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[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
@dirtpan - ask and you shall recieve! But just to clarify it should be the black dialer just like in the first post on the thread but here ya go.

I did notice that I had to push it twice to get it to work ??? I dunno why. you may have to kill the dialer too or restart the phone to get it to work. I think it keeps the pictures in cache, so you may have it installed but you have to get it to update the cache to change the pictures of the buttons to make it look right. At one point it had all but one button that was right :X it was #1. That one button looked like the stock dialer. haha! but it fixed itself after a reboot.

Also to answer your question, I didn't use the most updated apps2sd by darktremor but it DOES have apps2sd built in. The one that is built in is a slightly older version injected from Android Kitchen, and has no configurable options.

That is rather odd on your free space. There is no logical reason why you should not have more free space than the stock RUU. Does it show more memory on other roms besides mine?

Hopefully (and I emphasize hopefully) I will have time to update this rom tonight, preferably with the newest apps2sd, the newest 710mhz kernel, and a few other things. I am going to re-build from the ground up so hopefully any issues we had before will be gone, and this will include the updated dialer as well. When I update it, I will ask to go ahead and do a full wipe, and redo of your sd card so we know you can take advantage of the apps2sd. And I would love to get mine to automatically copy the uninstalled apps to the memory card like other roms (just haven't figured it out yet).

One more thing. Any geocacher's here? I love that!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dirtpan:
Having to wipe as we speak and reinstall. Dialer got completely busted! Wished I would have waited until tomorrow so I could flashed the new ROM!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] iamafireman:
I really thought it was odd that I had less free space with your rom than I did with the stock rom. When you flash the update take note of your internal memory and let me know what it is.

Whats geocacher??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Well I have actually gotten myself into some nice updates here with this new build!

The name will be Dirteh_South-V2Beta1 (but I think I might discontinue the main name..)

It will feature newest apps2sd/newest overclocked/undervolted core/jit included (but not enabled)/live wallpapers/Updated Facebook and maps!

Also includes the new dialer, and a handfull of other goodies. I can tell you the Navigation panel is back! I have a whole list of stuff I have done, and I am looking for a nice bootscreen right now to replace the old one :)

I am testing right now and should have it up tonight! :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] iamafireman:
Dont update the facebook. Cellsouth has confirmed that the new Facebook has identified a battery drain issue with the latest version of the Facebook app for Android

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/cellularsouth
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dirtpan:
SWEET! Can't wait!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
Awesome, looking forward to it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Sorry about the suspense! If you want it tonight, I hope you have your l8 night face on. I will have it up in a matter of hours (and I won't include the facebook update, Thanks for bringing that to light iamafireman)

I ran into a few snags on my last build... Like I said I will have it tonight though :)

Can't wait to see what you folks think of the new name and bootscreen :D

Something old, something new, something from the south that fights like.... ?

*note to self* - never make up retarded riddles again. :P
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
BUMPED!!!!

Upload is finished! Get it in the first post!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dean.d:
Excellent. Tweaked some settings and I'm blazing. Only thing is maps and helix. Don't use them. Everything else is making me... making me... I couldn't handle this on strong acid man... sry got carried away.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
Installed and working great. I use ADW Launcher and this thing is smoking fast.

Great Job Hex.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Thank you two for the comments :)

@dean.d - It's all good, if you wanna uninstall helix launcher, or maps or anything really, here's an extension to my adb tutorial:

1. get to the tools folder like in the tutorial, and do an adb remount (or sudo ./adb remount if on linux)

2. type 'adb shell' This will drop you into a terminal on the phone!

3. type 'cd system/app'

4. type 'ls' to see the files in the directory.

5. to remove a file, type 'rm [name of file]'

-For helix launcher you would be typing 'rm com.helixproject.launcher.apk'

-For Home switcher, 'rm ymst.android.homeswitcher.apk'

-For maps *r u crzy?! :P* 'rm Maps.apk'

-also if your wanting to remove all of google maps here are the rest of the files:

HtcNaviPanel.apk

Street.apk
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dean.d:
Freakin sweet. Thanks hexscrew. With adw I can hardly keep up. Your last build was fast, but I didn't think 710-720 would be so noticeable.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bbrosen:
any data roaming issues with this one? if not, Im divin in! Is google maps not working for some reason?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] iamafireman:
By chance did anyone check internal memory after installing. Mine has 105mb. still less than when I installed the stock rom.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Hey Bill! Nope no roaming issues here! Everything is great with this rom! BTW, I thought you were running 2.2? (yeah i saw you on facebook)

BTW!!! There is more to do after you install the rom but it's soooooooooo worth it!!!

