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

[Guest teknologist]

For infos if anyone is running into trouble trying to use swapper..I know I did have issues at first:

Hi, hope you can help me, Im quite new to all this

I have a 32mb swap partition on my sd card, and have swapper on my phone. My question is do I have to direct the app to the partiton, or when I press "swap ON" will it use that partiton? If I need to direct it can you please tell me the path I need to input

Thanks for your help

MATT

Hi Matt!

make sure you install the latest app from the author's site (I used version 0.1.3 as 0.0.6b didn't give me the option to choose swap partition..weird)

after installing 0.1.3 go to settings/advanced settings and you'll see you can use the swap partition (check it) In my case it found the location automagically... My partition layout on the SDcard is as follows:

part1-> FAT32

part2->ext3 for A2SD

part3-> 64Mb linux-swap type partition

I have a Class6 rated SDCard.

Hope this helps...

Cheers,

--Eric

[Guest mr.givskov]

hey, i realy love your costum rom for my hero. by i can't chance the sms sound?? :D

[Guest teknologist]

By the way, can anyone describe how to have openvpn work , now that we have a proper tun.ko ?

I have installed it from here http://github.com/fries/android-external-openvpn/downloads

I have also installed the required libs and bins in /system/lib and /system/bin using ./adb push

I manage to launch the openvpn pref app to manage openvpn.

Nevertheless every time I try to import settings from the sdcard it force closes...

Thanks in advance,

-Eric

[Guest Shahz]

More than 8 hours of running v2.8. Really, removing the MoreLocale improved the speed significantly. I see almost no lags at this point. Haven't tried the ext4 yet (I dont really see the purpose of using this yet..will it speed up?) WiFi theeter worked for me and the market seems even more smooth..I guess this ROM is heading towards an excellent path.. :D

Paul, you're a great man! I'll definitely donate to you soon for your awesome work!

[Guest domifer]

market works

had to reinstall wifi tether from website using 1.6-pre3 -> works great

hi I am having problems with the tether it force closes all the time, how did you re-install it ? I only have 1.5 r3 will that be OK?

UPDATE: I realized you were talking about tether version not Android SDK, just downloaded and reinstall it the usual way, thanks!

Second UPDATE: Wifi tether v. 1.6-pre 3 still does the force close :D , anyone having this? (with the latest 2.8 ROM of course)

Edited October 23, 2009 by domifer

[Guest Christophe Vandeplas]

By the way, can anyone describe how to have openvpn work , now that we have a proper tun.ko ?

I have installed it from here http://github.com/fries/android-external-openvpn/downloads

I have also installed the required libs and bins in /system/lib and /system/bin using ./adb push

I manage to launch the openvpn pref app to manage openvpn.

Nevertheless every time I try to import settings from the sdcard it force closes...

Intructions for the openvpn binary are located here: http://android.modaco.com/content/software...vpn-on-android/

But it still looks like the newest tun.ko (in the 2.8 firmware) still has issues as I don't see any tun device in /dev/

dmesg stays very silent after the modprobe.

I'm working myself on a GUI application to manage your configurations and start/break tunnels, but before I can continue I need the tunnel working...

# dmesg -c

# lsmod

wlan 541976 1 - Live 0xbf000000

   # insmod -v /system/lib/modules/tun.ko

   # dmesg

   (nothing added in dmesg)

