yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Being at home and working feverishly on a solution, try different variations of compilations, coding, hopes to soon find a sensible solution

EDIT : As I said before, for those of you who have problems go back to any older version as long as until the problems are solved
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] casonhistoriko:
Thanks for the hard work Ele, we really appreciate it.

Keep it up!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
after 3 days with your 1.9 i can't go back

it's smoother than the 3-4 latest releases you did and i can seriously use my phone as a like it
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marcelin99:
Thanks Elelinux for your ROMs.

No big issue with v1.9: some intermitant short black screens, but no dead phone requiring to remove the battery as before.

No need to reboot due to lost of data connection anymore.

Battery life looks much better than previous versions.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wdaccache:
Great work on this rom, I use it daily and rely on it for work also. The invisible menu still shows from time to time but overall it is the best available ROM for my Hero. Keep up the good work and thank you.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nomnompie:
Ok well I disabled dithering and it was ok for a while but after some use I got black screens again. So that doesn't appear to be necessarily related. One thing I noticed is when you rotate the screen once twice or three times on black screen, it will usually redraw the screen like normal until you flip to another screen again, so it almost seems like a screen drawing/display driver issue??. Either that or something to do with running out of memory? (I only say this because it only seems to happen after I start doing stuff like txting/web browsing, browsing market, etc. Doesn't seem to happen with just the occasional unlock, check twitter, back to home, lock again.

Dunno just guessing here. I definitely can put up with it for now though cause the ROM is so smooth and it boots faster than anything I've ever seen on my hero. :D

So I also thank you Elelinux for your hard work and this ROM. Hope a solution comes to you quickly so that it doesn't drive you crazy. :D :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Janzomaster:
For people who can't reboot due to the bug, this workaround saved me from just pulling out the battery everytime:

just type "reboot" into the terminal emulator. Might have to "su" first.

I usually got the Terminal Emulator to start despite the bug.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Mansn:
I just want to chime in here: This GB release from Ele is the first ROM that I have been happy with in ages. It has good battery life, is responsive, and is generally stable. It's not quite perfect, but it's pretty damn good.

Keep up the fantastic work mate!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kirsebaer:
Is there a way to remove apps from the rom, before you install it? The following are just bloatware to me.

Google voices, google talk, File manager (I use ES instead), aNetShare, Downloads, DSPmanager, Google latitude, News and weather, Google places, Spare parts, Google talk, Theme chooser, Terminal emulator and videos.

Is it just a matter of deleting the apps from the rom or is there more to it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ablivian:
If you open THE zip files and you go to system/apps and remove THE apps you don't need. Then resign THE the zip file and flash it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Sat at home last night compiled three different rom's, to get a good rom, the idea was, thought to upload it here for those who try this test,what I want to know is how does the GPS works for you, and if the bug is gone.

>>>> http://www66.zippyshare.com/v/71762533/file.html

wipe of cahe and dalvik cache is enough if you come from previous version.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
installing right now
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Roz3buD:
just flashed it :

- gps seems to work fine

- animations are less smooth than the previous build

- no blackscreen bug at the moment :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
I flashed it last night and tested the GPS in the morning on my way to work with CoPilot and it worked perfectly for me.Had not have any blackscreen ether and the animations yes a bit less smoother it is my feeling too.

Will try to find some kind of middle way to go to get good graphics and animations, and avoid the bug
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
awaiting download to finish.thanks for all the hard work, surprised google havent fixed it yet.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nomnompie:
Elelinux, thank's for the test build. The ROM does feel a bit less responsive than before (seems most noticeable when browsing through system menu and such), but so far I haven't had black screen or invisible menus. For now I would rather a bit less responsiveness so I will stay with this one and keep playing around with it to see if I do ever get the black screen. :D

Glad to start testing roms again! I got bored on my 2.2 rom hehe. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
launcher pro has a lot of force closes and wont even run
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
going to try a full wipe, cant now get into the phone at all
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nomnompie:
Did you at least wipe dalvik? I just wiped dalvik, not regular cache, and mine's fine. :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] EQUANCY:
This is a monster rom!

Super fast.

thanks for your effort and masterwork.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jjb3:
Thanks for the response.

Downloaded the Test-2.0, but my home button and lock screen are still not working. GPS seems to be working fine. I will try to do a full wipe later. Thanks for the test version :)

Other issue I have with this version is that the GPS icon is frozen in my notification bar.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Did you reboot your phone after first start ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] frige:
Flashed it late afternoon. Tested GPS on my way home (on mode with CoPilot and with Maverick taking a track in off mode): bot working perfect. With 1.9 i got an immediate fc in tracking. Everything else working fine for me. Lag is ok for me.

