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Which is the best ROM for me?

Hey I was looking for a new ROM on my new G1. I would like something with a nice digital clock widget, a messaging widget, and just many downloadable widgets. My brother has Hero on his G1 and I love, the only problem is that I don't like the fact that if you slide it up it just freezes... So are there any somewhat similar to Hero but can slide?

Panduh said:
Hey I was looking for a new ROM on my new G1. I would like something with a nice digital clock widget, a messaging widget, and just many downloadable widgets. My brother has Hero on his G1 and I love, the only problem is that I don't like the fact that if you slide it up it just freezes... So are there any somewhat similar to Hero but can slide?
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As of right now, no. This is because the actual Hero doesn't have the keyboard, and so when you slide it up, it tries to force Rosie into widescreen which it doesn't support, ergo, the crash. You'll just have to live with it. However, Drizzy has been making some progress with that and has actually gotten Rosie to run with the keyboard open though it crashes and then reloads Rosie when you open the keyboard. He said he'd look into it more so follow his twitter for more info.
EDIT: Forgot to say. Hero ROM's are the only one with a messaging widget. You can download the Digital Clock widget from the market for a small price. I don't know the name of the widget exactly, just do a search for it in the theme section, it was mentioned in there a few times i believe.

There aren't any messaging widgets like the one on the Hero roms. You can download ANY widget to any rom though, just search the market for widgets and see what you find. Hero shouldn't freeze when you "slide up" whatever that means, if your talking about the keyboard when your on the home screen that is because they don't rotate, only in programs. If you mean some other type of slide then most likely your brother didn't do a proper linux-swap partition or it is to small. Anyway you need to just try the different roms and see what you like best, also some themes offer extra widgets and features but remember you can get any widget to any rom, just not the Hero/HTC Rosie widgets because HTC's stuff is closed source so we can't port it.

Ok thanks guys. So can I have the original and like non experimental link to hero. I use to search box and only find mods of it, and I guess I am just iffy on the mods. Anybody mind giving me the link to the newest and best quality ROM for Hero? Thanks In Advance

Panduh said:
Ok thanks guys. So can I have the original and like non experimental link to hero. I use to search box and only find mods of it, and I guess I am just iffy on the mods. Anybody mind giving me the link to the newest and best quality ROM for Hero? Thanks In Advance
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The modded ones are the best ones. The unmodded original is veryyyyy slow compared to the new ones. I would try JACHeroski 2.1 or MoDaCo 1.51 are both fast, stable choices.

Panduh said:
Ok thanks guys. So can I have the original and like non experimental link to hero. I use to search box and only find mods of it, and I guess I am just iffy on the mods. Anybody mind giving me the link to the newest and best quality ROM for Hero? Thanks In Advance
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All heros are technically "experimental". I haven't messed with the new Drizzy. I'm still putting JacHeroSki 2.1 throught it's paces. I can recommend it. There are people who like each of the different incarnations of hero.
What I suggest is going to the DEV section and read. Decide on your own. Hell, you can flash them all with switchrom. Have some fun and learn some cool stuff.

so good roms
Panduh said:
Ok thanks guys. So can I have the original and like non experimental link to hero. I use to search box and only find mods of it, and I guess I am just iffy on the mods. Anybody mind giving me the link to the newest and best quality ROM for Hero? Thanks In Advance
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try this one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534479
this is Jachero. his stuff works great. if you dont like this try jacxrom1.5. it isnt hero but runs great and has a great looking theme.

saprano614 said:
try this one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534479
this is Jachero. his stuff works great. if you dont like this try jacxrom1.5. it isnt hero but runs great and has a great looking theme.
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Hey saprano.. look at you giving advice. I see that you finally got hero running eh?

nolimit78 said:
Hey saprano.. look at you giving advice. I see that you finally got hero running eh?
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got hero and switchrom working. i still like jacxrom best. but it is cool to ba able to switch when i get the whim. i have cayn 4.0.4, xrom 1.5r3, and this tinyhero i found. it seams to run faster than most other hero roms. tho it has been striped down alot.

