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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dftba:
This is a decent well performing ROM, but I do have one issue, and that's with the music. It plays fine most of the time, but every ~10 minutes or so, it'll sort of "skip" like a broken CD. I hear a metallic sound for about a second. I don't think this is a slow memory card or anything because I never had this issue in SalsaSense.

Other than that, I like the ROM a lot so far :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ExMM:
Could it be related to the downclocking when the screen is off?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
What kernel are you using? what's your CPU Frequency and Governor used?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dftba:
I thought that at first, but it happens when the screen is on too, sometimes while I just have the homescreen up.

I'm using FlyKernel13 with SmartassV2 on the default CPU settings (518MHz when screen is on, 352MHz when off).

I also had the issue when I used the latest Las Venturas X, again on the default CPU settings.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
Weird for me with Flykernel 13 and with Las Venturax on 614MHz max I don't have any problems even with screen off while playing music even for 1 hour and a half straight. I'm not using any screen-off profiles for frequency, I use the one in CM Settings-> Performance... sorry can't help you and I can't test this issue with default frequency as my phone is currently in the "workshop". Try increasing your frequencies a bit to 576 or 614 and see if the problem persists.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Atenaa:
I'm already doing as you said but I preferred to report the issue because could exist a solution that I didn't know and, by other hand, to help elelinux in future updates/rom developping...:o

Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] n00bDroid:
v3.3

Flashed v3.3 yesterday and loving it so far! only thing is that the screen feels less responsive sometimes. But most of the time everything feels faster and smoother than before! Thanks E!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] GodsDead:
Im still having a problem where this Rom (running 3.3) randomly turns the phone off and drains my battery? Any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marchard:
Same here, i'm really frustrated - first time since using this rom... no solution found yet...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Viper780:
same for me but using this Rom a long Time and i'm guessing the Hardware of the Hero is on its limits.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikarbach:
I also think the reboots are due to the hardware limits of the hero, in particular the free RAM.

In the last few weeks I have tried several things. I have switched between ele-6.2-v5 and ele-3.3 in combination with fly-13 and LV-0.62 in order to minimize the lags and reboots and get the best battery-drain.

Here are my personal advantages and disadvantages of ele-6.2 vs. ele-3.3, both in light-version.

ele-6.2:

+ very stable, no gps or other problems at all

+ more free RAM for apps

+ no lags with LP+ with 5 screens and 4 LP-widgets

- No custom LED-Notification like in CM-7.1

- somewhat slower than ele-7.1 (in case of no lags)

- battery drain not as good as in ele-7.1

ele-7.1

+ CM-7.1 and custom LED-notification

+ best battery drain (fly-13) ever on my hero

+ in case of no lags very fast

+ better USB-tethering

- very often lags with LP+ and 5 screens and few widgets

- fewer RAM compared to ele-6.2

- some times spontaneous reboots

Because I really need the custom LED-notification, which is non of the market-apps (noLED, lights,...) able to deliver likeit does CM-7.1, I have eventually switched to ele-7.1.

In order to reduce the lags and spontaneous reboots, I have removed all unnecessary apps and stuff on my hero and have reduced the number of screens of LP+ to 3 and use only 2 LP-widgets (calendar, gmail) and one further widget (fancy-widget). In the system-settings I have slightly above 135 MB free RAM. I have installed roughly 25 Apps, most of them installed on SDcard. All system-apps I really do not need are removed, for example launcher2, htc_ime (using swiftkey), livewallpaper and so on.

And with this combination my hero has more or less no lags and SR anymore and is running very fast with (176/614). Battery drain is exceptional. For example, yesterday I have only written three SMS and one call and a few minutes WIFI. After 24h the phone was already on 94% battery. Usually under more heavy usage with several SMS and permanent 2G or WIFI on over 6-8h, I lose within 12h of usage roughly 40-50% battery. In airplane-mode I lose roughly 1% within 8h.

I am willing to switch my hero for an upgrade to another phone. Unfortunately I really love my white trackball and all its functionality. So I hesitate to switch, because I really need at least multicolor-LEDs ;-)

Michael
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
Reboot into recovery, from the main menu:

Advanced Settings>Wipe battery stats.

Fixed it for me numerous times.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
sources are back elelinux :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Now is the rom updated :D, going to Norway tomorrow for a hunting trip for 2 weeks, take a backup before install v3.4 had not have time to test it proper.

Cheers :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Thanks at least for gingerbread :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marchard:
THANK YOU!

Just right in time! I had so much pain in the ass with v3.3 (slow, battery drain, lads and reboots, worst for me, since i'm using Elelinux (v0.6), sorry Ele), that i was preparing my hero for a switch to a complete different rom.

