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[Hero CDMA Android Development] oldjackbob:
So what the heck is going on with so many of our phones not being able to flash aosp's new recovery?

We're all using the time-honored sequence of putting the file on our sd card and then:

adb shell

flash_image recovery /sdcard/nameofrecovery.img

but we're getting a "flash_image: not found" error??!!

And it's not only with aosp's new recovery ... I can't seem to flash ANY recovery anymore!

I've even tried it from Android Commander with no luck.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oostah:
I have had the same thing for a week now. I thought it was me. I have read in other threads of same thing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] poashll:
Are you requesting super user rights (su)? Make sure you see # prompt.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Installed fine using terminal emulator.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oldjackbob:
I'm using adb, which shows the # prompt after executing an adb shell command.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oldjackbob:
I've never tried TE, I'll try that.

But my bigger point is that we seem to have lost some recovery flash functionality, which is worrisome in the sense that it apparently has been an issue for at least awhile without our knowledge.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] igtheactt1:
Well flashing that new recovery was a breeze... But now my phone is f*cked.. I get errors upon trying to format any partition.. I tried reflashing.. didn't work... Tried flashing RA cant format everything I need in there... Now I'm off to find a stock clockwork recovery so i can format and restore my nand...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vrekk:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html

That is a stable one, just find our phone and flash it like you normally flash a recovery.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oldjackbob:
That didn't work either. :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
I flashed 3.0.0.2 using TE just fine. Used ROM Manager to flash back to 2.5.0.1, rebooted and received HTC white screen with little red "fastboot usb" in upper left corner; phone frozen. Battery pull and d/l and flashed 2.5.0.1 from above post 1295 and phone back to normal, for now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] igtheactt1:
As you wrote that I found the site.. Thanks though!

Sadly I had to go back to 9.9.2...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
So did anyone check to see if the alpha builds of aosp's 2.3 rom have the flash_image binary? Could be why people are getting the error.

When I posted the directions, I was using (teehee) CM6.2. Guess I should have noted that. :rolleyes:

Anyway, I wouldn't recommend using the recovery right now, as it breaks the ability to format specific partitions as other brave testers have noted. However, it does look pretty and have the nice apps2sd SDcard setup tool.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] brokentoaster24:
Aosp, you should open a new thread for the recovery testing. this one is getting hella clogged...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Stramondroid:
And upload the new version, FOR all of us to test.....:)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] brokentoaster24:
It's almost ready, he's working hard
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rondietz1:
Sounds good, I don't mind paying for a descent app, well worth the money, just like donating here. I think we forget just how cheap the apps are here, and all the hard work people put into them. More power to them, without them this would just be a phone, how 1990's!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
:D so true. I thought when I got the "Nextel beep beep" as we called them down south it was a huge deal. Then realized how annoying and how much I hated em. ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wesssider:
Here's how my battery fairs
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bks0101:
Matt is correct in that you just need to flash the recovery and you'll be fine. However, as a point if interest, I did this exact same thing last week for the purpose of getting all the OTA updates for radio/etc. Had no issues at all, recovery 3.0.0.5 in place, life was good - not sure why you had a different experience.....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Pyr0TeK:
4 days later... my Hero feels left behind. :) *lurking...*
[Hero CDMA Android Development] twcrosno:
Sprint\HTC couldn't even get bluetooth working correctly before they pulled the plug on the Hero with the 2.1 sense ROM. If it wasn't for the kickass devs here, I would have flushed my Hero. I would have bought a new phone too but now, with 2.3 and the beautiful themes for my Hero, I will stick with it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Riff76:
If you can't appreciate AOSP, his personal life and the time he takes out of it for us, go flash CM7 Final or buy a newer phone.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] partytrikk:
its 420. chillll
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Read aosp's post four days ago, then read Pyr0TeK's post...then understand that Pyr0Tek was simply employing the use of humor and sarcasm (in other words, it was a joke), not belittling and being unappreciative of aosp's personal life. :rolleyes:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Lol as said many times here.... we're all pathetic ;) now the rom thread that was supposed to be a joke was too much. That's an insult. We all have our ways of dealing with ORD. But someone's always gotta take it too far...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Oh so that's what sarcasm is ;) crap we're all way too serious here for that kind of stuff
[Hero CDMA Android Development] silberj:
+100 Relaxxxxxxxxx
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Agreed. That one went WAY too far. :eek:

800% agreed ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
Wait what is sarcasm??

