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

[Guest ratcom]

The whole cyanogenmod saga came about because of the donut rom he was working on in my opinion, I've never heard of HTC chasing cookers in the past.

Anyway thanks Paul for a great rom (just updated from G1 and loving the Hero speed!)

[Guest Phily]

If Google/HTC or anyone decided to try a block custom ROMs, wouldn't that just make the custom ROM builders work around it?

Why not give you instructions no how to rip the Google/HTC apps from legit ROMs and move/port them into their custom ROM image? Yes, those instructions might overwhelm joe-blog but shouldn't be hard for anyone who has a bit of a clue.

Edited September 26, 2009 by Phily

[Guest keef319]

Hello,

Do you have any screenshot of the Twidroid Pro Widget ? I'd like to see it before to buy ;-)

Thanks.

Sorry, I've only got the free version at the moment. Might get the Pro one soon...

[Guest Teffers]

Awesome job. Worked perfectly even for a noob like me.

Cheers

[Guest Erik Wallentinsen]

Loving the MoDaCo ROM! However, I'd like to modify it myself and I have two questions about that;

1) Can you 'open up' the developent of MoDaCo? Im thinking public git (or other) repos?

2) How do you generate the boot.img file? It seems it contains not only the kernel and the ramdisk but also another file after those. I'm working on unpacking the file and repacking it again, but my hero hangs at the 'HERO' boot image.

[Guest adolfopacheco]

It seems to be that all of us that have ROM Version 2.73.707.9 on our Heros will have to stay with that version. There is no way (yet) to downgrade the HBOOT version and therefore the security lock that this version has that does not allow to install any official, generic or custom ROM on this device.

We need some clever programer that wants to modify the FLASHREC app in order for it to work with our version. I believe that the Kernel has something to do with it as well, mine is 2.6.2744690c1a and the HBOOT is 1.76.0007.

Come on, I know that there is someone out there that has solution for me!!!

[Guest awsy44]

It seems to be that all of us that have ROM Version 2.73.707.9 on our Heros will have to stay with that version. There is no way (yet) to downgrade the HBOOT version and therefore the security lock that this version has that does not allow to install any official, generic or custom ROM on this device.

We need some clever programer that wants to modify the FLASHREC app in order for it to work with our version. I believe that the Kernel has something to do with it as well, mine is 2.6.2744690c1a and the HBOOT is 1.76.0007.

Come on, I know that there is someone out there that has solution for me!!!

Man we're really screwed, someone just asked zinx (author of flashrec)on his blog about our kernel :

Does this mean rooting is impossible?

kernel version: 2.6.27-44690c1a

#adb push /tmp/flashrec-1.1.2-20090909/assets/raw/asroot /sqlite_stmt_journals

932 KB/s (81188 bytes in 0.085s) #adb shell /sqlite_stmt_journals/asroot /sqlite_stmt_journals/abc /system/bin/sh

FAILURE: Didn’t get root.

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2009-09-25 3:29am Fri HKT Zinx

Yes. :)

What firmware is this?

EDIT: Or, I should say, rooting via this method is not possible.

[Guest magpie1832]

Hi put custom rom on but had no internet. tried all radios none would give me hspda/3g installed generic rom with radio all is well everything works .

how do i get it to work on custom rom. thanks....

[Guest tetsud95]

Hello,

I just bought an HTC hero in taiwan, at the duty free shop in the airport.

It's my third HTC phone.

I wanted to change my rom but I can't apply the recovery because i can't lauch the fastboot on my Hero.

here is what it's saying when I'm using the Modaco recovery : downloading 'boot.img' ...FAILED (remote not allow)

And when I'm using the smartphonefrance recovery i got : cannot load 'hero-recovery.img

Does any of you have an idea why it's not working?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

[Guest awsy44]

Hello,

I just bought an HTC hero in taiwan, at the duty free shop in the airport.

It's my third HTC phone.

I wanted to change my rom but I can't apply the recovery because i can't lauch the fastboot on my Hero.

here is what it's saying when I'm using the Modaco recovery : downloading 'boot.img' ...FAILED (remote not allow)

And when I'm using the smartphonefrance recovery i got : cannot load 'hero-recovery.img

Does any of you have an idea why it's not working?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

It seems all the asian Heroes can't get any recovery images on to them, mine is the Singapore/Malaysia/Thailand model. It has the exact same problem!, i think its either our Hboot or kernel which has the main problem if u read the past few pages u will see.

[Guest khunjj]

How to have new people widget with MCR 2.2?

Thanks,

[Guest usoska]

How to have new people widget with MCR 2.2?

Thanks,

By upgrading to MCR 2.3 :)

[Guest khunjj]

By upgrading to MCR 2.3 :)

Thanks, but instead of going to 2.3 which is not better than 2.2 (as some comments in the forum here)

Can I just change new people widget of MCR 2.2?

