yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] onlyoldboy:
Can you explain how I can do this? I would really appreciate it, I wish this came with standard HTC_IME...

I would also like to know how to remove some of the built in apps that you can't uninstall. I mean don't get me wrong, I love this ROM and its finally good enough to use as a main ROM but the dev has built a lot of this according to his tastes and preferred apps. For example, I much prefer SetCPU so there's no need for me to have CPUSpeed on there... and I have absolutely no intent of using IRC chat so there's no need for me to have that app.

Cheers for any help!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] peelsky:
Very good ROM.

My issues for now:

1. Extended Controls widget won't work, stock power controls widget does though. I'd like to turn off separators and color indicators so Extended Controls is the best option for me. Heard that APNdroid does not work too.

2. When on WiFi with background data the battery dives down like crazy. I'm on stock kernel with suggested by Hacre CPUspeed settings.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] yasin12:
I think they're both the same person

:D

Sent from my froyo hero
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hhsun:
Just flashed fron a full wipe..

Rotation bug is still there on the gallery..

No other bugs i see so far

Btw, the browser speed is slow, pitch zoom is much more responsive in villainrom12...will that be improved in the future release?

Thanks for the awesome rom but I will stick on vr12...looking forward for another release!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] yasin12:
You could use the adb method a few posts back, or you could get root explorer from the market, go into system>apps and delete the apps you dont want. Make sure to do a nandroid backup because if you delete the wrong app the Rom stops working. When you've deleted the Apps do a reboot and they should be gone

Sent from my froyo hero
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] squeeish:
Did you follow this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=645253

I had no problems with it. You load FroydVillain-1.5.0-release-signed.zip into your sdcard, turn off your phone and start up in recovery mode and flash it. Maybe try downloading the file again?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ziggy1001:
Titanium backup also has an uninstall feature:cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skymkk:
thanks villainrom teams! Great works.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gynjanynja:
Thanks lol I'm new to this forum only rooted and became a member a few months back.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bulktrasher:
I think there isn't a kernel issue.

1.4.4 with 3.1 (122-691 nologo) kernel, everything works fine (except wifi browsing with webkit)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dcmedia:
+1

No other bugs found...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ratul_jain1991:
lol no i did that only before asking here :p

only the message notification :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Warper4:
have proved it and neither it works :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
1) Yeah, just flash the kernel on top again.

2) Try the app "autostarts" or equivalent, and tell messaging (stock) to not pick up new SMS incoming.

3) Yeah, use the HTC IME mod that's installed already. Long-press a text box and choose select input method.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] intoxicated:
Nice work! Now my Hero is back alive with froyo :)

Here is an issue I found when sharing contact.

Its complaining about conversion exception.

E/AndroidRuntime( 3752): FATAL EXCEPTION: Notification Update Thread
E/AndroidRuntime( 3752): java.util.UnknownFormatConversionException: Conversion is '成'
E/AndroidRuntime( 3752):	at java.util.Formatter$Transformer.transform(Formatter.java:1438)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3752):	at java.util.Formatter.doFormat(Formatter.java:1082)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3752):	at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:994)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3752):	at java.lang.String.format(String.java:2254)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3752):	at android.content.res.Resources.getString(Resources.java:290)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3752):	at android.content.Context.getString(Context.java:195)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3752):	at com.android.bluetooth.opp.BluetoothOppNotification.updateCompletedNotification(BluetoothOppNotification.java:350)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3752):	at com.android.bluetooth.opp.BluetoothOppNotification.access$400(BluetoothOppNotification.java:54)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3752):	at com.android.bluetooth.opp.BluetoothOppNotification$NotificationUpdateThread.run(BluetoothOppNotification.java:172)
D/BluetoothService( 630): Registering hfag record
E/BluetoothEventLoop.cpp( 630): event_filter: Received signal org.bluez.Adapter:PropertyChanged from /org/bluez/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SchinTeth:
MY camera force closes every time I try to take a photograph. Anyone else having that issue?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] onlyoldboy:
Many thanks, posts like those are hare easy to lose but the root explorer option sounds easiest to me. I'll be sure to nandroid as well, cheers!

Anyones Facebook not syncing with contacts?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Working fine here I'm afraid. Did you do full wipe?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kakabobo:
how to get your own contact pic to show when sending out messages?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SchinTeth:
Yes, I always full wipe, ´cause its cool :P

hmm I ll try camera 360 then, maybe that ll work
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] N@workerZ:
Great ROM!

