How To: Load Hero onto Your G1 (OBSOLETE)
PLEASE NOTE! This method is obsolete! Please refer to the newer Rooting/Loading Custom ROM methods on our site:
Unroot (G1) OR Unroot(MyTouch), then Root, then Load a Custom ROM, Apps2SD/Hero etc.
Want Hero on your G1, but the methods are confusing or just not working like you wanted? Well, we’ve updated the method thanks to the JACHeroski Team on XDA-Developers.com and thought we’d share…
THINGS TO DO BEFORE BEGINNING!!!! READ FIRST!!!
1. ROOT THE G1! Here’s How.
2. Have a 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB MicroSD memory card (If you don’t have one or just want to start with a fresh one, here are some good deals on them).
3. Have a MicroSD adapter so you can open the memory card on your computer if the G1 gets stuck in a boot loop.
I. Flash Cyanogen’s Recovery Image –
1. Download Cyanogen’s recovery image
Cyanogen’s Recovery Image
2. Plug in your G1 and click mount on the screen.
3. Save it to your SD card (not in any folder, just on the card).
4. Unplug the G1
5. Open Terminal on the phone (if you don’t already have it you can find it in the Market on the phone).
6. Type su and hit enter, then click Allow if it asks for permission
7. Type the following and hit enter at the end of the line.
flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.4.img
8. DONE!
II. Setting up the SD Card Partitions –
1. Plug the G1 into the computer and click mount on the G1 screen.
2. Save EVERYTHING on your SD card to somewhere on your computer (as backup as this process will erase the memory card!).
3. Unplug the G1
4. Turn off the G1 and then turn it back on by holding down the Home and Power button until the recovery screen comes up.
5. Click Alt X to enter the console from recovery mode. Type into console depending on what card you have:
For an 8GB Card type the following (hit enter at the end of each line):
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
*The last character in the above line is a ZERO…
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200
mkpartfs primary ext2 7200 7700
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7700 7732
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
For an 4GB Card type the following (hit enter at the end of each line):
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
*The last character in the above line is a ZERO…
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 3420
mkpartfs primary ext2 3420 3932
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 3932-3964
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
For an 2GB Card type the following (hit enter at the end of each line):
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
*The last character in the above line is a ZERO…
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200
mkpartfs primary ext2 1200 1700
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 1700-1732
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
6. DONE!
III. Loading the Radio, SPL, and Hero ROM –
1. CHECK WHAT RADIO YOU HAVE! Power off the phone, power it back on holding the End key and the Camera button.
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE Radio Version 2.22.19.26I then do NOT download the Radio listed here and SKIP STEPS 6 – 10 (If you load the same radio twice it can harm your device!).
2. Take out the battery and put it back in then turn the phone on.
3. Download the lastest Radio, SPL, and Hero ROM from here:
Radio (BEFORE DOWNLOADING THIS RADIO, DO STEP 1!!!!)
SPL
JAC Hero ROM OR DrizzyNewVision ROM
4. Plug in the G1 to the computer, pull down the notification and click it. Then click Mount.
5. Save each one to the memory card of the G1 in the root (topmost) folder.
6. Rename the Radio file to update (YOU MUST LOAD THE RADIO FIRST, DO NOT DO THESE OUT OF ORDER OR YOU WILL FREEZE YOUR DEVICE).
7. Unplug the G1.
8. Turn off the G1.
9. Turn back on the G1 by holding down Home and End buttons at the same time. When the screen comes up, Alt S to apply the radio update.
10. Once the phone is done hold Home and Back to reboot (it may
11. Plug in the G1, open the SD card on the computer, and delete the update.zip file (used to be the Radio file), and rename the SPL file to update.zip this time.
12. Unplug the G1 and turn it off. Turn it back on holding Home and End again.
13. Hit Alt W to wipe the device then hit Alt S to apply the SPL update.
14. Once the phone is done hold Home and Back to reboot.
15. Your G1 will most likely get stuck on the G1 screen after it reboots. No worries. Just take out the battery and put it back in. Then take out the SD card from the phone and put it into the SD adapter it came with and put that into your computer.
16. Open the SD card on your computer. Delete the update.zip file and rename the Hero ROM to update.zip.
17. Put the memory card back into the G1 and then turn the G1 back on by holding the Home and End keys.
18. When the screen comes on, then hit Alt S to apply the Hero ROM.
19. Once the phone is done hold Home and Back to reboot.
20. Wait a long time for the phone to boot up (it may take a while to boot up, so long as you do not see the logo symbol with the android popping out over and over and over then keep waiting. If you do see the android popping out over and over, then take out the battery, put it back in, and turn the phone on).
21. DONE!
22. Optional, but recommended for better performance (thanks Clemshady!): Goto the Market on the phone and download Move Cache to SD for Root Users. Open it once it is downloaded, and click move all cache to sd. reboot the phone when it finishes.
Reported Issues
Issue: I’m stuck at the HTC logo, and the Android keeps popping up and taunting me over and over! OR I’m stuck at the G1 logo!
Solution A:
1. Take out the battery from the phone.
2. Put the battery back in (do NOT turn the phone on yet).
3. Hold the End and Home key and keep holding them until the ! or recovery image pops up.
4. Hit Alt W to wipe the phone. (See if it gets past the HTC logo/G1 Logo already, if not then repeat steps 1-3, and then do step 5).
5. Hit Alt S to reupload the Update.zip file (See if it gets past the HTC logo/G1 Logo now, if not then try Solution B).
Solution B:
1. Take out the battery from the phone.
2. Take out the memory card.
3. Put the memory card into the SD adapter it came with and put that into your computer so you can view the memory card contents on your computer screen.
4. Open the memory card on your computer and then delete the update.zip file on it.
5. Take the Hero ROM.zip file and put it onto the memory card. Rename it to update.
6. Put the memory card back into the phone.
7. Put the battery back into the phone (do NOT turn it on yet).
8. Hold the End and Home key and keep holding them until the ! or recovery image pops up.
9. Hit Alt S to reupload the Update.zip file.
Solution C:
Redo section II. Then redo solution B above.
ANY OTHER ISSUES with HERO:
Click here for a great FAQ on Hero from an XDA User.
on 4gb card gnu parted saysmkpartfs primary fat 32 0 3420
“you requested a partition from 0.00b to 3420 mb the closest location we can manage is 512b to 31.7 kb is this still acceptable to you y/n”
what does this mean?
thanks in advance
Hello Matt,
You typed it in wrong… no space between Fat and 32, should be Fat32
Please help, whenever I type SU on the Terminal Emulator, it doesn’t ask for permission or anything. And when I type what you mention above, I just get a “permission denied”.
Hello Ricky,
You need to Root the phone first. Follow the Root procedure listed on our site.
I have rooted my phone, using the guide on this site and it worked great. I have the terminal, spare parts, and that Superuser Permissions app on my phone already. But like I said terminal isn’t doing anything.
Please email me rickrescue7@gmail.com
It took about 10 min of leaving my phone with SU typed but it finally asked to Allow.
then I typed that in, and I got a #
so that means I can move on to the next step now right?
Hello Ricky,
Correct, move to the next step.
on 4gb card gnu parted saysmkpartfs primary fat 32 0 3420
“you requested a partition from 0.00b to 3420 mb the closest location we can manage is 512b to 31.7 kb is this still acceptable to you y/n”
what does this mean?
thanks in advance
Hello Matt,
You typed it in wrong… no space between Fat and 32, should be Fat32
Please help, whenever I type SU on the Terminal Emulator, it doesn’t ask for permission or anything. And when I type what you mention above, I just get a “permission denied”.
Hello Ricky,
You need to Root the phone first. Follow the Root procedure listed on our site.
I have rooted my phone, using the guide on this site and it worked great. I have the terminal, spare parts, and that Superuser Permissions app on my phone already. But like I said terminal isn’t doing anything.
Please email me rickrescue7@gmail.com
It took about 10 min of leaving my phone with SU typed but it finally asked to Allow.
then I typed that in, and I got a #
so that means I can move on to the next step now right?
Hello Ricky,
Correct, move to the next step.
ok and wat do i type if i have a 16gb sd card???
I’m using terminal emulator, is this ok? when i type in SU it says “access denied”
I meant ‘permission denied’
Hello noel,
Root the phone… click the link at the top of the procedure to find out how to do that.
in part 2 where it says “setting up SDcard partitions” does this mean you need to have this partitions already or this will make the partitions for you?
Hello Blaze,
It will delete any partitions you currently have and create brand new ones.
if i write mkpartfs primary ext2 1200 1700
it says partition type? primary/extended? what should i choose.pls
Hello KJ,
Choose primary. (Shouldn’t ask you that if you typed primary ext2 1200 1700… hmmm)
Noel, you had the same problem as I did. Just type su not capitalized, and then enter, and wait for a little pause and something should pop up that says Allow.
@TheUnlockr:
any idea when the video will be up? I tried doing this myself but I just couldn’t do it. I’ve never been good at these things.
Hello Ricky,
Thanks for helping someone out! We need more people on here willing to help each other out!
Editing it tonight and uploading it overnight, so long as there aren’t any errors during the 4 hour upload time (hate my internet connection lol) then it should be up and running tomorrow sometime.
How do i add the files to the root folder of my SD card? i see no folders, i’m on a mac if that means anything.
Noel, the root folder is just the folder where all your folders are kept. So just add the files on the SD card, and not inside any of the folders in your SD Card.
TheUnlockr: Okay thank you, that’s actually perfect since I’ll be out all day today. ^^ great guides btw, I just wish I wasn’t such an idiot.
Oh ok, thanks, Ricky, I used terminal emulator, is that correct? everything else went fine up until entering su in terminal.
No problem, and yeah I used Terminal Emulator also. ^^
OK ONCE AGAIN FOR THE PARTITIONING OF THE SD CARD U DONT HAVE FOR A 16GB WHICH IS THE ONE I HAVE
Just did it all over again and once again i’m stuck on the terminal part
Okay I did this many times. I typed everything correctly. I am stuck on
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200
When i hit “enter” it says, “Warning: You requested a partition from 0.00 B to 7200MB. The closest location we can manage is 512kb to 4194kb. Is this still acceptable to you?
Yes/NO?
What do i do? Why is this coming up? I have a rooted phone with JF 1.5 and that recovery image 1.4. My new 8gb is formated in fat32
Hello Wade,
Sorry, I rearranged the instructions so that noone else gets the same issue as you (it is because you currently have some type of partition on the SD card).
Follow the instructions again (you’ll notice the rm 1, rm 2, and rm3 lines are after the parted… line, this should remove any partitions you already have).
TheUnlockr, once I flash the ROM to my phone, can I put my SD card contents on my back up file back on there? Or do I do that before?
So you can’t do this with the 16 gig sd card huh?
I rooted my phone or i think it worked it did everything it said it would but now im stuck at the su wut can i do
Jay-R and mrjoeyloke:
I see no reason why the16 gig card wont work. The idea is to keep your linux swap partition at 32Mb, the ext2 partition at 500Mb (this is for your apps. you dont need more than 500Mb) and the remaining space is for the fat32 partition where your pics, videos, music and everything else goes. Therefore, you entry should look something like this:
rm 1*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 15200
mkpartfs primary ext2 15200 15700
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 15700-15732
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs (this converts your ext2 partition to ext3 – better for the linux swap)
And you are all set. Hope this help.
I have been running the Drizzys 2.8 ROM for about a week now. It still runs like a champ. However, I will be trying the JACxHero ROM tonight simply because David said so! lol
im having problems recieving msgs!! plz help
ok and wat do i type if i have a 16gb sd card???
i have everything install all good the only problem is the msgs part i dont recieve em….
I’m using terminal emulator, is this ok? when i type in SU it says “access denied”
I meant ‘permission denied’
Hello noel,
Root the phone… click the link at the top of the procedure to find out how to do that.
RICKY
Cyanogens Apps2SD with a2sd is ran before user runtime starts. If you can, put your backup files back on the sdcard b4 flashing the ROM. The ROM is designed to automatically do Apps2SD. All you need is a correctly partitioned sd card.
If you have already flashed the ROM, load your apps to your card and install, it should automatically install in your ext3 partition. Check your phone ‘s available internal memory b4 and after the app install to see if the app is installed in the sd card and not internal. You can also try rebooting the phone after install to see if there is a difference. Good luck.
in part 2 where it says “setting up SDcard partitions” does this mean you need to have this partitions already or this will make the partitions for you?
Hello Blaze,
It will delete any partitions you currently have and create brand new ones.
if i write mkpartfs primary ext2 1200 1700
it says partition type? primary/extended? what should i choose.pls
Hello KJ,
Choose primary. (Shouldn’t ask you that if you typed primary ext2 1200 1700… hmmm)
Noel, you had the same problem as I did. Just type su not capitalized, and then enter, and wait for a little pause and something should pop up that says Allow.
@TheUnlockr:
any idea when the video will be up? I tried doing this myself but I just couldn’t do it. I’ve never been good at these things.
Hello Ricky,
Thanks for helping someone out! We need more people on here willing to help each other out!
Editing it tonight and uploading it overnight, so long as there aren’t any errors during the 4 hour upload time (hate my internet connection lol) then it should be up and running tomorrow sometime.
To Everyone with any Hero ROM:
A lot of people often complain that ther new ROM runs great but starts to crawl after a period of time. One possible factor is the accumulation of cache by several applications like the browser, market, maps, streetview, Gmail, etc. which is automatically stored in your G1’s internal memory.
Although you can periodically go to your G1 Settings, click Manage Application to delete it (which could be a pain after sometime), you may actually prefer not to always delete your cache. A cached site for example will open up quicker in the browser.
I therefore strongly recommend to get the free app in the market called “Move Cache for Root Users”. As the name implies, it moves the cache of the apps mentioned above to the fat32 partition of your sd card where space is not an issue.
This way, even if you have 99 problems with your G1, slow downs caused by cache accumulation wouldn’t be one of them. Enjoy!
How do i add the files to the root folder of my SD card? i see no folders, i’m on a mac if that means anything.
Noel, the root folder is just the folder where all your folders are kept. So just add the files on the SD card, and not inside any of the folders in your SD Card.
TheUnlockr: Okay thank you, that’s actually perfect since I’ll be out all day today. ^^ great guides btw, I just wish I wasn’t such an idiot.
Oh ok, thanks, Ricky, I used terminal emulator, is that correct? everything else went fine up until entering su in terminal.
The Unlockr, i did type in exactly “fat32” i just mistyped in in the comment…so i am still having problems with it
No problem, and yeah I used Terminal Emulator also. ^^
OK ONCE AGAIN FOR THE PARTITIONING OF THE SD CARD U DONT HAVE FOR A 16GB WHICH IS THE ONE I HAVE
Just did it all over again and once again i’m stuck on the terminal part
Thanks Unlockr. I saw that same order on the XDA Developers site. I am going to flash and try it out!. I noticed one thing though, after i partition my SD Card how come when i put my microSD in the Adapter my computer says format sd card? Its not reading it. You know why?
I have Vista 32 bit and 8Gb SDHC
Okay I did this many times. I typed everything correctly. I am stuck on
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200
When i hit “enter” it says, “Warning: You requested a partition from 0.00 B to 7200MB. The closest location we can manage is 512kb to 4194kb. Is this still acceptable to you?
Yes/NO?
What do i do? Why is this coming up? I have a rooted phone with JF 1.5 and that recovery image 1.4. My new 8gb is formated in fat32
Hello Wade,
Sorry, I rearranged the instructions so that noone else gets the same issue as you (it is because you currently have some type of partition on the SD card).
Follow the instructions again (you’ll notice the rm 1, rm 2, and rm3 lines are after the parted… line, this should remove any partitions you already have).
TheUnlockr, once I flash the ROM to my phone, can I put my SD card contents on my back up file back on there? Or do I do that before?
So you can’t do this with the 16 gig sd card huh?
I rooted my phone or i think it worked it did everything it said it would but now im stuck at the su wut can i do
Hey just wanted to say i followed his directions step by step and didnt have any problems, i was coming from thedudes rom and im using a 8gb card, thanks ive learned a lot since ive been on this site.
Hello Garrick2007,
Thanks! We appreciate it!
Jay-R and mrjoeyloke:
I see no reason why the16 gig card wont work. The idea is to keep your linux swap partition at 32Mb, the ext2 partition at 500Mb (this is for your apps. you dont need more than 500Mb) and the remaining space is for the fat32 partition where your pics, videos, music and everything else goes. Therefore, you entry should look something like this:
rm 1*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 15200
mkpartfs primary ext2 15200 15700
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 15700-15732
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs (this converts your ext2 partition to ext3 – better for the linux swap)
And you are all set. Hope this help.
I have been running the Drizzys 2.8 ROM for about a week now. It still runs like a champ. However, I will be trying the JACxHero ROM tonight simply because David said so! lol
im having problems recieving msgs!! plz help
i have everything install all good the only problem is the msgs part i dont recieve em….
Ok what should the procedure be for partitioning sd card, if I have a 16Gb Sd.
Hello Claudio,
Clemshady answered this a few comments up…
RICKY
Cyanogens Apps2SD with a2sd is ran before user runtime starts. If you can, put your backup files back on the sdcard b4 flashing the ROM. The ROM is designed to automatically do Apps2SD. All you need is a correctly partitioned sd card.
If you have already flashed the ROM, load your apps to your card and install, it should automatically install in your ext3 partition. Check your phone ‘s available internal memory b4 and after the app install to see if the app is installed in the sd card and not internal. You can also try rebooting the phone after install to see if there is a difference. Good luck.
To Everyone with any Hero ROM:
A lot of people often complain that ther new ROM runs great but starts to crawl after a period of time. One possible factor is the accumulation of cache by several applications like the browser, market, maps, streetview, Gmail, etc. which is automatically stored in your G1’s internal memory.
Although you can periodically go to your G1 Settings, click Manage Application to delete it (which could be a pain after sometime), you may actually prefer not to always delete your cache. A cached site for example will open up quicker in the browser.
I therefore strongly recommend to get the free app in the market called “Move Cache for Root Users”. As the name implies, it moves the cache of the apps mentioned above to the fat32 partition of your sd card where space is not an issue.
This way, even if you have 99 problems with your G1, slow downs caused by cache accumulation wouldn’t be one of them. Enjoy!
hy mate should i also write these things as well ?
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200
mkpartfs primary ext2 1200 1700
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 1700-1732
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
The Unlockr, i did type in exactly “fat32” i just mistyped in in the comment…so i am still having problems with it
Thanks Unlockr. I saw that same order on the XDA Developers site. I am going to flash and try it out!. I noticed one thing though, after i partition my SD Card how come when i put my microSD in the Adapter my computer says format sd card? Its not reading it. You know why?
I have Vista 32 bit and 8Gb SDHC
Dear Unlockr,
I followed your root process with no problems and have been enjoying my rooted g1. But when i try to apply this new way of putting hero on my g1 it simply won’t work. EVERYTIME I type in su into terminal emulator it says
su: permission denied
What should i do?
Hello EVERYONE WITH ISSUES TYPING SU INTO TERMINAL,
1. You are not rooted and must root your phone first.
2. You may have hit Deny or Deny Always at some point or the phone is just not presenting you with this option, try uninstalling terminal and then redownloading and installing it again.
3. su must be typed in lowercase…
4. All else fails, wipe the phone and start again.
Claudio, look above at my 9:32 pm August 4 post regarding the 16 gig sd card partition
Wade,
I had a similar issue with the partitioned card when using the adapter. It seems some adapters and/or PCs have issues readings sd cards with both windows and linux partitions. If you mount your sd card via the G1’s usb, your PC will recognize the fat32 partition of the card. To access the contents of your sd card’s linux partition without a linux based PC, you can use a market app on your G1. I use Root Explorer. It has a good GUI and allows read/write which works great but it is a paid app. I am sure there are other once available for free if you search.
Hey just wanted to say i followed his directions step by step and didnt have any problems, i was coming from thedudes rom and im using a 8gb card, thanks ive learned a lot since ive been on this site.
Hello Garrick2007,
Thanks! We appreciate it!
@ Wade or David or anyone with experience regarding this. wondering where I went wrong. I have 16gig card and followed the instructions for 16 gig. When I entered first command, mkpartfs primary fat32 0 15200… it gave me, Warning: You requested a partition from 0.00b to 15.2 gb. the closest location we can manage is 32.3kb to 14.5gb. Is this still acceptable to you? Yes/no? I said yes. Then I tried the second command, and it came back…………………… Error: Can’t have overlapping partitions…………… Not sure how to continue. Rom: Cyanogenmod v3.9.7 Recovery 1.4 16gig formatted to fat 32.
Hello Jose,
It means (most likely) that you have a partition already set up on the card. So do the II Setting up the SD card procedure again and make sure you type the section:
This ReMoves partition 1 2 and 3 (if you have them). Then continue and it shouldn’t say that again.
Ok what should the procedure be for partitioning sd card, if I have a 16Gb Sd.
Hello Claudio,
Clemshady answered this a few comments up…
Thanks alot guys. And Clemshady, Thanks dude. I am re-starting this process by unrooting my phone, then rooting it again. I want to see if that will make a difference. I am new to this, so i really do not know what partition is and what it does. I know you must do it if you root your phone because when you download apps from the Market, your phone will save it to your sdCard thus alowing you to save that internal memory for preformance. If im wrong about this, correct me guys.
Thanks everyone and Unlockr for your help. Keep this up 😉
Hello Wade AND ANYONE CURIOUS ABOUT PARTITIONS,
A partition is a term used in any technology when referring to a harddrive/storage (including your computer). Basically, when we are talking about partitions, we are breaking up the memory card into sections (these sections are referred to as partitions). This way the phone can use one section/partition for storing music, videos etc (FAT32 is the format for this section that is used for that), one to put your Apps on (Android only allows you to put Apps on internal storage of the phone, which is EXT2. So we create a partition and make the format EXT2 and then tell the phone that that section is actually part of the internal storage and to treat it as if it were actually in the phone, not a memory card), and then one to use as a form of extra RAM so the phone can try to run like the real Hero phone, which has 90 something more MBs of RAM than our poor G1 😛 (the format for this type of memory is linux-swap).
Hope that helps 🙂 And thanks! Wish I could do this full time and nothing else 🙂
hy mate should i also write these things as well ?
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200
mkpartfs primary ext2 1200 1700
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 1700-1732
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
Is this any different than your older video on how to do this or will this make everything run faster ?
Hello Drake,
Yes definitely a difference and much smoother results 🙂
If you did the original Hero video, then do sections I and II FIRST and then for III just load one of the new Hero ROMs onto your SD card, rename to update.zip and Wipe then Flash in recovery mode.
Wade you are absolutely correct.
