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[Hero CDMA Android Development] jneg123:
I really like using themes (Theme Chooser and ADW themes) and changing the look of the phone. Will the fact that it is now ODEX interfere with theming? I remember reading that ODEX ROMs weren't as easy to theme as DEodex ROMs. Sorry if this is a noob question.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
Those types of themes (Theme Chooser and ADW themes) won't be affected.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oohaylima:
Flashed over and it's running smoothly. 115 2 is my new flash over settings. And I got an extra 20mb of space. Hooah!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
Build 73 seems to have 3 CDMA Hero specific changes:

Heroc: Fix for mms recieve (android_device_htc_heroc)

Heroc: Dex pre-optimization (ODEX) (android_device_htc_heroc)

Heroc: Report 0 instead of max lux on wrong read (android_device_htc_heroc)

That's probably why the MMS started working for the user a page or two back. No idea what the max lux is for.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xDragod:
It doesn't affect ADW, LP, or the T-Mobile Theme Engine. AFAIK, it only prevents themes by going in and messing with the ROM itself.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
Is that with gapps?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oohaylima:
Yeah. That's my setting for flashing over 72 with gapps. The actual number is 110.8, or something like that.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bravo1565:
Anyone try #73 how is it running
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xDragod:
No complaints here. Everything is working fine and I have nearly 100mb free now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chalan30:
Mtd 130 18?

so just to make sure, we should change the mtdpartmap to 130 18? really?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
oohaylima said above that 115 2 worked. I just like to keep mine a little more padded.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chalan30:
Thanks Jason,

One more question, to change the system and cache partition settings can i just change the mtdpartmap file and reboot? or do I have to change it and re run the FR boot zip or what? i cant find a definitive answer:confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
If you want to change your partition sizes, change your mtdpartmap.txt file first, then you will have to run firerat setup from the beginning > nand backup, wipe all, FR-recovery, wipe all, reboot recovery, nand restore, FR-boot, reboot.

*EDIT* I just installed 73 with 3/7 Gapps. System size is 112.9.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chalan30:
thanks mang!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Ninja, I changed FR to 130 18, flashed 73 and 3/7 gapps. System size is 113. I did not rm 06BindCache, nor do s0be's fix. I signed into Market and tried to d/l an app and nothing downloaded. The same, age-old Market issue > arrow shows in notification bar for a couple seconds, then disappears. Applied s0be's fix and all is good.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
That's odd. I did the same as above with a fresh install (wipe data/factory reset option) and everything worked as expected. All of my market apps were immediately downloaded and installed after signing in. Does the 06BindCache file exist in system/etc/init.d? It shouldn't with the above settings.

This is the relevant output (I only copied the mtd-related lines) from the "mount" command on my phone. Does this match yours?

/dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (ro)
/dev/block/mtdblock5 on /data type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mtdblock4 on /cache type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mtdblock5 on /cache/download type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)

Remember, the Market is flaky -- sometimes, even with everything set-up correctly, apps will still fail to download or disappear from the notification area if the Market app loses focus. I've seen it happen plenty of times even without using cMTD.

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Also, my /system partition usage matches yours (113.4M used). As I said before, I just like to keep mine more padded as a personal preference.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bravo1565:
Is there any reason why I can't download 73 it downloads to like 50% then starts all over
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
Not that I know of, I've downloaded it twice.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oohaylima:
You may have to download it from another venue. I know I have to do that a couple of times.

Or you can do the nightly dance before clicking it again. Sometimes that works too. :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
74 is up

10char
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Jason, I do have 06BindCache in the /system/etc/init.d folder. My mount reading is the same as yours:

/dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (ro)
/dev/block/mtdblock5 on /data type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mtdblock5 on /cache type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mtdblock4 on /dev/cache type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)

Here's how I set mine up:

Was running jaybob's May12 OMGB.

Changed mtd to 130 18

data/factory reset, mounts and storage wiped boot and system (I know not necessary, but some old habits die hard)

Flashed FR Recovery > data/factory reset, mounts and storage wiped system

Reboot recovery

data/factory reset, mounts and storage wiped boot and system

Flashed 73

Flashed 3/7 Gapps

FR Boot

I checked df -h and FR had taken with 302mb left for data. Unlike what you did, I did not let google sync my apps. I used TiB to backup everything, and I tried to d/l TiB from the Market when the arrow did it's disappearing trick. After using s0be's market fix, I was able to get TiB and now my FR settings are:

/dev/block/mtdblock3 130.0M 112.9M 17.1M 87% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 311.5M 128.5M 183.0M 41% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock5 311.5M 128.5M 183.0M 41% /cache
/dev/block/mtdblock4 18.0M 1.1M 16.9M 6% /dev/cache

