yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hi_robb:
Ele,

I've just encountered the error with the invisible menus / selection boxes again. I used logcat to dump my logs and uploaded them to a dropbox account so you can see the errors generated when the problem occurs. The link is at the end of the post.

A description of what I was doing at the time the problem occurred.

I went in to 'ADW-EX settings', then to 'UI Settings' > 'Main Dock' and tried ticking the 'Desktop Dots' setting. When the tickbox didn't show up and I realised I had the problem, so I then turned the screen off / on to check if I had lock screen sliders, as they often vanish when the issue rears its ugly head.

As expected the lock screen sliders had vanished, so all I could see was my wallpaper. At that point I unlocked the screen using the now invisible sliders which took me back to ADW-EX settings. Finally I checked there were some errors in logcat, then pressed the 'desktop dots' and locked / unlocked the screen to generate a few more in the logs, before dumping logcat and rebooting.

One other thing which may be fairly significant!

The latest Cyanmod Gingerbread for Hero nightly builds also have the issue. A couple of days ago on the Cyanmod forums, I noticed someone had posted that they didn't get the issue any longer if they turned 'compcache' on to the 18% setting within Cyanmod Settings / Performance.

When I installed the your 1.4 Rom yesterday morning, I got the invisible menu issue almost straight away, I mentioned that in my last post on here. Just after that, to see if the compcache trick worked, I turned it on to the 18% setting and rebooted.

I didn't have the problem all day.

Just before going to bed last night, I turned Compcache back off and rebooted. The idea being to use the phone today with the setting off and see if I got the invisible menus issue again. With compcache off, almost straight away I get the issue.

Hope that info helps and here's those log files.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23367097/logcat.txt

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Thanks Dave

This is what I felt spontaneously and as I wrote in post #1505 ,have you tried the settings as I suggested there ?

If you look at the logfile then you will see "out of memory" and maybe we all should use compache then ? or thoose settings I use
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bartjuhhbartyow:
Best rom that i have seen for the hero (L)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mjcook1984:
never had any problems with any of the previous ROMs but with 1.4 when i reboot the phone all my widgets turn to the problem loading icon even though they were all there working before the reboot. going to try a wipe and reflash
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
How do you did your installation to v 1.4 ?,there may be problems with some widgets when using apps2sd,best is moving thoose apps to /system/app
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hi_robb:
Ele,

I missed the post with your settings. I'm now trying with those on and CompCache turned off to see if it makes a difference. The problem generally only occurs several hours after a reboot though, so It will be a while before I get results.

I did notice the out of memory errors in my logs. Coupled to the several hours before the problem exhibits thing would almost suggest a memory leak somewhere perhaps!

With regards to Compcache...

I understand what it does and that it increases the RAM footprint available to the phone. But it's done at the expense of CPU cycles and the decrease of actual valuable real system RAM. When it's enabled, I find the phone seems great for the first day or so, but then my user experience starts to slow down, scrolling stutters, apps take longer to load etc.

With it disabled the experience on the phone is always constant, so generally I prefer to leave it disabled.

Up until the change of code to 2.3.2 (or is 2.3.3), the issue didn't exist. So it's a bug in the code somewhere. Just to be clear here Ele, I know it's not something you have caused as it's also in the CM Nightlies. I would like to though help squash the bug as it annoys the hell out of me :-)

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mjcook1984:
its ok after a wipe amd reflash the problem went. think i must of missed something when i wiped it the first time
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chinkrod:
Google Apps Calendar Sync

Hi ... I am unable to get my Google Apps calendar to Sync with the phone.

Gmail and Contacts sync well but Calendar not syncing.

Please help
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] casonhistoriko:
Calendar working fine for me...

Did you do all the wipe requireds?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chinkrod:
Are you using a Google Apps Account
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
Just missed another call. It took the phone ages to wake up. :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chinkrod:
I have done everything possible but my Google Apps calendar does not sync with the phone

Can someone suggest a solution.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] swatsbiz:
Strange, mine is syncing fine ... rewipe the cache and dalvik cach?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
hey ele, just to reassure you, been using this rom version since moments after you released it and I've had absolutely zero issues so far (well aside from no screen off anims but meh).

using felauncher which is uber cool (running a sense-style theme wtih it right now just for kicks over gingerbread).

I'm still not convinced about the speed of the UI and wakeup in gingerbread on the hero, but aside from those things which are out of your control this firmware is outstanding :-)

cheers,

Don
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sniperde:
yeah that's a general GB problem, not ROM specific.