BTW I was new to this as well about 3 weeks ago. Thanks to this site and the awesome videos and a little googling, at least now I know what am doing. Good luck
Drake, this newer method does make Hero run faster on the G1. Once the sd card is partitioned correctly, the ROMs automatically takes care of the rest. I have tried both methods and this is a much much much better way to run Hero.
Hey I was finally able to do the partitions correctly. After i do upgrade_fs and make the ext3 partition, do I just remove the battery? or do I type quit, or recovery??
Hello Ricky,
Type the following and hit enter at the end of the line:
reboot
Do I have to wipe my phone if I already have the latest radio and spl? Or can I just load the HeroROM and hit alt s??
GUYS I NEED HELP BIGGG TIME!!..Yesterday when i was typing those codes for my 8gb SDCARD everything was okay. Now when im in console. After i type rm 1. It says:
No Implementation: Partition 1 isn’t alligned to cylinder boundaries. This is still unsupported.
WHATS DOES THAT MEAN? How do i get out of it and get back to finishing partitioning. PLEASE HELP me, i have been stuck on this for 2 days and just want to give up I want HERO On my G1 running fast not like the old method runnning lagy with only 20mb memory.
Hello theunlockr ya rule. Im stuck on the G1 screen and i did the process that you guys told me. but now i just got stuck on an image of a open box with an arrow pointing at the phone. What you i do. I pressed home+power before and did all the steps..I dont know what happend. Heelpp!
@ the unlocker, thanks for the great help. I was able to make 1st and 2nd partition. The third one doesn’t show on the print. PRINT LOG Eg. Number 1 START 32.3kb END 15.2GB SIZE 15.2Gb TYPE primary FILE SYSTEM fat 32 FLAGS iba ….. Number 2 START 15.2gb END 15.7gb SIZE 532mb TYPE primary FILE SYSTEM ext3 …….I have tried to fiddle with it over and over but with no success. I have rebooted and phone still only has 84mg . @Wade, I don’t know how safe this is but I was stuck a few times so I just took out the battery and started over. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. I played a bit with the commands in the console in recovery.
I followed everything for the root tutorial. I’ve used your tutorial before and worked. I am at the terminal permission denied screen. I refollowed the steps and still the same result. why is this happening please email me.
Dear Unlockr,
I followed your root process with no problems and have been enjoying my rooted g1. But when i try to apply this new way of putting hero on my g1 it simply won’t work. EVERYTIME I type in su into terminal emulator it says
su: permission denied
What should i do?
Hello EVERYONE WITH ISSUES TYPING SU INTO TERMINAL,
1. You are not rooted and must root your phone first.
2. You may have hit Deny or Deny Always at some point or the phone is just not presenting you with this option, try uninstalling terminal and then redownloading and installing it again.
3. su must be typed in lowercase…
4. All else fails, wipe the phone and start again.
Okay Nevermind guys I got it thanks for all your help. Thank you Clemshady and thank you UNlockr. If anyone else needs help im glad to help out unlockr and clemshady i know you guys get asked milllion questions lol.
If anyone gets that No Implementation Error. I can help you 😉
@ Jose, i got it to work bro thanks. And im glad you got yours to work.
Okay My partitioning is all done. Now i want to add the hero Rom. So i put in my adapter like you said Unlockr. My vista 32 is not recognizing it. How did you proceed to the next step? I am asked to format. My first atempt i formatted so i can go into the folder but i lost alll my partitions. What should i do?
Claudio, look above at my 9:32 pm August 4 post regarding the 16 gig sd card partition
Wade,
I had a similar issue with the partitioned card when using the adapter. It seems some adapters and/or PCs have issues readings sd cards with both windows and linux partitions. If you mount your sd card via the G1’s usb, your PC will recognize the fat32 partition of the card. To access the contents of your sd card’s linux partition without a linux based PC, you can use a market app on your G1. I use Root Explorer. It has a good GUI and allows read/write which works great but it is a paid app. I am sure there are other once available for free if you search.
I couldn’t understand why I could not set the 3rd partition. Well, according to xda web site, when we do the last partition and hit enter, it will ask us to…..end? Then we;
“End?” you need to place the last value for the linux swap eg.3964 for my 4GB card
#print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)… For my 16gig card the number is 15732. Then 3 partitions will show. Not sure how to proceed though.
i turn it off and it wont go to the recovery image it stays on the g1 logo forever while im holding it down
All sett guys thanks. Btw you cant put the sd card in the adapter because of the partitions. It will ask you to format. I figured my way through it by messing around. Your pc can only detect it through your G1. Again i am pretty new. Unlockr, Clemshady, if im wrong, please correct me. Thanks guys.
Have the good folks over at XDA got Hero to use GPS and Bluetooth. Last I checked, about three weeks ago, Hero did not allow one to use BT or GPS. I went back to Cupcake because I need both those features.
Hey,
Nice to see the improved method! Im about to do this to get the new JacxHero. Clem.. if you have the Move Cache app installed, clearing the cache from the phone’s settings will delete it from the SD Card, right?
@ Wade or David or anyone with experience regarding this. wondering where I went wrong. I have 16gig card and followed the instructions for 16 gig. When I entered first command, mkpartfs primary fat32 0 15200… it gave me, Warning: You requested a partition from 0.00b to 15.2 gb. the closest location we can manage is 32.3kb to 14.5gb. Is this still acceptable to you? Yes/no? I said yes. Then I tried the second command, and it came back…………………… Error: Can’t have overlapping partitions…………… Not sure how to continue. Rom: Cyanogenmod v3.9.7 Recovery 1.4 16gig formatted to fat 32.
Hello Jose,
It means (most likely) that you have a partition already set up on the card. So do the II Setting up the SD card procedure again and make sure you type the section:
”
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
*The last character in the above line is a ZERO…
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
”
This ReMoves partition 1 2 and 3 (if you have them). Then continue and it shouldn’t say that again.
Thanks alot guys. And Clemshady, Thanks dude. I am re-starting this process by unrooting my phone, then rooting it again. I want to see if that will make a difference. I am new to this, so i really do not know what partition is and what it does. I know you must do it if you root your phone because when you download apps from the Market, your phone will save it to your sdCard thus alowing you to save that internal memory for preformance. If im wrong about this, correct me guys.
Thanks everyone and Unlockr for your help. Keep this up 😉
Hello Wade AND ANYONE CURIOUS ABOUT PARTITIONS,
“parâ‹…tiâ‹…tion  [pahr-tish-uhn, per-] –noun
1. a division into or distribution in portions or shares.”
A partition is a term used in any technology when referring to a harddrive/storage (including your computer). Basically, when we are talking about partitions, we are breaking up the memory card into sections (these sections are referred to as partitions). This way the phone can use one section/partition for storing music, videos etc (FAT32 is the format for this section that is used for that), one to put your Apps on (Android only allows you to put Apps on internal storage of the phone, which is EXT2. So we create a partition and make the format EXT2 and then tell the phone that that section is actually part of the internal storage and to treat it as if it were actually in the phone, not a memory card), and then one to use as a form of extra RAM so the phone can try to run like the real Hero phone, which has 90 something more MBs of RAM than our poor G1 😛 (the format for this type of memory is linux-swap).
Hope that helps 🙂 And thanks! Wish I could do this full time and nothing else 🙂
Just wondering, I’m currently using cyan’s 3.9.x rom, i want to partition my 2gb sd card into the ext2/ext3/ext4 using your sdparted method. My question is: if I do the partition with my current settings, will I need to load back my Cyan 3.9.x rom or will this method not disturb my rom?
Appreciate your advice.
I have Sense on my G1 now, thank you! 😀
But I’m wondering how do I save apps to my SD card now? It doesn’t seem to do it on it’s own.
Im still wondering the same thing, i have a feeling its doing it on the sd cards partition but its not indicated like it was on the apps2sd method because ive downloaded apps and it still says 80mb out of 89 available.
I have a question though 4 some reason im reading a incoming txt msg coming thru the notifications bar, when i click on it to open it in the msg app its not there. It happened about 4 times now. Anyone else with this problem????
Hiya,
I am still getting the continuous hero logo over and over…i have done all the step over and over….help please…been at this for an hour… 🙂
Okey, it’s been about 4 hours of running hero and it works great. Thanks to Unlockr, David, xda dev for making these very complicated steps easy to follow and understand. @ Az, I came from cayn’s 3.9.7, so didn’t need to update anything, just flash new rom. Don’t need to reload CyanogenMod cuz your just going to wipe and flash hero.
@ Az, if not changing roms and staying with cyan’s it shouldn’t mess your rom up. It is already deep inside somewhere on your g1 and you are going to section SD card.
Is this any different than your older video on how to do this or will this make everything run faster ?
Hello Drake,
Yes definitely a difference and much smoother results 🙂
If you did the original Hero video, then do sections I and II FIRST and then for III just load one of the new Hero ROMs onto your SD card, rename to update.zip and Wipe then Flash in recovery mode.
@Jose, I have been running Hero for over 6 hours and its beautiful. Only bad thing, no GPS and blu-tooth.
@Alisa,
I had the same problem, I was stuck four an hour too, What my problem was I had the wrong SPL. Maybe yours can be the same. I downloaded a different SPL, Hykuro, from xda dev site. Wipe, Flash. Then got the Hero ROM from Unlockr. Wipe, Flash. That should do it.
If not, Take out the battery like Unlockr says. Then Wipe, and rebooot. DONT RE FLASH. Goodluck 😉
hey is anyone still having problems with su? ive tried all four and its not working at all
Wade you are absolutely correct.
BTW I was new to this as well about 3 weeks ago. Thanks to this site and the awesome videos and a little googling, at least now I know what am doing. Good luck
Drake, this newer method does make Hero run faster on the G1. Once the sd card is partitioned correctly, the ROMs automatically takes care of the rest. I have tried both methods and this is a much much much better way to run Hero.
Hey I was finally able to do the partitions correctly. After i do upgrade_fs and make the ext3 partition, do I just remove the battery? or do I type quit, or recovery??
Hello Ricky,
Type the following and hit enter at the end of the line:
reboot
ok, why is the partition section not working for me. i wrote everything the same way its here, but after i type the last section (rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error), it gives me (end?) ive entered “print” and “end” and after type in print, but only get 2 partitions. can someone help me out with this?
Do I have to wipe my phone if I already have the latest radio and spl? Or can I just load the HeroROM and hit alt s??
Anybody else keep getting “htc” and then about a few seconds of the screen just hanging? it’s getting really annoying. D:
i want to download that move cache app but i keep reading comments on the Market that it messes up the Market.
GUYS I NEED HELP BIGGG TIME!!..Yesterday when i was typing those codes for my 8gb SDCARD everything was okay. Now when im in console. After i type rm 1. It says:
No Implementation: Partition 1 isn’t alligned to cylinder boundaries. This is still unsupported.
WHATS DOES THAT MEAN? How do i get out of it and get back to finishing partitioning. PLEASE HELP me, i have been stuck on this for 2 days and just want to give up I want HERO On my G1 running fast not like the old method runnning lagy with only 20mb memory.
Hello theunlockr ya rule. Im stuck on the G1 screen and i did the process that you guys told me. but now i just got stuck on an image of a open box with an arrow pointing at the phone. What you i do. I pressed home+power before and did all the steps..I dont know what happend. Heelpp!
@ the unlocker, thanks for the great help. I was able to make 1st and 2nd partition. The third one doesn’t show on the print. PRINT LOG Eg. Number 1 START 32.3kb END 15.2GB SIZE 15.2Gb TYPE primary FILE SYSTEM fat 32 FLAGS iba ….. Number 2 START 15.2gb END 15.7gb SIZE 532mb TYPE primary FILE SYSTEM ext3 …….I have tried to fiddle with it over and over but with no success. I have rebooted and phone still only has 84mg . @Wade, I don’t know how safe this is but I was stuck a few times so I just took out the battery and started over. It doesn’t seem to do any harm. I played a bit with the commands in the console in recovery.
I followed everything for the root tutorial. I’ve used your tutorial before and worked. I am at the terminal permission denied screen. I refollowed the steps and still the same result. why is this happening please email me.
Okay Nevermind guys I got it thanks for all your help. Thank you Clemshady and thank you UNlockr. If anyone else needs help im glad to help out unlockr and clemshady i know you guys get asked milllion questions lol.
If anyone gets that No Implementation Error. I can help you 😉
@ Jose, i got it to work bro thanks. And im glad you got yours to work.
how do i know if i have the latest slp?
when i do all of this, should i just not have any of the files i used in rooting and loading the dudes rom on my sd card?
i do have the 16 gig sd card too… thanks ya’ll!
Okay My partitioning is all done. Now i want to add the hero Rom. So i put in my adapter like you said Unlockr. My vista 32 is not recognizing it. How did you proceed to the next step? I am asked to format. My first atempt i formatted so i can go into the folder but i lost alll my partitions. What should i do?
Ive done the move cache to sd app, im not really sure if its working i havent checked the folders to tell but everything still been working fine so far, after a day i feel like going back to a more faster rom, not really able to enjoy its widgets so much because of the lack of power, even when overclocked and its also not syncing all the people in my address book.
I couldn’t understand why I could not set the 3rd partition. Well, according to xda web site, when we do the last partition and hit enter, it will ask us to…..end? Then we;
“End?” you need to place the last value for the linux swap eg.3964 for my 4GB card
#print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)… For my 16gig card the number is 15732. Then 3 partitions will show. Not sure how to proceed though.
i turn it off and it wont go to the recovery image it stays on the g1 logo forever while im holding it down
All sett guys thanks. Btw you cant put the sd card in the adapter because of the partitions. It will ask you to format. I figured my way through it by messing around. Your pc can only detect it through your G1. Again i am pretty new. Unlockr, Clemshady, if im wrong, please correct me. Thanks guys.
Have the good folks over at XDA got Hero to use GPS and Bluetooth. Last I checked, about three weeks ago, Hero did not allow one to use BT or GPS. I went back to Cupcake because I need both those features.
Hey,
Nice to see the improved method! Im about to do this to get the new JacxHero. Clem.. if you have the Move Cache app installed, clearing the cache from the phone’s settings will delete it from the SD Card, right?
Congrats to everyone that has successfully got the ROM up and running.
For those inquiring, the Move Cache app is working for me and my phone has not slowed down once since installed. However Even after I clear the cache on the phone and mount my sd card the cache folder is still about 12 Megs big. It does not bother me since I still have about 6.5 Gigs of Fat32 storage space left on the card. That is 12 gigs of cache that is not on my phones internal memory and I refuse to delete the cache since it actually helps me browse faster.
Ricky and Garrck2007,
I personally had a better experience with the Newvison v2.8 ROM by Drizzy. There are also many people in the xda forums that prefers it. However like David said, different people have unique experiences with different ROMs. Plus there are newer ROMs being cooked as we speak, something even better will soon be available.
Also, I will strongly recommend to use ONLY 3 screens. I noticed a BIG BIG difference when I emptied the remaining home screens. (Just like the real Hero, I have the Flip Clock/Weather widget, Mail, Msg, Browser and Calender shortcut on the main screen. I have the big Weather widget (I so love it) on the left screens and to the right I have the People, Wifi and GPS widgets, my Album and Music shortcut and a round analog clock.
I know its tempting to have widgets on every screen but honestly, with all I listed in just 3 screens, you really don’t need more. The performance difference is well worth it. Also, remember that with the Drizzy ROM, you are NOT supposed to overclock.
Just wondering, I’m currently using cyan’s 3.9.x rom, i want to partition my 2gb sd card into the ext2/ext3/ext4 using your sdparted method. My question is: if I do the partition with my current settings, will I need to load back my Cyan 3.9.x rom or will this method not disturb my rom?
Appreciate your advice.
I have Sense on my G1 now, thank you! 😀
But I’m wondering how do I save apps to my SD card now? It doesn’t seem to do it on it’s own.
Im still wondering the same thing, i have a feeling its doing it on the sd cards partition but its not indicated like it was on the apps2sd method because ive downloaded apps and it still says 80mb out of 89 available.
I have a question though 4 some reason im reading a incoming txt msg coming thru the notifications bar, when i click on it to open it in the msg app its not there. It happened about 4 times now. Anyone else with this problem????
Hiya,
I am still getting the continuous hero logo over and over…i have done all the step over and over….help please…been at this for an hour… 🙂
Okey, it’s been about 4 hours of running hero and it works great. Thanks to Unlockr, David, xda dev for making these very complicated steps easy to follow and understand. @ Az, I came from cayn’s 3.9.7, so didn’t need to update anything, just flash new rom. Don’t need to reload CyanogenMod cuz your just going to wipe and flash hero.
@ Az, if not changing roms and staying with cyan’s it shouldn’t mess your rom up. It is already deep inside somewhere on your g1 and you are going to section SD card.
@Jose, I have been running Hero for over 6 hours and its beautiful. Only bad thing, no GPS and blu-tooth.
“Hiya,
I am still getting the continuous hero logo over and over…i have done all the step over and over….help please…been at this for an hour… ”
@Alisa,
I had the same problem, I was stuck four an hour too, What my problem was I had the wrong SPL. Maybe yours can be the same. I downloaded a different SPL, Hykuro, from xda dev site. Wipe, Flash. Then got the Hero ROM from Unlockr. Wipe, Flash. That should do it.
If not, Take out the battery like Unlockr says. Then Wipe, and rebooot. DONT RE FLASH. Goodluck 😉
hey is anyone still having problems with su? ive tried all four and its not working at all
ok, why is the partition section not working for me. i wrote everything the same way its here, but after i type the last section (rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error), it gives me (end?) ive entered “print” and “end” and after type in print, but only get 2 partitions. can someone help me out with this?
Anybody else keep getting “htc” and then about a few seconds of the screen just hanging? it’s getting really annoying. D:
i want to download that move cache app but i keep reading comments on the Market that it messes up the Market.
When i download Drizzy’s file it comes up on my computer as a .jar file what should i do so i am able to use it on my g1 ?
how do i know if i have the latest slp?
when i do all of this, should i just not have any of the files i used in rooting and loading the dudes rom on my sd card?
i do have the 16 gig sd card too… thanks ya’ll!
Ive done the move cache to sd app, im not really sure if its working i havent checked the folders to tell but everything still been working fine so far, after a day i feel like going back to a more faster rom, not really able to enjoy its widgets so much because of the lack of power, even when overclocked and its also not syncing all the people in my address book.
Yes thats fine just make sure you have upgraded to the right radio version 1st and change that .jar file to update.zip, the G1 knows what to do with it..
Clemshady….. Yea ive actually only had about 3 widgets before but now i have only 1, just the clock lol, and i have 1 page full of apps and oh and the google seach widget, then the page to the left has a bout 3 apps on there and thats it, it just loads everytime i go back to the home screen, its like a 25sec load time, question…. do you also have around 80mbs freen of phone space?
so are the steps like so?
step1) parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
step2)rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
step3)rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
step4)rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
step5)mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200
step6)mkpartfs primary ext2 7200 7700
step7)mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7700 7732
step8)print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
step9)upgrade_fs
???? can u please update the instructions for partitioning this way :S i dont know if i have to type rm1 and enter, rm2 and enter rm3 and enter and then mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200 enter? im a noob sorry.
@Claudio
Yes you are correct. Get it starting. Hero is awesome!
BTW for future refrences, when ever someone lists a long list like that, that means step one..this this this..when they go to the next line, it means “enter”.
😉
To Garrick2007 and everyone who is currently running a Hero ROM:
The ROMs on this page although faster than previous ROMs (because it is based on a newer Hero build) were not optimized. However, the OPTIMIZED VERSION has now been released and it is a collaboration by both Drizzy and Jac.
It is called DrizzyJAC NewVision v3 which is also nicknamed SPEED DEMON for obvious reason lol. Report from forum members are indicating that it is extremely fast and everything works: Albums, Wifi, Market, SMS etc (except for bluetooth of course – Not yet for any Hero ROM)
Here is a link to the download page:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O1B090HJ – you are welcome!
And here is a video of someone upgrading to this new ROM:
http://www.youtube.com/gameofwar77#play/all/uploads-all/0/4SmVz83Iziw
I am about to flash this myself but I wanted to share with you guys first. Remember to wipe your ext3 partition to avoid bootloops. Here is how:
After placing the update file on your card, Boot into recovery, wipe, go to the console and enter the following:
# mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
# cd /system/sd
# rm -rf /system/sd/*
# reboot recovery
Once back in recovery, fix the ext3 partition and flash!
Good luck!
Congrats to everyone that has successfully got the ROM up and running.
For those inquiring, the Move Cache app is working for me and my phone has not slowed down once since installed. However Even after I clear the cache on the phone and mount my sd card the cache folder is still about 12 Megs big. It does not bother me since I still have about 6.5 Gigs of Fat32 storage space left on the card. That is 12 gigs of cache that is not on my phones internal memory and I refuse to delete the cache since it actually helps me browse faster.
@Garrick2007 When i drag the file onto my g1 and rename it as update it says it cannot update because there is no file found when it’s a .jar file
NEWEST HERO ROM UPDATE:
OK, I successfully did the upgrade- It is soooo fast and extremeeeely smooth! There were however 2 issues:
When you watch youtube and hit menu it’ll FC.
Also, flash does not seem to work. When I went to http://www.htc.com, as the flash starts to load, the browser closes and it goes back o the home screen.
Every thing else works!
Good news is there is an updated version of this ROM that is said to address both issues. It is called DrizzyJAC NewVision v3r2. It is also said to be running as fast as v3 which is an amazing speed!. The only difference is no more FC. Here is the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?eay3z5nymye
I will flash this right away and come back with updates.
BTW, in my last post where I said “Once back in recovery, fix the ext3 partition and flash!”, fix the ext3 partition means to use the Alt+F command in recovery to repair the ext file system.
Have fun!
Ricky and Garrck2007,
I personally had a better experience with the Newvison v2.8 ROM by Drizzy. There are also many people in the xda forums that prefers it. However like David said, different people have unique experiences with different ROMs. Plus there are newer ROMs being cooked as we speak, something even better will soon be available.
Also, I will strongly recommend to use ONLY 3 screens. I noticed a BIG BIG difference when I emptied the remaining home screens. (Just like the real Hero, I have the Flip Clock/Weather widget, Mail, Msg, Browser and Calender shortcut on the main screen. I have the big Weather widget (I so love it) on the left screens and to the right I have the People, Wifi and GPS widgets, my Album and Music shortcut and a round analog clock.
I know its tempting to have widgets on every screen but honestly, with all I listed in just 3 screens, you really don’t need more. The performance difference is well worth it. Also, remember that with the Drizzy ROM, you are NOT supposed to overclock.
i need help..!! when im partitioning my sd card i enter
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
it works great but when i enter the rest and press enter on the end of each line it gives me the same error
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 3420
mkpartfs primary ext2 3420 3932
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 3932-3964
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
after i press enter on the end of each line it gives me a error dat says
no implementation: partition 1 isnt aligned to cylinder boundaries. this is still unsupported
wat should i do plz some one help..!!