Ok, remember that adb stuff I told ya! Get to the tools directory and do this(I am also going to add this to the 2nd post):

1. DO A NANDROID! It could possibly bork the android install, but since you just updated, keep that southpaw.zip file on the phone just in case!

2. type "adb remount" to remount the device

2a. type "adb shell" to get into the shell of the phone

3. type "a2sd remove" to remove the default install stuff (cause it's not right. sry)

4. type "a2sd install" to setup a2sd

5. type "a2sd swap" to enable swapping to the memory card

6. type "a2sd cachesd" to put dalvik cache on sd card

VOILA! 149MB free on the phone! *w00t*

Also there is more config you could do here. You can enable JIT *dunno if it works, so add at your own risk* There is an issue I am having with the actual apps 2 sd part but that may only be me.

I can't get the default installed files to go to the sdcard (do NOT just copy them, your supposed to type 'a2sd install' to do this so the symlinks are created, if you just copy them... it's just like deleting them except they would still be on the sd card) BUT any apps you download WILL be added to the sd card.

Dconfig sadly does not work with this version of a2sd and jit, so... don't use it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bbrosen:
I am on 2.2 but still needs work.....fun to paly with but when it gets better it will be my perm one hopefully, dunno, depends on how this rom works, rather have something Ms made and cs oriented....im gonna go for it
[Hero CDMA Android Development] iamafireman:
What recovery image are you using? I think mine might not be wiping all of the data. After I wiped I ran adb ls and got this

C:\sdk\tools>adb shell

/ # ls

ls

cache init proc sys

data init.goldfish.rc res system

default.prop init.heroc.rc root tmp

dev init.heroc.rc~ sbin

etc init.rc sdcard

/ #
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
I think it is dropping you somewhere else besides the root directory of the phone.

Try typing cd / and see what happens when you do an ls.

The phone's shell doesn't show the directory your in, but you can always type:

'cd /system/app' to get to the app directory, or 'cd /' to get to the root directory.

When I do it, here's what happens:

sh-3.2# cd /
sh-3.2# ls
sqlite_stmt_journals
config
cache
sdcard
d
etc
system
sys
sbin
ramdisk-new.gz
proc
logo.rle
init.rc
init.heroc.rc
init.goldfish.rc
init
default.prop
data
root
dev
sh-3.2#

***Wait a minute***

is this before you flashed the new zip or is this just right after you cleared everything? If this is right after you cleared everything, then I believe there will be stuff there (has to I think) but it's really.... not? Ok. I'll explain. In Linux, just like windows, you can have multiple 'partitions' but in linux they show up as directories. So it's probably partitions that have to be on the phone (i.e. your recovery image, locations for the system, and boot, and for the radio)

FYI I am using clockworkmod recovery on mine *no real preference, I accidentally updated it to clockworkmod when I was messing with Darch's 2.2*
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bbrosen:
I keep getting acore process has stopped, and cannot mount as the phone does not recognize it is connected to my pc, but my pc sees the phone....so i cannot mount the phone now...hmm, too bad seems super fast..if no suggestions ill go back to my previous rom...

ok well, rewiped and reflashed, seems ok now..time for a2sd...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dirtpan:
Anyone else's terminal emulator FC'ing?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
@dirtpan - Yes, I just tried it myself and the terminal program is fc'ing no matter what, and I tried others as well and had the same issue? This is very odd. I will see if I can get to the bottom of it soon, but everything else seems to work, so for right now, just use your adb for anything terminal related.

And I also can't seem to get the phone to remove any apks as well...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bbrosen:
how do I activate apps to sd, I did the adb commands as instructed, nothing shows in the menu that i can find to allow apps to sd and when i download apps they do not go to the sd card, any info?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Found a fix for Android Terminal!

1. go into adb. ('adb remount' and then 'adb shell')

2. type 'cd system/app'

3. type 'rm jackpal.androidterm.apk' <-this deletes the terminal program

4. exit the adb shell by typing 'exit' (should have thought of adding this before)

5. download the android terminal file from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?9fmmnp1yrntwl2j and place it in your android-sdk tools folder.

6. now back in the command window @ the android-sdk tools folder, type:

'adb push jackpal.androidterm.apk system/app'

It should now work. I guess something messed up when I compiled the final build.. And all I did between the last test and the build I uploaded was change the background file?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Did you set up an ext2 or ext3 partition on your sdcard? I should post a how to on that as well but the thing is, it really depends on your recovery software as the best way to go about it...

