10/Mar 3.2 - MoDaCo Custom ROM for GSM Hero (now with online kitchen)

[Guest chingf0rd]

I never experienced that behaviour. Did you do a complete wipe before you did the update? (Must be a fairly standard question in this topic. :))

I've just switched-off the Hero and rebooted. This was the first time since I installed MCR 2.0 and I've shoved so many apps onto it that something must have needed a reboot to fix it. Fingers-crossed it's ok now. :)

[Guest ZiCoN]

Wiped, installed, wiped... an a very wide smile spread across my face.

This is awesome!

Great work Paul!!

[Guest franklinvv]

Correct. All the 'problems' you described have been features since the G1. And yes, Peep does this as well.

I can assure you that Peep does not show that kind of behaviour on my device. :)

[Guest francisbacon]

Hi Paul

First of all i would like to thank you for your amazing work and contribution to this community. The ROM upgrade installed perfectly and the fluidity of the UI is just beautiful more over your custom additions are a real treat to making the UI even more user friendly, so thanks again!

on the subject of removing parts of the ROM

I am new and therefore am not very familar as to where exactly the ADB Zip file should go before doing a command prompt execution, is this done on windows or on the phone.

Thanks again for your help

Francis

Removing parts of the ROM you don't want (Twitter, Plurk etc.)

[Guest ccsnet]

The seems to be maturing nicely Paul although been me I'm probably going to leave it a little longer..... one thought are the sense themes some thing you can back up if like me you have your own custom one just right ? Must just be a diddy xml some where ?

Terran

[Guest Catscrash]

it happened now the second time that I have to reenter my PIN after some hours, but this time i could see what happened.

I think touchflo was killed... at least suddenly there was the "htc" screen, and when touchflo came back i had to reenter the pin...

anyone else had this?

that happened twice more now... where can i find this logcat and how to use it?

[Guest ghoonk]

I can assure you that Peep does not show that kind of behaviour on my device. :)

Under Settings -> Locale & text, select Touch Input -> Text input

I have the following settings:

QWERTY

- Prediction checked

- Spell Correction unchecked

Phone keypad and compact QWERTY

- Spell correct unchecked

- Word completion checked

I have just tested this in Peep, and get the following:

- Double tapping spacebar gives me a period (.), and the next character is automatically capitalized -- expected behavior

- After hitting a comma (,), I have to manually add a space - expected behavior

- After hitting a period (.), the next character is automatically capitalized - expected behavior

I'm not sure how this is counter-intuitive, especially since the iPhone's virtual keyboard does exactly the same thing. Now, if only I could get the keyboard to do the same in Windows :)

Edited September 6, 2009 by ghoonk

[Guest CapriciousX]

I put this image on my hero yesterday and discovered an issue with the email synchronisation. Although I set the timer on 15 minutes I have to refresh my email accounts manually. Otherwise there happens no check automatically. Can you confirm that?

[Guest AndyCr15]

- You can now check your MoDaCo Custom ROM (MCR) version from the about menu. It will display MCR2.0 (core) or MCR2.0e (enhanced).

Mine shows -

BUILD NUMBER

2.73.405.5 146733 CL#61267 MCR2.0

release-keys

No mention of core or enhanced. Does this mean it's not flashed properly? I did the core version...

Edited September 6, 2009 by AndyCr15

[Guest justbabu]

Mine shows -

BUILD NUMBER

2.73.405.5 146733 CL#61267 MCR2.0

release-keys

No mention of core or enhanced. Does this mean it's not flashed properly? I did the core version...

It shows MCR2.0 if you have the core, and MCR2.0e if you have the enhanced.

[Guest sveintore]

I put this image on my hero yesterday and discovered an issue with the email synchronisation. Although I set the timer on 15 minutes I have to refresh my email accounts manually. Otherwise there happens no check automatically. Can you confirm that?

Both exchange and gmail syncs automatically here..

[Guest ghoonk]

New bug just surfaced -- out of the blue, HTC CIME no longer offer predictive text in Messages. Works fine in all other applications.

[Guest ripkord]

Thanks for this, I finally have the Hero I wanted!

[Guest tns]

Hello,

for those like me who tried to restore the old sms database or who have not wiped the data partition before upgrading to the new HTC rom and have SMS problems (received but not showing, SMS widget bug...) I have investigated the problem and it definitly seems to come from a change in the database format.

Technically speaking, under the mmssms.db database, one field has been added to the 'sms' table.

These are the old fields headers:

_id|thread_id|toa|address|person|date|protocol|read|status|type|reply_path_prese

t|subject|body|sc_toa|report_date|service_center

and here are the new fields headers:

_id|thread_id|toa|address|person|date|protocol|read|status|type|reply_path_prese

t|subject|body|sc_toa|report_date|service_center|index_on_sim

as you can see, a new field 'index_on_sim' of the type INTEGER has been added.

For those who know how to edit this database and want to keep all their messages after the upgrade, editing the database using an sqlite database manipulation program (such as sqlite3 under any Linux distro) and using the following SQL command should do the trick:

ALTER TABLE sms ADD COLUMN index_on_sim INTEGER DEFAULT -1;

[Guest franklinvv]

Under Settings -> Locale & text, select Touch Input -> Text input

I have the following settings:

QWERTY

- Prediction checked

- Spell Correction unchecked

Phone keypad and compact QWERTY

- Spell correct unchecked

- Word completion checked

I have just tested this in Peep, and get the following:

- Double tapping spacebar gives me a period (.), and the next character is automatically capitalized -- expected behavior

- After hitting a comma (,), I have to manually add a space - expected behavior

- After hitting a period (.), the next character is automatically capitalized - expected behavior

I'm not sure how this is counter-intuitive, especially since the iPhone's virtual keyboard does exactly the same thing. Now, if only I could get the keyboard to do the same in Windows :)

Well, actually ... the behavior you described is the behavior that I expect as well. :) However, apps such as Gmail and the standard Messages app show different behavior. You don't have to add a space after a comma and a period, and you do have to capitalize the next character manually after typing a period. (My settings are the same as you described btw.)

