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[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
I turn the phone off and place it into fastboot mode and then use the following commands:

fastboot flash splash1 splash1.rgb565 and enter
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
try this

fastboot flash splash1 c:\path\to\mysplash.rgb565

example mine would be fastboot flash splash1 c:\android-sdk-windows\myspalsh.rgb565
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
error: cannot load 'c:\path\to\mysplash.rgb565'
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
hmmm... try placing the file in your c: drive. i had to do that once so path was simply c:\mysplash.rgb565

btw.. you did leave the file zipped correct? lol.... it dont work to well if you unzip it... trust me hahaha
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
I dont know what is wrong, but same error, really aggravating

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot flash splash1 c:\splash.rgb565

sending 'splash1' (300 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)

finished. total time: 0.016s
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
nope lol it is unzipped. the zipped file is named theimpalersplash
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
if your gonna take the time to change, ya may want to look at this one lol...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8506631&postcount=60
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
I am completely lost now. I got this splash screen from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7887105&postcount=16.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
give me a min, only did it once so let me make sure im tellin ya right. it was simple once i did it but i got confused at first also
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
i appreciate it.....I unzipped the file and placed the splash.rgb565 file in my AndroidSDK\tools folder and tried the commands from there but nada....It doesn't get easier when your completely exhausted either! This is the last thing I want to accomplish before crawling into my bed : )
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
OH! did you flash the ENG SPL?

**** go here and download and flash this then should be fine.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765237&highlight=darch+spl
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
uh what....??? lol no....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
flashed the spl, got a failed error again, but it says my battery is too low...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Lol. Let it charge and I will find some good directions for you and pm them. I need to go get some smokes anyways haha.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
I appreciated your help last night. I finally got it to work. I let my battery charge all night and when I got up this morning the following steps made it work:

1. Boot phone into fastboot mode

2. Use the following commands through adb: fastboot flash splash1 splash.rgb565

Results:

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot flash splash1 splash.rgb565

sending 'splash1' (300 KB)... OKAY [ 0.188s]

writing 'splash1'... OKAY [ 0.219s]

finished. total time: 0.406s

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot reboot

rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.016s
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
So you got mine up? Do you like the theme?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Hehehehehe. I have gone mad.

There will be a second/different rom on this thread soon.

Here's a little view of what it's about:

MINIMALIST in the complete sense of what.. sense will allow

Shooting for 160+mb free upon install

odex and deodex will be available

LITTLE OR NO social providers pre-installed

Built for maximum speed for folks that just want to make it their own and without all the bloat.

The name will be Smidgen, and I am running it right now.

Smidgen was something that I had an idea about quite a while ago, but never took the time to persue it. It's a rom that starts out with no providers whatsoever. No mail, gmail, maps, facebook,twitter,etc,etc,etc. Why would anyone want this? Cause I want a rom that is bare minimum, where speed is the specific issue addressed, and where if you want anything else, you can just download a program for it and a2sd pushes it to the sdcard.

Tagline:

Smidgen: Because not everyone wants to be social.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Ok, i know i said it would be done last night but here y'all go.

ok here is the download link for the theme.

http://www.mediafire.com/?tuc8xlwb61e98wm

after you metamorph this call sombody without a picture, if the little android guy is blue and you want him red metamorph this.

http://www.mediafire.com/?71tw4etfslasd96

for the market- NOT A METAMORPH FILE MUST BE PUSHED WITH ADB

**EDIT ... took market down til I can fix.

i would recommend doin a nand backup before pushing this. i pushed it 4 times to my phone. 3 of those times it worked fine. the one time it didnt work i have no idea why as i didnt do anything different.

to push this go to adb shell and type :

mount -o rm,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

now back put of shell and put the Vending.apk into the push folder. now you will type :

cd push

adb push HtcDialer.apk /system/app

....................now your done.

A majority of this theme is from papasmurfs RedDawn with a few tweaks of my own and some random icons i have ran across place to place. i cant take the credit for this other than i test each thing and make sure it functions and get it to work for a stock rom (like this one) and simply put it together.

BTW: no FC's for contacts or contact widgets on this one. thats what took so long lol.... only issue i know of is setting up speed dial. other than that, all of it works. been using it a few days now. If you run into anything let me know and i will see what i can come up with.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
@Hex ... Awesome! just get that deodexed one out lol. i was also reading somplace odex is only faster on boot and not so much on overall performance? either way i don't like stock... i like to be different lol.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Man I am removing stuff like there is no tomorrow. What I am trying to do is push it to the limit without crashing the rosie, or killing gapps. THAT is the goal.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
Nice theme man :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Thanks, i appreciate it but like i said i just kinda gather the items and put'em together to make something i think is good and complete. There are a few twists of my own but not enough to call it all mine.