[Guest tetsud95]

It seems all the asian Heroes can't get any recovery images on to them, mine is the Singapore/Malaysia/Thailand model. It has the exact same problem!, i think its either our Hboot or kernel which has the main problem if u read the past few pages u will see.

Yes actually I read them afterwards.

I wanted to download the new ROM from the official wedsite but I can't do it from the french website nor the english and US one.

After I input my cellphone S/N i got: you do not need that ROM.

Does someone have the lastest english one?

Thx

[Guest awsy44]

Yes actually I read them afterwards.

I wanted to download the new ROM from the official wedsite but I can't do it from the french website nor the english and US one.

After I input my cellphone S/N i got: you do not need that ROM.

Does someone have the lastest english one?

Thx

Our Hero ROM which is for the Region has the latest ROM so basicly you can't put any other rom on it until HTC releases an updated rom for our region, you will have to put up with this laggy buggy rom and stab yourself everyday until someone either figures out how to get us root or htc will remember us and give us the much needed update

[Guest Gorgi.GR]

Hi there, I am running MCR 2.2 on my HTC Hero.

It all started when I tried to format the SD card from the phone (Storage menu -> Format SD card). However there was no progress indicator for the format. What is more, after the format I rebooted my Hero and since then I am unable to get my SD card working. Every time I boot or insert the SD the phone states that it is either Empty or the Format is unknown. No matter how many times I tried to format it again, I cannot see the SDcard in windows when I connect the USB cable , and I cannot get rid of the "Blank Card" notification on the Hero. And I have never seen a progress indicator when formatting.

Has MCR 2.2 a flaw in formatting the SD? Any insight as to what might be the culprit would be greatly appreciated.

[Guest Roton]

Hi there, I am running MCR 2.2 on my HTC Hero.

It all started when I tried to format the SD card from the phone (Storage menu -> Format SD card). However there was no progress indicator for the format. What is more, after the format I rebooted my Hero and since then I am unable to get my SD card working. Every time I boot or insert the SD the phone states that it is either Empty or the Format is unknown. No matter how many times I tried to format it again, I cannot see the SDcard in windows when I connect the USB cable , and I cannot get rid of the "Blank Card" notification on the Hero. And I have never seen a progress indicator when formatting.

Has MCR 2.2 a flaw in formatting the SD? Any insight as to what might be the culprit would be greatly appreciated.

My new card did the same thing. Format it on your pc using this guide - http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-t...ndroid-apps2sd/ - worked fine for me.

Edited September 27, 2009 by Roton

[Guest Gorgi.GR]

My new card did the same thing. Format it on your pc using this guide - http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-t...ndroid-apps2sd/ - worked fine for me.

I'm so glad, this worked like a charm!! Thank you so much for this post Roton , you saved me a lot of trouble and frustration. :D

However, why was the Hero unable to format the card by itself...? Is this normal? Is it something that happens due to the custom ROM modifiction, or does it also happen in the Original ROM too? :)

[Guest keveh]

I have had a look over the past few pages and the android.process.acore error people have blamed on Peep.

After I installed the latest ROM I didn't bother to sign in to Peep or set it up because I knew of the issues it was having. I tend to get android.process.acore when I an browsing or writing an SMS, which is highly annoying when you get to the end of your message and you have to Force Close it.

Just wondering if anybody else is having the same problem?

[Guest Remington Steale]

I've also gone back to the 2.2 version, it appears smoother and battery definitely lasts longer

[Guest vicked]

I'm considering to go back the 2.2 too. Can somebody help me, where can i find the 2.2 ROM? The another question is: downgrade is exactly like the upgrade, so i mustn't do anything else?

[Guest liorry]

I'm considering to go back the 2.2 too. Can somebody help me, where can i find the 2.2 ROM? The another question is: downgrade is exactly like the upgrade, so i mustn't do anything else?

Same question here... 2.2 is just better for now.

[Guest Mark'Oh!]

I'm considering to go back the 2.2 too. Can somebody help me, where can i find the 2.2 ROM? The another question is: downgrade is exactly like the upgrade, so i mustn't do anything else?

http://content.modaco.net/hero/2.2-update-...core-signed.zip

[Guest Remington Steale]

Just do the same as the upgrade, backup, wipe the phone, load the update.zip and re-set up your phone.

Thats how I did it anyway.

If you still have the nandroid backup from when you went from 2.2 to 2.3 you could always restore that instead I suppose??

Edited September 28, 2009 by Remington Steale

[Guest BoogWeed]

I'm considering to go back the 2.2 too. Can somebody help me, where can i find the 2.2 ROM? The another question is: downgrade is exactly like the upgrade, so i mustn't do anything else?

I just went back to 2.2 by restoring the nandroid backup I made before I upgraded to 2.3. It worked just fine, my Hero is flying once again!! :)

Not to discredit Paul and all his efforts with MCR (which is amazing!), but there was clearly *something* up with 2.3...

Edited September 28, 2009 by BoogWeed