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

[Guest Poischack]

If I have the original phone SDCard it's necesary to put this swapp option on?

Nop

It's true that making wipes, and flashing, putting roms, the phone is being more old because of that and start to fail internal discs or something like that?

There is no internal disc, so no prob.

[Guest shokka9]

No, tun.ko has not been fixed on 2.7.1 as yet. Should be pretty easy now the source just came out tho!

Look for it in 2.8...

P

I not even flashed 2.7.1, i will wait for 2.8.

I think the need for a LITE version and an Advanced Users version is becoming a must.

I have also seen that Android 1.6, has been rolled out OTA to the HTC Magics etc...maybe the Hero is next???

Great work anyways Paul!

[Guest clarkEEE1]

If your sd card does become corrupt can you just not format it and restore an old nandroid backup with all your apps on, which will then be copyed onto your freshly formatted sd. Just a thought instead of downloading and installing them all again.

[Guest kendon]

If your sd card does become corrupt can you just not format it and restore an old nandroid backup with all your apps on, which will then be copyed onto your freshly formatted sd. Just a thought instead of downloading and installing them all again.

nandroid does not backup anything from the sdcard, in contrary it backs up TO the sdcard. if you want a backup of the sdcard contents hook it up to your pc and copy everything... it's that easy. if you're using linux use rsync, so you can have an identical copy of your sdcard on your pc withing seconds. just get used to do 1. nandroid backup, 2. sdcard backup, 3. try the new rom. this way you can restore the old content of your sdcard (including the recent nandroid backup), and then restore the nandroid and voila, you're at the exact same stage you where before flashing the faulty rom...

backups really make your life easier and are not that hard to do if you have a system for it. btw, does anybody know if i can control the custom recovery image via adb from my pc? would be great, you could have a script doing the above steps to backup, then flash and reboot your phone by one simple command...

[Guest clarkEEE1]

I've never had a prob with my sd just thinking for them who have. The simple thing for those using Windows and not Linux backup using backup for root users backup apps then copy sd to pc in case owlt goes wrong.

Edited October 22, 2009 by clarkEEE1

[Guest joransrb]

Paul,

now that the kernel source for hero is released, can you customize your rom even further...?

and do you have any plans...?

[Guest shokka9]

I think the answer that Paul will give will be......

YES & YES.

Now that the kernel is available, we can now modify even more. So i would expect a release soon from Paul, based on the newly released kernel source.

Can't wait Paul!!

:)

Edited October 22, 2009 by shokka9

[Guest kendon]

I think the answer that Paul will give will be......

YES & YES.

Now that the kernel is available, we can now modify even more. So i would expect a release soon from Paul, based on the newly released kernel source.

Can't wait Paul!!

:)

can someone (maybe paul?) elaborate on this a little bit, as i am not really familiar with kernel modding. what do we have to expect in particular now? as i read from the above the tun.ko will be fixed, and this means we will have vpn support? what else can we expect, be it features, gadgets, goodies or improvements?

[Guest shokka9]

i dont know exactly what Paul has in mind...

But the kernel is the CORE of the OS, now we have this, it can be looked at in greater detail.

I would expect further modifications (not necessarily new, just better), maybe some goodies. But Paul is doing a fantastic job anyways, so whatever he does will be worth flashing.

I think he will try to keep us all happy, so i think VPN will be in there, along with all the other mods Paul is bringing to us.

[Guest domifer]

If your sd card does become corrupt can you just not format it and restore an old nandroid backup with all your apps on, which will then be copyed onto your freshly formatted sd. Just a thought instead of downloading and installing them all again.

I did that, previously I did a backup of my SD card, simply copied all the contents in my PC, then I formatted it and copied back the contents, including a nandroid backup. it did restore me many things, but the problem is many applications are kept in the Linux Ext and that is not recovered , so they are listed by the phone but you cannot run them, the only way to go is to unistall them then reinstall them, which is what I have bene doing since yesterday.

[Guest domifer]

nandroid does not backup anything from the sdcard, in contrary it backs up TO the sdcard. if you want a backup of the sdcard contents hook it up to your pc and copy everything... it's that easy. if you're using linux use rsync, so you can have an identical copy of your sdcard on your pc withing seconds. just get used to do 1. nandroid backup, 2. sdcard backup, 3. try the new rom. this way you can restore the old content of your sdcard (including the recent nandroid backup), and then restore the nandroid and voila, you're at the exact same stage you where before flashing the faulty rom...

backups really make your life easier and are not that hard to do if you have a system for it. btw, does anybody know if i can control the custom recovery image via adb from my pc? would be great, you could have a script doing the above steps to backup, then flash and reboot your phone by one simple command...

