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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
well, running this now.

my honest report:

- it honestly plays raging thunder 2 notably faster than any other froyo rom including previous froyd builds.

- it is the best thing Villain have put together in many months, equal to vr12 in many ways, more amazing than vr12 in it's ingenuity (kudos to hacre)

- How can I say it's anything but perfect for me when they bloody well modified the way it works just for me? (well, I'm the namesake token huge-installer noted in the 1st post at least LoL)

- comes stock with the new voice commands. I didn't have to mod the rom like I did the last 3 flashes (which only were over the past 24 hours mind you LoL).

- it honestly DOES run all of my apps better without strange lags once in a while (160+ aftermarket apps installed on my phone at this moment... seriously...)

there are small things I would like to see in the future but after the big app installs mod for me what can I ask for? ;-)

While cronos was the first to be pretty well perfect, this has taken performance to a new level. Time will show it's long term stability, but from running it in the short term I am very very impressed.

Now I just need to annoy the dev of launcherpro until he mods his next version to handle 160+ apps flawlessly and I'll be the happiest guy in the world heh heh

Seriously. This froyd 1.2.1 rom is so good that I've altered my signature to match.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gawis:
yay!

great job

just had a good night with 1.2.0 so now I'm gonna have some fun with 1.2.1 :)

thanks a lot for the great work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] artursc:
Runs like Nexus!!! Any ideas for black notification bar?.....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nicolasfoto:
I broke it... I think I flashed the kernel before I flashed the the ROM. Ya stupid I know.. It's stuck on the image of the phone out side the box?....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] justanut:
Just (force) reboot and it should boot up normally
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nicolasfoto:
Works fine now thanx~!! Phew..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] UbuntuBhoy:
What can I say, this is the rom the hero was built for. Thanx Ninpo. If you haven't flashed it yet, what you waiting for?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] haiguisewhatsup:
This looks good. :)

Any plans on Sense? Or even a black theme?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
No sense till legend gets it.

Black theme will come in due course from our user-base. Will appear at http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=109 when done usually :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pharrisee:
aah, my life is complete, knowing that I'm not the only one that reckons Sarah Jessica Parker looks like Ruud Van Nistleroy in drag.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lupus77:
same problem here, tried to download three times, but always cancels with above error
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ggrammer:
the kernel updates aren't showing up in my ota updater. I'm in Canada.

nm.

I had to change the settings in OTA updater to show all updates.

Hacre/Ninpo - best rom/kernel I have ever used.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
always like that with clockworkmod.

in the udpate menu you have to choose the "toggle signature verification" line, or words to that effect.

THEN you can flash VR updates ok.

clockworkmod requires that for VR updates always. it's not the VR guys that have the issue - it's us strange people who prefer clockworkmod.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tbman1996:
Ah, thanks a lot :)

It worked.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
If you've installed 1.2.2, then you need to open the updater, and go menu, then configuration, then rom update settings, then tick experimental

Now check for updates, and you should get them
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
same here, only found the stock 1.2.2 update, not the kernels that are supposed to come after.

maybe it's an update repository server that's not running quite right.

I'm sure the VR guys are on it...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zorxd:
stuck on "checking for updates" here

I killed the updater and restarted it without any success

what is the changelog of the latest update?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Changelog is in first post here, and it's available in the OTA app.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
hey, just noticed something strange (to me at least).

some apps have been put by froyd into the .android_secure folder. I didn't do it knowingly and I use the default better apps2sd ext system. I haven't changed any install default location settings or the like (CAN I even do that in your rom - it's ok if I can't, just asking).

These appear to all be file updates that came through automatically from the market over the past couple of days. I remember seeing them in a constantly downloading state yesterday LoL (you know how froyo market does that sometimes...)

So anyway it's wasting about 30megs of my sd card, precious space for a guy with a 2gb card who mirrors the market in titanium :-)

So any thoughts about these? why theyr'e there instead of where they should be (ext installed properly as apks)?

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
Blame the app devs. They can set a flag to force installation to the new apps2sd. Neocore does it too. Fun fun.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
bloody hell. workaround is to go into those apps in settings->applications and "move to phone" or similar? but then it'll be in the phone memory I guess. hmmm... no solution that I can see then without major command prompt work that just isn't worth a few megs of space to me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wapz:
Got the 652 kernal OTA. First time I'm using 652. The smoothness of the homescreen is very similar to the Desire, very impressive.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING HACRE!

