yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
probably the one already on your phone. unless you came from a previously unmodded one or two year old hero in which case you should look for an updated radio, yea.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] reza_baher2001:
vpn is not working!!!!

or is it only my hero???

l2tp or pptp ! :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Learnincurve:
Can anyone confirm that apps2sd is working with this rom.

I used rom manager to create a 512MB ext2 partition, but as this is my daughter's phone, haven't had the chance to check whether it's being used. There were some posts a while back shedding some doubt. Do we need to install the apps2sd app?

When I get the chance I'll mount the sd on my Linux box to check, but it would be good to know.

My daughter also has the issue with sense reloading - especially when trying to install from the Market.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] timbohobbs:
I use this Rom currently and can confirm it works for me. I think some of the confusion is that dalvik2SD is not currently available so internal memory is lower than on roms that support it. Still, it works fine for me and my take on it is it could be faster because it doesn't use dalvik2SD : )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaiderX303:
As promised, patch for dalvik2sd in OP, this REPLACES the original apps2sd script so app,app-private and dalvik-cache are on the SD, to remove dalvik2sd, you will need to reflash and wipe the rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chachi:
Works perfectly ... no discernible impact on performance yet :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] millerm:
Great ROM, thanks so much!! I've just ordered a class 6 SD-card and hope many things to get even better then!

One question, I'm really missing the DSP Manager as in the Froydvillain ROM, would it be safe to flash the package as mentioned in THIS thread?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chachi:
So no fly kernel type overlay needed now ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gli8600:
Any reason why the GPS is not locking any satelites? I stood in an open area for a few minutes.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chachi:
Ah good point ... I did some sort of GPS preload hack on VR12 at one point which made it lock 1000x quicker than it used to but don't recall what it was, anyone remember what I'm referring to?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] medo159:
Usually when u downgrade the ROM, like if u came back from Froyo ROM, u will have to re-flash the Radio, try reflashing ur radio.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cet90:
felt abit of disapointed when i see vr13 is not based on Android 2.2

but keep up the good work!! =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dark Emotion:
Guys please report on battery life. thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Mansn:
This is the first ROM that I have managed to get SVOX classic voices to work. It didn't even work in android 2.2. I think there might be an audio issue in Flykernel 12a somewhere.

Seems like an extremely smooth and fast rom. I think I will be sticking with this, even though I do miss the improvements of newer versions of android. Unfortunately there is always something that doesn't quite work in CM and other android versions for hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djdavis:
hmmm does this have friendstream?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Actually not... It's called "doing something for yourself", and letting other people use it if they want to ;)

I make a ROM to use on my phone. If I like it, I may post it up. I don't make a ROM I won't run daily :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Mansn:
I have not been able to find it.

On another note, youtube does not seem to work on my phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] medo159:
After flashing this rom and restoring my backup apps via Titanium, I got like 25 mb free on internal storage, looks like the apps installed on the phone's memory not SD!

This is weird, do I need to do anything for A2SD to move my apps? or does it work automatically?

Also since this is 2.1 rom, I can't use apps like SD Move :(

I have to say this rom is really FAST !!!! even after heavy use it still works very fast !!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sjaanjean:
2.1 doesn't support A2SD
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Use the EXT apps2sd system, or don't use A2SD at all...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] medo159:
I know it doesn't by default, that's why Villain listed it as an included feature

I think it doesn't work correctly on my phone, have already partitioned my SDcard with swap and ext2.

I have been searching for a while and found many ways to check if A2SD script is running properly or not.

When I run this command

adb shell ls -l /data/app

I'm supposed to get a line like this

lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 14 May 14 14:08 /data/app -> /[COLOR="red"][B]system[/B][/COLOR]/sd/app

But instead I get

lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 12 Mar 13 03:36 /data/app -> /[COLOR="red"][B]data[/B][/COLOR]/sd/app

Does this means my apps are installed in internal memory?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
2.1 doesn't support GOOGLE apps2sd, which is pretty crap, storing apps on the FAT filesystem.

It DOES support EXT based apps2sd. I checked the ROM and /data/sd/app is correct. That is a symlink to your SD card EXT partition.

