[Q] Just got an HTC HeroC, root and update? - Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

First post here
Had a Samsung Moment for my first android phone and had messed with it but was very unhappy with battery life. I have gotten (a used) HeroC and am looking to update to 2.2 or higher if possible as I would like to have the app2sd option since I am running out of space stupid quick. I am not looking for anything fancy although Sense would be nice to keep. So with this in mind I have 2 questions.
1. What version would you guys suggest.
2. Where is the best and easiest instructions to follow to do this.
Thanks!

Stu Pidaso said:
First post here
Had a Samsung Moment for my first android phone and had messed with it but was very unhappy with battery life. I have gotten (a used) HeroC and am looking to update to 2.2 or higher if possible as I would like to have the app2sd option since I am running out of space stupid quick. I am not looking for anything fancy although Sense would be nice to keep. So with this in mind I have 2 questions.
1. What version would you guys suggest.
2. Where is the best and easiest instructions to follow to do this.
Thanks!
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First, the best advice you'll ever get on xda is search and read. Second, aospCMod 5/16 is 2.3.4 and based on CM7, it's amazing. For the sense look go into general android themes and apps and look for sense theme chooser themes in the theme chooser sticky thread. I hear NTsense is nice.

il Duce said:
First, the best advice you'll ever get on xda is search and read. Second, aospCMod 5/16 is 2.3.4 and based on CM7, it's amazing. For the sense look go into general android themes and apps and look for sense theme chooser themes in the theme chooser sticky thread. I hear NTsense is nice.
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NTSense is wonderful. Combined with lpp Widgets, it is the closest you'll get to Sense without Sense.
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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Ginger-on-Hero action here!

Stu Pidaso, now thats a funny name. Have we seen you around here before?

fpineda101 said:
Stu Pidaso, now thats a funny name. Have we seen you around here before?
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ruh roh.... there was a smiley, and he said "HeroC" (which is sorta seasoned lingo).
/me prays to phonegods that stupid aso is NOT "voldemort"

I assure you I am new here. I am 41 and run a Half-Life gaming site at hteeteep://stu-pidaso.net <<xda forum filter prevented me from typing actual address because I am new
I picked the name up years ago while gaming.
I appreciate the replies and look forward to modding my Hero soon!

Stu Pidaso said:
I assure you I am new here. I am 41 and run a Half-Life gaming site at hteeteep://stu-pidaso.net
I picked the name up years ago while gaming.
I appreciate the replies and look forward to modding my Hero soon!
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Welcome to the show lol.

il Duce said:
ruh roh.... there was a smiley, and he said "HeroC" (which is sorta seasoned lingo).
/me prays to phonegods that stupid aso is NOT "voldemort"
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Lmfao ×50. Man duce I know I'm always gonna get a good laugh when your on line
Root/Hack-Mod_Always*

Stu Pidaso said:
I assure you I am new here. I am 41 and run a Half-Life gaming site at hteeteep://stu-pidaso.net <<xda forum filter prevented me from typing actual address because I am new
I picked the name up years ago while gaming.
I appreciate the replies and look forward to modding my Hero soon!
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Welcome! Most of us are bailing on the Hero forums when the EVO 3D comes out. Hope you join us there too

fpineda101 said:
Welcome! Most of us are bailing on the Hero forums when the EVO 3D comes out. Hope you join us there too
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Personally cannot justify spending that much on a phone but maybe after it has been out for awhile and comes down. Want to play with this Hero and see what can be done with it.

il Duce said:
First, the best advice you'll ever get on xda is search and read. Second, aospCMod 5/16 is 2.3.4 and based on CM7, it's amazing. For the sense look go into general android themes and apps and look for sense theme chooser themes in the theme chooser sticky thread. I hear NTsense is nice.
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That is where it becomes very confusing while searching. So I find the following link http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=CDMA_Hero_ROMs which shows "aospMod - (11/5/10" but you suggest aospCMod 5/16. Also I am seeing references to radios? I do not recall stuff like that when I was messing with my Moment.
Not trying to be difficult, just trying to understand fully before I do this. I am not planning on getting into trying a bunch of different ones, I want to pick something that is solid and reliable and does not break anything. I see some references to the camera and other things not working sometimes.

