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[Hero CDMA Android Development] jonmos75:
Install Questions

Sorry for the newbie questions ahead of time. I have an Stock Non-Rooted HTC Sprint Hero (CDMA)

Firmware: 2.1-update 1, Kernel version: 2.6.29-ba77cf03, Software number: 3.31.651.7

I have been contemplating on rooting my Hero for a while now until my wife’s Hero contract is up to upgrade and/or root her phone depending on how my rooting experience goes and hope fully get to Android 2.2.

In the OP it states:

NFX Sprint 2.31.651.7 STOCK Deoxed/Odex Update2

This is the New Update from Sprint this is a completely stock rom with everything	from the factory included.

Included Extras:

Rooted

Busybox

ChainsDD Superuser 2.3.6.1

wireless tether 1.6.0

A2sd 2.7.5.1

Memory Tweak Settings "1536,2048,4096,5120,11264,12288"

Overclocked to 691 no perf-lock

Dalvik to Cache

133 megs after install with out A2SD active (install without ext partition)

1st It says Rooted so I thought I had to root my phone before installing a rom, or is it when I	install this rom it will root my phone in the process, and if so how do I install it on the phone?

2nd If I need to root my phone before installing this rom I found this program SuperOneClick v1.4 (Root, Enable Non-Market App, Get UNLOCK code). Will this work for rooting my phone with the software version that I have, and work with installing your rom on my phone?

3rd You have two different roms Deoxed and Odex. As what I have read the Odex is a faster rom but you can’t customize with themes and Deoxed you can install custom themes? I am not sure which one I should	go with? Would it be better to go with Deoxed so I will have options down the road like	changing the icons (battery ect.), and I am a Steelers Fan so I am always looking for Wallpaper, Lock Screens and Home Screens ect.to add to my phone. Is the speed difference that noticeable in a day to day operation that I would be better off with Odex rom? What is the most popular download between the two and why?

Thanks again and sorry for the newbie questions but your input is much appreciated.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
1. the rom is rooted means that with installing this you will not lose root, you still need to obtain root first in order too flash this rom first.

2. I have not personally used the one clcik root, but others have and claim it works fine. I would imagine it will do the job for you.

3. Ok this is a 50/50 split doing by the # of downloads. This is strictly a personal preference and nothing more. Just to start I would say go odex if performance is first and foremost on your mind. Just remember after you do the rooting and a custom recovery will give you the benefit of being able to create backups, so you could flash whatever roms you want and create a full backup of it then flash another to test it out and if you decide that you preferred the previous one then just reload your backup and your right back at where you started.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] guitardoc64:
Yes you need to root before any custom ROM.

The universal root may work, there are other methods here too.

I'm using the deodex, and it's still much faster than the stock ROM.

Thanks Nfinite, for the better explanation!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scifan:
I actually tried rooting .7, and found that the Universal root didn't work on .7 so you have to downgrade your hero to .6 then root and go from there...

Look at the root instructions elsewhere in the development forum...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LidoShuffle:
jonmos75, I went from the stock .6 rom, used one click root and then used Rom Loader to get this rom on my phone.

The only issue I'm having is that the phone reboots while turning off tethering most of the time. Anyone else notice this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bubbacs1:
Ok, Noob warning...........

I have attempted to delete the cache file listed , but itsays I can not delete the file.

This is thru file explorer.

What IF any would the command lines be for doing thru adb?

Yes, I'm a little lost here! :confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Outer Marker:
Don't worry, I was there once. The sad thing is, a lot of these adb commands/procedures seem to change from time to time. May I recommend Android Commander? It's a GUI tool you install on your computer and you won't have to type a single command prompt.

http://androidcommander.com/

I have found that the odex version does not like the mount/remount command, and leaves you somewhat limited. I switched to the deodex version and that has worked better for me. I have noticed zero performance degradation going to a deodex ROM. Initial phone boot is longer with deodex, but that's all. Linpack scores are statistically equal.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bubbacs1:
Thanks........

And I'll be sure to get that and take a look see.

Funny how all this command/hack/root stuff works.

Wasn't ten seconds before you posted that I got the correct commands figured out and actually deleted those two files.

