yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Hello,

Anyone else noticing a slight lag when scrolling between home screens? It isn't terrible, but definitely noticeable, and slightly annoying.

Also, anyone having their wifi data connectivity drop here and there? I stay connected to the wifi itself no problem, but will occasionally get messages like 'page cannot be displayed' but if I hit refresh a few times it'll go through.

Definitely not trying to sound ungrateful, I'm thrilled that we even have a CM7, just trying to provide feedback.

I upgraded from CM6.2 Blackmod and did the full nandroid, wipe data & cache, etc.

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
To answer the last 3 posts.

You shouldn't need to wipe data, but if you have any problems, do it and don't think it's the rom before you wipe it.

There are no reported issues saving photos, maybe your card is bad or you need to wipe/flash again.

Try a different launcher, the built in one is laggy.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Excellent, thanks for the reply!

EDIT: Just wanted to point out a tip I found in the CM7 Nightlies thread in case someone wants to stick with the default ADW Launcher. I found that this does help somewhat with the lagginess between home screens:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12336101&postcount=696

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oostah:
i agree just wanted to let people no that they dont charge you for roaming. they shut you off.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xanthra:
Two issues :

Navigation:

I rarely use this tbh...however I had to last friday for most of the day. Besides raping my battery, it caused my phone to hard reboot randomly during use. I normally sit my phone on my passenger seat while driving, and since the screen is constantly on - I dont know if it was the ROM or if it was because the screen orientation was swapping back and forth.

Screen off:

Is not pretty. Where nightly #32 simply just went black, 7.0 RC4 seems to lag while turning the screen off, screen goes dark grey, then white, then the white portion shrinks from the top/bottom towards the middle and then goes black. Sort of like turning off a very old tube television.

Anyone have these issues? any ideas?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] waffle_:
#1: How long were you using navigation?

#2: Turn off your Screen off and Screen on animations.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Drunkpilot:
That is a feature you can turn off in the CM settings. That is a screen on/off feature to be like a ctr/TV. There are many people who have posted trying to get that to work on cm7 and aosp/cm7.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sk8goofy:
Thanks!

I just wanted to say thanks! I just came off of ASOP GB to CM7 and I have to say I love CM7 and missed it!

Thank you so much for all of the hard work!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattrva:
Trying to flash from AOSP 9.9.2.

Took all the proper steps.

-Wipe Factory Reset

-Wiped Cache

-Format system, boot, data, cache

- Wiped Dalvik

-Flashed ROM then GAPPS (Did not flash a kernel or anything else)

Stuck on splash. Same thing as when flashing aospCMOD.

Using CW 3.0.0.5.

Any suggestions?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
try cwm 2.5.xx and follow the same steps. I know some people have been having gapps issues lately, you could also try just booting the ROM then if it boots try gapps.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattrva:
I was actually using 2.5.0.7 before this and I got the same results. I'm stumped.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
You must be missing something then. Try again, wipe all the stuff twice, install ROM only, boot. If it boots, try gapps. If it doesn't, reflash the ROM ontop of itself, boot, etc.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattrva:
Actually I'm using CWM 3.0.1.4 my mistake, and I'll go ahead and try that. I did all of it and was able to flash AOSP Froyo just fine with GAPPS. It's odd because I have had nightlies of 2.3.3 working before.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bsmith1051:
Where is the setting to make the screen stay on whenever the phone is plugged-in/charging? I enabled it when I was doing all the first-time setup but now I can't find it again to turn it off. I've gone through everything in the regular Settings without success. I think there was another group of settings 'outside' of Setting?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fowenati:
I get lag with all launchers I've used (just a slight lag). It may be because I have an ungoldy amount of widgets for my theme on my homescreen
[Hero CDMA Android Development] navidadnnn:
Settings > Applications > Development > Stay Awake
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
um, try removing some, see if it helps, then you know the problem for sure.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fowenati:
yep realized that was it. Google Reader widgets cause lots of lag on the hero.

on the other hand i got angry birds to actually run, albeit very very very very very slow
[Hero CDMA Android Development] papeseed24:
can i flash the RC-4 over the previous?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jake044:
Yes you can.

1. Perform a NANDroid backup of your current ROM.

2. Flash CyanogenMod (your Google Apps will be backed up & restored automatically).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] SteaminLoaf:
I noticed text selection is a little messed up. It seems to only be able to grab a paragraph at the most and when you drag the selector, the whole screen moves with it. Would not be a big deal if there was a "select all" option. This happened to be in the default email program, but I think it does it in the internet too. I think RC3 was okay but cannot recall for sure.