And now i'm play around with 3.4 all the morning and it's GREAT! 1st time i feel that hero is really responsive. Even my wifi problem seems to be solved! I guess it's the flykernel, that makes the big difference? Over all it feels like a new phone, i'm so happy with it, and of course i will use it further!

I will test all day long and post any probs - if there are any...

Thanks Ele, have a nice trip!

Bye, Marc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lfvo:
just installed last version, but now my phone can boot :S, is always in the screen elelinux gingerbread, turns black and shows again this again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
Try wiping everything and flash the rom again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lfvo:
ty, was doing that.. now its ok.. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rdejager:
Running this now. After giving it my final touch. Working fine and happy with it for now. No problems so far.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Pitel:
3.4

So far so good
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hirencj:
Flashing Flashing... :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ChosSimbaOne:
Is there a patch for USB tethering if we switch to Las_venturax?

Is sd card tweak still apllied by default?

Great work, will be flashing in a second :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Sd-card tweak is still default, and if I have time tonight then I add Las_Venturax+usbpatch as a option
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ChosSimbaOne:
Great :-) Will give FlyKernel13 a spin till then, see how it treats my battery :-)

Have a great hunting trip :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Las_Venturax-0.6.2+included usbpatch is added as a option now for v3.4
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] OttarA:
Happy hunting ele ;) strange thou that we Norwegians go to Sweden to hunt, and you go the other way.

Love your work man
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Well my onkel live in Norway that's why I hunt in Norway sometimes :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
I want to overall the light ROM but I'd like to have some of the removed apps like car home. How can I get them?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Download default version and extract the Rom and push with adb
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
I guess "FlyKernel-13 Gingerbread, included usbpatch for v3.3" still works fine on v3.4 right? In case i switch to "Las_Venturax-0.6.2+usbpatch for v3.4" and back to Flykernel-13 later.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Yes that's right
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hirencj:
Hi thanks for the great rom

I wanted to know how can I make gapps light work don't seem to work by default.. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gciochina:
Works flawless

Just installed this ROM yesterday evening, played with it ever since. Works like a charm: Even faster than the previous 3.3 and my battery is holding up amazingly good! Also the transparent lock screen looks really good!

All in all, version 3.3 and 3.4 make my old Hero feel like a brand new phone! :)

Million thanks to ele :D, love your work man

Though still no support for larger gif files :rolleyes:

LE: ele, good luck with your hunting trip!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Siauka:
I can't use FlyKernel because with this kernel I always had music playing issues with any player. Those issues are that when playing any track it straggles randomly from time to time. With LasVenturas kernel I don't have such issues, but I better like FlyKernel-13 because it's faster in overall. Any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] radix1980:
Hi Ele,

One single question, do you plan to became flykernel 13 the default kernel on CM7 nightlies?

Thank you very much
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Yes when I come back from Norway
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Sorry missed that, will try to rember to next update
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] piotrreq:
I've tested 3,4 and 3,1 before. And both of them have gps issue - after launching a gps-using app (runtastic, gps-status etc.) after random time phone reboots.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
A2SD control

Is theer a way to control which apps go to ext2 partition? I currently have just over 15Mb on my ext2 partition and more than 120Mb on the internal one. I'd like to move some apps to internal partition entirely in a hope to speed them up and also free some space on the ext2 because I cannot install new apps:confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikarbach:
Sorry, can not confirm. For me it is working perfectly! For tethering-testing purpose, this message is written from my laptop using USB-tethering with ele-3.4!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marchard:
Please remove DigiNotar Certificates by default

Hi Ele!

3.4 still works like a charm best rom for me!

I have a little request: could you remove the Diginotar certificates from devie keystore? I'm sure you also know that they got compromised and that their certificates are not trustworthy any more. Even the company does not exist any more.

I removed them with CACertMan in the meanwhile, but this would have to be repeated with every rom update you publish.

Thanks in advance!

Bye, Marc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vatvedt:
Takk! God jakt! :)

Thanks! Happy hunting! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
agreed, unfortunately. until that can be solved I can't treat this rom like a daily... uh, driver LoL (sorry, bad pun).

but I did try this out and it's great aside from that glitch.

I hope someone can figure out why poor ele has this gps issue plaguing him so often. I feel bad even saying anything negative about this rom, specially so when it's gps related, because it's the common problem I have with this rom and even with some 2.2 roms. gps use resets the phone after a while, sometimes with fatal results (requiring a reflash...).

I'm looking forward to a working gps fix.

for now I'm happy with VE6/fly13, the fastest rom on the hero... but sadly lacking a lot of newer features.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kenleong:
After upgrade to this with full wipe, home button is not working! Help
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
try rewiping everything and then flash the rom again ... see if the problem persists
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] puppyko:
Strange..strange..GPS works for me in this v3.4 ROM (GPS Status, Google Navigation, running apps). No reboot so far for the last 2 days of my GPS usage since installed.

