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[Hero CDMA Android Development] scott2020:
CRAP! I just did that.

Other than that, my camera did lock up once yesterday and had to pull the battery.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chefthomas99:
Doesn't do that in the latest nightly fyi
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ToxicToastKatz:
Is it just email, or contacts and calendar as well? I may try to delete my Exchange Account all together for a day and see what happens.

To be quite honest, if that solves it, I'll be happy. I understand that some people require it for their job, however, this is my personal phone, so to have my work email is not required (and as a matter of fact, I shouldn't even deal with it, especially since we, the field personnel, have been clammoring for a smart device for years only to get handed the latest free flip phone from AT&T, so screw them). The only real reason I have my Exchange set up is for my contacts and calendar (I like it better than Google), however, if battery life will increase by that much by removing it, screw Exchange.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] typeadam:
Wait.. in what way does it break the GPS? Some people are having issues narrowing down their location, which is what you mean I assume. I'm running collins and I have no issue getting an accurate fix - my GPS won't shut off!

Are both of these collins-related?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ASimmons:
I'm pretty sure that is an issue with your recovery version (recovery-RA-heroc-1.5.2.img?)... As far as a remember it is being wiped but if you don't like the error flash recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img and you shouldn't see it anymore.

Also ADB is in the tools dir of your android SDK it allows you to perform remote functions to your phone. check xda wiki for more info.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scott2020:
With my GPS, it would take forever to lock (2-5 minutes) but once it locked, it was dead on accurate. But then every 10 minutes or so the GPS would drop and need to re-lock. It happened after it went to sleep, so it would make sense if collin's battery deal was doing something that GPS might appear to have troubles.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scott2020:
I was doing Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts with doing the sync "as items arrive" push type updating. I was attempting to use Exchange like I did on my blackberry where email was always current. My next try will be just to manually sync or do it every X hours or so like I did back in the Winmo days.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
PRL is now at 60670. Don't know when Sprint updated it but I was messing around with a Sense rom (no idea why :rolleyes:) and did the PRL update.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Big-O-Devil:
has anybody come across this.. i do a nandroid backup and it does it fine... but when i go to reboot back it throws me into a boot loop.... even after i do a restore i get the same thing.... cant figure it out... anybody has a clue...:confused::confused::confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Big-O-Devil:
hey "don" aren't prl updates only good if your roaming.?.?.?.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
No. Prl updates help your phone "recognize" signal from sprint towers that they would have missed before.

Sent from my HTC Hero running froyo: take that, Sprint!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
Can you explain the "flash a sense rom to clear /system of everything" a bit more? I was planning on doing the rest already (wipe/flash cm6+gapps/use just that for a day) but others had said "it doesn't matter what ROM you came from" so I wasn't planning on doing a Sense first. Will any Sense ROM do?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Big-O-Devil:
o OK.... i did not know that .....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] daryelv:
If I set my Inbox to "As Items Arrive" my battery would be dead in 2-3 hours. I get 1000's of emails a day on my work (EAS) account. I set it to manual and battery life is great. I really only want my calendar to sync anyways, but there's no option to not sync Email like in Sense. I live with it though, once I went with 2.2, I can't stand going back to 2.1. I tried using Google Calendar Sync in the past, but there were problems with recurring appointments not showing correctly. Maybe I'll give a newer version a try and get EAS totally disabled on my phone.

-Daryel
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ASimmons:
Dammit I just updated yesterday to PRL 60669... is this a regional thing or should I try and get 60670?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
OK guys the high-horse stump speeches and kwitcherbitchin comments are really not helpful either. We aren't *****ing or bashing the ROM, but obviously some people have a different experience than others and we're trying to figure out why that is.

Myself and others have made it obvious that we truly appreciate everyone's hard work on this ROM but talking about the issues we're having on the forums is how we make it better. When we figure out why some things work better than others, then everyone benefits, that's how open source works.

It's difficult to tell someone's demeanor over the internet so instead of just assuming that someone is *****ing or bashing or hasn't done their homework it's more helpful to just add your experience and not judge. Yes this is the first ROM I've ever flashed but I've read EVERY single post in this thread, every wiki I could find, other forum posts etc. and I'm still learning something new every day. Hopefully others can learn from what I experience also.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
So do you just keep a Sense nandroid backup around specifically for things like PRL updates?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ASimmons:
Yes that is what you should do... flash fresh 2.2 update your prl/profile and then nandroid backup. Then just wipe and install your cm6 and nandroid that and whenever your want a new PRL just nandroid back to fresh and update your PRL and then back to cm6.

