yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Timmac:
no, trust me you'll know when froyo gets a rom with camera working ;)

[edit] actually, it kinda does... the preview only seems to update when something else is moving though, so for example if you press menu, it will work while the menu animation is going on, also auto focus actually seemed to work. So you can get a half-useful camera if you spam menu constantly or rotate the phone like mad. :P [edit]
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kieranc:
The camera doesn't work right but it doesn't work the same way every time :p I know i can take photos, I just can't see what I'm taking photos of.... :)

I've flashed each nightly over the previous one all the way back and had no issues, just a dalvik wipe each re-flash.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] saj222:
Exciting news! I was beginning to lose hope that the CM6 Alpha build would ever make it out of Alpha.

For those that didn't see it, Lox tweeted this morning with that update.

https://twitter.com/LoxDev
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] liljom:
where can I find google apps for this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mattnmd:
no market?? :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] liljom:
yeah, you miss things 'cause you need to install google apps

I just don't know where to download
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mattnmd:
on feeyo's website on froyo 2.2 is a link with google apps

http://www.cronosproject.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=198

just not sure if you can flash them over this one..

don't know wich ones are included either, but it's worth a shot ;)

grtz
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maxniper:
this is the gaps for CM6 nightlis build:

http://www.multiupload.com/9LJMNBHOXF

and this is the link to the original thread of @maxisma:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=717824
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] liljom:
thank you : )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pharrisee:
There's a newer version of the gapps for cm6 here:

http://www.multiupload.com/DPC7H4DDFO
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
I stopped flashing them when I found zero differences in them between builds that were 3 or 4 days apart.

I'm happy they're adding little things still, but the changes I see in cronos and fusion (in particular) are far more dramatic and useful than what I saw in the nightlies from maxisma et al.

The nightlies were the first, and originally the best (and only) froyo. I loved the original test0 build, it was so solid and fast, but with lots of broken bits.

However with the new cronos from yesterday and fusion as an alternative, and froyd of course which hasn't changed in a while but is always solid, fairly quick and runs well... I'd trust those over nightlies any day.

Nightlies aren't meant for mass use or stability - any nightly could suddenly break things. I know they're pretty solid now but it's because thy're not doing significant things either, adding little widgets etc is nice but not really amazing or anything.

I'll stick with Cronos which I'll bet you performs faster in gpu results.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
that is all exactly the same with all froyo roms on the hero.

so if anything is thinking "hey, well in that case I'll flash the nightly so I can at least get SOME previews and some camera operation", it's exactly as with froyd, fusion and cronos. occasional previews, autofocus that works then makes it out of focus again before taking the pic, some crashing of the phone, some gps getting stuck on with camera magic, zero video recording.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mattnmd:
For people who think of changing...

Nightly Builds from 6/8/2010 !

Froyo 2.2

Advantages:

- JIT and Compcache on/off

- Overclockable ( to 710MHz )

- all 2.2 benefits otherwise ;)

Bugs (as far as i know):

- Camera (like all 2.2 roms)

- Landscape in gallery 3D

- Battery life isn't that good (imo)

Scores:

- Linpack: 3,531 MFLOPS (JIT on) / 2.32 MFLOPS (JIT off)

- BenchmarkPI: 10863 ms

Screens in attachments ;)

grtz
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sibbor:
I've been using the nightly builds, and like it a lot. I've requested changelogs though, but sadly I still haven't got any response on that matter. I don't notice that much differences between the nightly builds, but a few things I noticed lately:

1) browser doesn't FC when closing the last tab anymore

2) music controls on the lockscreen (provided by koush for CM6)

Would be great if we could keep track on changes in this thread. I love changelogs ;-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kieranc:
opera mini has stopped working for me over the last few days which has made me realise how slow the stock browser is... might have to do something about it.

edit: opera working again in latest nightly
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] odin13:
whoooohoooo check Darchstar's latest tweets :D

http://twitter.com/darchstar

if they get it to work for CDMA Hero it will work for GSM Hero right??

sounds soooooooo good :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Archie The Leper:
Awesome news
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] scuj1:
Is this likely to be in the nightly build (tonight/tomorrow)?