Again Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] metal666fukhead:
Hey nfinite how come I'm not seeing the dalvik-cache folder in cache/ in update 2 odexed should I try reflashing the rom??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Pyr0TeK:
Sorry for n00bish question... but what's the difference between de-odexed and odexed again?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
Odex is faster, but there's limited theming capabilities. Deodex allows for themeing, but it will be slower than odex.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] skanndelus:
Any idea what's up with the WiFi ?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
No I really dont understand why it isnt working, I just uploaded the new versions so try to re download and flash the newer version. I did remove the A2sd for the time being until I can locate why it is failing the install.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] raz699:
Is there a new radio with .7?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
no there was not.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] skanndelus:
downloading now... hopefully get wifi back :) lots of new junk files in this, going to have to figure out what i can remove
[Hero CDMA Android Development] skanndelus:
wifi is working on the newest release, thx so much! any clue what is new that can be deleted?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] skanndelus:
in case anyone is wondering, sprint didn't fix the haptic feedback on the dialer.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] metal666fukhead:
I will definately be trying this today! =] is there any chance were gonna see the dalvik moved to cache and jit?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jxr94:
Menu Menu unlock disable? lol Am gonna flash this now!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fixxxer2008:
any new radio to go along with this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jxr94:
He said no....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fixxxer2008:
well that just sucks then.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] joehunni:
Does this rom have all the optimization work like the other stock rom or not yet?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
No this is stock in that aspect, I am going to run this for a few days and see how well they have done with it and then will incorperate this into the other roms with optimizations
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ziaodix:
Is there any chance for a mirror? 4shared keeps giving me issues.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
I will get them posted today on the mirrors
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jschill31:
Do you feel like you opened the flood gates yet? Take your time, all of us can wait. I have to admitt that I am excited to get an update to NFX.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
New Mirrors are up

LOL, I figured that would happen, but I will run stock for a few days to see just how well they did with this update and find out if they created new issues. I will not rush this as they dont have a great track record on releases.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jschill31:
True that:)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ozzie1p:
Can you flash any kernels with this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] joefarar:
If you have probs with dalvik cache

For those of you with probs trying to get the dalvik cache to run from the sd card on specified where cache should be indicated and where a2sd repair command does not work - very simple fix:

You can do this with the newer or older darktremor a2sd:

open terminal program

su

#

a2sd nocache

(reboots)

a2sd cachesd

(reboots)

a2sd check (make sure dalvik is now running, if not, you may want to flash the older one from the .6 rom a2sd file - that should work I hear...

Cheers.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dubbin_Irie:
Ok so I tried the wired tether app from the nfx2.2.1 and it force closes. I really don't like how hot the wireless tether got my phone to. Is there anyway of getting tether without pdanet ?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dieseldog74:
I ended up installing A2sd 2.7.5.2 and then ran the A2SD cachesdreset. After it rebooted, worked like a charm. Went from 50mb available to 135mb
[Hero CDMA Android Development] liquidtheguy:
I can't seem to find just the overclocked kernel zip. I already have the non-a2sd version installed but want to flash the overclocked kernel for this rom. Is the kernel posted somewhere?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xDragod:
EasyTether works well. Free from the market.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zeropants:
I've used it quite a bit since installing it this morning. No issues so far...

12 hours up time, 2 hours awake, 50% battery left.

63 texts, a few programs downloaded after taking it off the charger, some internet time, and 3 phone calls of a couple minutes each. Not too bad.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] eltheself:
Yup, 2 days on, Setcpu active, lots of memory on disk.... battery, well I'm not gettin it nearly as good as the post before me, but better than usual... I've tried, LITERALLY every single rom for HERO on XDA, as well as some roms I found on other forums... and after 6 months of constant flashing... ironically enough, it's the stock rom I'm keeping... thanks for the Dev Sir!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cephraim:
Lock Screen

What are you guys using for a lock screen with this ROM?

I keep pocket dialing because of the damn menu-menu unlock of the HTC lockscreen...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chefthomas99:
Use the security feature
[Hero CDMA Android Development] youdug:
just flashed this on the 11th. overclocked with ZenKernel-HTC-08122012 to 768. fully charged the phone and took it off the charger at 7:30am 10/12. used it all day, downloaded a bunch of apps, text all day, made a couple calls, just had to charge it at 10:15am 10/13 because it was at 10% battery.

just wanted to say thanks nfx :)

of course i was too much of in a rush to get this on my phone that i didnt save my contacts... for the third time.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chefthomas99:
if you use google contacts it will automatically be updated when you sign in after you flash new rom. fyi
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrGreg:
If I can find some time tonight, I'll look into modding the lock screen to disable menu-menu unlocking.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pyovue:
Sometimes when I download apps from the market, it just says Starting Download. I try to sign into Google Talk, but says servers are down. Sometimes the download starts, then the next day it just freezes at Starting Download.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] youdug:
yeah i know ima save em to google this time.

yeah my market has been doin the same thing. i just let it go until it starts. itll say starting download for minutes but when it starts i can dl back to back.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Tipharet:
Any way to install the stock keyboard on this, for whatever reason the package I usually flash does not work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Kaoshin:
Im loving this new rom, already got rid of a bunch of bloatware, installed flash 10.1 but wondering where I can go to check to see if it's working. Also is the circle battery mod able to be used on the odex version or just de-odex?