Would be sweet if this could be integrated some how.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
I doubt it has to do with what you're syncing as much as the Exchange protocol itself. Sounds like you'd be better off if you can get away with syncing those through Gmail instead.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cirehawk:
Which version of wifi tehter would that be? I have always just stuck with 1.6 since that seemed to be the one that always worked for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
Thanks, it sounds like flashing Fresh before CM6 will help clear everything out anyway so I'll do just that. Since the Linux kernel now has virtualization built in maybe we could get Fresh running in a VM :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] illushinz:
Almost bricked my phone today. Now back up on stock Sprint 2.1-update1

Problem is, when I try to "flash_image" to get a recovery rom back on it, I just get "flash_image: not found"
[Hero CDMA Android Development] heresy_fnord:
I have activesync off (after doing another wipe and clean install) and my battery life is now great. I also have JIT off so I've narrowed it down to either Activesync, JIT, or both. I'll try turning Activesync on later today as I cannot live without.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cirehawk:
Go into "settings>applications>manage applications>all" and select market. Then "clear data" and your downloaded apps should then show.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] heresy_fnord:
If you didn't set up exchange email, then activesync isn't being used. That's what he means.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ASimmons:
Did you run the unrevoked exploit? If you went back to stock ruu then you need to re-root.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] heresy_fnord:
Thank you, exactly how I feel.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] illushinz:
I ran the Universal 1-click, and I can 'su' in adb shell without error. Did I miss a step?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ToxicToastKatz:
So basically, if you have exchange mail set up, there's no way to disable ActiveSync?

I guess that's really my question, because as I mentioned earlier, all I'm really concerned with (if it's possible) is syncing my calendar and contacts in "real time" push sync. My email I can live without. When I need it, I can just manually refresh. So I guess my question is, with that type of setup, is ActiveSync still actively draining the battery?

I know under the Accounts and Settings menu, there is the option to disable sync operations, however, that is all encompassing and kills Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, etc syncing as well. If there were a way to only limit the Exchange portion, that'd be great.

Thanks for the help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] heresy_fnord:
I'm trending toward 25 hours right now. I am down to 88% in nearly 3 hours, or about 4% an hour average. I have taken a call and sent some texts.

Nothing is set up on the phone, no syncing at all. I have wireless turned on too and set to not sleep (yes I know it's a battery drain.) That being said I can tell this ROM is fine without Activesync, Facebook, and JIT.

Today I'll slowly turn on each piece and see where my battery starts to really die.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] heresy_fnord:
Activesync is on the exchange server and is in the phone. It's the protocol basically for your phone to sync with the exchange server. So you can't have one without the other (reasonably speaking, without using some alternative software like touchdown and I would bet it's using Activesync anyway.)

Any phone that you buy that syncs with exchange fully (email, calendar, contacts, and sometimes tasks) is using activesync. The iphone, Android OS phones over 2.0, Windows Phones, all are using activesync.

So in short, you cannot have one without the other. You cannot "turn off activesync" so much as you can disable the exchange setup on your phone under "accounts and sync".

*EDIT* You can set your exchange sync to a timing of your choice. I never select "push" which will drain your battery the fastest. I normally pick 15 minutes. You could pick manual.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] illushinz:
For anybody else having an issue with flash_image, apparently the newest sprint build doesnt include it.

I'm trying this method now

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...pair-your-bootloader-after-using-2-1-ruu.html
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chestont:
Worked like a charm, much appreciated!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stricklerjosh:
Does anyone know about a signal fix? I have searched for it and saw it mentioned, but haven't found what it is and what it does.

Thanks in advance.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ASimmons:
hmm hard to say since there was only one step. I myself have never used to 1 click method but if you can su and get a root shell you should be good to go. Make sure you have the recovery.img on the top level of your sdcard.

su

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

if you have issues try the manual method its not nearly as hard as it mite seem.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694572

The flash_img missing makes since.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dethklokolypse:
Thank You So Much Darchstar

I am a huge n00b when it comes to rooting but I just recently used the Universal Androot 1.6.2 beta + ROM Manager to load CyanogenMod 6.0.0 Heroc-RC1 and it works flawlessly. I am so happy to get rid of 2.1 and all of Sprints garbage apps. Thanks guys, I am no longer scared of 'bricking' my phone. Plus, I love the Hero again......keep up the great work.....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] EonBlue725:
Just wanted to give a big thanks to the dev for this great rom! Once I finally got it set up, it was flawless. Currently running RC1 + BlackMod v2.2 for CM6. Will keep dabbling with a few things here and there but so far I'm happy. :)

The only question I did have was if it was possible to set email to show only by the days new emails or 3 day setting like 2.1 had? Does that make sense?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] power_tennis:
I figured out my button problem. I was connected to my charger. Once I unplugged, the buttons worked perfectly!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] illushinz:
Ok, so I'm an idiot... that's apparent. What I'm not understanding is why the same instructions I see everywhere don't work for me. I'm performing all the same steps, just without the same results. I appear to be completely unable to remount /system as rw, so I can't adb push 'flash_image' to the /system/bin directory, which means I can't execute flash_image and install Clockwork's recovery mod, so I can't load the newest Cyanogen ROM.

