yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tagor:
Yeah! It works! My trackball glows again after missed call. I had to define new category, add missed call to the category, change colour to white. And set "Force LED on for events" LED mode. Without it only LED blinks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Siauka:
Increasing CPU frequency didn't help, music still struggling randomly, don't know what can it be. LasVenturas kernel doesn't have such a problem but it isn't so fast in overall like FlyKernel13, don't know where to search for solving this problem...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ZyberXDA:
Battery drain might be a calibration issue

I updated from 3.3& Las Venturax kernel to 3.4& Fly kernel. But it seemed not so fast, so I installed Las venturax kernel again.

Las venturax seems to work better for me, I noticed that my telephone with 3.4 is faster than 3.3.

In the beginning I thought I had battery drain problems so I installed watchdog to check cpu usage but there were no apps misbehaving.

I think it is a calibration problem because when I empty my phone it stayed on 2% for many hours before it finally went off. So android was showing the wrong % of battery usage. After that I inserted a fully loaded battery and since then I haven't had any drain at all.

Especially on flightmode at night it hardly loses any %.

I'm on Conservative with min19Mhz and max710Mhz and I use GolauncheEX as a launcher with 6 screens and several widgets active.

I like the task manager widget of GolauncherEX. It is the only taskmanager I use.

I don't have many programs running on the background and I also freeze apps I hardly use or tend to run in the background and several system apps with TB, this helps to prevent spontaneous reboots that can occur because of the hardware limitations of the HTC hero.

On my 8GB SD I created an 500MB a2sd partition and install most apps on there.

With too much programs running in the background in combination with the use of GPS or wifi spontaneous reboots occured on my telephone.

Since I'm travelling all the time and use a lot of GPS I have 5 extra batteries bought from different sellers on ebay. I have the idea that a few batteries aren't so good and can cause spontaneous reboots.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
Strange, does not work for me :-(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Pitel:
Broken sensors

I've problem with sensors (accelerometers, compass). When I try to access them, I get these errors in logcat and no data from them. After reboot, they work again for a while. I don't know what causes it. :(

E/Sensors ( 239): Couldn't open /dev/akm8973_aot (Operation not permitted)
E/Sensors ( 239): ECS_IOCTL_APP_SET_XXX failed (Bad file number)
E/SensorService( 239): Error activating sensor 0 (Bad file number)
E/Sensors ( 239): Couldn't open /dev/akm8973_aot (Operation not permitted)
E/Sensors ( 239): ECS_IOCTL_APP_SET_XXX failed (Bad file number)
E/SensorService( 239): Error activating sensor 1 (Bad file number)
E/Sensors ( 239): Couldn't open /dev/akm8973_aot (Operation not permitted)
E/Sensors ( 239): ECS_IOCTL_APP_SET_XXX failed (Bad file number)
E/SensorService( 239): Error activating sensor 2 (Bad file number)

Note that I'm using latest (0.6.2) Las Venturax kernel and 3.4 version of this ROM. But it also happened in previous versions (3.3 for sure).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ExMM:
Hi Ele, I just wanted to ask you, if we will have the latest update of Gingerbread 2.3.6 any soon? Maybe in the v3.5? ;)

Cheers! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kaizvn:
the fastest rom now!

it's better than 3.3 10 times!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Loxxy:
"The latest update is Android 2.3.6 GRK39F – a security and performance improvement update – which is being rolled in the form of an OTA update"

Do a search online for Android 2.3.6 GRK39F, rename the file to update.zip etc etc

PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS - but am going to now :D

Update: no joy :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rdejager:
He is on a hunting trip but knowing him. You'll have it pretty fast.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ExMM:
Thanks for the info guys. ;)

I know that Ele does always a great job anyway.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marchard:
Hmm, sorry, can't help you any further. Except to tell you, that 3.4 gives me best battery performance compared to previous versions.

Try to callibrate your battery, there are many guides here at xda.

Best battary boost for me is to turn 3G off...

Good luck! Bye, Marc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Mikos:
Hello elelinux,

this is really great ROM, but I have big problem with Gingerbread killing apps too quickly. I have even tried to enable compcache, but this has improved situation only slightly. E.g. my SMS application (Go SMS Pro) is still sometimes killed in background and then I will not get SMS notifications (which is really bad for me). I have also played with minfree values (with AutoKiller Memory Optimizer), but this didn't help too much.

I need only few applications locked in memory (there is already this option for home and for stock SMS/MMS app in Cyanogen Settings) and there is good way to do it: just add sys.keep_app_1=some_application, sys.keep_app_2=some_other_application, etc. to build.prop file. But this option is not available in standard CyanogenMod sources, I have found it only in Milestone port of CM, just look for KEEP_APP_1 here: github.com/nadlabak/android_frameworks_base/blob/gingerbread/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java

Can you please add this option to your sources? It is only few lines of code and it will not have bad impact on anyone (if he doesn't set those options in build.prop by hand to something stupid). Without it yout ROM is now nearly unusable for me :-(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dmestriner:
Is it just me, or do more people have problems with notifications? I see the poster above me does have some problems.

