is there anything cronos (assuming i can now find it somehwere online) is lacking or needs fixing?
what are the improvements over 2.2? some 2.3 things i think would be cool but don't know if they are working fully in the new ports due to limited hardware of the hero:
- 3d google maps
- improved application managing, battery life, speed
- multitouch keyboard
- better cut and paste
- SIP calling
The NFC, any gaming optimizations, and live interactive wallpaper are probably all useless to the hero.
Any one running a 2.3 build care to write a mini-review?
I'll wait for APPS2SD to be sorted then try it out.
Hmmm. I've been running with Froyo's App2SD as I'm not carrying so much baggage on the Hero now it's my stand-by, but I was thinking of going back to using sd-ext. More problematic is the lack of hardware buttons.
I might still give it a flash later now that I've got ADB working again. I was going to do a reset anyway to see exactly what the "Google backup" restores.
is there anything cronos (assuming i can now find it somehwere online) is lacking or needs fixing?
what are the improvements over 2.2? some 2.3 things i think would be cool but don't know if they are working fully in the new ports due to limited hardware of the hero:
- 3d google maps
- improved application managing, battery life, speed
- multitouch keyboard
- better cut and paste
- SIP calling
The NFC, any gaming optimizations, and live interactive wallpaper are probably all useless to the hero.
Any one running a 2.3 build care to write a mini-review?
3D maps worked ok for me on one of the older cronos builds. It was a little slow, and it didn't look perfect, but it was close enough.
Actual speed is the same as 2.2 pretty much, according to the benchmarks. However, animations aren't very smooth, so it feelsslower. I've been running with animations turned off recently to cope with that. Battery life is much the same as 2.2 as well.
The cut and paste work fine, but I don't think multitouch is there on the keyboard. App management is (presumably) working as would be expected for 2.3; I've never heard anyone mention that.
Overall, Elelinux seems equal to cronos 0.9 and lox's CM7 build is a little bit behind in terms of smoothness. So since cronos aren't up and running at the moment, I'd say go with elelinux.
EDIT: Actually, now that I think about it, I did have to break out Autokiller when using cronos. It seemed to get bogged down when switching between apps otherwise. Perhaps it's a ROM problem, perhaps it's just a GB incompatible app. I flashed elelinux this morning and haven't had the need for autokiller so far.
EDIT2: I would also add that the gapps file elelinux offered has a weird market. I don't think it's quite suited to our small resolution screen. Cronos (did) offer a better gapps package.
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Ok, Cronos 1.0.1 has landed and it is a massive improvement. Like I mentioned previously, actual speed seems to be the same between all the roms, but UI smoothness is far, far, better. So it feels faster.
I would definitely recommend Cronos right now. (Of course, at this rate, there could be a better one tomorrow).
3D maps worked ok for me on one of the older cronos builds. It was a little slow, and it didn't look perfect, but it was close enough.
Gave Cronos a try - google mps does perform the tilt action with 2 finger push/pull, but there are no buildings. are the vector graphics supported in the hero? a kind of tilt has been there for a while already in the navigation app.
anyone know how i reinstall all my apps? Titanium backup doesn't show any of my old apps even though i they're all there on the default SD card folder - is this because it's a new OS version? I would hate to have to start from scratch......
Gave Cronos a try - google mps does perform the tilt action with 2 finger push/pull, but there are no buildings. are the vector graphics supported in the hero? a kind of tilt has been there for a while already in the navigation app.
anyone know how i reinstall all my apps? Titanium backup doesn't show any of my old apps even though i they're all there on the default SD card folder - is this because it's a new OS version? I would hate to have to start from scratch......
thanks.
I haven't found anywhere in England that supports the buildings. Not even London shows them. But if you find New York for example, you'll be able to see it in action. It works mostly but it doesn't seem to quite render them properly.
Is TB showing any apps at all? Is it getting root access?
Funny, I've just flashed Elelinux's 2.3 ROM and am impressed enough already to consider leaving the DZ at home tomorrow.
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Should we just make this the general 2.3 thread?
We may as well. I'll leave the choice of title up to you.
p.s. TiB worked fine on Ele's 7.0.0 RC0 r2. Apps backed up from 6.2.0's Froyo app2sd implementation have restored perfectly to the newly-created /sd-ext.