OK, FINAL UPDATE:
I am now running the DrizzyJAC NewVision v3r2 and am happy to report that the two main issues I had with the v3.0 (see my previous post) has been resolved in v3r2 and it is so fast, I feel like giving it a speeding ticket. lol
HERO IS OFFCIALLY READY FOR EVERY DAY USE ON THE G1!
Also, there is a paid app in the market that drastically increases the phones volume. Its called “Louder Volume Hack”. Now I feel like my G1 is yelling at me. lol
I am so excited and I am sure you will too after experiencing this ROM. Enjoy it guys. Good luck
WOw cool so we should load this just like any other rom? or do we have to do the hole procedure over like flashing, portioning , spl and rom or just some of it? Dang i hate starting over fresh lol
and drake you did you put the file extension o the end? .zip Im ona mac so wen i did it assked do i want to turn it into a zip file
Garrick2007
Simply load like other roms. Rename zip file as update and put in root of sd card, go to recovery, wipe, go to console to wipe your ext partition using instructions in my previous post, once back in recovery, repair ext file system, flash rom and you are all set. Remember to use the 3r2 rom . Good luck
Well i’m on a pc and when u rename the file you just put it as update not .zip
Unlocker says …
11. Plug in the G1, open the SD card on the computer, and delete the update.zip file (used to be the Radio file), and rename the SPL file to update.zip this time.
If you don’t add .zip it wont know what to do with the file. The rom was already a .zip file so you didnt need to do it to that one but since its .jar it must be changed to .zip. Thats how i look at it.
Thanks clemshady, i hope this goes smoothly
Okay well i’ll give it a try thanks for the help
Ya i just tried it and it doesn’t work it has to be an original .zip file for it to work. Is there another download link that anyone has that isn’t a .jar file ?
Folks who have SU problems, you can bypass that with telnet app you installed, yank the su command and flush recovery commands in. It works!
Ok so the new rom is on and loaded, working great so far, flash does work as well, interfaced chaged a little bit, i wont be able to see a performance difference until i get everything running how it was so ill post later on.
Drake, Sorry i haven’t came across a original .zip file
Simply load like other roms. Rename zip file as update and put in root of sd card, go to recovery, wipe, go to console to wipe your ext partition using instructions in my previous post, once back in recovery, repair ext file system, flash rom and you are all set. Remember to use the 3r2 rom . Good luck
Clemshady,
I did that, hwo do i wipe the ext partition? I accidently wiped all three. Cuz i did rm 1, rm2 , rm3 did i just need to put rm 2? and Also how do i get the ROM on my sd card, my computer is not readin my sd. it keeps asking me to format it.
Yesterday i unnderstood it, today im stuck again.
I wiped the hole thing 1 2 and 3, you might have to go over it all over again for the comp to read it, sounds like you might have made the hole card a ex2 maybe. But i ran into a problem just now, alll my apps are going on my 80mb of internal memory. What happened ? when i printed it said i had 6xxxmb fo fat32 and 5xxmb of ext2 .
When i download Drizzy’s file it comes up on my computer as a .jar file what should i do so i am able to use it on my g1 ?
Garrck2007
Nope i followed this guide and clemshady’s advices. Everything was working, i went into hero. Im trying to get this one, the Fast DEMON one.
What im told is your pc cant read the Adapetr because it has linux. And the only way i get to that is through my g1’s usb.
Im flashing the new v3 rom now
From my understanding the linux partition is for extra ram basically, i dont think you can access it, same for ext2, these are partitions that computers cant read and i never seen show up on my comp, thru adapter or G1 USB i could be wrong though im learning too.
this looks like a lot of work ta maybe mess up my 16 gig sd card… i’ll just go ta church instead, cuz i’m scared… lol
Yes thats fine just make sure you have upgraded to the right radio version 1st and change that .jar file to update.zip, the G1 knows what to do with it..
Clemshady….. Yea ive actually only had about 3 widgets before but now i have only 1, just the clock lol, and i have 1 page full of apps and oh and the google seach widget, then the page to the left has a bout 3 apps on there and thats it, it just loads everytime i go back to the home screen, its like a 25sec load time, question…. do you also have around 80mbs freen of phone space?
so are the steps like so?
step1) parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
step2)rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
step3)rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
step4)rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
step5)mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200
step6)mkpartfs primary ext2 7200 7700
step7)mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7700 7732
step8)print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
step9)upgrade_fs
???? can u please update the instructions for partitioning this way :S i dont know if i have to type rm1 and enter, rm2 and enter rm3 and enter and then mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200 enter? im a noob sorry.
@Claudio
Yes you are correct. Get it starting. Hero is awesome!
BTW for future refrences, when ever someone lists a long list like that, that means step one..this this this..when they go to the next line, it means “enter”.
😉
To Garrick2007 and everyone who is currently running a Hero ROM:
The ROMs on this page although faster than previous ROMs (because it is based on a newer Hero build) were not optimized. However, the OPTIMIZED VERSION has now been released and it is a collaboration by both Drizzy and Jac.
It is called DrizzyJAC NewVision v3 which is also nicknamed SPEED DEMON for obvious reason lol. Report from forum members are indicating that it is extremely fast and everything works: Albums, Wifi, Market, SMS etc (except for bluetooth of course – Not yet for any Hero ROM)
Here is a link to the download page:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O1B090HJ – you are welcome!
And here is a video of someone upgrading to this new ROM:
http://www.youtube.com/gameofwar77#play/all/uploads-all/0/4SmVz83Iziw
I am about to flash this myself but I wanted to share with you guys first. Remember to wipe your ext3 partition to avoid bootloops. Here is how:
After placing the update file on your card, Boot into recovery, wipe, go to the console and enter the following:
# mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
# cd /system/sd
# rm -rf /system/sd/*
# reboot recovery
Once back in recovery, fix the ext3 partition and flash!
Good luck!
@Garrick2007 When i drag the file onto my g1 and rename it as update it says it cannot update because there is no file found when it’s a .jar file
NEWEST HERO ROM UPDATE:
OK, I successfully did the upgrade- It is soooo fast and extremeeeely smooth! There were however 2 issues:
When you watch youtube and hit menu it’ll FC.
Also, flash does not seem to work. When I went to http://www.htc.com, as the flash starts to load, the browser closes and it goes back o the home screen.
Every thing else works!
Good news is there is an updated version of this ROM that is said to address both issues. It is called DrizzyJAC NewVision v3r2. It is also said to be running as fast as v3 which is an amazing speed!. The only difference is no more FC. Here is the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?eay3z5nymye
I will flash this right away and come back with updates.
BTW, in my last post where I said “Once back in recovery, fix the ext3 partition and flash!”, fix the ext3 partition means to use the Alt+F command in recovery to repair the ext file system.
Have fun!
i need help..!! when im partitioning my sd card i enter
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
it works great but when i enter the rest and press enter on the end of each line it gives me the same error
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 3420
mkpartfs primary ext2 3420 3932
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 3932-3964
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
after i press enter on the end of each line it gives me a error dat says
no implementation: partition 1 isnt aligned to cylinder boundaries. this is still unsupported
wat should i do plz some one help..!!
OK, FINAL UPDATE:
I am now running the DrizzyJAC NewVision v3r2 and am happy to report that the two main issues I had with the v3.0 (see my previous post) has been resolved in v3r2 and it is so fast, I feel like giving it a speeding ticket. lol
HERO IS OFFCIALLY READY FOR EVERY DAY USE ON THE G1!
Also, there is a paid app in the market that drastically increases the phones volume. Its called “Louder Volume Hack”. Now I feel like my G1 is yelling at me. lol
I am so excited and I am sure you will too after experiencing this ROM. Enjoy it guys. Good luck
WOw cool so we should load this just like any other rom? or do we have to do the hole procedure over like flashing, portioning , spl and rom or just some of it? Dang i hate starting over fresh lol
*** If you have Hero running with all 3 partitions, Here is how you wipe ONLY THE EXT3 Partition:
After placing the update file on your card, Boot into recovery, wipe, go to the console and enter the following:
# mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
# cd /system/sd
# rm -rf /system/sd/*
# reboot recovery
Once back in recovery, click repair ext file system, Install the update, and reboot and you are all set.
and drake you did you put the file extension o the end? .zip Im ona mac so wen i did it assked do i want to turn it into a zip file
Garrick2007
Simply load like other roms. Rename zip file as update and put in root of sd card, go to recovery, wipe, go to console to wipe your ext partition using instructions in my previous post, once back in recovery, repair ext file system, flash rom and you are all set. Remember to use the 3r2 rom . Good luck
Well i’m on a pc and when u rename the file you just put it as update not .zip
Unlocker says …
11. Plug in the G1, open the SD card on the computer, and delete the update.zip file (used to be the Radio file), and rename the SPL file to update.zip this time.
If you don’t add .zip it wont know what to do with the file. The rom was already a .zip file so you didnt need to do it to that one but since its .jar it must be changed to .zip. Thats how i look at it.
Thanks clemshady, i hope this goes smoothly
Okay well i’ll give it a try thanks for the help
Ya i just tried it and it doesn’t work it has to be an original .zip file for it to work. Is there another download link that anyone has that isn’t a .jar file ?
Folks who have SU problems, you can bypass that with telnet app you installed, yank the su command and flush recovery commands in. It works!
Ok so the new rom is on and loaded, working great so far, flash does work as well, interfaced chaged a little bit, i wont be able to see a performance difference until i get everything running how it was so ill post later on.
Drake, Sorry i haven’t came across a original .zip file
Garrck
Oh i see, you might be write bro. Im learning as well.
Clemshady,
Do you have any tips on how to get my adapter to work? I have all three partitions and my pc keeps asking me to format. WHy? And how are other people’s pcs reading them. I tried three different adapters and two different computers.
Simply load like other roms. Rename zip file as update and put in root of sd card, go to recovery, wipe, go to console to wipe your ext partition using instructions in my previous post, once back in recovery, repair ext file system, flash rom and you are all set. Remember to use the 3r2 rom . Good luck
Clemshady,
I did that, hwo do i wipe the ext partition? I accidently wiped all three. Cuz i did rm 1, rm2 , rm3 did i just need to put rm 2? and Also how do i get the ROM on my sd card, my computer is not readin my sd. it keeps asking me to format it.
Yesterday i unnderstood it, today im stuck again.
hi guys 1 question, after i did everything here wats my space available supost to be on the phone???
Gil, the average for me with all the Hero roms I’ve tested is about 70. Sometimes I get a little more, sometimes a little less (Anywhere between 65 and 80 should be fine.
thanks… so let me ask u everyone say the app that u install they go to the sdcard… way is that available space gets less when i install a app???
I wiped the hole thing 1 2 and 3, you might have to go over it all over again for the comp to read it, sounds like you might have made the hole card a ex2 maybe. But i ran into a problem just now, alll my apps are going on my 80mb of internal memory. What happened ? when i printed it said i had 6xxxmb fo fat32 and 5xxmb of ext2 .
Garrck2007
Nope i followed this guide and clemshady’s advices. Everything was working, i went into hero. Im trying to get this one, the Fast DEMON one.
What im told is your pc cant read the Adapetr because it has linux. And the only way i get to that is through my g1’s usb.
Im flashing the new v3 rom now
From my understanding the linux partition is for extra ram basically, i dont think you can access it, same for ext2, these are partitions that computers cant read and i never seen show up on my comp, thru adapter or G1 USB i could be wrong though im learning too.
this looks like a lot of work ta maybe mess up my 16 gig sd card… i’ll just go ta church instead, cuz i’m scared… lol
Im having the same problem this same problem this time around, before it was going to the sd card now it isnt, ive rebooted and everything.
This rom definately installs the apps on your sd. You can use an app like Root Explorer to view the content of the ext3 partition on your phone.
Remember folks, the internal memory houses your cache as well. You NEED to MOVE some of your cache to the sd card. if you look above, I gave some details regarding how to do this a few post back on this thread.
There are some cache that you just have to manually monitor. Here is a scenario, I have about 100 pictures and 90 videos on my G1 and at some point my Album application had 10 Mb of cache! – No kidding! My internal storage went from 72 to 62 until I deleted the cache.
Also, remember to reboot after all your installs are completed so the apps can be moved to the sd card if it was not done automatically.
Gil and Garrck2007
Question 1: What was the size of your internal phone storage after initial install?
Question 2: How many apps have you installed that did not come with the rom?
I currently have 40 add’l apps installed on my G1 and my internal phone storage is at 72
*** If you have Hero running with all 3 partitions, Here is how you wipe ONLY THE EXT3 Partition:
After placing the update file on your card, Boot into recovery, wipe, go to the console and enter the following:
# mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
# cd /system/sd
# rm -rf /system/sd/*
# reboot recovery
Once back in recovery, click repair ext file system, Install the update, and reboot and you are all set.
After the I partition my sd card, and install an app I should be able to see it on my sd card when i connect to my pc. Right?
Garrck
Oh i see, you might be write bro. Im learning as well.
Clemshady,
Do you have any tips on how to get my adapter to work? I have all three partitions and my pc keeps asking me to format. WHy? And how are other people’s pcs reading them. I tried three different adapters and two different computers.
hi guys 1 question, after i did everything here wats my space available supost to be on the phone???
Gil, the average for me with all the Hero roms I’ve tested is about 70. Sometimes I get a little more, sometimes a little less (Anywhere between 65 and 80 should be fine.
thanks… so let me ask u everyone say the app that u install they go to the sdcard… way is that available space gets less when i install a app???
Clemshady
the initial stogare was 79.. i have 9 app install and have 76 MB of internal phone storage…..
Im having the same problem this same problem this time around, before it was going to the sd card now it isnt, ive rebooted and everything.
This rom definately installs the apps on your sd. You can use an app like Root Explorer to view the content of the ext3 partition on your phone.
Remember folks, the internal memory houses your cache as well. You NEED to MOVE some of your cache to the sd card. if you look above, I gave some details regarding how to do this a few post back on this thread.
There are some cache that you just have to manually monitor. Here is a scenario, I have about 100 pictures and 90 videos on my G1 and at some point my Album application had 10 Mb of cache! – No kidding! My internal storage went from 72 to 62 until I deleted the cache.
Also, remember to reboot after all your installs are completed so the apps can be moved to the sd card if it was not done automatically.
Gil and Garrck2007
Question 1: What was the size of your internal phone storage after initial install?
Question 2: How many apps have you installed that did not come with the rom?
I currently have 40 add’l apps installed on my G1 and my internal phone storage is at 72
Nipoco,
You will not see the app itself (not the .apk file) because it is automatically installed in the ext3 partition of your sd card which you can not access via a non linux based pc. You may however see a folder with the name of the app where any related data is stored
Gil,
I am sure your apps are installed in the sd card. It is unlikely that 9 apps adds up only to 3 Megs. Go ahead and install all the apps you need and let me know how much space you end up with. Remember that some apps uses data that stays in your phone’s memory so it is normal that the size may go down a bit. As long as you dont get a low memory warning and your G1 does no drastically slow down, you should be fine.
BTW, are you using the Move Cache app?
I moved all my cache to sd like clemshday said and i’ve downloaded aps, my int memory is still 77-79mb.
Clemshady,
You had a problem with cache when you where in your photo album, i was wondering, how can you delete the cache in applications? The only cache i know you can delete is the internet. How do you delete other caches from other apps? Remember im new to this.
After the I partition my sd card, and install an app I should be able to see it on my sd card when i connect to my pc. Right?
clemshady
im with 12 app now and 74MB internal phone storage.. i justed install the move cache app, but im not sure how it works but i opened the app and click 1 by 1 send cache to sd!!!
i install move cache app on my phone and now the market dosent work… what should i do???
i opened the move cache app and put move your market cache in Int. memory is there a problem if i leave it like that??? after i did that my market is working again!!!
Gil, No problem i guess. But i think when your in the market now, your phone will be loading with the int memory’s ram, thus puttin more pressure on the phone and slowing it down. I have been messing with my phone alot so im learning. Besides these roms arent the offical Hero rom. Maybe XDA DEV will make an official hero rom that runs more smothlly. When im texting alot and receiving texts, the Hero ROM seems to slow down. Maybe Clemshady or David might know how to avoid that. If theres a way i can get my hero running fast like you guys,
Clemshady, every time i install a app i lose a Mb or so depending on how big the app is, i had 71mb out of 89 and i installed K-9 Mail app and it went to 70mbs. external storage is currently 6,853mb out of 5.749mb. I wasnt watching the external memory the 1st time but i was when i installed a game witch was 3mbs and ahome witch is 1mb and nothing changed at all, i rebooted my phone and nutting still.
When i started i had i think 79mbs available. Before the resent flash i had 80mb the hole time with all my apps on there and i am using the cache mover. I am going to get root explorer and see what’s in that partition, be back.
Clemshady
the initial stogare was 79.. i have 9 app install and have 76 MB of internal phone storage…..
Ok so and to answer the other question i have 17 apps installed, only 1 Game.
So i got root explorer and i cant seem to find the ext3 partition folder, what would it be named? only thing i see is extmov, and its empty. also the cache on my phone’s folder is empty and the cache on my sd card has all the cache to sd stuff on their so thats working witch means that something else is taking up the internal storage. Is their a possibility i didn’t make a ex3 partition on accident even though when i command printed there was 3 different partitions. Thanks for the help so far.
can you help me out i think i soft bricked my phone because i went to the hero rom and it worked perfectly but it only worked with the sd card i used so that was wack and then i did a nandroid restore on my g1 to go back to jf cupcake and it loads up and gos to fast boot but i cant go to recovery mode and i need to go there to update my g1 it gets stuck on the g1 screen when i try to go to recovery help
nevermind i found out myself its that i had the cyanogenmod v1.4 and i had to do that thing again in the terminal lol so if you do that nandroid just redo the steps to get to that recovery lmao so yea i was kinda getting mad trying to get to recovery but i figured it out…
Nipoco,
You will not see the app itself (not the .apk file) because it is automatically installed in the ext3 partition of your sd card which you can not access via a non linux based pc. You may however see a folder with the name of the app where any related data is stored
Gil,
I am sure your apps are installed in the sd card. It is unlikely that 9 apps adds up only to 3 Megs. Go ahead and install all the apps you need and let me know how much space you end up with. Remember that some apps uses data that stays in your phone’s memory so it is normal that the size may go down a bit. As long as you dont get a low memory warning and your G1 does no drastically slow down, you should be fine.
BTW, are you using the Move Cache app?
Garrck2007,
Your external storage will NOT change if you install an app. That is the fat32 folder and your apps does not go there. That is meant for pics, music, videos, etc.
If you open Root explorer, click on system and then sd. That is your ext3 partition. Notice the top says /dev/block/mmcblk0p2. looks familiar? You will see 3 folders, App(The ones you install), App-private(well, private apps) and App_s(the apps that came with the phone).
Again, “Remember that some apps uses data that stays in your phone’s memory so it is normal that the size may go down a bit. As long as you don’t get a low memory warning and your G1 does no drastically slow down, you should be fine.” Anything between 60 and 80 is a O.K
I moved all my cache to sd like clemshday said and i’ve downloaded aps, my int memory is still 77-79mb.
Clemshady,
You had a problem with cache when you where in your photo album, i was wondering, how can you delete the cache in applications? The only cache i know you can delete is the internet. How do you delete other caches from other apps? Remember im new to this.
Gil,
There is no problem leaving the Market cache in Int. memory. It is weird that your Market app did not work with the cache moved in the sd card. That is not a big deal anyway, just make sure from time to time, you go to Settings, Applications, click on the Market app and Clear Cache. You can do it for any other app there as well.
Wade,
You can delete the cache of ANY app by going to Settings and then Applications. If you select any app listed there, if it has left cache on your phone, there will be a click-able “Clear Cache” button. That is how I deleted the 10 megs of cache stored by my Album app.
Regarding the text/slow downs, I have not experience any issues but I really am not a heavy text message user. I will recommend to try a diff text message app (I hear Chomp SMS is pretty good). If it makes no difference, please let me know.
Like David always say, we got to remember that the real Hero designed to run this rom has approximately 100 more RAM(memory) then our G1. somethings might not be avoidable but am sure if there is a fix, the awesome G1 developers will find it.
clemshady
im with 12 app now and 74MB internal phone storage.. i justed install the move cache app, but im not sure how it works but i opened the app and click 1 by 1 send cache to sd!!!
Haha i feel dumb abot the external memory thing, thats a big duh. But yep all my apps are in that folder called app. Weird its eating more memory but i guess 10mb more wont have it going any faster. This new ROM really is quicker though im getting very few HTC loading logos when i go back to the home screen witch is good, thanks again for the help again.
i install move cache app on my phone and now the market dosent work… what should i do???
i opened the move cache app and put move your market cache in Int. memory is there a problem if i leave it like that??? after i did that my market is working again!!!
Clemshady,
Thanks dude. About the text issue, ChompSMS is actuallly the same. But i noticed when i cleared my cache, the speed got back 😉
Gil, No problem i guess. But i think when your in the market now, your phone will be loading with the int memory’s ram, thus puttin more pressure on the phone and slowing it down. I have been messing with my phone alot so im learning. Besides these roms arent the offical Hero rom. Maybe XDA DEV will make an official hero rom that runs more smothlly. When im texting alot and receiving texts, the Hero ROM seems to slow down. Maybe Clemshady or David might know how to avoid that. If theres a way i can get my hero running fast like you guys,
Great to hear guys. I Am glad its working. Looks like we did it! Thanks to David for providing us this forum.
hi everytime i put in mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200
it keep giving me sh: mkpartfs: not found
im i doing something wrong
Hey wade and everyone else, is it just me or are you guys noticing that not all the txts msgs are coming thur, i uninstalled chompsms and dg alet thinking maybe it had something to do with it but im still not receiving a lot of my txtes. I have a lot of people mad at me lol. Thats my only other problem. Its started since if loaded hero for the 1st time. All my txts go thru but random ones dont get received
Clemshady, every time i install a app i lose a Mb or so depending on how big the app is, i had 71mb out of 89 and i installed K-9 Mail app and it went to 70mbs. external storage is currently 6,853mb out of 5.749mb. I wasnt watching the external memory the 1st time but i was when i installed a game witch was 3mbs and ahome witch is 1mb and nothing changed at all, i rebooted my phone and nutting still.
When i started i had i think 79mbs available. Before the resent flash i had 80mb the hole time with all my apps on there and i am using the cache mover. I am going to get root explorer and see what’s in that partition, be back.
Ok so and to answer the other question i have 17 apps installed, only 1 Game.
