androidious:
possible GPS fix (tested on 8/25 and has worked for a few)

So, if you would like to try this fix to try to get GPS up and running, you'll need to unzip this file, and push the apns-conf.xml to the /system/etc/ folder in the phone.

Then, after pushing it, reboot the phone. This has worked for myself and another person getting gps running well and fast again.

Again, please nandroid before trying this and DO NOT FLASH this zip. It's not flashable. Good luck to ya'z

If this does work for you, Props goes out to Darchstar for the idea and also to D3lusi0n4L for asking me how to enable it, so I could do it myself and just make this file for anyone else who may want to try it out.

EDIT: This has been changed and enabled in Darchstar's latest commits, so it should be included in any builds following 8/25 (isn't included in 8/25, but in anything after).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chefthomas99:
check out syncmypics on the market. it works well
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stricklerjosh:
I agree. Syncmypix is awesome.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stoney_38668:
My perspective on the gps issue:

GPS hasn't worked for me since I started using CM6, which is ok because I don't really use it that often. I decided to give it a try tonight so I first pushed the fix above. The fix didn't seem to work for me so I tried changing kernels. After going to the uncapped #8, I still couldn't get it to work. Then instead of opening "Navigation" directly I opened "Maps" and then made my way to the Navigation. Upon opening "Maps" instead of "Navigation", I got immediate GPS lock and now it works everytime I open the Navigation program. I'm not sure what worked but it does work now. Thanks for everyone's hard work and contributions. I'm glad I stumbled across XDA when I did.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] borhaj:
waiting for 8.26 to come out and will give it a try, hopefully it will do the trick...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] asoong:
Very interesting. I believe maps and nav come packaged in google ****s. if so, what version are you using? I'm using FRF91 (version 3 I think) that I got back with this was the Test4 rom. With this version, I haven't had any serious issues with maps, nav or gps. I did have problems with version 1 of google ****s.

Also, nav is "beta" so its bound to be buggy....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mdsj:
Did it gonna check it out.

Well I get horrible service at my house so I can't get a good enough internet connection for it to properly try to connect. So I will have to wait and see tomorrow.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mdsj:
Someone else was saying that after they opened maps their gps locked on anything they did after that... Hmmmmm.... maybe thats just an easy work around??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] revcp:
My experience with GPS has been similar to some noted here. I'm running the 8-24 nightlie, with the #7 uncapped kernel and Collins tweaked to 768. When I tried to get a fix going in to GMaps it either didn't happen or took some time. Going in through Sprint Nav, immediate lock, same with GNav. Now, having done those two, I can go in through GMaps and get an immediate lock as well. I'm rebooting now to see whether that quick lock in Gmaps will "hold" through a reboot.

Yep. Immediate lock "held" through a reboot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] duffkitty:
Strangely I didn't have this problem until it randomly appeared. I just flashed the Elegant Steel theme and I was confounded to why my GPS wasn't locking. Enabled and disabled cfs tweaks in Collin_Ph battery tweak and nothing. So thinking I'll just attempt a lock in maps and it was like magic.

Key here, it just stopped locking randomly....

Sent from my CM 6 Blackmodded Heroc using the XDA app. Now with uncapped kernel and battery tweaks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] revcp:
Hmmm. Well, I hope my random luck holds so that the random lock does not again rear its head.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] user7618:
Anyone having issues with the dialer on 8/25? For whatever reason, are I made a call this morning, it stayed on and was draining my battery. I fc'd it and it restarted, but seems to be behaving now.

Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got me some hot froyo on hero action here!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Nak131:
im getting the same thing! my battery life drains super quickly with this rom... with or without batt tweaks and/or kernel tweaks i get the same results :-/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mdsj:
Doesn't seem my gps works still after I pushed those files. Oh well I mostly use the gps for foursquare :rolleyes:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] revcp:
I see that I am now listed as a senior member. That's frightening. Kind of like politics and TV preaching, where it matters less what you actually know than how many times you weigh in.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CrashV2010:
Wow, thats how it works... LOL !!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stoney_38668:
I'm using FRF91-MDPI-20100816 posted on Cyanogenmod Forums. I used GPS overnight and again this morning and its staying locked. Either one or all of the things I did must have fixed it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CrashV2010:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#Google_Apps_for_MDPI_devices_2

Are you talking about this link, I have been using this since it has been out, and I don't have any problems like what some of the posters have been with the gps issues.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stoney_38668:
The one listed here>> http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/files/category/18-htc-hero-cdma/ is the one I've been using. But I believe the problems are independent of the gapps build. Seems to be a combination of several things. I'm not sure but mine is working perfectly now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CrashV2010:
Hum, interesting, they are both same size download... (JUST DOWNLOADED BOTH)

This is something else for the gps experts to figure out, lol !!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CrashV2010:
Now there is a new adw launcher lol. (1.1.4)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gurusux:
The gps is working for me so far with no problems, but got a restart after taking a picture and the usb tethering is not working anymore.