Thanks to all developers! Came from 2.1 VillainROM 12.0. But the FroydVillain is much better :) Great performance, Linpack about 5.0 with 691 Mhz Kernel. Everything is working for me. Tried GPS with runkeepers, took some photos, downloaded apps with HSDPA and Wi-Fi, phoned and wrote some sms! Really good work, this ROM is awesome!

@ShinTeth:

First time I took a photo, I had the same problem. After a reboot everything works fine, no error anymore.

CU

N@workerZ
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salski:
Once again random reboot :( I was doing nothing and the phone just rebooted. Having the default kernel. Kmsg attached.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gu_de_o:
I'm also experiencing some problems with the camera. It works, or rather, it worked for a while, then now when trying to start the camera it says "Camera error" "Cannot connect to camera". This happened just now when tried it for the first time with this new ROM. Took one picture and made one video, worked fine, but when I started the camera again the error message appeared.

Also the gallery is not working properly, rotating makes the picture distorted amongst other things, like very slow thumbnail load time.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jankhner:
My phone reboots rabdomly on 691-logo-kernel. I have not had any problems before with 691mhz...

Well, i'll try slower kernel.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] amrit1986:
Delay in text message notifications

I have installed Froyd 1.5 and when I receive text messages, the screen will light up but the phone takes 10-15 seconds to vibrate and make a sound. Is there any way to change this.

I wiped everything before I installed 1.5 and am using Handcent. I have turned off the notifications for the default messaging system.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SchinTeth:
Thats exactly what I have. I ll try a total reboot and if that does not help camera 360 later.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marka2k:
Anyone else having issues turning off notifications on the Messages App? I use Handcent SMS and do not want double notification, I turned it off in options but did not help also tried a reboot as well.

Thank you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I think you need to use the app "autostarts" or equivalent (autostarts is paid, but I am sure free ones exist) and tell messaging not to listen to "incoming SMS" or something like that.

Basically it stops the stock messaging app from handling incoming, and leaves it for the add-on app to deal with.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] onlyoldboy:
Bah I can't remove some of the in built apps or HTC IME (to put in my own) via Root Explorer because the files are read only and I can't change permissions :(

EDIT: Scrap that, just clicked Mount R/W :D silly moi.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
when ever you quit an app in android, use the back button (left arrow hard button @ bottom right of phone face) to quit the app whenever that option works for the app/game in question (most of the time it does work). Otherwise, just hitting home button to "quit" can leave a poorly written app or game running that might keep using resources when it isn't supposed to anymore.

and actually make sure you do quit the app your'e running before you lock your phone or leave it to lock on it's own. otherwise again same problem, running app keeps running and can prevent proper sleep.

I know from experience and from tracking my use in juice that it's how my phone works.

And aso remember android is a multitasking operating system, lots is going on in the background, so following above rules helps run only one app at a time (to save battery and ensure peak performance) and also do as someone said above to check running processes for anything you've installed that might be a resource hog.

good luck
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] peelsky:
Ok, I've played around with the ROM and gotta say that the darn battery drainage is incredibly high. Enabling background data, 3G, push gtalk and push whatsapp in the background kills the battery super fast. The CPUspeed settings (on default kernel,latest villain radio) were set as recommended in the first post. Watching the BattStatt widget fall 3% in around 5mins makes me wanna jump to an empty pool.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
it's your only option. I've never found it slow, and I don't think I swype from screen to screen so haven't encountered that particular issue.

compared to nubdialer dialer one is a speed demon LoL
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
those are fine and won't use any significant resources on your phone, don't worry.

stuff like that which CAME with your phone is ok to leave running.

it's apps you want to kill, as per my previous post.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
good thing there's only a small increase in battery life wiht conservative used like that. just leave it on interactive instead then... your phone might have some issue with lower cpu values maybe?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cbailey:
Pics please or it never happened (you forlorn in the bottom of an empty pool).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
as far as I can remember the hero has always done that, like it's part of how android works or something. not sure though. I get a display showing for 2 or 3 seconds before a phone ringing sound etc, always have, still do. I like it. I get a chance to answer it before it rings loudly.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
don't use the default music player. it's a huge cpu hog from my experience. and dspmanager has, in the past at least for me, seemed to perform great then later on after hour+ of music playing it starts glitching suddenly and I can't get a responsive OS ui and so on... using a nice third party music app (mixzing, meridian, and many others) seems to show way lower resource use and it therefore my personal first suggestion along with not using dsp manager for now until you can narrow down exactly what is causing the issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
I thought 19MHz was removed from 1.5's kernels?? maybe I'm wrong, but I really thought so....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
been playing raging thunder 2 since half an hour ago off and on, works perfectly. same with neocore etc.

something's up with your install of the rom...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
LoL, what does that mean? pretty vague.

raging thunder 2 isn't supposed to run on the hero at all guys. with this rom it runs at high frame rate and is an incredible game. if you get slowdowns at times it's notifications or background updates etc which are just too much for even this rom with such a demanding game at the same time.

