yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lukesky:
what i realised for froyo roms is that when I fully charge my batt, the initial half of the battery drains faster than other 2.1 roms. so i can literally see the batt % dropping from 100% at a faster rate than what I'm seeing with 2.1 roms. but when it reaches the halfway mark, it kinda stabilizes and doesn't drop as much as quickly. I did wipe batt stats and i also tried a couple of different froyo roms and they all exhibited the same behaviour.

and yes, froyo roms does use more batt power compared to VE4, which is still the king of batt saving roms in my opinion..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stupiduglyllama:
Set it to defaults, removed it, still no difference. The browser still closes on its own....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] eXop:
I guess the arrogance goes with some of its fans. The topicstart is full with rubbish.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
I don't know if it was you who brought this up only a page or two earlier than this, but the point was already answered clearly by a member of the VR team.

Basically, if you have lots of free memory available then there's something wrong, not the other way around. The OS here is designed to utilize your memory as much as possible. there is absolutely zero problem doing so since as soon as memory reaches certain predefined levels of low free space the algorithmically selected apps are killed (loosely based on a level of importance, how recently it was used, etc). Leaving the most recently used apps in memory, albeit in what is hopefully a suspended state (certain games break that rule imho), allows you to go back to those apps much more quickly than if they're completely exited. it also uses LESS battery since relaunching an app is more resource consuming, and so on.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] robbo990:
If you have nothing constructive to say I suggest you don't say anything
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
This is something I've suspected for a while. I have a feeling that many people flash a 7xx kernel without having a reason for doing so. It's kind of like the tool I saw in a Viper on the Fraser Hwy the other day. He was in the same traffic as me creeping along at 20kmh. Not much point in that much power if all you ever do is commute to work. Same idea for the hero. If you have no app that needs the extra push then no need to have the faster rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
cool :-)

and if you ever get a chance to drive a viper - you see just how bloody hard it is to do bumper to bumper stop star piddling along rush hour driving in one. the lowest gear is still so high that it just doesn't do slow speeds. period.

POS those vipers.... but if anyone wants to get rid of one.... I'll take it off your hands just because I'm such a sweet guy ;-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] okdac:
No Viper here

Hi guys,

No Viper here, but totally agree with a basic kernel without overclock. I never had such a fast Hero, even with an overclocked Kernel. This ROM definitely ROCKS ! Eagerly waiting for the next update (even if I don't really see why there would be one, as everything is sooo perfect !!)

Bravo

Okdac:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] themicsan:
This is the best rom i've ever used on my HTC hero.

Thanks alot!! :D

(Will there be a sense version of this sometime in the future btw? :P)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] iop tha man:
That would be evry good news indeed :)

(i think it kinda depends on legends 2.2 update though)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] amrit1986:
MMS

Is anyone else having trouble sending/receiving mms with this rom? I tried 1.5 when it initially came out (wiped) and it wouldn't send mms. I'm trying again today, (again wiped everything) and still cannot send mms messages...?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mljjlm:
did you check your APN-settings?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] melodaf:
Chrome to Phone

I have not problems sending links through Chrome, but they never reach my phone. Any workaround for that problem ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stooby:
+1 for this problem.

Also, I've always used Quick Profiles, but with this ROM it keeps FC'ing when trying to edit a profile.

I've tried uninstalling and re-installing, but still the same problem. Any ideas?

BTW, I did a full wipe before installing this ROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I think it will be a google issue. It's a new service, and I've never tried it since I use google apps for my accounts, but we haven't touched Chrome2phone AFAIK, so perhaps seek assistance with the makers of it instead, as I guess they can help better than us.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] odin13:
it must definitely be a 'google' problem...

i reinstalled the Chrome2phone extension on my pc and registered the app on my phone again but when i send a link to my phone nothing happens..

and i'm pretty sure it worked before on Froydvillain

*removing + installing the apk again does not solve the problem...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] robbo990:
Working here
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] melodaf:
Yeah, it worked in 1.4x

I will try to talk with Big "Google" Brother about that ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Haizum74:
Aaah but once he leaves the traffic and puts his foot down then the power is unleashed and he leaves you standing (or sitting, naturally).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marka2k:
With the built in Video Player I am getting distorted colors in the video, what is everyone using for a Video Player?

