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2.1 Finally on friday ?

http://www.androidcentral.com/best-buy-now-expecting-hero-rom-update-may-7
At last ?
Or is it another web rumor ?

just wondering, what happened to the taiwan update end of april? any1 hear anything?
Sent from my HTC Hero using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

I thought I read on here that the update is going to be in two stages, one preparing the phone and the other giving us 2.1 which was pushed back to June. Maybe this is just the crappy update.

I don't believe that bull****. Just another rumor.
Also can someone enlighten me what the hell means this: "and could cause seizures in small pets" ?

whitealien said:
Also can someone enlighten me what the hell means this: "and could cause seizures in small pets" ?
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yeah they really could have been more specific in what they mean by "small", are we talking hamster size seizures or Yorkshire terrier size seizures?
HTC

Damn...
I was considering doing the OTA update in a pet shop...

Ko0ka said:
I was considering doing the OTA update
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that's crazy talk

Anyway I was asking myself :
Assuming that almost every member/reader of this forum would have tried at least once to install a custom ROM on their Hero, what to expect from the Official 2.1 update ?
Will I be sticking with it ? Will I wait for Villain/Kimera/other ports ? Assuming also that custom Roms will never be 100% stable...
Because from my experience with custom roms (and I've installed A LOT of them on A LOT of devices), it's allways about finding a compromise between speed and stability...
Yep, it's wednesday morning and I really don't wanna get to work...

I think when this 2.1 update comes out (probably won't happen soon, not even friday, as we all know HTC) this only may help custom modders in the stability of their roms, nothing else I'm guessing.

Wouldn't that be the Sprint Hero anyway?

Ko0ka said:
Assuming also that custom Roms will never be 100% stable...
Because from my experience with custom roms (and I've installed A LOT of them on A LOT of devices), it's allways about finding a compromise between speed and stability...
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Hmmmm,.... Well I haven't had the experience of swapping and changing ROMs on my Hero,... But having had it for about 2-3 months now, I'm still 100% happy with the speed and stability of the ROM I flashed to it on day 1, ... MCR3.2. I think I'v had 3 or 4 application force closes, and only had it freeze up forcing a re-boot ONCE!!!
I'm sure the custom 2.1's will be just as stable once we get the official ROM to use as a base.

Davith said:
Wouldn't that be the Sprint Hero anyway?
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Yes, I would assume so.

I'm not really looking for a more stable 2.1 rom. I just want the speed that is in the 1.5 roms. Since i've heard the 2.1 should be faster the the previous versions I have high hopes får the official release and that the dev can make the most out of it.

jpalo said:
Yes, I would assume so.
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So it wouldn't change anything, would it? I mean, don't we already have ROMs made from the Sprint Hero leak?

Hopefully this news would be true. I'm also looking forward to 2.1 rombut not because of its new capability but actually for developers in enhancing making the 2.1 rom using overclocked method
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Same here
Hope that devs wil make some nice looking and fast rom out of it.
And no way i;m flashing it on my G2. Lucky that the gold card procedure worked out for me.
Am @ Chpoubs_4.1 it looks amazing

Ko0ka said:
http://www.androidcentral.com/best-buy-now-expecting-hero-rom-update-may-7
At last ?
Or is it another web rumor ?
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no feel.....

I just really hope the battery life will improve.
Current 2.1 ROMs are already quick and stable enough for me, I wish the battery would last longer though. Aside from that, there are only a few minor bugs in most 2.1 ROMs that are currently out there, which do not really bother me.

Its not the 2.1 ROMS that are the problem its all down to the Kernel,which no1 has!surely if it was coming soon then it would have leaked somehow!

if you follow the link from the article it says sprint hero...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6386414#post6386414

Got my shiny new Galaxy S - need some advise please

Afternoon all,
Finally jumped shipped from an iphone to an Android phone and am happy with my galaxy s but need some advise please.
Still trying to get to grips with this new OS and was hoping if you kind people can point me in the right direction as to what settings/what apps I should use to get the best out of my phone
Is there some sort of newbie guide out there that advises the things us new galaxy owners should install/configure to get the best of this amazing phone?
Cheers all
InnI

this is a great place to start
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765081
then if you still have question you can try the WiKi
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page#Samsung_Smartphones
and the big FAQ on DEV
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596

and flash jm8+voodoo

bilboa1 said:
and flash jm8+voodoo
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Or wait for the official release and see from there...

thanks for the links mate, much appreciated

don't flash anything until you have played enough withthe stock ROM and get a feel for what you would like to change
there is no point in changing ROM just because some one tells you to

to get the best of this amazing phone?
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That's what he asks for. jm8 (the mooded version is just fine)+voodoo is the best you can currently get by so far. stock rom bugs are aweful. Especially lag. Horrible.

you do know the "lag fixes" are the cause of people posting problems with their Internal SD messed up and corrupted?
also people posting about semi-bricked phone unbootable past the boot screen logo?