I am using FR 1.5.7. Does this make a difference with the 06BindCache? Is 06BindCache only in certain versions of FR? I've tried using 1.5.8 and it wouldn't work for me. Also, I am using CWM 2.5.0.7. Market has worked fine since using s0be's fix. Thx for your input.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
or here:

http://goo-inside.me/gapps/

I love linking that, killer title, lmao.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
compcache update

A recent change in the /system/bin/compcache script to support zram instead of ramzswap could have caused the problem. Attached is a zip file with the old compcache script and the rzscontrol utility it uses. Unzip and place in /system/bin, and you should be back to the old normal. Files should be set to root:shell mode 755.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vinnypel2ella:
Just as an FYI, there is a build like every few days from aosp, so the term official really means nothing. This will be leaps and bounds behind aosp's build until he stops working on it as, like u said, he has worked out alot of bugs that are still being worked on here. Plus he syncs with cyanogen so we also get all the new stuff from that side, along with aosp's fixes. Im not bashing whatsoever, and everyone on cyanogen side made a great rom(cm 6.1), i just think its unfair that you say that. And if i spent so much time and effort on something, something i did by myself, i would keep it guarded as well. just like we had a month or so ago someone coming in and stealing aosp's rom, taking out the CM stuff(just the apps) and re-distributing it as his own, i think aosp wants to guard from that. So im sure he has his reasons, hes not just like "hahahaha they will never have my tree cause im a huge a**hole". Im looking forward to seeing what comes out of darchs and all you guys corner of this. Will be interesting, i just hope aosp goes pure vanilla and gets rid of the CM stuff, and you guys over here keep up with the cm stuff so the community has a choice in what they want like with froyo. Everyone's work is appreciated, aosp just got to the punch first, cant knock him for that.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gu1dry:
But by aosp hiding his source tree goes completely against the very nature of Android & open source philosophies in general. By him hidden is source, he's no different than HTC, Sprint, Motorola, or any other company making Android devices & hindering the development community by hiding their sources. aosp could contributed his source to CyanogenMod & we would have had official CyanogenMod 7 support earlier, but he hid is source, causing jaybob, deca & darch to "reinvent the wheel".
[Hero CDMA Android Development] c00ller:
This is also my stance on this issue.

By no means am I ungrateful for aosp the great work he's done. But Android is about openness, especially in the modding community..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] MallardDuck:
I gotta second this motion. Aosp does some great things for the hero, but he is a contradiction. He goes by the handle "aosp" but there's nothing open or source about it; really he's just "ap".
[Hero CDMA Android Development] silberj:
As an end user, the "OFFICIAL" does not seem to make a difference when I compare the two. I am not trying to start a flame war, but for what it's worth, aosp seems to be implementing a sync with the "OFFICIAL" source just about every other day. Again, I'm just trying to understand the process, thanks for the post.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thoughtlesskyle:
For the end user there isn't one, its more of an ethics thing, also for being a community and his roms that used say GPL infront of them its counter productive, it also means that nobody other than aosp could compile a rom this would make things like jaybobs 6.1 builds impossible, or even MAU5 builds, also if his tree was public getting a build we could theme would have taken less time, infact aosp still puts up odex'd releases from time to time so it means the people who wanted to theme it had to find a work around myself included

Again for users no big changes from a community standpoint official cm has my vote
[Hero CDMA Android Development] user7618:
Mine as well, for what it's worth.

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Gingerbread-on-Hero action here!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zanywood:
After installing deca's kernal 589# lag issue no longer a problem. My phone seems to handle real smooth with deca's kernal. Rom is awesome really smooth
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thoughtlesskyle:
Also something else I thought of did aosp release aospMOD using a modified cm tree, that means he used source from cm which he is allowed but when it comes time to give back and commit his code and tree where is the love
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
Flamers, and Haters, and Trolls, Oh My!!

"Can't we all just get along" - Rodney King (popular misquote)

First of all, I have no complaints or issues regarding aosp and his work, and would ask people not to complain using my name or on my behalf.

This is not the appropriate forum for a debate on what aosp should or should not have done, and frankly (in my opinion) it is not our position to say. Please understand that he is under no obligation to provide his source, and that is his personal choice, and he is perfectly entitled to his perspective and his decision. As well as entitled to not being attacked or harangued about it. My viewpoint is as follows: If someone offers you a free cookie, and you ask for the recipe, and they decline, thank them for the cookie, and move on.

Keep in mind that aosp did contribute a very well constructed build based on CM7 sources and his own efforts that was of value to the community. I am sure there are many people out there who have personally developed modifications or enhancements for no one but themselves (as I did for a long time). No one is criticizing them, because they remain in the background, and if this is the standard for behavior, not many are likely to come forward.

