yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
free method is simple. learn some very basic bash/linux commands (or follow adb method but skip the "adb " command at the start of each line) and use terminal app included in the rom.

first command should typically be su (enter).

then go for commands. you can remove system apps just as well as with adb and you don't need any tethering etc. you have to learn some of the idiosyncrasies of terminal app of course and typing is a royal pain and I personally haven't figured out how to simulate the up arrow key to redisplay the typed history buffer as in a typical computer-based system... but other than that it'll get you there with zero cost to you.

I'm not going to teach people bash/linux/terminal.app though ;-), that's up to you to google and figure out.

and of course be warned you can completely destroy your installed rom with that kind of power (requiring a full reflash and re-setup in worst case) so use your head. same can be said about adb commands though too of course or using root explorer.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] koepi:
Hi there,

since 1.5, i have a small problem with Froyd. The trackball is lightning as if there is a notification. But there is nothing, I have checked everything. Has anyone an idea how to solve this?

Thanks,

Koepi
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
and of course, not that I condone this, but resourceful types can sometimes find a way to try out the app before paying for it. again just saying... not suggesting or condoning it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
hahaha

....finishing thoughts?

.... typing with your keyboard?

.... submitting to xda?

;) :D

(note: just having fun with you, I hope you can laugh about it too :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] koepi:
Stupid iPad keyboard messing with me :-/ i edited the post, it's much more complete now :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
that'll teach you to use an iPad for real productivity ;-)

(actually I think they're pretty cool but I HAD to enjoy that remark ;-)

and no I haven't had that issue. I'm certain that there has to be some kind of notification if you get that light even if you haven't seen it in your notifcation bar yet. I wish I knew more about that issue though...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] NoXXX:
is there any chance to change this weird blue skin to standard green hero theme?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
It is likely USB Debugging notification?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mach2005:
I have the same thing going on.

The trackball blinks without any notification!

I can't find anyting that is causing this.

Annyone ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
Weird blue skin? Just goes to show how everyone's tastes are different. I actually like the weird blue skin. The Black Mod that so many rave about I actually find unappealing. Hopefully this will be a somewhat enduring rom and there will be many themes made for it so we can all find something to satisfy us.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] koepi:
I think I found the reason. There are App updates on the market. After installing them, the flashing goes away. :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] theodore80:
Does it also allow overwriting system apps? Or just removing?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fiden:
Hey Hacre,

first of all ... i want to thank you for this awesome rom :) Im flashed your Rom with the 691 Mhz Kernel and everythings works great.

But i got a question... you are talking about Juice defender and that it is saving battery life, but does it more than switching the internet on and off? I know it can be uses to change the cpu frequenzy, but is this all? The secret of saving battery life?

And i heard it can switch on i.e. wlan if it is used, but i dont know how to set this option... can someone help me?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spookhc:
Hello everyone

I have a great problem with my hero with froydvillain 1.5

Until yesterday i was with the official 2.1 eclair and my battery used to last between 24 and 48 hours,but never less than 24 hours.Last night i flashed with villain12 rom and went to bed.when i woke up today the phone was off ,i turned it on and it said to connect a charger(it was 100% before i went to bed).Today i saw this new 1.5rom and decided to flash with it,but first charged the battery to 100%.I flashed,installed astro and put thr phone on the table.Four hours later the phone rang and said it needs a charger .I didn't use the phone at all after flashing.What could the problem be?what to do ?

thanks in advance
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sjauquet:
use a task manager to see which process is using too much cpu
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] e2zippo:
The dialer is my biggest gripe with vanilla android, it sux compared to sense!

I've tried Dialer1 but i found it to be pretty slow, and I accidentally swipe to the "next" screen whenever I want to scroll down , maybe it's improved since the last time I used it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spookhc:
I have Advanced task manager and advanved task killer but i can't see where they show the cpu usage

However ,even when i kill all processes,some of them immediately start again like this Vlingo Voice,The Villainrom updater,Villain settings and messaging.I kill them,they start.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cromki:
I experience frequent reboots when attempting to turn the screen on with my default frequencies (121-691) kernel and the governor set to conservative for screen off mode.

I can easily reproduce it with turning the screen on and off many times until the screen doesn't turn on any more (only the buttons LEDs) and then after couple more times it reboots. I tried to catch the rebooting moment with USB debugging and logcat, but it seems the phone does not get into the deepest sleep mode and I can't trigger the bug from there. I will try to flash slower kernel and see if that makes any difference.