BTW have we ever gotten an ETA on the ETA app MattCrystal??:confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Look at what I version I am running ;)

Disclaimer: This pic is 800% fake.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
nice!! lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
The ETA app still has an undetermined ETA at this moment. I soon may have an ETA for the ETA app but still the ETA for that is undetermined. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
so anyone have any issues today?? im at work and dont really want to work.. and i say issues lightly, because i dont think anyone has had a real issue in forever.. so i can be semi serious here so the haterz won't come floating around..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
lol.. i literally thought about making a little crappy app with appinventor yesterday called the ETA app.. i was going to post a link to it in here.. but my add kicked in and i blacked out for a while woke up in the woods..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Off to work I go ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
I do (not really an "issue" though) with the market? So I am trying to buy LPP, just to see if it'll beat adw EX for me. The effer won't let me, I select bill my sprint account (even tried my credit card#), and it keeps saying network error please retry. I have 3g, and I even bought 2 other paid apps to see if it was the market itself: read it later pro - which I kept, and slide it keyboard - which I returned (swype FTW). Why oh why does LPP not want my $$$ ? I think it has something to with the update he just did, said something in the changelog about switching from paypal to market billing = fail.

EDIT: I remembered you could buy from www.market.google.com and it worked :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
i think it does have something to do with his update.. i thought i borked my LPP earlier after his update, i was trying to skin one of the widgets and thing went crazy, wouldnt let me do anything.. which BTW slide it keyboard sucks butt bad, i am currently using siftkey (got it for free from amazon) but i have swype as well.. i prefer swype to all the other motion keyboards.. but back to your issue.. from what i have seen it is because of his update..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hicdub:
So i have been looking all over this massive thread for a fix on this, but for some reason my the emails i try to send over gmail never end up sending. they just sit there saying that they are trying to send, but it never gets around to actually doing it.

sorry if this has already been brought up somewhere else!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ohbuckeyeman:
This actually happened to me a couple weeks ago. Couldn't figure out what caused it so I backed up all my apps and wiped and re-flashed. Time consuming, but it took care of it. Everything has worked well since...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
I had this happen a long time ago.. tried all sorts of crap to fix it but ultimately what worked for me is wiping cache and dalvik and reflashing gapps..

Sent from.. wait.. What????
[Hero CDMA Android Development] davec1234:
Menu, settings, apps, gmail, clear cache, clear data.

Good to go. Sometimes just clearing cache does it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
+1 that works too..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] c00ller:
I'm looking forward to hearing your review how they compare. I'm using LPP. I gave ADW.Launcher a try, and to say it was laggy is an understatement. Although I've heard ADW EX is faster (not sure why this would be the case), I am reluctant to buy an app just to see.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
So far it's adw ex, it has way more customization options, way more. They both seem as fast as eachother. I do like that lpp comes with its own widgets and the scrolling dock. Give me a week lol.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] davec1234:
I have both apps (paid versions). Lpp is working better on my phone. I understand adw is working on 2.0 now.

Ex has lots of features but I like lpp best.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
Never really liked ADW in the past, but decided to try out EX when it was first released. Haven't used another launcher since, really smooth (guess it also helps I only have one homescreen with two small widgets, ha), etc. Really interested in trying out the Launcherpro rewrite whenever/if that finally happens, hope one of my minor gripes with it gets addressed (I like to keep my notification bar hidden, so I use a swype up gesture to show/hide it. Don't like how LP can only be set to do that from the dock... very nitpicky, I know. :p).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
you guys are making me want to try adw ex.. i was not a fan of the the original adw, the only thing i liked was the swip on the screen to retrieve the hidden notification bar.. i have been loyal to lpp for a while now, but may have to try something new.. if its really that good..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
Have a slight annoyance I want some feedback on. Ok when I receive a mms with a pic attached I can view the pic threw gallery just fine. How ever when I select the pic the options window appears and I have a choice camera or gallery. Which ever I choose they both work

Now the problem occurs when I select gallery as default. It will attempt to open up gallery but will just start blinking back and forth. I have to hit the home key to stop it. Then I'll go into my manage apps clear data. All is good. But as soon as I select it as default it happens again. Im running the sd tweak so I figured it was that but upon removing the tweak the problem is still there. So I figured it might be the data2ext so I disabled it threw terminal and still no go. So I figured a few files might be left on the sd that's causing this so I backed up all my data and reformated my sd threw pc first then threw recovery. Restored my nand still no go. So then I just said fu** it did a full wipe and a fresh install resetup everything and the dam problem is still there. So then I figured might just be the gallery app so I installed tb uninstalled it and reflashed it. Still no go. So feed back is welcomed. I did do jm's method of stopping the black screens could this be y. I don't know how to undo it. Any suggestions???