I'll just get a new 1550mah battery now to see if it improves my batterylife :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
Yes. But move to phone puts them in /data/app. Guess where that is? :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ganii:
Network search now working for me :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fatefearfighter:
Well, I'm using the 'Phone'-app that was in the ROM,

<menu> "Preferences, About" says it's 'Mod Name: Wycontacts Froyo 1.2, credits to XDA", so no, I don't think that it's stock...

But where is the stock?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
ooh ooh ooh ME ME! I KNOW :-)

but I didn't remember until you gave me the dummy hint. ;-)

so my gut reaction was right, my following thoughts were wrong.

Must go with gut. must go with gut.

cheers Hacre
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cambria83:
So if we choose the option in settings to move the app back to the phone it will automatically use the traditional apps2sd? I was worried it would be stored on phone memory if I did that. Also I meant to ask does the apps2sd in this ROM support Ext3 as well as Ext2?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raecarter82:
Hi all so i ran the ota installed the 691 kernal what should I set the minimum too now 123 or 351 or whatever they are sorry I have a bad memory.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jwwd:
Hi Ninpo

First of all: Thank you very much for all your great/hard work - its highly appreciated and very very good fun to play with. Its amazing how much more we all get out of our HTC Heros than the stock version.

I followed your suggestions - and now both GPS status can get a GPS fix and Google maps dont FC anymore. :)

So I can confirm that the above changes are working. Have tried several times/reboots without any errors.

Have a nice evening.

Best regards,

Henrik
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AndrewWalker613:
OTA isnt working for me.

Telus in Canada.

any thoughts?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pmicho:
Telus in Canada also. I had to try at least ten times to finally get it. Maybe keep on trying you'll get the same result.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
Eerrrrrr have you restored a backup or something? That looks like Nubdial which I haven't included in a few releases now...

The kernel does have ext3 support but I implore you to use ext2 on the sdcard. There's really no need for journaling on the SDcard, it adds extra writes to a write limited device and has more memory overhead for the journal as well. It's just not worth it.

Use whatever works for you. :)

Ah excellent. So I either ballsed up the framework fix, or the fix that was put into the framework, doesn't. I'll check it out. Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BuzzFuzz:
help me plz. im trying to push Clicker apk via Terminal Emulator...

is this correct command?

$push /sdcard/Click.apk /system/app/

error - push: permission denied

where is the problem :)

i miss comand SU but still doesnt work. now error read-only :/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TsunKit:
nice nice gps is working fine :D

but my 3g connection hasnt been working ever since moving to this rom

what should i do :S
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
same here, got update, but still can't get the new different speed kernels that came after the initial update.

no updates found.

So could we please have a link to an alternative manual download location? Presumably they're on vr.co.uk somewhere or on a partner file hosting area.

tia
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pspHero:
Is there a difference in the results, if I install for example Clicker.apk using adb or e.g. a file manager?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tenkainen:
I got them working by going to the settings of the updater, and ticking on the show all updates or something similar option.

E: It was actually "display all rom updates".

Menu - configuration - rom updates
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BuzzFuzz:
U have 2 different ways in adb...

adb push and adb install

adb push will copy any file to whatever folder/directory u choose

adb install will just install apk into "default" install folder

File manager = adb install
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Haizum74:
Yeh I found that link, I meant the donation link. Just.... can't.... seem.... to... find... that... one ;):D

I take it if I get a message from cpuspeed that an abnormal speed was detected I cant use that kernel. (crashed on me)

EDIT Answered my own question, tried the 691 and working fine, linpak 4.8
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alekp:
Hi dkelley. check the experimental roms option and the kernels will show up. I did it several times. did not work from the office ISP. i run the updater at home and it worked.

Ninpo thanks for the great fix and the new kernels my phone is just super fast.

again linpack 5.276 :) and no lagging when using and scrolling apps on 352 or 749. :D

The GPS seems to be working ill test it tomorrow again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
no, I believe that it means you haven't configured setcpu with your kernel's speed table yet (terms might be borked where I don't really care to research before typing...).

So make sure you follow the setcpu instructions after flashign a new kernel every time and go into the menu to find all of the supported cpu speeds. then it should run ok...

pls kick me if I'm wrong people.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] k0rf:
Hi, Hacre!

After doing what you told jwwd about the XTRA_SERVER's for the GPS, I still cant get a fixed signal :(

Rebooted several times and tried with Maps and Maps Brut.

Any ideas what to do next?

Sincerely

Kevin
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jankhner:
where can I turn off the google backup/restore? Is it the "background data" in settings-> accounts & sync settings?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Haizum74:
It wouldnt let me get that far, got to loading widgets and crashed and rebooted twice. went to 691 kernel and working fine. Unless I am doing something wrong which is usually the case lol (I'm still getting used to it all lol) 4.8 linpak

EDIT saying that I got the 721 kernel off the villain updater and then downloaded the 691 from the link in the other thread

Oh and someone mentioned weather widget not updating automatically. I switched off wifi and went to moby data and it updated
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gensplejs:
I think its a shame that you abandoned screen off profile.