EDIT: reducing the maximum frequency didn't help. The problem exists ONLY if I choose conservative for the screen off mode. I am now trying to find a way to save the dmesg/logcat log from before the reboot without USB debugging. Any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] English Haze:
Love the ROM! Love the blue theme! I always disliked the Android green. Great work! Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jkmoogle:
Anyone have any clue how to replace the htc_ime that's built into the rom? I've tried to rm with adb, but everything craps out. Tried a root file manager and that craps out when trying to remove things as well. I'd just really like to have a stock look to the htc keyboard, can't get on with the green/blue/black thing going on here. Cheers if anyone's got any ideas!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dallas79:
Sry if these questions have been asked before...

ive regretted choosing the kernel with boot animation, can i just flash the one without on top of the other?

ive installed handcent and disabled notifications in the normal messages program but i still get both texts on the screen. i dont get the notification about a text from the default program, but the message appears along with the text from handcent. Hope you understand my problem:-D

I also rooted my brothers phone but the ungrateful little bastard wants the keyboard from regular hero 1.5 is that possible?

Also on my brothers phone beautiful widgets cant show the location. it just says "NA". ive tried reinstalling beautiful widgets but it doesnt help. ive also tried both copilot and maps, and they both show my correct location. should i start over with wipe and flash FroydVillain 1.5.0 again?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Laserboy88:
Same here. And i can't find the solution or the cause of the problem!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SchinTeth:
Did you check if there are updates on the market (someone said that was the problem, and that it stopped after the update)

AFAIK Yes
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
You can do liek this; replace the /system/app/HTC_IME_themed.apk from your 1.5 FV, with HTC_IME_lo15.apk from any older FV or http://bit.ly/9NKYfN

Re-sign the modified 1.5 FV and flash eet!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jendrassik:
Led still not working.... Flawless rom but this..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Led works fine. Confirmed by loads of people. What notification did you try?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jendrassik:
Gmail, facebook.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] withoutwings:
I get the occasional reboot under the following circumstances:

- Screen switching off

- GPS starting up

I use the Conservative governor when screen is off too (352-691 kernel) if that helps.

Will endeavour to get some logs together for the above issues when it isn't so late..

Sent from my HTC Hero

EDIT: Deleted non-serious issue from post.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gtklocker:
I see [GPL] on the thread name. What does it mean? Have you got rid of google's tracking apps like gapps and created something 100% free that insn't a google's tracker?

If so, I'd like very much to try it!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] culac:
Silly question probably - I'm used to flashing one rom. Do I flash the main file then the kernel file with the speed of my choice?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Grindboy:
I think I might have had the same problem. Did you find that the lock screen would become unresponsive if you let it go into sleep properly?

When we were discussing under-clocking the cpu when the screen was off too extend battery life, back in the bad old days before an official 2.1 rom, it was found that if you set the cpu speed too low the phone might not come out of sleep or be really unresponsive until the phone realized it wasn't sleeping any more and dialed the cpu back up.

I've got my cpu speeds set to 352 min and 653 max with the screen off set to conservative. I still get pretty good battery life (going on only one days testing mind you) and my lock screen doesn't lag out anymore.

Hope this helps, I didn't test mine to the point of crashing it into a reboot but mine might have been the same problem.

Culac; you got it! :-)

Sent from my froyo'd HTC Hero via the XDA app.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] spookhc:
Guys,Really.Big.Problem.Here

The problem with the battery is getting worse.I just charged the phone to 100%,unplugged it ,unlocked it ,and for 40 seconds it dropped to 70% Battery!!!!!

I set the off screen to conservative and it got even worse?

what the hell is wrong with my hero after installing this rom?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
This bug was fixed in 1.4.4 but is back in 1.5. In 1.4.4, various hardware drivers were set to sleep properly however this caused timer issues that resulted in random reboots. So with the rollback of that change, we're back to slightly worse off battery life and 122MHz min no longer works for everyone.

Sucks, it's like being caught between a rock and a hard place.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] williamit:
So great！

downloading now, BIG THANKS for everything!:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] squeeish:
Oh this is bad. I only just noticed my trackball notification is only working for calls/missed calls.

Trackball and/or LED doesn't blink when I get a message. Should I try a reflash? I'm coming from a full wipe and Titanium backup (all apps and system settings)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nomnompie:
Ah, I wasn't aware of that thanks for pointing that out. I always thought Gallery 3d was a built in feature of 2.1 and 2.2. I will look around for the standard 2D gallery and install that instead.:D

(edit) I really like Just Pictures! and had no idea it existed. Thanks for that as well. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] yasin12:
I'm using chomp sms and I've set the notifications in that to flash the led, which it does when I get a message. Also the trackball flashes aswell for messages etc but not as quick as the led

Anyway thanks for this great rom!

Sent from my froyo hero
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sjauquet:
Try an other battery...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Marcehh:
Hey I've got a bit of a problem.