So i got root explorer and i cant seem to find the ext3 partition folder, what would it be named? only thing i see is extmov, and its empty. also the cache on my phone’s folder is empty and the cache on my sd card has all the cache to sd stuff on their so thats working witch means that something else is taking up the internal storage. Is their a possibility i didn’t make a ex3 partition on accident even though when i command printed there was 3 different partitions. Thanks for the help so far.
Garrck2007,
Here is what I found out about not receiving all your text messages:
If you notice on your G1 status bar, instead of “3G” it has an “H” which refers to HSDPA networks (A 3.5G/4G network used in Europe. Remember this rom is based on the new Hero beta recently released in the UK). Now because here in the US, we only have 3G (not 3.5G/4G), HSDPA is picking up some of our 3G network and not all. Hence you most likely get only 70/80% of text messages.
Here is what I propose you try:
Go to Settings, Wireless Controls, Mobile Network Settings and put a check on Use Only 2G. The “H” should change to a “E” (Edge network). Doing this should allow you to recieve all sms and mms in the US.
Edge may not be as fast as 3G when you browse but you can always use wifi and it does help you save on battery. BTW 3G is not always available everywhere anyway. The HSDPA network is not in the states as of yet but soon to come.
I hope this help. Please keep me updated.
I just tested web browsing on the Edge network. I honestly see no difference between this and 3G.
*** If you still have TEXT MESSAGE issues after my previous advise regarding 2G network (see above), here is a different school of thought:
Someone with similar issues checked the phone’s log while actually sending messages to himself and here is his findings:
“EVERY message got through to the phone. I could see in the log where the sms was received and passed onto the com.android.mms process. It was almost instant from the time the message was sent, as expected.
From there I could actually watch as the com.android.mms process DIED, along with a “NO MEMORY” message. It is absolutely a memory problem, simple as that.”
In order words, if the phone is attempting to receive a text message while too many processes are running, you could temporarily run out of memory and the system would kill off the mms process in an attempt to free up memory, which would cost you the incoming message.
Possible solution?
Keep your phone memory happy. Free up cache and avoid leaving a memory-hog app running in the background. (Ex: Don’t leave the large weather widget on the home screen. etc)
can you help me out i think i soft bricked my phone because i went to the hero rom and it worked perfectly but it only worked with the sd card i used so that was wack and then i did a nandroid restore on my g1 to go back to jf cupcake and it loads up and gos to fast boot but i cant go to recovery mode and i need to go there to update my g1 it gets stuck on the g1 screen when i try to go to recovery help
nevermind i found out myself its that i had the cyanogenmod v1.4 and i had to do that thing again in the terminal lol so if you do that nandroid just redo the steps to get to that recovery lmao so yea i was kinda getting mad trying to get to recovery but i figured it out…
Garrck2007,
Your external storage will NOT change if you install an app. That is the fat32 folder and your apps does not go there. That is meant for pics, music, videos, etc.
If you open Root explorer, click on system and then sd. That is your ext3 partition. Notice the top says /dev/block/mmcblk0p2. looks familiar? You will see 3 folders, App(The ones you install), App-private(well, private apps) and App_s(the apps that came with the phone).
Again, “Remember that some apps uses data that stays in your phone’s memory so it is normal that the size may go down a bit. As long as you don’t get a low memory warning and your G1 does no drastically slow down, you should be fine.” Anything between 60 and 80 is a O.K
Gil,
There is no problem leaving the Market cache in Int. memory. It is weird that your Market app did not work with the cache moved in the sd card. That is not a big deal anyway, just make sure from time to time, you go to Settings, Applications, click on the Market app and Clear Cache. You can do it for any other app there as well.
Wade,
You can delete the cache of ANY app by going to Settings and then Applications. If you select any app listed there, if it has left cache on your phone, there will be a click-able “Clear Cache” button. That is how I deleted the 10 megs of cache stored by my Album app.
Regarding the text/slow downs, I have not experience any issues but I really am not a heavy text message user. I will recommend to try a diff text message app (I hear Chomp SMS is pretty good). If it makes no difference, please let me know.
Like David always say, we got to remember that the real Hero designed to run this rom has approximately 100 more RAM(memory) then our G1. somethings might not be avoidable but am sure if there is a fix, the awesome G1 developers will find it.
Haha i feel dumb abot the external memory thing, thats a big duh. But yep all my apps are in that folder called app. Weird its eating more memory but i guess 10mb more wont have it going any faster. This new ROM really is quicker though im getting very few HTC loading logos when i go back to the home screen witch is good, thanks again for the help again.
Clemshady,
Thanks dude. About the text issue, ChompSMS is actuallly the same. But i noticed when i cleared my cache, the speed got back 😉
Great to hear guys. I Am glad its working. Looks like we did it! Thanks to David for providing us this forum.
hi everytime i put in mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200
it keep giving me sh: mkpartfs: not found
im i doing something wrong
Hey wade and everyone else, is it just me or are you guys noticing that not all the txts msgs are coming thur, i uninstalled chompsms and dg alet thinking maybe it had something to do with it but im still not receiving a lot of my txtes. I have a lot of people mad at me lol. Thats my only other problem. Its started since if loaded hero for the 1st time. All my txts go thru but random ones dont get received
Garrck2007,
Here is what I found out about not receiving all your text messages:
If you notice on your G1 status bar, instead of “3G” it has an “H” which refers to HSDPA networks (A 3.5G/4G network used in Europe. Remember this rom is based on the new Hero beta recently released in the UK). Now because here in the US, we only have 3G (not 3.5G/4G), HSDPA is picking up some of our 3G network and not all. Hence you most likely get only 70/80% of text messages.
Here is what I propose you try:
Go to Settings, Wireless Controls, Mobile Network Settings and put a check on Use Only 2G. The “H” should change to a “E” (Edge network). Doing this should allow you to recieve all sms and mms in the US.
Edge may not be as fast as 3G when you browse but you can always use wifi and it does help you save on battery. BTW 3G is not always available everywhere anyway. The HSDPA network is not in the states as of yet but soon to come.
I hope this help. Please keep me updated.
what will my SD Card Partitions be if i only have a 1 gig sd card? or do i have to get a bigger sd card?
Hello Kiki,
Definitely recommend a bigger card, you can find some good deals through our Coupons/Discounts section at the top right of our site.
I just tested web browsing on the Edge network. I honestly see no difference between this and 3G.
*** If you still have TEXT MESSAGE issues after my previous advise regarding 2G network (see above), here is a different school of thought:
Someone with similar issues checked the phone’s log while actually sending messages to himself and here is his findings:
“EVERY message got through to the phone. I could see in the log where the sms was received and passed onto the com.android.mms process. It was almost instant from the time the message was sent, as expected.
From there I could actually watch as the com.android.mms process DIED, along with a “NO MEMORY” message. It is absolutely a memory problem, simple as that.”
In order words, if the phone is attempting to receive a text message while too many processes are running, you could temporarily run out of memory and the system would kill off the mms process in an attempt to free up memory, which would cost you the incoming message.
Possible solution?
Keep your phone memory happy. Free up cache and avoid leaving a memory-hog app running in the background. (Ex: Don’t leave the large weather widget on the home screen. etc)
i had my phone rooted with the jf 1.5 cupcake. and i used the spl update you have on the instructions, was that the same spl. because now i cant get pass the g1 screen. what to do?
Thank again Clemshady thats probably was the problem, i thought the H was just a HTC styling they where where doing had no idea it was using a different network, thanks.
Does anyone else have the same problem when you press down your camera button on the side of the device it doesn’t bring up the camera app ? Leave a reply to me if you have the same problem. Thanks
what will my SD Card Partitions be if i only have a 1 gig sd card? or do i have to get a bigger sd card?
Hello Kiki,
Definitely recommend a bigger card, you can find some good deals through our Coupons/Discounts section at the top right of our site.
I guess i spoke to soon , i got about 1 msg that came thru the notification bar and the sms program but after that 1st sms from that person i started to only get them thru the notification bar, its bearable because i can read it if its highlighted in there for the time being and it will act as a ticker. When i txt my self they do come thru fine though. Currently i have 23mb of ram available, im going to take weather widget off reboot and see what happneds.
Dear Unlockr,
I sucessfully rooted my g1 and I now have Jachero 2.7.4 on my system. Whenever I try to switch to Drizzy’s Rom I put it on my sd card, rename it as update and put it on my phone by putting it into recovery mode and wiping the phone then I install the update and it says it was successful. So then when my phone reboots it either loops at the htc screen or Hero screen. What should i do ?
Garrick2007
23mb of ram is quite low. You mentioned you had 79 when you started. How much apps have you installed? Are your cache cleared?
hey david i was wonderin when i was on the last line
For an 2GB Card type the following (hit enter at the end of each line):
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
*The last character in the above line is a ZERO…
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200
mkpartfs primary ext2 1200 1700
“mkpartfs primary linux-swap 1700-1732”
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
wen i was done with the one that was quotted i pressed enter.then i entered print and it said invalid key.i entered again and it only showed the fat 32 and ext2 it didnt show the third one what am i doing wrong?
i had my phone rooted with the jf 1.5 cupcake. and i used the spl update you have on the instructions, was that the same spl. because now i cant get pass the g1 screen. what to do?
Hey unlockr.com please help me somebody?!
For an 2GB Card type the following (hit enter at the end of each line):
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
*The last character in the above line is a ZERO…
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200
mkpartfs primary ext2 1200 1700
“mkpartfs primary linux-swap 1700-1732″
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
wen i was done with the one that was quotted i pressed enter.then i entered print and it said invalid key.i entered again and it only showed the fat 32 and ext2 it didnt show the third one what am i doing wrong?
Clemshady, well im thinking the 25mb is indicating how much RAM is available not internal phone storage i deleted a couple apps i didnt need and so i have around 72 now the lowest its been was 70. Is 25mb of RAM (random access memory) considered low? It does sound pretty low though, but thats what i have right after a reboot, im using advance task manager witch tells me that, it now says “free MEM 20mb” it must be talking about ram because under internal storage it says 70mb. I dont know how i could free up RAM if none of my apps are already open on startup, sounds fishy….
Thank again Clemshady thats probably was the problem, i thought the H was just a HTC styling they where where doing had no idea it was using a different network, thanks.
Garrack2007,
What Clemshady said is exactly what i was going to tell you. Hes right about the “H”. I noticed when i was on the 2G, i recieved all texts and let me tell it, it wasnt laggy. When i went back to “H”, i started losing sms. I noticed under settings, apps, manage apps, on the anrdoid.mms or w.e it is, i had about 5mb of cache running. After i deleted it, it started running quick. I have about 83mb of int memory while running Hero, thanks to Clemshady who told me how to delete caches. Plus, i herd from XDA DEVs, a new hero rom which is faster is on the works from Drizzy and Jac.
Heres another thing, some people are running over 32mb of linux swap, i heard it is bad and can break your phone. I wouldnt recommend it because i am not very expereinced. But you guys can llook into it, supposedly hero runs faster with more linux_swap
Thanks everyone, Thanks Clemshday
Does anyone else have the same problem when you press down your camera button on the side of the device it doesn’t bring up the camera app ? Leave a reply to me if you have the same problem. Thanks
hey, thanks to you guys i have alot of memory on my g1, now my question is if i install the hero rom will i be able to get those 1300mb i have on my phone? and if i can do i need to follow the same steps i did the first time? right now im running cyanogenmod-3.6.8.1, thanks and keep up the good work.
I guess i spoke to soon , i got about 1 msg that came thru the notification bar and the sms program but after that 1st sms from that person i started to only get them thru the notification bar, its bearable because i can read it if its highlighted in there for the time being and it will act as a ticker. When i txt my self they do come thru fine though. Currently i have 23mb of ram available, im going to take weather widget off reboot and see what happneds.
Dear Unlockr,
I sucessfully rooted my g1 and I now have Jachero 2.7.4 on my system. Whenever I try to switch to Drizzy’s Rom I put it on my sd card, rename it as update and put it on my phone by putting it into recovery mode and wiping the phone then I install the update and it says it was successful. So then when my phone reboots it either loops at the htc screen or Hero screen. What should i do ?
Garrick2007
23mb of ram is quite low. You mentioned you had 79 when you started. How much apps have you installed? Are your cache cleared?
hey david i was wonderin when i was on the last line
For an 2GB Card type the following (hit enter at the end of each line):
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
*The last character in the above line is a ZERO…
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200
mkpartfs primary ext2 1200 1700
“mkpartfs primary linux-swap 1700-1732”
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
wen i was done with the one that was quotted i pressed enter.then i entered print and it said invalid key.i entered again and it only showed the fat 32 and ext2 it didnt show the third one what am i doing wrong?
Hey unlockr.com please help me somebody?!
For an 2GB Card type the following (hit enter at the end of each line):
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
*The last character in the above line is a ZERO…
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200
mkpartfs primary ext2 1200 1700
“mkpartfs primary linux-swap 1700-1732″
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs
wen i was done with the one that was quotted i pressed enter.then i entered print and it said invalid key.i entered again and it only showed the fat 32 and ext2 it didnt show the third one what am i doing wrong?
Clemshady, well im thinking the 25mb is indicating how much RAM is available not internal phone storage i deleted a couple apps i didnt need and so i have around 72 now the lowest its been was 70. Is 25mb of RAM (random access memory) considered low? It does sound pretty low though, but thats what i have right after a reboot, im using advance task manager witch tells me that, it now says “free MEM 20mb” it must be talking about ram because under internal storage it says 70mb. I dont know how i could free up RAM if none of my apps are already open on startup, sounds fishy….
pplzzz do not use a regular 1g memory card.
Garrack2007,
What Clemshady said is exactly what i was going to tell you. Hes right about the “H”. I noticed when i was on the 2G, i recieved all texts and let me tell it, it wasnt laggy. When i went back to “H”, i started losing sms. I noticed under settings, apps, manage apps, on the anrdoid.mms or w.e it is, i had about 5mb of cache running. After i deleted it, it started running quick. I have about 83mb of int memory while running Hero, thanks to Clemshady who told me how to delete caches. Plus, i herd from XDA DEVs, a new hero rom which is faster is on the works from Drizzy and Jac.
Heres another thing, some people are running over 32mb of linux swap, i heard it is bad and can break your phone. I wouldnt recommend it because i am not very expereinced. But you guys can llook into it, supposedly hero runs faster with more linux_swap
Thanks everyone, Thanks Clemshday
I flashed the radio from htc.com.
http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html#s3
Is it equal to the version which you can find at google-code or yours?
http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
Is it a modified (haykuro) version? I don’t think so, as the md5s are equal, but I don’t know.
hey, thanks to you guys i have alot of memory on my g1, now my question is if i install the hero rom will i be able to get those 1300mb i have on my phone? and if i can do i need to follow the same steps i did the first time? right now im running cyanogenmod-3.6.8.1, thanks and keep up the good work.
Wade yes ive been running edge (2g) since yesterday and when switched i did get 2 msg that was missed about a hr before that but im still not getting all of them now, here is what my mobile setting say…
Data roaming ( )
Data roaming sound ( )
Use only 2g network (x)
network operator (T-Mobile)
Access Point Names (T-Mobile US)….epc.tmobile.com
For some reason i cant clear any of my cache but when i sort to size my biggest app is only 3mbs, sms is empty and most of my others are empty as well2
pplzzz do not use a regular 1g memory card.
Garrack2007,
I know what you mean bro. When i had sms problems when i first got my G1, T Mobile told me to change my access point to another T Mobile, there should be plenty i believe. It is either access point or operator i dont quite remember. About the cache, im new to that. Like I told Clemshady, i didnt know you can delete them. My memory is going down then up, i dunno why. I was losing my sms texts as well. I still am. It can be that hero’s rom is thee cause. Because like you said on the earlier posts, these problems started happening when we load Hero. Being a tmobile employee, we recomend people gettin a new sim card, which is free. You wont believe how fast you will recieve sms texts when you pop a fresh sim card. Hope that helps.
After reading this on xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4238261&highlight=text#post4238261 I dont think there is a solution yet, they mention using ROM based on the one we use but it still doesn’t work, i guess ill have to suck it up and just use aim more. If anyone here’s about a fix let us know, thanks.
And Wade, i went to t-mobile a few years back and they tryed to charge me 20 for a new 1 lol, i got a break and she charged me 5 because i was a long time user, so they are free now?
I flashed the radio from htc.com.
http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html#s3
Is it equal to the version which you can find at google-code or yours?
http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
Is it a modified (haykuro) version? I don’t think so, as the md5s are equal, but I don’t know.
Garrack2007,
Lmao. In Illinois, We dont charge if your phone’s under warranty. I remember getting a free sim few years ago.
Im trying to do the Louder Audio Hack, The g1’s speakers arent soo powerful lol.
Oh i see lol my phone wasnt under warranty. And I was thinking about doing the same.
I just finished loading JFv1.51. Do I need to Go back to the Out of the box 1.0 or can I put this right on top.
I Part the SD Card already and Rooted it. Sorry for dumb questions but im a MEGA n00b 🙂
Wade yes ive been running edge (2g) since yesterday and when switched i did get 2 msg that was missed about a hr before that but im still not getting all of them now, here is what my mobile setting say…
Data roaming ( )
Data roaming sound ( )
Use only 2g network (x)
network operator (T-Mobile)
Access Point Names (T-Mobile US)….epc.tmobile.com
For some reason i cant clear any of my cache but when i sort to size my biggest app is only 3mbs, sms is empty and most of my others are empty as well2
i m stuck on the terminal part i typed su and i get permission denied why ? can you help please
anyone pplease
thank you
Garrack2007,
I know what you mean bro. When i had sms problems when i first got my G1, T Mobile told me to change my access point to another T Mobile, there should be plenty i believe. It is either access point or operator i dont quite remember. About the cache, im new to that. Like I told Clemshady, i didnt know you can delete them. My memory is going down then up, i dunno why. I was losing my sms texts as well. I still am. It can be that hero’s rom is thee cause. Because like you said on the earlier posts, these problems started happening when we load Hero. Being a tmobile employee, we recomend people gettin a new sim card, which is free. You wont believe how fast you will recieve sms texts when you pop a fresh sim card. Hope that helps.
After reading this on xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4238261&highlight=text#post4238261 I dont think there is a solution yet, they mention using ROM based on the one we use but it still doesn’t work, i guess ill have to suck it up and just use aim more. If anyone here’s about a fix let us know, thanks.
And Wade, i went to t-mobile a few years back and they tryed to charge me 20 for a new 1 lol, i got a break and she charged me 5 because i was a long time user, so they are free now?
after getting to the home screen the setupwizard fails and gives me some error
The application HTC Setup Wizard (process com.htc.android.htcsetupwizard) has stopped unexpectedly. Please Try Again.
Garrack2007,
Lmao. In Illinois, We dont charge if your phone’s under warranty. I remember getting a free sim few years ago.
Im trying to do the Louder Audio Hack, The g1’s speakers arent soo powerful lol.
Oh i see lol my phone wasnt under warranty. And I was thinking about doing the same.
I just finished loading JFv1.51. Do I need to Go back to the Out of the box 1.0 or can I put this right on top.
I Part the SD Card already and Rooted it. Sorry for dumb questions but im a MEGA n00b 🙂
i m stuck on the terminal part i typed su and i get permission denied why ? can you help please
anyone pplease
thank you
okay i wrestled with it and got it working but let me tell you the ROM is TRASH dont use it guys. Back to Cyanogens i go.
after getting to the home screen the setupwizard fails and gives me some error
The application HTC Setup Wizard (process com.htc.android.htcsetupwizard) has stopped unexpectedly. Please Try Again.
Garrack2007
I know what you mean now dude. I got people complaining too now that i dont recieve their texts lol. My memory is keep going down i dunno why. lol. Found this cool app called GPhone Manage, which makes you control the phones tasks. It helps a lil. But when i put a fresh new hero rom yesterday, i had 80mb of int memory with the Movce Cache App. Now i have 74mb, wth lol
I sucessfully rooted my g1 and I now have Jachero 2.7.4 on my system. Whenever I try to switch to Drizzy’s Rom I put it on my sd card, rename it as update and put it on my phone by putting it into recovery mode and wiping the phone then I install the update and it says it was successful. So then when my phone reboots it either loops at the htc screen or Hero screen. What should i do ?
Wade, so witch ROM did you load up yesterday?, i got a tweet from drizzy saying he just finished one and it would be up in the morning, haven’t seen it yet though, so do you think the txt msg problem is a low memory thing? i haven’t gotten any warnings yet, but i noticed if you use dgalert classic it seems to pick up much more msg then it would if you didn’t have it, i usually use that app to set a custom vibration, but now before i click the text msg in the notification bar i highlight it using the track ball and let it ticker pass and read it 1st then click it and most of the time its not in the msg program lol.
Drake, the 2nd time i loaded a different hero ROM i did the hole thing over almost, i went all the way back from step 2, witch i dont think was necessary but i didnt have any problems, loading it, so you could try that or keep wiping and loading again,but he does have a FAQ at the top though just for that problem so check that out 1st.
okay i wrestled with it and got it working but let me tell you the ROM is TRASH dont use it guys. Back to Cyanogens i go.
i need help when i get here to the sd 3 partitions mkpartfs primary fat32 0 3420
mkpartfs primary ext2 3420 3932
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 3932-3964
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit at then wat i do take out the battery or it go off by it self
You can take out the batt, then check which radio you have.
Hi, i have done everything successfully except when typing into the terminal, whenever i type mkpartfs… it says mkpartfs: not found. What does this mean and how do i fix this.
Thank You
Garrack2007
I know what you mean now dude. I got people complaining too now that i dont recieve their texts lol. My memory is keep going down i dunno why. lol. Found this cool app called GPhone Manage, which makes you control the phones tasks. It helps a lil. But when i put a fresh new hero rom yesterday, i had 80mb of int memory with the Movce Cache App. Now i have 74mb, wth lol
Garrack2007,
I was told that there was a new rom. Hopefully this one will give us much faster loading speed and not lose internal memory for no reason lol.
The Hero Rom i loaded yesterday was this one. But im curious to see the new one.
i have the same one he showed in video i been tryin all day i think i screwed this phone up 4 good it wont even pass the t-mobile screen now
my phone crash it’s stuck at the tmobile i took sim out battery everthing and power bak on and still stuck on tmobile screen
I sucessfully rooted my g1 and I now have Jachero 2.7.4 on my system. Whenever I try to switch to Drizzy’s Rom I put it on my sd card, rename it as update and put it on my phone by putting it into recovery mode and wiping the phone then I install the update and it says it was successful. So then when my phone reboots it either loops at the htc screen or Hero screen. What should i do ?
