Froyo VillainRom for Hero released

kc66 · 19-07-2010 4:27pm #1

Should have called it by its proper name FroydVillain.

http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=2140&start=0

Goolay · 19-07-2010 8:35pm

Anyone tried it yet? Any feedback?

flugel · 19-07-2010 10:46pm

No flash 10.1?

Mr E · 20-07-2010 1:06am

Installed it last night. No problems yet, seems pretty quick. Camera doesn't work properly (not that I used it too much anyway) and aesthetically its not much different from a regular vanilla ROM. Lets see how the battery is after 24 hours use....

MayoForSam · 20-07-2010 9:57am

So is this worth the install? I am quite happy with running VillainROM 10 on my Hero at the mo.

Mr E · 20-07-2010 10:02am

Nope, wait until the teething issues are sorted out. There is no trackball or led blink when you get an SMS/Email/Missed Call, and the phone got a bit laggy this morning and I had to reboot.

Hold out for the next version.

dunworth1 · 23-07-2010 5:16am

also there is no sense with this rom which is why its faster.

i have iit on my hero its working fine except the stock camera app but camera magic works to some degree

these guys are pushing the hero to the limits

Mr E · 23-07-2010 6:57am

Any freezes, dunworth? I have a feeling its a widget that's trying to update itself (Weather Bug, Pure Calendar/Grid etc.)

I might wait for the next release and try it again (without those widgets).

Edit: Looks like 1.1 is out now. I'll be reading XDA/VillainRom during the day to see if the slowdowns are fixed.

flugel · 23-07-2010 8:57am

was going performing a nand backup of VR12 yesterday and accidently selected the USB-MS toggle in recovery, ever since my phone wont connect via USB to my pc so reckon i may as well try out this Froyo ROM soon enough see if that fixes the issue!

Mr E · 23-07-2010 10:05am

I had that problem before (a few months ago on one of my many ROM installations). If you download "Auto Mount Your SD Card" from the android market, it should fix it for you.

flugel · 23-07-2010 11:23am

Mr E wrote: »

I had that problem before (a few months ago on one of my many ROM installations). If you download "Auto Mount Your SD Card" from the android market, it should fix it for you.

Cheers, downloaded, will try it later when i get home!

Dingatron · 23-07-2010 12:19pm

Running Froyo VillainRom for the last week. Not that bad but a bit slow. I belive there's a new kernel on the way that should sort out the slowness.

Mr E · 23-07-2010 1:26pm

They've narrowed the slowness down to this module:

Name: /system/bin/akmd
UID: compass

They're working on a fix... Not going to install again until its fixed.

dunworth1 · 23-07-2010 3:08pm

ya there is a bit of unresponsiveness every now and again but that is common with first releases

Mr E · 23-07-2010 3:11pm

FV 1.1.1 due later today with a bunch of fixes (including the compass bug).

dunworth1 · 23-07-2010 3:16pm

Mr E wrote: »

FV 1.1.1 due later today with a bunch of fixes (including the compass bug).

sorry jumped ahead of myself

Mr E · 24-07-2010 12:16am

1.1.1 came out a couple of hours ago. Here are all the changes from 1.1 and 1.1.1 (everything from the last 24 hours):

From 1.1.1

* Multi-touch restored to improved touchscreen driver
* Applied workaround for akmd running at 100% cpu utilisation (Thanks alankila)
* Fixed GMail app resolution
* VillainROM Updater now works
* Compcache enable/disable script fixed (compcache on by default)
* HTC Sense ringtones added

From 1.1.0
# Custom OC kernel with fixed touch input (that's right, the age old AOSP touchscreen driver causing high CPU usage is fixed!)
# Custom FroydVillain Wallpaper + some images
# Works with EXT partition
# All HTC & Stock Android Ringtones, message, alarm, notification tones, etc.
# Great Open GL and overall ROM performance
# Fancy Widget (HTC style clock)
# Launcher Pro
# USB and Wifi tether apps added to work around inbuilt option not working
# NubDial added to allow T9 searches
# Facebook sync issue fixed
# 3G indicator now shows H symbol for HSDPA connections
# Gallery -somewhat- fixed when rotating, still a bit iffy
# Dictionary suggestions fixed in stock keyboard
# HTC IME MOD keyboard added, no voice input
# Missing fonts added to resolve symbols being displayed incorrectly
# Overclocking problems in Froyd 1.0 resolved in the kernel

Might be giving this a spin in the morning....