I also liked your gold one but it looks wayyy to much like a saints theme and i really really dont like the saints haha.

EDIT: WOW! i just looked at yours for the first time in a few weeks and its really looking awesome! you have done alot to it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
Thanks man! I have done a lot, about to upload a new version with new fonts :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Well, I had a thought about it, and instead of actually merging the threads for the new rom(smidgen) I am going to post a separate thread on it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
So its ready? Cuz I'm down for a test run.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hero32:
hell yea bro put it up pm it to me whatever im ready to run it thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hero32:
so if i remove the radio will i still have issues with sprint roms
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Well after I thought it was done, turns out I somehow took somethig out that ends up gignt ems errors when you try to send text messages AND as it ends up smart ass me wasn't thinking of the market when I took out gmail... lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
The Overlord doesn't like being messed with. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Don't worry. As soon as I figure out what is causing the sms errors, I'll have it up asap. If you want the version as it is, just tell me, but I warn you:

You can't use the market cause there is NO gmail setup whatsoever, AND you can't text anyone. As far as getting text messages back though, that could be possible.

I'll keep you all updated.

Well I got to work on it a little bit before leaving for work today..

I think it's a signing issue. (I didn't sign any of the rom files before building each time) So tonight I will try signing it, and if that works, then it's golden. Also I encorporated a tiny bit of gmail (trying to stay as minimal as possible since I have to backtrack), but unfortunately gapps fc's as soon as you try to sign in. After this is done, I will post it. And I hope you all like it because it's a killer fast rom out the gate WITHOUT EVEN OVERCLOCKING! It's rather mindblowing. I may have a senseless version as well if the framework allows. Now that would be a killer rom. Mainly because it seems to me because of the Htc framework being superior in long term speed as opposed to aosp (dunno about 2.1 aosp though. i have never tried it but would like to give it a go).

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Now on the beta-5 of SouthPaw!....

I have been.. Tinkering with it here and there, and still trying to speed it up. I still don't know what's causing the slowdown issues either. Hope to figure that out pretty soon.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
Could the overclock be causing the latency issues? Maybe between the memory controller and the proc? I have noticed since I have been running at 768 that my phone lags quite a bit. But when I was running 691, it seemed smoother.

Might be a bottleneck.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
I suppose it's possible but the 691mhz throttled kernel should still work absolutely fine where it is not as of right now. I am running 1.5 right now with the 710mhz vUV kernel, and it's hitting the mark spot on. Also my hero can handle the 768mhz top out as well, and have previously used the setting on 1.5 as well so there is really not much excuse, but I think I am starting to realize what exactly is happening.

I think, since it does come with ALL the bloat, that instead of adding in what you want and it gets added to the sdcard through a2sd, it's clogging up the dalvik cache and cache AND the physical space on the phone itself. So what I am thinking, is I am going to cut 2.0-beta4 down to a minimal (don't worry it's not going to be as bear as Smidgen), and instead of giving the flashable zips with the rom, just having download links with the rom itself so you can add it to the sdcard and push to the phone as you like. If this fixes the issues were having then this thing is going to rock! (and I am taking a vaca![from this specific rom anyway])
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
I guess the burn out is starting to set in.Thanks for all the work. I believe I speak for quite a few that we really do appreciate your effort.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Well.. Burnout IS starting to set in, but like I said, from this specific rom. Trust me, I'll be around :P
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hero32:
i agree

we do appreciate it its an awesome rom and all the tweaks will come out i will tell you i was rooted with the one click that didnt unlock my nand so i went ahead and did the full root with adb and the rom is running alot better not sure if it was something or not but i have not had no problems in about a week and it overclocked at 768 and 129 mb free internal memory with no leak but im still ready for the next one lol well thanks evryone for all the updates and input to help out
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
Is Nand Clockworksmod? I got into contact with the developer of Metamorph and he asked if I had Root and Nand. I was thinking they where part of the same.

Also I am unable to update/install Busybox. Or my phone is not showing it installed as per the Busybox updater I downloaded from the Market. Still trying to figure out the Metamorph /system memory issue. It was also suggested that Read/Write is not enabled.