Main thing keeping me from Froyo!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] odin13:
i tried the latest nightly and the camera did not work yet ( i noticed there are two builds on 8th after i read the tweet :D ) but i assume we can expect a working cam build somewhere in the coming week(s) ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mobydeek:
wow... good news :D

Cant wait to use a flawless Froyo!!!

slightly unrelated: why isit some Vanilla ROMs have a Notification Bar that has curved corners and other Vanilla ROMs have square corners ??

Curved: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7548772&postcount=18

Square: http://i37.tinypic.com/11ui2vq.jpg
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
because some people think that's really important and make skins that look one way or the other. likely one of the phones out there did the mod first... then rom builders have copied it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mobydeek:
ahh...thanks! i take it the Square corners are the default since the Froyo "leak" pic has it.

hmm, time to look for instructions on how to push on the square Notifications Bar!

EDIT: foudn this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=536271
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FunkTrooper:
I thought rounded corners was a CyanogenMod thing. Personally I prefer square corners. I wonder if it's possible to make them square again on a CyanogenMod ROM
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rootbox00:
In the next nightly the Camera should work :)

Darchstar commit the changes on the GSM Hero GitHub :)

€: Can't wait.. why not anybody from team douche force a build :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dabrown:
You can make them square in the nightlies by going to Settings, Cyanogen Mod Settings, User interface, Notifications colors, scroll to Notification bar and tap "custom notification bar" - reboot phone
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ahmadmz3:
There is a new one today , did they fix the camera ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
doubt it, it's the same approximate size as the previous couple of builds. they're probably still working on it.

although I notice Maxisma has just released a rather alternative 2.1 sense rom of his own here so I suppose his time has been split between projects :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sibbor:
FroydVillain 1.1.9 is released - with camera!

You can always use FroydVillain until the nightlies development speeds is up:

http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=2669

The camera is working.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] odin13:
hmmzz...no nightly build on the 10th...so maybe one of these nights we'll have a true CM6 with cam working-nightly build in our hands?

i dig the bootscreen so much :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
same with fusion and cronos now. running cronos, my ideal daily driver, everything just works and it's quick and I don't love pure vanilla aosp.

edit: if you like the cm6 nightlies, fusionrom 2.2 is your closest bet. it's built off them with some other stuff thrown in and is really close to being what these nightlies used to be, imho.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] L0cke:
Tried the nightly from the 9th, but still has the camera issue. Hopefully will be sorted soon.

For now using the latest Fusion!ROM :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alioooop:
why aren't there any new nightlys since new 9th? :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Feeyo:
I guess because their builds are failing for some reason.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] L0cke:
Seeing as the camera issue is 'fixed', how easy it would it be to implement that fix into the current CM6 ROM? As it has been implemented into the other Froyo builds, could some clever person not just push the relevant files to the latest CM6 nightly?... or am I being naive as to how much work it would involve?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Feeyo:
They already have the fix. As this fix came from Cyanogen :)

The device for the hero just needs some edits to get it compiling correctly. Its not a big edit though. Easy fix to get it compiled correctly on AOSP.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SpineSurgery:
I plan to put newest CM6 rom to my HTC Hero.

I am looking at this part of instruction:

"Warning: If you flash CM, you will have to update your radio to the new one released with 2.2 unless you already updated it. Flashing this wrong could brick your phone and I am not responsible for any damages that occur to your device. I'm not going to into how to flash the radio. From here on out, I'm going to assume you already have the Froyo radio."

Can someone please explain what to do about this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Mikeytjee:
Just make sure you're phone is charged and do not interrupt the procedure then everything should be fine.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vjprakashbe:
Next Cyanogenmod nightly for HTC Hero should bring improvements: camera & lights

http://twitter.com/LoxDev

Next #Cyanogenmod nightly for #HTC #Hero should bring improvements: camera & lights #android
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maxisma:
Lox seems to have fixed some things in the vendor today.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
and, honestly, that's a load of crap.

That 2.2 radio actually performs much worse on my phone with any of the froyos including the nightlies than the older one which is known to work better with my local service provider (Telus).

