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Which hero rom do i download

I have no idea on how to get the hero rom on my G1 but im gonna give it a shot...I just wanted to know which hero rom is the latest and the ways to make it as smooth as possible... thanks in advance for any help

fmurillo92 said:
I have no idea on how to get the hero rom on my G1 but im gonna give it a shot...I just wanted to know which hero rom is the latest and the ways to make it as smooth as possible... thanks in advance for any help
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In my opinion it would be JACHeroski. Its stable and speeds are good.

fmurillo92 said:
I have no idea on how to get the hero rom on my G1 but im gonna give it a shot...I just wanted to know which hero rom is the latest and the ways to make it as smooth as possible... thanks in advance for any help
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If you have no idea where to start it's probably not a good idea, tbh. Anyway, have you updated the radio and SPL? You'll need to do that before flashing the ROM. My recommendation is also JACHeroski.

I too am interested in hearing peoples opinions.
I disagree that not knowing means you shouldnt, I have been using xda for years and its REALLY hard to keep up to date with things.
Especially since theres new ROM's coming out, it appears, daily.
So please give suggestions on which hero is best.
Also, do any hero's have bluetooth yet?

I have the JACHeroski 2.7.4 i started with that one off the bat, laggy as hell but i need to change the swap settings. I believe that the closest one to the Hero software, no bluetooth or led indicator for messages, they are working at it. Looking foward to flashing this rom on the MyTouch when they figured out how to root that phone

the hero roms are getting better but i dont think they are quite their yet. still seem a bit laggy to me

I'm using JacHero 2.7.4 w/ compcache and the SMStoGMail fix. I still not always getting sms's but atlest they sent to gmail so i still get them. W/ Comp i love the fact i can switch back to "reg" home and have speed but if i want sexyness i press home again and go touch flow. Oh also over clocking at 527/128. Fast and when screen is off saves bat. have 5 widgets going on Rosie with only 3 screens and only get lag when i start getting bunch of SMS and emails and Gtalk at same time. One my friends keep joking i flashing back to Cy once a day but now with the sms fix and speed i getting i never do again.

Is it really worth it...

This question has been in my mind for a while. Is it worth it to flash a Hero rom ? I am currently running cyanogen 4.0.1, wireless tethering is working, Overclock is working as well as Term. It is also wicked fast.
My SPL is .00006 so from my understanding a "Perfect" SPL, although I have root. Maybe am reading the post dates wrong but I thought this would not work. The method I used was 1 click root.
I understand there are some issues with Hero on a MT3G but if i have root and a partitioned (FAT32/EXT3/SWAP) Class 6 SD, would you use a Hero? My personal feeling is wait tell the Official release comes out for the 32A so there maybe a bit more to work with.
I would appreciate any insight to this. Thank you for all your hard work this community is awesome.

My opinion is Hero roms are still too slow for the MyTouch. I have one of Cyanogen's roms and love it. Many thanks to Cyanogen and those that assisted. I have flashed about four or five Hero roms and they are realy nice to look at, and I can apreciate all the work it took for someone to get them to even run on the device, but still too slow for me. Just my two cents.

My thoughts
Ya that was my gut feeling, I am going to stick with this as "if ain't broke don't fix it" I may however flash my G1, just to see how it looks

I agree with donepate, most hero roms are pretty sluggish and a lot of roms have trouble with the MT3G. Upon wake up the graphics turn to poo and get pixelated and blurry. But this is only on some MT3g's, and on most roms. The only hero rom that has worked for me is Fatal1ty's hero rom, but It was too slow for me, I was spoiled by Cyanogen's roms speed. If I were you, I would stick with CyanogenMod 4.0.1 and just download a Hero theme. I highly recommend Ted's hero theme. Looks just like the Hero but without its functionality and there's no Sense UI.