I removed Launcherpro in order to install another version, but it still won't let me install.

I've tried installing through astro (and it warns me it's a system app before hand and than says unsuccesful), adb install which says file not found, and installing through a pc program which gives me the error Update not recognized or something.

The problem seems to be permissions? It's still saying its a sytem app even though it isn't on my phone anymore.

Please help,

thanks :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dsunn:
same here, trackball ONLY works for incoming calls, not for sms, gmail...

(full wipe from 1.4.4 with app + sys data restored by TB)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kakabobo:
how to change my notification clock wordings to white ?

any advice ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fongfc:
try to reboot your device:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] squeeish:
Well I'm using Handcent. Hmm.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mcrosmar:
Greek input language

Is there any way to enable Greek input language in stock keyboard because I would like to use it instead of HTC_IME mod.

Thanks...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rocket.svm:
I've noticed, that if I set the screen-off governor to interactive, despite your recommendation, the problem goes away with 123 as minimum. For conservative I have to use 352. Gotta test, which config is more battery friendly :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] squeeish:
I'm gonna try a nandroid back to 1.4.4, then flash 1.5 without wiping. Will update you. ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dsunn:
awaiting the outcome:p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] squeeish:
I hesitated and reinstalled handcent from the market. I'm getting an LED notification now, but still not trackball. You wanna try that on your end and concur? :D

EDIT: OK.... I just saw this over at villiamrom.co.uk. I guess we can't have everything in life. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
Cuz we all have piles of spare hero batteries kicking around don't we.

Spookhc I would try flashing a different rom...either 1.4.4 or Elelinux 1.7 to see if you have the same battery problem. Or try recalibrating your battery to see if that fixes the problem.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ratul_jain1991:
is there any theme available for this rom??

can i use the themes listed in apps section for 1.4 version
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dsunn:
yeesss. thanks, works too after re-installation of handcent.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Noppes123:
Can someone explain me the details of the 'Automatic Backlight' parameters (in Villain Settings)?

I noticed my screen is quite bright under low light conditions and I want to try different settings. My initial experiments with these settings didn't do much though...

(Yes automatic backlight is on :rolleyes:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] salski:
Got random reboot while in LauncherPro settings...here's the last_kmsg if it helps
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] squeeish:
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?118-FroydVillain-1.5.x-Themes
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] toxic-hero:
check this.

there should be even more to come, cos 1.5 is not to be superseded so soon.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mirok:
Amaizing!!!

Best rom ever built. Thumbs up!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rd-Target:
Okay, now that all the serious issues has been fixed, I experience a minor bug in the handcent notifications. When I receive a message, the message pop-up appears just fine, but the notification message and sound is delayed like ten seconds. This is okay, but the problem is, if I reply, or close the pop-up, before the notifications, the notification message will remain, until I open handcent and read the message again.

I have had this issue for quite some time, since FV 1.2 I think.

Anyone else experiences this? Or have an idea how to fix it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] toxic-hero:
yes. you can flash one after another without booting.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itscro:
I have this 'problem' too. Also when receiving a phone call the screen lights up quite a while before the phone vibrates and rings. I'm sure I read somewhere that this problem is exacerbated by using custom ringtones/notification sounds

but it doesn't really bother me so I haven't experimented.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rd-Target:
I'm using the standard notification sounds, so that shouldn't be the case for me. :-( but I'm glad to hear, that I'm not the only one. :-)

In any other way this Rom is magnificent!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mavelbg:
there is a problem in music app too, when the app is in background the phone become unresponding, and crash very often, also when lock the screen the music player dont appear on the lock screen
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] unika:
apktool

With 2.1 ROMs using apktool I could make a slight change into Settings.apk and flash through recovery a signed update file. But with this ROM I'm failing to do the same. I can successfully flash the resulting update file through recovery but it refuses to work.

Steps I do are following:

1. download apktool and install it

2. install framework-res.apk into apktool (apktool if framework-res.apk)

3. decode Settings.apk (apktool d Settings.apk)

3. make necessary within xml file (add a timezone record into timezones.xml)

4. build apk (apktool b Settings)

5. make update zip (create correct structure and put Settings.apk into it, create an update.zip using an archiver)

6. sign update.zip (java -cp testsign.jar testsign update.zip update_signed.zip)

7. flash through recovery

Could someone tell me if I'm doing something wrong?

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] petsasj:
Minor bug here. 1.5.0 was supposed to fix the Carrier name in the notification bar and lockscreen. 1.4.4 was fine for me, everything showed up fine. But now in 1.5.0 it is missing the last letter of the Carrier. Actual name is Cosmote and it shows Cosmot.