Otherwise very happy coming from AOSP (I wanted all the CM7 options)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fowenati:
+1 I noticed this also
[Hero CDMA Android Development] YoColdRain:
make sure you have gapps attached on first link. Also, make sure you got right file size. Friend of mine downloaded 100%, then we found the difference in file size in both of our laptops, not sure what happend. Redownloading fixed it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] m_reyna_16:
this is my first custom rom on my hero therefore im new to this so sorry for the noobish question....

how can i enable more homescreens? i tried looking for some sort of setting on the awd launcher settings but cant find anything, i also tried searching this thread but couldnt find anything.... thanks

also, i tried installing the HTC_IME keyboard mod and didnt work.... can anybody post the version that works with this rom if its possible? or can anybody point me to free keyboard alternatives?

EDIT: can anybody also explain to me what in a homescreen makes it lag? i customized 3 out of 5 screens with large widgets such as pandora, youtube, fancywidgets and it lags more! what can it be?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
Can anyone tell me is it possible to see YouTube videos via browser or YouTube app last time I tried cm I could not see the video but I can hear it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] electronicmaji:
Is this supporting gpu acceleration of interface yet?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ch1naski:
I don't use adw, but i think 5 screens is max.

I'm not sure if you already have 5 and want more, or have 3 and want 5....

And it is those widgets that will cause more lag, especially ones that are actively updating, like face book.

And sorry, can't help with the keyboard issue, I've been using swype for about a year, so haven't had to deal with the stock-style keyboards.

π

sent from GB hero.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] PMDColeslaw:
Anyone else's home button not working? I've reflashed and its still not doing anything for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
Did u wipe cache and dalvik b4 reflashing?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] PMDColeslaw:
Yeah I've even done a full wipe and it's still not working. Also my Google seems to be stuck in a constant sync
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Your mileage may vary, of course, but this eliminated all lag between homescreens for me:

From your home screen, press Menu > Settings > CyanogenMod Settings > Performance > OK and then uncheck the box next to 'Allow purging of assets'. I believe you need to reboot after the change.

I am using 7 home screens in CM7 RC4 with the default ADW Launcher. Here's how:

From your home screen, press Menu > Edit. A 'slideshow' type display of your current homescreens appears. Scroll to the right or left as far as possible, and press the button that looks like a green circle with a white + sign. This will create an additional home screen. Now scroll to the right or left (whichever you didn't do the first time) and repeat the process.

Note: 7 screens is the maximum the default ADW will allow.

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] m_reyna_16:
thanks! that made my day! :D... do you know how i can get the cyanogenmod keyboard i wanted to use with this rom?

EDIT: what apps are safe to remove from this rom? what pertains to android and what pertains to cyanogenmod?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
No problem...glad I could help. :)

Are you sure the installation didn't work? Did you try changing your input method yet?

Call up any app with a text input area (like Google Search, for example). Instead of typing in the blank, press and hold until the popup menu titled 'Edit text' appears, and select the 'Input method' option. If the install worked, you should see HTC_IME as an option.

If the above doesn't work, can you provide the link to the keyboard you want to install, and also tell me what you tried when you said it didn't work?

This thread is fairly old, but it will give you some good background info re: removing apps. I don't really have any info about which apps (if any) are CM7 specific, as I haven't needed to remove any apps since making the switch to CyanogenMod ROMs. ;)

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bsmith1051:
Youtube works for me -- CM7 RC4 on Sprint/HTC Hero.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
But for me I only get a black screen I've uninstall and reinstalled
[Hero CDMA Android Development] m_reyna_16:
THIS is the link I am downloading it from... maybe im downloading the wrong version? i tried downloading the "v27 high resolutionversion"
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
Turn off high-quality.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] imleon:
:D LOL!!!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] PortableTech:
Can anyone tell me the difference between aospCMod and CyanogenMod, for a while the aosp even had a Cyanogen boot screen, so it seems they are the same, or very similar, but I just can not quite tell the difference from reading up on them.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
Hmmm idk strange. I wiped all then flashed gapps and cm7 all worked fine do u have latest version gapps
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
I had high quality off from the start :-\
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Just from reading that thread, I don't think it will work in CM7. The word Froyo is all over the original post, and CM7 is Gingerbread. Also, that keyboard came from the Nexus One forum, and I'm not sure if something developed for that phone is necessarily compatible with the Hero. Still, I gave it a shot just to be sure, and when I tried installing the apk file it told me 'There is an error parsing the package.'

So, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, it doesn't look like that keyboard will install on the Hero, or at least not in CM7. I'm not sure if anyone has developed an HTC_IME for the Hero and/or CM7 yet, but you could always try the Hero Development or Theme forums.