Try one
I would suggest trying it and deciding for yourself.
Some people have the absolute opposite experience then what is being mentioned in this thread.
I for instance, am running the TF3D V3 ROM by Drizzy (Not even the newest ROM out there by any means) with a 32MB Swap (as auto partitioned with the RAv1.2.1 Recovery) all on a Class 4 SD. And find the speed no slower by any means.
The only change I have made is to reverse Apps2SD (IMO Apps2SD is not necessary on MT3G)
I am completely satisfied, have no graphical glitches, I do get the TouchUI Loading once when I boot, and maybe once every 2 days if I don't reboot.
The improvements that the Hero ROMS bring to the user experience of the device out ways the quite small
So I say, make a nandroid backup and "Try it out" it just might be "worth it"

I just installed Hero
I used Qteknology HTC HERO PORT from [1.79.482.3] 32b and you are right, the usability is worth the sometimes lag. I have used the overclock app and disabled the old school clock widget and performance is decent. I may try some others but so far so good
Edit: Why this is not released on T-Mobile is beyond me, if they want a truly customizable UI, Hero is that. I upgraded from my G1 which is still working great to a MT3G and to be honest it felt like a windows service pack. I had to bite my pride and tell my wife I love so she could have my G1 and I could not get shot.
My other feeling is that when Hero is released for the non-Google branded phones, these awesome dev's will have much more to work with and speed just may increase. I do not know as all i can dev is a few nasty ass skins

Beautiful!
I just loaded the ROM you suggested and it is night and day. Everting works and more importantly, its fast Thank you for the heads up. I think we have a keeper.

I'm running Hero on my G1 and I love it but I'm waiting till Oct when HTC releases some legit new hero for Magics before I toss it on my MyTouch.

Yeah I tried Haykuro/Dizzy Hero and it gave me BSOD (Blur Screen of Death) but evil hero 1.9 has been running smooth for me with 96mb swap.
I used to hate putting hero roms in my G1 cause of the lag but since then there has been a mass improvement in speed... granted its no Cyanogen but definitely worth taking a look at as it can be used in a daily basis now

xenoscion said:
I just loaded the ROM you suggested and it is night and day. Everting works and more importantly, its fast Thank you for the heads up. I think we have a keeper.
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Glad it worked out for you!

No and yes , I am disappointed with the Hero Roms, but impressed with the developement of them. They are not up to par yet, but soon. The one touch root is very impressive, no more of the old skool style.
I am looking for the orginal mytouch ROM and SPL to put back on, can anyone direct where i can find them?

FenderGuy said:
No and yes , I am disappointed with the Hero Roms, but impressed with the developement of them. They are not up to par yet, but soon. The one touch root is very impressive, no more of the old skool style.
I am looking for the orginal mytouch ROM and SPL to put back on, can anyone direct where i can find them?
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Try the UnLockr.com..He has several how too vids...I think he has one for un0rooting MY3G...good luck

FenderGuy said:
I am looking for the orginal mytouch ROM and SPL to put back on, can anyone direct where i can find them?
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Have you tried Cyanogen's stable v4.0.4? its definitely faster than the stock MT3G rom.

crxtasi said:
Have you tried Cyanogen's stable v4.0.4? its definitely faster than the stock MT3G rom.
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No as I was disappointed with Hero Roms that claim to be stable and fast... I see it requires the spl that I already have...But its for a 32a? i have the 32b.
The problem is I want to be able to use my jawbone for BT, I bought and now want to use it...