Only thing that made the wakup time a bit shorter for me was to increase the minimum frequency to 264MHZ (had 176 before).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tkj:
The blank screen issue is on CM#13 as well. It appears from the Cyano forum that it is a memory leak causing the graphics system to run out of memory.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] perdita2000:
Sorry but can't find any issue.... Good Work Elelinux!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jayw08:
Hey guys,

Firstly thanks for the ROM, this was probably reported in previous builds but my phone just randomly reboots and then the screen doesnt come back on and the trackball just flashes. Its been happening since v1.0. I have wiped properly
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LTourist:
Does anybody has the strange bug where the call, home and search buttons are uneffective, except in some specific contexts ? I'm suprised to be the only one... :D And I have nothing strange in the logcat... :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
Hey Don. What is felauncher? can't find anything by that name in the market.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
sorry, HeLauncher. couple it with fancy widget pro with the downloadable H7C theme and voila, instant sense karma with all the benefits of nonsense while running gingerbread. well ok, no sense widgets but meh, they're all too big anyhow imho.

my damn brain...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JBNAquatics:
Try Colorize widget (free) if you want widgets for agenda, Facebook, etc (similar to LauncherPro paid version). Check it out :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marleyfan61:
Thanks Don. Downloaded and installed both. But where to I download the H7C theme?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
Tap weather. Hit menu. You'll find a theme thing somewhere down low with downloadables.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sreenath_pkd:
Every time I mount and unmount my sd card, all my widgets show the "Error loading widget" message. Anyone, any clue as to what's happening?

Its really annoying as I have re-configure all my 7 home screens and some times, I end up losing my sticky notes... :(

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jh71:
Make sure you do not install the widgets on the SD card. Best is to have them installed on the Internal Storage.

Go to Settings - Applications - Manage Applications.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] perdita2000:
How can we choose local storage when using elelinux's rom app2sd?¿?¿, is there anyway instead of using adb?¿??

Many Thanks,

Perdita2000
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] banana9:
Same here :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hi_robb:
Folks,

I need some info from you all please! It's regarding the invisible menus bug which people have been experiencing. I'd do this as a Vbulletin poll but unfortunately it looks like that particular option has been disabled.

Please answer the following two questions.

1:

Have you experienced the bug in Ele's Gingerbread Rom where you click on menus and the corresponding sub menu or your lock screen controls just don't appear?

2:

What launcher were you using when you experienced it? Launcher2, ADW-EX, ADW, Launcher Pro, an other such as Zeam etc?

Also answers greatly appreciated.

Many thanks.

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
@hi_robb : I experienced the graphical bug on Cronos and Elelinux so

it's not

rom related but it's an Gingerbread issue. This bug is not present in Froyo or Eclair.

1. never in the lockscreen just in menus/sub menus (in Settings, Phone options when I hold down the power button and in Add to Home screen window) .The window appears but the things that should be written there are missing, so I have to navigate blindly...

verry rare

but the bug is there sometimes, I fix it by pulling the battery out and then putting it back in and power the device back on if the long press power button menu doesn't appear so I can choose the Reboot option.

2. Launcher Pro Plus v0.8.3
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
I have had the bug, but not as yet since using post 1505 settings, is it just me or when horizontal does the keyboard seem a bit laggy
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
@Whyt_e : I use those settings too that Elelinus recomended.... still testing to see if those settings are the fix for this issue... as I said the bug it's verry rare so I can't reproduce it at my will.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
I know its rare still trying to catch it keeping all the logs as soon as I catch it will upload them
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] buddn07:
Since the last update I've lost my gps signal. Everything was working fine with 1.3 but a fresh install of 1.4 has rendered me locationless :(

I've tried running gps status (as I had to occasionally on <1.4 but to no avail.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hi_robb:
Guys,

I know the is ginger related and that it appears in multiple roms. It's in the Cyanmod nightlies to. What I'm trying to ascertain is if it only effects 3rd party launchers, or is the included Launcher2 prone to it to.

I'm trying to help Ele eliminate the bug cause and the first thing to do is make sure that it's not just 3rd party launchers which are effected.

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LTourist:
A full wipe during my job's trip did solve that... So far, no more black menu/activities bugs :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AdamWilb:
I'm seeing the bug - I use LauncherPro rather than the default launcher. I have a feeling I saw this when using Zeam too, but cannot confirm that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gu_de_o:
Is it just me or does anyone else experiencing a significantly worse battery life from version 1.3, and only some slightly improved life time on version 1.4?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hi_robb:
There's a bug with to do with the Wifi sleep policy which is causing battery life problems in 2.3.3

Not sure if Ele knows about this and has fixed it yet.

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=5d1a4878e4ace375&hl=en

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
I thank you all for your help, would be nice if we could solve this bug.

@hi_robb

I did not actually now about that bug on wifi sleep policy.