^^ you're right!
bilboa1 said:
That's what he asks for. jm8 (the mooded version is just fine)+voodoo is the best you can currently get by so far. stock rom bugs are aweful. Especially lag. Horrible.
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Please do keep in mind that such things to most end users who don't want to get their hands dirty or potentially lose their warranty, are trivial. Not everyone wants to experiment with what's not official. Further more, stating that something is the "best" is pretty baseless. Most users will trust the vendor first. To them, that would be the best! Not to mention that better things keep coming along the way anyway, so it's just best to wait IMHO....
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HTC Gratia Froyo sense ROM? anyone?

Hey guys I just found out about this european version of the htc aria coming soon and running froyo sooo I guess we can get a port over to the slide when a leaked rom is found... right? check it out is suposed to come out in november but the leaks always come out sooner xD so maybe we will finally see a froyo sense rom for the slide by next month or christmas

etu_aty said:
Hey guys I just found out about this european version of the htc aria coming soon and running froyo sooo I guess we can get a port over to the slide when a leaked rom is found... right? check it out is suposed to come out in november but the leaks always come out sooner xD so maybe we will finally see a froyo sense rom for the slide by next month or christmas
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this just might work

From looking over the specs it would have similar issue as the myTouch HD ROM, only in the other direction... it has a lower resolution than we do.

RavenWulf said:
From looking over the specs it would have similar issue as the myTouch HD ROM, only in the other direction... it has a lower resolution than we do.
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it wouldnt, it has the same processor and the same resolution... whats smaller is the screen size xD
i think it would be an "easy" port... but im not a dev so idk...

etu_aty said:
it wouldnt, it has the same processor and the same resolution... whats smaller is the screen size xD
i think it would be an "easy" port... but im not a dev so idk...
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Yeah I was suffering from a momentary case of cranial flatulance on the resolution. For some reason I saw 320x480 and was thinking QVGA not HVGA. So yeah in theory other than adding the coding for the hard keyboard it "should" be fairly easy. Maybe Ace or Miquel could take a peak and let us rookies know. I can flash like a champ and help out with some minor issues/questions but am mostly code-tarded

RavenWulf said:
Yeah I was suffering from a momentary case of cranial flatulance on the resolution. For some reason I saw 320x480 and was thinking QVGA not HVGA. So yeah in theory other than adding the coding for the hard keyboard it "should" be fairly easy. Maybe Ace or Miquel could take a peak and let us rookies know. I can flash like a champ and help out with some minor issues/questions but am mostly code-tarded
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haha same here... guess we have to wait for the leak or a dump to come around and then try to get it working on the slide

This rom would be portable, I never heard of that phone, but I'll look it up for some info... Kb support can be done, has been done 100's times on G1+sense roms.

Well, this probably means that an official Froyo release for the Aria is close too. One thing that kind of concerns me is that I have seen more than one web site state that the Gratia will not run the "new Sense UI". I am still within the 30 day return window on my Aria, I got it because a) I did not want to be like 90% of the people around me with a iPhone 3GS or 4 b) it is small, I absolutely despite the size of the Galaxy S. However, if this is already incapable of running today's OS I will likely return it and grudgingly get an iPhone 4. Unfortunately I am stuck on AT&T on account of my wife and daughter being iPhone drones.

I wouldn't worry too much about it not running the new Sense. a) You haven't used it, so you don't even know if you'll like the changes. b) A ROM is sure to surface. c) I didn't think I'd like a ROM without sense, but now find myself really liking the vanilla Android experience.
So if you like the phone, I wouldn't return it based on what it's officially not getting. The wonderful thing is that there are options.