Anyone else with the same problems ?

Other than its super fast. The battery is been a problem for me ever since i got the phone last year. Im trying everything to improve it and so far today I got 75min per every 7% with low - moderate use.

Using 8/25 with stock kernel and no battery tweak
[Hero CDMA Android Development] borhaj:
is there any way to get sprint nav for this rom?

it may resolve the issue...?!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jeradamiak:
GPS fixed?

my GPS was acting funny, the 08/25 nightly fixed it for me, maybe just my phone though
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pitmanr2003:
why no 8-26 build. are they just going to go right to 8-27/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Tipharet:
My guess is were getting close to another RC
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jeradamiak:
Live wallpapers

Not sure if any one is interested, but on the 08/25 nightly a lot of the live wallpapers from the market are working now (ones that weren't before). I wonder if the stock ones would work now that some of the bugs have been cleared up. does any one have the stock live wallpapers for 2.2?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] borhaj:
ok I did everything for the gps and it worked for 1 or 2 tries then went broke again.

Just installed the sprint nav and is seems to be working fine...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Kirby Baker:
Same for me. Was running RC1 with gapps from the RC1 thread (8-14 version) and GPS was a pain, rarely worked. Wiped everything and flashed the 8-25 nightly with the 8-16 gapps and GPS has been great!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kingdazy:
ah! nice! I don't do the nighties, so looking forwards to this!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Visionikz03:
no offenense but the nightlies were more stable than the original RC1 lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ahnuts72:
According to the buildbot page it failed so might be another nightly they would have to force it to get one tonight though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] borhaj:
for any one with GPS problem: install sprint nav and your problem is fixed. It worked for me and now I have both working for me sprint nav and google nav. the only problem is each time I open sprint nav I get the upgrade message which then it won't let me do it. ( the nav is still usable just not upgradeable)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kingdazy:
well, lol to you too. ;)

I don't have the time to keep up in the IRC, or the luxury to flash daily. My phone usually "has to work all the time" because of work/wife/child, so I have not been taking risky moves with the phone, waiting until consensus says "good one! 99% working!" And as the RC1 has been (almost totally completely w/ a few small ignorable quirks) stable since my flash of the 8-15 w/ the kern mod and gapps, have not bothered with being on the cutting edge of the Froyo. My GPS is great, very few FCs, SMS/MMS work great. Any of the "benefits" Sense stock-based ROMs might have had are lost in the pure functionality of 2.2. Love it.

So tell me, just how much better are the nighties? Whats the first improvement I am going to notice?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] raz699:
Everytime I try to flash a nightly over top I get a boot loop. I am running a2sd cuz I hate the 2.2 native. Anyone know if this is the cause and if there is a work around? I am tired of wiping and flashing the rom, gapps, a2sd, batt tweak and titanium restore for every time I try a new nightly.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] roadster92:
I got a question for all those that said GPS is working without problem:

Are you experiencing loosing GPS signal in SprintNAV intermittently (by this I mean sometime for 15 minutes without loosing GPS lock, sometime every 2 minutes of loosing GPS lock)? This is with clear line of sight and good 3G data connection.

I've been experiencing this phenomenon for a while. Today, I did a test drive again for 1 hour driving to different places running errands, and this thing kept loosing lock every 2 minutes then finally loosing GPS signal completely. I have to shut down Sprint NAV and restart the app again to get GPS lock ( I do this 2-3 times during today drving). I have no problem locking GPS signal at the initial start, it just loosing GPS lock then re-acquiring lock during navigation. This happen to Copilot and Google NAV also (if you noticed the NAV icon on google will stop until it re-lock the GPS signal again)

Thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] roadster92:
Someone has said that every time that you flash over the top of previous version, you need to immediately flash the APPS2SD again in order to avoid boot loop.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stoney_38668:
I haven't wiped anything since 8/19 and I flash nightly. I've never experienced the bootloop but I also don't use a2sd so that very well could be the issue. I've started flashing an uncapped kernel with each nightly as well. No probs.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jakejm79:
So I will throw my hat into the ring regarding GPS.

I had it working pretty good (would sometimes be a little sensitive to losing line of sight or some times would drop out and need to turn GPS on and off to get it to work) this was on the 8/21 Nightly I believe that I had flashed over RC1 (to eliminate the wake lag). Anyway I used it the other day for a trip to the airport and game, it worked so so. Since I have got home it hasnt worked at all, well find my location to within 60m but wont lock so Nav cant be used. I tried flashing the apns-conf fix - nothing, mock locations was already off - tried toggling it made no difference, tried flashing 8/24, 8/25 and RC1 again, all with wipes in between, still wasnt working.