saprano614 said:
got hero and switchrom working. i still like jacxrom best. but it is cool to ba able to switch when i get the whim. i have cayn 4.0.4, xrom 1.5r3, and this tinyhero i found. it seams to run faster than most other hero roms. tho it has been striped down alot.
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Switchrom for the win. Seriously.. haha Yeah JACxRom is pretty decent. But as far as hero have you tried HERO2 - Freedom of choice? If not I think you'll be impressed. I flash FoC when it was first released and it wasn't anything to write home about but now? Dang.. it's fast. Wicked Fast. Try it out!

nolimit78 said:
Switchrom for the win. Seriously.. haha Yeah JACxRom is pretty decent. But as far as hero have you tried HERO2 - Freedom of choice? If not I think you'll be impressed. I flash FoC when it was first released and it wasn't anything to write home about but now? Dang.. it's fast. Wicked Fast. Try it out!
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i will give it a try. thats is the perk of switchrom i can always go back to jacx

Try the link that im putting below, it should be everything u need and way more. good luck, veritas
http://db.androidspin.com/android_build_information.asp

[METAMORPH] HERO FULL THEME 'the real hero' [UPDATE: NEW METAMORPH FORMAT] (05/06/10)

sO....HeRe It Is!
NOW HAS OVER 1,000 DOWNLOADS! THANKS! 05/08/10 ​
*NEW UPDATE 05/06/10* So, I updated the Hero theme with the new xml Metamorph format. I also added a few things to framework. Added sliding animations as well instead of the regular ones. Hope ya like it! [/B]
One thing though...IF you do get a Pop Up about Market messing up...no worries. This happens because of the framework-res change with metamorph.
BONAFIDE SOLUTION: Go into Settings, then Applications, then Manage Applications...look for Market..click on it..and then click on 'Uninstall Updates'. Once that's done...BAM! yA dOnE! All fixed! So yeah, apart from that..this thing's good to go!
CYANOGEN USERS WANTING THE BLACK NOTIFICATION BAR: Flash the Black Notification Bar first(recovery), then flash my theme(metamorph)
SUGGESTIONIf you have a white notification bar, and you really don't think the black hero launcher matches that, you can always go to my other thread and download the white hero launcher I have there. There's a screenshot in the OP of that thread if you wanna see what that looks like. Here's the download link for the white hero launcher tab for those who are too lazy. : http://www.mediafire.com/?unnyzzjmjnr
WORKS ON ALL 1.6 ROMS(Tested on Cyanogen and Fastest, but works on all)
THEME DOWNLOAD HERE: http://www.mediafire.com/?mjmeytvz4jj
HTC DESIRE ICON SET(METAMORPH): http://www.mediafire.com/?bnyk4iuzmnh
*NEW* SENSE 2.1 HERO LAUNCHER TAB(METAMORPH): http://www.mediafire.com/?nkjgngzl5fg
BLACK NOTIFICATION BAR DOWNLOAD FOR CYANOGEN 4.2.14.1 HERE: BLACK NOTIFICATION BAR DOWNLOAD (if you are cyanogen user wanting this, make sure to flash this first, then my theme)
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THIS THEME CAUSES AND YOU METAMORPH THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
Thanks to Stericson for making Metamorph
Thanks to Cacheinjection for his great work with Darkstar and the little tricks he taught me
Thanks to all the others I forgot to mention who deserve thanks

nice job

joshuas_79 said:
nice job
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Thanks, joshuas_79!
Btw, to any users of this theme..how're you liking it?

how did you get the htc calender and people apps and where can i get them

1wingangel said:
how did you get the htc calender and people apps and where can i get them
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The htc calendar is from the market and it's called 'Pure Calendar Widget' and the people widget is also from the market and it's called 'Contact Sidebar'. Hope that helps!

1wingangel said:
how did you get the htc calender and people apps and where can i get them
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One is Koxx's calender grid app and I forgot the name of the contacts app. Both are in the market though.

giving this ago right now gonna use cyanogen for the full effect so ill report back tomorrow

Has anyone tried this on anything other than cyanogen?