I did it. Still has some bugs though, but I'm loving it GratiousSlide in the dev section.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

Gratia rom
Hi
Does anybody know how to make gratia rom to read sd card?

etu_aty said:
Hey guys I just found out about this european version of the htc aria coming soon and running froyo sooo I guess we can get a port over to the slide when a leaked rom is found... right? check it out is suposed to come out in november but the leaks always come out sooner xD so maybe we will finally see a froyo sense rom for the slide by next month or christmas
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Has anyone ever been able to find a Froyo dump of that HTC Gratia ? I'm looking for it, but I can't find anything even here on XDA :-(.
EDIT: I should have searched better. LOL. Just found some traces of a rom based off a Gratia stock rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819715. Thx.

There are plenty...
Here is one that is the latest Asian Gratia froyo leak one I could find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062149&highlight=football but still running FRF91 2.2.1
Here is one that has FRG83G (2.2.2) but it is AT&T branded and you will have to change a few lines in the .xml files to enabled "unknown apps" install. http://dl3.htc.com/application/sync/htc_sync_3.0.5617_us.exe

[Q] Will we be able to root the future gingerbread stock update?

hi people
im not sure what people think of the sposed future stock update to gingerbread but i have a question
does anyone think that with the future stock update to gingerbread on its way and HTC hammering down the security holes, will it still be fairly easy to root ?
thanks for any replies

Hmm, well whenever there has been a update, we always find a way to root. dont worry this is a hot phone right now, and alot of devs will find ways around the security issues, Everything can be hacked, it just takes time thats all

alritey matey
cheers for that, hope it dont take to long

Why bother? You can get 2.3 now without the htc crap
From my permarooted 1209mhz G2 with CM7 nightly 6

tackleberry said:
Why bother? You can get 2.3 now without the htc crap
From my permarooted 1209mhz G2 with CM7 nightly 6
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some people prefer the super stock OTA version sometimes I guess.
OP, yes there will be root available, don't worry lol.

cheers buddie
and reason being is yeah i do kinda like the sense.. for now anyway of course ill get bored eventually... ive just moved from the hd2 so i'm having a little break from modding and fixing bugs... but ill get back into it again soon
tell me - whats the cm7 like? is it reliable and is it nice to use? what screen density is it?
the only thing i dont like about sense is the screen density lol
anyway cheers for all the replies muchly appreciated

Galaxy note on its way

So.... today i dropped my phone (htc desire HD) and smashed the screen
and it really annoyed me for such a stupid mistake so i decided to cheer myself up and get another t mobile line out.
worst thing is my contract runs out in august so i only had a few months to wait.
but anyway.... i took the 2nd line and choose the galaxy note.
few questions.....
what will this start on? will it be 4.0.4 or will it be 3.2 something or other?
if its the 3.2 how hard is it for me to get straight onto 4.0.4?
will i need to root it?
I'm based in london, UK for anyone that might need to know.

note don't run on 3.x, most likely you will get a 2.3 phone. 4.03 was released few days ago in germany.
enjoy the wiki while you are waiting for the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note/GT-N7000

MrLarner said:
So.... today i dropped my phone (htc desire HD) and smashed the screen
and it really annoyed me for such a stupid mistake so i decided to cheer myself up and get another t mobile line out.
worst thing is my contract runs out in august so i only had a few months to wait.
but anyway.... i took the 2nd line and choose the galaxy note.
few questions.....
what will this start on? will it be 4.0.4 or will it be 3.2 something or other?
if its the 3.2 how hard is it for me to get straight onto 4.0.4?
will i need to root it?
I'm based in london, UK for anyone that might need to know.
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ICS has been available for few days, browse most recent threads in general forum, you'll find all the know-how easily.
PS. Do follow the instructions to the letter.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

cheers mate, so i'll be stuck on 2.3 for now? any idea as to when the 4.0 will be available for me?
or would it be easier to root? only reason i'd root is for the 4.0 though so not sure its worth doing.
i cant believe im more angry with myself that i dropped my htc desire hd than i am happy that im getting the note.
im gonna have to just pay the remaining months line rental for a phone that will be stuck in the bedroom draw

p107r0 said:
ICS has been available for few days, browse most recent threads in general forum, you'll find all the know-how easily.
PS. Do follow the instructions to the letter.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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But this is for rooted users yes????
I'm more than happy to root my new note, as i've rooted all my other devices in the past, (htc desire HD) (archos 101 g9)
but not sure if its worth the root just for the 4.0

MrLarner said:
But this is for rooted users yes????
I'm more than happy to root my new note, as i've rooted all my other devices in the past, (htc desire HD) (archos 101 g9)
but not sure if its worth the root just for the 4.0
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No need to root if you don't need or want to. Look at other threads for instructions.
Sent from my GT-N7000

Colingajewski said:
No need to root if you don't need or want to. Look at other threads for instructions.
Sent from my GT-N7000
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any chance of a link to where i read up on this?
as i've just had a quick look and from what everyone is saying, its only released in netherlands and germany

Can someone link me to where this 4.0 is, cant seem to find it.
and does it matter than im in london, UK?

