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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
note-cpu: setcpu works also.

note2 FCs and stability: I've had fc's of process.media regularly when using gallery3d and for a while afterwards. only fc for me though, really stable and quick overall (but I highly recommend using launcherpro instead of the included adw - adw seems really slow in froyo on the hero, launcherpro is really fast on same rom).

note3 camera: camera magic works but screen update is really slow and focus ain't that hot, however it gets you by in a pinch (I've had issues with it however on this rom, sometimes can only take one pic before need to quit app and restart it). camera magic is broken on current nightly build though so if you want any camera stick with the build in teh other thread.

note4 camera: other apps like barcode scanner, google shopper, other cameras, basically don't work... basically anythign that uses the normal camera stack. camera magic must use it's own direct polling or something weird. and on latest nightly build there is no camera at all - magic FCs, and others show the developer's test data instead of the actual camera output (it looks cool but no photos actually taken so it's not a camera until they solve the resolution and autofocus issues).

note5 apps2sd: apps2sd has proven not work for me (froyo style) and unstable and causing me issues (non-froyo style using the terminal command outlined in this and other threads on the subject). Maybe I'm unique - but worth noting.

note6 reception (voice and data): I'm having serious reception troubles with this rom and there is one other person who claims the same trouble so far. Maybe everyone does without noticing or caring, maybe we're the only two. but it's a major drawback right now and may force me to move back to vr12 for the time being. voice and mobile data are very unpredictible and go in and out of level with resulting static and dropped calls/zero data connectivity appearing at same times. most of the time it's reception isn't too good, rarely it's great, sometimes it's simply nonexistent. all the while it was fine with other roms in same locations.

all the info I can give that might hopefully help people decide whether to try this pre-alpha or not for now.

It IS amazing, cool, fast, smooth, and stable. but there are obviously a couple of significant hardware issues the devs are working on... give them time, they're working hard and fast.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Miister-Ot:
is it coming soon? :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cyberkid2002:
already out... follow the link on the first page.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MysteryHero:
The pm SetInstallLocation 2 didn't work for me, I applyed su to the terminal emulator. The applications, just doesn't install.

Anyhow, Does this version have fixed protected apps issue for market? Since that's a huge bummer for some apps :(.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Miister-Ot:
ahh.. of course! did'n think :P anyways thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Mr._E:
+1 (got the same problem) and cannot move apps to SD.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] L0cke:
Has anyone tried the latest nightly build? If so any major changes/updates from the initial alpha release?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] simoncheung:
my wifi does not work
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] L0cke:
Could you be more specific... does it turn on, does it find any networks, do you get any errors?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikael120:
not that i can see, currently the alpha and the nightly build is pretty much identical, but that will of course change over time.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
according to devs the latest nightly just got apps2sd working. am about to download and try it myself.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joaann:
Downloading and try it this afternoon.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Demologic:
just flashed the latest nightly

The phone becomes very slow during the bootscreen, with all the colours being distorted.

Cant get past the lockscreen

Could it be that rom is under clocked too much ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Mr._E:
Yepp, got it working but the graphic is messed up really bad. All colours distorted... I still can't install any apps at all!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Demologic:
have you been able to increase the clock speed ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Mr._E:
Hard to say as the screen was almost unreadable! I think I got it up to 700-something...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Demologic:
Kl must be another issue then
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulb42:
Installed the nightly - very impressed so far, everything seems to work. No problems with the WiFi or screen distortion as others have reported.

I've seen minor problems that I've seen mentioned elsewhere - LED is green when charging, ADW FCs sometimes (Launcher Pro works great).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Demologic:
was it this one you flashed

CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-06_15h09.zip

or the slightly older version

ALso did you wipe etc

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maxisma:
Screen color distortion may occur because of the new kernel.. Which I think (haven't checked yet) doesn't support overclocking either.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] paulb42:
The kernel does appear to support OCing - setCPU allows up to 710MHz, with Linpack score of 4.8/4.9.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Leimi:
Hey,

I had the same colors problem with the latest version (2010-07-06_15h09) after a full wipe.