Same video's played with no problems in V1.4.x

Thank you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tristan202:
This may be a daft question, but isn't it possible to fix the charge led, so it does't turn green until it reaches 100%? AFAIK it is a flaw in all aosp roms, but wouldn't it be possible to use some bits from the original kernel?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stupiduglyllama:
Any other ideas? Rebooted lots since uninstalling Autokiller, no change. Lol, It's getting a little annoying I can't use the internet when I want to.. only when it feels like it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
It should be using the stock Sense method just now, of going green at 95%. That's what HTC ROMs do, but we changed it up from 90%. Ninpo changed it in the android sources, so it can be changed :) BTW, it's part of the ROM as opposed to kernel iirc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] goodfellam:
one question, how do i sync the photos from facebook to my contacts?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
time for an autoreply system redirecting to a faq area on vr.co.uk pulser... ;-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] squeeish:
I had a series of random reboots over these couple of days... last one happened while I was scrolling through a webpage if I don't remember wrongly.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Check your max overclock and try reducing it a notch. If needed, try ondemand governor too
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sizanx:
Only issue I have is that the facebook sync always displays: "Sync is currently experiencing problems. It wil be back shortly." - shows every times I want to sync.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Is this affecting anyone else? It sounds like a server issue...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] toxic-hero:
get syncmypix from market.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JimmYDice:
It is from german Ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.de/Power-Akku-HTC-H...4535?pt=DE_PDA_Zubehör_KM&hash=item5637b12857
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] squeeish:
Thanks. Ive gone back to 576 then. No difference at 691 for me anyway. XD
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dieselpower89:
I would just like to say: wow! This rom is amazing, and a great move for me coming from VR12. Its fast, sexy and everything works reallya well, so much so that its probably the best rom I've used so far on the hero. Good work and thank you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
Doesn't do much good until he is actually able to leave traffic. Dude was in a suit clearly on his way to work. He's not getting there any sooner than the dude in the Smart Car. That's my point for the phone too. Unless you need it, and know what you need it for, and are able to use it, a faster kernel is pointless and just more likely to create other problems.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
Before I flash this (never flashed froyo before) - how do the stock apps compare to the sense apps? I can live without sense widgets, but how are the apps?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cjanissaryc:
Hello great work guys!

Im getting FC all the time for email app since 1.4

Thought maybe itll go away with 1.5 but Problem still persists ;-(

Anybody got an idea?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ganii:
Ah,ok checked now!

You are right,because at stock 1.4.x v1 theme there is no settings.apk :D

So it should work!

But if you trie a old theme from 1.4.x with modified settings.apk

and which I have created,you will lose proxy settings.

This settings only at 1.5,but not exist at 1.4.x!

That`s why I have to port my themes again!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] theodore80:
Is there any Radio ROM recommended like 1.4.4?

And how do I push system apps to be overwritten with newer version? I had problems finding the apk files location with 1.4.4.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bugeyes:
ermmm i dont know quite how to say this Hacre...........but after having no problems with Gps on any of the 1.4 roms i now dont get a signal.....:o.......running the 691 kernal at the mo, will try the stock one to check further.

sorry!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ropster:
Nice, Flashed over the top of 1.4.4, all apps in tact, GPS locking like lightning i.e about 5 seconds to lock in google maps. I was running 691 in 1.4.4 and getting a linpack of 4.6ish, now on stock and the linpack is way down obvoiusly about 3.8. but the phone responds quicker, strange. so I think ill stick with the stock and hope this boosts the battery. although ill probably flasy a faster one at some point as i cant resist it :-)

Thanks for all of the work Hacre/Nipo (are you the same person?) and the Villain crew. I was a bit despondent at having another year on my 2 year contract but it is like having a new phone so smiles all round
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SchinTeth:
Wow thx for the rom, seems to work flawlessly
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
1. Use latest radio from http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?307-radio-roms-download-links

2.

adb remount
adb push c:\path\to\file /system/app/filename.apk
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BuzzFuzz:
From my point of view i don't miss sense at all.

Ok, maybe just friend stream but this is other story...

Which sense apps do you use?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] theodore80:
Thanks for the prompt reply!

Another question about the 3D gallery: is it fixed? 1.4.4 had issues when the screen orientation was changing. I guess I will find out soon, my phone is booting..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hiddenangel:
question

great rom guys,

just flashed it and it runs like a charm.

but, is there a possibility to add the htc clock and weather app ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] theodore80:
Sense is a slow piece of crap! Since my first experience with Vanilla froyo I never looked back.. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I don't know the official "status", but I've not had any issues rotating it here...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BuzzFuzz:
install

Beautiful Widgets
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BuzzFuzz:
totally agree with u!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ganii:
No problems too with Gallery3D!

No bugs at portrait and landscape mode,images loading fast!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
Music (a lot!), Phone, Messages, People, Mail, Calendar, so pretty much all of them!