Btw, on Ele's 2.2 Speed v4 or v5 ROM, my GPS was also usually reliable/stable.

As for reboot caused by GPS, I think I had it once in a while on every ROMs that I had tried. Usually after the reboot, the GPS apps would work flawlessly again.

I put this type of reboot down to few possible yet to explain factors, such as wrong timing at time of use, low memory, overheated...

One thing I had noted of late was that on FlyKernel 12a or 13, I would try to change governor to Ondemand instead of Smartass/Smartassv2 especially when launching GPS related apps. Not sure if this might help :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] davrave:
Thanks for the update Ele. I find that the biggest problem for me with this rom, is that when I exit from e.g. "Market", browser or many other apps, I have to wait for the the screen to refresh.

Things like "contacts" take a few seconds after pressing the widget before it opens.

I did a full wipe of everything and ran the rom as stock initially, before trying different kernels changing between LV and Flykernel and changing the frequencies for different speeds on these kernels. This did not solve anything and immediately once reverting back to Vanilla rom, everyhting works smoothly. Also USB tethering is not working for me on this rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
Thanks for the update (:

Just flashed, I'll be testing everything tomorrow, though I already notice the smoothness of Flykernel 13 without any of my tweaking :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] moleculezz:
Hi,

Been a while since I've flashed my Hero. I've had VillainROM v13 running for a very long time now. But it's been getting slower and slower.

So I decided to find a new ROM to load. And I came across this one, which sounds promising.

And since I've been away, there are many things going on I see... flykernel, las venturas, smartass. So I'm a bit confused as to what I should do.

Can someone give some advice to what I should do first? Do I flash the flykernel first or las venturax or the ROM or smartass? So many things...

Also what's the difference between the 2 versions of the ROM? What's different in the light version?

Also I might need to flash the latest Amon Ra recovery. I'm running 1.6.2a
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
Flykernel 13 is automatically implemented when you flash the ROM, so you don't need to worry about that (:

The lite version cuts out the Google apps (youtube, gmail, gtalk ect), to make it slimmer and faster. The Google apps that you actually want can be downloaded at any time from the market.

I'd recommend trying out the full ROM first. The governor is set to on-demand by default, and you can overclock your CPU: (I'd recommend 176 Min and 710 Max, leave the governor alone for now)<-- Give that a try. If you find things that you don't want and or need, then use Titanium Backup (free or full) to remove whatever you don't want. You might also want to try a different home replacement launcher, Like Go Launcher EX or Zeam, which are smoother and more responsive than the stock afaik.

I just flashed the ROM yesterday, and now I have all my apps back on, I can say that it's running smoother than ever. Elelinux has put lots of work into it, and It's very stable, and good for daily use.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] disconight:
I've tested v3,3 before.

And both of them have gps issue too.

after launching a gps-using app (papago M8 etc.)

after random time phone reboots.

but i'll try v3,4 that use FlyKernel

hope can fix the phone reboots issue

thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Janzomaster:
You can move the apps from the ext to /system/apps, that gets them on the internal storage. I do this using Titanium Backup, you could also adb pull/push the apk if you don't have Titanium Backup (I believe you need Pro to handle system apps, not sure).

I had gps issues too, I even went back to froyo becaus of that. But now, with 3.3 and 3.4 using LasVenturas Smartass V2 245/652, I can use GPS without a problem. I think I had a reboot once, but now it works well.

I had this issue too, hardware buttons not working. I wiped, flashed again, flashed over, changed the kernel, rebooted between flashes etc - and at some point, it started working :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] idlerpt:
i use this version on my Hero, and now i would like to use, on my Desire, the "menu" when you "slide down the hours" . You can control wifi, bluetooth, internet connection ...

how can i install it ?

best regards and continue the good work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TA123:
Thanks a lot for the response. I've got TB Pro. How do I go about moving apps to the internal memory?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tierra:
What are the best settings for brightness levels?

I find my hero with this rom is too bright. I want to save battery as well.

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Janzomaster:
You need to long-tap the app in Titanium, there should be an option saying something like "convert into system-app". Do make a backup of the app first.

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You'd just have to use any Cyanogenmod 7-based ROM on you Desire. MIUI has something similar too, so that would be an option as well.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] puppyko:
Unfortunately, I had the same problem using this V3.4 ROM. Biggest problem was my LP+ kept having 'FC or wait' issue. I did not do full wipe though (upgraded from V3.2, imo, the more stable GB ROM). I had since switched to Speed V5 again :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tagor:
Elle,

Are there any chances to restore trackball light after missed call? I unserstand that this function disapeared some time ago (v3.0 or 3.1 was the last AFAIR) but it is very usefull for me.