Also apps2sd is enabled by default, it just doesn't copy all the preinstalled software from my rom onto the sdcard (which I will be looking into soon), so really it should work out of the box as far as anything you download.

BTW, are you setup with an ext4 partition? If so that could be the issue. There is a known issue about ext4 not working so hot on 2.1 apps2sd setups. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it does not.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Terminal, no go...says its not properly signed. I installed Android Command Shell, it has ads but works.

I was wondering why a2sd wasn't rebooting and memory going up on phone. Your commands worked like a champ although I had to reconfigure all my widgets. They wouldn't refresh. No biggy. But so far this is very smooth. Haven't seen anything major yet.

Going to Orlando tomorrow, will report the roaming. The first release my roaming was a little sketchy. Seemed to work in some areas but not others. At my home I was only able to connect occasionally. When I was on 1.5 stock, I connected without issue.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
I noticed this too. For some reason it absolutely will not install after you remove it from the phone if you download it from the Market, but if you download the file from the post I gave (also I went ahead and put it under issues found in the second post) and push it to the phone via adb then it works fine. Strange thing is, the file I pushed was the exact same file packed with the rom, just not from the actual rom file itself...

I think the issues stem from the fact that apps2sd is not configured properly. You should not notice any negative side effects, but it will be fixed in the next revision which I may have out as early as tomorrow night but it could be up to a week :/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
I did all that then saw the posts. I went back in and removed Android Command and installed as per your post. Worked like a champ.

I have to tell ya, your really staying on top of this. Most releases I have used do not have this level of attention and for those of us learning, its refreshing to see how things are being repaired. Thanks for your hard work.:D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Thank you jeepman!

Well there are a few reasons why I work so hard on this rom, and what makes it different from others.

1. Smaller fanbase - There are only I would say between 95 to 100 people using my roms (actually per mediafire.com, 97 people downloaded fast dubz, and 37 downloaded this one) whereas the other roms, folks have a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand people using it, and each issue for each user may or may not be unique. Sometimes it's intermittent, so the real issue here is.. Is it intermittent, and if so what amount of people is affected to those who are not? Sometimes it may be more relevant depending on the amount of work they put into the roms to just let a few issue slide.

2. This is my ONLY rom - A lot of dev's out here (which are great people btw) have multiple roms going, and they can only do so much at once. Since I only use my rom (but 2.2 gets sooo inviting sometimes :P) any issues you folks have, I can check and if it works on mine, there's something somewhere that didn't click for yours that I would like to help get working. Especially because of the small fan base, I want to ensure you can always use my rom to the fullest (though for nothing more than personal gratification of course!)

3. And well, this may be something you could say is an 'unfortunate blessing' of sorts, but I have a little spare time. I just graduated college in the spring with a dual associates major in computer networking and programming.. My workplace right now runs me rampant sometimes, but then a get a few nice downtimes as well. Well, let's just say Obama didn't get one thing right.. *I.T. jobs being recession proof* Basically unless I have 10x years of experience it doesn't seem anybody wants to hire me. But at least I can say I have a job so I can't really complain right now :)

and 4. LUCK! - Honestly everything that I have fixed happened to be by some luck that I could just re-install/rm and push/or whatever. But then, if it were that bad (and I knew about it ahead of time) I wouldn't release it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
Even if you have a small fan base, CS is just getting into the android market. And with the latest release of 2.1, the simplified root and that it is now legal more people will catch on to the freedom.

I never leave any thing stock. Its nice though having someone on the little guys side taking the time. I really like CS as a carrier, been with sprint and att and will never go back.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
While that is true that simplified root is legal... There are some things that people don't quite realize on that legality. Technically speaking it's legal to root something as long as it's yours however, the fact remains that there is no legal tie with the warranty itself which from what I understand was the whole issue in the first place.

Basically it shields the end user from laws on reverse engineering on a personal level. Reverse engineering for money or for any large base is still technically illegal if it's someone else doing it for multiples of people, and that's only still legal if the device's root is intended for features that were already present within said device.

My stand? I personally use this rom, and you folks choose to use it at your own risk. I have nothing to do with you actually making your phone use it, and have no access to your physical phone, so basically it's freedom of speech, however if HTC ever wanted to, they could shut this whole place down on copyright infringement over night *minus the AOSP roms*, and I think the only real reason why they don't is because they know they would be shooting themselves in the foot because at least 1/4 of people going and buying the new phones out there, do so because of the potential rooted features they can recieve.