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
are you still using .35 kernel?? i have heard of it messing with some of the camera/gallery apps.. if you are, try the stock kernel and see if that fixes.. if you arent, i will see if i can come up with anything else..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
LMAO. Man yup I forgot I'm running sobes kernel lol. Totally slipped my mind. Going to flash back to jm's kernel and see if that's it Thanks.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
hopefully thats what it is for you.. you are one of the few people that i know uses s0be's kernel..

EDIT: i'm sure there are more, you are just one of the few that i know about, you and i believe il duce
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oldjackbob:
C00ller, when you were using ADW, did you have "Allow purging of assets" enabled in CM Performance settings? I observed very early that if that setting was enabled, swiping between screens in ADW was abysmally slow. I disabled that setting and I've been completely in love with ADW ever since. In fact, when aosp stopped including ADW in his roms I went and grabbed ADW Standalone from the market just because it runs so sweet on my phone.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Another faithful here ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
i should have guessed Matt.. i'll commit that to memory for later when referencing again..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
Still a no go. Can't figure this one out lol

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
that is weird dude.. i tried it out after you said that you were still using .35, and it works fine for me.. the only thing that i am running is obviously this rom, s0be's kernel and darktremor a2sd (still have tried data2ext yet)..:confused::confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
Yea me to. I've ran out of things to try lol

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
did you try clearing the data on the gallery and see if that fixed it??

EDIT: Nevermind you did a full wipe and what not..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
here's my non-fix that will fix it (don't hate me) - don't set the gallery as default lol, it's just one more click, also, get "quickpic" FTW.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
does that make this the longest quote ever???:D

yes i think those devs need to give you some commision, because i am going to have to try it now.. that was an excellent review and pointed out all of the things that i wish LPP had.. so thanks to you i will be visiting the market soon..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] waffle_:
Hands down, I hate laggy launchers, and ADW is one of them.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Riff76:
I'll give ADW EX a try. I love the widgets from LPP tho, almost as good as the actual Sense widgets. I just use Bookmarks, Calendar and People.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Yeah if adw EX had it's own widgets, last screen to first screen, and a scroll dock I would bust a nut.

Oh and for the speed testing (no data, just my opinion) I did both with the same screens (5), 2 of which had 4x5 apps, and the same widgets (9), they were both fast. EX was maybe a tiny bit faster, maybe not, lpp may have been a tiny bit smoother, maybe not.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jckeyser:
Launcher lag must vary significantly from phone to phone. I get more speed from ADW ex than LPP, GO, or Sense. The only thing that comes close speed wise on my device is Zeam, but it lacks a few minor things that keep it from being my daily driver.

ADW manages to keep its quickness and customization options top shelf without feeling bloated, which LPP feels like to me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Brickster:
I have tried zeem for a month (total waste of time which i can never get back) been using adw ex for the most and decided to give LPP a try for a few weeks. I have run into laggy issues running ALL of them at some point. I have to agree that adw ex is the best in my personal opinion. If it had the scrolling app drawer, it would be 800% better than all launchers. FWIW Sold on ADW EX,,,hands down!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thoughtlesskyle:
You can turn on the scrolling app drawer you know that right
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
You mean the scrolling dock bar right :confused: ???

For me the widgets on lpp are cool too. And the RTL fling deal.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Brickster:
Sorry,,,,meant dock scroll:o
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Brickster:
Yea, if they threw in some good widgets it would be da shiz.........
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Brickster:
I really only got one little qwerk on ADW EX that I don't like, and that is it keeps forgetting my home screen.......but like I said...little qwerk.....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
Do you have Set Home In Memory enabled in Cyanogenmod Settings?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] c00ller:
Thanks for the very thorough review, il Duce :)

Now, I am about to give ADW.Launcher a try again (last time I tried it was in CM6.1). First I'll try it with asset purging enabled (it is supposed to be "better," after all) and also without. If it is as fast as LPP, I will buy ADW EX for sure. If it is slow, can I realistically expect ADW EX to be any faster?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Brickster:
Yup....And set home default in adw preferences ...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
I know the ADW that's included with CM is always laggy at best, never tried standalone ADW, though I've heard it's better (if you tweak various settings, I suppose), but EX is much, much, much smoother.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
Do you have System Persistent set in ADW settings?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Brickster:
Yes, sure do...

Yall never run into this issue ?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ch1naski:
.35 #5 user here, also. I love s0be's kernel. Makes a helluva difference.

π

sent from GB hero.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] genuser:
If you keep adding shortcuts to the hidden dock it will let you put more than one page worth. Then the hidden dock scrolls like the main dock in LPro.

Can you rename icons in ADW? I don't remember being able to and really like that option in LPro.