Also, in 1.4.4 i was using Alex's Theme Galaxy S, which i suppose is pretty much the same as the theme created for this version. This is not entirely themed. Parts like the PIN lock screen are not themed, and for example, when plugging the USB cable, it shows the 2 notifications all together instead of 2 separate ones, On going and Notifications like here

Also, a MAJOR bug here. With the new kernel downclocking down to 122, we have the appearance of screen discoloration again. This gets fixed by setting 352 as lowest speed.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] toxic-hero:
it works for me.

try to enable it: menu/villain settings/input settings/lockscreen music control
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] comphotostian:
I have the same problem. Had it already in VillainRom 12.0. This was the reason for me to change rom to VanillaEclair. It is realy annoying :S Does anyone have fix for that?

Other than that, it is perfect rom. Great job :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cromki:
Same here. Also I noticed that with it could be the display driver causing wakup issues, because at times when trying to trigger the reboot with turning the screen on and off, it wakes up with screen distorted (vertical whitish and reddish stripes) or discoloured.

Funny enough, I remember previous kernel versions when _only_ the conservative governor would work fine. Now I can set 19MHz as the lowest freq with interactive for the suspended mode and yet it causes NO issues at all. I guess the battery life should be similar to conservative and 123 MHz, so I'll stay with that. The only things worrying is the number of freq-states, which is 6 and AFIK this is not optimal for interactive gvrnr?

EDIT: 19MHz/interactive for suspended seemed fine until someone called me up. Phone was stuck at playing the ring-tone and I couldn't answer the phone - scaling_cur_freq shown CPU speed was stuck at 19MHz. So I am back to 123MHz.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] umbrella42:
Kernel NULL Pointer, Ooops, Panic

Got a visit from Colonel Panic this morning. :p

(576 MHz nologo)

[EDIT] Minimum frequency was 123 MHz with "conservative" governor when screen off. Trying 352 MHz when screen off now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] grandmasterb66:
Neocore // Raging Thunder 2

Hi there!

First of all: this ROM is indeed snappy like a starving pirana. Great work!

I did find some issues though, as both Neocore and Raging Thunder 2 are not working at all. Is this an issue related to open-gl not working as it should? Anyone else getting this?

ps.

Tried to reinstall: didn't work unfortunately.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] comphotostian:
Raging Thunder 2 works for me. But not flawlesly.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hero459:
I have a small issue where widgets appear under other widgets. E.g. I have the google search widget on top and when I created a new widget (dial a friend) it appeared under the google one so I couldn't see it a first.

Also, when I unlock the screen it unlocks but then locks again - so I have to press the button twice.

Other than that; everything works great.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] blackplatypus:
#3 same problem, very annoying
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jacky51:
very good rom

a small question is it possible synchronization with HTC SYNC
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
No, as this is an HTC Sense only feature, and this is an AOSP ROM
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jacky51:
thank you for the answer even if I do not understand anything can synchronize with a

other software?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Warper4:
Problems with Market here. On WIFI, it remains in "Init Download...."

In HDSPA and 3G too, but in awhile, it begins the unload
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] supermagma:
I followed the 'Complete Newbie Guide to Rooting' found on this forum.

I got to the part where you install the rom and I chose to try and install Froydvillain 1.5, but it wont work. When i do the flash zip it says - 'E:Can't open /sdcard/FroydVillain-1.5.zip'

I have tried it not being in a zip folder aswell but that still doesnt work :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] robbo990:
Have had the issue with the market here too - its a google issue - and affects all 2.2 ROMS.

I have found that prior to using the market - if i enable airplane mode - then disable - it tends to work
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ratul_jain1991:
thx guys

appreciate it :)

well i came across another bug as soon as i recieve message notification my phone ringtone starts playing n the biatch takes a full long minute to stop :(

so any suggestions :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fongfc:
The stock web browser get FC easily. :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gynjanynja:
Have u got ur ringtone set as ur notification noise as well? Because that would explain it quite simply without blaming the software? Also wat specific notifications? Text gmail?

Also I'm running froydvillain 1.5 on 691 kernel and I must say I almost can't scroll fast enough its so quick. Great work guys. Also can someone explain Hacre's role please is he a developer or just (and I mean just with all respect) the guy that posts nipos blog on this forum. Or is he ninpo himself just with a different name on this forum? Ta muchly.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] comphotostian:
Try this: LINK
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bulktrasher:
After 2 days of tests I decided to return back to 1.4.4

I tryed with various kernels (including flykernel). With all of them I have random FC's. When finally I tryed flykernel no FC's but launcher pro doesn't work.

Even so 1.5 is the best ROM ever for Hero (the minutes it is stable)

Great work