May be (take care- brainstorming from an non expert) you could make the changes between 1.9 and the testversion depending on use of GPS ?

Black screen bug: never had it (switch off all animations anyway)

Laucher pro: working fine for me (also in 1.9)

Thanks for the work - for me very close to fine all day final !

frige
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] FrestylerST:
User since 1.2.

Never had big problems. Sometimes "ghost" menus. But after restart everything fine. Only problems with GPS, when I leave it ON in 'fancy widget' then everytime it's search for location(updating weather every hour) system restarts. After restart GPS is blinking in status and system restarts again and again.

Solution:

Turn OFF GPS positioning in 'fancy widget' but leave GPS ON in system for other app's.

No problem anymore.

After v1.3 didn't test this problem again. But I don't need GPS for weather since 'fancy widget' locates me via network.

Just wan't to say, very good work, and very good ROM's you're cookin'. My first rom was froyo 2.2.1 Final, and since than I'm usin' this ROM. Keep up the good work and sorry 4 to long post! :)

Sent from my Hero (Elelinux 7.0.0 v1.9)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DizzyWeb:
At the moment I'm lucky if a screen isn't black... phone is driving me nuts at the moment. 9 out of 10 screens go black. Hope a reboot helps, cause this is nuts.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Krizp0:
Elelinux, isn't it possible to speed up the animations in this ROM by adding this line in BoardConfig.mk?

#libsurfaceflinger to avoid Draw Texture Extenstion
BOARD_AVOID_DRAW_TEXTURE_EXTENSION := true

It was this change that suddenly speeded up CM7... But I'm no expert so I'm just making a guess :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] miszi:
Wiping dalvik cache is enough to test last build, coming from v1.9?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
I already have that option in my BoardConfig.mk but becuase of my testings to avoid the famous bug have made changes in surfaceflinger,gralloc and egl then that option don't help much :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
For those who want speed up animations etc.. but then you guy's will have the famous bug again i think :D

Here >>> http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/26696941/file.html

Edit: Only for the testversion
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jjb3:
Rebooting did not help. Did full wipe and reinstalled TEST-v2.0. My home button/Lock issues are gone now. GPS seems to work perfectly and launcher pro also works.

Thanks! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tkj:
Ele, where's the donate button for appreciating your hard work?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Kirsebaer:
Under his avatar :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Is there anyone who has had the bug in the test version and is there anyone who tried the flash file for smoother animation and had bug then ?

Edit: It is good if I get some information about my questions, the idea is the next version is when I put a patch for the bug on the side, and based rom with fast and smooth animation that will probably work for most, and a patch for those who get out the bug and can flash the patch.

Have myself noticed in my tests if you turn off all animations in both the system and in cm settings, then I manage to not get the bug
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] IakobosJ:
I'm not sure where to get the test version :S

I'm running 1.9 and I must admit that the bug appears almost instantly, turning animations off though, it takes hours and hours for the bug to appear.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
You will find the testversion some post back
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] IakobosJ:
Thanks :) downloading it now, I'll give it a go once downloaded, I have some time today.

I'll let you know what happens :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] IakobosJ:
Okay double post I know.

I flashed the test ROM and turned animations on.

In v1.9 I installed Handcent and changed loads of options and then went back to Launcher Pro and tried to edit options in there, the Facebook login is ALWAYS blank, EVERY time I do this.

In the test version, I turned all the animations on, I installed handcent, GPS status, BBC News, imdb and then set all the options in handcent, then went back to launcher Pro and tried the options in there. I then tried some Street view in google maps, enabled latitude.

I've searched iMDB, the market, tried the browser, messaging app and EVERYTHING works great, not a blank menu ANYWHERE :D

I'm actually really pleased, this bug has been pissing me off for a while now.

Thank you so much Ele :D Amazing job with this ROM.

--EDIT-- Flashed the smooth animations patch, the bug is back straight away :(

--EDIT2-- Went back to Test version without the patch and the bug is still there :( I wish Google would fix this bloody thing.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
Did both, full wipe and now its working, not as yet had bug
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Roz3buD:
Flashed the fix yesterday, no bug since : smooth, fast and bugfree :) could it be the one ?!Thx Ele for your hard work and dedication !
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jjb3:
Flashed it, but no bugs found yet.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Thanks for your reply, you seem to be the only opportunity for respondents who beat back the bug, thought it would be more.

