yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
Ok, maybe I need to go w/ the update from yesterday and pardon if this was already discussed (incidentally, I did follow a previous suggestion but to no avail) but, it is just my Hero or does GPS really suck in this ROM? I wiped everything, installed this rom, cleared maps, but everytime I use GPS, I get good signal ranging from a couple of min to 10 minutes and then, GPS craps out and it can't find a signal. Toggling GPS instantly resolves the problem and then again like clockwork...

Also any particular reason why ADW is opted for, not as an additional launcher, but as thee launcher? As I understand it cynaogen builds tend to bloat on a frew more things versus plain jane AOSP, but this launcher is irritating. I suppose that I could just move it from ADB or TE, but just wanted to use native launcher for the time being.

Mind you, the 2nd is merely a minor quibble, the 1st is a deal breaker, as I rely heavily on GPS for my phone and bad enough that the wife's fone (moment) and its GPS are totally and forever FUBARed.

I do like many of the aesthetic adjustments over 2.2, and LOVE that little novelty DSP app that was added to this ROM. Also arrow indicator on entry bar is neat, music on lock screen is cool as well as long press audio controls (because w/o tactile feedback, this mp3 player is nothing on th jogging trail)... what else, no need for tasker w/ integrated 'do this on AC controls'... etc. etc. but the speed remains the same to me.

Anyway, good work guys! Just the GPS and I"m golden.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
105 "theoretically" would work, but it didn't on mine, I bumped it to 110 and I keep cache at 4 just because I had an issue with it once.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
The single quickest, easiest way to regain a lot of space on /data is to move dalvik-cache to the /cache partition. This persists across new ROM flashes (no re-flashing fr-boot/data2ext/apps2sd/etc), doesn't require any special scripts, and can be removed just as easily.

adb shell
cp -a /data/dalvik-cache/* /cache/dalvik-cache/
rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache
ln -s /cache/dalvik-cache /data/dalvik-cache

For me, this frees up about 60MB more space from /data, and still leaves room in /cache for Market to correctly download apk files.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
You call it bloat, I call it functionality.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
I spoke too soon! Same here. Not going to go through any further rounds as it is clearly a bug. Question is, is it ironed out in 10th build?

Can you or anyone help a layman understand the draw of Firerats OR A2SD cognizant of Froyo's native ability to install to SD (force w/ toggle) and move to SD w/ apps like Titanium Backup (when native app manager is stubborn)? I see that DAvLIK being moved to Cache says quite a lot of space and what have you, but if one is moving everything to SD card natively and has plenty of space, what are the other draws (e.g. speed, etc.)? Speed-up would be worthwhile to me because I've noticed how much slower apps load on boot when on SD card in the Native Froyo way. Formatting SD fixed some of that lag but it's still prevalent.

With AOSP 2.2.1 I did have a low internal memory after installing 69 apps to SD, went down to around 20MB. Though w/ this GB, I have like 120MB internal free, albeit w/ only a few apps installed, but I have a feeling after I do a Titanium restore to SD, I'll still have a lot more free space in internal.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
I just don't think ADW runs very well on the Hero. Widgets always seem slower to repopulate on the Home screen than on Launcher Pro (Premium) after unlock and rotate, and subjectively speaking, just feels clunkier and slower, even after forcing to remain in memory (which perhaps causes other undesired effects). There was another that doesn't come to mind ATM, but I digress anyway. GPS is my primary concern, then maybe recognizing more optimal settings to increase my batt life, and prevent the occasional random reboot (happened yesterday while on trail; playing mp3 & GPS mapping run w/ runkeeper (hey... thought! maybe the GPS problem everyone is having caused this reboot when runkeeper failed to consistently lock!); as well, boot splash screen loops that happened 3 or 4 times thus far w/ me on 2.9.11.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
No, it is not.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gadgetcraze:
Did that. Doesnt work. Thanks for your help though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
There has to be something common to people having GPS issues.

Let's see if we can get an information profile from everyone.

