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[Hero CDMA Android Development] BrandoKC:
I may have to try this on my fiance's phone. I don't think I'm ready to give up Zen EXP. Thanks for providing two excellent options!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tcb203:
do we absolutely have to have a custom recovery because I want to flash this rom but I don't have a custom recovery .
[Hero CDMA Android Development] BrandoKC:
If you are rooted then download ROM Manager from the market and use either the Clockword recovery or my personal favorite the Amon Ra recovery.

Dowloand the ROM to the root of your SD card (saved to the SD card but not in any folder).

Turn off your phone, then power on while holding the volume down button. Press the home button when you get to the white screen with the Fastboot and recovery options. Select backup and create a nandroid backup. Then select wipe and factory wipe your phone (you will lose all saved data and settings).

Once you've wiped the select the Flash option and flash the ROM. Once the flash is complete select the reboot option and you'll be rocking the ROM of your choice.

You can download Titanium backup to backup your apps and data. I highly suggest reinstalling on market apps from Titanium, you do not want to attempt to reinstall any system apps or data.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tcb203:
thank you
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
Agreed. Loving ZenEXP. Being the obsessed flasher that I am I will certainly give this a go when I have a moment. It's the new toy on the block!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] REDFOCZ:
Great job Zen will have to give this a shoot this weekend

Sent from my Froyo Hero
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ljmeli:
Running this and wow, this thing is smooth! Great job Zen!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] derekwilkinson:
Just when you have me fall in love with one ROM, you release another... :P

(but seriously, you rock)

What makes this ROM so much faster? I don't have time to try it yet, but if it is that much faster I will definitely use it.

Also, does this framework allow custom themes (such as Espresso?)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Envynet:
I've been running this for about 2 hours, it FLYS! Not much delay in messaging app either plus you get the extra htc widgets. I'll definatly be using this for a while. After install still had 150 app space left and it isnt even odexed!

One quirk Zen if you could touch on this, my notification lights are a bit funky. ie I seen it blink once really fast but it stays off otherwise when getting a text message.

It is not a deal breaker for me though I'm keeping this bad boy on my phone for awhile. Thank you so much!!!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] SammyM00782:
I'll try any Sense ROM once as long as it's nice and clean like this one :-) I'm a Fresh guy myself but everyone does fantiastic stuff. Now if there was just an app for free cable...

*Don't post about how you flashed this and went back to your other rom. Nobody cares.

Classic :-) Here's a dumb question.....what about JIT?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] intx:
So if anyone has switched from the latest Zen-EXP(the mytouch 3g slide port) to this, how's it running in comparison?

I'm using EXP with noperflock kernel at 768 and it's flying, but if this is quicker I'll switch.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bycoo222:
I switched and all I can say is HOLY S*** I'm using a kernel overclocked

At 710 and its just fast like extremely fast I couldn't get Zen exp the new 1 0.9.7 this fast this is by far my fastest Rom I've used between autokiller and the set CPU at 710 its fast
[Hero CDMA Android Development] D3FAULT:
Excuse my ignorance, but what's the point of this? I'm not complaining that we have more ROM options, but it's simply a question since it looks basically exactly like stock 2.1 imo. Is it because we can, and it's free? :P
[Hero CDMA Android Development] intx:
Stock 2.1 doesn't have the improvements listed at the top.

Also, the legend port we had a long time ago was much faster than the Hero builds at the time, and the Aria builds are apparently faster.

So if you like faster and more featured builds, then you'll like this.

Flashing now, thanks Zip/Zen, I'll report how it's running.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] D3FAULT:
Ah, okay. Faster is definitely good, but I never cared for Sense.. I may try it though, just to see how fast it is. Thanks for answering my question.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rockypr:
Nice ROM!!

Quick Question... and sorry for thinking about the future... Does this means that if AT&T shows some 2.2 Froyo on Aria... Can be ported to the Hero?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jtpterp:
Same problem i get "Loading... It may take several minutes to complete, pleast wait." foreverrrr.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zippy-man:
For the people with loading forever did you wipe data factory reset also wipe dalvik and sd ext before flashing this?

If I wipe everything I am not having the forever loading problem.

Sent from my Sprint Htc Evo 4g
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jtpterp:
I wiped data/factory reset and dalvik... their isn't an option to wipe sd ext as far as I can see in Clockwork recovery.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zippy-man:
Ok I will look into it must be something I added I have a few ideas

Sent from my Sprint Htc Evo 4g
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zenulator:
It's not slide based. It's based on rcmix18.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] capychimp:
the loading box issue comes from the rcmix port, nothing zenulator did, we think it is one of the apks when i added languages to them, so we are trying to figure out which one and correct it ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mcfarlan:
Was having the same problem...flash Alpha4 then 5, no wipe...has worked twice for me that way...