Whenever I receive an SMS and I don't look at it immediately, after a while there is no pop-up anymore when I unlock the screen (I use Handcent SMS), and the notification is gone! Only when I open the app I see there are new messages. This is really annoying, and has caused me to respond to some texts later than intended, only because I thought people didn't sent me a message.

Another example: I was calling with someone, when I felt my phone vibrate, so I knew I was receiving a message. When I hung up the conversation, I saw the WhatsApp notification for a second, and then it suddenly disappeared, without me opening the app.

Anyone else having these problems?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
Oh wtf?! my market just did a silent update to 3.1.5 :(

*destroys market updater.apk *
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] danarama:
Thats how marketupdater.apk works, if you dont want it to do that, you can use terminal emulator:

su
pm disable com.android.vending.updater

Not used it on the hero as thats my fiance's but apparently works on teh desire. Personally, I delete it though.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
I knew that, i just thought that flashing the "old" market as an option would somehow just prevent it. I'll just use Ti backup to crush the updater.

Edit: actually, your method makes much more sense. I've never used the terminal emulator before - I was scared I'd make my phone go BOOM, but its actually that straightforward. Thanks (:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] danarama:
Ive only just learned about this command. I lover terminal emulator though :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dsunn:
Yes i got the same problem with notification sound/popup of Handscent SMS. Another issue is sometimes I got seconds' break(mute) during a call. I use flykernel-13 with 352/614 ondemand.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
VERY Minor clock issue

This is a bit off-topic, as I'm sure this happens on all MDPI handsets with he stock clock/alarm, but has anyone found a fix for this? (referring to the last digit - see below)

Everything UI-wise is perfect for me apart from this very small thing, where the end of the last digit is cut if all four numbers are wide (all numbers excluding 1)

Many thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hello247:
i have set to my cpu max to 672mhz but if i go any higher my phone just freezes. is this due to the kernel or my heros cpu not able to handle the speed. (but i assume most hero can run at 710mhz comfortably).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] danarama:
Every device is different and has different tolerances. 672 is not bad, but yes probably down to your CPU not handling it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] davrave:
They definitely cannot all run at 710 MHz. Mine freezes above 691
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] R16:
Elelinux

Does A2SD work with FAT ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
No only ext file system,but you can use GB A2SD with Fat move application manually
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
don't remember which app did it, since i had this problem with more than one

and no i never use cm ap2sd, only auto ext
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rfgamaral:
On something completely different...

The way I see, there are only 4 Hero ROMs that most people use. This one, CM, Cronos and Tasty (let's assume ginger and froyo roms from each of those four are just one). Cronos is CM based but changes a lot of things, while Tasty is barely CM based and has lot of things of it's own.

Which leaves most people to decided between this one and CM itself (yes, I know lots of people don't choose between those 2 for these exact reasons but it seems most people opt between one of those 2 for some reason).

So, what I'm really saying is that I would really love to know all the differences between CM and this one. And don't tell me to flash both and decide on my own. I already did that, they look the same to me, but they are not. And I can't afford to have my phone on "debugging mode" for two ROMs just so I can chose the one I like most, I would like to chose one and keep it. But for the moment I don't know which one and I really would like to know the differences between them.

Can that be arranged?

Please don't get me wrong. I appreciate everyone's work but that's one of the things thats definitely wrong within the Android ROM development scene. There's just a lot of stuff out there, everyone bases their work on something else or uses bits and pieces from other ROMs and it's one hell of a confusion.

It's just a suggestion though...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
happened to me as well :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
I understand your thoughts, the differences are small in the end between my rom and CM-7.0.0.

The big difference is, this rom will have a functioning app2sd when it is finished, then there is my small fixes and personal appearance,cyanogen have declared that they have no official support for app2sd in GB.(old school apps2sd)

Then it is as you say, "There's just a lot of stuff out there, everyone bases Their work on something else or the uses bits and pieces from Other ROMS and it's one hell of a confusion." but there is a fascination in it also, I think,that's the way things are moving forward.

In the end, to be honest, if you are in need of your phone for everyday use flash not beta rom's,remain at Froyo until GingerBread is finished.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
What is the difference between old school and GB app2sd?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomekk_nt:
Old school app2sd requires ext partition.

In GB app2sd (like Froyo's) app2sd you can move app from internal memory to sdcard on fat partition.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
Thanks a lot.