Start out with a fresh ROM install after formatting everything. No Firerat's, no apps2sd, no data2ext, no kifno crap, no restores from Titanium Backup, no alternate kernel, no battery tweak, no anything. Just the ROM and GAPPS.

Please provide the following:

ROM version

Baseband (radio) version

PRL version

CPU settings (min/max/governor)

Tail end of logcat (look for lines dealing with gps)

When or how often GPS issues arise

Weather conditions at the time (this can make a difference!)

Cellular signal strength, 1x/EVDO, etc.

Anything else you can think of that might be useful

You may also wish to try the following things first:

Try switching to a lower, more stable clock speed first. First try 691, then 576.

Try switching to a non-input-based governor, such as ondemand or performance. Note that performance will drain your battery quickly!

Try using GPS Status & Toolbox to download GPS assistance data or clear cached GPS data.

To put it simply, the built-in SD-move feature sucks. It stores the apps on the vfat partition on the memory card, which is slow. It stores them in an encrypted manner, and does some mounting magic to present them to the OS in the proper way, which is slow. It causes moved programs to not be accessible when your phone is mounted as a USB storage device. It causes moved programs that would do things like run a service or provide widgets to not function correctly. And if you wipe your phone, good luck trying to get the apps on your SD card to remount under the new OS without first backing them up with TB.

Zeam Zeam Zeam!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
I often have reboots when running gps tracking programs other than google maps. I've learned to live without my gps tracking (too much information in my life anyway), but I would like it to work when I want it.

edit: adw ex runs great on the hero even if adw doesn't.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
The ADW included with CM always has been slow I've found. Market version seemed better, though EX is great.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oostah:
ADW EX is the smoothes and fastest that I have used by far.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] platinumrug:
I love it so far, I'm running the 2.09 version, but one thing that's bugging the hell out of me. When I use pandora... the **** gets really choppy and freezes my phone hella hard to the point where I have to do a hard reset almost every time I use pandora. Any way to get that fixed or no?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
Raise your min CPU frequency or switch to the ondemand governor.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] uf20wop:
had a reboot yesterday after running nav for 5 minutes

it was working fine and then all of a sudden the phone rebooted.

cpu capped at 691

2/10/11 build
[Hero CDMA Android Development] silberj:
I usually make it a habit of flashing the data2ext zip everytime I wipe anything just before I reboot. I haven't had any further problems with data2ext. I use data2ext2.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] silberj:
Go SMS splits messages and works wonderfully.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scout7:
Voicemail

I have tried the fix for VVM and it will play the message i sent to myself. but when i call from an outside line a message appears,"can't play message". since I can't get that to work, I went to google talk and it doesn't pick up the voicemail at all. do I have to uninstall Sprint VVM for the google to work??
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Assuming you meant Google Voice, not Talk ;) You need to enable Google Voice on your phone...*28 I believe? Read the GV instructions. Should say when you are setting it up on your phone for the first time also.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] PRGUY85:
UPDATE:

I left the phone in Airplane mode for 2-3 hour while I slept, when I checked it, it was never awake during that time. After that I turned Wifi on, and slept for 5 more hours. During those last 5 hours, the phone has been awake most of the time. In the Battery Status graph, when you click on Android SYstem, it says Keep Awake 3hours+. Android System is full of stuff in it. Here are some pics:

I browsed around and saw someone suggested turning off Using Wireless Networks for location. I did that and will report with how it went in an hour or so. If not I also read someone suggesting to turn off Network Automatic on the Date/Time area.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] arcejefferson:
How come every time I open an app like the web browser I press home and the screen turns black for a few then it opens my home screen but then I have to wait for it to load. I'm using launcher pro. Never had this before I reflashed wiped cleared data with jit without jit nothing. Other then that no lag what so ever. What do u guys think it is?? Thanks for the help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] t12icky0:
ok maybe someone can help me. does this need a new kernel or something?

i have kernel 2.6.29.6-brainfuct #14 on Cyangenmod nightly 8-24

i flashed this rom and it wouldnt boot. it just kept rebooting.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] PRGUY85:
You need to do full wipe (wipe cache/data/system), then format boot, system, data, cache and wipe davlik cache before flashing this ROM (if you're coming from another ROM).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scout7:
Much better, sorry for being an idiot...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
my VVM works fine, what "fix" did you try? I got mine to work restoring data from a TB froyo backup while I was in GB getting the v30 error messages.