   # lsmod

 tunnel4 2728 0 - Live 0xbf086000

 wlan 541976 1 - Live 0xbf000000

   # ls /dev/

   adsp				keychord			ptmx

   akm8973_aot		 kmsg				pts

   akm8973_daemon	  log				 qmi0

   alarm			   msm_aac			 qmi1

   android_adb		 msm_audpre		  qmi2

   android_adb_enable  msm_mp3			 random

   ashmem			  msm_pcm_ctl		 smd0

   binder			  msm_pcm_in		  smd27

   block			   msm_pcm_out		 socket

   bma150			  msm_snd			 tty

   console			 mt9p012			 ttyHS0

   cpu_dma_latency	 mtd				 ttyMSM2

   device-mapper	   network_latency	 ttyfs

   diag				network_throughput  uinput

   diag_arm9		   null				urandom

   emapi			   oncrpc			  voc_rx_playback

   full				pmem				voc_rx_record

   graphics			pmem_adsp		   voc_tx_playback

   htc-acoustic		pmem_camera		 voc_tx_record

   htc-portlist		pmem_gpu0		   zero

   hw3d				pmem_gpu1

   input			   ppp

#

Building a tunnel of course fails because he can't find the tun device...

[Guest AlThePost]

Do you ever sleep, Paul? :D

Great job once again. Upgraded from 2.6 to 2.8 (no wipe) ten hours ago and my handset hasn't missed a beat all day.

[Guest rico2k_uk]

Installed to 2.8, but decided to go for a clean wipe (which i havnt done in a while!). Tried adding the extra partitions for swapper, but the program slowed my handset down drastically! So removed all that. Now working really well! :D

[Guest krispijn_s]

Running 2.8; updated from 2.7.1 and everything seems to be nice and dandy. Excellent work! :D

[Guest Krissi]

Installed 2.8 core and Wavesecure addon over 2.6, working just great. No wipe.

Great work!

Thanks! :D

[Guest MagnusPedersen]

Note - I have not tested EXT4 yet, so you might wanna back up your A2SD partition contents!

P

I used tune2fs to update my ext3 to ext4 and the phone went in to a loop at boot, hafter the htc screen it reverted to the hero+robotscreen and keept going in that loop.

Other than that I haven't found any bugs.

/Magnus

[Guest Beluga]

Nobody wants to answer so i ask again! Does Bluetooth work??? (Like Bluex etc. etc.) for transfering files in 2.8?

[Guest Bloxlogger]

Newbie alert

already installed 2.71, was fine,

and now when applying the 2.8 zip i get

E:corrupt file = verification failed,every time for a different apk,

downloaded twice the file,tryed with different sd cards,

and also cant restore anymore the latest backup..(telling me to try from console)

can i flash the rom from cmd?why i get the corrupted files?

someone plz turn the light on

tnx :D

[Guest ptruman]

I'm still on 2.7.1, and have the following "oddity" (if that is one)

Google Maps - every time I start it (post reboot) it "welcomes" me to Google Maps, and I have to rejoin Latitude every time. Doesn't do this under stock AFAIK.

"Home screen" - I randomly get returned to it if I'm looking at the apps menu, and sometimes my keyboard disappears. Also, if I unlock the phone with Google Maps running, it seems to like "unlocking" to Google Maps, rather than the home screen - unless I've "returned" all the way out of Google Maps - regardless of wether I was "in" Google Maps when I locked the phone or not.

Am considering 2.8, just not 100% sure yet :D

[Guest Paul]

Investigating ext4 issues...

P

[Guest worcester4x4]

I've just acquired a second Hero - vanilla HTC, brand new and just out of the box and charging.

Can I go straight to 2.8? Or should I install some other ROM first and then upgrade?

Thanks.

[Guest jutley]

I've just acquired a second Hero - vanilla HTC, brand new and just out of the box and charging.

Can I go straight to 2.8? Or should I install some other ROM first and then upgrade?

Thanks.

Follow this guide i put together thanks to all the authors

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

[Guest Keramidas]

Hi Paul,

2.8 runs fine so far, and it seems a bit faster than 2.7 too :D

Have you tried to enable CompCache already ? It seems I can't insmod ramzswap.ko, because of missing LZO (compression-related) symbols ?

[Guest worcester4x4]

Follow this guide i put together thanks to all the authors

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

That does look like a really useful guide, well done there. :D

I know how to do this though, after going through the same painful learning curve with my first Hero. I was just asking if it's OK to flash 2.8 onto an otherwise stock HTC Hero, or whether I should use an earlier ROM first?