So before playing raging thunder 2, disable wifi and data, it helps a lot.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cbailey:
Could you let me know if it would be possible to install Swiftkey beta on froyd villain 1.5?

Many thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
1.5 is perfectly stable. however there is always an odd time where a certain phone doesn't run well with a certain rom it seems.

I fully suspect that if 1.4.4 runs well then 1.5 was very very likely misflashed or not fully wiped first (imho it actually does have some issues with certain apps if not fully wiped first.... could just be my unusual # of apps though).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mobydeek:
cant u dload it form the market?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mach2005:
For the guys and galls that haven't got the right dictionary in this rom. I installed Smart keyboard and Dutch add on. This Works great!

BTW. no problem whatsoever with this rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] onlyoldboy:
Ahh I can't win! I removed the themed HTC_IME so I could install my own, but the stock version always FC's. Tried redownloading and reinstalling both clicker and the mod, but same thing. Using the 1.6+ Low Res version.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ian_4614:
I fond many apps will not install, and I just get INSTALL ERROR - or the same message when they try and update... Does anyone else get this ?????
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ian_4614:
I can download it, but during the install, I ger INSTALLATION UNSUCCESFUL error...:(:(:(:(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] robbo990:
I installed Swiftkey beta - no problems
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gynjanynja:
Make sure u have install location in villain settings set to automatic not just external as not all apps work off sd card. Hope this helps.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gynjanynja:
I had this problem on stock 2.1 ota update and it still bears its ugly head sometimes make sure u got loads of memory available b4 going on I.e. kill apps with task killer that usually helps. And this get rid of memory hog Widgets in background. Also turning screen off whilst using camera apply isn't a gr8 idea.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] peelsky:
This time it took 7mins.

http*//cl.ly/2GkZ - 20:28-20:33 - cleared notifications

http*//cl.ly/2GZq - 20:33-20:36 - adding widgets to home screens (no online activity)

http*//cl.ly/2GIA

Sorry for * in links. I'm not allowed to post outside links.

Processes I'm running in the background:

Tajm

BattStatt

Pure Messenger widget

Genie

LauncherPro

Vlingo reader

Vlingo keyboard

VillainROM Updater

Google Services Framework

Any ideas how to fix this battery crap?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mobydeek:
anyone know if the *million* dalvik optimisations been made to CM6 ? Or isit strictly a FroydVillain thing?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] toxic-hero:
can't download paid apps with mobile data anymore

i can not download/update paid apps from android market via mobile data connection since i've installed 1.5.

i first flashed FV1.5 with no wipe and then once again with wipe. i always get the message: DOWNLOAD UNSUCCESSFUL. i live in a god's forgotten part of galaxy so i have to use market access apk to buy them but there's never been bigger problems with downloading apps before on any rom including FV1.3, 1.4.

if i enable wifi paid apps get installed smoothly.

any suggestion greatly appreciated!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Use the 1.5 one
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Google issue I believe. The market isn't 100% sorted yet AFAIK. :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I don't know. It's all open source so they can find them if they want, but I dunno if CM will take them or not. Maybe they already have?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] toxic-hero:
yeah, maybe. it just seems strange that this issue started with FV1.5. only a few hours before i flashed it i updated an app without problems.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] popopeepee:
Can not play video mp4 format

this version do not support mp4 right ? . because the previous version i still play video mp4 format.:confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dallas79:
which files did you remove and where did you find them? i downloaded rootexplorer but i am afraid to delete the wrong files!? i also want to change the keyboard...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] onlyoldboy:
Well the Android keyboard works ok which is what I use at the moment, but I deleted the Viingo (or whatever it is) keyboard and the themed one. I then installed the stock HTC_IME mod and whenever I go to input method and try to use it, it FC's. So maybe don't get rid of it yet lol.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dallas79:
Isnt this the stock messaging on the picture? or does this come from another program? i have installed autoparts and gone to "sms recieved" clicked on messages and pressed disable.

yfrog.com/6lp1030555pj
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stoney73:
Great work VillainROM team. Great rom.

Have just read this thread in its entirety, and am staggered by the number of questions that are posted by ppl who cba to either read the thread or Google.

Just wanted to say thanks for the great work, and for the patience
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I have no idea what that app is, and have never seen it before.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] smoothwalker:
How do i update the kernel

Am new to linux up do i setup the kernel optimitise... please help thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Pick the kernel you wish, and flash it just like a ROM, after installing the main ROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SchinTeth:
Thx dude, I ll try
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bulktrasher:
I always full wipe the phone before install new rom and do the first tests without installing any app.