Wade, so witch ROM did you load up yesterday?, i got a tweet from drizzy saying he just finished one and it would be up in the morning, haven’t seen it yet though, so do you think the txt msg problem is a low memory thing? i haven’t gotten any warnings yet, but i noticed if you use dgalert classic it seems to pick up much more msg then it would if you didn’t have it, i usually use that app to set a custom vibration, but now before i click the text msg in the notification bar i highlight it using the track ball and let it ticker pass and read it 1st then click it and most of the time its not in the msg program lol.
Drake, the 2nd time i loaded a different hero ROM i did the hole thing over almost, i went all the way back from step 2, witch i dont think was necessary but i didnt have any problems, loading it, so you could try that or keep wiping and loading again,but he does have a FAQ at the top though just for that problem so check that out 1st.
when applying sd card update for spl i get error. i hit alt s and then i get this….E:cant open ?sdcard/update.zip what do i do?
i need help when i get here to the sd 3 partitions mkpartfs primary fat32 0 3420
mkpartfs primary ext2 3420 3932
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 3932-3964
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit at then wat i do take out the battery or it go off by it self
You can take out the batt, then check which radio you have.
Hi, i have done everything successfully except when typing into the terminal, whenever i type mkpartfs… it says mkpartfs: not found. What does this mean and how do i fix this.
Thank You
Garrack2007,
I was told that there was a new rom. Hopefully this one will give us much faster loading speed and not lose internal memory for no reason lol.
The Hero Rom i loaded yesterday was this one. But im curious to see the new one.
i have the same one he showed in video i been tryin all day i think i screwed this phone up 4 good it wont even pass the t-mobile screen now
my phone crash it’s stuck at the tmobile i took sim out battery everthing and power bak on and still stuck on tmobile screen
when applying sd card update for spl i get error. i hit alt s and then i get this….E:cant open ?sdcard/update.zip what do i do?
so the bigger the external memory (GB on sd cards), the faster it gets?
I have strted all over again, i rooted my phone again just like the website says and then when i get to the terminal and type in su-it says access denied-i saw on a post higher up that you just wait like 10 min untill it finally comes up to allow access. Is this right-please someone help.i have tryed with both terminal emulator and better terminal emulator
ive tried all the solutions to getting the g1 screen to move through but it is still stuck and im on the step where i just put the spl in and was about to boot the hero rom what should i do?
Matt` Says: August 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
on 4gb card gnu parted saysmkpartfs primary fat 32 0 3420 “you requested a partition from 0.00b to 3420 mb the closest location we can manage is 512b to 31.7 kb is this still acceptable to you y/n†what does this mean?
————–
Matt, I got that message too. It means you are entering the incorrect partition sizes. When you are in the console type “print” to see the size of your SD card. Take note of that number.
Also, you should first see if there is a partition on it (indicated by a “1” followed by a line of info on the partition size.
If there is a partition, remove it and start over. To remove a partition simply type (without quotes) “rm 1” then hit enter key. Type print again to confirm removal.
Anyway, on your info are you sure the chip has no info on it? It’s telling you that the requested upper partition size, 3.4 MB is not available. That tells me your chip has files on it. Remove chip from the G1 and delete all files (use you PC to reformat the chip to be sure it’s clean).
Back to the console and partitioning, you have to set each partition size to the capacity of your chip.
For example on mine the 4GB chip said “4027 MB” total.
On the first line I made a 3419 MB partition (appx. 3.4 GB):
0 3419
Then the second line, the ext line, that reflects a 512 MB partition size:
3419 3931
Then the Linux line, that reflects a 96 MB partition:
3931 4027 (see the difference between those 2 number is 96 MB).
USE A CALCULATOR TO AVOID ERRORS. And you have to do a bit of math.
From your chip total deduct 512 MB and 96 MB. That sum (for me, 3.4 GB or 3419 MB) is the upper limit of your primary or first partition, line 1.
0 3419
That number (3419 for me) + 512 MB is the second line entry.
3419 3931 (note this is simply 3419 + 512 MB = 3931)
And the Linux line is 3419 + 512MB + 96MB to get the Linux upper limit (which should total your chip’s total available size):
3931 4027 (note this is 3419 MB + 512 MB + 96 MB = 4027 MB, the size of my chip)
Bottom line, the numbers you enter for your partitions will always be (chip available size) – (512 MB) – (96 MB) = 1st partition upper limit + 512 MB = 2nd partition upper limit + 96 MB = Upper limit of Linux partition (or size of your chip’s available space).
NEW HERO OUT http://twitter.com/HeartBreakDrake im going to wait a couple hrs before flashing, and i want to read about it on XDA
so the bigger the external memory (GB on sd cards), the faster it gets?
how do i kno if i have the right spl
I have strted all over again, i rooted my phone again just like the website says and then when i get to the terminal and type in su-it says access denied-i saw on a post higher up that you just wait like 10 min untill it finally comes up to allow access. Is this right-please someone help.i have tryed with both terminal emulator and better terminal emulator
Not to sure really but i dont think it harms it if you load it again to be safe, i know mines is current
ive tried all the solutions to getting the g1 screen to move through but it is still stuck and im on the step where i just put the spl in and was about to boot the hero rom what should i do?
i cant be unsure i have too be positive ya kno dont wanna brick my phone
i just loaded Drizzys new ROM, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546984 , personally i would wait for 2marro for the other two rom because he’s planing on doing 5 in total but 3 for now, i flash supperlite because i kinda didnt like the home screen lag so im back to a more regular cupcake rom now but it has all the same hero apps just no touch flo stuff, same hero lock screen though. So for “rude” i had a problem during flashing and got the loop screen with hero logo so i redid the partition and spl and it worked right up, reason i wont say it wont brick your phone for sure is just because im not a developer or official help for this site but from experience i haven’t herd of that harming anyones phone but if you want to know 100% i would wait for David or Clemshady to be sure just note he didnt mention not to load spl over again he only said Caution for loading radio.
Matt` Says: August 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
on 4gb card gnu parted saysmkpartfs primary fat 32 0 3420 “you requested a partition from 0.00b to 3420 mb the closest location we can manage is 512b to 31.7 kb is this still acceptable to you y/n†what does this mean?
————–
Matt, I got that message too. It means you are entering the incorrect partition sizes. When you are in the console type “print” to see the size of your SD card. Take note of that number.
Also, you should first see if there is a partition on it (indicated by a “1” followed by a line of info on the partition size.
If there is a partition, remove it and start over. To remove a partition simply type (without quotes) “rm 1” then hit enter key. Type print again to confirm removal.
Anyway, on your info are you sure the chip has no info on it? It’s telling you that the requested upper partition size, 3.4 MB is not available. That tells me your chip has files on it. Remove chip from the G1 and delete all files (use you PC to reformat the chip to be sure it’s clean).
Back to the console and partitioning, you have to set each partition size to the capacity of your chip.
For example on mine the 4GB chip said “4027 MB” total.
On the first line I made a 3419 MB partition (appx. 3.4 GB):
0 3419
Then the second line, the ext line, that reflects a 512 MB partition size:
3419 3931
Then the Linux line, that reflects a 96 MB partition:
3931 4027 (see the difference between those 2 number is 96 MB).
USE A CALCULATOR TO AVOID ERRORS. And you have to do a bit of math.
From your chip total deduct 512 MB and 96 MB. That sum (for me, 3.4 GB or 3419 MB) is the upper limit of your primary or first partition, line 1.
0 3419
That number (3419 for me) + 512 MB is the second line entry.
3419 3931 (note this is simply 3419 + 512 MB = 3931)
And the Linux line is 3419 + 512MB + 96MB to get the Linux upper limit (which should total your chip’s total available size):
3931 4027 (note this is 3419 MB + 512 MB + 96 MB = 4027 MB, the size of my chip)
Bottom line, the numbers you enter for your partitions will always be (chip available size) – (512 MB) – (96 MB) = 1st partition upper limit + 512 MB = 2nd partition upper limit + 96 MB = Upper limit of Linux partition (or size of your chip’s available space).
NEW HERO OUT http://twitter.com/HeartBreakDrake im going to wait a couple hrs before flashing, and i want to read about it on XDA
Whatz up guys!
I was away for a while but I am back. I hope you all have been having a good time with your G1.
Rude,
As long as you have the latest radio, re-flashing the spl is fine. To check radio, got to Settings, About phone and your Baseband Version should read: 62.50S.20.17H_2.22.19.26I. BTW, you need the latest spl for Hero to work. If you already have a Hero rom running, then you have the latest spl. Also remember to wipe, rename spl as update.zip, flash and YOU NEED TO RE-FLASH YOUR ROM else you get boot loops. Good luck.
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i remember you saying in twitter you traded the mms issues to sms issues. on an older build, is that implemented on any of these builds?
yes sms is fixed thanks for reminding me ill will update changelog!
Opps, Ignore the 2nd part of my previous post
Garrck2007,
Whatz up. I am going to wait for Drizzy to optimize the new roms b4 considering a flash.
As you can see in my accidental post above, he confirmed sms has been fixed in these roms. Have you had any issues.
I most likely will NOT flash any of the roms. I am on the NewVision Touchflo v3r2 with 5 screens: weather, music, bookmark, flip clock and people widget. Works flawlessly with Absolutely No lags.
I did not like the transparency of the widgets on this rom so I used adb to push some of the widget from v2.8 with the darker background. Its like the best of both worlds. If I see anything amazing on the new roms, I’ll probably just push it to my current rom
how do i kno if i have the right spl
Clemshady, Yes i had a small convo with him as well on xda…
Originally Posted by Garrick2007
I just loaded supprlight sorry i dont have screen shots but its basically original with original pull-up menu, black notification bar, and hero screen lock, but the cool thing is it has all of the hero apps and runs 3G, i think ill be sticking with this one i had txt loss problems with the others so im hopping that this one wont have that problem since it looks like its not based off hero as much.
(Drizzy Drake Rogers,
it wont i reverted mms to the one JAC had on his old builds”the mms.apk that works, only problems is that it does not auto rotate” but all is good to go!
Garrick2007
aww man well is it possible for me to push it? This superlite has been my fav so far but im not a fan of auto rotation cant type fast enough on screen yet :-/
Drizzy Drake Rogers,
they all have the same mms.apk! so no need to push anything)
So now im confused lol, but so far ive been getting almost all of my msgs, a couple only came thru my notification bar like 2 but so far its been pretty good. If the new hero roms are smooth and fast tomorrow i will flash because because still no bluetooth with the superlite so might as well.
Not to sure really but i dont think it harms it if you load it again to be safe, i know mines is current
i cant be unsure i have too be positive ya kno dont wanna brick my phone
i just loaded Drizzys new ROM, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546984 , personally i would wait for 2marro for the other two rom because he’s planing on doing 5 in total but 3 for now, i flash supperlite because i kinda didnt like the home screen lag so im back to a more regular cupcake rom now but it has all the same hero apps just no touch flo stuff, same hero lock screen though. So for “rude” i had a problem during flashing and got the loop screen with hero logo so i redid the partition and spl and it worked right up, reason i wont say it wont brick your phone for sure is just because im not a developer or official help for this site but from experience i haven’t herd of that harming anyones phone but if you want to know 100% i would wait for David or Clemshady to be sure just note he didnt mention not to load spl over again he only said Caution for loading radio.
Ok so i did every as said step by step but when the I went to settings and poppies at my internal memory before installing any apps it was only at 79 mb shouldn’t it be alot higher since the ext2 was partitioned for 500mb. So why do I only have 79mb from start
Hello Nick,
Hero doesn’t show the internal memory correctly. Start installing apps and you will notice that the 79mbs only goes down slightly (because of other files the apps put on the internal memory) but that the majority of the app data is on the SD card.
hey i was wondering if i can do this on my mytouch is it the same software i see no diference in the os
Hello Neel,
They are completely different. You would need the HTC Magic Rooting process, but that right now does not work for the MyTouch (it has a special SPL that we cannot root right now, just be patient).
Whatz up guys!
I was away for a while but I am back. I hope you all have been having a good time with your G1.
Rude,
As long as you have the latest radio, re-flashing the spl is fine. To check radio, got to Settings, About phone and your Baseband Version should read: 62.50S.20.17H_2.22.19.26I. BTW, you need the latest spl for Hero to work. If you already have a Hero rom running, then you have the latest spl. Also remember to wipe, rename spl as update.zip, flash and YOU NEED TO RE-FLASH YOUR ROM else you get boot loops. Good luck.
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i remember you saying in twitter you traded the mms issues to sms issues. on an older build, is that implemented on any of these builds?
yes sms is fixed thanks for reminding me ill will update changelog!
Opps, Ignore the 2nd part of my previous post
Garrck2007,
Whatz up. I am going to wait for Drizzy to optimize the new roms b4 considering a flash.
As you can see in my accidental post above, he confirmed sms has been fixed in these roms. Have you had any issues.
I most likely will NOT flash any of the roms. I am on the NewVision Touchflo v3r2 with 5 screens: weather, music, bookmark, flip clock and people widget. Works flawlessly with Absolutely No lags.
I did not like the transparency of the widgets on this rom so I used adb to push some of the widget from v2.8 with the darker background. Its like the best of both worlds. If I see anything amazing on the new roms, I’ll probably just push it to my current rom
Clemshady, Yes i had a small convo with him as well on xda…
Originally Posted by Garrick2007
I just loaded supprlight sorry i dont have screen shots but its basically original with original pull-up menu, black notification bar, and hero screen lock, but the cool thing is it has all of the hero apps and runs 3G, i think ill be sticking with this one i had txt loss problems with the others so im hopping that this one wont have that problem since it looks like its not based off hero as much.
(Drizzy Drake Rogers,
it wont i reverted mms to the one JAC had on his old builds”the mms.apk that works, only problems is that it does not auto rotate” but all is good to go!
Garrick2007
aww man well is it possible for me to push it? This superlite has been my fav so far but im not a fan of auto rotation cant type fast enough on screen yet :-/
Drizzy Drake Rogers,
they all have the same mms.apk! so no need to push anything)
So now im confused lol, but so far ive been getting almost all of my msgs, a couple only came thru my notification bar like 2 but so far its been pretty good. If the new hero roms are smooth and fast tomorrow i will flash because because still no bluetooth with the superlite so might as well.
i also cnt find the root folder
Hello Neel,
Root folder isn’t a real folder, it just means on the SD card but NOT in any subfolders.
My DrizzJAC 1.2 ROM works flawlessly, no lag at all 🙂 (no more htc logo screen, woot woot!). One question, is compcache the same as move cache to sd? I dont want to break my system by running two of the same things or whatever. I saw JAC post something about compcache on his ROM thread. I am running move cache to SD though, just wondering if its safe?
ok i did look at the memory and when i installed 5 apps the internal memmory dropped 19 mb which isnt slow so i must have done something wrong but i do know
Ok so i did every as said step by step but when the I went to settings and poppies at my internal memory before installing any apps it was only at 79 mb shouldn’t it be alot higher since the ext2 was partitioned for 500mb. So why do I only have 79mb from start
Hello Nick,
Hero doesn’t show the internal memory correctly. Start installing apps and you will notice that the 79mbs only goes down slightly (because of other files the apps put on the internal memory) but that the majority of the app data is on the SD card.
so i think i got it now looks like i did part it wront when it came to the linux-swap 1700 1732 i was putting the – between the numbers which it didnt create the linux swap partition also people who have problems with the boot screen loop that tried solution a b and cannot do solution c due to the recovery not loading properly this is how i fixed it and I went to the how to androids on here and selected how to: load custom rom/radio/theme on tmobile g1 which is i believe 2nd to last video in the android how to then I clicked on where it says
JesusFreke – Click Here for Latest ROM
from their I obviously renamed the file update and
loaded that rom to my g1 this got rid of the taunting hero android lmao but after that i came back to this video and started over from part 1 and this time wile partitioning the sd card from recovery i made sure i took the – out from between 1700-1732 and so far working good
and I hope this helps anyone who has had or may end up having the problems i did lol so no you didnt brick your phone yet and good luck to anyone else cause as long as you use your brain you can find a way out of any problems you run into while working on your g1
hey i was wondering if i can do this on my mytouch is it the same software i see no diference in the os
Hello Neel,
They are completely different. You would need the HTC Magic Rooting process, but that right now does not work for the MyTouch (it has a special SPL that we cannot root right now, just be patient).
Clemshady and Garrack 2007,
Im still running this hero rom. I am having alot of FC SMS. I dunno if you guys are having the same. I am laggin like no other. First time i ran this, it was fast and great. Now you guys mentioned new roms are coming out. Will you guys have links for those? I dont have a twitter account but im thinking of getting one to keep in touch with you guys and these roms. I am learning alot from you guys and David too.
Btw David,
Will you make a new video for these new roms that drizzy and Jac are coming out with?
Wade, here is the section where new roms get put up, http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?s=fe880f58985fd888e1003fe484773a72&f=448 Basically all the developers put their new Roms their and they usually date them, the new drizzy rooms are in the thread named, “[ROM]Who’s your Hero? 3 of 5 out!! “11/AUG-3:17pm”
And also you dont even need a twitter account you can just bookmark his page and view it ever so often, http://twitter.com/HeartBreakDrake, and his friends on twitter are other developers too so you can check them out as well.
Im still waiting for him to release the other 2 roms, is slim down rom superlite is nice and simple though. But i herd he might optimize them so it will be even faster then the current ones we are running.
i also cnt find the root folder
Hello Neel,
Root folder isn’t a real folder, it just means on the SD card but NOT in any subfolders.
My DrizzJAC 1.2 ROM works flawlessly, no lag at all 🙂 (no more htc logo screen, woot woot!). One question, is compcache the same as move cache to sd? I dont want to break my system by running two of the same things or whatever. I saw JAC post something about compcache on his ROM thread. I am running move cache to SD though, just wondering if its safe?
My installation keeps getting aborted. Something about a failure at line 58. I have both the new radio and the latest spl, but every time I try to install the new hero rom it keeps aborting the installation. Can you help me with this?
Garrack2007
Thanks dude, just flashed the new personal Hero and its awesome lol 😉
You like it? when you load all the apps let me know if its faster then NewVision v3r2
ok i did look at the memory and when i installed 5 apps the internal memmory dropped 19 mb which isnt slow so i must have done something wrong but i do know
if i can root the my touch cause i found it can i use the rom installer that u are providing
Garrrack2007,
Alright so i officially am running the new hero. I like how its 3g now instead of h. lol. But i am still getting some force close issues. The apps do seem to run faster. But we will see how the other two are. You like it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4314039
this is the rooting for the tmobile my touch im about to try it ill tell you if it works
so i think i got it now looks like i did part it wront when it came to the linux-swap 1700 1732 i was putting the – between the numbers which it didnt create the linux swap partition also people who have problems with the boot screen loop that tried solution a b and cannot do solution c due to the recovery not loading properly this is how i fixed it and I went to the how to androids on here and selected how to: load custom rom/radio/theme on tmobile g1 which is i believe 2nd to last video in the android how to then I clicked on where it says
JesusFreke – Click Here for Latest ROM
from their I obviously renamed the file update and
loaded that rom to my g1 this got rid of the taunting hero android lmao but after that i came back to this video and started over from part 1 and this time wile partitioning the sd card from recovery i made sure i took the – out from between 1700-1732 and so far working good
and I hope this helps anyone who has had or may end up having the problems i did lol so no you didnt brick your phone yet and good luck to anyone else cause as long as you use your brain you can find a way out of any problems you run into while working on your g1
Clemshady and Garrack 2007,
Im still running this hero rom. I am having alot of FC SMS. I dunno if you guys are having the same. I am laggin like no other. First time i ran this, it was fast and great. Now you guys mentioned new roms are coming out. Will you guys have links for those? I dont have a twitter account but im thinking of getting one to keep in touch with you guys and these roms. I am learning alot from you guys and David too.
Btw David,
Will you make a new video for these new roms that drizzy and Jac are coming out with?
Wade, here is the section where new roms get put up, http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?s=fe880f58985fd888e1003fe484773a72&f=448 Basically all the developers put their new Roms their and they usually date them, the new drizzy rooms are in the thread named, “[ROM]Who’s your Hero? 3 of 5 out!! “11/AUG-3:17pm”
And also you dont even need a twitter account you can just bookmark his page and view it ever so often, http://twitter.com/HeartBreakDrake, and his friends on twitter are other developers too so you can check them out as well.
Im still waiting for him to release the other 2 roms, is slim down rom superlite is nice and simple though. But i herd he might optimize them so it will be even faster then the current ones we are running.
why doesnt my terminal want to work ive already uninstalled it and reinstalled it and still nothing it says permision denied so what now
Hello Gabriel,
Did you root your phone?
My installation keeps getting aborted. Something about a failure at line 58. I have both the new radio and the latest spl, but every time I try to install the new hero rom it keeps aborting the installation. Can you help me with this?
Garrack2007
Thanks dude, just flashed the new personal Hero and its awesome lol 😉
You like it? when you load all the apps let me know if its faster then NewVision v3r2
if i can root the my touch cause i found it can i use the rom installer that u are providing
Garrrack2007,
Alright so i officially am running the new hero. I like how its 3g now instead of h. lol. But i am still getting some force close issues. The apps do seem to run faster. But we will see how the other two are. You like it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4314039
this is the rooting for the tmobile my touch im about to try it ill tell you if it works
everytime i type in flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.4.img. it says error opening:no such file or directory, PLEASE HELP.
Hello Nate,
Make sure that the CM-Recovery-1.4.img is on your SDCard and not in any folder before you type that.
Hey its me nick again lol so everythings running great although still get loading screen sometimes when going home although its only for 5 sec when it does show although I just ordered my 8gb micro as and I’m wondering when partitioning it is it ok to subtract 500mb from the ft32 and add the additional 500mb for application storage or will this mess something up I know it says I don’t need more then 500 in someone’s comment above but I’ve been going app download crazy lol and was just wondering since the remaining 7gb is more than enough for my music and file
why doesnt my terminal want to work ive already uninstalled it and reinstalled it and still nothing it says permision denied so what now
Hello Gabriel,
Did you root your phone?
Yeah I did…… I did every thing you said to do and I’ve swiped the phone twice and the terminal say the same thing permission denied and I’ve even tried the way ricky said to do
everytime i type in flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.4.img. it says error opening:no such file or directory, PLEASE HELP.
Hello Nate,
Make sure that the CM-Recovery-1.4.img is on your SDCard and not in any folder before you type that.
Hey its me nick again lol so everythings running great although still get loading screen sometimes when going home although its only for 5 sec when it does show although I just ordered my 8gb micro as and I’m wondering when partitioning it is it ok to subtract 500mb from the ft32 and add the additional 500mb for application storage or will this mess something up I know it says I don’t need more then 500 in someone’s comment above but I’ve been going app download crazy lol and was just wondering since the remaining 7gb is more than enough for my music and file
Hey guys, all the info has been very helpful. I seem to be having the same problem may have been having. When i go to “terminal emulator” and type in ‘su’ then press enter, i get permission denied.