To get it to work I ended up flashing Fresh 2.3.3 and making sure that it worked on that, then I wiped and flashed 8/24 nightly (included #8 kernel) and now I can get a lock within a minute or two, probably would be quicker outside.

I dont know what flashing Fresh did, but it did make a difference.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ssolomon:
Which version of the Sprint Nav are you using and do you have the apk or link? I had used a version from previous Fresh 2.1 ROM and had problems. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] reaper36:
Main things I notice are speed and stability. The nightlies are incremental improvements, not drastic changes. Camera/gallery seems to get better and in general my phone just seems smoother. I agree with you though, since rc1 things have worked pretty nice. Other people might be able to tell you more as I have not had a lot of the problems others have reported. This is one of the roms that has played nice with my phone. But def. gallery has gotten better.

I would seriously consider flashing the newest google package if you haven't already. That has improved a lot over the older one.

I think a lot of us have just gotten addicted to the upgrades.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Kirby Baker:
Regarding the GPS issue, I have to say that while installing SprintNAV *may* be a solution, its definitely not required, at least in my case. Running the RC1 build, I had GPS issues, rarely would it lock, and was basically unusable. Wiped everything and installed the 8-25 nightly (not over top RC1) and installed the 8-16 version of gapps, and GPS is locking perfectly now. No issues in 2 days. Able to get a lock in less than 10 seconds inside a steel building, less than 2-3 seconds outside. Something in either the 8-25 build, or the 8-16 dated gapps made GPS work better (or combination of the 2)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ssolomon:
I had tried that combination as well and not only have the insane battery drain, but GPS issues as well.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Kirby Baker:
Weird. I've had about the same battery life as I did when running RC1 for a week. Able to unplug at 7am, and put on the charger at 10pm with about 30-35% left.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ssolomon:
I've gotten the batter drain with all the CM6 versions. I've tried it with a different kernel and with the base kernel, with the battery tweak and without it. I've tried wiping completely and just flashing over the previous build. All of them drain much faster than my Fresh 2.1 ROM. Don't get me wrong, I love the ROM itself but really wish I could figure the battery issue out.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LifeInTheGrey:
I noticed pretty bad (not horrible, but still) drain on mine the last couple builds, and just as part of changing the look of my phone I uninstalled BattStatt and switched from ADW to LP. Instantly noticed a boost in battery life, about 2% per hour. I read that ADW 1.1.3 had battery drain problems, so that could be it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xzjn9p:
I noticed this too. When I switched from ADW to LP my battery increased, not a ton, but better. I also agree that battery life on fresh was better. That said, I'm not going back. Running 8/23 nightly btw.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Kirby Baker:
Its kind of funny, I would say I have better battery drain than on Fresh 2.3.3. But then again, I am not running Friendstream now, so that may have been a big battery user. Using LPP.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Pauper7:
interesting....

Im running Nightly 8/23, uncapped Kernel #7, Set CPU & launcher pro. I run the Chomp Widget, Google search widget, launcher pro bookmark widget, Jorte task widget, power control widget, Set CPU widget, genie weather widget and a digital clock widget.

So last night @ 10 I unplugged my phone @100%. when I woke up @ 6 it was @97%. I had left the WIFI and Mobile ntwrk data OFF. I turned the mobile ntwork on @ 7am. So I started my day @ 7am, 2 calls for a total of 30 minutes, about ten texts and logged onto google talk for an hour. browsed the market for ten and checked FB via the browser. I choose NEVER to run the app. There were the occassioanal just turn the phone on and flip thru screens so I didnt have to listen to my boss. Currently running services are jorte, SETCPU, powertime, digital clock service, DSP manager, google services, genie refresh, HTC IME mod...

It is now 11 am, and I am @ 50%...so from 7am to now, I have spent 50% of my battery on very minimal use...it's been 12 hours since I unplugged for a full charge. The drain started happening 20 minutes after I woke up my phone, in that time it went from 97 to 85 and I had not done a thing except wake it up...as I type this I have lost 3% more battery life...im so freakin confused and amazed how ppl are getting such great battery life. what am I doing wrong?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] feefeeboomboom:
In a nutshell you have alot of extra services and process running. Both demand CPU and memory to run. Hence mad battery drain.

Have checked to see if your phone is being wake-locked?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] duffkitty:
That's a lot of Widgets. Most people getting insane battery life run like 3-5 screens and a small handful of Widgets. You cab try Juicedefender also which will turn off 3g when the phone is locked and has a condition to allow it to stay on if data is being used. Downside is it's an additional service.