Edit: I have let Alpha4 load completely each time before flashing 5. Don't know if it makes a difference from flashing them back to back...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] robocik:
clockwork is wiping the sd ext when you choose wipe data/factory reset

but try also to mount USB storage from partitions menu and clear all **** left behind by older roms, files and folders which is not yours, like:

Android, rosie_scroll, rssreader, LOST.DIR... etc.

i delete everything which is not mine, i leave just nandroid, music, DCIM and my roms...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] urushiol:
I know we can't access "Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks", but would there be a way we could enable data roaming? It seems to be disabled by default.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zenulator:
You can enable roaming in the build.prop. I'm mobile so I don't have the exact line to put in.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wjason:
Rosie restarts anyone??

Very nice job! I love the speed of this sense ROM. I do miss the new google voice search coming form CM6 but I can live without it. Is anyone getting a lot of restarts on Rosie? I seem to be getting them after using the Market or internet. Here is a pastebin of the logcat.

http://pastebin.com/WXBcJbCc

Keep up the great work!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] crxmax:
was considering flashing this over but sounds like its buggy?..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chefthomas99:
Not buggy for me - working great for me even though its still in testing stages too. Just a minor thing for me - can't enter accounts & sync in settings without forceclosing.. I just manage by setting my syncs in the respective app settings.

Nandroid and give it a try.

Sent from my Zen-Rom Hero!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] redram38:
How is everyone's battery life. Mine has been pretty bad so far today. I was at about 50% after about 5.5 hours of light use.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] robocik:
i dont think you can measure battery time so quick... i mean battery status is behaving strange after a reinstall... i suggest that you charge your battery to full, then wipe the battery status, then check the battery.

I may be wrong, but thats how i do it on my GSM Hero.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] idaho4045:
"Am i the only one?"

ok i have yet to have any problems with this rom (knock on wood) but i can click on Accounts and sync and everything.. there isnt anything i cant use.. the only thing i cant manage to do which doesnt bother me cuz i use PDAnet is the internet sharing option when you plug in the phone.. i get driver errors on my computer.. but again no bigge cuz i use PDAnet.. can someone possibly link the Sprint VVM apk? cuz i cant seem to get google voice to work.. and Zen once again you created a ****ing awsome ROM and the only thing i miss VS your Slide port is when you tip the phone to the side the home screen tilts to the side as well :-P personal PREFF tho lol no biggie i love this rom and you can Zippy are amazing. p.s i seen someone else ask this ?? but noone answered are there no updates for this on the Zen updater? and is there a Theme server?? when you click on themes it says no theme server added.. thats really the only probs i had..

p.s im not sure if you remeber me Zen and the problem i had with service on your EXP rom but i have no problems at all with service on this rom i acually get better service with this rom then i have with any of the others..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] drtwrk127:
Solved my "waiting forever for sense to load" problem by flashing alpha 5, then update for 5 immediately, then Zen custom kernel immediately . Hope this helps someone.

MJK
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KBizzle:
Not trying to be a douche but reading the Devs OP is always a good option.

Rules and Stuff

The first rule of zenroms is you don't ask for ETA's

A2SD should be automatic if you have an ext sd partiton

Using ZenKernel #2 clocked at 691 set to ondemand

Download Maps from the Market

No you can't update your PRL

Don't ask about Sprint Visual Voice Mail

Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobil networks will force close if you select it. It happens on every gsm sense port.

Don't post about how you flashed this and went back to your other rom. Nobody cares.

I like cyanogenmod too.

If you want to help then post real bugs with logcats. Not some generic response like "X app force closed"

Don't ask for this or that option. Updates will come as time permits.

Whats the point?

Second rule of zenroms. There is no point
[Hero CDMA Android Development] someonenewhere:
you sure it had a2sd?? because I only had about 17mb's of space....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] duffkitty:
It now has to be enabled in Zen Config.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
Just wanted to throw my two cents in here.

Currently running Alpha4 with the Voice Fix update.

Set CPU at 729/245

AOSP Voice Keyboard

LauncherPro

Various Sense replacement widgets

I currently have 27 apps installed and still have 106MB of storage space left, I am NOT using A2SD. As currently configured this rom is faster than anything I've used, including every iteration and nightly of Froyo CM6. It looks just like Froyo but has all the benefits of HTC apps (not widgets). Friendsteam, HTC Music, HTC News, etc. all still work whereas none of them would work in true Froyo.

Alpha5 was too buggy for me and took up too much internal storage (pretty much made A2SD mandatory). Alpha4 ain't perfect but I've found no rom out there is, they all have something missing or not working. For now this is the rom I'll use as my daily.

I've had it on now for over 24 hours and the battery is just as good (which really means 'awesome') as it was when I was running CM6.

