yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kingdazy:
i hear rumors that Ak does not play well with LPP? confirm? deny? ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hotaru:
i don't see anything newer than the 12th there... were the new builds removed?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
I deny that! I use LPP and have autokiller set to aggressive, and in LP settings, I have always keep in background checked :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Anyone have issues with Pandora freezing randomly (rarely, but at least once a day and requires a battery pull), or the Music app freezing and requiring a force close? Music app crash only seems to happen when it's done playing an album. Pandora makes my phone warm so maybe that is the issue.

Kernel runs at 691 (from uncapped thread, CFS), batt (interactive/deadline), Latest Vanilla from OP's front page post (10/12).

I'll admit this is my first time toying with custom roms, but I'm pretty comfortable with linux and using the command line. Got the phone rooted and ROM loaded in no time. I like to dive right in and get my hands dirty. These aren't show stopping issues either, only really use Pandora at work, and same with the Music app.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
Make sure JIT is off, I know it can cause problems like this
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
What is a good kernel and settings for this cause I have major keyboard lag right now and never did with 2.1 roms
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rundmcarlson:
Any plans for a new release soon? Nightly 95 has some sweet new features that would be even more awesome skinned :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
Can you flash the extremely blue version over the Vanilla without doing a wipe?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cordell12:
Yes, I have flashed all and then kept extremely blue :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
Should be able to I believe
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Ezintn:
No problems here, except one gps hic-up, inconvenient but resolved itself - BlackMod otb, great battery life, very fast, no f.c.s or random reboots, haven't tested camera/gallery yet...

Thanks again!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Ok, will try tomorrow at work and see what's up. I did have it turned on. Thanks. :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cordell12:
3D gallery is a bit funky, the background on the gallery 3D is a way out of focus pic from my saved images, it seems to change as I change folders though so I think they are on the right track. Pics load slow though, regular gallery is fine :)

extremely blue OTC17
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
No problem, let me know how it goes :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cordell12:
Impaler, remember a few pages back about my screen being fuzzy and grainy? I had to disable scrolling cache and a few other things... Well driving home from work today I started messing with my phone, I know the hero is a wreck in more ways than one! lol Anyway, I decided to google "adw launcher scrolling cache" I got a change log of the launcher. The launcher has been updated a few times though mine never had prompted me to update. So off to the market I went, I installed the launcher and set the newest adw launcher as default and my issues seem to be gone, knock on wood! I am able to keep scrolling cache enabled and all the other things I had to disable as well :) I hope this is the last I have to type about my screen, unless of course I am steering someone in the right direction to fix the same issue I had :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
Release Update

I posted new builds yesterday, but there were some errors from copybits, so I pulled the files. Since then, I have found that the nightlies exhibit the same behavior, and have not seen a lot of issues or complaints about performance or errors, and have had no issues over the course of the day. Based on that input, I am rebuilding based on another round of updates that were made over the last day or so. As no repo updates have occurred for the last 7 hours or so, it seems like a stable point for building. I will continue to look into the issue as time permits.

These will not have much testing, as I am currently unable to carve out the time. I will post them first for access through the shared folder with all of the releases (see OP), for those who are eager or willing to try them out.

RedGlass and BlackMod are uploading now and should be up shortly. ExtBlue and Vanilla to follow in an hour or so after the build completes.

Again, at this time I do not have the capacity to test, so make sure to nandroid before flashing, just in case you have issues.

UPDATE

A fix for the copybit error has just been posted. I will post updates after rebuilding. Not sure of the ETA. Probably in the morning, depending on what else has changed. I will leave the two builds already posted for now, but these will be updated by tomorrow.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
Cool, glad it's working for you man :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] FussyQBert:
This is an official request for version with gomorrah's Steel My Elegance theme. It's a sweet theme, and it currently doesnt work with the nightly. :D

please?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
Son of Release Update

The fix appears to be working. I am re-uploading RedGlass and BlackMod. ExtBlue and Vanilla to follow.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
Unfortunately, it is a lot of work to take theme files and convert them to an overlay theme like I use for the Blue, Black, Red builds. The biggest issue is restoring the 9patch chunk information to the modified PNG files that make up the theme. I am currently working to finish RedGlass and BlackMod, and will then start to work on Impaler's BlackGold theme. If someone else is willing to work on fixing the 9patch images (.9.png files), I can get it integrated into the builds. I just don't have the capacity to do more atm.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] whoopingchow:
Thanks a lot, Jaybob!! Really appreciate your work--running the 10/12 Blackmod without any hitches, it's running great.

I tried flashing the Vanilla ROM and then gomorrah's stable final Blackmod theme on top, and that caused a bootloop. Just letting people know in case they're thinking of trying it out in the future.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
Update Posted - 19OCT

Updates posted after repo sync at 5AM Eastern on 19-October. These have only had the standard 30 seconds of exhaustive testing, so YMMV.