Thanks for the suggestions.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hero32:
well i know when i read up on the root apk it doesnt unlock your nand there for it dont void your warrenty as far as me i had the same issue and i mounted mty phone to the computer took the busy box file off my sd and rebooted my phone and it installed it and metamorph i went to get new theme off my card and i got errors so i went to install existing and it worked fine hope it helps you can pm me and i will be happy to help with what ive found good luck and as far as read write i use root explorer to set it
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Hey folks, sorry for the neglect. Promise an update by the end of the week. Gotta go! P3ac3!

***BTW***

anyone ready for some really cool flip animations between screens/notifications? It WILL be in the next update :)

I have pushed this and confirmed working.

For an example (not me and not my phone btw): **no I can't get the clock to flip.. tried my damndest, even found an old 1.5 pre-release HtcClockWidget.apk, merged, fiddled but to no avail... Oh well. At least we have weather animations :P**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPws_bpMjUc

***for a little preview, download this file: http://www.mediafire.com/?aib2jgdxmjh ***

To use it, push the file with adb to system/framework you may have to restart the phone to see the difference but just start poking around and you will notice :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
that looks pretty cool but no time tonight. will check it out tomorrow.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
seems to work great but it has some files in it that changes the theme back to stock HTC. including the rotary lock wallpaper. may open it up and pull those files just to see if it still works then metamorph the theme again and re-push and see what happens.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
@leadfoot - sorry bout that! I wasn't thinking about the mm you have applied.. Just reapply it and it should fix it though!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Yes it worked just fine. I'm really liking it. I wonder why the clock won't work tho? What phone is this made for?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
mm... I believe it's the hd2? I'll find out. Oh! It's from the Droid Incredible.

Here's the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=813162

Come to find out the 'flip clock's only quick debut on the Hero was in a pre-release Rom from the UK version (and shipped with a small amount of Heros over there with Android V1.4).

Well HTC decided they thought the animation was turning out to be a memory hog and the update to Cupcake 1.5 removed the flip of the clock (I have seen a few old posts of some pissed off people who claimed it didn't have barely any bearing on performance. As a matter of fact, some people feel that the weather animations added in 2.1 are more power hungry than the flip clock)

I actually found an ooooooooooollllldd file hacked out of an original UK 1.4 Hero, but unless you actually decompiled all the xml files looking for the specific code that makes it flip, it's a complete no go. Even if you found the code, it would have to be ported up to the standards of 2.1, and then recompiled to suit. Even then there is some speculation of weather it would mess up the weather animations or not, or if they would try to compete with each other for resources and end up messing up the whole experiance (ie, super lagging when the animations would start).

If I had the time and experiance to do so I would, but I dont..... so I wont :P Anyone want to step up to the plate they can. I'll post the HtcClockWidget.apk file if you want to try your hand at it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Sounds like a piece of cake. When ya gonna post the finished version? Lmao jk. It does seem like a simple fix until you go all techy lol. Would be cool to have but I don't have the know how either.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Well tonight I am going to see if I can bust this rom down to size, add a few things, remove a TON of things, make a bunch of flashable zip files for extra, add your completed theme, flip files will be standard, then I am going to flash, do a quadrant and see what I come up with. If it's as fast as 1.5 or faster I'll post it. If not.. I'll still post it but with a disclaimer.

BTW, anyone interested in 2.2 aosp style (but not aosp, an official build that runs killer smooth and most likely doesnt have any later issues like I have with CM6) should check out this rom:

MyTouch 32b for hero: (as of yet to be named 2.2 official Mytouch build) by Asadullah

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8755448#post8755448

He is about to upload and post the first version and I am tellin ya, my phone runs like butter on it even with issues that it was having before Asadullah fixed them (mms/sms not working properly and roaming(false positives)). It's a real stand up rom in my opinion, and I feel that it's got potential to be even better than cm6 (no offence to any cyanogen modders though, great work on their part).

For anyone asking, NO it does not have sense built in, however it is made by htc and has a few htc specific things in it. We won't have 2.2 sense build roms that matches well with our phones until either the devs on the wildfire port get finished or until the MyTouch Slide get's its 2.2 upgrade.

It's funny to think, our phone, the Hero is outdated by leaps and bounds now by 3/4 the Android phone population, yet... It's still a thrilling and proud time to own a Hero.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
Does MMS, GPS, and Camera work now with the 10-21-10 update for that mytouch rom??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
mms now works, gps and camera are unconfirmed, but I will give an update on that shortly
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
I just finished flashing it, roaming indicator is in the notification bar.....