I love the eye-candy a lot, do the stock apps look nice as well?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] merlin699:
just flashed over 1.4.4 without wiping, and guess what??

EVERYTHING works!!

great, thanks for this great ROM. think I'm one of the lucky guys...

I didn't touch the kernels and the cpu settings and I'm really happy with it.

even the battery drain looks good so far :D

I'm also not missing sense, the only prog I'm missing from sense is footprints, is there a alternative app for this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BuzzFuzz:
For fav people, calendar, messaging, bookmarks u can use build-in LauncherPro widgets. more info here: http://www.launcherpro.com/

But when u will see froyo phone book and how u can organize favorite people im pretty sure u will forget stock sense widgets.

Like someone said before "Sense is a slow piece of crap"
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
Sorry, I was talking about the sense applications, not the widgets :)! I can find alternative to widgets. I was just wondering how the stock applications compare to sense applications :)!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] treesurf:
Has anyone tried using ChompSMS with this ROM? It looks to be a slightly lighter alternative to Handcent, but some comments on the Market indicate it may have problems with Froyo.

I always used the HTC Sense messaging app because I don't do a lot of texting, but the one that comes stock with this ROM is hard on my eyes so I'm looking for an alternative.

Or if someone has a recommendation for another SMS app, I'd appreciate that too. Don't need anything fancy. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jnk1348:
Chomp works like a charm for me...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] treesurf:
Thanks, downloaded it and seems good so far. I'm missing the Android robot smilies though. :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gundamwfan:
Mad respect to the original poster, and I love your release notes lol but I have a question. I was wondering, just as a possibility, if this will ever be ported over to the CDMA hero. I understand they're different, and I'm not dumb enough to flash a GSM rom on a CDMA device, but I noticed there have been several VillainROMs ported from CDMA to GSM in the past and I wanted to know if it was a possiblity. If not, I love the damn UI you're using over AOSP (that fugly p.o.s.) so would there possibly be a theme I could skin over CM6 to make it similar in functionality to your interface?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
Need a little help here. I decided to try flykernel 10. Flashed it with no problem and it was working like a charm for 12 hrs or so. Then I had a freeze and had to pull the battery. After repeated attempts the reboot always sticks during the boot animation. I decided to restore my nand backup but get the following error: (invalid argument) Can't mount SDCARD:/nandroid/. I get a similar error if I try to reflash. At the moment my phone is useless. Can someone help?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wombat43:
Perhaps try doing a filesystem check/fix of your SD card by mounting it on another OS (Linux or Windows) first?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
Thanks. I popped my sd card into my laptop and windows didn't even see it. I guess something went wrong with the card. I threw froyd onto another sd card and my phone could read it and I am flashing the rom again now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] N@workerZ:
Hello guys!

My Froyd is runnin great since a couple of days!

Question:

Is it possible to integrate the new HTC Sense (Desire HD and Desire Z) into a Hero ROM? Would be great!

Greetz

N@workerZ
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wombat43:
Can you see the SD card in your Windows "disk management" console? If so, you could try "chkdsk" (google it). Alternatively find a Linux based "LiveCD" which is aimed at system repair or recovery - then boot your PC from it and try running an "fsck" (or other filesystem repair utility) on your SD card.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] amrit1986:
Working now. I nandroided back to 2.1 one and wrote down the settings. Then nandroided back to 2.2 and it had now picked up the apm settings. :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chrisjaggeruk:
I use chomp mate with no problems here
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kakabobo:
hi just to check is mms working in this rom ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] amrit1986:
Yes, yes it is.:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dunkelziffer87:
Hey guys could u tell me how to get the mms working? I haven't ever hast probs with mms in a villain ROM but now i can't recieve mms. What so i have to do?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mecho:
have u found the Solution ?

Also how we can Remove all Gmail accounts that we have in our gmail from the Contacts ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Open contacts app, then press menu. Select display options. Choose options here based on what you want shown.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] winston6969:
Not for me it isn't
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] f_padia:
No Froyd update for more than 10 days! thats almost unheard of. The devs must be getting lazy :p or maybe the ultimate 2.0 is just around the corner?!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] amrit1986:
Nandroid back to 2.1 and check your apn settings. Write them down and then put them into 2.2. There may be app for this as well.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
note: I'm sort of joking here... :-)

answer: buy a phone that doesn't run android if you're not going to take advantage of one of the best features of an android phone.

note: reminder, I'm sort of joking here, please don't get upset :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] withoutwings:
lol, didn't happen to get burnt by that remark once before did ya? :P