Stu Pidaso said:
That is where it becomes very confusing while searching. So I find the following link http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=CDMA_Hero_ROMs which shows "aospMod - (11/5/10" but you suggest aospCMod 5/16. Also I am seeing references to radios? I do not recall stuff like that when I was messing with my Moment.
Not trying to be difficult, just trying to understand fully before I do this. I am not planning on getting into trying a bunch of different ones, I want to pick something that is solid and reliable and does not break anything. I see some references to the camera and other things not working sometimes.
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This wiki will get you going in the right direction for a load of aosp's gingerbread rom.
Then you can use the NTSense theme to get your sense feel like others have said.

poashll said:
This wiki will get you going in the right direction for a load of aosp's gingerbread rom.
Then you can use the NTSense theme to get your sense feel like others have said.
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Thanks poashll. Was able to follow and almost everything is running smooth. VVM not working but I know there is a fix for that, just hard to understand the instructions. My other issue I want to get fixed is with the clock. I can pull it up but if I try to set an alarm it force closes. I find no threads on this issue.
(had to remove your link as forum thinks I am spamming :/

Stu Pidaso said:
Thanks poashll. Was able to follow and almost everything is running smooth. VVM not working but I know there is a fix for that, just hard to understand the instructions. My other issue I want to get fixed is with the clock. I can pull it up but if I try to set an alarm it force closes. I find no threads on this issue.
(had to remove your link as forum thinks I am spamming :/
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aosp just dropped a new ROM, grab that one, it's 5/23.

Thanks for the heads up! That fixed the issue with the clock. Still working on getting Sprint vvm working. Ustream app is also broke with this but that is not a big concern.

Related

Any way to get the Hero widgets to none Hero builds?-mod please close this is dead

I running the Hero rom and LOVE the widgets but the fact on how slow and that I not getting all my texts is causing an issue... That and the fact my Gmail not working like it did before is making me go back but i love the calendar widget and the messages widget, so my question is, would it be possible to get them to work say on Cy's rom? Thank You.
First of all, if u have used the latest JacHero rom, the text problem and the gmail problems have been fixed. If you are patient and have some time, you can make your hero rom very very smooth. If you need help on making your hero rom run smooth and with no lag just give me a pm .
Edit: As of right now, there are no hero widgets for cupcake but someone might be working on it. Im not completely sure
imbonez9 said:
I running the Hero rom and LOVE the widgets but the fact on how slow and that I not getting all my texts is causing an issue... That and the fact my Gmail not working like it did before is making me go back but i love the calendar widget and the messages widget, so my question is, would it be possible to get them to work say on Cy's rom? Thank You.
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Short answer: No.
Long answer: Search.
nephron said:
First of all, if u have used the latest JacHero rom, the text problem and the gmail problems have been fixed. If you are patient and have some time, you can make your hero rom very very smooth. If you need help on making your hero rom run smooth and with no lag just give me a pm .
Edit: As of right now, there are no hero widgets for cupcake but someone might be working on it. Im not completely sure
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For some reason i wasn't able to get texts still, and my gmail never came through I would like to help make it smoother however I not able to partition my class 6 have to get it exchanged and my class to can't do. Oh and don't really know about programing to be able to do anything
Thank You though
tears..
give up.
uberingram said:
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Search.
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why is everyone's answer always search? Don't post a comment if you can't point him in the right direction or help the guy.
DAKIDD236 said:
why is everyone's answer always search? Don't post a comment if you can't point him in the right direction or help the guy.
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i know right some people do it just to boost their post count.
what i did jsut now was type in"hero widget" into the market and found 9 results. but i havent looked thru the results since i run hero already
We need an up-to-date FAQ sticky in the Q&A Forum lol
honestly i can't believe this thread is still around!!! haha. can we just close is already? haha
I think if someone updated that informative thread with new links to up-to-date threads we would have less of these posts.
but look when this post first came out. Mod can we please close this already.
I know the thread's inches from dying, but I'd love to see items ported. Look at the HTCMusic. It was ported and it runs great.