Includes recent bug fixes and updates, including Galaxy S Style Power Widget.

Theme porting of RedGlass continues with a number of apps/icons ported included the Phone/Contact dialpad.

This has the fix for copybits (copybit.msm7k.so) included.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Ezintn:
Confirmed best battery life I've ever had on Heroc w/ 10-17 otb - 34% after 25hrs on a 12hr workday including 600 miles of driving and some gps use (w/ bt, data, and sync on the whole time). Normally have to recharge after 12hrs max. Just downloaded 10-19 but if my batt life takes a hit I'm nanding back!

edit: this includes hours of talk time, all on bt, mostly while driving long distance, which is typical for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CrashV2010:
Can't download the ex blue at all ...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
Just update my EXTBlue to the OCT 19 version and having major problems. I have never had problems before. The phone rebooted 2 times after flashing before coming all the way up. I then laid it down walked away for 10 minutes and when I came back I couldn't get the display to come on. I plugged the phone into the charger and the charging light didn't come on. After about a minute or two it rebooted again. I also flashed the latest gapps.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
If you haven't already, I would wipe dalvik-cache. Otherwise, I would try a fresh download and flash.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
R u still having problems downloading? I just tried both the link on the OP, and the shared MF folder, and both appear to be working.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Kenpoman:
i am having trouble with this rom everything goes good till my apps update then a lot of force closes happen

logcat http://pastebin.com/embed_js.php?i=0QzRfcM4
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
Looking at the pastebin, swiftkey appears to be crashing. I would try the following:

Reboot to Recovery. Clear dalvik-cache. Boot. (Still not working, try step 2)

from Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. Select Swiftkey, then clear data. Reboot. (Still not working, try step 3)

Uninstall and Reinstall swiftkey.

Other than that, download and flash again?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cordell12:
Install new extremely blue this morning, it took 2 boots to get the apps on my SD card to be recognized. Other than that no issues, flash right over the OCT18 build that was running smooth as well.

Thank You for your work!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
So, I haven't had a Pandora lock up yet. Ran it about 2-3 hours. Then I ran some music app tests (music is Nero AAC encodes). The music app didn't crash UNTIL about 3-4mins after I back arrowed out to the desktop. I was already back in Pandora and streaming a station well into a song before I got the force close message.

The music resides on a 16GB SDHC card which came from a Blackberry. I am going to format the card via Android later and see if that fixes anything. Probably should have done that first anyway. :p

Otherwise great work overall.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] casos92:
If I have CtanogenMod 6.0.0 and I want to install then newest version of this do I need to wipe? or is there some other way I could go about installing it preserving all my apps and data.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cordell12:
I installed right over cm6, keeping all my apps and data.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Kenpoman:
it is not just swift key it is rom manager, root explorer, esfile explorer, gvoice, any app that did not come with the rom does it. I have tried to redownload and re flash too
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CrashV2010:
Yeah, I just tried to download EXTBLUE_19OCT and it downloads an empty folder....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pwachleman:
This may be something I did wrong but Ive done this rom loading stuff a hundred times at least, but when I tried the Vanilla earlier (wipe wipe wipe and ran the zip for this and then gapps) when I rebooted everything worked but gapps were missing. I tried going back out and loading gapps again, once again when I went back in no gapps. Anyone know what I did wrong?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
Try this link instead.

EXTBLUE_19OCT.zip
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rokair:
This may or may not be related... However, I am running the 95 nightly and gallery (2d) was not reconizing the existing photo files on my SD card until I did a second reboot. So, it might be a problem with the CM6 source that this build was based on.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CrashV2010:
That worked, I just don't understand all the others downloaded just fine.. Thank You, sir !!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cordell12:
I wished I would have checked my gallery now. I was heading to work and if reboot didn't fix Iowa's gonna nandroid right back, needed phone. Pretty sure if apps were not reading the pics wouldn't have either.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] androidtechjeff:
gapps / market issues

i'm not exactly new to this but am having some serious issues that i need osme help with. i've flashed the newest vanilla build (oct 19) and flashed the newest gapps (2010.10.08) over it and am now completely unable to install apps. they download and then just get stuck at the install screen. i've tried flashing the other gapps build (2010.09.26) and still have the same problem. i'd rather not have to flash the tiny apps as i use things like quick office and car home. suggestions??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] diesel joe:
I have had this a few times. Sometimes fixing permissions in rom manager works.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] androidtechjeff:
i tried this and i'm still stuck at the install... i really don't have any other ideas at this point and really don't want to have to give up. i am LOVING this build and the added customizability (especially with the notification menu and the widget add-ons). any other suggestions? should i just wait on a new build?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
OK, d/l the Red Oct 19 build, full wipe, added dec's cfs #9, and collins battery tweak (768). Holy blazing saddles, this thing flies!!. Love the red theme. Someone let me know if adding Dec's #9 kernel and Collins battery tweak is not necessary or counterintuitive. Did not have to d/l gapps, and still have all google apps. Thx.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Decad3nce:
I run about that exact set up :P.