I've tried the Universal 1 Click root and the unrevoked root. They both seem to work flawlessly (woot to those devs), and even though the mount -r remount,rw .... command executes, I still get permission denied when trying to adb push flash_image /system/bin/flash_image.

GRRRR
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
Try

adb remount

first

then

adb push flash_image /system/bin/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] illushinz:
Hmm, that gives:

remount failed: Operation not permitted.

I'm going to RUU it again, and start from scratch. What's the preference for gaining root between the universal 1 click and unrevoked?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
I'd recommend using my guide lol just because there are some steps that the one-click methods do not cover. Go unrevoked if you don't use my guide.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] asoong:
No offense but I had a good laugh.... did you know that regaw_leinad was the person who posted a guide for unrevoked and I believe a key player in getting it to work with our heroes?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
lol yep you're right.

My guide covers all of the things that the apk doesn't do as well that you really should do while rooting as well..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
Speaking of which that reminds me, is there any way to get my phone to wake up automatically when I pull it off the charger?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gonzoangel:
i like this rom

i really do

my gps is broken *by broken i mean it won't lock onto my position anymore*

before it was a dealbreaker, now i don't know if it is so much.

tried to read through this thread to see if there was a GPS fix, just saw a bunch of crybaby posts about battery life

I have a car charger, a USB cord for my laptop, and a wall charger

if i'm sitting in any of those places, BAM its getting charged, my phone lasts forever that way :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
I suppose you've considered less direct methods like getting a Gmail account to poll your work email and then syncing with that?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gonzoangel:
rookie mistake

i'm just running the rom and google apps, no fancy tweaks, no memory managers or task killers. NOT running the battery tweak. Just The rom and no widgets.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] illushinz:
Jeez - I am an idiot. Yours is the guide I was using, I just didn't read the part about the .6

Gotta go find .5 now....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
Wow, thanks so much for your helpful contribution, I never thought about charging my phone. :rolleyes:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] illushinz:
Just wanted to take 2 seconds to send a big shout out to Regaw. Thanks for all the help, and yes, I need to read, then read, then read.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] heresy_fnord:
I'm not willing to sync with Gmail. I'll buy a new phone before I do that. It's not my work email that's the issue. My work email is a POP3 account. I own an exchange server and my private domain is hosted there. The whole point of me having a smartphone is so I can sync everything between the phone and server.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
the second post of my rooting thread
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dr.Jason:
So I installed Touchdown and was able to get mail/contacts/calendar to sync. The native email app still gets FCs everytime it tries to connect during setup. Anybody have any ideas on how to fix this? Would flashing the lastest nightly help?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
Does using JIT affect battery life at all?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] heresy_fnord:
Go to settings - accounts and sync

Click on your exchange active sync there and hit the "remove account" button.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stricklerjosh:
Are there any good free options to replace the exchange email client? I saw touchdown but it is pricey. Not sure of any others. I realized I had exchange set to push and it was killing my battery. Wish I could just somehow forward it to my gmail or something like that.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] heresy_fnord:
Try it for yourself and see. I'm getting ready to test that myself.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gonzoangel:
you're welcome. I figured after 40 useless posts in this thread i could get you over the top to 41
[Hero CDMA Android Development] heresy_fnord:
Nothing that is free that works well, as far as I know. I just setup exchange sync and will check my battery later today. I'm starting to see more and more reports of exchange being the issue which is a shame. I switched mine from "push" to 15 minute update though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dr.Jason:
It's not listed because I can't even get the Exchange account set up with the native email app.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pgreptom:
I'm having problems; the daemon "akmd" (related to the compass?) is using 25-35% CPU usage 24/7. It absolutely demolishes my battery.

I can su in a terminal and 'kill $(pgrep akmd)' - and it stops for awhile, but it just comes right back.

Can anyone monitor usage in OS Monitor or so and see what kind of usage they are getting?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] heresy_fnord:
With touchdown do you even use the native email app? I assumed everything you did would be through the touchdown app including email.