That theme adds apps to system, so you would need to know how much added space there is, I would say try it without firerats, find out how big your system is, I think there's an adb command like "df -h" or something, then redo it all with the correct amounts

go into cm settings/performance/lock home in memory. If the issue persists try changing your compcache% higher (helps me w/multitasking), if it still persists lower your autokiller presets.....

yes complete wipe (use the wiki - "readme" in the OP - step by step) If you still have issues it's probably bc your phone won't clock to 768, so try deca's #589 or #43, both of those are also in the wiki.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercado79:
There's an option under CM settings to keep launcher in memory (in General?). Switch that on and you should be good to go.

Sent using the XDA app
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercado79:
Might be that the theme adds more space into System. I know its a pain in the ass, but set your settings to something higher like 125 4, then boot and run the df -h command from terminal or via adb to find out how much space the rom us using. Then modify your settings accordingly. Yes, it will take time but it will be worth it.

Sent using the XDA app
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
beat you to it. haha I win.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aqualls:
If you get that message when rebooting into recovery, reboot recovery via adb.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pfer10:
Yes Yes Yes!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
So you made Zeam, right? ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nathanielray:
Question: if I wanted to add and subtract some things from the ROM zip (take out some cm apps, change the boot animation, etc), can I do it freely without messing anything up? Do I need to resign the zip or anything?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] PRGUY85:
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And yet another update, I charged phone to 100%, rebooted. Now battery graph says its been with screen on and awake for 100% and again Dialer is the one responsible for keeping it away. Last time it was Android system. I haven't turned phone once since boot. Here are the pics:

Hope someone takes notice of these posts and have some suggestions.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
As long as you don't extract the zip you can delete and add things without re-signing. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nathanielray:
So if I do everything within 7zip, I'm golden? Sweet! Thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
No problem :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] danaff37:
If anyone is interested about an alternate market fix, I didn't want the market cache on my data partition and use up what little precious data space I have, so I symlinked it to my sdcard.

adb shell
su
cd /cache
ln -s /sdcard/download download
chmod 777 download
reboot
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thoughtlesskyle:
Honestly I think it might be something upstream even my evo takes forever to get a lock
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Brickster:
Sorry if this has been mentioned but, is there a way to change the lock screen wallpaper in aosp 2.3.2? Thanks in advance.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
Nothing on my phone, stock as can be w/ this rom and gapps, and major dysfunctional gps. I'm inclined to try the 10th build as this seemed to fix the problem for some, if not, going back to 2.2.1.

Isn't this rom already governed to 691 max (tweakable I know, but upon install I mean)? I don't think that would be the proble. I can run 768mhz a-ok before on different rom, but battery took a serious dip so no go for me.

TY so much on breakdown of SD apps, much gratitude! Makes sense now, and think I'll try FireRat to mitigate some of these problems I've already realized but perhaps didn't fully realize that they could be fixed.

Re ZEAM, tried when it first hit (now seams like site is down), I thought it was horribly buggy and didn't try it for long when it first came out. Widgets were unpredictable and would typically go blank. Launcher Pro is my fav so far, but just wondered why this ROM would force ADW down everyone's throats.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Nah...My wife's LG Optimus (unrooted, stock) locks and holds a GPS signal just fine. It's not the locking people have the issue with (or at least me), it's holding the signal once locked.