Sent from my CM 6 Blackmodded Heroc using the XDA app. Now with uncapped kernel and battery tweaks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Pauper7:
I have 5 screens going. one screen is all contact shortcuts since there is no ppl widget. I will go to three and consolidate screens and widgets to see if there is any difference. out of curiosity Duffkitty, your using the collins tweak, hows that going, what kind of batteyr life are you seeing? I was using it for a while but when I saved my settings nothing seemed to stick. So if I get rid of set cpu, use the uncapped (#7 or#8 in your opinion and why?) with the collins and autokiller and juicedefender, remove the chomp widget and book mark widget and set cpu widget and powertime widget. I shoudl see an increase in battery life?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] raz699:
That worked, thank you.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] TP2DH1:
Running the 825 nightly with the gapps after a wipe.

Does not work:

Sprint Airwave is not recognized when in standby. Locks onto a cell tower about 15 miles away

Beautiful Wigits & Weather Bug wigits do not work

Home button does not go home or to the center wigit

Wifi has lost range

Ringtones for messaging/email is not muted by pressing the up volume as a phone call is.

Works:

Render, calendar & music wigits

Able to turn on roaming towers only..<-- nice in poor Sprint coverage areas

Gmail is working with push, its slow but works. K9 mail is a consistent 10-20 seconds Gmail is upto a few minutes.

I take it having 5 screens instead of 7 is normal? Ability to sync contacts with a 2nd gmail address is nice.

Since I want to use gtalk with another email address other than the 1st email entered on the phone is that a possibly future feature? If I delete the 1st account entered will my market default the purchases to the 2nd email account? Reason being is I currently have an email address as my 1st account which I use exclusively for contacts & calendar and do not give that email out.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] TP2DH1:
Figured out how to add additional screens, have the 7 back :)

Is irc still working? Not able to access the channel or server..I could have old server info?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stricklerjosh:
So I had great battery life the first two days with the 8-23 nightly. Now its horrible. Any ideas?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] duffkitty:
Collin's battery tweak does what it's supposed to do. I have it set to 691 and it scales down properly when battery is dieing. I don't use the cfs tweaks on it. I use #8 so I can run the Interactive scheduler. There's a script in this forum where we found how to start it at boot.

Shouldn't need autokiller, another service and there's built in memory management in the kernel. Personally I use the **** outta my phone but when I didn't use it much while calibrating battery I got 26+ hours. I ran digital clock from Blackmod, pure grid calendar, power manager widget, Pandora widget, news abd weather and audiomanager.

Sent from my CM 6 Blackmodded Heroc using the XDA app. Now with uncapped kernel and battery tweaks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] borhaj:
I flashed fresh too, which i usually do when I get boot loop and it works but in this case it worked too but after a couple tries it wen crazy but then I installed sprint nav and now it's working fine, it could be from fresh or sprint nav idk
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LifeInTheGrey:
Flashing Fresh worked for me too, did it back when I was running the 8/22 nightly and fixed it, been fine since. Its funny, that was actually the fix for GPS back when Test 4 came out. I guess its tried and true!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stricklerjosh:
Can someone point me in the direction of the 8/16 gapps or the gapps light version? Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LifeInTheGrey:
http://mirror.kanged.net/gapps/

Use the mdpi version (the "tiny" is the light version).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] TP2DH1:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/files/file/88-google-addon-frf91-mdpi-20100816/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stricklerjosh:
what is the difference between the light and regular?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LifeInTheGrey:
The light doesn't have certain additional applications, like Car Dock.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jakejm79:
Yeah mine was working fine last night when I posted that, then it wouldnt work this AM, flashed back to DD2.8 and then to the 8/27 and it seems to be working now, but for how long. Is the question.

But apparently now my MMS isnt working.

Gonna try 8/20 now, that is when I last remember having everything working :-0
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LifeInTheGrey:
How'd you get 8/27? At the nightlies site, it only has through 8/25.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mquinn24:
Asopbots twitter. He has the -8/27 build

http://mobile.twitter.com/aospbot
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
But his are different than Darch I believe. I plan on sticking with Darch :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mquinn24:
I'm running Darchs. I just saw he had it up last night.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jakejm79:
The nightlies aren't Darch's, well they aren't compiled by Darch, they are built by a computer every night (well apart from the last few nights). The AOSPBOT ones are built from the same source has the nightlies so they should be identical if compiled at the same time. Darch is just in charge of developing/maintaining the heroc branch of CM6 so any ROM compiled from the CM6 source for the heroc could be considered a Darch ROM.

So back on topic, 8/20 seems to work OK, MMS works and so doesnt GPS (well it appears to, the lock is a little slow and not as accurate as 8/27, but I seem to remember it being spotty when driving). Maybe I will try pushing the apns-conf.xml fix and see if that makes a difference.

Also of note on 8/27, my kernel seemed to be stuck at 254Mhz till I flashed the Colins battery tweak.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dawgz:
looks like the 8.28 nightly is up! debating to flash or not.... still running the 8.22 and things still pretty good and stable for me.... decisions...