Oh, native USB tethering is working which is something you can't get on any Sense rom without resorting to changing out your PRI. Very nice.

I'll be following this thread closely to watch how this rom develops, it's seriously the best rom out there for the Hero (IMO). Yes, I'm sure Darchstar and Cyanogen will disagree ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] idaho4045:
o0o.. my bad i missed that one.. i didnt post anything till i read the whole thread.. it was an honest mistake. ill just search the forums for the APK.. sorry. and you werent being a douche your right.. lol i should learn to read lol but i honestly did miss that one.. lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KBizzle:
Np, i figured i would let you know before you got flamed.

Also, you may be partial to sense but Launcher Pro has auto rotate and runs great.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MRagu:
was wondering if anyone might know why this rom does not work with AndroidCommander? Zen's MTGSlide rom, All versions of Fresh roms, and CM6 work with it fine ... but for some reason this rom is not working with it. Kinda weird ....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xII v EnFamouz 2 IIx:
Is there a lwp zip to flash?..awesome rom but lwps not working plz help
[Hero CDMA Android Development] idaho4045:
??Hmm??

ok so when i first tried this rom i just whiped and flashed to check it out.. well i decided i was gonna make it my new Daily and that usually intitles me formatting my SD card and re whiping the phone and starting from scratch so i did this re installed flashed the main rom and the update zip ran ZEN updater and updated it when it asked and now there is an update showing in the rom tab "updater Support Fix" and everytime i try to download it, it says unable to download from any mirrors or there was a problem downloading the update.. theres always an error.. figured i should prob throw this out here..

p.s still noone answered my one ?? about the themese thing. is there a theme server for the theme tab on the Zen updater?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jxr94:
Press menu and configure on the main sense screen and enable it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jxr94:
This is hands down the best CDMA Hero ROM available right now (just my opinion).

I honsetly don't have any problems that i couldn't work out my self. 5 stars Zen :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chefthomas99:
After wiping EVERYTHING and also partitioning my SD card - reflashed this Rom and everything works perfectly (even settings & sync). This is an all-star rom and looking forward to the final build!

Sent from my Zen-Rom Hero!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KBizzle:
There is no theme server.

As for the updater support fix, that is for a different rom. If you downloaded and installed the updat fix .zip on the OP, that wont come up again.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zippy-man:
Sorry about that. If you flash the update from the OP you are fine. The update in the updater was accidentally left there and would not download anything cuz i pulled that file off the server.

As far as the themes server goes the server is valid but we have not uploaded any themes to the server yet.

You can learn how to set it up here http://zenroms.com/content/how-to-themes/
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ikar2ner:
sorry to bug what which exact zen custom kernel did you flash? I'm look at his latest ones but there is the stock voltage one, the undervolted ones with perf lock and no perf lock, please do tell so i make sure :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jtpterp:
I can confirm this works... wiped everything, partitioned SD card and bam no more FC issues or Loading forever after a boot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scifan:
I've been checking out different rom's in hopes that one will work acceptably well with the handsfree kit built into my car stereo...

When I first tried this, I THINK I forgot to do a factory reset/clear...

this time I did that and it loaded right up and is very fast...

and at first glance, the blue tooth seems to work better... I need to do some further testing....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] urushiol:
Haven't gotten a chance to try it yet (I won't be in a roaming area until tomorrow), but does this look right?

ro.com.android.dataroaming = true

I pulled it from CM6 build.prop

PS: I took a look at fresh 2.3.3 build.prop and it uses the same line, so I'm almost 100% sure it will work.

Perhaps when this gets closer to a final build, this could be included in the update server, a data roaming on, and data roaming off build.prop for easy switching? (I don't mind to edit the build.prop manually, but other users may find it more convenient to use an update)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] redram38:
Ok so maybe I don't get it, BUT, why would partitioning your SD card keep you from getting FC or make the phone boot faster. I have not had a FC yet when I select settings or sync, the only FC I get is with blue tooth setting sometimes like I have had with every 2.1 Rom I have ever ran and it always fixes itself. This Rom also boots up about as fast as any thing I have ever had on my phone. Now if you mean you wiped your ext partition on you SD card then I can see how that would help and I do this before I load any Rom, but just your normal Fat32 partition, I just do see how that helps. I don't claim to be an expert by any means, but I have flashed well over 1000 plus times and I have partitioned my SD card about Zero times during all of this and have had very little trouble with any.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zenulator:
Yes I do believe that's the one. You can also do it by setprop ro.xxxxx.zzzzz. but you would have to be done every boot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rockypr:
I never get Zen Roms to boot, maybe is the wipe ext problem, when i tried to wipe this it says.