Interactive governor + noop i/o scheduler in Batt tweak.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rundmcarlson:
I had this same problem yesterday, I wiped and reinstalled countless times to no avail and then realized I was using an old zip. The new one did nothing so I installed an old darch rom, wiped and installed the cm again (I use blackmod) started without gapps, rebooted and installed newest gapps. This worked. Apparently, a feature of cm is to use your old gapps. They apparently aren't lost with the wipe and are used over again upon a new install of cm. I would try flashing another rom and flashing back.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] crxmax:
uhmm... did you flash oct19 and the kernel and tweak all at once or did you boot the rom first and then go back to recovery and then flash the two?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
I'm getting really sick of this "retaining of apps" feature in CM6. It makes the wait take forever and a half to start using the phone because all the apps download on first start (and there's no real way to control what apps to sync and what ones to not), and now it's doing the same for GApps? For what reason? None of my GApps hold any information that would be useful without my signing into my Google Account.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dgatlin:
Wallpaper?

I am having trouble changing my wallpaper.

I have clicked on menu...then wallpapers...then pictures...then file manager...then chose my picture...

When I do this it just goes right back to the main screen with NO changes...Help...

I downloaded this picture from android wallpapers...

I love the RED GLASS...awesome work...I wish I had the brains to do what you do!!! Thanks...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
Yeah, I'm having INSANE issues trying to properly boot. (Using blackmod). I get to the launcher, it freezes, Gapps Framework force closes (even though I never flashed it) what the HELL is going on? Am I every going to have a stable Flash of CM6? :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dgatlin:
I have not been doing this very long but I have been pretty succesful getting these to work. This what I do when I flash a rom to my phone.

1. Boot into recovery

2. Wipe data/factory reset

3. wipe cache partition

4. go into advanced and wipe Dalvik Cache

5. Then I load the rom then reboot

6. Back to recovery the sprint vvm then reboot

7. Back to recovery then gapps

8. Then reboot...

Hope this helps...by the way I would take Froyo/CM6 over non-Sense anyday...:)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
No, I'm not new to flashing ROMs (used to be a WinMo ROM junkie back in the day) and certainly not new to this, but thanks for trying :).

As it turns out, CM is getting more bat**** retarded about this "apps preservation" thing; before, when you signed in with your Google account, ALL your apps downloaded back over again automatically, and trying to cancel some of them caused Gapps to FC. That was annoying enough. Then they added some sort of dumb "Gapps" retainment system where to remove the GApps you have to flash an entirely different ROM to delete them because Wiping and Flashing CM6 doesn't remove them. I've had it. I get so insanely frustrated with the lagginess, the time it takes for me to start using my phone, and the amount of heat the battery has picked up by the time I've done all this.

I have a whole rant on my bad experiences with CM6 that I'll probably post later, but being back on topic, this is the first of Jaybob's builds that has ever given me this much trouble over getting things set up. If this is the direction that CM6 is taking, you can be damn sure I'll be sticking with Sense. Nfinite's Stock Odexed ROM has been by far the fastest, most reliable, and most long lasting ROM I've ever used, and this is coming from a die heard LauncherPro fan, I've comepletley switched back to Sense, because I've realized with the proper optimizations, Sense is unbelievably smooth, quick, stable, and most importantly, reliable.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
If you format the /system partition before you flash, you will not get the restore of gapps. The "backuptool.sh" script backs up gapps before flashing over the system partition and then restores them afterwards. If you are using clockworkmod, you can use the partition menu to clear it before flashing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
Didn't think of that. Is there a way to remove that backup tool before flashing? That's just one extra wiping step I don't want to do >(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dgatlin:
Just so you know...I did not say you were new...I said I was new...

I was just trying to help...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
You could try removing the /system/bin/backuptool.sh from the zip file. That might do it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dgatlin:
I got it ...thanks again...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
I flashed the ROM, then added Dec's kernel and battery tweak before I rebooted. Is that an issue?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Thx Dec, nice to know. I should also add, no issue getting gps fix and holding it for over an hour. Battery use is also very good.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thesubliminaljuggalo:
Just wanted to start off and say that I love the RedGlass ROM btw, definitely my favorite so far, but I'm getting some lag issues that I'd love to resolve.