In my case, I get a GPS lock almost instantly, but then the "searching for signal" comes up and it will not lock again until GPS is either toggled off then on or Google Nav is exited and reopened.:confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
Because ADW is included with CM. This is CM. Don't like it? Replace it. Easy enough.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
So this rom comes w/ ADW, but EX variant is... on the market?

Never had GPS tracking progs reboot until this rom. I've utilized runkeeper in 5+ mi runs flawlessly, even in mountainous terrain (testament to GPS more than prog), now though... it is totally unreliable. Even if it doesn't reboot phone, the signal will drop and it will chop up the run.

I think that GPS is the single most important feature on my phone now as I've really grown fond of this app, and Navi is imperative for me at times as I've recently moved. I will try the 10th build and report back on GPS.

Regarding 02/10/2011, can I just install over 02/09/11? Do I need to wipe anything?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
If by "the 10th build", you mean the one from 02/10, that is actually the one when I started having GPS issues. :confused:

Just don't want you to flash it with the hopes of it working and having it not work. I know two builds prior to this one (02/06?) I had no GPS issues. Used it on a 5 hour one way trip with no issues.:)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
I know it is. My thought was 'why'.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
You can flash over, but wipe cache and dalvik. See my post above. 02/10 probably won't fix GPS...try going to the one prior to 02/09. I had no issues with that one.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
yes, 02/10. I first upgraded to this ROM on 02/09 build, and was hoping some had success w/ 02/10 and GPS. I guess this is not the case? If not, I will just downgrade back to 2.2.1. I need GPS tomorrow and can't deal w/ the frustration that is the the current GPS (sw).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
Haven't there been other bug fixes since then?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Not from the majority of comments. Something is flakey with the GPS. :eek:

As far as bug fixes, not too many :)

Try it and report back though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Nope, the lockscreen is transparent, so it will just show your regular wallpaper.

See the changlog in the wiki, and the one in your phone. AOSP fixed the lockscreen bugs and optimized libs.

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GPS ISSUES: I am merely wondering, are these related to 3d? 3d texture functionality was recently fixed in these roms, not sure which build. What I mean specifically is whether the issues are related to people who have edited their build prop to access the 3d map tilt feature or not, And whether it a market dl or flashed with gapps? Also whether people are using the nav or just maps. I have the 5.0 maps flashed with gapps into system, and I have edited my build prop version to 131072, not 65537. I will test mine on the way home which takes about 15min. I will report back.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
My Maps app was in /data. Evidently it installed on its own not via Gapps flash :confused: My build prop is unedited and reads 65537. Issues.

For kicks, I just moved the Maps.apk to /system, left build prop unchanged, rebooted and testing now. Locked fine still going...I am just sitting on the couch though :) Don't have to be moving to lose lock. I will report back.

*EDIT* Phone rebooted itself but no loss of GPS signal after about 10 mins.

*EDIT 2* Lost signal after about 15 minutes. Editing the build.prop to 131072 and will try again.

*EDIT 3* Edited build.prop to 131072, rebooted, turned on Nav, locked on, going strong 20 minutes later, as opposed to losing lock after 5-10 minutes. If anything changes, I will edit this post.

To Fix GPS Losing Lock

1 - Make sure Maps.apk is in /system (not /data)

2 - Change build.prop to 131072

3 - Reboot

4 - Hopefully GPS is fixed
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Decad3nce:
Cool it guys. No need for that. This is a development thread. Don't bicker.

:D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] add119:
I stop this is the holiday so sorry for stupid arguements.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] daved1999:
Thank you, that was very informative and what I needed to know :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] halrulez:
uhhhh ohhh add is back

no worries yall ADD's got your back! lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] too.many.imails@gmail.com:
*cough add was a good name. A D D... someone didn't take their meds... *cough haha jk jk

back on topic :P...

This ROM is bad ass and super fast. Can't wait till a few features get fixed... Wish i knew a little more and could help, but... :) im learning.... so i will be able to help soon :D woo!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] add119:
yes i said add= it resemble my name add am= ADAM
[Hero CDMA Android Development] add119:
This roms is great for a device like this... I just wish i didnt buy so many phones.