Dingatron · 24-07-2010 5:06pm

Typical. Updated to 1.1.0 an hour before that was released. Seems to require a full wipe

dunworth1 · 24-07-2010 5:17pm

Dingatron wrote: »

Typical. Updated to 1.1.0 an hour before that was released. Seems to require a full wipe

ya otherwise wifi wont work

flugel · 05-08-2010 11:56am

How are people getting on with this ROM? 1.2 due out soon according to twitter, thinking it might be time for an upgrade

neacy69 · 08-08-2010 11:40pm

Hows the Froyd VillianROM working out? Any issues with it?

Damie · 11-08-2010 11:01am

Anybody have froyo on the hero? How is it working out?

Cheers

dunworth1 · 11-08-2010 12:19pm

i have it since the villain team released it in the beginning it was buggy as to be expected and the camera wasn't working

but yesterday they released a new version froydvillain 1.1.9

and this fixes the camera problems

my phone runs faster then with sense on it.

my only gripes are that things like the dialing app are much better on sense even tough you can get pretty good replacements in the market

flugel · 11-08-2010 12:29pm

I flashed 1.1.9 two days ago. Weird without the Sense UI but everybody raves about LauncherPro so am willing to give it a go, prob aint using half the features of it.

I came from VillainRom12 which is easily the best rom I tried, everything worked, battery lasted and was very responsive. I banjaxed my SD card when transferring files and figured since i was having to format my SD card might as well try out something different.

Froyd aint as nippy for me at the mo tho. You have to flash a new kernel, i picked the 19mhz - 691mhz one, my phone is laggy when I unlock it. Using the CpuSpeed app hasnt helped. Think I'll try the 352mhz - 691mhz kernel, see how that goes, if no joy I'll be back to VR12.

I dont really see the benefits of Froyo on the Hero if ya can't get flash 10.1 working, or am i missing something?

Mr E · 14-08-2010 2:17pm

Installed 1.2.1 this morning. Very solid performance. I can't see any speed differences between this and VanillaEclair 4, which I've been using for the last month (and that's a good thing - VE4 was fast). Camera is working, all apps are working, no slowdowns. Looks like a keeper.

With Titanium Backup, restoring my apps was very painless (they warn against using googles own backup/restore because it slows the phone down).

On a sidenote, I love the new Launcher Pro Plus widgets too (up to 4 now). A new SMS widget was added last night.

flugel · 14-08-2010 6:41pm

Let me know how it runs for you. Still on 1.1.9 its fast enough but do get force closes and it kinda freezes sometimes, hoping 1.2.1 irons all this out, have to do a full wipe tho :-(

Dingatron · 15-08-2010 3:16pm

Have 1.2.1 running since yesterday and its a keeper alright. Everything working for me and very FAST! Having a slow up with NewsRob syncing but its not related as far as I can see. Any recommendations for a replacement for it?

donspeekinglesh · 15-08-2010 4:16pm

Had no luck installing 1.2.1 - did a full wipe, and flashed the ROM along with the 352-691 kernel. When I rebooted it just showed Hero onscreen and didn't get any further in over an hour (left it overnight, but the battery ran out at some stage.) Started up this morning and it got as far as the boot animation (very cool, btw), and the stopped. Again left it for over an hour without any change.

Gave up then and restored the backup. Might try again later.

dunworth1 · 15-08-2010 5:33pm

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Had no luck installing 1.2.1 - did a full wipe, and flashed the ROM along with the 352-691 kernel. When I rebooted it just showed Hero onscreen and didn't get any further in over an hour (left it overnight, but the battery ran out at some stage.) Started up this morning and it got as far as the boot animation (very cool, btw), and the stopped. Again left it for over an hour without any change.

Gave up then and restored the backup. Might try again later.

what are you upgrading from

Mr E · 15-08-2010 6:18pm

I flashed the ROM first, set up my google account and all my apps, and then flashed the kernel.

Over 30 hours since switching over, and I'm on 48% battery (WiFi or Data on at all times). Pretty good!

donspeekinglesh · 15-08-2010 10:21pm

dunworth1 wrote: »

what are you upgrading from

VR12.

Yeah, was thinking the problem might have been flashing both at the same time. I'll give it a go without the kernel tomorrow.

Froyo VillainRom for Hero released

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