I would ask everyone to put the energy being wasted on arguing back and forth to put that time and effort into contributing to the community. Or their family. Or volunteering. Or anything that adds value. All of the sniping and arguing on both sides is just a waste.

If you feel the need to continue to engage in an ongoing battle to support your personal position, please do it in another thread, and keep this clear for positive discussion and support.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] thoughtlesskyle:
Sorry man I just got carried away with it, I was just putting my view out there, thank you for all your time and personal contributions
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ahager88:
One Love. :o

And that [GPL] you see is to verify that the kernel source is available publicly. Clone Decadence's GIT and you've pretty much got the exact same thing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
I love you jaybob. You and darch should start a new thread (since the device tree seems to be you 2 making the changes) and make this awesome statement your OP. also, one love.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] radrian92:
Very well said ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zanywood:
Not that I use live wallpapers but just to throw this out I can't get

Live wallpaper to work anyone else wanna try and post what they found out.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dwielunski:
Live wallpapers have to be MDPI to work on the Hero. Try Nexus Revamped for example.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] user7618:
Beautiful live weather lwp works for me. Magic smoke does not.

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Gingerbread-on-Hero action here!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
And this is why jaybob continues to be my favorite member on this forum. I've edited the title, and reformatted the original post with a FAQ that includes this epic and well-put reply.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dsMA:
What is meant by "also the magic number for cache size is 18"
[Hero CDMA Android Development] TJinWV:
If you use cMTD, the cache size is the second number (ie, "mtd 130 18"). If you don't use cMTD, "you needn't worry about this message".
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dsMA:
that is what i thought but wanted to double check by asking in here.

I have my mtdpart file with the following entries: 120 18

I have build 73 and gapps 20010307 installed

The market didn't work without applying sobe's marketfix, just FYI
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dsMA:
irc chatroom & problems with 73/7.0.3

Hey Guys

What ever happened to the IRC chatroom?

Since I don't know where the chatroom is I'll post my question here. Did anyone have any problems with build 73 or 7.0.3? I installed 73 on my phone and 7.0.3 on my sister's phone both with 20110307 gapps and I am having all kinds of problems.

search hw key doesn't work

home hw key doesn't work

call hw key doesn't work

can't receive phone calls (the phone's don't ring)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Re download and re flash

sent from a series of tubes.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dsMA:
I didn't redownload the 7.0.3 or the 73 but I did do a reflash with the same results. This morning I wiped everything and flashed the 74 build with the exact same results:

search hw key doesn't work

home hw key doesn't work

phone hw key doesn't work

can't receive calls (phone doesn't ring and caller gets sent straight to voicemail)

I was using firerate with 120 18. Before the 74 build I changed it to 130 18
[Hero CDMA Android Development] brett1211:
Try redownloading then flashing again. This happened to me once and it seemed to be a rom image that got slightly corrupted at some point between the web and my phone's sd card
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jneg123:
Just flashed #73 last night. MTD set to 130 18. After signing in and turning my wifi on, Market downloaded and restored almost all my apps. Of the 35 apps, 6 failed to download due to insufficient space. All I did was restart them individually and had everything up and running again. I didn't apply any market fix. I think the errors were caused by overwhelming Market with 35 apps to download and install. Overall, seems to be working great.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] brett1211:
MMS appears to broken again for me. been on AOSP for a while due to this, then saw the change log indicating MMS was working again for the HeroC. Anybody else not able to send/rec MMS?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ehusidic:
It fixed it for me. I was on aosp and the 2.1 espresso rom but none of them felt as stable as the nightlies so I was eager to try out 73 and it was fixed for me.

A question for the forum tho, What cpu governor would be the best for both decent battery life without having to sacrifice performance. I'm on ondemand right now it seems to drain the battery even with the screen off. Is there a better governor for saving battery life while screen is off?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
my experience with ondemand was that when the phone was doing absolutely nothing, battery life was great. I prefer smartass, you can try that or interactive. what are your min and max cpu settings? you could try lowering the max.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ehusidic:
my min is 19 max is 518 set on boot with ondemand governor. Has anybody compared smartass/ondemand/interactive?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
I've been using smartass for a while, but I did a full week recently with ondemand. Battery life was very similar, ondemand used more battery when I was riding my bike with the gps on but less when the phone was truly idle. Smartass used less battery biking with gps, but more when idle. So at the end of the day they were even battery wise. However, ondemand hung on me all the time and smartass seemed a smoother experience overall. Interactive should be very similar to smartass.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ehusidic:
Thanks for the quick reply. I will give interactive a try. I have never used interactive and haven't heard much about that setting so I will report how the life is after a good full day of use.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
Interactive and smartass are very similar, with both, basically when you interact with the phone it scales up (some say with a delay) but most of the time I interact with my phone I'm waking it up, it wakes up, scales up and is fine from there. I can't remember the specifics, but smartass is supposed to be 'smarter' than interactive.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Check this out for a description of the difference in governors.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Houndog101:
Thanks, That was a good read..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ehusidic:
Thanks that helped understanding what each does.