[Q] Cool things to do with Cyan's 4.0.1

Very new to root and roms. I upgraded to 4.0.1 very soon after having 3.6.8.1.
What are some of the neat things you can do? What settings have you changed? I JUST found out that there was another keyboard other than the android touch.
I did not know where this was appropriate and did not want to junk up cyans rom thread. Hope this is okay and apologies if its not. Just want to know what other cool features I am missing out on, and to also see what settings people roll with.
s15274n said:
Very new to root and roms. I upgraded to 4.0.1 very soon after having 3.6.8.1.
What are some of the neat things you can do? What settings have you changed? I JUST found out that there was another keyboard other than the android touch.
I did not know where this was appropriate and did not want to junk up cyans rom thread. Hope this is okay and apologies if its not. Just want to know what other cool features I am missing out on, and to also see what settings people roll with.
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Best way to get the whole story is to compare the changelog of 3.6.8.1 to 4.0.1 which is available in their respective threads. One thing that was cool was the global search function from donut but that go reverted in 4.0.1. It will probably make an appearance in the 4.x.x experimental series however.....
I should clarify, I did not have 3.6.8.1 long enough to find all the easter eggs either. What settings do you change or things do you use after flashing his rom?
DirectMatrix said:
Best way to get the whole story is to compare the changelog of 3.6.8.1 to 4.0.1 which is available in their respective threads. One thing that was cool was the global search function from donut but that go reverted in 4.0.1. It will probably make an appearance in the 4.x.x experimental series however.....
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Hey DirectMatrix is this going to be another thread like yesterday.
yeah i'd also like to know.. im also new to the art of the root.. i also have my own questions
i know the myfaves app doesnt work, in fact doesnt even appear lol, but the actual myfaves service still works right?
and do the im apps work? im talking about the native one. it doesnt seem to be working for me =/
also, i want my settings optimized for overall speed.. what do you guys use for this?
roadrunnerx7 said:
yeah i'd also like to know.. im also new to the art of the root.. i also have my own questions
i know the myfaves app doesnt work, in fact doesnt even appear lol, but the actual myfaves service still works right?
and do the im apps work? im talking about the native one. it doesnt seem to be working for me =/
also, i want my settings optimized for overall speed.. what do you guys use for this?
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You don't want the mygayes app on your phone anyways, its just a hog. It still does work, if you need to set it up just go to your online account and do it.
What native im app are you talking about, its been to long since I had the factory rom installed. But I can vouch for aim and googletalk do work.
If you are on Cyanogens rom everything should be optimized to full speed.
yeah i never used the myfaves thing to begin with, thats why when i heard its gone if you root, i didnt really care lol. plus i was already planning on getting rid of the whole service anyway. but thanks!
im talking about the one that comes with the phone. has aim, msn, and yahoo. i try logging but it just endlessly keeps saying "signing in..". im not sure if i just have to wait, or if its not working.
awesome!
supremeteam256 said:
Hey DirectMatrix is this going to be another thread like yesterday.