FenderGuy said:
No as I was disappointed with Hero Roms that claim to be stable and fast... I see it requires the spl that I already have...But its for a 32a? i have the 32b.
The problem is I want to be able to use my jawbone for BT, I bought and now want to use it...
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Cyanogen v4.0.4 isn't a Hero Rom its based of Android 1.5r3 (crossbred with Donut) its very speedy and stable and I use it on my car on a daily basis with calls and stereo bluetooth. and it's for the 32B
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537204

crxtasi said:
Cyanogen v4.0.4 isn't a Hero Rom its based of Android 1.5r3 (crossbred with Donut) its very speedy and stable and I use it on my car on a daily basis with calls and stereo bluetooth. and it's for the 32B
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537204
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Will I have to change my recovery? I have the RAV.2.1G which I like for the ease and the ability to format sd in eaither fat32+ext2+swp or fat32

FenderGuy said:
Will I have to change my recovery? I have the RAV.2.1G which I like for the ease and the ability to format sd in eaither fat32+ext2+swp or fat32
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no you dont have to have cyanogen's recovery. I'm also using the same recovery as you do. and im using cyanogens v4.0.4 right now been switching back and forth with cyans and evil's hero rom

crxtasi said:
no you dont have to have cyanogen's recovery. I'm also using the same recovery as you do. and im using cyanogens v4.0.4 right now been switching back and forth with cyans and evil's hero rom
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What ext format did you use for this? I just downloaded, its ok but its the same look as stock with added features. I keep getting foreclourses when I go into setting.
Also what ext format did you use for evil heros rom? I may try that

Well I gave Up...
After many Hero ROM's I just reverted my Touch back to factory and returned and bought a hero. Not as fun I know, but a lot easier I also bought a touch pro 2 and we will see which one I like better. Thanks for the help but on to another sub-forum.

xenoscion said:
After many Hero ROM's I just reverted my Touch back to factory and returned and bought a hero. Not as fun I know, but a lot easier I also bought a touch pro 2 and we will see which one I like better. Thanks for the help but on to another sub-forum.
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I was pretty at the state that you were a couple of hours ago but I have say that this Evil Hero is actually decent even with my class 2 memory card. I am happy at the moment, I like it

fastest rom?

which rom provides the most speed? im not talking about cpu clock speed, but rather the most efficient.
i ask because alot of the roms are either developed for the dream and ported to the magic, or build for both the dream and the magic. the dream has less resources, but is there a difference in optimizations that would make a magic only rom perform better?

thats a hard question to answer because if you look at any rom thread you'll see replys that say "this is the fastest rom ive used" so its personal opinion. if you want something that will work great for your phone use what it came with... the phone was built to run that and all but if you just wanna change it up... start flashing until your happy

well what about my second question?
would a rom developed specifcally for the magic, and nothing else, would that be faster than a rom that works on both the dream and the magic?

kchau said:
which rom provides the most speed? im not talking about cpu clock speed, but rather the most efficient.
i ask because alot of the roms are either developed for the dream and ported to the magic, or build for both the dream and the magic. the dream has less resources, but is there a difference in optimizations that would make a magic only rom perform better?
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One thing I can tell you is (if you have the 32B board Magic) don't bother with Hero roms if you are looking for speed. Cyanogen is the fastest ROM I've tried.

try Zeroxd latest 32b rom. Then search forum for adb explorer.
Using adb explorer remove the following from your device
Plurk, Stocks, Teeter, All widgets you will not use, pdf viewer, quickoffice, power manager pro, launcher if you are going to use touchflo.
Compare the speed Im sure you will be happy. Search the Zeroxd thread for the person who recommended this and thank him.

Johnny Blaze said:
try Zeroxd latest 32b rom. Then search forum for adb explorer.
Compare the speed Im sure you will be happy. Search the Zeroxd thread for the person who recommended this and thank him.
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I flashed that the other day and I have to agree... FAST
I have issues with getting phone calls on hero roms... when someone calls the led blinks but the screen will just go black (trying to load the incoming call screen) but by the time it loads it'll do like a quarter of a ring if that and i already missed the call
but with the zeroxd hero casper ver i have had no issues with it at all
the only con ive had with it is that he personalized it with the cartoon "sonic the hedgehog" logo and also personalized some widgets/apps & lock screen which i do not care for, but for performance it is the best hero rom ive flashed
A few people including myself have been having issues with v5 (hangs on boot screen) I went back to v4 and works great
ZeroXD Hero Casper Rom Thread

Hero vs Magic

I have a Hero but im thinking of changing to a Magic because theres so little developers for the Hero and i'd like to run android without rosie.
Would you recommend me to keep the hero or not? And why?