I don't believe I've heard of anyone experiencing the issue they describe in that warning. although Orange users always must beware LoL
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xinos:
Not exactly right, some people like me felt a change in battery life. For instance my phone couldnt last half a day with the old radio now it does 3 days. On a froyo 2.2 build, with average usage.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
cool! and we're back to having 4 competitively featured froyos again :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
THERE'S A NEW BUILD:

http://mirror.kanged.net/cm/nightly/hero/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] odin13:
[x] download cm_hero-08112010-191619.zip

[x] create bart backup of CF 0.2.0

[x] wipe all

[x] install CM6

*booting up as we speak...oh man...that bootscreen is so nice...feels like i'm installing my first CM on g1 again :D

*camera works...

*dang forgot to put gapps on sdcard :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
hahaha, we'll all be making barts of CF 0.2.0 to try this out I think, with the occasional bart of fusion or froyd
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] odin13:
OMFG...this one's a keeper i think :)

oc'ed at 710 with an 352000 option ideal for those with problems waking up the phone :D

it feels really smooth and fast, will replace adw with launcherPro now

very nice...

*gallery still has the weird landscape thing...

** i flashed over the latest Cronos kernel and got stuck at HERO screen :D ( for all those thinking of trying it )

***went into recovery...flashed over the latest nindroid kernel ( without wipe )...phone boots again...DAMMMN...even faster than before!!! ( oc'ed at 729 )

*got some sudden reboots :D will reflash the rom again
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] odin13:
is JIT actually enabled on this rom when i check the option in cmod settings??

'cause when i do a linpack with 710 oc i get the following message:

time: could take 30+ seconds :eek:

then it gives me an MFLOP score of around 3.7...strange never got that message before and on Cronos and Froyd i get around 5 MFLOP score ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gensplejs:
Yeah well... linpack got updated today... try it again on Chronos or Froyd :-)

It has the 30 sec+ there too...

But they are both faster.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] odin13:
ah ok .. wasn't aware of that :D

so .. clean install again .. nan backup .. flashing nindroid kernel again ..

*oeeee...4.9 on first linpack.. all seems fine so far .. maybe first setup got screwed after first attempt..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alioooop:
the only complaint i got is that when you start the phone you have to restart your homescreen because all the apps on the sd havent loaded in yet from start...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
ok, to be clear, I flashed the new build, which I pointed out a couple of posts above already (to those who didn't read but posted below me :-)

and my result is... huh, cruddy linpack and 3d scores for me and it did a google restore even though I disabled that in the settings as I was setting it up? hmmmm

it's nice, very cyanogen-ish for sure. nice to see camera but I dind't get to use it since first time I tried to take a pic it didn't respond, pressed soft button a couple more times, no response, then it suddenly took a pic and locked up with camera preview showing only black. hmmmm

trying elelinux's froyo build with camera now just while I'm at it, then I suspect it's back to cronos.

update: ugh: elelinux is missing stuff in this build, and the settings FCs in volume etc. so now I'm playing with fusion latest update before I return to the old faithful cronos froyo ("it just works, AND it's fast").

was sort of hoping to re-experience that great joy I had when I first used the predecessor to the cmnightlies (test0). but no, that magic is gone. I get it with fusion and cronos now.

but I'll keep following this thread - really happy to see the nightlies getting working camera now at least :-)

Final update: ok, I'm done with everything but cronos. fusion, @ 710, gets only 4.3 linpack. after several tests, reboots, etc. it's solid, nice, responsive, but just doesn't do what I need. the result is that my favorite game just doesnt' run fast enough in fusion LoL. stupid reason, I know, but it matters to me and to my kids. it's definitely the best experience of froyo rom installs though, tied with cronos. it just works.

but cronos has deep speed too.

wonder what kernel is used in these nightlies?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] asad510:
Battery life good ??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dvfk:
Camera works!

In the latest build 08112010-191619.zip - the cam works!! Great work guys!

Get it here:

http://mirror.kanged.net/cm/nightly/hero/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] odin13:
fun to play with but for now back to Cronos
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gensplejs:
My findings

i have been testing 08112010-191619.zip a bit.