I allways use the same speeds when screen off but i use the conservative govenor in stead of the interactive.

The interactive govenor seems a to jump to higher speeds a lot more often than conservative. That makes the phone super responsive when screen is on but its really not needed when screen is off.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
damn. should have known...

thank you, sorry for my silly posts re: kernels.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] khunjj:
Cannot goto http://villainrom.co.uk/ ??

I've tried many times to go to http://villainrom.co.uk/ but it always shows

"Not Acceptable

An appropriate representation of the requested resource /viewtopic.php could not be found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

_______________________________________

Apache Server at villainrom.co.uk Port 80"

Any idea? BTW, it comes up that the OTA does't show any updates (already ticking on everything in the configuration menu)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] blackplatypus:
read the first post in this thread about that, if you still want to use the conservative governor with different on/off profiles you can use setcpu/overclock widget.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gensplejs:
To test your gps please download GPS status from the market. Its mutch better for seeing whats up than maps.

You can see how many sattelites the phone can see. How many it has a lock on and so on.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
are you on wifi? if so then there maybe a routing issue or firewall issue since you have trouble with anything on the site and the updater.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] khunjj:
No, I use 3G network. It has been working fine two days ago, just yesterday that it started weird.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alekp:
:D U R excellent, so no worries u did no think of it. i did no think of it also :) some one else told me so. ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] khunjj:
I've tried bypassing the firewall and then it works. I can access the web site now. But that is only for my com, I still cannot use phone to OTA. I think that with other WiFi networks, OTA should be OK. Anyway, is it possible to make these update 1.2.2 files to be able to download directly from the web site??? Or anyone can make a mirror of these update files.

Thanks,
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maddog497:
Proud to run FroydVillian 1.2.2

I too am on Telus and have tried for the last hour to use the OTA update without success.

After reading some others having difficulty on Telus, I turned off data (I am in Gravenhurst at fire college this week) and connected to the college wifi. It took 3 secs to find the update and all is good.

Might be something to do with the way Telus was seeing it.

Thanks

Jim
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BuzzFuzz:
menu > settings > applications > running services...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ggrammer:
Is anybody else having issues surfing secure (https) websites? I can't get to any secure site
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alekp:
Top 5 Hero roms :D

http://hero-roms.blogspot.com/p/top-5.html

check it out and vote for the best one :) FV :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ~David:
It's been the same for me with the stock browser ever since 2.1, on any ROM. All SSL secured websites just load blank.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lukesky:
Just wondering. If the idea is to accomplish a task as quickly as possible and then clock back down, won't playing music in the background or making calls keep the CPU running at full speed throughout compared to when I force the cpu to min freq during Screen off?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] withoutwings:
Good point - surely music etc don't need full CPU, or else it will drain the battery?

Also, is anybody else getting a bit of lag on general UI stuff (scrolling etc)? It's like the governor still isn't fast enough to drag it up from the minimum speed in time. Or the minimum is too low (352-691 for my Hero).

I think separate screen on and off profiles are warranted IMHO.

Sent from my HTC Hero
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
I might be wrong but am starting to wonder if that lag is the Rom or launcherpro... it is a little buggy... launcherpro...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
The site -should- be working now.

Just checked here and it's working fine, over wifi at least. Can't check with 3g on this sim card.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ~David:
Still no luck with finding the updated kernels here, keeps saying Check for updates failed.

Both over WiFi and 3G.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
See if these links work for you guys:

Nindroid 614 v2.1

Nindroid 652 v2.1

Nindroid 691 v2.1

Nindroid 729 v2.1

Nindroid 748 v2.1

Nindroid 768 v2.1

If so I'll add them to the OP. If not I'll have to host them on my own server.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ~David:
Yep, those ones work :)

It loads fairly slowly though. If the OTA updater is pulling the updates from the same server, perhaps the issue is that the updater times-out too quickly? It seems to say "failed" after just a few seconds, but it takes about 15 seconds for those links to load.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
Maybe. Not my server, don't shoot the messenger :D

I think the problem is because there's -looooots- of files in that path, all to do with the OTA app. We're working on a new one, so these issues should be relatively short lived.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maddog497:
Okay, took phone of charger this morning at 4:00 and now 19 1/2 hours later it has 47% left. That includes 15 minutes in calls, 60-70 text, 12-15 emails. One OTA update and downloading 15-18 apps from the market.