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I haven't found anywhere in England that supports the buildings. Not even London shows them. But if you find New York for example, you'll be able to see it in action. It works mostly but it doesn't seem to quite render them properly.
Is TB showing any apps at all? Is it getting root access?
Ah - just looked up on Google's website. Apparently Cardiff, Dublin, and Birmingham are the only UK cities so far supporting vectored buildings.
TB has root. But only seems to show the apps and data that came with the 2.3 install. No sign of my old 2.2 apps. Could be a default folder or TB version issue or something random like that. Will wipe again for Elelinux 2.3 soon to give that a shot and try again.
Bit bored of the hero now - want a 1gig processor at least but tied into a contract.....
Hmm, how would you compare the battery life of cronos/elelinux's gb roms to a 2.1 rom like say VR12? I know it's worse but does it really ware off the hero alot?
Hmm, how would you compare the battery life of cronos/elelinux's gb roms to a 2.1 rom like say VR12? I know it's worse but does it really ware off the hero alot?
Using Elelinux (v2). Over the past 24 hrs it's been about the same as VR12 but I always find battery life to be terrible the first couple of days after installing a new ROM, so I'll need to give it a couple of days to settle in so given that it's quite good already I'm expecting it to improve. Bottom line is it's not worse than VR12.
how would you compare the battery life of cronos/elelinux's gb roms to a 2.1 rom like say VR12?
It's been so long since I used a 2.1-based ROM that a comparison wouldn't be valid. I do know that I saw improved battery stamina with Elelinux's 2.2 ROMs than with MoDaCo's 2.1-based versions.
I'll be better placed at the end of today to say whether Elelinux 7.0.0 is better/worse than his previous 2.2 ROMs. Right now, 5hrs off the the charger, the battery is at 93% with wi-fi & GPS disabled, mobile data enabled, and overclocked 691/176.
update:
After 9.5 hours off-charge the battery level is now 41%. App usage was pretty light today; Tweetcaster updating at 30m intervals, Gmail push, approx 5m browser usage and maybe 15m of general futzing around with the config (and showing it off to my jealous Desire-owning friend at work!) As I made or received no calls I also streamed a 128kbs Shoutcast stream via Winamp for 90m and the HSPA connection didn't miss a beat - battery temp (in my pocket) reached 38C.
update #2:
Today I took a different tack and hardly used the phone at all. It was switched to Silent, wifi and GPS switched off as neither were required, then stuck in my pocket while I got on with my work. Apart from occasional checks of incoming Tweets/emails that's where it stayed for the best part of nine hours. In that time the battery dropped from 78% to 73%.
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Changelog
New build 2011-02-01
Changed 2D Gallery to 3D Gallery
Rebuild the build script a bit
A new music widgets have been added
Setcpu in Cyanogen settings have been added but does not work quite yet
2 new themes are added (really nice )
Fix for the notification icon is built in the systemui now
Changed to the latest gapps including all
+ lots of other small fixes, etc..
Still have not managed to solve the navigation problem (high priority)
Why not just pull it before updating then reinstall, replacing the 3D version?
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I think I'll skip this build
I fully intended to try it this evening but it will have to wait until my connection problem gets sorted out. Right now I don't have enough bandwidth to spare on the download!
Installation Wipe of cache and dalvik cache,if you come from previous version
New installation wipe of all
New build today
Removed version without apps2sd,does not appear to be app2sd that creates the boot loop
Testing new EGL settings (fix)
Testing new GPS build settings (hope it works better now)
Many apps are updated in this build with various things language support, etc.
ScreenOff seems to be working now
My feelings the rom feels much faster now
Updated frameworks power settings (battery life)
Hello! I've just flashed V0.4 just yesterday and it caught in a boot loop I don't know if it is because of my LP. Anyways my question is also this, how to restore all my apps the fastest way? I'm currently using Titanium Backup but it is really troublesome as I have to agree installation one by one
Installation Wipe of cache and dalvik cache,if you come from previous version
New installation wipe of all
New build today again
Lots of new updates on the apps language support, etc.
Added without_wings patch in this build,experiences no odd everything works,Thanks without_wings awesome
There are new features in cm-settings
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So at this point, in your opinions, which of the roms would you say is better? Elelinux 7 or TastyGinger 2.0?