If you flash the test again and wipe the cache and dalvik cache before so the bug should disappear again.My suspicion is reinforced all the time as I pointed out before, the hardware is a concern because we do not have exactly the same,anyway a little more to think about :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] IakobosJ:
Right, I wiped cache and dalvik cache and re-flashed the test version.

I only have the bug in ONE place, Google maps, latitude, check in.

I go to check in and it lists places, the menu appears, but I can't scroll the list. I can choose a place after attempting to scroll and it isn't the one that is shown, it is one further down the list, so it is scrolling.

Other than that one place though, all other menus 'appear' to be working alright.

This is the only place I have the bug with the animations patch too though :/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bluepinkpanther:
Standard USB tethering is working?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tbleiker:
Yes... at least for me and on the 1.9 version :D (haven't tested the test version yet :D)

Edit: And by the way, thanks Ele for coming back, I've followed the thread ;) And thanks for your awesome work! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tobens:
hmm.. is anyone else using the pro-version of the mini-info-widget!!?

i recognize a strange thing.. i´m using the default mini-info-widget and also the cpu+ram widget.. after quite a while after rebooting my phone and without using the phone much, the cpu-bar of the widget shows always 100% cpu using - at the same time, the stupid bug appears..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] artursc:
It would be nice to modify status bar and posibility to make custom pulldown bar, like this.

Otherwise i still use Floyo with GB theme.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jjb3:
Using the TEST-v2.0 with animations on my battery gone from 100% to 25% in 7 hours. Wifi, bluetooth and GPS are off.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] iop tha man:
same here, poor battery life. bug didnt apear though
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikarbach:
Same for me! I have observed, that the system process is running more or less with 100% all the time.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
In which version ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vorcigernix:
Hmm..so what? Use Floyo if you like it more, no trolling necessary.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikarbach:
In your 2.0-testversion! Sorry, signature not updated.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Would have been nice to add energy to such things but there are more important things at the moment to solve first
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Ok thanks shall se if I find something

EDIT: That's right server system works about 80-90% all the time, I think possibly know what it is, little remains of my tests, start compiling a new one now to see if it is true that I was thinking

EDIT2: Feels like it will be a long day today, I have worked in the garden all day and now it will be many hours in front of computer :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Storken:
Phu just done with a clean install of the 2.0-testversion and a new is comming :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Krizp0:
Great work Ele! Been running Eclair Sense for a while, but starting to miss Gingerbread. Hope your new version kills that damn bug :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
sorry elelinux black screen bug on 2.0 test, 8 hours 45 on battery not sure how long the system was up for, but the bug came on under settings
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Well hopefully, the disadvantage of the next version is cyanogenmod have added a database verify and if you have older version then your are forced to run a wipe of all
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Thanks for your reply,did you flash the option for smoother animations ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
no running standard, I havent been using animations at all
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
It was sad to hear,do you use some form of widgets such as fancy widget or similar ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Whyt_e:
I use launcher pro, facebook widget, analogue clock, keep awake, and mobisle notes over 3 screens
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Folti:
Hi, flashed 1.9 today, awsome job.

Works great, no invisible menus, super fast.

But I have strange problem,

can't download anything outside market - files from dropbox, from dolphin browser, SD card files for games.

When I try to download sth from dropbox or internet, the "Unknown error in downloading" information pops up.

I've tried full wipe and reflash - It didn't help. Any solutions?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nomnompie:
Hi elelinux. My rom also lasted a full day with no black screen until late at night. The bug came up in Dsp manager. I am running the test version without the smooth animation patch. Animations are turned on. I only wiped dalvik coming from 1.9 though, not cache. I will try wiping cache and dalvik if you think that matters as my rom seems laggy overall now but I just didnt want to lose app data. lol.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marcelin99:
Elelinux thanks for all your attemp to solve the black screens.

I am v2.0 since this morning. Smartass 176-614 MHz

Animations need some patience as you announced it, but no total freezing yet.

What should be the Performance settings regarding surface dithering, purging of assets, lock home in memory, etc..?

Something strange: I have no idea if this is related to v2.0 or to the "Maverick" application I just loaded: I did test recording my track with GPS ON. After less than 45 minutes my battery went done to 15% (from 99%).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] GueSs_me:
Hi,

Great job and nicely done. But I am wondering if there is a solution for the (am,pm) on the status bar. I have the same problem and couldn't solve it. I am sure it is not a big issue and hope there is a solution because it's confusing sometime whether it's a 24 or 12 hour mode.