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] m_reyna_16:
dialing codes dont work on this rom.... at least not for me, anybody with a fix? another reason why i wanna install another keyboard is because in landscape the keyboard is kinda short at the bottom, therefore pressing the buttons is kinda hard at times

EDIT: i think i just need to calibrate it, does it have one integrated or where can i find to calibrate my keyboard on this rom?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
I would recommended using better keyboard from app market I use it on every rom works like a charm never had an issue also u can get skins for it in app market. Then again this is jus my recommendation :-)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
## dialer codes ONLY work on sense based roms, not aosp or CM based roms.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Lo N Slo:
If I am flashing from AOSP Mod with CWM installed, there are no special procedures I have to do? Just wipe and flash?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Should be fine as long as you do the following, starting at Step 2:

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Did CM7 drop the 'double-press the trackball' to skip to the next track when listening to the default music player with the screen off? This was present in 6.1 and I kinda miss it... :(

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Huh, never knew that, but you can long press volume when the screen is off for next/last track. It's in cm settings.

sent from a series of tubes.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gpeterson:
What is the general concensus on RC4 as a stable daily driver? My wife is on aosp gb and has some complaints of the ROM being inconsistent at times. She only uses her phone for the basic use. Camera, GPS, MMS, Phone and K-9 mail. Any widespread problems with these items that I should consider before flashing tonight?

Thanks for the input.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] YoColdRain:
my wife hasnt complained after moving from aosp gb to rc3, so rc4 is a plus.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Excellent, thanks! As long as there's some way to skip tracks without having to turn on the screen. :)

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
I agree, RC4 has been pretty darn solid for me as well. Rumor has it that CM7 Final should be out soon, but you can never really tell exactly what 'soon' means, and I doubt your wife wants to put up with phone problems any longer. Besides, flashing CM7 Final over top of RC4 should be a snap.

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
"Soon" in this case means we're in a feature-freeze.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gpeterson:
What do you mean by this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gpeterson:
Does Sprint VVM work on CM7? It's a pain in the tail on aosp.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
I'm guessing, no new features, just debugging. Sort it all out, release it, call it final. Then start a new branch with more features.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Ah, I was unaware...most excellent!

Ding ding ding! :D

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gpeterson:
Sorry, gotta bump. Ready to flash by wife doesn't want me to mess with it unless I'm sure it's been working for everyone else.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wild1z:
LMAO, you will never be able to flash it then. Root the phone, buy flowers and proceed. Easier to ask forgiveness than permission. Just study up, check the sums, and flash accordingly.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gpeterson:
So you're saying....no. Dangit! Ha ha.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wild1z:
I am saying go for it. You can always go to a sense rom, RC or CM6 Stable. If your rooted the sky is the limit. These custom roms all have their advantages and droops. It's work. Enjoy.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] YoColdRain:
well hey, may be she'll learn google voice. :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wild1z:
Just set aside some time to do this. Don't do it 2 hours before you have to go take her to the show. ;) In my best Google Voice I say, Let the shorts be which ya! :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kudos04:
hey im having a problem with using the 3.5mm headphone jack hooked up to an external speaker/or headphones. the sound quality is horrible, almost as if the bass is too high? I remember messing with a setting that dealt with the bass but now I can't find it. any suggestions?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
you can customize the sound levels using the dsp manager app.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] m_reyna_16:
i noticed that my ringtone settings wont stick, anybody else having this problem? also, when i get a voicemail i get a text instead... how can i get back the instant voicemail app (i guess its called an app) where u can listen, delete and pretty much anything without having to dial my voicemail? or if that aint possible then at least not getting that text message and getting my voicemail by dialing 1

one last thing.... my ringer settings wont stick! anybody else selecting a ringer and not being able to stick?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] user7618:
Yes, google voice, and yes.

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Gingerbread-on-Hero action here!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Haptic

Is there a way to turn off the haptic feedback on the lockscreen?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] conan1600:
Is there a way to get rid of all the sprint banners on cm7? I actually have ntelos. But failing it saying ntelos at least removing sprint :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] GeezyAF:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=866553
[Hero CDMA Android Development] c00ller:
We are now on official CM 7.0.0 :)

http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=heroc#cm-7.0.0-Heroc-signed.zip
[Hero CDMA Android Development] GeezyAF:
Jumped ship from 3/26 AOSP to CM7 final.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] user7618:
There is an easier way. There is an app on the eris boards. Let me dig up the link.

Go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=960099

Download app, install app, run app. Like 3 minutes. Cake and pie.