BTW : Updated my theme a bit today,lots of new icons,added a new clockwidget,start to work with the musicplayer etc... have removed the ugly GB G and H icons :D

Here, for those who are interested >>> http://www.multiupload.com/9HRFBRGLP8 easy to install flash from recovery :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] liput_81:
@elelinux like the new theme, but one thing I don't like is the green colour for the "waiting circle" when something is loading. think it needs to be grey as the green just stands out too much
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Maybe not a bad idea, should give some thought to it. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arty:
so is it possible to switch between themes in the next releases? i prefer the orignal GB theme :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
had a new bug today,

couldn't browse through my ringtones and had to reboot

did the same for changing sound volume
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Of course,you can do it already with theme chooser
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] liput_81:
I'm finding that if an SMS fails to send there is no retry automatically, or am I missing something?

HTC Tom had this in, maybe sonething to add (unless I've just missed it)?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Enter15:
Hi ele ;) I probably found a solution for dialog boxes which disappear in a magic way after few hours of using your rom 1.3 version. I turned on "Lock home in memory" in CyanogenMod settings->Performance and since yesterday everything works fine :)

I've got one question, after flashing to 1.4 without wipe do I need to flash addons again?

And another thing - I enabled rotation in 180 degress and after switching it off rotation is still enabled. Do I need to flash no rotation addon to bring it back to normal portrait/landscape rotation mode?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arty:
i can confirm the invisible menu bug too..

tried to setup fancy wisget bt came across some options which are "invisible"
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Enter15:
Try to lock homescreen in memory as I wrote above and restart your phone ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arty:
ok, thx..that worked.

but my next problem is: i cant get my location. google weather, weather bug, location on the google site...doesnt work

edit: lol, ok it had to be activated in location settings (wireless network etc)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
hi another horizontal bug, not all menus seem to display if the screen is horizontal, this includes the apps action screen (select default) noticed it first in facebook, but also noticed with the keyboard it doesnt always show whats being typed when in horizontal, switching to vertical displays the menu as normal
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sniperde:
people please try to use the search function.

There are plenty of posts stating "I have problem X and Y".. that have been posted just a few pages earlier.

Ele posted some interesting settings that seem to "fix" a lot of problems that are general CM7 bugs.

Try to check "keep home app in memory" (or similar) within the CyanogenMod options, solved those bugs for me.

Maybe we should start a WIKI ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] withoutwings:
Yep, was thinking the same.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
Not a bad idea to start a wiki Aldo very difficult to search when on tapatalk
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] baptisedeskimo:
Facebook calendar sync doesn't seem to work, but for the rest awesome rom!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bigeras187:
sim card

Hi

Have been updating to each newer version of elelinux 7.0.0 as it is released with no problems except a small one - i have 91 contacts on my orange sim card but after doing the import/export to get contacts on to the mobile the list total grows and peaks at 928!!!!!!!!!!!

Please could someone enlighten me on this as, not annoying but intriging

thanks in advance
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
Seems to work for me.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
Got the menu bug despite Ele's suggested settings. Going to enable compcache to see if it helps.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Well it was my idea but unfortunately not had the time, also asked the question about a wiki earlier in the thread and got lots of suggestions, shall fix it.

Edit : If anyone else feels compelled to write the wiki, so I can paste it into the first post,would make it easier for me so I can put energy into other things. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
Has anyone got a problem with updating the clock? I've got it on Automatic, so it shoudl use the network time, but I have noticed that in the last couple of weeks the clock is a few minutes behind. I thought it should be updated at least when you reboot.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] slymike:
I've been having the same fault ever since i started using custom roms...

ClockSync on the market is what I use to remedy this problem.

It starts at boot and resets the date and time to normal within a couple of mins.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] casonhistoriko:
gTalk + Swype

Anybody else having issues with the combination Gtalk + swype keyboard?

Sometimes it works fine, but others the swype keyboard has disappeared and when I come back to the main screen all the icons are gone...

For the rest, swype keyboard is working fine for me, except sometimes in landscape mode.

Edit: Now I realize that i´m having the famous "missing menus" issue that i have never had before... Could it be related?

For Hi_Robb:

I use the defect launcher coming with the ROM

I experienced it today for the first time using gtalk + swype KB
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikarbach:
+1 Same for me. I will also try compcache.

In addition, may be related is my observation, when the problem appears the phone becomes slower and slower and furthermore 'Fancy Widget Pro' has a problem to update the time and battery status. It seems to be freezing, but occasionally it updates sporadically time and battery status.