I've not had the opportunity to try TastyGinger, sorry. I'm too busy trying to keep up with Ele's release schedule.
how do you update your data and keep restoring your apps?
I don't need to, as minor version updates don't need a full wipe a.k.a. factory reset. All apps and their data remain intact. It's literally a five minute job (or less if I skip a nandroid backup of the existing ROM); boot into recovery, wipe cache, wipe dalvik-cache, flash the ROM, reboot system.
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'Wipe of cache' also means factory reset, right?
No, it just wipes the /cache filesystem. Like /dalvik-cache, this is rebuilt on reboot.
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Uh,,,tried 0.4 version,it seemed laggy and I couldn't determine did the internal overclocked did his job....so I downloaded OC Widget and the restart begun looping himselv till the end of time
Enabling the proper ext apps2sd seems to have improved things a lot in terms of smoothness on gingerbread. I don't feel the need for autokiller anymore.
And I must say, as much as I like elelinuxe's work, the cronos gingerbread rom has cracked something nobody else has in terms of UI smoothness. I've tried the recent elelinux and it's just not the same.
Installation Wipe of cache and dalvik cache,if you come from previous version
New installation wipe of all
New build today
Updated kernel support for vpn,added module tun.ko (build version #27)
without_wings patch is added to source,nice
Lots of new updates on the apps language support, etc.
Added new functions for lockscreen,do not know if Cyanogen will use the code as Drakknar on xda build, but I chose to do it with small modifications, credits to Drakknar for this
Screen >Imageshack - lockscreen.png
The lockscreen problems from last version should be fixed.
New control music via gesture options at music settings
GPS settings is this same as cyanogenmod,chose to try it again because of some changes to the source on the sensor side.
Cool, thanks! Another question. How do you wipe cache? I seem to only be able to wipe Dalvik-cache that's all..
Oh! Alright.. I think cuz mine's a older version.. I'll flash a new recovery then!
If you are using Amon RA you need to upgrade to the latest version. I was also pondering for a while what this cache wipe function was.
I've gotta say V7 has been incredibly stable for me so far. Even the GPS has been behaving. On top of that both battery life and memory management is improved over Villain12 which I was previously using.
Thanks! Sorry, but how do I flash from 1.6 to 1.7.01 RA? Yes, I'm using Amon RA. I didn't understand the instructions, so it'd be good if you guys can help me out with it :]
Thanks! Sorry, but how do I flash from 1.6 to 1.7.01 RA? Yes, I'm using Amon RA. I didn't understand the instructions, so it'd be good if you guys can help me out with it :]
The instructions in above link is pretty self-explanatory. Since you're already using 1.6, all you have to do is a couple of adb commands from your pc. What exact problem did you encounter?
It's well worth having available if you're into modding your handset, as it can be a lifesaver if you mess up. Once you have it installed, adb /? will display the available commands, options and switches, but all you need to do in this case is follow the first set of instructions for devices with a custom recovery already installed.
What will I lose from Sense if I install this rom? I assume that there won't be a 2.2 with Sense? I want to start afresh as I currently have problems with apps installing on my phone for a long time now.
Installation
Wipe of cache and dalvik cache,if you come from previous version
New installation Wipe all
Now the rom feels stable and chooses to leave the beta stage, this build, I turn to RC1
Still much left from 2.2 nice options but will continue to update the rom until everything is ready.
New build today
Updated ELWallpapers,some new backgrounds and added swedish language support
Updated GPS settings and used the new libraries,hope it works now
Lots of new updates on the apps language support, etc.....
The latest updates for lock screen options
Added missing file in /xbin for ramswap,hope it work now
Updated Changelog in the Phone and added my own changelog too
Added a option for thoose how want's Music3,download as option
Tested GPS feels stable now
Don't know if it's just me, but I've noticed that I'm no longer getting the white line animation when the screen times out. I've got it enabled in CyanogenMod settings, but this makes no difference.
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HTC Hero/Elelinux-7.0.0-Hero-v2.0
The screen-on/off animations work for me, but there are a lot of posts saying they don't for others. Seems it can sometimes take disabling, rebooting, enabling and rebooting again to get the settings to "stick".
Having said this, I now predict that the animations will cease to work as soon as I flash the v0.8.1 release.
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[ROM] Elelinux-7.0.0-Hero
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v.0.6 now released
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