I would say we have a keeper.

Jim
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ~David:
dkelly, you have competition! :D

Welp, the links above are working just fine in the meanwhile. All is working well :)

I've gotta say, my measly $50 investment (3 year contract *shudders*) has turned into one of the best purchases I've ever made. Couldn't thank you devs enough!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jwwd:
Good morning

Maybe I was a bit too fast reporting its working. This morning my Hero was very slow to fix GPS and when it happend it only fixed 4 of 10 sats. I also got one FC in Google maps.

This morning its very very foggy here in Silkeborg (Denmark) - maybe that can cause the issues?

Have a nice day.

Best regards,

Henrik
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
Just sounds like typical gps performance to me.... but if that's a bug then It's good news really. Better to have the potential for future bug fixes and improvements rather than "that's as good as you're gonna get" situations.

:-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wapz:
Just ordered a 1550MaH battery for €20, will have it tomorrow. Hope it'll make a difference :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] genich1971:
battery draining fast

I'm usint the 19-729 kernel.

Lost 35% in 3.5 hours.

Anyone having the same issue?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Funkyfin2000:
Where did you get that battery? Linky?

Anyone having problem with BT? Keep trying to enable it and it just won't turn on!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Timootje:
The VillainROM Updater still can't find the 1.2.2. update (Vodafone NL). What can I do? When will it be fixed?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Funkyfin2000:
Tell a lie, BT now fine after another reboot! strange :d
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rimoog:
Connection problem.

Hi,

I have some problems with my connection,I don't know if this has to do with the radio I use.

If I look at the icon the bars goes from 2 bars to 0 and later on from 3 to 0 and so on.

What could be the problem?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] castra:
Villainrom.co.uk is DOWN ??

Anyone else having issues accessing Villainrom.co.uk ??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wichle:
I'm having the same issue with FV 1.2.2!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ante0:
It's a server error. it doesn't allow access to certain providers if I understood correctly. It is being worked on though I think.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Yemiol:
I have exactly the same problem. I've Froyd v.1.2.1.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vanti:
Could it be that since it just switches between min and max that 19 is just to low to do anything and therefore keeps it on 729 all the time?

I did a superquick and ugly test on my phone. Just inside CPUSpeed with nothing really running in background i tried changing between different min-speeds. With 352 as min it was mostly on min. When lowering to 19 it just stayed on max all the time. With 123 as min it seemed to be a bit more on max than with 352 but Im not sure and it may just be random. Important thing is that with 19-691 it was on max all the time so that could be your problem.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] genich1971:
I set 123 as min, and checked "Enable CPU settings".

As i see its jumping between 123-730 (with no stations between those values).

While being inside CPUSpeed software, most of the time the freq is 123.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] winston6969:
Funny you should say that as I performed the same test last night to check and found exactly the same thing which concerned me
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ibanez33:
I did do I search but I see no mention of it.. Is anyone else having cpuspeed disabled after start up claiming the phone crashed when in fact it was turned off?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gensplejs:
Yeah... cpu speed is bonkers.

Every time i turn off ot restart my phone it turns it self off cuz the phone crashed... bah.

Im back on setcpu.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ropster:
Yes it does this to me as well, but as my phone only gets turned off if it crashes its not a great problem realy
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lynt:
Jebus. So many posts to catch up on.

OTA worked fine here, hotfix first and then the 691 kernel; worked like a charm. Great work as always.

+1 for that slick CyanogenMod bootscreen someone posted a vid to a few pages back; looks very tidy.

Linpack'd at 4.7 Mflops / 17.81 secs.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Json_81:
I hoped this would help my problem with phone using gprs instead of 3g, but no.

I'm pretty sure this is Tele2's (swedish carrier) fault but it seems to be worse with android devices (just read a thread about many galaxy s users having the same issue).

Is there anything within the rom that can be done to make the phone better at staying with 3G/HDSPA? After going to gprs it rarely finds it way back to 3G. (I use the WCDMA only setting from *#*#4636#*#* to solve this issue, but would like to be able to use WCDMA prefered so I don't loose signal completly in bad areas)

I've had this issue with every rom and radio I've tried.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rbaghban:
I've tried many many times to go to http://villainrom.co.uk/ but it always shows

"Not Acceptable

An appropriate representation of the requested resource /viewtopic.php could not be found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

_______________________________________

Apache Server at villainrom.co.uk Port 80"

I am from Iran :(

How can I download 1.2.x?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jendrassik:
Why fb contact images appear in poor quality during calls? Thank u all!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alti4:
This post shows how great this ROM actually is. If people start complaining of "issues" like that...;)