Screen add/delete/move is by far the coolest ADW feature.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
I know you can rename them in EX.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
I don't. Here's the stuff I'd suggest for adw ex: cm lock home and NOT the system persist (I think the oom value gets changed which messes with the lock home afaik), allow purge assets, autokiller 50-60-70, cpu min 264+, lock wallpaper. I never ever get reloads and she flies.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] h4kudoshi:
On an unrelated note, the Epic 4G just dropped in price by 50$... hopefully that means the Nexus S is about to be released!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Yeah like I said, I think EX is a little bit faster, but like an infantesimal amount.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fallonjp:
Phone Downloaded .swf File

So I pulled my phone out of my pocket tonight and it showed a completed download. I pulled down the taskbar and it showed a download of BkucQe4cSu4.swf. I didn't initiate this and have no idea where it came from.

I'm on 3/26, and the only new app I downloaded today was autokiller. not quite sure what else might have caused this. Any thoughts? Is this a safe file? Should I just delete it or is there something else I need to do in order to make sure it's fully removed? It saved itself to the root of the sd card.

Thanks.

EDIT: Figured it out, I accidentally downloaded a video through my Mobile Buzz widget. Either way, are .swf files safe, or can they pose issues?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Whaaaaaaaat ? Awesome! Gonna try that now :)

Yes

+1

EDIT: holy crap, thanks for that tip genuser! I just loaded 42 icons in there, and it would've kept going. Wow. It's cool as hell with the mirroring underneath the icons (I used to only have xda in the hidden dock), makes it look like a nicer device. Also, having done that my screen speed (now at 3 screens 9 widgets) feels faster. I went back to LPP and dropped to the same screens and widgets and it feels slower than EX, this time more noticably. I doubt I'll keep it this way, because each "dock" holds 6 icons, so it takes 7 swipes to get from one side to the other lol.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
alright you talked me into it.. downloading now.. lets see how this goes, i havent used anything other than LPP in forever.. im scared:eek:

EDIT: ok i am running this beast.. my biggest adjustment is going to be lack of widgets.. does anyone know of a good calender widget and bookmark widget... bookmark i can probably get away without.. but i need calender..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
When ya find a good one let me know. The LPP widgets are why I stick with it as well...like you, I need my calendar ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
I haven't used it in forever but android agenda widget is really nice, and JM recommended smooth calendar. Try them out.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
i have smooth calender, i just prefer a full calender (i know picky).. going to look at android agenda widget..

BTW adw ex is blazing fast.. it still feels a bit odd to me in comparison but it is much faster.. im going to play with it for a while and see how it fits me..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
I am currently giving ADW EX a test run...not quite sure I am sold on it. Likes and dislikes...Seems to run a tad slower for me than LPP. I'll give it a day or so before making a 100% decision ;)

*EDIT* Pure Calendar is good for an agenda widget...actually it's quite nice, but I like the full month calendar view of the LPP widget. The hunt continues...but I think I may switch for awhile to ADW EX )
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
I know it's a little different than a widget, but I use Touchdown by Nitrodesk to sync my outlook calendar. There is a homescreen shortcut so my calendar is just an icon away. Pure Calendar has a widget that works pretty good. I don't use my google calendar that much anymore so I ditched the widget.

*EDIT* As always, while typing, Ranger beats me to the Pure Calendar punch.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Android agenda widget is full screen. If any of you new recruits to ex want to ask me questions about the tweaks I use to find the sweet spot, send me a pm. The settings can be a little daunting.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Pure Grid Calendar Widget is close to what I was seeking...

I also think I found my "sweet spot". Running nicely. I even removed LPP for now ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] r3draid3r:
I too needed a full calendar. Right now I'm using Jorte. Pretty good for a free calendar app. It'll hold me off until I upgrade to LP plus or pure calendar grid.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] genuser:
+1 for Android agenda widget. I've been using it for about six months and love it. Pull from multiple calendars into one spot. Or you can have multiple widgets, one for each calendar.

Month view is just one tap away with GCal and also use TouchDown for work.

I really do want a good bookmark widget. Can't believe there is only two out there. Sense and LPro +.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] danibri82:
I use pure messenger and pure calendar currently and GO Launcher since Launcher Pro recently became completely unuseable on its last update
[Hero CDMA Android Development] r3draid3r:
Agreed on the bookmark Widgets. I have not found one close to what I had with sense besides the one in LPP. It would be nice to have one though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aosp:
sorry ladies and gents for my lack of activity but my personal life has just been very demanding lately and as much as i wish everything would cost as much as the android os does so i could do this full time i get reminded that most of lifes essentials do not :(

ok back to aospCMod :D before i upload something fresh i need some feedback from current users i want to get a general consensus on the 3/26 release is there anything stopping you from using it as your daily driver bugs, lag, etc?