Thx again NFX for a great rom cant wait for your next besides this stock with the new update.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] googleguy:
I formatted EXT partition as I usually do (have used. 6 stock rom, NFX, others) , yet it appears that A2SD is not working, all apps sem to go to internal. I know nfinite disabled at one point, perhaps I missed it, is it still disabled in this rom?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Tipharet:
Installed flash from where? As far as I know our HARDWARE does not support full flash and all sense based roms have flash lite.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chefthomas99:
People are still asking about flash 10.1? Good god
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Tipharet:
Haha yeah no ****. I too am having this issue with the marketplace.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] johndoehizzle:
any1 else having superuser permission problems?.....every1 program that requires SU isnt getting it.for example Quick Boot ,i try to reboot/recovery and its not working,usually when i first open up this app a SUPERUSER : deny or allow box pops up...with this rom im not getting this..any info/help?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
I have been trying all day to update super user and i keep getting "installation unsuccessful" :confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] johndoehizzle:
yeah dude.its weird lol.like auto killer,cache cleaner,adfree android,and all programs that require SU arent "requesting" SU permission.normally that lil allow/deny pop up shows up,but not with this rom lol.r u having the same issue?haha
[Hero CDMA Android Development] diesel joe:
Yeah I was having market issues to. I had them on Cm6 to. It is a google thing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LidoShuffle:
Yeah, I think a few people are having that problem (myself included). Nfinite and a few others have said that it's the market actually and not the rom. I installed this rom right after getting the phone so I have nothing to compare the performance to personally though. The apps do eventually seem to download though from my experience so hopefully nfinite is right.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
well it is the latest SU in this rom , and it works perfect for me, so the only thing I can tell you is go into application manager adn clear the cache for SU this should reset it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] johndoehizzle:
i tried doing that but SU had no cache :confused: .i ended up flashing again and its all working perfect now :) .really diggin this rom.feels wayy smooother.the stock keyboard's smooth too ( n i always hated it cause it lagged) ..thanks man :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
new update 3 posted with newest A2sd

I have just posted the update3 this is to correct the A2SD problems I pray A2sd updated to 2.7.5.2
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chefthomas99:
USB debugging checked?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jiber:
NFX, it seems like my A2SD is running fine as it is, and I litterally just flashed to this (update 2) 2 hours ago. Is there any way I can check to make sure it's running like it's supposed to?

Also, great rom. So happy to download this, really was looking foreward to the .7 rooted. Thanks!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
I'm running Update 2 odex but did not enable A2SD, is there any benefit to running Update 3?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
nope it is mostly to correct the A2sd issue
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ccrosno:
I had installed update 2 a couple days ago and did not enable the A2sd. Last night I enabled it and had the same issues that others were having with the apps going internal instead of SD. Even though the A2SD check showed the proper setup. I tried removing and reinstalling A2SD, A2SD repair and it did not work. Apps were still being placed internal. I then tried a zipalign. From that point all apps were being installed on the SD card. I then removed the Dalvic file stated in the OP and the cache moved to SD. I now have 135 internal available. I'm going to install U3 right now and see if the A2SD move is automatic or not. Will report later.

Edit: Sorry should mention I am using the Deodex U2 and the Zen Kernnel from 8/12 (or 8/29) something like that. Also, N' this is the smoothest sence rom to date. Great work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrGreg:
If I'm running update2 but don't use a2sd, any reason to flash update3? Great work!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8612905&postcount=612
[Hero CDMA Android Development] metal666fukhead:
Have you incorporated any optimizations other than the dalvik to cache and mem tweak nfinite?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
no, I wanted to keep it as clean as possible , this is why I am using the scripts in init.d , makes it so if others want to use it as a base to start tweaking thenit is as easy as removing the scripts adn you are almost stock, minus the OC kernel and a2sd
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrGreg:
Crap, thanks...was browsing on my phone and missed it...maybe too much beer
[Hero CDMA Android Development] metal666fukhead:
Do u plan on adding an option to enable jit by chance?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ccrosno:
Updated to the Deoxed U3, no wipe. It did not update the A2sd. A2sd check still shows V2.7.5.1 installed.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mozman:
Hi nfinite - I saw you update for the NFX .7 Sprint ROM and comment that you will not be developing any more for 2.1 builds. Does that mean you do not plan to release a .7 ROM for your NFX Hero? Thanks again for the great work!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ccrosno:
That's funny, to get everything working the way it was before the U3 install, I deleted the Dalvik file stated in the OP and removed a2sd zipalign. Dalvic moved to the SD and apps moved back to the SD. Interesting. Maybe zipalign has nothing to do with the apps moving to the SD. Maybe it's only the added Dalvik script causing the blockage.