I saw someone said they waited 10 mins before the allow came up. Did you press enter, terminal emulator said ‘permission denied’ then 10 min later the allow popup came on? OR did u just type ‘su without pressing enter and 10 min later the allow popup came on?
btw…i rooted my phone via the instructions and was able to successfully do it..i’ve uninstalled/installed terminal emulator…still getting permission denied…
anyone know what i can do to get past this first step on the process?
thanks in advance
man please i already messed up one phone trying to do this and got replacment phone and im really determined to get this.
Yeah I did…… I did every thing you said to do and I’ve swiped the phone twice and the terminal say the same thing permission denied and I’ve even tried the way ricky said to do
Hey guys, all the info has been very helpful. I seem to be having the same problem may have been having. When i go to “terminal emulator” and type in ‘su’ then press enter, i get permission denied.
I saw someone said they waited 10 mins before the allow came up. Did you press enter, terminal emulator said ‘permission denied’ then 10 min later the allow popup came on? OR did u just type ‘su without pressing enter and 10 min later the allow popup came on?
btw…i rooted my phone via the instructions and was able to successfully do it..i’ve uninstalled/installed terminal emulator…still getting permission denied…
anyone know what i can do to get past this first step on the process?
thanks in advance
man please i already messed up one phone trying to do this and got replacment phone and im really determined to get this.
About to flash for Drizzys new ROM TouchFlow 3D V3, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546984
So I rooted my 1gb original. Then bought a new 8gb pny micro sd and rooted again. now when i try to go to su permission is denied. I tried re doing it twice and wiped it the second time through. Same result. Ughhh…when i checked to see if the 8gb was fat32 it said it was so i didnt format it. Now im formatting it. Maybe that will do it.
Helllo Kevin,
Rooting has nothing to do with the memory card. You root the G1 itself… Follow these steps first.
https://theunlockr.com/2009/05/30/how_to_gain_root_access_on_the_t-mobile_g1/
so what happens if i did the rooting process over again when i got the 8gb? ughh now its not working like it should
i dont get the rainbow screen anymore i now just get the skateboarders before i do the rooting process
did factory reset. deleted and formatted the new sd card. did the rooting process again and everything went smoothly. downloaded terminal emulator. typed su and still permission denied lol. thinking what more can be done.
fixed the issue.
type after rooting in telnet
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
then enter then
dd if =/system/bin/sh of=/system/bin/su
then enter
then
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
then enter
then add the cyanogen recovery then follow the steps
ps: it now always works even after rebooting the phone!
About to flash for Drizzys new ROM TouchFlow 3D V3, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546984
[Sorry bout the other 1]this is the correct one!!!:)!
Hello everyone i found the solution for the “Hâ€..
Its simple theres a rom on this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546984
its the personal one on the bottom!Its way better then any hero rom![my opinion]
But jus follow what he says!
Note:Champion Hero Rom comin out soon!
also known as the “whiteâ€hero rom
Its awesum!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4333840&posted=1#post4333840
So I rooted my 1gb original. Then bought a new 8gb pny micro sd and rooted again. now when i try to go to su permission is denied. I tried re doing it twice and wiped it the second time through. Same result. Ughhh…when i checked to see if the 8gb was fat32 it said it was so i didnt format it. Now im formatting it. Maybe that will do it.
Helllo Kevin,
Rooting has nothing to do with the memory card. You root the G1 itself… Follow these steps first.
https://theunlockr.com/2009/05/30/how_to_gain_root_access_on_the_t-mobile_g1/
so what happens if i did the rooting process over again when i got the 8gb? ughh now its not working like it should
i dont get the rainbow screen anymore i now just get the skateboarders before i do the rooting process
did factory reset. deleted and formatted the new sd card. did the rooting process again and everything went smoothly. downloaded terminal emulator. typed su and still permission denied lol. thinking what more can be done.
fixed the issue.
type after rooting in telnet
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
then enter then
dd if =/system/bin/sh of=/system/bin/su
then enter
then
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
then enter
then add the cyanogen recovery then follow the steps
ps: it now always works even after rebooting the phone!
[Sorry bout the other 1]this is the correct one!!!:)!
Hello everyone i found the solution for the “Hâ€..
Its simple theres a rom on this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=546984
its the personal one on the bottom!Its way better then any hero rom![my opinion]
But jus follow what he says!
Note:Champion Hero Rom comin out soon!
also known as the “whiteâ€hero rom
Its awesum!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4333840&posted=1#post4333840
Does any one know how to do the partitions on a 16 gig card? I want hero but I don’t see any help for the 16 gig…
Clemshady posted it a while back,
clemshady Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Jay-R and mrjoeyloke:
I see no reason why the16 gig card wont work. The idea is to keep your linux swap partition at 32Mb, the ext2 partition at 500Mb (this is for your apps. you dont need more than 500Mb) and the remaining space is for the fat32 partition where your pics, videos, music and everything else goes. Therefore, you entry should look something like this:
rm 1*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 15200
mkpartfs primary ext2 15200 15700
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 15700-15732
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs (this converts your ext2 partition to ext3 – better for the linux swap)
And you are all set. Hope this help.
I have been running the Drizzys 2.8 ROM for about a week now. It still runs like a champ. However, I will be trying the JACxHero ROM tonight simply because David said so! lol
I flash the new TouchFlow 3D V3 from drizzys hero roms, its basically a personal rom so he left out stuff he doesn’t use like Microsoft exchange and ring tones, and also the mail app witch i really need and i didn’t notice he mentioned it in his log so so i will be flashing for the full version 3 hero rom but the touchflo3d (personal) is the fastest i have used so far and some apps are optimized in his v3 roms so thats the reason they are faster.
Does any one know how to do the partitions on a 16 gig card? I want hero but I don’t see any help for the 16 gig…
hi unlocker when do you think there will be rooting for the mytouch
and when will there be a hero rom for the mytouch
Sup Garrck2007
I flashed the Full_V3 yesterday. Its been great. I am running 5 home screens with Weather, Bookmark, Music, People and Flip Clock widgets with No problem.
The only 2 things I did using ADB was to replace the Bookmark widget with the one from New Vision V2.8 (It has the rotating globe I like). Also, I replaced the Rosie.apk on this build with an optimized one I found on XDA. It is about 700KB as opposed to the one that came with this build which is about 3.5MB. I have not have one loading screen or touch flo crash ever since.
I just checked the Rosie on New Vision V2.8. It is 755 KB. I am sure that will work too.
how do i check what spl do i have im running Xromv2
edit: i found out how but it wont let me partion my sd i have jacxrom v2
Clemshady posted it a while back,
clemshady Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Jay-R and mrjoeyloke:
I see no reason why the16 gig card wont work. The idea is to keep your linux swap partition at 32Mb, the ext2 partition at 500Mb (this is for your apps. you dont need more than 500Mb) and the remaining space is for the fat32 partition where your pics, videos, music and everything else goes. Therefore, you entry should look something like this:
rm 1*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3*Don’t worry if this gives an error
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 15200
mkpartfs primary ext2 15200 15700
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 15700-15732
print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
quit
upgrade_fs (this converts your ext2 partition to ext3 – better for the linux swap)
And you are all set. Hope this help.
I have been running the Drizzys 2.8 ROM for about a week now. It still runs like a champ. However, I will be trying the JACxHero ROM tonight simply because David said so! lol
I flash the new TouchFlow 3D V3 from drizzys hero roms, its basically a personal rom so he left out stuff he doesn’t use like Microsoft exchange and ring tones, and also the mail app witch i really need and i didn’t notice he mentioned it in his log so so i will be flashing for the full version 3 hero rom but the touchflo3d (personal) is the fastest i have used so far and some apps are optimized in his v3 roms so thats the reason they are faster.
hi unlocker when do you think there will be rooting for the mytouch
and when will there be a hero rom for the mytouch
Sup Garrck2007
I flashed the Full_V3 yesterday. Its been great. I am running 5 home screens with Weather, Bookmark, Music, People and Flip Clock widgets with No problem.
The only 2 things I did using ADB was to replace the Bookmark widget with the one from New Vision V2.8 (It has the rotating globe I like). Also, I replaced the Rosie.apk on this build with an optimized one I found on XDA. It is about 700KB as opposed to the one that came with this build which is about 3.5MB. I have not have one loading screen or touch flo crash ever since.
I just checked the Rosie on New Vision V2.8. It is 755 KB. I am sure that will work too.
Hey Dave im having a prob that maybe you can help me with or even make a video with the new roms you partition the card with the recovery and i had no prob installing the rom and getting the it set with the sd card but when ever i want to change to a different hero rom other or newer one what ever I get looping boot screen and i end up having to downgrade to cupcake and repartition my card and then turn on and re add the hero rom and install which is like a 2 hour process theirs got to be away to upgrade to different hero rom without getting the boot loop and having to completely repartition the card every time cause i really hate loosing all my apps every time also i did it once but now i cant for some reason PLZ HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY
THANKS
how do i check what spl do i have im running Xromv2
edit: i found out how but it wont let me partion my sd i have jacxrom v2
im stuck at the terminal part i typed in su and hit enter but it says permission denied. i know my g1 is rooted because i follow the instructions from the unlockr correctly. please help
i just upgrade to drizzy v3 full but im having problem when i try to write a text it says sms not responding force close so i cant receive text either. it started happening when i upgrade to jacxhero 1.2 so i cant put any new firmwire on my g1 cause i keep getting that force close
I have JAC hero ROM running on my G1…love it!
One problem I’m having is some of my apps will work just fine for a time, then if I restart the phone (say…after cache to SD) then some of the apps just sit there and force close over and over. If I go to the market, uninstall and reinstall the app that is giving me issues, the app works again. I’ve had the problem with chomp SMS, OI flashlight PFfusion visual voicemail and a few games… any ideas?
One other question…I have this running on a 2 gig SD card. I bought an 8 gig SDHC to replace the 2 gig. When I start running with the 8 gig, how much of the process needs to be done again?
Hey Dave im having a prob that maybe you can help me with or even make a video with the new roms you partition the card with the recovery and i had no prob installing the rom and getting the it set with the sd card but when ever i want to change to a different hero rom other or newer one what ever I get looping boot screen and i end up having to downgrade to cupcake and repartition my card and then turn on and re add the hero rom and install which is like a 2 hour process theirs got to be away to upgrade to different hero rom without getting the boot loop and having to completely repartition the card every time cause i really hate loosing all my apps every time also i did it once but now i cant for some reason PLZ HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY
THANKS
How do I keep my g1 refreshing everytime I go to the home page?
R there any roms that really hav no lag? i dont like super-lite and plz post links if u answer the question. thnx
Hello Eric,
The majority of them lag because the G1 has 90Mbs less RAM than the Hero (considering that, the devs have done a pretty good job).
Experiment and try a few different ones, see which works best. I was using the JACxHero ROM and it was pretty smooth.
im stuck at the terminal part i typed in su and hit enter but it says permission denied. i know my g1 is rooted because i follow the instructions from the unlockr correctly. please help
i just upgrade to drizzy v3 full but im having problem when i try to write a text it says sms not responding force close so i cant receive text either. it started happening when i upgrade to jacxhero 1.2 so i cant put any new firmwire on my g1 cause i keep getting that force close
Unlockr,
how I can just resset or delete all the hero ROM?
and just use the cupkate ???
I have JAC hero ROM running on my G1…love it!
One problem I’m having is some of my apps will work just fine for a time, then if I restart the phone (say…after cache to SD) then some of the apps just sit there and force close over and over. If I go to the market, uninstall and reinstall the app that is giving me issues, the app works again. I’ve had the problem with chomp SMS, OI flashlight PFfusion visual voicemail and a few games… any ideas?
One other question…I have this running on a 2 gig SD card. I bought an 8 gig SDHC to replace the 2 gig. When I start running with the 8 gig, how much of the process needs to be done again?
Clemshady, coo so u done some replacing, i now am running the full v3 for about 5hrs now and haven’t really got a loading screen ether, i also did 96mb swap as well, i couldn’t find out how to do it so i did my math and figured it out my self, so i put in….
mkpartfs primary ext2 7200 7636
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7636 7732
And i printed and came out 96mb, so i done it right, right?
How do I keep my g1 refreshing everytime I go to the home page?
R there any roms that really hav no lag? i dont like super-lite and plz post links if u answer the question. thnx
Hello Eric,
The majority of them lag because the G1 has 90Mbs less RAM than the Hero (considering that, the devs have done a pretty good job).
Experiment and try a few different ones, see which works best. I was using the JACxHero ROM and it was pretty smooth.
Unlockr,
how I can just resset or delete all the hero ROM?
and just use the cupkate ???
Clemshady, coo so u done some replacing, i now am running the full v3 for about 5hrs now and haven’t really got a loading screen ether, i also did 96mb swap as well, i couldn’t find out how to do it so i did my math and figured it out my self, so i put in….
mkpartfs primary ext2 7200 7636
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7636 7732
And i printed and came out 96mb, so i done it right, right?
hello unlockr
im stuck at the terminal part i typed in su and hit enter but it says permission denied. i know my g1 is rooted because i follow the instructions from the unlockr correctly. please help
Unlockr,
I was on the console part of the procedure and it crashed on me. Now my computer cant detect my sd card. I think i just finished typing the “mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200” part. Is there any way i can fix my sd card?
Garrack2007
I also use 96 megs for my linux partition as well. What you did is OK. Although you did not need to reduce the size of ur ext2 partition. Since you have an 8 gig card, you have a little over 8000MB of space to utilise.
Next time, leave your fat32 at 7200 and the ext2 at 500. That is only 7700 used so far. Remove the linux swap partition and simply replace it with a 96 meg partition (mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7700 7796)
You dont need to make any changes for now unless you have a reason to re-partition your card. An ext2 of 436 MB is more than enough for your apps.
I am running Drizzy’s Champion rom. So far so goo.
Clemshday and Garrack2007
I ran that 3d hero rom and i noticed some difference. I just dont get why when i load a fresh new rom, it says 80mb of internal storage. at the end of the day, im down to 70mb. I delete all my cache and everything, i dont get where are those other 10 going. Also i have ran on 500mb of linux before and it was the same as 32mb of linux. Is 96mb good?
Unlockr, also can you make a video on how to set up a compcache? Some people at XDA are saying its better than linux swap. I dunno what you think?
Thanks
i have the latest radio. how do i know if i have the newest spl.
hello unlockr
im stuck at the terminal part i typed in su and hit enter but it says permission denied. i know my g1 is rooted because i follow the instructions from the unlockr correctly. please help
do we type *Don’t worry if this gives an error
Hello Javorissanford,
No lol
I NEED HELP ASAP…I attempted the card format in console, but unfortunately I typed something in wrong and now my 8gb card isn’t recognized by my phone or computer. In paragon partition manager it only shows 30mb available. In console it says it can’t mount sdcard. Am I fcuked?
Hello Kes,
Hard to say what you did, but can you get back to console? Type it over again (the rm 1, rm 2, and rm 3 commands I put in the beginning to undo any errors you may have made previously, they ReMove the partitions that are on the card and after those 3 steps you should then be able to continue with the formatting).
Unlockr,
I was on the console part of the procedure and it crashed on me. Now my computer cant detect my sd card. I think i just finished typing the “mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200” part. Is there any way i can fix my sd card?
Garrack2007
I also use 96 megs for my linux partition as well. What you did is OK. Although you did not need to reduce the size of ur ext2 partition. Since you have an 8 gig card, you have a little over 8000MB of space to utilise.
Next time, leave your fat32 at 7200 and the ext2 at 500. That is only 7700 used so far. Remove the linux swap partition and simply replace it with a 96 meg partition (mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7700 7796)
You dont need to make any changes for now unless you have a reason to re-partition your card. An ext2 of 436 MB is more than enough for your apps.
I am running Drizzy’s Champion rom. So far so goo.
hey i thought if we ran more 32mb of linux dat it could break our phone..?? is this true..?? cuz im running drizzys touch flo 3d and i do get a couple of loading screens…. Clemshady Garrack2007 any suggestions..??
Hello Luigi11,
It won’t break the phone, but it doesn’t do any good is the idea. It’s a waste to do more than 32mbs.
Clemshday and Garrack2007
I ran that 3d hero rom and i noticed some difference. I just dont get why when i load a fresh new rom, it says 80mb of internal storage. at the end of the day, im down to 70mb. I delete all my cache and everything, i dont get where are those other 10 going. Also i have ran on 500mb of linux before and it was the same as 32mb of linux. Is 96mb good?
Unlockr, also can you make a video on how to set up a compcache? Some people at XDA are saying its better than linux swap. I dunno what you think?
Thanks
javorissanford, you are too funny. lol
Wade,
I have had no loading screens since my switch to 96 MB linux swap. Phone also seems ‘snappier’. I would recommend that you give it a try.
In regards to the size of your internal phone storage, I wouldn’t worry so much. Remember that some apps uses data that stays in your phone’s memory so it is normal that the size may go down a bit. As long as you don’t get a low memory warning and your G1 does no drastically slow down, you should be fine.†Anything between 60 and 80 is a O.K.
I have about 40 apps installed and my internal phone storage is currently @ 68. Phone still runs like a Champ. From what I have read, compcache has not proven to be any better than linux swap and not all roms support it. I wouldn’t bother with it for now.
i have the latest radio. how do i know if i have the newest spl.
Clemshady, cool i didnt want to take the chance doing it like that, i wasnt to sure if i had nearly 8gbs available or not and i was to lazy to check and find out. But good to know now because i flash roms abut once a week it seems like lol, since i done 96mb swap i havent gotten a htc loading screen ether, i love it now, im still running light on widgets for now though and i haven’t even pushed my cache to my card yet. ad btw my text messaging problem isnt as bad as before i think Dg alert does a good job on picking the msgs up that doesn’t get received by the sms app.
i typing in the mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200, it says not found..so what?? HELP PLEASEE
do we type *Don’t worry if this gives an error
Hello Javorissanford,
No lol
I NEED HELP ASAP…I attempted the card format in console, but unfortunately I typed something in wrong and now my 8gb card isn’t recognized by my phone or computer. In paragon partition manager it only shows 30mb available. In console it says it can’t mount sdcard. Am I fcuked?
Hello Kes,
Hard to say what you did, but can you get back to console? Type it over again (the rm 1, rm 2, and rm 3 commands I put in the beginning to undo any errors you may have made previously, they ReMove the partitions that are on the card and after those 3 steps you should then be able to continue with the formatting).
hey i thought if we ran more 32mb of linux dat it could break our phone..?? is this true..?? cuz im running drizzys touch flo 3d and i do get a couple of loading screens…. Clemshady Garrack2007 any suggestions..??
Hello Luigi11,
It won’t break the phone, but it doesn’t do any good is the idea. It’s a waste to do more than 32mbs.
javorissanford, you are too funny. lol
Wade,
I have had no loading screens since my switch to 96 MB linux swap. Phone also seems ‘snappier’. I would recommend that you give it a try.
In regards to the size of your internal phone storage, I wouldn’t worry so much. Remember that some apps uses data that stays in your phone’s memory so it is normal that the size may go down a bit. As long as you don’t get a low memory warning and your G1 does no drastically slow down, you should be fine.†Anything between 60 and 80 is a O.K.
I have about 40 apps installed and my internal phone storage is currently @ 68. Phone still runs like a Champ. From what I have read, compcache has not proven to be any better than linux swap and not all roms support it. I wouldn’t bother with it for now.
Clemshady, cool i didnt want to take the chance doing it like that, i wasnt to sure if i had nearly 8gbs available or not and i was to lazy to check and find out. But good to know now because i flash roms abut once a week it seems like lol, since i done 96mb swap i havent gotten a htc loading screen ether, i love it now, im still running light on widgets for now though and i haven’t even pushed my cache to my card yet. ad btw my text messaging problem isnt as bad as before i think Dg alert does a good job on picking the msgs up that doesn’t get received by the sms app.
i typing in the mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7200, it says not found..so what?? HELP PLEASEE
Good to hear Garrck2007
when i partition my sd card and i put it in the adapter and i put it in the computer i wont let me read it it says i have to format the sd card anybody knw how to get around this PLZ HELP
Hello Luigi11,
Format the card, then partition it again. MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS TYPED CORRECTLY AND YOU DID NOT GET ANY ERRORs.
im running jacxherov1.2 and im almost always getting the htc logo after i try to go back to home and it takes about half a min to a min to load… rom has serious lag and i was wondering if anyone can help me on improving the perfomance [im a newb]
Hello Pedro,
Download the Advanced Task Killer program from the Market and when your phone slows down open it and kill all programs besides TouchFlo.
Also download the Move Cache for Root Users and do that, then reboot. Should help a bit.
Also check that you did the procedure correctly and that swapper and the partitions are correct.
do these files work the t-mobile g1 UK?
any knowledge loved 🙂
Hello PaulO’G,
They should, otherwise, the only difference is the rooting process (you download RC7 instead of RC29). But it shouldn’t make any difference anyway, just have US branded stuff on your phone instead of UK stuff.
alright i got the hero rom on my phone. but i messed up
on the sd card Partitions. cause now i cant even pull my sd card up on the computer when i plug it in is there a way to get rid of the partitions im using a 16gb sd card.
Hello Jeremiah,
Boot into recovery mode on the phone (with all the writing on it, how you loaded the Update.zip) and go into console and type
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
*The last character in the above line is a ZERO…
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
And that will remove the partitions, but I would recommend putting the Hero ROM back on the card and renaming it to update.zip then booting into recovery mode again and following the procedure again (without the partitions Hero won’t run very well).
heey just got to the htc logo! w00t!
omg unlockr thanx for the help
i was stuck at the terminal part.
with “su” saying permisson denied but what i did was
do the telnet thing where you click
enter 2x then type “telnetd”
then went to the telnet app and used that as the terminal yayy! htc is hella laggy though :[
good luck peepz just follow the directions!
Hello Sergio,
Glad it worked out! And thanks ALOT for sharing your solution to your problem, hopefully that can help others out.
To speed up Hero a bit btw, goto Market and download the Move Cache for Root Users app, use it and then reboot. Then download Advanced Task Killer and use that occassionally when it slows down to kill all processes besides TouchFlo.
IM gettin pissed off……….at su terminal
Hello Operative5639,
Read Sergio’s solution above, see if that helps.
edit *htc rom port
help, terminal emu. can suck my d!#k not workin, phone rooted, and not gettin access in emu.
Hello Operative5639,
Ha, which Terminal Emulator are you using (I noticed there are a few now, maybe some work better than others). Can you post here which one you get to work and I’ll put it in the instructions for everyone.
ok
says err and wont work telnet
how do i leave the partition screen after im done
Hello Operative5639,
After you typed upgrade_fs, just type:
reboot
and hit enter.
