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[branwen]

Ok so I installed this back when it was hard, and I think I ballsed it up. I didn't get much in the way of changes, but now on 2.8 and with this new .zip, I can confirm it is hell on heals, super update

[Keramidas]

yabolek, on Oct 29 2009, 11:37, said:

No luck here
Flashed the autosetup zip file and Hero keeps looping at boot screen (HERO sign).
Good thing I made a nandroid backup before this.
MCR 2.8

Hi,
Sorry to hear that. Have you tried removing /system/sd/userinit.sh  just after installing the autosetup zip, before rebooting ? If it solves your problem, we would be sure that your problem is related to partitions on your sdcard...

[yabolek]

Keramidas, on Oct 29 2009, 12:57, said:

Hi,
Sorry to hear that. Have you tried removing /system/sd/userinit.sh  just after installing the autosetup zip, before rebooting ? If it solves your problem, we would be sure that your problem is related to partitions on your sdcard...

I had two partitions on my sdcard - one for fat32 and one for swap. It looks like its booting fine with the sdcard taken out.
I wiped all of the partitions from SD and now it boots fine

[Keramidas]

yabolek, on Oct 29 2009, 12:09, said:

I had two partitions on my sdcard - one for fat32 and one for swap. It looks like its booting fine with the sdcard taken out.
I wiped all of the partitions from SD and now it boots fine

Cool !  Yeah, the setup expected by userinit.sh is:  fat32, ext2-3, swap. So you were missing the 2nd partition (for apps2sd). Glad to know that it works well for you now

[bunt83]

Hello,

I have 2 questions, one if which may have been answered previously, but it's still a bit unclear for me:

1 - I have a standard setup using the Modaco rom with no partitions on my SD card for A2SD, does this matter when using the new kernel? I'm assuming no as the new update.zip style kernel doesn't need partitions to work...

2 - I'm using MCR 2.5 as I'm happy with all of the features and don't need the extra features that come with 2.7/2.8, does the kernel work with 2.5?

Thanks

[shokka9]

just like to add....

This is great work from teknologist, i have been so busy recently, and not had time to even flash Pauls 2.8 version or even any of teknologist's kernels.....

I cant wait to see the modaco ROM with this kernel. It sounds really nice.

I need to catch up, and it wont be any time soon. LIFE is too busy at the mo, still working on my site too.

Hopefully when i come back from my trip, there will be more goodness to try out.

Just wanted to say thanks and well done to Paul & Teknologist for making my Hero so much better than stock...

Also....i hear that Android 2.0 will be available to the Hero in November, so something HUGE to look forward too.

[Shahz]

Hey Teknologist,

Well, I'll pass the v1.4 then since I don't see anything much of my use yet..I'd suggest you release the version with a working ext4 and compiled with BFS as suggested by Paul..I bet your kernel will pwn!!

shokka9, the Android SDK 2.0 is out. I bet Hero's Android 2.0 will be out soon too! Eagerly waiting for it. Can't wait to see whats in for us

[keef319]

I currently have Teknologist's original "hard method" running on my Hero.

How easy would it be to go to the new auto method (ie removing the backup swap) without having to format the whole SD card?

[Loxley]

bunt83, on Oct 29 2009, 13:06, said:

1 - I have a standard setup using the Modaco rom with no partitions on my SD card for A2SD, does this matter when using the new kernel? I'm assuming no as the new update.zip style kernel doesn't need partitions to work...

2 - I'm using MCR 2.5 as I'm happy with all of the features and don't need the extra features that come with 2.7/2.8, does the kernel work with 2.5?

1. The kernel will work, but there is a script for compcache that normally resides on the a2sd partition. It should work though because the setup should create a directory with the right name on your device and put the script there. (Be sure to take the last automatic setup!).

2. It works with my MCR 2.2, so yes, I think it will wok.

HTH

Niki

[Remington Steale]

How exactly do I backup my apps from the ext3 partition before I wipe it and reformat without the swap??

Anyone??

[bunt83]

Loxley, on Oct 29 2009, 14:52, said:

1. The kernel will work, but there is a script for compcache that normally resides on the a2sd partition. It should work though because the setup should create a directory with the right name on your device and put the script there. (Be sure to take the last automatic setup!).

2. It works with my MCR 2.2, so yes, I think it will wok.

HTH

Niki

Thanks Niki,

I presume you mean use the 1.5 kernel??

I'll give it a go and let you know how I get on.

Cheers.

[Shahz]

keef319, on Oct 29 2009, 13:46, said:

I currently have Teknologist's original "hard method" running on my Hero.

How easy would it be to go to the new auto method (ie removing the backup swap) without having to format the whole SD card?

In order to "remove" the swap, you will want to redeem the space and combine with the storage space on your SD card..To do this, you will have to remove all partitions first - which means you will have to reformat your SD card..

Unless they had stuff like "partition magic" for linux

[BTJ]

Shahz, on Oct 29 2009, 15:17, said:

In order to "remove" the swap, you will want to redeem the space and combine with the storage space on your SD card..To do this, you will have to remove all partitions first - which means you will have to reformat your SD card..

Unless they had stuff like "partition magic" for linux

Actually you do; it is called parted...

BTJ

[kendon]

BTJ, on Oct 29 2009, 16:20, said:

Actually you do; it is called parted...

BTJ

actually gparted comes pretty close to partition magic. except it is free and works

[BTJ]

kendon, on Oct 29 2009, 15:52, said:

actually gparted comes pretty close to partition magic. except it is free and works

Well, gparted is a GUI interface over parted but to make it more similar to PartitionMagic, gparted is the way to go...

BTJ

[Loxley]

bunt83, on Oct 29 2009, 15:16, said:

I presume you mean use the 1.5 kernel??

Right now I mean 1.6. May be different tomorrow.

[Higgsy]

just installed v1.6 of teknoligist's kernel.

All went smoothly - I have decided to keep my swap partition just in case I want it in the future.

Also upgraded to ext4 on my app partition and works fine.

good times indeed.

thanks dude

[GodsDevil]

@ Keramidas

I have a question for you. I am using a code provided you in another topic that helps me access the paid and protected apps in the market. You provided the code in another topic wherein I created a file called userinit and added those two lines that change the operator number, pushed it to /system/sd and got full access to the market.

Now my question is will updating to teck's kernel and his userinit.sh file null the previous file and block my market access again???

Thanks

[Takigama]

Just out of curiosity, anyone messed with cpufreq settings?

i've switched mine to the performance governor (ondemand is the default) and then made the minimum frequency the same as max (i.e. run cpu full-flog all the time).

Does actually seem a little quicker, but i imagine either my cpu or battery are going to melt at some point.

Also, is there any point to netfilter? i've yet to see the phone ever set any iptables rules. (might be worth dropping?)

Edited by Takigama, 29 October 2009 - 04:42 PM.

[Higgsy]

in phone info section this is kernel version is coming up as

2.2.27-mck-teknologist-1.5 root@neutrino

is anyone else getting 1.5 after installing 1.6?

If not any ideas?