EDIT: 1000th reply - woohoo!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] winston6969:
Haven't kept a nandroid of 2.1 :(

any other way round this - i'm on orange uk
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
maybe find another orange user and get apk settings from them?

or call orange and tell them you can't get MMS and someone told you to check your apn settings with them so please tell me what they should be (you know how you have to kind of beg customer support to give you information... LoL).... or possibly you can google android orange apn (haven't tried, just thinking out loud here)?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
yea... you read my cautious mood very well :-)

cheers and congrats on 1000th reply in this thread!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gundamwfan:
Anyone? Or is there a better place to post this
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Check your PMs from yesterday :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tywjohn:
I'm getting very slow response from the music player when music is playing on this rom. Seems to be when the phone wakes up. Probably an issue with the CPU governor.

Any suggestions?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
use mortplayer or mixzing. both imho have noticeably lower resource requirements during playback than the default music player does.

mort also has amazingly useful widgets and a better UI imho than any other player, although mixzing's kickass too.

oh and since music playback can sometimes run at the lower cpu clock speed without kicking it up a notch, make sure your lower clock speed isn't really low. I use 352 or wahtever it is for my lowest since I listen to a LOT of music through my phone with mortplayer.

another note: music playback eats battery... just saying...

cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] treesurf:
If you like your music arranged by id3 tags (i.e. artist, album, etc), then Mixzing is excellent. If you like your music arranged by folder hierarchy, then go with Mortplayer. I took dkelley's suggestion and tried out Mortplayer. It took me a bit to get used to the UI, but now I'm digging it. FWIW, I run 176-614mhz, and haven't had any wakeup issues yet when playing music.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Haizum74:
Am, still rating 3 cubed as the better music player.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I must confess I still haven't tried 3 cubed yet, but I've heard enough good things to justify checking it out...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FreXxX:
Alright, I am running this ROM since some days, and have random reboots from time to time.

As I read, this is due to too much overclocking. But it happens to me at 614 and at 576mhz, so what is wrong here?

I've been flashing with wiping everything, so what should try next, any suggestions, anything you need to know?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Can you try increasing the minimum clock speed a bit, and maybe change the sleep governor to interactive or on demand.

Failing that, replacing CPU speed with setcpu (free on xda, donate version on market) and try that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] toxic-hero:
yes there is. APN backup. very useful.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wapz:
On stock 2.1 I found it too slow to use, skipping a song took ages. Best one to look at, but horrilbly slow. Going to try again now at 672, maybe it's better.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FreXxX:
Thanks for your suggestions.

It only reboots when I am using it.

Lower CPU speed is set to 246, adjustment method is interactive when screen is on, and also interactive when screen is off.

So I will try SetCPU then.

edit: alright, SetCPU is installed, same settings, lets see.

I myself use Music Queue as music player. very simple, but does everything I want.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Alisteroz:
Why does everything go to defaults when o mount sd card on usb or reboot the device?

Example: htc_ime goes back even though I installed a new themed htc_ime over it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skydg:
Had reboots with a lot of combinations...

Changed to flykernel 10a + setcpu (bfs version gave me reboots too)

352-614 minmax, *no* screen off profile.

uninstalled a couple of apps: systempanel, xscope browser.

past 3-4 days only had a couple of reboots.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] iceman-001:
tried 3 cubed yet, it is a really great player!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
I actually hate 3cubed's gui. it could be SOOO COOL but the dev completely missed the mark. he only does vertical rotation, if he did horizontal rotation to (for example) see track details or artist information or album details then it woudl be much more useful.

And the widgets are simply STUPID - try setting up a widget on a page that is full of stuff... the developer doesn't know how to specify basic widget dimensions for placement assistance.

And the widget's display disappears at times which is completely awful, worst case leave the player controls visible, but making the widget empty when it doesn't know what to display? that's just bad user interface design.

Mort's best for me still. meridian's super powerful but I think pushes my hero's resources a little too much - I'm not quite sure about meridian just yet. mixzing's great but mort is similar wtih the features I prefer, and I still find mort to be quite efficient and reliable with by FAR the best and most useful widgets around.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] soeren1705:
Mort + Endomondo causes reboot after reboot. Doesn'twork at all. Meridian and std player work great with Endomondo which is what I need :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] umbrella42:
Geotagging

How do I enable geotagging when taking pictures? I have not found any option to achieve this?

TIA
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
I always used this site for settings.

http://setuporange.wdsglobal.com/

Should have the correct apns on there, I have them burned onto the insides of my eyelids from trying to get orange mms to work on the old Eris dump roms..