Guest jnwhiteh Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Hey everyone. I wanted to post here and let you all know that sometime this weekend I will be selling my HTC Hero and won't be continuing any active development of this ROM. It was a very difficult decision for me to make, but I'm currently in the middle of dealing with some medical issues, including pending surgery. This, combined with everything else, made me realize that I need to spend less time doing Android development and more time taking care of the other responsibilities that I have. As a result, I'm selling my Hero and I've purchased a Nexus One, a phone that I know will continue to be supported by the community and Google combined. Although I'm sure I'll still have the urge to hack at the phone, I'm not even planning on rooting or oem unlocking it at the moment. Luckily for any of you that are using this thread, nothing has to change. All of my code is available, and I will continue to be around to help with any major build issues. I will be posting 100% complete directions about how to build 'CyanogenMod-Hero' for anyone that wants to. If you're interested in taking over the project as the leader build contact, let me know and I'll make sure that things get transferred over to you. Thanks to everyone for your support and kind feedback over the past few months, it's really been a blast-- but real life calls. - Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Hey everyone. I wanted to post here and let you all know that sometime this weekend I will be selling my HTC Hero and won't be continuing any active development of this ROM. [...] Thanks to everyone for your support and kind feedback over the past few months, it's really been a blast-- but real life calls. - Jim Too bad! I wish you all the best and thank you for your work! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saar73 Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Too bad! I wish you all the best and thank you for your work! +1 take care jim ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vido.Ardes Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Thanks for all time and hard work mate, you've done some great stuff. Hope real life sorts itself out soon ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest venturerider Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Too bad! I wish you all the best and thank you for your work! +2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ermacwins Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 thanks for you work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest robert lindgren Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 I only have one problem with this rom, and maybee I would have the same problem with any 2.1 ROM. After listening to Spotify, sending som texts and surfing some webpages the phone freezes. It reboots, and reboots and reboots several times. Is this only for me or is there a solution? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carpao Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Thanks to everyone for your support and kind feedback over the past few months, it's really been a blast-- but real life calls. A big thanks to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Pang Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Thanks for your effort. Your ROM is great. All the best and take care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest masterpfa Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 (edited) Thanks to everyone for your support and kind feedback over the past few months, it's really been a blast-- but real life calls. - Jim No the Thanks are to you sir, your work has been gratefully appreciated. Good luck and all the best for your future ;) Edited February 11, 2010 by masterpfa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pillock Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 It's sad you're leaving the Hero scene, but reasons are reasons! I wish you all the best for the future, and many thanks for the immense amount of work that you've put in over the past few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pvillasuso Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Thanks 4 all Jim ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vorcigernix Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Last night nearly close everything (wireless, sync) because of %40 battery life . When i wake up this morning phone was switch off and no battery life. After charge phone start and lots of force close. But after reboot everything comeback to normal . Can't confirm. This ROM IS battery sucker, but when it dies, it boot up normally in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1redrum Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 (edited) there is something I don't understand I'm using your ROM for 3 days and I've just made one charger plug for these 3 days. So I was the happier I could. Last night, I had to charge my Hero's battery and today after 4 hours of use (1 call of 2 mns, and 1 message) , my battery drains about 20% !!!!!!! I didn't change anything between yesterday and now but facts are : I find again battery drain link to the use of 2.1 ROM. Do you have any explanations for this? . Just because you have done 'nothing different' with you phone doesn't mean you should expect the same result with battery life. Remember, a cellular phone, is a heart, a radio transmitter, even with wifi and edge/gprs turned off, the phone is in almost constant contact with the cellular network. As you move around it is listening out for signals from cell sites, and reporting back signal strengths. When signal falls below a certain threshold the network will ask the phone to switch freq. to a stronger cell site - that way you keep signal and can receive or make phone calls. As you move further away from a cell, the phone's power will increase to compensate. Same too with interference buildings, buses, and even atmospheric air pressure can impact on the phone's power usage. So, in short, while software can certainly be a big factor in battery life, it is far from the only reason, and just because your phone is sitting on the table 'dong nothing' it is quite quite busy... Edited February 11, 2010 by 1redrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Henry Tan Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Take care, Jim. Thank you for everything you have supported and done for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bajani Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 (edited) Hi, I read that on CyanogenMod there is openvpn included. Is openvpn installed on this rom? Edited February 12, 2010 by Bajani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Thanks for all the work you put into this jnwhiteh, and best wishes for your impending surgery! Look forward to seeing you back around again when you're recovered! ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jnwhiteh Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Hi, I read that on CyanogenMod there is openvpn included. Is openvpn installed on this rom? Not currently, no. The build tree is currently not stable, so I can't put out a version with everything included (even for testing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ermacwins Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 hopefully someone picks up the work as the battey has drained 15% in 1.5hrs. not even used internet or gps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jnwhiteh Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 hopefully someone picks up the work as the battey has drained 15% in 1.5hrs. not even used internet or gps Someone else picking up the work won't change any of this. Nothing, is going to change with regards to battery consumption, bluetooth audio, and 90% of the other issues until HTC releases their official 2.1 ROM. And at that point, I'd wager that 75% of the people here will go to using that instead of an AOSP ROM anyway =). There's nothing I'm _NOT_ doing to fix the issues, and therefore nothing that someone else will be able to do. That being said, I still haven't heard from any one who wants to take over a build lead for this ROM. It's very simple, if you've ever compiled AOSP before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ermacwins Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 other 2.1 roms didnt drain like this though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jnwhiteh Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 other 2.1 roms didnt drain like this though That's just not true. Every other 2.1 ROM has similar battery drain issues. There are plenty of people using cm-hero that have no drain issues, and others that do. Then there are times that the phone will just drain really quickly. KaguDroid is the only other 2.1 ROM. It uses the exact same sources as I use. They're the same, literally. So again, I'm not sure what you expect anyone else to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest appel_ Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Someone else picking up the work won't change any of this. Nothing, is going to change with regards to battery consumption, bluetooth audio, and 90% of the other issues until HTC releases their official 2.1 ROM. And at that point, I'd wager that 75% of the people here will go to using that instead of an AOSP ROM anyway =). There's nothing I'm _NOT_ doing to fix the issues, and therefore nothing that someone else will be able to do. That being said, I still haven't heard from any one who wants to take over a build lead for this ROM. It's very simple, if you've ever compiled AOSP before. I do hope someone will continue this ROM because I very much would not want to go back to the buggy unuserfriendly mess (my opinion) that is SenseUI. What are the requirements for building this? Operating system and so on? Btw, my random soft resets seems to have been solved by upgrading to a newer radio than the one that comes with the stock HTC Hero ROM. Not sure if it changed anything regarding battery lifetime though, my phone lasts about 16h now which is good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richard Trip Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Hi, I read that on CyanogenMod there is openvpn included. Is openvpn installed on this rom? Just put the modules on top of it (update.zip format): http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero...s-for-2-x-roms/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ermacwins Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 kagudroid 1.14 was working fine with good battery. do i need to flash a radio again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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