So your Apps2SD is working fine :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bluepinkpanther:
This rom i great but I'm waiting for Froyo with Sense ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itandy:
Anyone has YouTube app working in VR13? I upgarded from VR12 (cleared Cache and Dalvik) and now YouTube app disappeared. I found the APK is still in /system/app but it doesn't show in programs. Already tried clearing data in HTC Sense but doesn't help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itandy:
Just want to let others who is also upgrading from VR12 to know that I've to manually flash the apps2sd script I used in VR12 after upgrading to VR13. Otherwise, VR13 just boot loop. Perhaps it's because I moved both app and Dalvik-cache to SD and the default apps2sd script in VR13 is not compatible.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaiderX303:
just a few questions answered:

Q: Why is this android 2.1 instead of 2.2

A: For now, android 2.2 is not stable enough to be released, 2.2 is still rather slow and buggy so i would rather release a fully working and very fast 2.1 than release a half working, slow 2.2

Q: Ive restored a backup of my apps but now ive got no space left on data, what happened to apps2sd

A: This ROM does use apps2sd using an sd-ext partition but only uses the SD for the apps, the dalvik-cache is still stored on data, i will release some extras later today that include a flashable patch for dalvik2sd and dalvik2cache, dalvik2sd will require a fast SD card, class4 or higher, this would free quite a bit of space on data

Q: ive updated from an older version of VR or other rom but some apps are not showing anymore.

A: Do a full wipe and see if that helps, if you update from an older rom with older versions of the apps it could cause issues as all the latest apps are built into the rom
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Imperticus:
VR13 is an absolute treat, this is really fast and stable, and love being back to Sense.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Afraid not - that requires a CM base usually. Give it a go, but back up first, as I'm not hopeful since that is for another totally different device...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rdejager:
DPS Manager is tied into the rom, a simple APK copy will not work...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yeah, that is a package swapping in another audio lib. It works on DHD but I think he will need a hero compatible audio lib
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tomekk_nt:
Is there an app wchich can do the same? Using advanced player like PowerAMP and doing anything else on our Heroes is not a good idea, because it's verrrrrrrry laggy :/ An app like that and stock player would be the best solution for that :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] drivexcore:
Very fast :-)

Super smooth :-)

Nice boot screen :-)

No friendstream :-(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] deygun:
Why did the backlight for the button doesn't turn on?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chachi:
-ignore me-
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ian_4614:
Download link not working,,, can someone tell me where to get this rom pls ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adisan2002:
www_villainrom_co_uk/releases/VillainROM13/download_php

. instead of _
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] millerm:
Thanks for your reply.

When I've got some time coming weekend I'll try it, and report back here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tenke:
the best rom i ever use. the ui is very fast, smooth, the battery's life reach 2-3 days without charge. de only disadvantage is the programs speed. its less fast as the 2.2 - 2.3 roms.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gasman2:
Hi - This is a great ROM, my Hero feels like it's been turbo charged and had rockets strapped to it the same time! Many, many thanks for all the work that's gone in to producing this.

A couple of questions:

1 My current radio is: 63.18.55.06U_6.35.04.25 - should I upgrade it? If so, can someone recommend a good, stable version - doesn't need to be the absolute latest if there is a tried and trusted one out there.

2 Can someone please explain the procedure for applying the dalvik2sd patch? Is it just a case of copying it to the SD card, booting into recovery mode, flash zip and opening the zip file?

Many thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nicolasfoto:
Brilliant ROM! Works flawlessly with the Dalvik to SD thanx a lot!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Nicolasfoto:
1. I use 63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.14 I'm in South Africa on Vodacom. My GPS works 100%

2. Copy to SD, boot in recovery, flash the zip. Thats it!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] m1nuss:
Thank you for your nice work!

Everything is perfect except for the lockscreen. I'd rather have the Stock one.

What I did is rename the HTC lockscreen.apk but when rebooting, I see the stock lockscreen upside down...

I searched the forum about this issue but nowhere could I find a solution.

Do you guys know what to do to get it correctly working?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gasman2:
Hi - I've been trying to edit mine from north-american to europe, by accessing gps through Astro then using File Editor. The option to save the changes (menu) remains greyed out, but when I then go to close the file, it says 'your changes will be lost if you close without saving'. Even though I chose the 'Save' option here, when I reopen the file - it's back to 'north-america'.

So... how do I make and save the change?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] richuu:
I'd like this too, after using a CM rom for a few months, I used this feature loads. Any idea how to get it in the ROM?

That aside, this is running really well on my Hero. I had a couple of issues though: first run of Titanium Backup caused Market to disappear, along with Tit Backup itself. I did a factory reset to get them back. Also, despite partitioning my card in recovery, Apps2SD wasn't working. I repartitioned my card in recovery again and it worked on next reboot.

Other than that, I have replaced the launcher with LauncherPro and it runs very nicely indeed. Thanks guys!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] The0Code:
Since I flashed this rom, noticed I haven't been able to do nand backups/restores...will re-flashing this help? And if I do need to reflash, do I need to wipe anything?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JoOoSs:
Since Villain v13 I notice that I can't select a word in Chrome mobile with the HTC interface ?

And the camera crashes when you launch it, go back to sense and relaunch it :/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] KillerCookie:
At first thanks for the great ROM - it is really fast even without OC. Well done.