The problem is not here with the older version (2010-07-05_18h26) :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rbrucemtl:
It's because the new nighty is way more over-under clocked then the 2010-07-05 build.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Jaco90:
So installing Overclock widget and bringing in down to 610 or something should fix the color problems?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tierra:
Has the FRF91 issue been fixed yet? Last I checked, flashing it created a verification error...

thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
I think he's saying that the lower speed is too low (sure looks that way to me on my phone). hopefully that's the issue.

if you can see screen enough, try increasing bottom line to the 300 or 400 range.

I haven't been able to get into a file manager to install setcpu let alone change it's speeds yet. so I mgiht have to reflash the previous build.

worth a shot
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Leimi:
I tried that. I put the widget to 691 Mhz, I tried to put off/on the screen several times, I tried to reboot too.. but even with that the screen still had problems.

Maybe I did something wrong ? :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ~David:
You have to increase the sleep (screen off) clock rate.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
and the lowest rate with screen on too.

it seems to be running INCREDIBLY slowly, like as slow as setpu could ever go.

I haven't still gotten to where I can install setcpu yet but am trying to work through unresponsive phone speed to get there.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikael120:
you could try flashing the older build then install setcpu and configure it and then check the "set on boot" option an then flash the new build.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
clever :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
yea, confirmed, something else is up with the latest build. setcpu asked for permissions upon flashing (as it should), I hadi t set for 4xx to 57x or whatever without any profiles so it should have done the trick.

obviously that's not what's going on.

oh well, that's why these are nightlies :-)

probably caught you guys in the middle of saving a file or something and the build went awry.

will revert and try again tonight.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pontefix:
I just flashed yesterdays CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-05_18h26.zip

It runs like a wet dream so far [at 691mhz], thanks to the whole CM-team!

I wiped and factory resetted, but i did not wipe ext or reformat my sd.

I did not wipe my 512MB ext2 partition.

1. question:

Now after booting up, i realised that apps2sd is working (122MB free internal).

So is it using the ext2 partition correctly now?

2. q:

Setup didn't ask to activate WIFI. i think it should do so (to save data from the phone bill).

i went to settings and activated my network - it didnt ask for a password.

are those wifi passwords stored on the ext2 or fat32? this made me wonder because i had wiped everything else.

i'm sure, plenty more questions will come up.

would be nice if someone in the knows could answer, doesnt have to be maxisma or Lox ;)

Thx in advance
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rafi300:
After installing a nightly build, following .. for the next build will full wipe b necessary, specific wipes or no wipes just flash it over? Thanks for the insight.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bonesy:
Apps2sd ISNT working correctly,should be 167mb (thereabouts) which it is when first installed but not after downloading all apps again?(back down to 110mb)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rbrucemtl:
Well my guess is that the graphics are initialized at boot using the kernel default clocks and the frame-buffer is getting corrupt on some devices... and the over-clock widget does not work at the kernel level only in user-space after booting.

I just repackaged the new nightly with the old nightly boot.img and resigned and updated the wlan.ko in lib/modules
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
sounds logical - but on mine even with setcpu running to ensure clock speed was ok it was still deathly slow (every operation, screen touch, etc took half a minute to respond). so maybe it was just the graphics but it could be more than just graphics that were affected.

maybe, possibly

EDIT: are you uploading that build via ftp to the server right now? I see ".pureftpd-upload.4c338927.15.7530.ed8a01ca	" in the file list with a partially completed filesize.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] docertabum:
downloading fresh one :))

(previous CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-06_15h09.zip was not working for me at all)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikael120:
I'm booting it now, and its not looking very good, even the boot animation is glitchy
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] docertabum:
the same here... I'm pesimistic :((
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikael120:
sorry to dissapoint but this build is unusable, the colors are completely messed up, and its slow, in addition it crashed 20 seconds after it booted up
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mljjlm:
Could be some google-backup from sd-card i think.. not sure though :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheLastOne:
Build it indeed not usable. Oh well.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] docertabum:
yes, the colors are bad... I couldn't even unlock the phone... going back to CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-05_18h26.zip
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheLastOne:
Gotta say the bootscreen with the corrupted graphics looked pretty awesome.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ace42:
Do you have a change log or is it on the github page?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] simoncheung:
yes, it turn on and connected to my wifi route, but i can't browse the internet.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ganii:
Anyone tried the new build "CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-06_21h51.zip"?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] saj222:
Just booting now.

It seems the strange mix of colours that appeared in the last nightly build along with general unresponsiveness are still present. I'm going to try a few things and post back.