Rebooting the phone resolves those problems immediately. So for now, I boot my phone every morning.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikarbach:
For the black-screen bug see here:

http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=3106

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15135
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SpPes:
Hi guys,

after installing the 1.4 version I got the problem with home button....

so clear everything and installed again, despite the little annoying bug (black screen) all is working now perfect.

But I can't remember where I set up the feature that if I put the phone to charger the WiFi and synchronization turn automatically on, and when I put he charger off goes those setting off too.

Can somebody help?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LTourist:
I had the home key problem. Just wiped all and reflashed solved the issue ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hi_robb:
Guys,

Thanks for the info re the launcher and the links to the reports of the bugs in the upstream source. It looks like both google and Cyanmod are aware of it now so it should get fixed at some point.

I found that turning on CompCache to 18% seemed to fix it for me. Or at least I didn't get a repeat of the issue after I done that.

But, when the next version is released, turn compcache back off and just try the recommended locking home and messaging apps in memory which Elelinux pointed out a few posts back.

:-)

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AdamWilb:
Also just had the blank screen issue for the first time since locking homescreen in menu. Going to add compache setting to see if that helps now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Are testing v1.5 now, if everything works as intended, then is the release tomorrow night. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Morak75:
CoOol! Waiting for it;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ukripper:
I confirm this on my phone too. Other than that this rom is saviour for my hero. With launcher ex speed is equalling elelinux-6.2 froyo if not better. And smoothness is second to none.

Much appreciated ele for all your hardwork.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Imperticus:
Works fine on mine. Go to setting, sound, vibrate, make sure 'only in silent mode' is selected.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dac0908:
Nice one! Fast and smooth. It's interesting to see how a really old phone like Hero can still be improved :)

Just a reminder for some: if you have older SetCPU - won't work. I had 2.03 and it just crashes, but 2.10 works fine
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Keefo:
Loving the rom mate! :)

Also, dont know if anyone has reported this, but when i try to phone someone who has entered there number in FB, i cant phone them as it does not put +44 infront of the number, just 44...

Annoying as it just says "number has not been recognized"

Iv had this on another rom in the past and a Patch was released to fix it... cant remember what it was though!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ExMM:
Really good rom and excellent battery life so far, but compare to the 6.2RC it's

a little bit laggy on my phone. :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ayk33:
with both GB roms, i use touchpal smart dialer but both gives FC. so any idea or dialer suggest?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tfn:
Bit Off topic help needed here

Is it possible to create a flashable update.zip of my Original Htc rom NAND BAckup ?

cause If I do NAND Restore it breaks my root ( although I get root easily via adb)

still I wanted to know if its possible for my own update.zip from the NAND BAckup file
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arifqur:
+1 on that. ToucchPal Smart Dialer doesn't work on GB
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] obyn:
Dialer2
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gxg:
Nice ROM!!! it'a a keeper if you asked me.

IN my oppinion the only drawback for 2.2 and 2.3 roms is the CAMERA. Crappy pictures with "H" patterns really visible. Sun, lightbulb, flashlight... doesn't matter the light or the ambient. Still crappy.

I'm mean.. why bother to make it work if it cannot be used to take pictures?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LTourist:
Hi,

First, elelinux, thanks again. I used to have 6.2RC, and see, I have some spare time now, and the first thing I do is flashing 7.0RC :p Can't wait! I have no doubt about the quality of this ROM, as I was always safisfied by all of your roms.

I'm really impressed how my Hero could still be up to date thanks to you and others cyanogen/hero/whatever devs :D

Now that has been said, I have a little question regading app2sd (the way cyanogen handle it)... Is there a way to tell cyanogen to use ONLY ext app2sd, not the froyo one ? Each time I change rom, it starts to install apps on my fat32 partition, which I disapprove because the root of my sdcard look like hell with all of these android folders...

And I can't see such a setting under cyanogen, just 'intern' (which I guess use the phone's internal storage) and 'extern' (fat32 partition)... Moreover, I saw on the cyanogen wiki page that 'old' app2sd method is not supported anymore... (see http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Apps2SD)

Well, that was quite big, so thanks to people who will take so time to read it and answer me :)

LTourist
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arnoslag:
I think that lot of users use the camera for barcode scanning, i that is working
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ayk33:
thank you ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Well in this case I have enabled a automatic apps2sd to an ext partion (Old School) from start,and that means if you have an ext partion on your sd-card then the applications you install after the rom will end up on your ext partion (depending on how the developer of the app has chosen where the app will end up)

You need not worry about cyanogenmods variant of apps2sd,this rom has the old variant of apps2sd as my other rom´s
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] yasin12:
uo

the 'internel storage' is the apps2sd ext partition so any apps you move to the internel its actually moved to the ext partition
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BuzzFuzz:
It is possible to change number of screens?