Update:

Nevermind, I just picked it up from that fake gmail account...nooooooooob

Update 2:

Running pretty smooth so far, much smoother than CM6. I can't test MMS as I don't have that feature, GPS seems to be working but the Camera does not
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
Sticking with SouthPaw until the camera bug is worked out...Looks great other than that
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
I am in the process of reinstalling 1.5 coming from the MyTouch32b rom. I have 86mb available /system memory on MyTouch and 23mb on 1.5. Could I have someone with Metamorph working let me know what there device is showing with 1.5?

Thanks

adb shell
busybox df -h
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
By then we will have the dual-core goin on! That will be awesome.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Oh yeah! some dual core for me thank you!

Well folks, it's getting time for the final 2.0 :) I am finishing up the odex version now, and deodex will be right behind it. I am LOVING IT btw. It's supa fast and works awesomely.

Look for it tomorrow morning! (well.. this morning technically)

One other thing, this rom is converted to an any-hero type rom now. This rom is not carrier agnostic, even though it is still based on the CS 2.1 update, it now has the ability to work for anyone with a hero, be it on Sprint, Cellular South, Alaska Digitel, etc.

w00t to the power!

*update* getting final tests going now. Wanna make sure no hickups present. Odex version does not contain the modified framework-res.apk file for flipping animations because of compatibility issues (problem with theming)

Only thing is I may not be able to get it uploaded till later on tonight because of work :/ But I will try. Stay tuned!

***update again***

Well the odex version is about to be put up... De-odex version is not working at this moment. Think there was an issue when I de-odexed the files (because it's the exact same as the odex just... deodexed)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
10char bump for update :)

Deodex is borked right now. Will have it up tonight
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Redfox85:
Awesome! Will try this out tonight! You the man! Thank you for all of your work you have done with the roms, updates, and help you have provided. :cool:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Thank you man! I do it for everybody including myself. I just hope everything goes without a hitch. I was kinda dishartened that there were errors in the deodex version (specifically bootloops). I will have that fixed tonight though so we can all have some badass themed phones :)

Did a quadrant on the odex version and it was ok even on stock kernel. Overclocked to 690mhz I got some really good results. Faster than 1.5!!!! (got 145 points. I want to say 1.5 got around 140 to 142.)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
140? I'm getting 250 off 1.5
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
What kernel you usin? I am on the 610mhz stable adnan@cad3nce
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Right now on 1.5 I flashed the rom, my theme and the flip mod you posted. No kernal as2d or battery tweak
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
A little slower since shoot me was running in the background I guess.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Jeepman007:
Just benched Final with the #10 691 Brain kernal and scored a 233. Asked my buddy what his score is on the Incredible, sorry I asked 1136.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
Is something wrong with the download link? My download keeps stopping at 14mb saying download complete.....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Yup lol the desire is higher than that.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
Blazing fast man, thanks hex. Working great!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Clear your browser cache and try again.

BTW will be putting up the emdeodex soon.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
Anyone know of a clockless taskbar mod that will work with this rom? The one I used with 1.5 and beta 4 isn't working on this one. I guess its because its odex?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Yes you can't do anykind of theme with a odex Rom.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Sorry about the delay. Finally got the deodex version working and uploading now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
I didn't realize it was considered a "theme". I flashed the battery mod and its working fine
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Have you had it on the phone before? I think I recall finding one but never tried it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sippi4x4man:
Yea, I've used the super stock battery mod and clockless taskbar mod with southpaw from day 1 and they all worked fine
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
hmm, i get confused about all the battery mods out there but never seemed to find one to work right for a stock rom cuz our framework only has 100% ,80,60,40,20,10 and 0. but as far as the clockless taskbar check this out

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=670984 - not sure if it's what you was using or if it will work for a stock but it's a shot. and im not exactly sure why odex vs. deodex makes a difference on themes or whats considered a theme and whats not or if you could just push a framework and htc.com.resources folder straight to a odex rom and make it work. i have always been under the impression that anything that changes framework wont work on odex at all.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Awesome! gonna check it out tomorrow eve after work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
This is the fist version to have an odex version. they have all been deodex till now. Anything that has to do with modifying the image files or altering the aspects of a running app have to be used on deodex files. But apps or scripts that can alter information traveling from one app to another (like a2sd) don't have to be used on a deodex framework.

I am changing the link to the actual folder of my mediafire account so you don't have to wait for me to post the updates here to get them. That way I can just tell you its goingto be up, hit upload and walk away. It's a win/win.