Does anyone recommend using advanced task killer? I use to use it thinking it would improve battery life and then I stopped using the app and haven't seen any change in battery life not using it. Is there any kind of apps that would actually help improve battery life? I have gps turned off and only use wifi when I really need to, my brightness is set to automatic but when I'm inside and can see well I turn the brightness off. Any other tips to help improve battery life?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
FR 1.5.7 always binds cache if it's less than 30M. FR 1.5.8 was changed to only bind on cache less than 15M. You'll want 1.5.8.

Take another look at your mount points. Yours has mtd4 bind-mounted to /dev/cache (Firerat's way), while mine has mtd4 bind-mounted to /cache/download (the CM way). That's why you had to to do the market fix.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
*sigh*

I wonder if the UI "hesitancy" ever gets fixed. I hope it does.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Jason, I grabbed both of our posts to compare the mount points. It looks like your mtd5 is mounted to /cache/download, where my mtd4 is mounted to /dev/cache. I presume this is the difference between FR 1.5.7 and 1.5.8. I'll give 1.5.8 a try and report back the mount points. Thx for pointing this out. I obviously went by the readings too quickly.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
Apparently neither of us can read >_<
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
JM thx for the "magic number 18" worked great! Market d/l'd fine,used v1.5.8 my mtdblock5 is /dev/download. Thx again
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chalan30:
Ok i give up searching... would you mind terribly showing me where can i get FR 1.5.8 recovery and boot zips?? I feel like ive done my due dilligence searching but i get no matches. I cant even find where I got the 1.5.7 that im using right now:confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Ninja, resetup FR using 1.5.8, mtd 130 18. Flashed aosp's 5/16 build with 3/7 gapps. 06BindCache does not exist anymore. My mount points now look like yours:

/dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (ro)
/dev/block/mtdblock5 on /data type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mtdblock4 on /cache type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/[B]mtdblock5 on /cache/download[/B] type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)

I d/l TiB right away and it d/l fine without needing s0be's market fix.

Thank you for pointing out the coding differences with 1.5.8. There have been numerous posts in many threads that the FR changes from 1.5.3 to 1.5.6 to 1.5.7 to 1.5.8 were simply so that FR would work with different devices. Obviously, this is not entirely true.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lifib6a9ptj5j#0,1
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
Try reading the first post in the Firerat's thread that is a few threads down from this one. ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chalan30:
Uggghh how did I miss this... thanks again
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cavingman:
#75 is up

10char
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oohaylima:
What's that?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
It's something LS obsesses incessantly about ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
It bothers me too, but there's not much we can do about it. The framerate of 2.1 ROMs is probably always going to be smoother.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
I recently ruu'd and was surprised that stock was actually smooth and quick. I think all this upgrading and overclocking is placebo. Not that I'm going to go back.

I hadn't ruu'd ever since DamageControl's leaked 2.1's
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
Thank you, finally someone with some actual reputation and dev experience agrees with me here, that it does actually exist.

As far as framerate goes, I have to disagree, the smoothest framerate I've ever gotten is on 2.2.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ehusidic:
I agree. 2.2 was very smooth imo.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ehusidic:
Is it ok to use set cpu profiles with this rom since it has the built in governor settings? I wouldn't be changing much just the min and max frequency.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
If that's all you want to do, you can in fact use the built in governor settings.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ehusidic:
I feel like on demand and smartass both use more than enough battery when the screen is off. I like conservative but when I set the min to 19 it has a delay when I touch the screen. I feel like conservative saves more battery when the screen is off so I set the screen off profile to min 19 and when the screen is on I set it to 176 and I don't experience much lag if any using conservative.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
OK then you can use setCPU, just set the speed settings in cm to 19 min and whatever max you want, the same governor as your setCPU, do not select set on boot. That way the 2 won't "fight" eachother.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jwhistler:
About a month ago, For kicks, I tried Launcher Pro and found the UI responsiveness noticeably improved and have been using it ever since. There's quite a bit I miss about ADW, but the improved fluidity is worth the sacrifice IMO.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
For those of you who have already run into force closes when trying to add/edit alarms, there's a change pending to fix it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] trentonite:
anybody know what might be causing my phone to never remember my keyboard preferences upon reboot? im using swiftkey and every time i reboot my phone it resets to the default one and i have to check swiftkey again then choose it as my kb. cm6 never did this, was just wondering if theres an option im missing or something