BTW, I've just flashed Tasty Ginger and have no reboots.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rfgamaral:
This is exactly what I was asking. It would be nice to know these things. Most people probably don't care, but I actually do.

I can wait :) Either way, Gingerbread seem stable enough when I tested one of the previous builds from this ROM and CM.

But what exactly do you mean by Gingerbread is finished? When CM reaches stable and/or when you're done with your fixes and tweaks?

And by the way, I don't really care about apps2sd, old school or not, so that's not an issue for me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Aquarixz:
i've just flashed the ROM last night

everything works fine but i've got the location issue

my gps couldn't get my location

so, i turned my gps off to get my location through edge and it's didn't work too :(

i couldn't get my location in any of the location-based apps likes maps,foursquare and gowalla

any idea to fix this?

thanks :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djfatrod:
I know where you are coming from. I would like to get an idea of what changes there are between 2.2 and GB since 2.2 seems to be working fine for me. I don't want to update and start experiencing a bunch of beta issues if there aren't any major differences between them.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] factualpuddle:
thank you^^ nice advice for a great rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mrdigit420:
really nice and smooth rom

just got some issues :( :-

GPS NOT WORKING i mean it doesn't read my location and not even a gps signal. :(

the battery life is really bad all of a sudden after installing this rom... in one hour it went from 80% to 55% - and it was only on standby and may be 3 text msgs thats it :( never had this problem before.

i feel the battery temperature and it feels normal temp : 29.9 C and i didn't even install any apps yet except syncing my contacts

any help plz :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Schiehallion:
GPS works here. Not the quickest I've seen, but it works. Navigated somewhere about an hour ago

Sent from my Hero
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] davrave:
The music fades as though there's no power when left on. The battery is fully charged at the time. After about a minute or so of playing, this happens and it's not the first GB Rom that I have found, does this.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and perhaps can suggest a fix?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] msiviter:
My battery life is bearable now on V0.3

I've disabled 3g and studied Settings/About/Battery Usage/ and some apps that previously didn't drain the battery were now munching through it with their data syncs so I changed their settings too.

I get quite a lot of reboots still though, hopefully stability will improve in future versions.

Love the keyboard, no need for 3rd party keyboards anymore.

Keep up the great work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomekk_nt:
How GMaps are working for you? For me it's very laggy and needs a lot of time to load map tiles (on WiFi). Also needs a lot of time for GPS to locate my position (outside).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] withoutwings:
I do **not** use apps2sd, and it still boot loops for me quite a lot - including the very first time I flashed this ROM. It will do it more often when plugged-in to a computer, but still loops a few times before settling down after I unplug it - always while trying to load the home screen. Sometimes it only goes back to the animated "android" splash screen (ActivityManager having crashed - see logs), and sometimes right back to the "Hero" switch-on screen (ARM9 crashed - see logs).

If it stays in one state while booting up (either awake or asleep), there tend to be fewer problems - almost like going into or coming out of a sleep state while the processor is busy kills the thing. If it does get a chance to settle down after booting fully then it seems ok after that.

I suspect this might be kernel related (seen it with Flykernel w/ other ROMs - often an "ARM9 has CRASHED" last_kmsg), but something about Elelinux ROMs make it happen more often somehow. I can't comment on CM nightlies as I haven't tried those.

FWIW, I had similar problems with 6.2.0 as well, although not this bad.

Please take a look at the attached logfiles

and see what you can spot. The following strings from logcat may be of note:

"CPU may be pegged. trying again."

"*** FATAL EXCEPTION IN SYSTEM PROCESS: ActivityManager"

Side-note: is this related (despite saying that it's fixed)?

http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=1763

Cheers.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Thank you for the logcatfiles, interesting reading , thought the whole time the problem was aps2sd, because I never get any boot loop.

Kernel in the rom is based on erasmux flykernel-12a with a slight modification of the default frequencies only, this problem should then be also in cm-nightlies,which has flykernel-12a

The strange thing is that some have no worries, while others have problems all the time, the thoughts begin to swirl in my head,and then I start at least thinking about the hardware in our phones.Back home in Sweden, none of my users have these troubles.

Now I have something to think about, thanks for your help
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hello247:
ok thanks for comfirming. i gues 672 n 710 is not much difference,
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dmestriner:
I'm sorry but I'm really going to downgrade to 3.3 tonight, until Elelinux is back and the Handcent notification issue gets solved. I've already missed numerous text messages due to this. I could only see the new messages when I opened my inbox. Was loving the speed of 3.4 though...

EDIT: I just realized that I could also try to just flash Las Venturax kernel over 3.4, see if that solves the problem :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
710 max on-demand fly kernel 13 no problems at all. Runs smooth as butter.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marcelin99:
Battery drain issue

Thanks Marc for the advice.

I did recalibrate my battery and turn off 3G...