After the first reboot launcher pro doesn't response for a while but waiting a bit more it works again.

If I let the phone rest for a half hour I noticed in this time a reboot was occurred.

No matters witch kernel I use. After the first reboot the phone becomes unstable.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
battery life

I'm running the stock kernel screen on 176/576 ondemand, screen off conservative.

I have had minimal use: 5 or six short calls, playing with settings for a bit, download and install about 5 apps from market, half an hour of web surfing, half an hour of paper airplane 3d. Wifi and Sync on all the time. Bluetooth on 2 hrs. 3 reboots due to various issues.

It has now been 26 hrs since charge. JuicePlotter indicates battery is at 71% with estimate of 25 hrs left. If this is the type of battery life I can expect then I'll be happy. I know that at times I will be doing more battery intensive activities with the phone but at other times I will do even less with it. We'll see how it goes.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jendrassik:
Yes and I am the pope....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
Was this directed at me? If so if you have nothing useful to say then remain silent.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RushaPoiL:
Hey Mr Pope ! It's Napoleon there ;)

Could you plz pray for a miraculous release of froyo on our Hero?

And glad to know you use a Hero and going around :)

PS : No trouble to get 3G in the pope-car?

Sent form my Hero in St-Helene
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Baddudevsninja:
Thanks alot for this rom, it's awesome. Everything works perfectly even the market, haven't had one app hang on downloading or give up installing yet. Thanks again. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lydchui:
I'm having the same trackball lighting issue that other people have talked about. But it's definitely not the market updates as I don't have wifi turned on. Anybody have any idea on how to fix this? It keeps on flashing for no reason and then goes away....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] karlanal:
one quick question

how can i add my own ringtones to the default ones

tnx

great rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ziggy1001:
Just create this foder structure on your sd card

J:\media\audio\ringtones

J being the sd card and put the ringtone you want in the ringtones folder

So if there is no media folder on the sd card right click select new folder name it media inside that make a folder called audio inside that folder called ringtones

the ringtone will now appear in the menu:cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ggrammer:
Is anybody else having an issue with cover art not showing on any music app. I've tried stock music,lithium player and different widgets like puremusic and none of my cover art is displaying, I loaded the sd onto my pc and it all shows up fine there.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ziggy1001:
I had that as well:(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lagren:
is JIT already enabled ?

i cannot launch the command "jit-on"
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] squeeish:
JIT is already enabled. Check Menu-Villian Settings-Performance Settings
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] no1male:
Having issues with notification bar. Getting symbol for new notification but no text.

Other then that amazing Rom once again :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lagren:
thanks for the reply :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tankus:
I'm using Mixzing, and having no problems at all.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
Can anybody suggest what (free) music app wrings the best sound quality out of our Froyo heros. I know it's not primarily a mp3 player but so far I am less than impressed with the sound quality I'm getting. And please don't suggest it's my headphones cuz it certainly isn't.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I was planning a review of music apps, but mixzing or tunewiki seem to do well. Both have free versions available iirc
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lakikaki:
I'd add "^3", aka "Cubed" to the list http://abrantix.org/3.php
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lynt:
I've got the same widget and it works for me under Froyd 1.5. I did have the odd hiccup with other ROMs on occasion, which I put down to the widget itself. These resolved after removing/re-adding the widget to a screen. Hope that helps.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lynt:
I'm about as far from being an expert as possible, but don't you need to rename the ROM to 'update.zip' before flashing it? That's what I've always done.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aarif_ziaee:
love this rom ... infact this is the smoothest rom i have used till now on my hero

thumbs up to the developer....

i have few issues

when we connect our wired headphone it doesnt display on the status bar ?????

i just upgraded from 1.4 to 1.5 but some of my games are not working always giving fc...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lynt:
Thanks for the work, Ninpo. Seems to be working mostly flawlessly for me; some things worth noting:

1) Exchange security pop-up is dead and buried. Thanks to whomever fixed it!

2) When I lock the screen, then unlock it quickly after, the screen often comes back to life at full brightness and stays there until I lock it and unlock it again. Can anyone else duplicate that?

Cheers.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wapz:
I'm going to try the email app again, I was using Roadsync in the meantime but it frankly sucks balls. I also reported the brightness issue some time back and I usually fix it by using the power widget, but it shouldn't do this obviously.

so +1
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] descenpet:
no, you don't need to
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] polynet:
1.5 couldn't display album art in music.