Thank you so much for this great version and I appreciate your time and effort,

cheers :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Grea09:
Hello, I've got the famous bug often with my Hero on 1.9, but this is very often even if I manage to have a lot of free memory (never under 40M). I have lots of random reboot too. The bug came in various settings and in the locksreen sometime . I've got it, in the worst case in the shutdown dialog. A good way to test it is the agenda widget app settings. It is present almost often in it since the bug exist. However the rom is fast and performant. I've got always a good connexion and a long battery life (except the radom reboots Wich take 10% of the battery).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
There will be an update today, there were very many hours at the computer last night, has been chasing the next bug has found it. : D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SypherNL:
Issues found with 1.9:

Received call: Did not hear anything / other party (probably) did not hear me either (Reboot fixed it)

Launcher is frequently empty / blank

Launcher frequently does not respond to slide to the next screen

Updated to 2.0 + animation fix (although they are disabled on the phone), but the launcher still appears to be not working some times.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tobens:
^^ ele - you are our hero =) if my phone runs bugfree after your update, i´ll place another donation to you =) ..probably the last one.. i pre-orderd my new phone (Samsung SII) yesterday =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marchard:
Ele, please let us know, what you have found last night. What is (hopefully was) the problem and where? (i'm not a big developer though, but i'm curious about it and exited about the progress)

And THANKS AGAIN for the time and energy you put into your ROM!!! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joehahn:
gps

Do anybody have same problem with gps as i do?

I cant get gps fixed even by using gps status tool...

Guys do you know about any trick how to make it work?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tobens:
no problems here! i ran navigon yesterday about a half hour without loosing connection! also the satelites were fixed within seconds..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Krizp0:
Good work Ele, go for it! :D Ready to flash this day!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
The rom is updated,please read changelog before installationen
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SypherNL:
After wiping Dalvik, flashing 2.0 over 2.0-TEST and the SD card fix, it seems to be stuck at the "Android" load screen.

Edit:

WIped everything, reflashed and now it works. So it would be safe to assume that you would need a full wipe if you are coming from (at least) 2.0-TEST(!)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ciprilik:
thank you elelinux downloading right now
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
gonna full wipe, it'll take 15 more minutes but at least i won't be stuck
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SypherNL:
Hmm after flash (full wipe of everything) everything seems to be running quite smooth.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tobens:
^^ did you reboot stright after flashing the rom??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SypherNL:
Yes I did.

Also: There are still invisible menu's in 2.0 and the Launcher disappears from time to time rending the phone unusable.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Have you try to flash the option (bug patch) ,this varies from user to user I have no problem at the moment even without the patch
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SypherNL:
No I did not, but trying that right now! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] iop tha man:
after flash it bootlooped, after that full wipe and it booted.

then i installed launcherpro again, again: bootloop.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
No idea why that happened to you, launcher pro does not seem to work fine with GB, myself have installed lot of apps and reboot without problems
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jjb3:
Same here :(. Help?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] daronk:
same for me... but the 3° time wipe all works good
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jaikat:
providing logcats for these errors would be helpful to the dev i guess..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikarbach:
The first time ever, I have a problem booting. First wipe cache and dalvik-cache, flashing 2.0 does not finish booting. It stays for 20min by the android-animation. After backing up nandroid v 1.9, which works, and reflashing, the same behaviour.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rfgamaral:
I don't know if this is related to anything but for people having problems with LauncherPro, maybe they could try this (found over at Cronos forums):

http://www.cronosproject.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=918&start=420#p32398

I have not tested this, but some people over there are reporting it does help with some problems...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jjb3:
This is what i have so far... Nothing happened for the last 10 min. First time usage of ADB, so if I missed something, please let me know.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
no bootloops or whatsoever here...

rom runs fine, as smooth as v1.9
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] swatsbiz:
Did you restore another launcher? and how did you restore your apps?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] luki59:
2.0 works on my hero smooth and without Problems. Had made a full wipe before I flash it. restored all my 93 apps and I use launcher Pro 8.4.1. At the moment no problems....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] keyra74:
restored my 83 apps with titanium, and parameters with mybackup

i use adw launcher or the one provided
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
If you look at logcat file line 320,that's cyanogen stuff it should been removed upgrading database stuff "W/SettingsProvider( 242): Upgrading settings database from version 57 to 58",you need to do a wipe of all,
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Guy's read the changelog "EDIT: Unfortunately it seems that it will be wipe of everything to make it work"
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jjb3:
OK, Did a fill wipe, but maybe titanium accidentally restored something wrong?

I will try again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Yes your settings provider that you see if you look at the logcatfile
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikarbach:
OK, sorry. After wipe everything it works, unfortunately many apps on sd-card are vanished. And black-screen appears after 30min of adjusting settings. I will try the fix.