The metamorph should work with any rom. and i see that you have a darkstar theme already, so that should take care of the black bar. but i also would want to know how the metmorphs work for other roms. it is really is made for any 1.6 rom. maybe you can. try it out and let me know.

tmobilewinguser said:
giving this ago right now gonna use cyanogen for the full effect so ill report back tomorrow
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Cool. Let me know how it works out for you

ok did the metamorph and then applied the framework-res threw terminal and everything works fine and looks good except for the clock in the top right corner it doesnt show its just black

tmobilewinguser said:
ok did the metamorph and then applied the framework-res threw terminal and everything works fine and looks good except for the clock in the top right corner it doesnt show its just black
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Hmm...well, i will take the framework-res.apk off and get that fixed. Thanks for letting me know. I was debating just trying to make the framework available for metamorph as well and seeing if it works since that's much simpler and easier. Sorry about the inconvenience.
EDIT: WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED THE FRAMEWORK-RES AND WILL TRY TO GET THAT BACK (FIXED) ASAP

Must have for hero themes...
If you love the sense ui look as much as I do, then you should download "PandaHero - Hero Style Home" from the marketplace. I have attached a screen shot to get a better understanding of why this is needed. For the first time, the buttons at the bottom actually function like they do with sense ui. The left for apps, center for phone, right for settings. Absolutely must have app for anyone who loves hero themes.

SG_Shadow said:
If you love the sense ui look as much as I do, then you should download "PandaHero - Hero Style Home" from the marketplace. I have attached a screen shot to get a better understanding of why this is needed. For the first time, the buttons at the bottom actually function like they do with sense ui. The left for apps, center for phone, right for settings. Absolutely must have app for anyone who loves hero themes.
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I have actually tried this app before, and yes, you are right. It is very much like having sense on the g1, but the thing that got me off that app was that it runs like the sense ui rom on the g1, which is...slow. Very slow with this app..which is why I wanted to make this theme because I really like sense ui, and I didn't want the slowness that came with it, and this metamorph gives one the sense look without slowing down the phone because it is only 2MB. I'm glad you shared though, because ppl might not mind the lag, and it's beneficial because ppl don't have to flash anything. Again, thanks for sharing.

eessel said:
I have actually tried this app before, and yes, you are right. It is very much like having sense on the g1, but the thing that got me off that app was that it runs like the sense ui rom on the g1, which is...slow. Very slow with this app..which is why I wanted to make this theme because I really like sense ui, and I didn't want the slowness that came with it, and this metamorph gives one the sense look without slowing down the phone because it is only 2MB. I'm glad you shared though, because ppl might not mind the lag, and it's beneficial because ppl don't have to flash anything. Again, thanks for sharing.
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No problem man. Believe it or not, I didn't really mind the lag of actual hero roms, so the lag from this app isn't that bad in comparison. The ONLY reason I didn't stick with hero rom's is because I love my bluetooth more then sense ui.

eessel said:
Hmm...well, i will take the framework-res.apk off and get that fixed. Thanks for letting me know. I was debating just trying to make the framework available for metamorph as well and seeing if it works since that's much simpler and easier. Sorry about the inconvenience.
EDIT: WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED THE FRAMEWORK-RES AND WILL TRY TO GET THAT BACK (FIXED) ASAP
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its no inconvenience at all im just happy to help in what ever small way i can.let me know when its good to go again i like how it combines the darkstar look with hero two of my favorites.

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This is a metamorph theme, not meant to be flashed via recovery. Use metamorph to get this on your phone. Do you know how to use metamorph?

eessel said:
This is a metamorph theme, not meant to be flashed via recovery. Use metamorph to get this on your phone. Do you know how to use metamorph?
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Well there is my problem.