You can try running the ROM Manager app and inside of that, there is a "fix permissions" thing that is supposed to fix FCs.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Big-O-Devil:
lol... he is the reason why so many of us have a rooted phone....:D:D:D thanks regaw... :cool:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] danaff37:
there's some app you have keeping it awake, probably something that you start by flipping the phone or something silly like that.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
If you're just talking about email you could try using IMAP instead of the ActiveSync protocol. Or you could have Gmail "pull" your email and then sync with Gmail. Neither of these options helps though if you're talking about calendar and contacts too.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
Did you try going into "Running Services" and see which process started it?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] smolck:
Push seems to have LESS affect on your battery than polling. Countless articles on this subject and most of them say push is better for battery life. This is one such article.

http://www.androidcentral.com/using-gmail-your-own-personal-push-mail-server
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stricklerjosh:
Don't need contacts or calendar. Can you pm and explain how to do those options? I went to gmail setting but exchange isn't available to be forwarded.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dr.Jason:
Yes, with Touchdown everything is done within that app. I only tried Touchdown because I can't get the native email app to connect with my Exchange server without FC. I would prefer to use the native email app if I can get it to work.

I have already tried the fix permissions thing, and it didn't solve it. Any other ideas? Thanks for the help!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cavingman:
so, what is the recommended recovery image to use with this?

as strange as it sounds, using RA-darchdroid-v1.7.0 when I attempt to do a full wipe before the install, it acts like it should. but when I flash CM6 RC1 and it boots up, my old wallpaper is still there. and its not a system wallpaper, its one i downloaded myself. I wipe everything, and even repartitioned the SD card.

Any ideas? should I use a different recovery image to wipe?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dpeeps74:
It sounds like you're coming from a darchdroid rom or another cm6 rom. They back up your wallpaper and reapply it, along with many other settings.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 424antelope:
could not add my google account

I had the google apps flashed, but still could not add my google account. Was it because I am in China? It says 'could not establish a reliable connection...'
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
There's nothing useless about a group of people who are all having the same problem trying to help each other figure out that problem.

Battery life may not be important to you but I'm competing in an Ironman triathlon next weekend and I want to use my phone to check GPS once every few minutes and post my position to a website where friends can track me so battery life is pretty darn important to me considering it will take me 14 hours to finish.

Several of us have worse battery life now than we did before. It doesn't mean we're bashing or *****ing or being ungrateful, we're trying to figure out the problem so everyone can benefit. Unfortunately there are always people who like to run others down to make themselves feel superior but that's okay, I'm still going to try to figure out the problem and let others know so they can benefit too.

n388mm gave me some really useful info on how to use Spare Parts that I didn't know before (thanks again n388mm). Others have posted their experience on task killers that was really helpful to those using them (even though I never have). There's nothing useless about discussing problems and solving them, but popping into a thread for the sole purpose of calling others crybabies is indeed useless noise.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ASimmons:
The commie's are firewalling you.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tobiasly:
Sorry I don't use Exchange so I don't know the exact steps but I do know it supports IMAP. So enable IMAP on Exchange and then use the Android app to check email using IMAP (which, if Exchange and Android both support the IMAP "IDLE" command -- and I think they do -- will use Push).

In Android just be sure to click "Manual Setup" in the email client and choose IMAP instead of Exchange.

The other option would be to go into your Gmail settings, and under Accounts, set up Gmail to check your other mail account using POP3. Pretty sure you can also have it apply a label to emails from the other account. Then use the native Android Gmail app.

Option #1 is probably better because then you won't have to worry about making sure your replies have the correct "From" headers etc.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cavingman:
ah, you are correct. borked my install of cm6 RC1 and was reinstalling it. was not aware things got backed up like that. good to know :D thx
[Hero CDMA Android Development] duffkitty:
Are you trying to get XDA banned in China?!?! Besides I thought Google and China came to an agreement when it came to Android which I assume would include a Google account... Dunno about search though.

Sent from my CM 6 Blackmodded Heroc using the XDA app.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ASimmons:
Oh noooo I looove commies... joking. I assume that it has something todo with the firewalling going on over there. If you google it you see that while google thought they had some kind of agreement they are still blocking many many thing over there.

Just glad I'm not living there they probably have filters that route typed keywords straight to a secret police email box and then they come and black bag you.

My apologies if XDA is now on the banned URL list. Just hope none of you are in trouble.

try going to a wifi (coffee shop not yours) and provisioning there.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] riotkid976:
MMS fix?

Been running this rom for a couple days and the only complaint i have is the inability to send/receive MMS through any app (ideally, i use handcent).

I searched the thread and found nothing but hints at similar problems and "fixes" (like "-rm mms.apk". seems counterproductive?) If anyone has any advice, please let me know.

EDIT: nvm. full wipe and re-flash. works as intended.