Still have A2sd 2.7.5.1 in place. That hasn't changed. Keep in mind this is coming from U2 with no wipe.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ccrosno:
Nandroided back to good Deoxed U2 install, rebooted to recovery, wiped everything, fresh install of Deoxed U3, still no go on the A2sd 2.7.5.2. A2sd check still shows A2sd 2.7.5.1 installed.

Edit: Really loving this Android Commander program. Makes all of this so much less time consuming.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MrGreg:
I modded the lock screen so that pressing menu will not unlock the phone.

- I modded the apk from Update3 Deoxed

- Ported from the mod made by flipz, all credit goes to him (or original author)

- I haven't tested it yet, I like pressing menu-menu

- Nandroid before trying it!

Here's a signed copy and unsigned copy...try the signed copy first. Just rename to HtcLockScreen.apk and push to /system/app and reboot.

Edit: I also attached a diff so you can see what I changed...it starts on line 11659
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Yeah I alaways have it checked .Just nandroided back and things r ok now maybe just one of those thing??dunno
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
What is different about this update?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] c00ller:
It is meant to fix A2SD issues for the versions with A2SD.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
Ah, so no bug fixes/enhancements then? I don't use a2sd, so I'm assuming there isn't any point in me getting it?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
i am looking into this asa it should be 2.7.5.2 but it indeed says 2.7.5.1 so something didnt go correctly, will fix right after work today
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cephraim:
Awesome - thanks!

Once Nfinite gets the A2SD fully-working, I'll give this ROM another go, and will test the apk.

Thanks again!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chefthomas99:
It needs enhancements ?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Matt262:
nfinite, just wondering but can you not do the abd shell method of flashing a recovery image with this rom? after talking with some folks in the IRC it looks like update 2 and 3 are missing /system/bin/flash_image. is there another way to go about flashing a different recovery?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] igtheactt1:
Update 3 is only allowing max CPU 528... the hell?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] igtheactt1:
Nvm something fixed it... restart, wipe dalvik, flashed Zen no perf..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
I will be posting another update this evening as I think I found a problem in my development rig , it has been completely redone so hopefully I will get a great run on it this evening.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] igtheactt1:
Can't wait to try it...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Outer Marker:
Thanks nfinite. Might you consider releasing a version with stock kernel so we can flash one of our choice? Your OC kernel works great, but my phone is lucky enough to be able to do 710 and 768. Since the 691 seems to be coded in the kernel somehow, OC widget won't work period, and SetCPU won't survive a reboot.

I love the way you add things to init.d directory so we can remove them if we need to tweak just a bit more. I'm assuming you can't do that with the kernel though - it's in the ramdisk right? At any rate, if it's not too much trouble, I'm sure there are a few more like me ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zworsham:
How can I load flash player 10? Once aps2sd is working, this Rom will be perfect for me.

I was using the .6 build since the beginning and loved everything. Looks like Sprint or HTC fixed the phone on the .7 release.

Big thx nfinite for.extending the life of the Hero.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
update 3.1 posted

Looks like things are finally working with a2sd as I installed three times with 0 problems

a few things added

Included Extras:

Rooted

Busybox (updated)

ChainsDD Superuser 2.3.6.1

wireless tether 1.6.0

Quick boot

flash_image add back

also add built in Ad-Hoc support (ad-hoc networks show with a * before them)

A2sd 2.7.5.2 (updated to correct startup errors)

Memory Tweak Settings "1536,2048,4096,5120,11264,12288"

Please wipe if you want it to work correctly, kernels will be up by tomorrow for

633, 710, and 768 currently at 691.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kinextions:
upgraded

this is a Noob question but............i want to be able to use the sense widgets like calendar and weather....if I download this ROM, can I get all the features i had with HTC sense?????

and can i sync with outlook?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
yes this is full sense, stock rom just like if you downloaded the update from sprint themselves, except improved
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xDragod:
So, you're posting kernals tomorrow..? That's kinda cool, considering I just came to this forum looking for an OC kernal so that I can run Fruit Ninja a little bit better.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] googleguy:
Is update 3.1 the latest, the one with a2sd working?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Outer Marker:
What a star! Do you have a Paypal donate account so I can send something your way?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Outer Marker:
What is flash_image add back?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nfinitefx45:
it allows for the flash call from adb so you can flash .img files from within adb to the phone
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Matt262:
dude you're awesome...thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ccrosno:
Just installed U3.1 Deoxed w/A2sd. Clean wipe, for some reason I did not have to remove the Dalvik file stated in the OP (was not there to remove. Probably because I installed the DT 2.7.5.2 signed zip last night), set A2sd cachesd, Dalvik moved to SD no problem, Apps installed to SD no problem. I now have 150mb showing in data file with 28 apps installed to SD. Looks like this one is a winner!!

Question: Is it safe to remove the stock lockscreen.apk if I am using lock 2.0?

Thanks nfinite for a superb stock rom. Can't wait to see the final Wildfire and Pancake roms.