G1ForFun said:
Well there is my problem.
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Lol. it's all good. We all have brain farts sometimes. Lol. Let me know how it works out for you and if you like it

[REQ]2.1 Lockscreen on 1.6/CM 4.2.15.1

Hi
I tried the 2.1 ROM from kingklick and what i really liked was the Lockscreen. Since i take many Pictures and Videos i had to return to a 1.6 version.
I tried to Google nuit i didn`t find anything:
Is there a way to have the 2.1 Lockscreen on the G1 with a 1.6 OS?
Mod edit: Please posts in the right section, or I'm going to eat you

Lockbot pro has what you're looking for. I don't think this belongs in Development either.

isnt there this lockbot thing, that you pass it with the menu button and makes your system laggy and buggy?

punshkin said:
isnt there this lockbot thing, that you pass it with the menu button and makes your system laggy and buggy?
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lockbot, not sure but you might as well try it. btw this should be in q&a section. hope your fire proof

this would be sweet, but its probably not going to happen ):

deeb215 said:
lockbot, not sure but you might as well try it. btw this should be in q&a section. hope your fire proof
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haha.. why is my quote in your sig? insane.

zachattack052 said:
this would be sweet, but its probably not going to happen ):
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Are you sure? We've got the source, we have the power

AnderWeb said:
Are you sure? We've got the source, we have the power
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Except in your case, you have the force....close

AnderWeb said:
Are you sure? We've got the source, we have the power
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ya but we dont have the will, at least i dont.. 3rd party lock screens are slow, or get slow.. look at the Stericson lock screen..

lockbot is wat u want but u need lockbot pro. that has the lockscreen u want

drifta240sx said:
lockbot is wat u want but u need lockbot pro. that has the lockscreen u want
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ya to bad its lag city..

You really need to change the title of this to [REQ] or something like this.
I saw the title and thought OMFG 2.1 lockscreen on cyan... and was MASSIVELY disappointed to find it was a question.
Lets just cyan somehow manages to squeeze it into his next G1 update.

Hey, look at that!!!! A question that has been asked hundreds of times!!
And would you LOOK-AT-THAT! You posted in the wrong forum!!!!!
You deserve a medal! (Mostly for stupidity)

I've looked through the lockscreen code in eclair, there's nothing there that's missing from 1.6 that would impede a simple port, so it's doable. However, you think somebody wants to do that instead of just jumping straight to eclair?

jubeh said:
I've looked through the lockscreen code in eclair, there's nothing there that's missing from 1.6 that would impede a simple port, so it's doable. However, you think somebody wants to do that instead of just jumping straight to eclair?
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AnderWeb does. He's already helped in porting 2.1 music player (with eliot stocker) and a 2.1-like launcher, to 1.6...
I'd like to see it as well AnderWeb.

jcarrz1 said:
AnderWeb does. He's already helped in porting 2.1 music player (with eliot stocker) and a 2.1-like launcher, to 1.6...
I'd like to see it as well AnderWeb.
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Definitely, who knows when we'll get proper drivers for eclair for our phones. Till then i would be very content with key features of eclair on donut roms. U have my vote.

i use lockbot free as my lockscreen and its perfect for me. I just deleted all the other screens except the Flan screen.

tonyriceroni said:
i use lockbot free as my lockscreen and its perfect for me. I just deleted all the other screens except the Flan screen.
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For me, Lockbot sucks. Lags like crazy, I load it up and I see my home screen, then the lock. The current version has begun with the freezes on my notification bar. I liked lock 2.0 but that didn't have much features nor did it auto start

Lockbot pro is nearly perfect.
But I wont use that app because of the fact that the unlock screen is kept on for two minutes. This is ridiculous.
I want my display timeout but not the unlock screen-display timeout set to two minutes.

jcarrz1 said:
AnderWeb does. He's already helped in porting 2.1 music player (with eliot stocker) and a 2.1-like launcher, to 1.6...
I'd like to see it as well AnderWeb.
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me and ander didnt port the 2.1 muisc player someone else did that, i just added new features and ander gave me a litrtle help along the way.
however me and ander are working on a new lockscreen, that is gonna be better than the 2.1 one! so shhhhhhh

question about the 2.1 ruu leak

well im running the the 2.1 leak and i decided to try and turn sense off via going into application manger and clearing defaults on sense and hitting home (like you did on 1.5), unfortunately this does not work, it does not give an option to choose between sense and vanilla android. Any suggestions?

The one signed with test keys, or the one signed with release keys?

sandboxlove said:
use homeswitcher from the market, although that method should work...
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He means when running a 1.5 rom there was the option to switch to "Home" as a launcher. In the leaked 2.1 rom there wasnt the choice.
He would have to install a separate launcher to be able to have a vanilla look.