It is perfect rom. With flashing trackball would be ... Don't know how to tell it. Sorry, english is not my native language ;)

Edit: Solved! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17919779
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
Auto-brigtness works fine for me. Put a button for it on your notification power widget, so you can change it swiftly should you need to.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] moleculezz:
Went ahead and installed the full ROM. Seems to be working quite nicely. Although when exiting the market and a few apps it hangs a bit or I get the force close option. But then I click on wait and then I get exit the app.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] buzzzer:
Tried a lot but still not working. It was working fine on V3.3 and V2.5 (moved to 2.5 as the email was broken in v3.3 and my office exchange was having issues with the V3.2 email).

Could it be because of the CyanogenMod CPU settings?

Current ones i have are:

Governor: SMARTASSV2

Min: 264

Max: 672

Set in boot: checked
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikarbach:
I don't believe this. I am using 264/631 and similar combinations and I use also SMARTASSV2.

Do you have tried to wipe again cache and dalvik-cache?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marcelin99:
You probably need to increase the min CPU frequency.

On my Hero the stock player need 264 Mhz to run without any interuption.

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High Marc,

Did V3.4 solved your battery drain issue?

For me it is not any better. Low battery warning is there after just 4 to 5 hours without any activity, except Email (MS Exchange) and GMail automatic update through my Home WiFi only when I wake the phone to check battery indicator (driven by SMARTASSV2 management).

Would welcome help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikarbach:
May be this is not a generic 3.4 problem, instead a specific app problem? See my post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17677423&postcount=4486

I should remark, that I do not use Exchange at all, only gmail.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dmestriner:
I can definitely feel an increase in speed and decrease in lagginess in this version, great work! :) however, as of this version, my trackball also stopped working :( hopefully there will be a fix for this in the near future. Otherwise I'm very happy with this ROM!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marcelin99:
Battery Drain

Thanks mikarbach,

You may be right and it could be an app problem. How to get a log of the application activities?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
Try rebooting into recovery, from there, go to advanced>key test, and try rolling and clicking the trackball. If an input is detected, then you may just need to re-flash the ROM. Be sure to wipe Dalvik and cache.

If it isn't picked up, then maybe your trackball is physically clogged up, I'd recommend gently using a wet wipe on the trackball to get it moving again.

Hope this helps.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dmestriner:
Oops sorry, I meant to say that the trackball FLASHING stopped working when I receive an SMS/whatsapp message on v3.4, not the physical workings of the trackball itself. My apologies for not being complete ^^
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vikashhero:
Oh, yeah ;p mine stopped flashing too, but I'm sure there will be a fix for that. if not, I don't really mind, this ROM is my fave.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] idlerpt:
thank you very much
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] buzzzer:
Finally got it working..

Sorry for the trouble but the issue was that i never turn off the WiFi.

With Wifi on, USB tether was not working even though i was not connected to any WiFi network. After turning off WiFi, tethering connected without any issues.

Thanks for the support!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SpPes:
guys did You check the "new" CM Settings for flash light?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dmestriner:
where can I find these? the only trackball-related thing I can find on CM settings is waking the phone when trackball is pressed.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] OneTwoPi:
Hey!

First, awesome work! :)

Now, can you guys point me in the direction of best way to backup sms/mms when moving between releases?

Just copy the .db files? (and which files?)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dmestriner:
I use this app "SMS backup & Restore" which creates an xml file and saves it to your sd-card. Then, when you have a clean install, download the app again, select "restore" and it will check for backups, and you can restore every sms (don't know how it handles mms though).

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&feature=search_result
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SpPes:
led settings then for mess. appl. give white color and set some speed.... and test...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] puppyko:
I used both SMS backup & restore as well as My Backup Pro. Both restored SMS flawlessly on every ROMs that I had tried so far. However, both apps won't restore MMS.

With Titanium Backup, I am able to backup and restore both SMS and MMS. But this won't work if backup message storage is from CM ROM to Sense ROM.

Anyone any recommendation for apps on MMS backup/restore that work?

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] daronk:
for me MyBackupPro works well to restore MMS...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] puppyko:
Thanks for the update. I'll check out the latest version :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nu_skool:
Having a few minor issues with this release...

First I receive a GMail notification when I delete or read a message elsewhere (eg. my laptop).

It's seems to be deleting SMS messages when I click on the SMS notification.

Anyone else experiencing either of these issues?

I've been using this ROM for a long time now and this is the first time I've noticed these problems.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jamierc:
Ele,

I've just bitten the bullet and bought a Samsung Galaxy S2. Just wanted to say thanks for extending the life of my Hero for all this time, and meaning I could survive with it until the very end of my contract. I really enjoyed your work, and hope that perhaps one day you'll develop for my Galaxy!

Cheers

Jamie