BTW, that reminds me. Anyone seen a Samsung galaxy? I came across a person I know tonight that had one.. WOW is all I can say.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
BTW I have searched and really never found an answer that worked, is there any way to convert/watch videos on the Hero aside from YouTube?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] haunches:
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but it is possible to play videos from an SD card. The Hero supports MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 and Windows Media Video 9. In the past, I've used Handbrake (handbrake.fr) to convert video for playback on the Hero. I haven't tried to play video since I've overclocked, but I know last time I tried, I had to encode with very low quality because the processor couldn't keep up.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jman83:
Ok im still a bit of a newb so please forgive me but i just have a couple of questions. I'm still running Dirteh_South_Fast_Dubz-Final and its working great however I would like to try out this new version with jit. I attempted to install this new version on a friends phone and after 20 minutes of the android guy waving at us we gave up. So here is my question. About how long should the install take (and yes i wiped everything according to your guide before flashing) and can jit be enabled without your sd card being partitioned? I'm not really concerned with apps2sd as of yet but maybe later. Also has anyone notice a difference while using jit?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bbrosen:
ya, think i got it, made ext 2 and yes it seems to work by default, im adding new apps and my phone mem is still 152mb, so seems good to go...thanks for the answers, this thing is fast for a sense rom...im keeping on this one...previous roms had a menu to turn on and off a2sd as well as you got to decide what ones were on phone mem or sd card....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bbrosen:
is cs getting the galaxy? good phone....hope they do this century tho...lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
You do not have to have a repartitioned memory card to use JIT, but to be completely honest, consider it very experimental. I have not even tried using it yet, and in the past my experience with it has been kinda.. rocky at best.

Sometimes it just depends as to how long it takes to actually get booted into the system the first time. I would wait 30 minutes tbh, but it never took my phone over 12mins to boot into the rom after wiping. But then I have had roms in the past that took over 20 mins to boot into. Try re-downloading it and see if it fixes anything. I wish I could just host an ftp myself, but atnt has been really scraggly on their upload bandwidth lately so the updates would be out faster, but you'd probably be waiting longer to actually download them, and I dunno if it's just me but I don't think media fire is very good at crc checking, and I believe that may be the reason we have had some intermittent bad downloads lately...

Before you flash the rom, try to open it and extract all the files somewhere just for temporary, and ensure that when it extracts, it does not give you any errors, and then put the rom on the phone.

Handbreak is a very good software for that. The best thing to do would be to make sure to resize the videos to a good widescreen length that is close to the resolution of the phone. The closer it is the less scaling the phone has to do and the better the playback will be.

Thanks Bill! Good to see your liking it. I know Darch is going to add a gui system to the next apps2sd so that will definitely be in the next revision :)

Also I am unaware of any gui for 2.1 that does anything for apps2sd or jit besides Dconfig.. Sure you'r not referring to the 2.2 roms? It's built in on those.

As far as CS getting the galaxy? PFFT! I wouldn't bet on it. They have yet to even give the release date for the (as of now obsolete) Milestone/Droid. Still better than the Hero but nowhere near a new Android phone. They need to start really getting their chips together if they really wanna sell any phones..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hcm228:
Thanks hexskrew for a great rom. This was my first attempt at rooting and installing a rom and it basically went off without a hitch. That said, is there an "easy" way to partition the sd card? I did it from the boot up screen but obviously it didnt work because my phone is running out of memory. Thanks in advance and thanks again for all of your hard work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dirtpan:
That's what I'm getting in my log. The mmcblk03 is busy. Apps don't seem to be going to SD. Got about 40 megs on free space on phone.

On another note. No probs with data in Atlanta and Des Moine!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jman83:
@hexscrew Thanks for the quick reply. Installed your rom on 2 phones yesterday with no problems. Both working great!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dean.d:
a2sd swap is a no go on but a2sd cachesd works. After wipe and new Rom flash and removal of a few pre apps, I ended up with 152 mb free. But as I dl apps my phone storage goes down. I can't remember the log from the swap but it was something like

" no such file or directory found"

and then went back to the ready state.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
I am in orlando and data is sparse. The new radio is killing my battery. Signal is down to 2 bars to nothing. Is there by chance a way to tweak settings? Will check my a2sd when I get back to mississippi. But its running about 132mb.