[Guest jutley]

That does look like a really useful guide, well done there. :D

I know how to do this though, after going through the same painful learning curve with my first Hero. I was just asking if it's OK to flash 2.8 onto an otherwise stock HTC Hero, or whether I should use an earlier ROM first?

yes should all be ok as 2.8 is the complete install not a upgrade just use recovery rename zip to update and reboot and install zip update as long as your hboot is not the latest and you are rooted goodluck.

Edited October 24, 2009 by jutley

[Guest jutley]

oh yea paul can you fix the crap camera on the hero and make it take better pics the camera is so embarrasing to show the pics of on this phone 5megapixel shame it dont work properly.

[Guest Cloudmaker]

Paul, is there any way to add FM radio to Hero? Is it possible to take it out of Tatoo ROM and add it back to Hero?

Hero's HW supports FM radio, the only thing that missed is its driver or app.

Edited October 24, 2009 by Cloudmaker

[Guest teknologist]

Intructions for the openvpn binary are located here: http://android.modaco.com/content/software...vpn-on-android/

But it still looks like the newest tun.ko (in the 2.8 firmware) still has issues as I don't see any tun device in /dev/

dmesg stays very silent after the modprobe.

I'm working myself on a GUI application to manage your configurations and start/break tunnels, but before I can continue I need the tunnel working...

# dmesg -c

 # lsmod

 wlan 541976 1 - Live 0xbf000000

	# insmod -v /system/lib/modules/tun.ko

	# dmesg

	(nothing added in dmesg)

	# lsmod

  tunnel4 2728 0 - Live 0xbf086000

  wlan 541976 1 - Live 0xbf000000

	# ls /dev/

	adsp				keychord			ptmx

	akm8973_aot		 kmsg				pts

	akm8973_daemon	  log				 qmi0

	alarm			   msm_aac			 qmi1

	android_adb		 msm_audpre		  qmi2

	android_adb_enable  msm_mp3			 random

	ashmem			  msm_pcm_ctl		 smd0

	binder			  msm_pcm_in		  smd27

	block			   msm_pcm_out		 socket

	bma150			  msm_snd			 tty

	console			 mt9p012			 ttyHS0

	cpu_dma_latency	 mtd				 ttyMSM2

	device-mapper	   network_latency	 ttyfs

	diag				network_throughput  uinput

	diag_arm9		   null				urandom

	emapi			   oncrpc			  voc_rx_playback

	full				pmem				voc_rx_record

	graphics			pmem_adsp		   voc_tx_playback

	htc-acoustic		pmem_camera		 voc_tx_record

	htc-portlist		pmem_gpu0		   zero

	hw3d				pmem_gpu1

	input			   ppp

 #

Building a tunnel of course fails because he can't find the tun device...

Got same problem as you.

Did insmod /system/lib/modules/tun.ko

and then even tried manually openvpn --mktun --dev tun0

and got:

Sat Oct 24 13:08:25 2009 Note: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/tun: No such file or directory (errno=2)

Sat Oct 24 13:08:25 2009 Note: Attempting fallback to kernel 2.2 TUN/TAP interface

Sat Oct 24 13:08:25 2009 Cannot allocate TUN/TAP dev dynamically

Sat Oct 24 13:08:25 2009 Exiting

[Guest Keramidas]

Hero's HW supports FM radio, the only thing that missed is its driver or app.

Are you serious ? Where did you read that ?

[Guest gavinfabl]

oh yea paul can you fix the crap camera on the hero and make it take better pics the camera is so embarrasing to show the pics of on this phone 5megapixel shame it dont work properly.

What's wrong with it. All pics on my Flickr page taken with Hero.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinfabl100/

Are you tapping screen to focus key part , holding tractable to auto focus ?