For those who are interested i put some kind of theme together. It is a set of modifications i use since VR12 came out. So i thought somebody else may find it useful.

What is it?

- improved GPS animation by wayferer*

- improved sync animation by wayferer*

- improved up- and download animation by wayferer*

- improved battery with percentage (1%) made by me (modified original sense images; a bit higher to give text a 1px margin and with a decent shade of grey. I personally like this more than the original images because the battery was a bit thin and too shiny.)

Screenshot

The signed flashable is attached. I hope somebody likes it. :)

*Thread by wayferer
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gli8600:
I flashed this ROM and went for a holiday this weekend, I used the footprint app and shot a few of photos, then yesterday I found out 90% of the footprints I did were gone. :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
:(

Never used footprints tbh. But AFAIK it hasn't been touched, so sounds like a case of HTC fail... :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] minty1978:
lol, i didn't think anyone actually used footprints!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] f_padia:
does anyone know what opengl version this ROM has?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Gasman2:
Can anyone help?

Do I need to make these changes?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] CSL00:
Great ROM, just got back (again) from CM7 and it is just as fast if not faster. I've found that VR13 + las venturas 0.4.2 ( .35.11 kernel) is even faster but camera resolution is lowered to 3 MP, bluetooth stoped working and HTC music player stops randomly. I'm aware the kernel is still is in build/test stage and it wasn't meant for eclair (even less eclair sense) but if there is a workaround (mainly for the bluetooth issue) it'll be enough for a daily driver.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chachi:
Going to upgrade a handset for someone, can I just full-wipe, flash VR13 and then continue to flash dalvik2sd, battery circle and reboot dialog hacks all in one shot and then reboot, or do I have to flash/reboot ad infinum in between each step ?

In theory it should not matter as they all affect different files/areas of VR13 but ...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] musikenigma:
Android Market does not works. Exactly can not install any app after downloading. Anyone has the same problem ? Tks...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] walk.away:
Yeh I have a similar problem. Often going onto the market page for the app will set the install process in motion. This is my experience, probably a better fix, but for the mean time it should get you through.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nbhor:
Hi did anyone got A2SD working with this ROM? I tried almost 4 times but I still cant get it working. Can anyone point me in right direction?

These are the steps I followed.

1. Partitioned my SD Card using EASEUS Partition Manager. 512MB EXT2 and rest is FAT32.

2. Used recovery Manager to Flash the ROM

3. Used recovery Manager to Flash the A2SD (Dalvik2SD.zip)

4. Reboot

5. I still don't see any changes in EXT2 partition. Checked using df -h and ls -l /data/

Also tried partitioning my card using recovery option. Tried EXT3 partition.

No Success so far.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chachi:
Anyone?

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] musikenigma:
How many MB left in internal storage after flashing rom has it got ? If ~~160 MB it means dalvik2sd is working.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nbhor:
A2SD issue?

Free storage was around 160MB. But as I started installing apps its starting to reduce and now after installing 5/6 apps its now 145MB. These are the screen results from following 2 commands.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 95.6M 0 95.6M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 170.0M 162.8M 7.2M 96% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 165.8M 11.2M 154.5M 7% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 58.8M 71.2M 45% /cache
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 58.8M 71.2M 45% /data/dalvik-cache
/dev/block//vold/179:1
6.8G 4.0G 2.8G 59% /sdcard

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell ls -ld /data/app
drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Apr 22 01:34 ?[1;34m/data/app?[0m

One of the Senior Member looked at the results and according to him APP2SD is not enabled.

Is that right?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kakabobo:
anyone facing problem linking contact to face book ?

the link works fine just that the contact pic is not being downloaded.

any solution ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] walk.away:
It is the new facebook apps policy, pictures are unable to download and be synced.

GoSMS Pro works for me in this respect on this Rom. One contact has no picture as a contact, but their facebook photo shows in GoSMS. May only be a small portion of where you may want to see photos, but it is at least something.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skerce:
With out a doubt the best sense rom for the hero.

Only one thing that i keep getting random HTC White screen moments when i press the home button from the internet browser & other apps. I have kept everything stock.

I have looked on this thread and not found a fix.

Any suggestions?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kakabobo:
anyway to clear this policy and sync the contact pic ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] catsado:
I think auto brightness isn't working. When out in the sun the brightness isn't going to max.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] walk.away:
Root uninstall the facebook app and then find an older version which may be floating around on google somewhere? The latest is 1.5.3, I seem to recall that they removed it in 1.5.1 i think, google that aswell lol.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Apps2SD is not enabled just now for you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
That is usually due to Rosie getting kicked out of RAM due to something memory intensive taking up too much RAM :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bellor:
This happens sometimes, as stated by pulser, but my fix is to use Launcher Pro. Or any other launcher except Rosie.