I thought they were pretty much the same just the magic looks better than the big chin hero

trade
ill trade ya my magic for the hero lol

stu-k said:
I thought they were pretty much the same just the magic looks better than the big chin hero
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I have a Magic but the Sprint Hero looks like the Magic.. switching phones from one to another serves no purpose as the Magic can run Hero ROM's with no problems... as is evident by my Youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOM4xqu64mI

blackvyper said:
I have a Magic but the Sprint Hero looks like the Magic.. switching phones from one to another serves no purpose as the Magic can run Hero ROM's with no problems... as is evident by my Youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOM4xqu64mI
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Hmm the design is quite difference IMHO. The hardware on the other hand is the same except for the camera which is 5mp on the hero. But i don't think he is reffering to the Sprint Hero

If you end up trading make sure you get the 32A Magic in case you ever do want to run Rosie again. The 32B needs all sort of memory hacks to get it working and even then it's not the best (in my humble opinion).

Dont change it....
At least its confirmed that Hero willl get Android 2.0....

DopyG said:
Dont change it....
At least its confirmed that Hero willl get Android 2.0....
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If the Hero gets it i can't see why the Magic 32a wont get it as well, at least im sure that the xda developers will cook it for us as soon as it comes to the Hero

Worth getting a Magic?

Just wondered what peoples opinions were. I know it's a bit outdated hardware wise but it sounds decent enough for most things.
Does 2.1 run well enough? My understanding is that 2.1 ROMs support all h/w. Does Gallery3D run well enough? Seems like the only thing in Cyan's 5 series ROMs that I'd want to push back in. FYI I'm talking about AOSP ROMs, none of that Sense UI crap.
Is rooting still as easy FlashRec? I'll be buying a UK 32B Magic, probably a vodafone device, debranded if I can find one though.

I just got mine. Had to root with goldcard, but still pretty easy. I can't say enough good stuff about it. I'm using a 2.1 rom and everything seems to work well.

First get a 32a...
The magic is outdated already and getting a 32b is just making it worse... The only good thing about 32b is that it can run G1 roms
Second Cyanogens 2.1 ROM runs fine on Magic
T-Mobile also reported that Magic will get either an official 2.1/2.2 Android update.. This is only for the MyTouch though, but developers here will probably make it run better on 32a...

bleedingblue said:
I just got mine. Had to root with goldcard, but still pretty easy. I can't say enough good stuff about it. I'm using a 2.1 rom and everything seems to work well.
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The goldcard is for flashing to a previous build which can be comprimised by FlashRec, correct?
Goldcard shouldn't be too hard, I'm just worried about flashing SPLs, almost shat myself flashing 1.33.2005 to my G1 >.<
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First get a 32a...
The magic is outdated already and getting a 32b is just making it worse... The only good thing about 32b is that it can run G1 roms
Second Cyanogens 2.1 ROM runs fine on Magic
T-Mobile also reported that Magic will get either an official 2.1/2.2 Android update.. This is only for the MyTouch though, but developers here will probably make it run better on 32a...
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The 32A isn't sold in the UK, only 32B by Vodafone, and for what it would cost me to import one I could by a Nexus :'(
I'd really like to use Cyan's ROMs too, my G1 was always flashed to his latest ROM
Has anyone tried Gallery 3D on theirs? It's the only part of stock 1.6/2.1 I really can't stand...

AdrianK said:
Has anyone tried Gallery 3D on theirs? It's the only part of stock 1.6/2.1 I really can't stand...
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I use 3D Gallery on my Mytouch 1.2 (which is a 32A device) and I've never had problems with it.