Good to hear Garrck2007
when i partition my sd card and i put it in the adapter and i put it in the computer i wont let me read it it says i have to format the sd card anybody knw how to get around this PLZ HELP
Hello Luigi11,
Format the card, then partition it again. MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS TYPED CORRECTLY AND YOU DID NOT GET ANY ERRORs.
spl, update.zip wont install wtf
Can’t open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) Installation aborted.
Hello Operative5639,
Just hit Wipe Data while in the recovery screen then once it is done Apply the Update.zip.
Also make sure the update.zip is named correctly (update.zip and not update.zip.zip, common mistake) and make sure it is on the Root of your SDCard (not in any subfolders, just on the top of the memory card).
Hi guys 1 question do I have to do the process when a new update is available???????
Hello Gil,
No, just put the new .zip file on the SD card, rename it to Update.zip as always and then boot into recovery mode and Wipe then Apply Update.zip.
im running jacxherov1.2 and im almost always getting the htc logo after i try to go back to home and it takes about half a min to a min to load… rom has serious lag and i was wondering if anyone can help me on improving the perfomance [im a newb]
Hello Pedro,
Download the Advanced Task Killer program from the Market and when your phone slows down open it and kill all programs besides TouchFlo.
Also download the Move Cache for Root Users and do that, then reboot. Should help a bit.
Also check that you did the procedure correctly and that swapper and the partitions are correct.
Thanks 4 the help….
im sure its not spelled wrong, and i do wipe and it doesnt install is it possible to re root g1
Clemshady
THanks dude. I am running 96mb of linux_swap. But i dont know which Hero Rom is the best now lol
lost need help operative5639@gmail.com g tlak me
talk*
well i have followed all the steps, and i had added da SPL file as “update.zip” i went to update it and it gave me a message saying ” E: Can’t open /sdcard/update.zip”
(No such file or directory)
installation aborted…. im so frustrated i dont know what i did wrong and i wish the video was more easier.., and i assumed i had the SPL already so i added JacHero ROM as update got the same message..how do i know if i got the right SPL??..plz help!!!
Hello Wilson,
A quick wipe before you click Apply Update.zip may help. Other than that, make sure the update.zip file is NOT in any folders, it is just sitting on the SD card. (and make sure it isn’t named as update.zip.zip on accident, happens with Windows sometimes).
do these files work the t-mobile g1 UK?
any knowledge loved 🙂
Hello PaulO’G,
They should, otherwise, the only difference is the rooting process (you download RC7 instead of RC29). But it shouldn’t make any difference anyway, just have US branded stuff on your phone instead of UK stuff.
alright i got the hero rom on my phone. but i messed up
on the sd card Partitions. cause now i cant even pull my sd card up on the computer when i plug it in is there a way to get rid of the partitions im using a 16gb sd card.
Hello Jeremiah,
Boot into recovery mode on the phone (with all the writing on it, how you loaded the Update.zip) and go into console and type
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
*The last character in the above line is a ZERO…
rm 1
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 2
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
rm 3
*Don’t worry if this gives an error
And that will remove the partitions, but I would recommend putting the Hero ROM back on the card and renaming it to update.zip then booting into recovery mode again and following the procedure again (without the partitions Hero won’t run very well).
heey just got to the htc logo! w00t!
omg unlockr thanx for the help
i was stuck at the terminal part.
with “su” saying permisson denied but what i did was
do the telnet thing where you click
enter 2x then type “telnetd”
then went to the telnet app and used that as the terminal yayy! htc is hella laggy though :[
good luck peepz just follow the directions!
Hello Sergio,
Glad it worked out! And thanks ALOT for sharing your solution to your problem, hopefully that can help others out.
To speed up Hero a bit btw, goto Market and download the Move Cache for Root Users app, use it and then reboot. Then download Advanced Task Killer and use that occassionally when it slows down to kill all processes besides TouchFlo.
IM gettin pissed off……….at su terminal
Hello Operative5639,
Read Sergio’s solution above, see if that helps.
edit *htc rom port
help, terminal emu. can suck my d!#k not workin, phone rooted, and not gettin access in emu.
Hello Operative5639,
Ha, which Terminal Emulator are you using (I noticed there are a few now, maybe some work better than others). Can you post here which one you get to work and I’ll put it in the instructions for everyone.
ok
says err and wont work telnet
how do i leave the partition screen after im done
Hello Operative5639,
After you typed upgrade_fs, just type:
reboot
and hit enter.
spl, update.zip wont install wtf
Can’t open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) Installation aborted.
Hello Operative5639,
Just hit Wipe Data while in the recovery screen then once it is done Apply the Update.zip.
Also make sure the update.zip is named correctly (update.zip and not update.zip.zip, common mistake) and make sure it is on the Root of your SDCard (not in any subfolders, just on the top of the memory card).
Hi guys 1 question do I have to do the process when a new update is available???????
Hello Gil,
No, just put the new .zip file on the SD card, rename it to Update.zip as always and then boot into recovery mode and Wipe then Apply Update.zip.
Thanks 4 the help….
im sure its not spelled wrong, and i do wipe and it doesnt install is it possible to re root g1
Clemshady
THanks dude. I am running 96mb of linux_swap. But i dont know which Hero Rom is the best now lol
lost need help operative5639@gmail.com g tlak me
talk*
well i have followed all the steps, and i had added da SPL file as “update.zip” i went to update it and it gave me a message saying ” E: Can’t open /sdcard/update.zip”
(No such file or directory)
installation aborted…. im so frustrated i dont know what i did wrong and i wish the video was more easier.., and i assumed i had the SPL already so i added JacHero ROM as update got the same message..how do i know if i got the right SPL??..plz help!!!
Hello Wilson,
A quick wipe before you click Apply Update.zip may help. Other than that, make sure the update.zip file is NOT in any folders, it is just sitting on the SD card. (and make sure it isn’t named as update.zip.zip on accident, happens with Windows sometimes).
I seriously need help please anybody the installation of the spl, isn’t working I have wipe, the rebooted then alt s, but its repeatedly says no such file exist or directory installation aborted, my phone is rooted I know other wise it wouldn’t be looking or running the way it does now, at the beginning of all the at the terminal the whole su thing did not work for me I have downloaded the original terminal emulator and nothing so I uninstalled tried it again and nothing, so I downloaded the better terminal emulator and still the same thing, so I tried the whole using of the telnet when I typed su I remember it saying su: not found but it had the # # right under that so I figured that it worked and continued from there, after that I partitioned my 8gb sd, but yet again at the end of it I didn’t know how to leave the screen so I read the next step about the rainbow screen and knowing if the radio was the same but it didn’t say how to exit the screen all I saw was remove battery and hold power and camera, so from the end of the partition I removed the battery 8O, is that bad, last nite I tried doin it over again but couldn’t get back to the partition thing, I F’d up pretty bad somewhere and I want to start over, is this possible can I unroot and do it all over again cuz I really want to get this done and I got this far already, help
Hello Operative5639,
No problem, just look for our How To Unroot the G1 video…
Good luck and don’t get too frustrated, I have yet to see a phone that couldn’t be fixed. Also try Googling the exact error you got, you can usually find the solution really fast doing that (and unless I was watching you do the procedure I have no way of knowing what you did wrong).
Unlockr,
Thanks for the help, I will find this vid, unroot and start all over again, if anything just no I will be writing back, lol, yes 1st time noob, ima root virgin lol
I have tryed this all again-now when I hold down Hown and Power buttons it goes to the same screen as when you hold down cmera and power. what do i do? I am at the step where i am suppost to partition the sd card.
Derrick,
At that screen after u hold the home and end button ur suppose to press alt x and then put in the info givin at top of the sd u have, AND ONCE UR DONE WITH THAT TO EXIT THE SCREEN after that last line u have to enter then type
reboot ( then enter button)
, see it had failed to mention that just to clear any confusion
Wll it wont even let me get to the screen where your soppusted to hold down home and end, it takes me to the boot loader screen when i hold down home and end
i have a q about the move cache… is it a one time procedure or do i have to do it every so often??
thanx for the help. but now i cant mount my sd card everytime i try it will unmount it right away
and when i try to load the sd card in my computer it says something like cannot load due to o/i error
Wade,
Drizzy’s Full_V3 hero rom has worked best for me.
Pedro,
Move Cache is only ran once. You select “Move all cache in SD” and all your browser, gmail, market, GMap and Street View cache is automatically stored in the sd card continually.
Operative5639,
I know how frustrating it gets especially when you are new to this. I was a noob a little less than a month ago but if you stick with it, it pays off. If you un-root and decide to start over, I will gladly go through the process with you (if you want. lol). We could chat via gtalk if you like.
This applies to anyone else having issues with the instructions. David helped me and its only fair that I help you. Good Luck.
Clemshady,
that would be great my gmail operative5639@gmail.com add me when u can and i’ll let u know from there when we can work on it thanks for the help
No problem. I sent you a gtalk invite.
Check your email
Hello Clemshady,
Again you are the man for helping others out! (I simply can’t do it all the time, even though I wish I could)
NEED HELP ASAP RIGHT NOW, I JUST INSTALLED THE SPL I THINK, BUT DIDNT DO THE WIPE IS THIS BAD, AND THE INSTALL WENT BY REAL QUICK, IM AT THE G1 SCREEN AND STUCK DO I NOW INSTALL THE HERO ROM
o_O FREAKIN OUT
Hello Operative5639,
Don’t freak out, just read the procedure…
Ignore last comment…did a lot of stuff out of order but SOMEHOW it worked !!!! 😀
i really wanna get Hero ROM on my g1
but i only have 1GB Card. can i still do it
I seriously need help please anybody the installation of the spl, isn’t working I have wipe, the rebooted then alt s, but its repeatedly says no such file exist or directory installation aborted, my phone is rooted I know other wise it wouldn’t be looking or running the way it does now, at the beginning of all the at the terminal the whole su thing did not work for me I have downloaded the original terminal emulator and nothing so I uninstalled tried it again and nothing, so I downloaded the better terminal emulator and still the same thing, so I tried the whole using of the telnet when I typed su I remember it saying su: not found but it had the # # right under that so I figured that it worked and continued from there, after that I partitioned my 8gb sd, but yet again at the end of it I didn’t know how to leave the screen so I read the next step about the rainbow screen and knowing if the radio was the same but it didn’t say how to exit the screen all I saw was remove battery and hold power and camera, so from the end of the partition I removed the battery 8O, is that bad, last nite I tried doin it over again but couldn’t get back to the partition thing, I F’d up pretty bad somewhere and I want to start over, is this possible can I unroot and do it all over again cuz I really want to get this done and I got this far already, help
Hello Operative5639,
No problem, just look for our How To Unroot the G1 video…
Good luck and don’t get too frustrated, I have yet to see a phone that couldn’t be fixed. Also try Googling the exact error you got, you can usually find the solution really fast doing that (and unless I was watching you do the procedure I have no way of knowing what you did wrong).
Unlockr,
Thanks for the help, I will find this vid, unroot and start all over again, if anything just no I will be writing back, lol, yes 1st time noob, ima root virgin lol
I have tryed this all again-now when I hold down Hown and Power buttons it goes to the same screen as when you hold down cmera and power. what do i do? I am at the step where i am suppost to partition the sd card.
Derrick,
At that screen after u hold the home and end button ur suppose to press alt x and then put in the info givin at top of the sd u have, AND ONCE UR DONE WITH THAT TO EXIT THE SCREEN after that last line u have to enter then type
reboot ( then enter button)
, see it had failed to mention that just to clear any confusion
Wll it wont even let me get to the screen where your soppusted to hold down home and end, it takes me to the boot loader screen when i hold down home and end
i have a q about the move cache… is it a one time procedure or do i have to do it every so often??
Ok so I now have the hero running on my g1 but Hella laggy but I can bear it, can I download taskiller, o_O will it F up anything? And how about the app setcpu, & swapper will anything happen if I do, want to ask the experts u know
thanx for the help. but now i cant mount my sd card everytime i try it will unmount it right away
and when i try to load the sd card in my computer it says something like cannot load due to o/i error
Wade,
Drizzy’s Full_V3 hero rom has worked best for me.
Pedro,
Move Cache is only ran once. You select “Move all cache in SD” and all your browser, gmail, market, GMap and Street View cache is automatically stored in the sd card continually.
Operative5639,
I know how frustrating it gets especially when you are new to this. I was a noob a little less than a month ago but if you stick with it, it pays off. If you un-root and decide to start over, I will gladly go through the process with you (if you want. lol). We could chat via gtalk if you like.
This applies to anyone else having issues with the instructions. David helped me and its only fair that I help you. Good Luck.
Clemshady,
that would be great my gmail operative5639@gmail.com add me when u can and i’ll let u know from there when we can work on it thanks for the help
No problem. I sent you a gtalk invite.
Check your email
Hello Clemshady,
Again you are the man for helping others out! (I simply can’t do it all the time, even though I wish I could)
i just installed hero on my g1 and i can’t use the bluetooth. any solution??
Hello Raul Arturo,
They haven’t gotten Bluetooth to work yet on most Hero ROMs, you can try and download a different Hero ROM (make sure it supports the 3 partitions you already made) and rename it to update.zip and then Apply it and see if that one has Bluetooth in it.
NEED HELP ASAP RIGHT NOW, I JUST INSTALLED THE SPL I THINK, BUT DIDNT DO THE WIPE IS THIS BAD, AND THE INSTALL WENT BY REAL QUICK, IM AT THE G1 SCREEN AND STUCK DO I NOW INSTALL THE HERO ROM
o_O FREAKIN OUT
Hello Operative5639,
Don’t freak out, just read the procedure…
“13. Hit Alt W to wipe the device (it may automatically reboot, if so just take out the battery once the G1 screen comes on and put it back in. Then turn the phone back on by holding the Home and End key) then hit Alt S to apply the SPL update.
14. Once the phone is done hold Home and Back to reboot.
15. Your G1 will most likely get stuck on the G1 screen after it reboots. No worries. Just take out the battery and put it back in. Then take out the SD card from the phone and put it into the SD adapter it came with and put that into your computer.
16. Open the SD card on your computer. Delete the update.zip file and rename the Hero ROM to update.zip.
17. Put the memory card back into the G1 and then turn the G1 back on by holding the Home and End keys.
18. When the screen comes on, then hit Alt S to apply the Hero ROM.
19. Once the phone is done hold Home and Back to reboot.”
Ignore last comment…did a lot of stuff out of order but SOMEHOW it worked !!!! 😀
i really wanna get Hero ROM on my g1
but i only have 1GB Card. can i still do it
Ok so I now have the hero running on my g1 but Hella laggy but I can bear it, can I download taskiller, o_O will it F up anything? And how about the app setcpu, & swapper will anything happen if I do, want to ask the experts u know
i just installed hero on my g1 and i can’t use the bluetooth. any solution??
Hello Raul Arturo,
They haven’t gotten Bluetooth to work yet on most Hero ROMs, you can try and download a different Hero ROM (make sure it supports the 3 partitions you already made) and rename it to update.zip and then Apply it and see if that one has Bluetooth in it.
Please help, how can I take the hero system and put it back to G1 original!!
>>>???
Thanks
Hi Guys 1 questiom where can i get the Drizzy’s Full_V3
I have a 2gb mem card and I was at the part when i had to hit alt+x to type in the code provided. it kept saying parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 not found and now my g1 keeps saying sd card unreadable what do i do?
Hello Brenden,
Format the card in your computer then try again. Also DID YOU ROOT THE G1 FIRST?
Gil,
This is the download link for Drizzy’s Full_V3 Hero rom: http://joomla.androidspin.com/files/drizzy/ROM/FullV3.zip
Enjoy!
Operative5639,
I sent you an email based on our discussion on the phone. I hope it helps.
Guillermo,
David has a video with instructions on how to un-root your phone. It is located at:
https://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/
Once completed, you will get an over the air update on your phone that should bring the firmware back to the current Cupcake version within the next 72 hrs. Good luck.
does anyone know a site that has download for paid g1 apps
Hello David,
The market on the phone itself is the only one with any significant amount as far as I know.
Please help, how can I take the hero system and put it back to G1 original!!
>>>???
Thanks
Hey TheUnlockr,
im pretty sure your tired of us mentioning the su input issue, but yea… i think i left su typed for 20 mins and i still dont see anything with an allow option…
im pretty sure the root turned out good, somebody plz fill me in asap THANX!
i re-rooted it again, followed the steps and still having the “su: permission denied” problem!!!! ANYONE!?!?!?
Hi Guys 1 questiom where can i get the Drizzy’s Full_V3
I have a 2gb mem card and I was at the part when i had to hit alt+x to type in the code provided. it kept saying parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 not found and now my g1 keeps saying sd card unreadable what do i do?
Hello Brenden,
Format the card in your computer then try again. Also DID YOU ROOT THE G1 FIRST?
Gil,
This is the download link for Drizzy’s Full_V3 Hero rom: http://joomla.androidspin.com/files/drizzy/ROM/FullV3.zip
Enjoy!
Operative5639,
I sent you an email based on our discussion on the phone. I hope it helps.
Guillermo,
David has a video with instructions on how to un-root your phone. It is located at:
https://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/
Once completed, you will get an over the air update on your phone that should bring the firmware back to the current Cupcake version within the next 72 hrs. Good luck.
I need help, my phone is stuck on the screen with the ! sign no matter what i do it keeps going back to that screen.
no i mean where u can get paid apps free totally “educational purposes”
Hi guys i’ve tried every different way to get the SPL on the phone and it just won’t work. When I do alt+s nothing happens. A little help please!
does anyone know a site that has download for paid g1 apps
Hello David,
The market on the phone itself is the only one with any significant amount as far as I know.
Hey Clemshady,
Can’t have that link here, sure you understand lol
I’m all down for it but, we could get in trouble for allowing it up.
Thanks for trying to help him out though!
Hey TheUnlockr,
im pretty sure your tired of us mentioning the su input issue, but yea… i think i left su typed for 20 mins and i still dont see anything with an allow option…
im pretty sure the root turned out good, somebody plz fill me in asap THANX!
i re-rooted it again, followed the steps and still having the “su: permission denied” problem!!!! ANYONE!?!?!?
I need help, my phone is stuck on the screen with the ! sign no matter what i do it keeps going back to that screen.
no i mean where u can get paid apps free totally “educational purposes”
Of course. I absolutely understand.
David,
I could send you a link regarding apps for “educational purposes” if you provide your email.
Hi guys i’ve tried every different way to get the SPL on the phone and it just won’t work. When I do alt+s nothing happens. A little help please!
hey help me plz i have big problem
i forget hit alt+w when i install SPL then i press alt+s when SPL install i out battery then i put it my mobile don’t want open and when i holding down the Home and Power button don’t open recovery mode and i holding the End key and the Camera button don’t open boot loader plz help me plz
plz answer me i’m very sad coz i Afraid of lost my mobile plz help
ohh forgat say the mobile still open G1 T MOBILE page it’s all it do
Hey Clemshady,
Can’t have that link here, sure you understand lol
I’m all down for it but, we could get in trouble for allowing it up.
Thanks for trying to help him out though!
plz help me
Hello AMR,
You are supposed to let the phone reboot one time (holding down back and home) after you install the SPL so it can finish, THEN you take the battery out once it is on the G1 screen and won’t go further.
Put the memory card in an adapter and put it into your computer, make sure the update.zip (that was the SPL is still on there). Then put it back in the phone and turn the phone on by holding down Home and Power to get to the recovery screen (you may have to hold it down for a while).
If you still can’t get to the recovery screen, hold down Volume down and power and see if you can get into bootloader mode at least. If you can then just follow the steps to Root the G1 and start from scratch.
i follow this topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=516440
but i don’t find any thing can help me
You guy’s should post a warning to check your board type before flashing the spl. If it’s not PVT you will brick your phone.
answer me plz
i don’t know if mobile PVT or not my mobile stuck in g1 screen
hey guys where your answer help me plz
Of course. I absolutely understand.
David,
I could send you a link regarding apps for “educational purposes” if you provide your email.
hey help me plz i have big problem
i forget hit alt+w when i install SPL then i press alt+s when SPL install i out battery then i put it my mobile don’t want open and when i holding down the Home and Power button don’t open recovery mode and i holding the End key and the Camera button don’t open boot loader plz help me plz
plz answer me i’m very sad coz i Afraid of lost my mobile plz help
ohh forgat say the mobile still open G1 T MOBILE page it’s all it do
plz help me
Hello AMR,
You are supposed to let the phone reboot one time (holding down back and home) after you install the SPL so it can finish, THEN you take the battery out once it is on the G1 screen and won’t go further.
Put the memory card in an adapter and put it into your computer, make sure the update.zip (that was the SPL is still on there). Then put it back in the phone and turn the phone on by holding down Home and Power to get to the recovery screen (you may have to hold it down for a while).
If you still can’t get to the recovery screen, hold down Volume down and power and see if you can get into bootloader mode at least. If you can then just follow the steps to Root the G1 and start from scratch.
how do i format it for a 16gb micro sd card any help would be awesome thanks.
Hello KyleAndroid,
Someone answered this for everyone in the comments scan them real quick.
i follow this topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=516440
but i don’t find any thing can help me
You guy’s should post a warning to check your board type before flashing the spl. If it’s not PVT you will brick your phone.
answer me plz
i don’t know if mobile PVT or not my mobile stuck in g1 screen
Alright i loaded the hero rom the first 2 times. It got stuck on the htc and hero signs. But now i got it loaded my phone heats up where the curve is at gets pretty hot when i use it for like 5 to 10 mins. i just want to know is this bad. and how can i stop it from heating up so bad?
hey guys where your answer help me plz
hey Clemshady,
I am currently running a drizzy full v3 hero rom and experiencing lag..meaning i get the htc logo and the loading image everytime i press the home button. Is there any way to reduce or even stop this lag?
how do i format it for a 16gb micro sd card any help would be awesome thanks.
Hello KyleAndroid,
Someone answered this for everyone in the comments scan them real quick.
how i fixed my mobile plz help
or my mobile is brick
i’ll cring plz help me
Alright i loaded the hero rom the first 2 times. It got stuck on the htc and hero signs. But now i got it loaded my phone heats up where the curve is at gets pretty hot when i use it for like 5 to 10 mins. i just want to know is this bad. and how can i stop it from heating up so bad?
hey Clemshady,
I am currently running a drizzy full v3 hero rom and experiencing lag..meaning i get the htc logo and the loading image everytime i press the home button. Is there any way to reduce or even stop this lag?
Every time I try to install the spl nothing happens what am I doing wrong can some one help pls.
how i fixed my mobile plz help
or my mobile is brick
i’ll cring plz help me
can anyone post a link for all the hero widgets as an .apk
i dont mean only the settings widgets, but also the weather and the bookmarks and the mail too
Hello Wallace,
The Hero Widgets won’t work without the Hero ROM… They are built in to the framework so if you want the Widgets just load a Hero ROM.