I've been told by friends that the stock rom that shipped with my Hero has the same behavior although I never noticed it (and can't seem to track it down in my sms archive either), so it does not seem to be a new 'feature' of this rom.

Edited September 6, 2009 by franklinvv

[Guest ghoonk]

Well, actually ... the behavior you described is the behavior that I expect as well. :) However, apps such as Gmail and the standard Messages app show different behavior. You don't have to add a space after a comma and a period, and you do have to capitalize the next character manually after typing a period. (My settings are the same as you described btw.)

I've been told by friends that the stock rom that shipped with my Hero has the same behavior although I never noticed it (and can't seem to track it down in my sms archive either), so it does not seem to be a new 'feature' of this rom.

That's odd. I've been getting this behavior system-wide, with the exception of certain text fields (not text boxes). Try a reflash?

[Guest francisbacon]

is it ok to delete the upgrade.zip files in the sd card once we are done extracting and installing the contents to the phone?

it gets confusing with so many upgrade.zips left over in the card

also is there a simple way to go back to a previous radio rom version?

thanks

[Guest ghoonk]

is it ok to delete the upgrade.zip files in the sd card once we are done extracting and installing the contents to the phone?

it gets confusing with so many upgrade.zips left over in the card

also is there a simple way to go back to a previous radio rom version?

thanks

Yes, you can delete the upgrade.zip after you are done flashing.

I am running the modified recovery image so I just keep the various zips in my SD card's root folder -- radio update, CIME update, modified modaco 2.0 update, and the unmodified but rooted official update from modaco. This way, in the event that I need to flash on the run, I can just use the recovery bootloader to flash the relevant .zip

[Guest trigrou]

Hi,

I flashed the rom 2.0 core, everything seems ok, i just add a problem after, i am not sure it's related to the flash...

when i try to download application on market place, it says start downloading but nothing start, i try with different application and it seems that marketplace is broken or maybe i have a lockfile on the filesystem that broke the download.

Just for informations i success to install marketplace application just after the flash, but after a few hours i experienced this problem.

Any suggestions ?

[Guest ghoonk]

Hi,

I flashed the rom 2.0 core, everything seems ok, i just add a problem after, i am not sure it's related to the flash...

when i try to download application on market place, it says start downloading but nothing start, i try with different application and it seems that marketplace is broken or maybe i have a lockfile on the filesystem that broke the download.

Just for informations i success to install marketplace application just after the flash, but after a few hours i experienced this problem.

Any suggestions ?

This sometimes happens if GoogleTalk is not logged in. Open GoogleTalk, make sure you're logged in and then try Market again.

[Guest trigrou]

This sometimes happens if GoogleTalk is not logged in. Open GoogleTalk, make sure you're logged in and then try Market again.

Thank you it works, nothing related to the new rom.

[Guest francisbacon]

Hi,

I flashed the rom 2.0 core, everything seems ok, i just add a problem after, i am not sure it's related to the flash...

when i try to download application on market place, it says start downloading but nothing start, i try with different application and it seems that marketplace is broken or maybe i have a lockfile on the filesystem that broke the download.

Just for informations i success to install marketplace application just after the flash, but after a few hours i experienced this problem.

Any suggestions ?

have you tried switching off wireless connection and then switching on again ... then going back into marketplace, try it and see if download will work

[Guest Hoilun]

Hi there,

I did a quick scan thru the post, and found that you mentioned I shouldn't mount my fone to the computer coz it has A2SD....but here is 1 more issue....

I can't even unmount my sdcard from my device.. how am i suppose to add things to my sd card.

Here is some info about my phone.

Baseband Version

65.18.55.06U_6.35.04.25

PS.. I can see the sd card data using astro and SUFBS. but when i try to use music and album, it said sdcard damage.

I have try to wipe my phone and re-flash, all seems ok at first, can use music and album. but after a while, the same issue just happens... pls.. i reli need help.

Cheers.

[Guest john.heams]

hi all at MoDaCo

im trying to update to my t-mobile (uk) G2 touch with your custom rom. i have been able to gain root acess using the guide at the unlockr, and proceeded to install the rom. im using a mac and when i downloaded the rom it automatically unpacks the zip file, so before i put it on to my sd card i had to re zip the file, when this was done i renamed it to update and tried to instal the rom on my phone i got this error message:

Verifying update package

Opening update package

E: No signature (797 files)

E: Verification failed

Installation aborted

any help with this problem would be really usefull.

[Guest markiemrboo]

hi all at MoDaCo

im trying to update to my t-mobile (uk) G2 touch with your custom rom. i have been able to gain root acess using the guide at the unlockr, and proceeded to install the rom. im using a mac and when i downloaded the rom it automatically unpacks the zip file, so before i put it on to my sd card i had to re zip the file, when this was done i renamed it to update and tried to instal the rom on my phone i got this error message:

Verifying update package

Opening update package

E: No signature (797 files)

E: Verification failed

Installation aborted

any help with this problem would be really usefull.

It wont work if you repack it yourself. It has to be the original zip downloaded from here!