1. Battery life seems quiet bad.

2. the gps dies after about 15 mins. i had to quit and restart google navigation then it was perfect... 10-15 mins later it was dead again. (thats when i stopped using it.)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] yellowt:
Good news for us :):

http://twitter.com/LoxDev
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SpineSurgery:
Thanks for your previous replies about the radio. I used one click application to ROOT my HTC Hero, but I am unable to go into Recovery Mode (I get a red triangle). What can I do to go into Recovery Mode? My aim with Recovery Mode is to wipe data prior to rom installation. Thanks in advance.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
normally you shut down your phone, then to turn it on in recovery you hold down BOTH the HOME button and the normal POWER (hangup) button, don't let go ot either, phone should power up, keep holding 'em both, in about 7 to 12 seconds you should be in the special recovery menu.

however this is obviously only true if you've rooted your phone and installed recovery...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SpineSurgery:
Ok, thanks.

For wiping data, is enough just to go to "Factory data reset" ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
normally, no.

when moving to a different rom (instead of just an incremental update to the same rom, for example donrom1.1.1 to donrom1.1.2) you need to wipe cache, wipe dalvik, wipe data.

those are typically different menu options, although might be grouped together a bit or 2 might be combined or maybe in completely different parts of the menu system.

I use a different recovery from most people so can't really guide you more than that, but the names I gave you should be pretty much correct.

note: you do know you'll lose all your installed apps and will have to redownload/reinstall them all, right? there's about a 5% change that isn't true depending on teh rom you're going to and your previous setup, but almost always it IS true.

also you'll need to resetup your email accounts, facebook, twitter, exchange, google, settings. you'll have no contacts etc until it all downloads after doing so (15 minutes to several hours depending on connection, luck, etc). but magically your phone number always stays the same.

ALSO - make note of your apn. settings->wireless->mobile networks->access point names. click the one that is in that list, write down the name and the APN (which is a host url like a website url). write down a proxy too if needed and anythign else that seems unusual. you may well have to reenter that stuff manually after flashign a new rom.

I do this several times a day typically (don't ask), so I'm pretty used to reinstalling apps and so on.

UPDATE: if you've already wiped and only then read my part about writing down your apn settings, your phone should still be alive with that info ok, so boot up without flashing the new rom yet and write down the apn info etc, then shut down again, reboot into recovery again, wipe AGAIN, and only then flash your new rom. if you don't have your apn info you may not have data access over the air any more. it's likely the most important thing to have setup correctly in any phone.

there is also a free app in the market for called apn backup restore and it can backup your apn settings for you to your sd card, then install it again in new rom and restore settings. but for me it has occasionally NOT worked, so I can't recommend it 100%, but many people use it without issues.

For me, all I have to enter is my apn name, apn (the url itself), and go menu->save to have my apn working properly. the other settings seem to autoconfigure themselves afterwards. maybe other people's apns are like that too. so don't go nuts with entering all the apn info after flashing a new phone until you see if only basics are what you need to enter.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
note: so what do you guys think of my new coffee??

:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SpineSurgery:
Very good tips, thank you.

I can easily install few apps I use (Gmail, FB, Twitter, IM+).

What command from recovery mode I use to install ROM? Or I need to use ROM manager for that?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
I wish I could recall for sure, it's something like "flash zip from sd card"? something like that. the other option is somethign like "flash update.zip", but you have to rename your rom to "update.zip" before it'll work, kind of annoying.

possibly swap the word "install" for the word "flash" where I typed "flash" in the above paragraph.

by the way, that's assuming you use amon-ra recovery. if you use clockwork recovery like I do then I can always steer you in the exact direction.

cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] odin13:
are you sure it's coffee D. ?? ;p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
Haha yes :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] saj222:
I'll bite. What is coffee? Or did this just go whizzing over my head?!? :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
hahaha

It was brought to my attention that my posts around that moment were very long, very wordy, very - well - caffeinated :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jgro1976:
Can someone point me in the direction of the thread where issues are posted/discussed regarding the nightly updates? I have the orig. MyTouch, I'm having some problems, and I need to see if it's just my phone or a more widespread issue.

Thanks!

Edit...fount it =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
saw you over there, looks like you found it
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jgro1976:
Yeah, just updated my post here to reflect that. Used a few key words to find it.