I'm running the OCT19-RedGlass along with Dec's CFS #9(768) kernel and Collin's latest battery tweak. I also have AutoKiller set to Aggressive. I thought that AutoKiller might be the issue because I know that too much process-killing aggression can have negative impact, so I set it to the same levels that 24601 has in his signature and still no luck.

When I first start my phone up, it runs really fluid and I'm really happy with it. Then after about 5 minutes, it starts to get really laggy. Even just switching Home Screens doesn't register on the first swipe or it'll start switching and about halfway through it'll hang for a second or two and then finally switch over. Applications launch and operate sluggishly. It's quite painful. Then after about 5-10 minutes, the lag will disappear and I'm back to the fluid motion and operations. After another 5-10 minutes we basically repeat the same process. Did I set something up wrong?

Also, I ran batt-diag from the terminal on my phone and the CPU spends most of it's time in the 691 Mhz range, and has yet to ever go above that, when I set all the battery configuration options to run the CPU at a max 729 Mhz. Not sure if this ties in my original issue, but I was curious about it.

Any help is much appreciated! (:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] spearoid:
Am I doing something wrong? I cannot figure out how to actually download the October 19th Black Mod.

The download link on MediaFire does nothing for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nicenice19:
I had this issue yesterday as well. Keep trying as it eventually came up for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mjhuffer:
album artwork

album artwork does not seem to want to display with the newest version. Anybody know of a quick fix. Otherwise everything is fine except the music player causes a great deal of lag.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
Which is why I said: "but thanks for trying ." as in , thank you for trying. I wasn't mocking you, I actually appreciated that you tried to help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] spearoid:
Well the suspense was killing me so i went ahead with the Blue ROM.

I've already confessed my newness to Android, but can someone explain something to me?

In my world of WinMo flashing, all data was always lost.

It seems that is not the case in Android as I just flashed the Blue Rom without wiping data and noticed my installed apps were still there.

What I want explained is this: What is actually happening when we flash new ROMs and DON'T wipe our data? I am fine with reinstalling everything for now as I am still figuring out what I want and don't want. I am even more so fine with this if there is even the slightest chance my phone will operate faster after a data wipe instead of flashing on top of existing data.

What do the experts say about this?

Is flashing with wipe or without wipe analogous to installing Windows on a formatted hard drive as opposed to simply installing a Service Pack?

I am used to registries and all that MS crap....and haven't quite learned how installed apps interact with the OS and announce themselves.

Any hints or tips would be great, but nothing is necessary.

Still trying to get the blackmod to download!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thesubliminaljuggalo:
I don't know the answer as in-depth as you would like or even the answer to all of your questions, but I know that you don't have to wipe when flashing the CM ROMs over each other because basically all you're doing is switching out .png files to get the different colored themes (I believe). When you actually start changing OS functionality, such as the difference between CM ROMs and NFX/Fresh/etc ROMs, then it's highly recommended to wipe before flashing over those otherwise it gets really messy.

That's just my basic understanding.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] FussyQBert:
Understandable. I could try to undertake this task if someone could point me in the direction of a tutorial of some sort?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
A few settings in Collins you may want to try, if you haven't already. Change the predefined default to 768; enable CFS tweaks; and, change the governor to interactive. With Dec's stable #9, the CFS tweaks and interactive governor seem to help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] spearoid:
Thanks for the reply. Maybe I am wrong, but I believe it has to be more than .png updates or graphics updates in general....this Oct 19th ROM added some functionality to the drop-down status bar...with the ability to turn off/on wifi, BT, etc.

I didn't have that prior to flashing.

this plays nicely into my Service Pack for Windows theory.....like when installing Windows XP SP2 the Firewall was added...and a new icon appeared in Control Panel. All programs and settings in Windows were not affected by installing SP2, but several new features existed that were not there before.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Rob_ec:
Why does mine slow down randomly???? And my touchsceen sometimes doesn't work ;/ some one help?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thesubliminaljuggalo:
You're right. I just thought I might be passing some little tidbits of knowledge on, but I probably just said the same thing you did in a different way. lol. I'd really like to learn this stuff as well as a fellow programmer (mainly web development), but have yet to find a good tutorial.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] spearoid:
There has to be something wrong with the black mod Oct 19th download link on Mediafire.

When I attempt to download other files in "JB's Files" I am successful. Only when I try downloading the Black Oct 19th file does it fail.

Any mirrors out there?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tenseiken8:
Apologies if this has been asked before, but is the battery indicator in blackmod supposed to be green? Seems out of place. Attaching a pic here to show what I mean.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Rob_ec:
Try via PC
[Hero CDMA Android Development] spearoid:
if you mean try downloading via PC...that is all I've done....and from multiple machines and multiple browsers.

perhaps I can try from my phone