Every time I try to install the spl nothing happens what am I doing wrong can some one help pls.
well is there anyway to get the hero boot think (the android guy poppping out) on the cupcake
can anyone post a link for all the hero widgets as an .apk
i dont mean only the settings widgets, but also the weather and the bookmarks and the mail too
Hello Wallace,
The Hero Widgets won’t work without the Hero ROM… They are built in to the framework so if you want the Widgets just load a Hero ROM.
okay, rooted my phone, had the radio right, after i added the spl and went to flash the hero update it just stayed at the g1 screen, nothing will work, i cant even get to the bootloader meny now, how come???
well is there anyway to get the hero boot think (the android guy poppping out) on the cupcake
okay, rooted my phone, had the radio right, after i added the spl and went to flash the hero update it just stayed at the g1 screen, nothing will work, i cant even get to the bootloader meny now, how come???
my phone stuck at the screen were i hit alt+s to load update, when i restart it it comes back to the blk/grn screen how do i do a factory rest, or whatever i just want my phone to work again
Hello Ronald.
This method is obsolete. Read the bold writing at the top of the post for how to do it.
i need help after typing
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200
its says mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200 not found
Bagster,
I had the exact same problem after flashing Full_V3. Every time I click the home button after using the browser, I get a loading screen. Problem was solved after I increased my linux-swap partition from 32MB to 96MB. Regardless of what anyone tells you, trust me, 96MB linux-swap makes a BIG difference!!!
(Funny, I checked XDA today and some one just made a thread affirming my claim: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551643)
To do this:
Shut down phone
Press Home+Power to access recovery console
Press “Alt+X” to open console and then press enter
Type the ff: Parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
Type: print
*** Make a note of the 1st value in your linux-swap partition – lets call this “value1”
*** Add 96 to “value1” – lets call this “value2”
Type: rm 3 <to remove the current linux-swap partition
Type: mkpartfs primary linux-swap "value1" "value2"
For example, on my 8 gig card:
old swap entry: mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7700 7732
new swap entry: mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7700 7796
Type: print
Type: quit
Type: reboot
Your phone will boot up normally and you now have a 96MB linux-swap. Try using several apps, click the home button and you should NOT see a loading screen.
Please note that the above will only work if you have at least 64MB of un-partitioned space left on your card. In my example, my 8 gig card is a little over 8000MB and I was only using 7732 before increasing the swap partition. With my method, you will NOT loose any data on your fat32 partition nor need to re-install any of your apps.
If however you are using your entire card for your current partitions, you will have to remove all 3 partitions and re-do it from scratch while making room for the 96 MB linux-swap. You will loose every thing on the cad so backup 1st. You may use the instructions on the link I posted above.
Let me know if you have any questions. Good Luck!
Please note:
The 1st “print” allows you to see your current partition
The 2nd “print” allows you to verify that all your 3 partitions are correct.
my phone stuck at the screen were i hit alt+s to load update, when i restart it it comes back to the blk/grn screen how do i do a factory rest, or whatever i just want my phone to work again
Hello Ronald.
This method is obsolete. Read the bold writing at the top of the post for how to do it.
i need help after typing
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200
its says mkpartfs primary fat32 0 1200 not found
Bagster,
I had the exact same problem after flashing Full_V3. Every time I click the home button after using the browser, I get a loading screen. Problem was solved after I increased my linux-swap partition from 32MB to 96MB. Regardless of what anyone tells you, trust me, 96MB linux-swap makes a BIG difference!!!
(Funny, I checked XDA today and some one just made a thread affirming my claim: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551643)
To do this:
Shut down phone
Press Home+Power to access recovery console
Press “Alt+X” to open console and then press enter
Type the ff: Parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
Type: print
*** Make a note of the 1st value in your linux-swap partition – lets call this “value1”
*** Add 96 to “value1” – lets call this “value2”
Type: rm 3 <to remove the current linux-swap partition
Type: mkpartfs primary linux-swap "value1" "value2"
For example, on my 8 gig card:
old swap entry: mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7700 7732
new swap entry: mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7700 7796
Type: print
Type: quit
Type: reboot
Your phone will boot up normally and you now have a 96MB linux-swap. Try using several apps, click the home button and you should NOT see a loading screen.
Please note that the above will only work if you have at least 64MB of un-partitioned space left on your card. In my example, my 8 gig card is a little over 8000MB and I was only using 7732 before increasing the swap partition. With my method, you will NOT loose any data on your fat32 partition nor need to re-install any of your apps.
If however you are using your entire card for your current partitions, you will have to remove all 3 partitions and re-do it from scratch while making room for the 96 MB linux-swap. You will loose every thing on the cad so backup 1st. You may use the instructions on the link I posted above.
Let me know if you have any questions. Good Luck!
Please note:
The 1st “print” allows you to see your current partition
The 2nd “print” allows you to verify that all your 3 partitions are correct.
hey theunlockr how are you i was wondering if you could do the partition on a 4gb class 2 does it work ? and by the way thanks a lot for the videos how to root the mytouch like always you do the best job ever =]
hey theunlockr how are you i was wondering if you could do the partition on a 4gb class 2 does it work ? and by the way thanks a lot for the videos how to root the mytouch like always you do the best job ever =]
can i just ship my phone to you??? I have un-rooted and re-rooted using your steps and I still get stuck on the terminal emulator with “permission denied” staring me in the face!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
Hello JCH,
No need buddy… relaxxxxxx lol
can i just ship my phone to you??? I have un-rooted and re-rooted using your steps and I still get stuck on the terminal emulator with “permission denied” staring me in the face!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
Hello JCH,
No need buddy… relaxxxxxx lol
“You need to download a custom ROM. Do the next procedure then you will have Wifi tether built in.
This 1 click rooting process is external root as opposed to internal root (confusing I know). External just allows us to load ROMs and Radios etc internal (or superuser) allows you to do things with root on the phone itself. That feature is built in to most ROMs though so just do that and you’re all set.”
hey unlockr i really need your help all it keeps telling me is no implementation: partition 1 isnt aligned to cylinder boundaries. this is still unsupported i have formated my sd card many times now and it seems to do nothing i dont want to be annoying like some other people here and send you a million questions i just really need to know what to do now?
Hello James,
Read the bold writing at the top of the post… This method is obsolete. Use the links in the bold writing to start from scratch and work through the 2 new videos. Good luck!
hey unlockr i really need your help all it keeps telling me is no implementation: partition 1 isnt aligned to cylinder boundaries. this is still unsupported i have formated my sd card many times now and it seems to do nothing i dont want to be annoying like some other people here and send you a million questions i just really need to know what to do now?
Hello James,
Read the bold writing at the top of the post… This method is obsolete. Use the links in the bold writing to start from scratch and work through the 2 new videos. Good luck!
OK here’s my deal. Followed ur rooting instsructions to the T…CM3.9.1 sees all partitions and loads apps accordingly. However the problem lies with the various JAC and Drizzy ROMs I’ve tried.
Wipe/Flash and installed apps go internal.
67 apps installed on CM3.9.1 and 81 mb Free
67 apps installed on either JAC or Drizzy ROMs…..8mb Free Internal. wtf. Is it me?
Help please.
Hello Lytznsyrnz,
First off, just so you know this method is obsolete (read the bold writing at the beginning of the post).
Wouldn’t know, every ROM Ive used that supports Auto Apps2SD does it just fine so long as the card is partitioned. Are those ROMs Auto Apps2SD?
Hi guys i wen 2 the website that show here with the 2 roms im using on my phone the Jac Hero 2.6.29 Jac. and now there r 2 news roms
JACxHEROSki-v1.6r2a & 1.5_to_1.6r2a_nowipe
JACxHEROSki-v1.6r2b & 1.5_to_1.6r2b_nowipe
which of these roms that im suppost 2 download on my phone????
OK here’s my deal. Followed ur rooting instsructions to the T…CM3.9.1 sees all partitions and loads apps accordingly. However the problem lies with the various JAC and Drizzy ROMs I’ve tried.
Wipe/Flash and installed apps go internal.
67 apps installed on CM3.9.1 and 81 mb Free
67 apps installed on either JAC or Drizzy ROMs…..8mb Free Internal. wtf. Is it me?
Help please.
Hello Lytznsyrnz,
First off, just so you know this method is obsolete (read the bold writing at the beginning of the post).
Wouldn’t know, every ROM Ive used that supports Auto Apps2SD does it just fine so long as the card is partitioned. Are those ROMs Auto Apps2SD?
Hi guys i wen 2 the website that show here with the 2 roms im using on my phone the Jac Hero 2.6.29 Jac. and now there r 2 news roms
JACxHEROSki-v1.6r2a & 1.5_to_1.6r2a_nowipe
JACxHEROSki-v1.6r2b & 1.5_to_1.6r2b_nowipe
which of these roms that im suppost 2 download on my phone????
Hi Gil, for those to updates you have to be on 1.5r2 first to even install those, as it is just an inplace upgrade and not a full one. I recommend you to go on 15.r2 because the two builds you have posted are apparently not that stable, and 1.5r2 is just fine for me.(have not tried JACxHEROSki-v1.6r2a & 1.5_to_1.6r2a_nowipe and
JACxHEROSki-v1.6r2b & 1.5_to_1.6r2b_nowipe personally)
Hi Gil, for those to updates you have to be on 1.5r2 first to even install those, as it is just an inplace upgrade and not a full one. I recommend you to go on 15.r2 because the two builds you have posted are apparently not that stable, and 1.5r2 is just fine for me.(have not tried JACxHEROSki-v1.6r2a & 1.5_to_1.6r2a_nowipe and
JACxHEROSki-v1.6r2b & 1.5_to_1.6r2b_nowipe personally)
hi the unlockr my terminal emulator is giving me a permission denied how do i get passed this part
plz help
and yes i rooted my phone i know i did it right cause all those letters came out should i do it again
Hello Andy,
Please read the bold writing at the top of the post (and the title). This method is obsolete. Please do the newer procedures that are linked to at the top of the post.
hi the unlockr my terminal emulator is giving me a permission denied how do i get passed this part
plz help
and yes i rooted my phone i know i did it right cause all those letters came out should i do it again
Hello Andy,
Please read the bold writing at the top of the post (and the title). This method is obsolete. Please do the newer procedures that are linked to at the top of the post.
Hi guys by mistake i typed something wrong when i was putting in the partition codes and when i pressed delete it game me a weird sign after that and then i tried deleting and i couldnt so now after i pressed enter there is a menu that popped up and now its showing like this
(parted)_ so what do i do now? my previous memory card got f%$#@ up and now i dont want my new one to get messed up too. Please tell me what to do or how can i restart all over the partition without damaging my memory card. PLEASE ANYONE HELP. EMAIL ME AT DJLMP88@YAHOO.COM
THANK YOUUUUUU
I 4GOT TO MENTION WHEN THE SCREEN SHOWS LIKE THIS
(PARTED)_
AND I WILL TYPE THIS
(PARTED)_ PRINT JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS..
IT TELLS ME
ERROR: /DEV/BLOCK/MMCBLK0: UNRECOGNISED DISK LABEL
SO WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT?
so i pressed quit and took me to were i started and as soon as i typed
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
Error: could not stat device /dev/block/mmcblk0- no such file or directory.
Retry/Cancel?
how can i fix this??
Hello Djlmp8,
READ THE BOLD WRITING AT THE TOP OF THIS POST. THIS IS AN OLD METHOD, USE THE NEW ONES THAT ARE LINKED IN THE BOLD WRITING TO DO THE ROOTING AND LOAD A HERO ROM.
Hi guys by mistake i typed something wrong when i was putting in the partition codes and when i pressed delete it game me a weird sign after that and then i tried deleting and i couldnt so now after i pressed enter there is a menu that popped up and now its showing like this
(parted)_ so what do i do now? my previous memory card got f%$#@ up and now i dont want my new one to get messed up too. Please tell me what to do or how can i restart all over the partition without damaging my memory card. PLEASE ANYONE HELP. EMAIL ME AT DJLMP88@YAHOO.COM
THANK YOUUUUUU
I 4GOT TO MENTION WHEN THE SCREEN SHOWS LIKE THIS
(PARTED)_
AND I WILL TYPE THIS
(PARTED)_ PRINT JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS..
IT TELLS ME
ERROR: /DEV/BLOCK/MMCBLK0: UNRECOGNISED DISK LABEL
SO WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT?
so i pressed quit and took me to were i started and as soon as i typed
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
Error: could not stat device /dev/block/mmcblk0- no such file or directory.
Retry/Cancel?
how can i fix this??
Hello Djlmp8,
READ THE BOLD WRITING AT THE TOP OF THIS POST. THIS IS AN OLD METHOD, USE THE NEW ONES THAT ARE LINKED IN THE BOLD WRITING TO DO THE ROOTING AND LOAD A HERO ROM.
i have a big problem somebody help cuz i have put the recovery image and tried 2 do the “su” thing but it says permission denied, help me
Hello Ebbe,
PLEASE READ THE BOLD WRITING AT THE TOP OF THIS POST. THIS METHOD IS OBSOLETE. PLEASE USE THE TWO VIDEOS LINKED IN THE BOLD WRITING INSTEAD.
Sorry for the confusion.
i have a big problem somebody help cuz i have put the recovery image and tried 2 do the “su” thing but it says permission denied, help me
Hello Ebbe,
PLEASE READ THE BOLD WRITING AT THE TOP OF THIS POST. THIS METHOD IS OBSOLETE. PLEASE USE THE TWO VIDEOS LINKED IN THE BOLD WRITING INSTEAD.
Sorry for the confusion.
hey just wondering before i do this can i do it if i have jk 1.5,also my radio is 2.22.19.26I do i still need to do the spl?
HELLO EVERYONE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCEDURE!
PLEASE READ THE BOLD WRITING AT THE TOP OF THE POST. THIS METHOD IS OBSOLETE, PLEASE USE THE NEW METHODS LISTED IN THE BOLD WRITING, THEY ARE MUCH EASIER AND LESS CONFUSING!
THANKS!
Hello Nick,
Do not do this procedure, follow the instructions in the procedures listed in the bold writing at the top of this post and they will answer the questions you just asked…
is there any going back once i do hero? and does it have flash ….. sorry about all the questions
sorry to ask, but do i have 2 root the g1 first?
well im so confused i dont want to mess up my g1 but want the hero and i dont know what the hell im doing and i dont know what any of this mean at all i tried to follow the procedures but theres always something going wrong, I dont know…..
Hello Ebbe,
This method is obsolete. Try the new methods listed in the bold writing at the top of this post (they are much easier).
why does it take so long to load when you press the home button. Every time I press it the HTC logo or The Tmobile logo (tried diff roms) appears and takes secs to load my main screen, can someone tell me if i did anything wrong/?
Hello Kid4 Romny,
Yes, you did the wrong procedure lol. Read the bold writing at the top of this post and follow those procedures instead, they work better.
hey just wondering before i do this can i do it if i have jk 1.5,also my radio is 2.22.19.26I do i still need to do the spl?
HELLO EVERYONE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCEDURE!
PLEASE READ THE BOLD WRITING AT THE TOP OF THE POST. THIS METHOD IS OBSOLETE, PLEASE USE THE NEW METHODS LISTED IN THE BOLD WRITING, THEY ARE MUCH EASIER AND LESS CONFUSING!
THANKS!
Hello Nick,
Do not do this procedure, follow the instructions in the procedures listed in the bold writing at the top of this post and they will answer the questions you just asked…
is there any going back once i do hero? and does it have flash ….. sorry about all the questions
sorry to ask, but do i have 2 root the g1 first?
well im so confused i dont want to mess up my g1 but want the hero and i dont know what the hell im doing and i dont know what any of this mean at all i tried to follow the procedures but theres always something going wrong, I dont know…..
Hello Ebbe,
This method is obsolete. Try the new methods listed in the bold writing at the top of this post (they are much easier).
why does it take so long to load when you press the home button. Every time I press it the HTC logo or The Tmobile logo (tried diff roms) appears and takes secs to load my main screen, can someone tell me if i did anything wrong/?
Hello Kid4 Romny,
Yes, you did the wrong procedure lol. Read the bold writing at the top of this post and follow those procedures instead, they work better.
whenever i try to press end and home button it goes to the same screen that pressing camera and end button would go to how do i fix that?
whenever i try to press end and home button it goes to the same screen that pressing camera and end button would go to how do i fix that?
i need help! im about to lose my phone again by trying to load hero”again”i wasnt sure if i had the latest spl, i did the slp update the g1 logo popup.I turn the phone off did the jac hero update and it was complete, reboot phone g1 logo stuck”again”. Yes i have done Solution A: Solution B:
HELP!!!!
I rooted the phone to the JACHERO 2.3.4 from a XROM because the WIFI was not working. and it still not working? is there solution? when i first got the phone with a original set up the wifi worked plz help!
i need help! im about to lose my phone again by trying to load hero”again”i wasnt sure if i had the latest spl, i did the slp update the g1 logo popup.I turn the phone off did the jac hero update and it was complete, reboot phone g1 logo stuck”again”. Yes i have done Solution A: Solution B:
HELP!!!!
I rooted the phone to the JACHERO 2.3.4 from a XROM because the WIFI was not working. and it still not working? is there solution? when i first got the phone with a original set up the wifi worked plz help!
does anybody knows if there is a solution for the bluetooth 🙁
does anybody knows if there is a solution for the bluetooth 🙁
To G1Hero,
No-one has worked out Bluetooth or LED’s yet for the G1 hero roms
To TheUnlockr,
Even though this method is obselete you should still help and even encourage people to do it this way, it may take longer but leaves you with a greater knownledge of the android developing platform, so its easier to do things later on.
To Kid4rommy,
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534479 (JACHEROSki2.1)
It fixes alot of the home loading things your talking about, heck there was none since 1.5r2 for me.
Once on that rom, you should ask/search on how to change your linux swap size and swapiness, as that can sometimes affect your performance
Please join xda-developers, as they have really great knowledge of these types of things, heck half of the things on this page are from them
To G1Hero,
No-one has worked out Bluetooth or LED’s yet for the G1 hero roms
To TheUnlockr,
Even though this method is obselete you should still help and even encourage people to do it this way, it may take longer but leaves you with a greater knownledge of the android developing platform, so its easier to do things later on.
To Kid4rommy,
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534479 (JACHEROSki2.1)
It fixes alot of the home loading things your talking about, heck there was none since 1.5r2 for me.
Once on that rom, you should ask/search on how to change your linux swap size and swapiness, as that can sometimes affect your performance
Please join xda-developers, as they have really great knowledge of these types of things, heck half of the things on this page are from them
will this work on my rogers htc dream?
Hello David,
Please read the bold writing at the top of the post. This method is obsolete.
But the newer procedures listed in the bold writing will work on your dream.
will this work on my rogers htc dream?
Hello David,
Please read the bold writing at the top of the post. This method is obsolete.
But the newer procedures listed in the bold writing will work on your dream.
I AM STUCK COULD ANYONE HELP ME I DONT KNOW WHAT TO WRITE …. BY THE WAY I HAVE A 4GB
Hello Felipe,
Read the bold writing at the top of the post…
I AM STUCK COULD ANYONE HELP ME I DONT KNOW WHAT TO WRITE …. BY THE WAY I HAVE A 4GB
Hello Felipe,
Read the bold writing at the top of the post…
I DID BUT I DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT TO TYPE …. DO I TYPE THE RM1 THING TO
Hello Felipe,
Did you read the bold writing? This is an obsolete post. Dont use it. Use the newer methods that are linked in the bold writing at the top of the page (the new method does all this for you so no need to type).
I DID BUT I DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT TO TYPE …. DO I TYPE THE RM1 THING TO
Hello Felipe,
Did you read the bold writing? This is an obsolete post. Dont use it. Use the newer methods that are linked in the bold writing at the top of the page (the new method does all this for you so no need to type).
For an 8 GB card what i need to type? i see another things in the text
Hello Sander,
READ THE TOP OF THIS POST. IT IS OBSOLETE. USE THE HOW TO ROOT AND THEN HOW TO LOAD A CUSTOM ROM VIDEOS LINKED IN AT THE TOP HERE. THEY WILL DO THE PARTITIONING AUTOMATICALLY REGARDLESS OF CARD SIZE.
For an 8 GB card what i need to type? i see another things in the text
Hello Sander,
READ THE TOP OF THIS POST. IT IS OBSOLETE. USE THE HOW TO ROOT AND THEN HOW TO LOAD A CUSTOM ROM VIDEOS LINKED IN AT THE TOP HERE. THEY WILL DO THE PARTITIONING AUTOMATICALLY REGARDLESS OF CARD SIZE.
hey unlockr i rooted my phone and im trying to access the terminal but i have no luck just permission denied what should i do? i want hero and wifi
Hello Damion Orlando,
Read the bold writing at the top of this post. This is not the procedure to use it is obsolete. Use the How To Root in One Click then go immediately to the How To Load a Custom ROM etc. procedure.
su just wont work for my terminal i have rooted and rebooted is there something someone can tell me so i can continue to move forward
Hello Damion Orlando,
YOU ARE USING THE WRONG PROCEDURE. Read the Bold writing at the top of the post.
hey unlockr i rooted my phone and im trying to access the terminal but i have no luck just permission denied what should i do? i want hero and wifi
Hello Damion Orlando,
Read the bold writing at the top of this post. This is not the procedure to use it is obsolete. Use the How To Root in One Click then go immediately to the How To Load a Custom ROM etc. procedure.
su just wont work for my terminal i have rooted and rebooted is there something someone can tell me so i can continue to move forward
Hello Damion Orlando,
YOU ARE USING THE WRONG PROCEDURE. Read the Bold writing at the top of the post.
What’s wrong? I always get permission denied.
Wensterretje,
Read the bold writing at the top of the post. This is an OBSOLETE method.
What’s wrong? I always get permission denied.
Wensterretje,
Read the bold writing at the top of the post. This is an OBSOLETE method.
I got tired of rooting my G1 over and over but if i do it again and its rc29 can i just update the radio and spl and go straight to Hero?plz reply fast
I got tired of rooting my G1 over and over but if i do it again and its rc29 can i just update the radio and spl and go straight to Hero?plz reply fast
hi, i had my G1 for like a few months now from my brother in the US. and it’s working well, but i want to upgrade it to a 2.1 or 2.2, but some links are not to date. 🙁 is there another way to upgrade my G1?
i’m in the Philippines, btw. 🙂
hi, i had my G1 for like a few months now from my brother in the US. and it’s working well, but i want to upgrade it to a 2.1 or 2.2, but some links are not to date. 🙁 is there another way to upgrade my G1?
i’m in the Philippines, btw. 🙂