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This is shaping up to be exactly like the thread from yesterday.
^ which was not the intention... I am fully aware of IM and MyFaves. I mean very literally, do you alter/change anything when loading cyans rom? I.E., turning off the android keyboard.
DirectMatrix said:
This is shaping up to be exactly like the thread from yesterday.
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LOL, yessir. I'm trying to hold back. Who knows I might let one fly at anytime.
I guess I'll chime in. One of the reasons I flashed to this rom over an old roger's rom was for VPN. That and the sweet power widget.
Thanks again for the help yesterday guys.
Minker17 said:
I guess I'll chime in. One of the reasons I flashed to this rom over an old roger's rom was for VPN. That and the sweet power widget.
Thanks again for the help yesterday guys.
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Hey no problem, thats why XDA pays us good money. J/K
I meant to ask you yesterday, is Franklin right across the border of AL.
supremeteam256 said:
LOL, yessir. I'm trying to hold back. Who knows I might let one fly at anytime.
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Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
DirectMatrix said:
Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
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Count me in, I'm on the way.
DirectMatrix said:
Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
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Got start some where.
Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
s15274n said:
Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
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Point taken...my appologies...Supreme and I like to keep things lighthearted and have some fun. I'm sure I speak for him when I say we both apologize for offending you.
To answer your question....I was pretty much being completely serious about reading the change logs and comparing. That's where I get most of my info but as far as settings go, I second someone else's poste about the badass power widget. I also like the 5 homescreen options, the logcollector app is nice for troubleshooting, the fact that the buld.prop file has been changed slightly means that the new version of "My Account" runs properly without any futzing around, and playing around with the text app is fun because of the mms enhancements courtesy of rgv151.
Many of the other enhancements that make cyan's ROMs awesome are behind the scenes that just make it run faster (kernel tweaks, CPU scaling etc). These have no options available to the user, they just are part of the build that contribute to cyanoganized awesomeness.
supremeteam256 said:
I meant to ask you yesterday, is Franklin right across the border of AL.
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It's about an hour north of the AL border.
s15274n said:
Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
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Just like Direct said we ain't tryna make fun or nothing. We do help out alot, but after a long boring day of programming at work we got to do something fun to help pass time away. And hey we really didn't even joke around unlike the other thread. Best thing to do is just play around with the phone, try out all the apps, play with the settings, and just explore. Like Direct said alot of things are behind the scenes.
Minker17 said:
It's about an hour north of the AL border.
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I figured it was close. I stay in Huntsville. And been thru there a couple times. Think we even had a car show in Franklin a couple years back.