The latest version of LP even has a reduced memory footprint so it's even better in my opinion.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arty:
hmm im using elelinux sense 2.1 rom and í have not a single white screen or sense reload problem. first i tried vr 13 and i got the white screen very often...wether its cuz of the ram or w/e..i dont care. i flashed elelinux 2.1 and not a single problem. maybe VR "overtuned" it a little bit? :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skerce:
Shame there is no fix. The reason I went back to 2.1 sense was to use sense not Launcher Pro. I flashed eles 2.1 sense Rom but it's not as snappy as vr13 in my opinion.

Thanks for the help anyways.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] deygun:
Yeah me too got same problem. Always stuck on the downloadig screen without really download the app. Any idea how to fix this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] davrave:
I also have that white screen with HTC logo on it when closing e.g. the market or a lot of other apps. It really is a pain as it lingers for a quite a few seconds before returning to the home screen. Wish there was a way to fix it as this is my everyday rom and the most stable and snappy, that I have found.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Give launcher pro a shot? Seems it's just a case of Sense being bloated tbh
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arty:
but why would one use a 2.1 rom without sense? u could also go "back" to a custom 2.2 or 2.3 rom and put launcher pro on it :)

the reason i use "still" 2.1 is sense ^^
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mljjlm:
Well.. Sense isn't just the launcher ;) you'll not be able to use the widgets yeah, but you still have all of the apps and the customized framework :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bellor:
sense is just "fluff". I use a 2.1 rom for the htc apps. Not Sense.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] davrave:
Thanks Pulser. That worked. Funny thing though, after opening "preferences" from the menu button for LP Pro and changing e.g. the number of screens, HTC sense, returns as the default. I'm baffled? As long as I don't make any changes in LP, it remains the default launcher and the white HTC screen is gone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rodrickmuir:
Go onto market and dl home selector and then set ll as default..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skerce:
I uninstalled peep, footprints and mail from sys yesterday (as I don't use them) & I have not had a white screen moment as yet.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Interesting. Thanks for the report
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] inorde:
I always throw those off at the very beginning, but for me that doesn't make a difference. (I also have the issue)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rodrickmuir:
Found this on 2.3.3 gingersense thread. Possible fix for sense restart. Or with a bit of editing?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] specialist83:
does this rom supports chinese? can anyone let me know? thanks in advance
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Zero|Cool:
Hello. Could you upload a version without the OC Kernel plz? :confused:

thx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rdejager:
Why would you want that?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MpegTv:
Hi guys,

I've switched from V12 to V13 but unfortunately realized that app2sd is not working.

After installing apps the internal memory is getting lower and lower while SD card still remains with same capacity.

I used to partition SD card and even switch from EXT2 to EXT3 but still the same problem appears

Could you please explain me what to do in order to install apps on SD card as on V12?

Thanks a lot,

...MpegTv....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skerce:
I think there was a different script written for app2d on VR13 .

If you look at the second post there is a patch for:

Dalvik2SD - For use with A2SD (Fast SD only)

This may help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MpegTv:
thanks a lot. it works
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] afeeq:
How to install Dalvik2SD? Can anyone give instruction??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chachi:
Reboot in recovery mode and flash the dalvik2sd as you did with VR13 ....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lefsp:
anybody else getting market problems?

the market apps I have downloaded do not show on the "My Apps" tab.. (just a couple of them or some not installed showing 'free')

when I search for one I already installed from the market, it is like I never installed it, it says download.. even if I download again, it dissapears after a while

this is annoying as I cannot get any updates notifications!

other than that, this is the fastest and smoothest ROM I have ever tried.. I use it with FlyKernel 12 pre5 with On Demand governor 633/264 (plus activated screen off profile with smartass 518/176)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] k0zmic:
Try install another app from the Market and then Force Stop Market and Clear Cache and Data then open it again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lefsp:
you mean clear cache in applications for "Market" only? is there something else also?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] KaoszNagymester:
It's possible to install the Google Maps 3D on this ROM?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Nope, hero lacks the hardware support.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] KaoszNagymester:
In Elelinux-Hero-2.1-update1 * WWE * rom works for me fluently, without problems. This rom like me better, but I miss the Maps 3D. :rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ASSK:
Because 2.3 with sense lags like ****, a weird idea: is it possible to get salsa lockscreen, sense 2.1 statusbar and the new sense music app in this ROM. That would be the feeling of a 2.3 sense ROM with the speed of 2.1. Maby a idea for a developer...?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] musikenigma:
I have the same ideal like above. If only that could be come true :D