Good description, the only thing I am missing here is the linux use rsync, can I use it under the Android SDK 1.5 or only in a linux platformed PC?

[Guest Paul]

Planned for MCR custom kernel...

- NetFilter support for DroidWall

- Rebuilt tun.ko

- Ext4 support

- Compcache support (hopefully!)

- SquashFS support

Probably more as I play with custom kernels (not really done much with them before)...

P

[Guest teknologist]

Swapper may well do...

P

For all you guys with the corrupt SD after upgrading to 2.7.x, the problem is due to swapper. I guess the fact that the swap file is located on the FAT32 partition screws up everything when you mount it on your Mac/PC box.

I solved the issue by uninstalling swapper , removing the swapfile , repairing all filesystems on SD card from a Ubuntu live CD and rebooting the phone.

Now everything works fine and the SDCard is not notified as corrupted after an unmount.

No need for a reformat (at least for me) and app2sd works like a charm.

That's all,

Thanks Paul for your wonderful ROMs !

Cheers,

--Eric

[Guest bluecat69]

Paul

You're doing a brilliant job, but can i suggest for the next release that you do a working (with all the previous bugs that people have suffered in all the last ROM's fixed) Core release. Just the Core with no additional App's or anything on it. And then do everything else as additional add ons.

Personally i don't want all these Wave secure, notepad, Dropbears or whatever else and i'm sure plenty of people agree. We just want a nice working ROM that we can add and remove what we want without having to dig into any coding or anything. Frankly i haven't a clue as it's never really explained what all these things do and where and how you put the code stuff in to remove things.

Just a simple working ROM would be sweet.

Cheers.

I decided to roll back my Radio last night from the latest one to the previous one and my god what a difference it made. From picking up only six satelites it now picks up 9, the reception is outstanding, GPS spot on.

[Guest teknologist]

For all you guys with the corrupt SD after upgrading to 2.7.x, the problem is due to swapper. I guess the fact that the swap file is located on the FAT32 partition screws up everything when you mount it on your Mac/PC box.

I solved the issue by uninstalling swapper , removing the swapfile , repairing all filesystems on SD card from a Ubuntu live CD and rebooting the phone.

Now everything works fine and the SDCard is not notified as corrupted after an unmount.

No need for a reformat (at least for me) and app2sd works like a charm.

That's all,

Thanks Paul for your wonderful ROMs !

Cheers,

--Eric

By the way can anyone tell me what is swapper for ? I have always had a swap partition on my SD card (third partition as per instructions).

Thanks in advance,

--Eric

[Guest shokka9]

Planned for MCR custom kernel...

- NetFilter support for DroidWall

- Rebuilt tun.ko

- Ext4 support

- Compcache support (hopefully!)

- SquashFS support

Cant WAIT!!!!!

:)

MCR Kernel :(

I start on my Shokka9 kernel soon!! YAY!

[Guest teknologist]

By the way can anyone tell me what is swapper for ? I have always had a swap partition on my SD card (third partition as per instructions).

Thanks in advance,

--Eric

Ok now that I have ssh access (thx Paul) I noticed the swap partition is not being used and read that swapper supports use of a swp partition. I'll give it a try later but still have a question on my mind, do I really want to kill my SD card ? :-(

[Guest ippoP]

Changelog

Planned for future releases

Web server running on device for remote access

Consider making SSH optional

...

Well, in my opinion too many remote access methods is not good.

If you have local (USB or local terminal) access I don't mind.

But from the network (WiFi, bluetooth or cellular data) we would have 2 (I hope the web access will be HTTPS).

This means two possible sources of unwanted accesses, remote exploits etc.

Those things are out of Paul's control (and possibly HTC's as well) so I won't (and can't) blame him.

I would say SSH (with key authentiucation) is enough as the web server would require also CGI/FCGI applications to be run while SSH would provide a straight access to the underlying system.

In my humble opinion, of course.

And, of course, thanks Paul for making a nice thing better.

[Guest Paul]

First stab at a custom kernel for MCR...

http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero...-for-the-brave/

P

[Guest kendon]

Good description, the only thing I am missing here is the linux use rsync, can I use it under the Android SDK 1.5 or only in a linux platformed PC?

rsync is a linux program that is able to sync the contents of two directories by comparing them and copying only the changed files (and much more). if needed it can also look at the files that were changed and only sync the differences within the files (useful if you have large images, e.g. virtual machines). it is not part of the sdk or available for windows AFAIK. but i'm sure you can find some other backup tool for windows, that does the job for you. keep in mind that with ap2sd you cannot backup your apps from your ext2/3 partition. there are ext drivers for windows, but tbh i wouldn't use that for the sdcard... you can backup apps with backup for root users to the fat partition on the sdcard.