Theme and Rom Compatibility ??

Can any of these themes posted here work with the HTC Hero?
Who knows what is what right now. This subforum is a GIANT MESS right now. Every OP will have to go back and specify which theme is for which device. This was a foolish idea to mix everything up like this! BAD IDEA.....
sino8r said:
Who knows what is what right now. This subforum is a GIANT MESS right now. Every OP will have to go back and specify which theme is for which device. This was a foolish idea to mix everything up like this! BAD IDEA.....
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I agree very bad idea what was wrong with old way XDA has changed alot over past year or so not for the good
I agree, this whole moving thing is just one more fu*k up that XDA didnt need... what the hell was wrong with the way it was??? i thought it was fine, but now its a giant mess and getting worse... thanks!!!
jzajzz said:
Can any of these themes posted here work with the HTC Hero?
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No
sino8r said:
Who knows what is what right now. This subforum is a GIANT MESS right now. Every OP will have to go back and specify which theme is for which device. This was a foolish idea to mix everything up like this! BAD IDEA.....
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c-tang said:
I agree very bad idea what was wrong with old way XDA has changed alot over past year or so not for the good
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RandumAccess said:
I agree, this whole moving thing is just one more fu*k up that XDA didnt need... what the hell was wrong with the way it was??? i thought it was fine, but now its a giant mess and getting worse... thanks!!!
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I completely agree the three previous comments.
please put it back the way it was!
this is just a giant cluster f**k now (which will get worse once more android devices come out i imagine), even when/if all the OP are updated to specify which theme works for which ROM/phone itll still be a cluster ball and a lot to scroll through looking for ur specific ROM/phone
and im sure there will still be posts in the thread asking if this theme works with so and so phone/ROM or port to this phone or that phone because it is all mashed together.
wishfull thinking: please make themes again randum, ill give u my comp
not really but ur themes were my fav :]
RandumAccess said:
I agree, this whole moving thing is just one more fu*k up that XDA didnt need... what the hell was wrong with the way it was??? i thought it was fine, but now its a giant mess and getting worse... thanks!!!
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smackiesfunkies said:
even when/if all the OP are updated to specify which theme works for which ROM/phone itll still be a cluster ball and a lot to scroll through looking for ur specific ROM/phone
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Well, ROMs are device specific and all the themes list the ROMs which they are build for.
So why the need to list the device?
yeah man. its a real mess.
djengizz said:
Well, ROMs are device specific and all the themes list the ROMs which they are build for.
So why the need to list the device?
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i was just thinking it might be easier for some people to just scan for HTC Hero (or whatever device) instead of glazing over the diff build numbers and names, but u do have a point
kinda redundant i guess huh lol
the thing that bugs me is that its just all lumped together
kinda lame to have to scroll through a buncha stuff that doesnt mean anything to me to pick out what does
p.s. just flashed android stock 2.0 *thumbs up*
WHere do I get HTC Hero themes??
Are there any out there... seems to me all the good themes are for the G1
Help Please 7 months later and it's still confusing..
it's impossible to porting this g1 themes on hero?
i really like a lot of themes for example darchstar but i can't morph it on my hero!!
I can't create themes but for me the images on framework-res are similiar on all devices
-sorry for my bad english-
It's only gotten worse for the hero. There is the gsm version and the cdma ones. There is also 1.5 and 2.1 out plus the custom roms such as Fresh and Modaco. Haven't seen a theme for this yet.
Go to the Themes subforum for the Hero. You are not going to find metamorph themes or very many flashable themes, but you'll have several options to apply ROMs with themes already in place.
If all else fails you can create your own by pulling files and packaging them up as a theme you like. Be sure to give credit where it's due.
david1171 said:
No
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Incorrect... The Cyanogen Mod 5.0.7-8 will work with HTC Hero ROM DarchDroid v2.6.5... Moving the eri.xml.
I've ran Nexus Themes for Cyanogen and a couple from here.