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Gingerbread-on-Hero action here!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] noskoviak:
Rc 2 is the the second release candidate, like a revised rough draft of the cm7rom

sent from my cm7 #38 speedy in progress.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] noskoviak:
Cm7 final for my gfs phone. Woo hoo.. does it work well..?

sent from my cm7 #38 speedy in progress.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cyburke:
notice anything better / worse?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
If anyone prefers a pre-optimized ("ODEXed") version of the ROM image, I built one from source.

Download: update-cm-7.0.0-Heroc-odex-signed.zip

MD5sum: b51aba111b4eef9a2cf0fc2318ad7da3
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[Hero CDMA Android Development] bso44:
What's the advantage of ODEXed over regular?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
Boots faster after flash because it doesn't have to build optimized dex files (dalvik-cache). And since it doesn't need these, it takes up less disk space.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bso44:
Is there a disadvantage to this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
Can't be "themed" via hacking the apks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bso44:
Got it. Thanks for the explanation.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Pyr0TeK:
Thanks... I may give this a run today... appreciate it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oohaylima:
I say Hooah!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattrva:
Just flashed 7.0.0 ODEXed.

What kernel is everyone using?

Thinking about flashing DECA #589 @ 691.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
Is there a way to get sprint vvm working on cm7 or is there some replacement app for I can't stand dialing out to hear my voicemails any recommendations appreciated...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
youmail app in the market, or google voice (which the ROM contains) which you need to set up at google.com/voice
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Have you tried youmail,it's free.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] gadgetcraze:
Is market fix required when installing this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] adiaz01:
Hi everyone newbie here (to android hacking anyway) so I've finally decided to mod my Hero and I got to say it was very simple and I'm regreting that I didnt do this sooner!

I do have a question tho, I was looking for a compact qwerty keyboard app which I found posted here in XDA in an .apk file and it works great but I am also looking for a calender and/or weather widget that resembles the original sense ui. I've tried other widgets but they don't seem to work so does anyone know of any .apk files?

Thanks in advance!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
Thnx to both I will look into youmail. The Google voice I might like I didn't realize I can forward my sprint voicemail to it. Ima work the youmail first :-)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
In the market use Beautiful Widgets :-) works like a charm
[Hero CDMA Android Development] adiaz01:
Thanks miggsr I'll give it a try!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
No problem I'm sorta of a noob myself but I kinda manage to figure stuff the rest I ask the pplz here on xda :-)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
The closest calendar I ever found was called "android agenda widget", but that was a LONG time ago and I stopped using it. There might be a better one now, stupid Q but did you search the market yet?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oostah:
the miui weather works with this mod now they have a installable apk at the bottom of 1st post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=987521
[Hero CDMA Android Development] miggsr:
No I normally use the one that comes wit the rom always works for me but I'm sure someone has an idea wat u can use in place of that sorry if this doesn't help
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
I like Smooth Calendar
[Hero CDMA Android Development] c00ller:
But the T-Mobile Theme Chooser still works?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] swishersweedz420:
love the notification bar at the bottom of the screen. its a lot easier to get to. everyone should try it. its in cyanogenmod settings tablet tweaks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sk8goofy:
I love android agenda widget!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
Absolutely. Just be aware that CM7 final has a bug that makes notification power widgets disappear until reboot whenever you apply themes with Theme Chooser.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Hello,

I recalibrated my battery when flashing CM7-RC4 over CM6. Any need to recalibrate the battery again when flashing CM7 Final over RC4?

thanks,

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] obsanity:
yes you do.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
Only if you're doing a full wipe instead of a flash-over.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jneg123:
Just a heads up. Found this thread about a little app called Notification Restart. Simple and easy to use. Saves you a lot of time when trying different themes. Search for tenthstone (the maker) in the Market.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1028541
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Hmm, well I wiped cache and dalvik-cache, but didn't wipe data/do a factory reset. Would you call that a full wipe or a flash-over?

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
As long as /data is intact, batterystats.bin is intact.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] sleepyEDB:
Good to know, thanks!

sleepy
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ganjah:
I flashed CM7 Final, upgrading from CM6.1, via Amon_RA and everything worked out fine and dandy. :)

Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fowenati:
Flashed the final build, works flawlessly
[Hero CDMA Android Development] c00ller:
Just flashed CM7 Final over RC4. I notice when sliding down the notification bar via a small flick down from the top, it seems to stutter and bounce around the area where the pull down bar meets the bottom of the Sprint bar. Does anyone else see this?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
aosp posted a new build/merge this morning that took care of the popup lag issues according to some in that thread. Don't know if it was a fix he implemented or something that was in the merges (haven't checked them in awhile, and haven't flashed a new build either ;)).

I would like to see the camera working like it did back in the FroYo days :D