Edit: I tried something I saw someone else suggest. Using Nandroid to restore an image of "CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-05_18h26.zip", then set SetCPU to max/min 480000 or so, flashed "CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-06_21h51.zip" on top and rebooted. Result is the funky colours are still there and the handset is slightly more responsive but still very sluggish.

Anyone else experiencing this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Mr._E:
Yepp, tried it and got the same result! Also tried to whipe EVERYTHING and install the latest build - same result. :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jell:
maxisma: what kernel are You using in yours builds? and how much it's overclocked?

loxdev build works for me reasonably, but yours has problem with framebuffer/graphics - looks for me to overclocked kernel...

and try "su" under adb shell on yous roms - on last build i have sigsegv or sigstop, on earlier - "permission denied"

edited: ok, problem with "permission denied" looks weird - su needs at least one confirmation under Superuser.apk - which could be done only after full phone boot...

edited: ok - problem is with kernel... for what reason someone set 780MHz as default freq? is so unusable on most phones...

i'm trying to find way to drop this to 690MHz without rebuilding boot.img :/

maxisma: please - change this to something reasonable...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gondolkodot:
I'm testing CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-06_21h51.

camera not working.

and will be report more later.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ganii:
Camera don`t works with any ROM if "Official CyanogenMod 6.0 Alpha Preview Unsupported (test0 - 03/07)" or "CyanogenMod 6.0 Nightly builds" ;)

We have to wait for a fix!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jell:
ok. with stock kernel update (made by lox http://github.com/loxK/android_device_htc_hero/issues#issue/9 ) - this rom works much better as for graphics but also system process FCs :/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joaann:
I'm trying CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-05_18h26.zip because the 2010-07-06_15h09.zip build have a lot of problem with colours.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ganii:
CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-05_18h26 is the only which worked

for me without the color problem!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rbrucemtl:
Can you please fix the kernel not all of us can support 780MHz and get fu#$ up graphics.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikael120:
this is a nightly build, if it doesn't work then download an older one and wait for the next build, simple as that, the whole point of a nightly build is that it is 100% fresh and 100% untested, if you want a stable rom then nightly builds simply isn't for you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jell:
problem with graphics isn't connected with overclocking (i downclocked kernel to 480MHz and problem still existed - it's something wrong with kernel).

under loxdevs kernel graphics looks good, but some other problem stops rest of rom from working correctly...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alioooop:
have someone tried the 07-07? =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TheLastOne:
I'm downloading it now...will test and report back.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alioooop:
good :) hope the colorproblem is fixed now!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joaann:
I will try it in a few minutes.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikael120:
the color problem is still present :(

seems this build is just as unusable as yesterdays build

Edit: this build is indeed not usable, it has the same color corruption as the previous build, in addition it crashed right after it booted up. seems well have to stay on the 7/5/10 build for now :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Feeyo:
This is an issue with a wrong FB setting in the kernel.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Feeyo:
Give this kernel a try: http://www.multiupload.com/7YTRLLDGVF
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ganii:
Nightly builds,only the old CM6_Hero_Nightly_2010-07-05_18h26

works!

But what about live wallpaper?

Found this,but don`t know what to do:

http://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_htc_hero/blob/737bf08961d4037f1183805c89ee79a53995c769/setup-makefiles.sh
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
Works! but now the SD card doesn't show...

bedankt :)

greetz,

JckDnls
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] powerhook:
yes, it works but still laggy and cant read sd
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Feeyo:
sdcard can not be read? ... It should work..

EDIT: Sorry I do not know what maxima exactly does with A2SD nor have I tried his work out yet. So yea could be something to do with his config and my kernel.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
exactly as it was in yesterday's nightly build(s). somethign is up, but these ARE nightly builds which really aren't meant to work in the first place.

No matter what, I think the devs are aware of the issue since it's been there for the past 2 nightly builds (or maybe 3) plus the extra build done yesterday which was, I think, supposed to solve the problem but didn't.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
exactly. and to be even more accurate, a nightly build just is built on whatever was checked in but nightlies don't wait for developers to be finished before the build process starts. If you're not done programming, too bad. the build will be broken. typically nightlies don't work at all. but they're made available to play with. When a build is expected to work for real use and it's actually been tried by the devs and appears to work, then it will be made availablel on the other thread.