I tried also On Demand instead of Smartassv2...

Not better after 4 to 5 hours the phone turn off.

I am just in a bad location with unconstant network reception!

As soon I have some time I will switch from Gingerbread to Elelinux-6.2.0-Hero-Speedmachine-v5. That did make a tremendous difference on the Tattoo of my wife.!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
You mean that your phone only stats powered on for a matter of hours? If the battery overheats too, you might just need to wipe battery stats in the advanced menu of your recovery. I'm not guaranteeing that it will work, but it's fixed every battery problem I've had after updating my ROM, and now I do it as part of the procedure.

Hope this works for you.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Back home from my hunting trip in Norway, the rom is updated please read changelog before installation. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vicked:
For us the gps simply don't work. When we launch 4square or latitude, the gps mark at the notification bar blinking, but nothing happens. Any solution?

Sorry if it's a solved problem, one of my friends own a hero but she can't ask the question. And I haven't got time to read back. :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dmestriner:
wait what, 2 weeks have passed already? I thought you wouldn't be back for another week or so, so I got impatient and switched to las venturax (see few posts earlier). Welcome back!

Has the notification and trackball light issue been solved then in this version?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ChosSimbaOne:
Great to see new version. Hope you had a great hunting trip :-) I have an issue with this rom. Many apps I have previously had installed on my hero is now incompatible wit the hero. Have had the apps on previous versions of ele's rom, so I know that they work. Have been reading about the problem, and it turns out Google has a firmware list that, if an app is protected, only allows roms with the eight fingerprints to download them. Saw that the fingerprint was change a while back, and I am wondering why, and what it will break if I change it to the previous value?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
Until that's fixed, just use 4shared to get your old apps back.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] davrave:
Thanks for the update Ele. Hope that you enjoyed your hunting trip and had a good break. Tried installing the light version of your rom a few minutes ago but for the very first time, I have experienced an error with one of your roms and am unable to install it.

Using latest AmonRa, the error message after trying to unzip the rom is:

"E:can't open /sdcard/Elelinux 7.1.0-RC1-Hero-v3.5 light.zip(bad)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
Thank you Elelinux and welcome back ! Just wiped everything and flashed the full version of the rom ... 2 weeks have passed and we've jumped from 2.3.5 to 2.3.7 .. wow :D Now I have to play the waiting game as TB is restoring my apps.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ChosSimbaOne:
I think it is your download that is corrupt i have just downloaded the light release and there is no problem what so ever.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] davrave:
O.K just downloaded full version and will try it again
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Pitel:
Upgrade without wipe

Upgrade without complete wipe (just caches) from 3.4 went ok. Just so you know.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hirencj:
Thankyou very much now my Hero runs on 2.3.7 wowowowowo...Thanks Ele...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tagor:
It was rather user problem (or lack of configuration) than firmware. See http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17919779&postcount=4559 and previous. You just need to configure trackball light in CM Settings.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ExMM:
Here we are!! Thanks Ele!! I was expecting the 2.3.6 instead the 2.3.7, you shocked me!! :eek:

Thanks you so much again, I will try to install it first without full wipe... ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nu_skool:
New unlock screen is nice.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gciochina:
Ele, thanks for this blazing fast new rom! Works awesome!!! :)

However, i dont see the gifs animating. Not even the smaller ones (that were less than 32x32px) :(. I wiped the cache and dalvik cache when installing, is there anything else i should do?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Will add a option with older fingerprints
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Janzomaster:
Can you guys post you experience of upgrading without wipe of all, just cache and dalvik cache? Would be most appreciated.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
From post 4595 " Upgrade without wipe

Upgrade without complete wipe (just caches) from 3.4 went ok. Just so you know. "
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Mikos:
Hi elelinux!

Thank you really much for update. I am trying it right now and it seems to work great (I have wiped only cache & dalvik cache). I will see if there will still be problems with missing notifications (if you use non-stock SMS app), which plagued v3.4 (I think it was caused by too aggressive killing of background apps).

Btw. old Market doesn't work! If I flash it, I don't see it in list of installed applications (and I have checked that correct Vending.apk really is in /system/app). I have even tried to wipe cache & dalvik cache again after installation of old Market, but without success. Do you know what is causing it? What can I do to fix it? I really want old Market, new Market is horribly slow on my Hero :-( It worked in v3.4 without problems.

---------- Post added at 11:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:09 PM ----------

Never mind, I have got old Market running by invoking command "pm enable com.android.vending". But I don't know why it was disabled in the first place (in v3.4 it was enabled right after installation).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Atenaa:
Please, can you explain me how you enabled the old market? I did everything as Elelinux said but the new market keeps updating...

Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kingcharles1666:
Wow, v3.5 is amazingly fast!!!

Wiped cache and dalvik only.

Using the light version.