Run 'wipe ext' via adb!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zenulator:
Can't help there. What recovery?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rockypr:
GodSpeed Recovery
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ikar2ner:
I've completely reformated my whole sdcard... wiped everything, repartition.. flashed ROM, then update right away, rebooted, still the long waited loading screen. what gives?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zippy-man:
It is a known issue. We are working on fixing it. These are alpha roms dont expect them to be perfect there are bugs.

Alpha means we got it to boot and are sharing it. We don't really test alpha builds before releasing them that is why we call them alpha.

One we have a stable version then it comes out of alpha.

Sent from my Sprint Htc Evo 4g
[Hero CDMA Android Development] idaho4045:
Thank you Zippy for the link to the how to for the themes server.. i did what it said and now im just waiting for someone to add some themes to it.. someone has made 2 themes for your Rom they linked them in a post on here (just saying lol) but thanks again.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] danielmakana:
It wouldn't boot for me at first either. I finally got it to boot by skipping through everything at setup instead of putting my information in. Maybe its coincidence but I think thats what did it for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zenulator:
Also enable WiFi on initial boot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zenulator:
I'm not too sure what's going on with alpha5 but that initial "sense"

LoaD takes a while.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Taterus Maximus:
Thanks Zen, this is one of the best ROMs I've tried, I can't believe that this is an alpha release
[Hero CDMA Android Development] urushiol:
I experienced this with alpha 4 also. With A4 and A5 I waited until gmail was finished syncing, rebooted and it loads instantly.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
Had the superlong Sense load issue, I just pulled the battery, and bam, started in a few seconds. Then again, I waited like 10 minutes before doing that, so who knows.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
Anyoen managed to enable JIT with Sense?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jxr94:
Whenever i flashed this after wiping a sense rom it seems to work.

For example, restored zen 2.2, reboot, then wiped and flashed this rom and sense loaded quickly. This worked twice for me but it is quite possibly a coincidence, but hey give it a shot
[Hero CDMA Android Development] drtwrk127:
Stock, no perf

I've been Brainfuct!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
Tried my best to use this ROM. Yes, if you do it properly, and restart when it hits the Sense UI loading screen, you'll get into Sense, and it certainly is smooth.

However, none of the profiles worked for me, turning on JIT or attemtping to add Sense to the banlist would put me through either a non-boot or a bootloop. (I don't care for the Sense Launcher, I simply need the Sense apps)

It has promise, but I'm definately going to wait till this gets ironed out. If you want a solid and fast Sense UI ROM, this is probably your best bet. But in all honesty, and with all due respect to zenulator, I found the battery to severely drain, that ZenConfig would never function properly (any change would put me through a bootloop), and the phone was getting a tad bit warm.

I need to sleep now, and I restored back to my one and only stable RegawMOD, but sometime tommorow after work, I'll give it another go and post logcats.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] capychimp:
about jit did you change wallpaper to any wallpaper before flashing jit? if not thats why the boot loop, you need to change wallpaper before adding jit!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Envynet:
I still don't see how people are having problems with this rom I have it installed on two heros with zero problems.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chefthomas99:
+1

tenchars
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
I'm right there with you buddy, it may be an Alpha but it's my daily.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MRagu:
I agree, I have had only 1 issue involving this rom and that involved a 2nd party program I usually run on other roms (AndroidCommander). Possibly busybox not being installed on this rom?

I have installed this rom myself atleast 4 times and not once have I had any problems with the install or with the roms overall use. This rom is 100% in my opinion!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jtpterp:
The ONLY issue i have with the ROM is it FC's when i try to go into the Mobile Networks portion of the Wiresless & Networks menu. Other than that it runs perfect.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] redram38:
Took off the charger at 8am, phone was not used at all the next 1 1/2 hours and the battery drained to 90%. Awake time showed 17 minutes sleeping the rest awake even though the phone was in the case for over 1 1/2 hours. No idea what is keeping it awake.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] athanos:
I thought I would give this a shot and I have to say it is rather fast. I did have some issues with the install, but have managed to get it up and running just fine. I do have a question about JIT. In order to enable it, do I only have to check JIT in the config, or do I also need to ban sense? I know about changing the walpaper and I plan on using launcher pro.

I also noticed that this is OC'ed already. Is the stock OC able to be brougth up to 768 with SetCPU? Or do I need to flash a different kernel?

Thanks in advance for any assistance. This is a great ROM so far and I look forward to using it as my daily.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
From the first post:

"Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobil networks will force close if you select it. It happens on every gsm sense port."
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zenulator:
It can go all the way to 768 with an overclock app.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] athanos:
Thanks for the quick reply. What about JIT? Anything special to enable it properly?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] duffkitty:
I've had zero problems since reflashing. My sense would get killed occasionally when set to Aggressive memory management so lowered it to Casual.