Market and non Market Recommend Apps list...how about we start one?

Hi!
Just wondering if we can start a list of Market and one for Non Market recommended Apps unless there is one that I have missed already!
shaolin95 said:
Hi!
Just wondering if we can start a list of Market and one for Non Market recommended Apps unless there is one that I have missed already!
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Check out the PMC (Pimp My Captivate) guide. It has this already.
warri said:
Check out the PMC (Pimp My Captivate) guide. It has this already.
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Ah, somehow when I checked that I thought it was more like hacks than app recommendations...will check again then.
Thanks
shaolin95 said:
Ah, somehow when I checked that I thought it was more like hacks than app recommendations...will check again then.
Thanks
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If you scroll through till the end, there is a recommended list of Apps.
I strongly recommend you Follow the guide to root, enable side loading, as well lift the market restrictions that ATT has put on the phone. No reason not to.
(The section on Launcher Pro is optional, since some people seem to like TouchWiz (i used it for a while, just switched to launcherPro to try it out) )
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If you scroll through till the end, there is a recommended list of Apps.
I strongly recommend you Follow the guide to root, enable side loading, as well lift the market restrictions that ATT has put on the phone. No reason not to.
(The section on Launcher Pro is optional, since some people seem to like TouchWiz (i used it for a while, just switched to launcherPro to try it out) )
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Thanks, I have done all those already...just did the restrictions one today so I am all good.
Cannot wait for Froyo now!
Oh and yes I got Launcher Pro + ..very nice. "
I did not give the original too much of a chance...I am coming from a Tilt2 and sense 2.5 so Touch was just looking to plain and odd for me. Launcher is growing on me.
double sorry
shaolin95 said:
Thanks, I have done all those already...just did the restrictions one today so I am all good.
Cannot wait for Froyo now!
Oh and yes I got Launcher Pro + ..very nice.
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yea i read in your sig, right after i posted that... heh
Just waiting on a nice Custom ROM.. with some radio HSPUA support and froyo myself
warri said:
yea i read in your sig, right after i posted that... heh
Just waiting on a nice Custom ROM.. with some radio HSPUA support and froyo myself
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Ah that sounds so awesome indeed...I was used to changing Energy Roms every few days so right now it is kind of a strange time for me !
shaolin95 said:
Ah that sounds so awesome indeed...I was used to changing Energy Roms every few days so right now it is kind of a strange time for me !
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Energy Addict myself.. i do miss flashing my Fuze every couple of days, but i am super excited to have a sexy Android phone!
Me too...this thing is so freakin fast!
I still think we need a dedicated apps thread that keeps growing like the one we have for the Tilt2
i think a non-market app thread would be especially helpful
i found some new apps to add on to the pimp my captivate apps i wrote up. I no longer have access to my pdf but if one of you start a thread and make it look sexy, ill be glad to add some amazing new apps peeps should try.
Well I suck at that so I would let anyone else with skills to take over
systoxity said:
i found some new apps to add on to the pimp my captivate apps i wrote up. I no longer have access to my pdf but if one of you start a thread and make it look sexy, ill be glad to add some amazing new apps peeps should try.
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I'll do it. Give me a few hours to get everything together.
Its my first time doing one of these, but I think if I can set it up right the first time, managing it will be fairly easy.
That said, is there a limit on how many post you can reserve? To give an ideal solution to the problem, I'd be looking at like 15 or so. Would people have a problem with this, or is that an acceptable number?
Sweet mate....not sure about the reserves Q...maybe check the Tilt 2 thread for ideas
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Sweet mate....not sure about the reserves Q...maybe check the Tilt 2 thread for ideas
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Already did that. I've asked for permission (awaiting reply) to steal the design and I've made a few modifications to it that I think will make it easier to maintain and access. However, doing so requires a tremendous number of reserved posts. I'm trying to decrease the number by combining sections I think will have a low volume, but it will still take a large number of posts to do what I want.
Doesnt bother me at all but maybe ask a mod?
Just as an update.
I've gotten a mod's ok on reserving the number of posts in want. The only. Stipulation is it has to be organized. And I don't think that will be a problem.
I'm still waiting on a response from the Rhodium thread upkeeper, and iirc the thread was last updated in May. If I don't have a response by this time tomorroe, ill assume they've left XDA indefinitely, and will post the topic. If they later have an issue with my using a similar format, ill just edit my format.
In the mean time, ill continue working on the formatting of the thread and include a few items to see how it will look when populated. Hopefully this turns out as awesomely as I want it to.
I don't think this thread will take much more than an hour or so to maintain after it gets rolling, so keeping it up to date shouldn't be an issue by my logic. I just hope people provide all relavant information. Lol
It's not much, but id like to do my part to contribute its to a community that provides so much information and so many resources. Maybe this way I wont feel like such a leech. XD
Sent from my Samsung Captivate
I think you are cool to start it over and then modify if needed...I doubt that that poster is going to complain...I mean really...
How do I get to the Pimp My Captivate site?
Thanks