MrLarner said:
So.... today i dropped my phone (htc desire HD) and smashed the screen
and it really annoyed me for such a stupid mistake so i decided to cheer myself up and get another t mobile line out.
worst thing is my contract runs out in august so i only had a few months to wait.
but anyway.... i took the 2nd line and choose the galaxy note.
few questions.....
what will this start on? will it be 4.0.4 or will it be 3.2 something or other?
if its the 3.2 how hard is it for me to get straight onto 4.0.4?
will i need to root it?
I'm based in london, UK for anyone that might need to know.
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note is great but i would recommend u to go for S3! Note is just a multimedia master, all time champ, throw any thing and it will F*** that in less than u can blink ur eye but S3 is also a good phone..... lols
any ways on the serious i would recommend u to go to S3 cause it is better in terms of software than Note. samsung is not giving a **** about Software of Note. only one official rom and that also full of bricky ****.... Go for S3! it has more bright future!

aami.aami said:
note is great but i would recommend u to go for S3! Note is just a multimedia master, all time champ, throw any thing and it will F*** that in less than u can blink ur eye but S3 is also a good phone..... lols
any ways on the serious i would recommend u to go to S3 cause it is better in terms of software than Note. samsung is not giving a **** about Software of Note. only one official rom and that also full of bricky ****.... Go for S3! it has more bright future!
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reason i went for note was....
I have a phone and a tablet, when im out i use my phone (htc desire HD)
indoors i use my tablet, so i thought i'd get something that can do what my tablet does, thats why i chose the note.
I do like the look of the s3, BUT... i want a bigger screen and the note is perfect for what im after.
all i want now is a link to where i can get this 4.0 from? as once the note arrives to me on tuesday, i really dont want the 2.3 crap that comes on it.

So can anyone guide me to the right thread/place ect, so i can update my new galaxy note to 4.0 ???

MrLarner said:
So can anyone guide me to the right thread/place ect, so i can update my new galaxy note to 4.0 ???
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Everything you need is in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1349
Good luck! Note + ICS = awesome.

pboesboes said:
Everything you need is in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1349
Good luck! Note + ICS = awesome.
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Thanks alot for the link BUT that just takes me to development, which 1 am i ment to do? there is so many.
also... im assuming from your message, that your not 1 of the people having ICS problems then?

MrLarner said:
Thanks alot for the link BUT that just takes me to development, which 1 am i ment to do? there is so many.
also... im assuming from your message, that your not 1 of the people having ICS problems then?
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go there, and look for sticky thread with "All stock ROMs", latest LPY
PS. full name of the thread: "[STOCK ROMS] N7000 All stock ROMs + install + Root guide All at 1place,Latest ICS LPY"

MrLarner said:
Thanks alot for the link BUT that just takes me to development, which 1 am i ment to do? there is so many.
also... im assuming from your message, that your not 1 of the people having ICS problems then?
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Nope, running CyanogenMod9 with no problems at all! Gotta be careful though, be sure to read the warning sticky before doing any flashing. It is a bit of reading, but it can very well prevent you from hardbricking/superbricking your shiny new Note.

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Nope, running CyanogenMod9 with no problems at all! Gotta be careful though, be sure to read the warning sticky before doing any flashing. It is a bit of reading, but it can very well prevent you from hardbricking/superbricking your shiny new Note.
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I was told i could update my new note to 4.0 without rooting my note

MrLarner said:
I was told i could update my new note to 4.0 without rooting my note
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Sure can. I did. Just use PC Odin to flash the german ICS stock rom.

So where do I get this PC Odin and also the German ics?
And is there any downside to doing this? Like problems with the ics ?

MrLarner said:
So where do I get this PC Odin and also the German ics?
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check here
no, really,
*sigh*

MrLarner said:
I was told i could update my new note to 4.0 without rooting my note
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You can, but the official ICS update contains an unsafe kernel that has already claimed Notes (don't know the details, but it's related to doing stuff in recovery). I wouldn't recommend official ICS if you plan on rooting/flashing.