I have nightly builds going on at my workplace right now. There is no point in trying most of them... although I do try to only checkin working code things go wrong often, especially with more than one developer working on the project.

someone turns in their part that they think will work but will require someone else's part to actually work in the phone. now the other person can try their part out and check things in later, and almost always a first or second attempt will fail so voila, borked rom.

it's ok guys - the devs aren't doing anything wrong. it's just a method of software development. hang in there :-)

However it's always good to try these out and post results so other users and of course the devs can see what's happening on people's phones.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikael120:
the latest build works perfectly as long as you use lox kernel which can be found here:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6729720/Android/Misc/update-cm-6.0.0-Hero-All-kernel-signed.zip

ps. lox's kernel is not overcloked which can be good or bad depending on what clockspeeds your hero supports

btw the download link for the kernel was found here http://github.com/loxK/android_device_htc_hero/issues#issue/9
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
hey Feeyo - thanks for trying :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] krispijn_s:
Also with this kernel, the phone doesn't go to sleep, which means you'll have about 6 hours of battery life. The ROM itself (the nightly) is nice though, fixed auto-brightness and working native apps2sd :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
is that kernel a flashable update.zip? and if so, do I flash the latest nightly and then flash the kernel all in one amon-ra session and THEN reboot the phone? I think I'm correct but it's worth confirming first. I just want to try it before I go back to 07-05 which is still incredibly stable, fast, reliable and working beautifully.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
has anyone noticed that apps like google sky map won't install? is it just that the app isnt' froyo compatible (seems unlikely being a google app, but worth asking) or is there something not-fully-froyo about this rom or it's market that is causing some compatibility issue?

There are many other apps that don't work (and tons that do work), but Google Sky Map is an easy one to point out and I think should be an example that is worth some discussion.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
voice/data signal level update:

:-) I should add that I've had much better voice communication in the 07-05 nightly than in the original build from the other thread.

I waited a day to make sure I was right by testing it plenty before posting this result.

my notification bar still shows wildly fluctuating signal level but I seem to have better data signal quality and definitely have much better voice signal quality. when making/receiving a call it sounds staticy and poor signally (sorry for inventing words) for the first second then suddenly bumps up in quality to where it should be so I'm happy with performance in 07-05.

it's great... strange, but great. so something was either wrong with the first build or my flashing various radios and reflashing the 07-05 rom overtop of the .11 radio last time has somehow fixed the issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] krispijn_s:
Yeah.. it's an update .zip able one.. currently running it with the latest nightly from maxisma's repo (the 07_07_15h14 one) to see if it's still there..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] saj222:
+1 That is a great explanation for those who are not aware of what the nightly build process actually is/does.

In accordance with what you said I just posted the results to share as part of my responsibility to the community. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
haha!! thanks for the props my brother from the telus mother :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alioooop:
new release, whats new? =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joaann:
Thas last build, (8/7) have the same issue than the other builds after the build from 5/7.

Color problems..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikael120:
it can be fixed

thats because of the kernel, It can be fixed, by flashing that build then flashing the kernel from the 7/5 build and it corrects the color problem. the only think not working was wifi, but that was easily fixed by pushing the wlan.ko file from the old build. Sadly I have no idea how to create a signed update so if you want to do this then you have to do it manually using adb.

first extract the boot.img an wlan.ko (which is located under /system/lib/modules) from the 7/5 build then copy them to the root of your sdcard then flash the 7/8 build from recovery then while in recovery execute these commands:

1. adb shell

2. mount -a

3. flash_image boot /sdcard/boot.img

4. cp /sdcard/wlan.ko /system/lib/modules

then just reboot and everything should work correctly.

note: I would really appreciate it if somebody created a update.zip that flashed the kernel and copied the wlan.ko file automatically

note2: I did experience 1 crash when i tried unlocking my phone with this build so it may not be completely stable even with the old kernel
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bihariel:
how can i activate app2sd?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] drygmasken:
First time on CM6.

Seems like I only can get 3G connection and not the H connection with this ROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maxisma:
You get HSDPA. It just shows 3G though.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] drygmasken:
Ok, thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joaann:
Anyone can make an update.zip with the kernel from Official CM6?

All build since 5/7 have the same issue and it's for the kernel.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] furrypotato:
In work at moment so can't, but will do it tonight when home if nobody else beats me to it.