Color Me Android

So some of you may or may not remember a little old blog called Color Me Android from back in the day that was a screenshot based site. Well, it went down some months ago, and that was that. However. I tried to put a theme on my phone the other day (It's supposed to be so simple with the theme chooser, yeah?). Unfortunately, because it's so easy with CM7 and MIUI theme engines, that themes are EVERYWHERE. It takes you about a bloody hour just to find one.
So, I brought CMA back.
As a theme site.
It's a visual directory of all CM7/MIUI/ADW - type themes. It's in Open Alpha, and I'm inviting people to come, register, sign in, submit screenshots (Yes, I kept the orignal screenshot part of the site there) and help me find bugs while I finish adding themes. I've got 45 on the site so far. And I'm working my way down that ginormous list of themes that stickied in this forum.
So yeah.
Thoughts/comments/bugs?
or themes you want to see on the site? Tell me below.
http://colormeandroid.com
Sweet man thanks for bringing this back. Its great to have a easier way of finding themes and such.
sick idea. i'll deff be there alot as long as all the themes from miui get added there and lockscreens. =]
kevlars9 said:
Sweet man thanks for bringing this back. Its great to have a easier way of finding themes and such.
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Once you register and log in there's a submit screenshot link that pops up so you can submit and view screenshots (a glorified 'post your homescreen' thread - but it's just like old school cma [hopefully])
shady503403 said:
sick idea. i'll deff be there alot as long as all the themes from miui get added there and lockscreens. =]
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I already have the "official" themes there, and I'm going through the miuiandroid forums to find more. It's gonna take a while to catch up.
Also - I am looking for people to help me add themes. So if you're interested, respond
I like it very much!
Here are some themes I personally use that I would like to see added
EpicBlue N Bold
R3D's Themes
Thanks! This is a great idea
fergie716 said:
I like it very much!
Here are some themes I personally use that I would like to see added
EpicBlue N Bold
R3D's Themes
Thanks! This is a great idea
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Thanks for the support! Just added those themes thanks
Is there a reason I can't post screenshots?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
pspunderground said:
Is there a reason I can't post screenshots?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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Sorry, to prevent spam screenshots are sent in as a draft, and have to published by an editor (me). Otherwise people would just fill the form with crap. And it hasn't been notifying me, so I apologize for that. Also - the syntax for posting an image is the image tag in html not bbcode
so
Code:
<img src="url to image">
not
Code:
[img]url to image[/img]
hollywooder said:
Sorry, to prevent spam screenshots are sent in as a draft, and have to published by an editor (me). Otherwise people would just fill the form with crap. And it hasn't been notifying me, so I apologize for that. Also - the syntax for posting an image is the image tag in html not bbcode
so
Code:
<img src="url to image">
not
Code:
[img]url to image[/img]
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Ahh, ok. Let me edit this then...
EDIT: OK, I think I fixed it
pspunderground said:
Ahh, ok. Let me edit this then...
EDIT: OK, I think I fixed it
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Indeed you did. I can always go in and edit it, but it's nice for the people to know what they're doing. Especially since I'm the only admin/editor for the alpha. That way if I change something, I don't have to worry about telling other people about it
i was wondering what happened to u..i havent seen you around in abit.
i was cleaning out my drive and i found that sig you made for me about a year and change ago lol.
really like the ui of your site, seems user friendly for theme users to interact without searching for hours
SoCalSpecialist said:
i was wondering what happened to u..i havent seen you around in abit.
i was cleaning out my drive and i found that sig you made for me about a year and change ago lol.
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Aha! I knew your username sounded familiar
aNdroidnut said:
really like the ui of your site, seems user friendly for theme users to interact without searching for hours
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That's the idea! Also going to add instructions for the various things. How to get CM7/MIUI on your device, how to blah blah. And whatnot. One stop theming, hopefully.
hollywooder said:
Aha! I knew your username sounded familiar
That's the idea! Also going to add instructions for the various things. How to get CM7/MIUI on your device, how to blah blah. And whatnot. One stop theming, hopefully.
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Glad to see you're back! I actually found you guys through custom android, or AE, any idea what happened to those guys?
Thanks for all your hard work.
AH. I got my new phone and then went to your site to find some nice styles but noticed its changed a bit.
Am right in thinking the old site was more customised home screens than themes?.......If so is there anyway to see them again because thats what I really liked. People saying what widgets they used and custom graphics to make cool buttons etc.
But still the site is good! Maybe have an option to go back to the old version aswell?
supermat007 said:
AH. I got my new phone and then went to your site to find some nice styles but noticed its changed a bit.
Am right in thinking the old site was more customised home screens than themes?.......If so is there anyway to see them again because thats what I really liked. People saying what widgets they used and custom graphics to make cool buttons etc.
But still the site is good! Maybe have an option to go back to the old version aswell?
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Yes, it used to be a screenshot based site. I am going to be bringing that functionality back in the near future. However, I am still working on finding decent hosting. I can't afford anything so I'm looking for a sponsor. Until I find one, production is at a standstill. But yes, the screenshot portion of the site is going to be at screens.colormeandroid.com when I get everything set up eventually.
u had some epic **** back in those nexusOne days!
Hey, I truly truly truly miss Color Me Android. I saw the new site up a little bit ago. Is it back down again? Also, will there be a way of getting the old themes/screen shots back? Like archived? Anyways, Hope to see this again soon, I need inspiration for my Droid!
Take care

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