Jus10o said:
He means when running a 1.5 rom there was the option to switch to "Home" as a launcher. In the leaked 2.1 rom there wasnt the choice.
He would have to install a separate launcher to be able to have a vanilla look.
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yeah what this guy says, and home launchers from the market are generally slow and dumb

eagles16 said:
yeah what this guy says, and home launchers from the market are generally slow and dumb
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You can try helix from the market.. Its what i use instead of sense. Alot of people from here use it.
You can also look up Zeam Launcher, looks sorta like sense but runs wayyy smoother and its most definitely not htc sense.
Also you can try this one from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=678706
There are quite a few others, some devs include some in roms. Just search for launcher.apk or launcher2.apk.

Jus10o said:
You can try helix from the market.. Its what i use instead of sense. Alot of people from here use it.
You can also look up Zeam Launcher, looks sorta like sense but runs wayyy smoother and its most definitely not htc sense.
Also you can try this one from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=678706
There are quite a few others, some devs include some in roms. Just search for launcher.apk or launcher2.apk.
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thanks man!

+1 for Helix launcher, whenever I go away from sense that's what use. The best part is the landscape homescreens.
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fancy widget

im not sure if all you xda guys know about this but its a weather/clock thats looks exactly like the sense clock instead of the faux flip clock and with launcherpro i just found out you can drag the little icons and place more apps one it lol

what widget?

incubus26jc said:
what widget?
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"Fancy Widget"
Free in the market, downloading now to try.

optimistik said:
"Fancy Widget"
Free in the market, downloading now to try.
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ahhh i see, WOW it is just like the sense clock. Good find. I will definatly be using this in future roms

Yeah, I am very impressed. It is really nice, much better than the one included in roms. This should be standard in every rom from now on.

optimistik said:
Yeah, I am very impressed. It is really nice, much better than the one included in roms. This should be standard in every rom from now on.
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it will be in mine for sure bye bye faux flip ****

Haha guess its a good thing I posted this then

Yeah its a sweet widget, ive been using it for a while now because it works all good without data, who knows how long it'll be till they get a C&D tho

Giving this a shot. I never really understood the point of a giant clock taking up screen space when there is a little clock in the corner, but I keep trying. I didnt like it when I had the notifications bar hidden. I like the look, but it just seems to waste space, IMO. Hopefully this will be the one. For some reason I never minded it in Manilla, but I think that was because WinMo just wasnt cutting it so it looked cool.

HTC complained go figure but they are coming out with there own design so hopefully it looks cool

it's amazing.
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Is there any .apk file that i can download? I can not use market.

My ONLY gribe with it is that it won't scale depending on your DPI. I've been running 320x428 @ 144DPI and it gets all funky. Widget works great at 160DPI or 120DPI though.

Wow. I like this much better than the one myn and incubus have been using. Thanks for showing us this man. +1 internets for you.

benutne said:
Wow. I like this much better than the one myn and incubus have been using. Thanks for showing us this man. +1 internets for you.
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haha thanks man but htc found out about and they complained cuz it looks like the sense clock.. they are coming up with there own design so hopefullyy it looks cool but if not im not goin to update [x

jadenj5 said:
haha thanks man but htc found out about and they complained cuz it looks like the sense clock.. they are coming up with there own design so hopefullyy it looks cool but if not im not goin to update [x
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Yeah, I'm gonna have to see if I can get an apk for this. Not like I give a damn what HTC says about what I put on my phone

benutne said:
Yeah, I'm gonna have to see if I can get an apk for this. Not like I give a damn what HTC says about what I put on my phone
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haha yeah i wish i knnew how to pull them out id try and help

jadenj5 said:
haha yeah i wish i knnew how to pull them out id try and help
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The Reware backup app can back up your apps for you. Not sure how it does that. Might be an apk.

jadenj5 said:
haha yeah i wish i knnew how to pull them out id try and help
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any app that you wish to pull froma build do this:
go into astro explorer,
go to tools
go to application manager backup
check the boxes of any apps that you have installed and want backed up
click backup
now you will have all those apk's in "backups" folder on your sd card.

If anybody has an APK I'd love to have a copy.
No data here...