[Guest domifer]

rsync is a linux program that is able to sync the contents of two directories by comparing them and copying only the changed files (and much more). if needed it can also look at the files that were changed and only sync the differences within the files (useful if you have large images, e.g. virtual machines). it is not part of the sdk or available for windows AFAIK. but i'm sure you can find some other backup tool for windows, that does the job for you. keep in mind that with ap2sd you cannot backup your apps from your ext2/3 partition. there are ext drivers for windows, but tbh i wouldn't use that for the sdcard... you can backup apps with backup for root users to the fat partition on the sdcard.

Thank you Kendon for enlightening me! :)

[Guest ptruman]

Hello all, and help! :)

I have a new HTC Hero, and *think* I'm having some minor problems with the Modaco ROM.

I think I have the latest one from http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero...ate-zip-format/ (HTC 2.73.405.38 Generic - rooted)

I also have the Cyanogen bootloader running - I did a wipe, and installed 2.7.1, then (probably where I went wrong), no wipe and installed the 2.73.405.38 version.

The phone works, but I have no A2SD, no Dropbear SSH (that I can see, nothing in the about screen) - how can I tell if the ROM installed ok (fully)?

My about screen shows :

Firmware : 1.5

Baseband Version : 63.18.55.06FU_6.35.07.08

Kernel Version : 2.6.27-0078c992 (htc-kernel@and18-2 #851)

Build number : MoDaCo Custom ROM 2.6 Core

Software version : 1.0.0.A6288

Any clues what I need to do? (FYI I have a paid install of Copilot running, which I presume I can redownload?)

EDIT : Using Linda File Manager, I can see dropbear and a2ds in the /system/app directories - so what do I need to do? (and how long does the initial boot take, as when the HTC logo flashes, it eventually stops and I thought it may have crashed after 5 mins, so removed the battery and rebooted, which bought the phone up to the state it's now in)

Edited October 22, 2009 by ptruman

[Guest fayda]

Paul

You're doing a brilliant job, but can i suggest for the next release that you do a working (with all the previous bugs that people have suffered in all the last ROM's fixed) Core release. Just the Core with no additional App's or anything on it. And then do everything else as additional add ons.

Personally i don't want all these Wave secure, notepad, Dropbears or whatever else and i'm sure plenty of people agree. We just want a nice working ROM that we can add and remove what we want without having to dig into any coding or anything. Frankly i haven't a clue as it's never really explained what all these things do and where and how you put the code stuff in to remove things.

Just a simple working ROM would be sweet.

Cheers.

I decided to roll back my Radio last night from the latest one to the previous one and my god what a difference it made. From picking up only six satelites it now picks up 9, the reception is outstanding, GPS spot on.

i have to agree, a LITE version for the average user would be great

[Guest kendon]

I also have the Cyanogen bootloader running - I did a wipe, and installed 2.7.1, then (probably where I went wrong), no wipe and installed the 2.73.405.38 version.

the past has shown that a wipe has solved quite some problems, especially considering the effort it takes...

The phone works, but I have no A2SD, no Dropbear SSH (that I can see, nothing in the about screen) - how can I tell if the ROM installed ok (fully)?

i strongly hope that these apps are missing, as they aren't included in the generic rom. do you actually know why you installed the generic over the modaco, because it seems to make no sense at all? :)

My about screen shows :

Firmware : 1.5

Baseband Version : 63.18.55.06FU_6.35.07.08

Kernel Version : 2.6.27-0078c992 (htc-kernel@and18-2 #851)

Build number : MoDaCo Custom ROM 2.6 Core

Software version : 1.0.0.A6288

i think it shouldn't say "Build number : MoDaCo Custom ROM 2.6 Core", but i've never used a generic rom from here.

Any clues what I need to do? (FYI I have a paid install of Copilot running, which I presume I can redownload?)

EDIT : Using Linda File Manager, I can see dropbear and a2ds in the /system/app directories - so what do I need to do? (and how long does the initial boot take, as when the HTC logo flashes, it eventually stops and I thought it may have crashed after 5 mins, so removed the battery and rebooted, which bought the phone up to the state it's now in)

what to do? decide if you want a modaco rom or the generic, then wipe, then flash. and iirc i read somewhere that you have to reactivate your copy of copilot, but i guess you will find out that the hard way (-> by trying)... good louck though :(

edit: with the apps and the build number from 2.6 left after flashing a generic rom i would say that you have quite a mess on your phone. imho you will not be able to avoid a wipe.

Edited October 22, 2009 by kendon

[Guest mox2001]

I did a wipe

Applied 2.7.1 core and enhancement packs

Rebooted

Setup assistant failed midways and the UI showed without Sense.

Luckily I did a backup, but I have no clue what have gone wrong...

Any ideas?