I could careless now of adobe flash player i got my droid 1 fix. I love htc for sense ui and their hardware.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] too.many.imails@gmail.com:
you know, off topic, like you always seem to be... do you know how to use the "MULTI-QUOTE" button?... they put that on here for a reason, so you dont double post, every time you post.... -_-... and we dont care how many phones you have, we really dont... or how geeky you can be with them, or what you can do with them, whipe your ass with them for all we care... :)

Now, lets get back on topic, again... This ROM, GB for HEROC... which is in alpha, and AOSP is working on hard on getting several things fixed for us...

Merry Christmas Eve everyone :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] igtheactt1:
Edited...........
[Hero CDMA Android Development] add119:
My bad lets get back to the topic, What missing from this roms; that you guys need to code in for this roms to be consider gingerbread stable rom?

Beside the camera,gps and camcorder not working.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] too.many.imails@gmail.com:
thanks for the gentle return back to our topic...

libsenors need updating

gps (which should also fix the browser fc)

gmail loops when trying to open a message, just returns back to inbox

mms fix for sprint to recieve the picture...

camera

but i know aosp is working on most of this, if not all, and deca is helping too i think... they were chatting lastnight in the irc about a few things... slow process, but i would rather wait and it be done right, than hurry and it be halfass...

props to aosp for being awesome :D

and again, add, thanks for getting back on topic, and not wanting to argue... keep up the good additude :)... i guess your back on your meds :P hahaha jk
[Hero CDMA Android Development] add119:
That awesome sound like January, might be an busy month for roms developer updating the gingerbread roms.

0n all android device supported by users from xda-developers.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thoughtlesskyle:
Everyone knows the ti-83 was superior to the ti-84

sent from my twopointtwo themed hero
[Hero CDMA Android Development] igtheactt1:
Funny... lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thoughtlesskyle:
Are you saying I'm wrong them fightin' words 'round here

sent from my twopointtwo themed hero
[Hero CDMA Android Development] painter_:
Mine is bigger then yours.

Back on topic.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexnaoumi:
no1 is better than aosp, lmao
[Hero CDMA Android Development] too.many.imails@gmail.com:
im looking forward to just checking out cm7, just to say i checked it out, but ever since i flashed aosp, im a way bigger fan... i dont think anything could turn me away... different people, different strokes...

i know people are 'just saying' that they 'cant wait' cause they are 'excited' but, by saying this, in a way, your still kind of rushing the devs... you dont have to post each time on every thread, stating your waiting, we all are waiting, we are all very excited, and im not trying to be a douche. im 'just saying'... no offense is ment... take it how you take it... just recommending that we stop clogging the thread with non-devlopment bull****. lets help those who are trying to flash this or report bugs or updates on bugs...

cheers to all and merry christmas...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cordell12:
Merry Christmas back at ya aosp! Thanks for the present :D

for those who havent seen, check OP
[Hero CDMA Android Development] lemendoza:
When I use pandora how come it gets super laggy and i have to take out the battery to reset it. Why does this happen?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
search this thread
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Brickster:
Raise your cpu minimum....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Well, I have maps and nav in /system. Just held gps lock in maps and in nav respectively, both for about 5 minutes, never lost lock, and no reboot, I exited out (5 minutes is a pretty good sign it works fine!) :p. I have edited my build prop to gain the 3d tilt feature but it seems that is not relevant. My guess from your experiment (ranger) is that these apps are happier when in /system. I would advise ALL users having lock issues to push/move the apps to system (or flash a full gapps pkg from romrepo.info) and see what happens, if you have success, please report it. Let's NOT assume there is something wrong with the ROM all the time. In my experience, 99.9% of all "issues" and "problems" are USER ERROR. I don't mean to say anyone did something wrong, only that it seems like anytime something doesn't work like butter, lots of people complain about errors *beyond their control*, which is almost ALWAYS incorrect.