Froyo VillainRom for Hero released

donspeekinglesh · 23-08-2010 10:30pm

To get Swype working again after I restored it I had to uninstall it and then rerun the Swype installer program (don't uninstall this!!), then set up as originally.

Mr E · 23-08-2010 10:38pm

I had the installer APK on my SD card (you had to download it to your phone from your phones browser, so there is a good chance you still have it)

neacy69 · 24-08-2010 12:04am

fjsanchez wrote: »

Is there a place where you can pay for a rooting service, like the Apple jailbreaking ones? I would love froyo on my hero.

Its very easy to do....paying someone to do it would be a complete waste of money!

Seriously there is an abundance of walktrhoughs on google and youtube. I done it first time no problems and although it does look to do a bit complicated but its not!

Go for it...and once you have a nandroid back-up you should be able to undo anything you've done anyway!

Zagato · 24-08-2010 2:23pm

Mr E wrote: »

I had the installer APK on my SD card (you had to download it to your phone from your phones browser, so there is a good chance you still have it)

Thanks, just had a look, for some reason I appear to have 5 copies of it on my SD card:eek:

MayoForSam · 25-08-2010 4:28pm

Took the plunge today and upgraded to 1.4. Did a Titanium backup first, then did a full wipe and flashed the 1.4 zip file and 1.4.1 update.

Very impressed so far, no missing Sense at all. All my apps were restored intact. Much faster and smoother with Froyo, managed to beat my high score in Homerun Battle 3D first time out

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The Villainrom Updater doesn't seem to be working though, anyone else with this problem (operation timing out)? Didn't change the kernel either, is this worth doing?

flugel · 25-08-2010 8:04pm

Too much work to install 1.4.3, I'm just going to wait for 1.5

kc66 · 02-09-2010 1:00pm

Im back to villainrom12 after trying froydvillain for a few weeks. It got quite sluggish. There were a few niggly little problems from time to time. Hadnt even many apps installed. Missed the sense widgets. VR12 by far the best rom I've used.

Also lately I have started getting the problem a lot of people report with the bottom of the touchscreen not working all the time. They say its a hardware fault but it definitely seems to be a software fault. It happens only particular types of menus and the keyboard. Not blaming froyo for that though.

Mr E · 04-09-2010 7:38am

1.5 was released during the night. GPS fully working, and lots of stability and speed fixes. Can be flashed over an earlier version, but best done from wipe.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774246

flugel · 05-09-2010 8:21pm

Mr E wrote: »

1.5 was released during the night. GPS fully working, and lots of stability and speed fixes. Can be flashed over an earlier version, but best done from wipe.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774246

Loaded this up this morning, so far so good. Don't notice any huge improvement over 1.2 yet but ill stick with this for a while, hope its a keeper

Mr E · 05-09-2010 11:11pm

2 full days running it, no problems. If I was being picky, I only like part of the blue theme (I don't like the radio buttons or lock screen, but like everything else about the theme). The original vanilla theme is now downloadable from the link I posted above.

flugel · 06-09-2010 11:31am

Mr E wrote: »

2 full days running it, no problems. If I was being picky, I only like part of the blue theme (I don't like the radio buttons or lock screen, but like everything else about the theme). The original vanilla theme is now downloadable from the link I posted above.

You flashed an overclock kernel as a matter of interest?

I've stuck with the stock one for now. On 1.2 i was using google navigation for less than 20 mins and the phone got ridicously hot, I'm presuming the overclock (was using it at 691) was either the cause or at least a contributing factor.

Mr E · 06-09-2010 11:53am

I flashed the 652 kernel. Not sure it makes a huge difference to be honest.

flugel · 08-09-2010 10:58am

Have gotten at least 2 freezes and 4 random reboots with the rom over last day and a half. Reboots have happened when phone idle, listening to music, unlocking phone and when in use, so basically every situation. Reading over at Villain Forums lots of people getting reboots as well. Changed the CPU settings to interactive when screen off and have upped my lower freq to 176. Previously had no probs with as low as 19.

Oh how I yearn for the stability of VR12 with the performance of Froyd

How Soon Is Now · 08-09-2010 1:39pm

flugel wrote: »

Have gotten at least 2 freezes and 4 random reboots with the rom over last day and a half. Reboots have happened when phone idle, listening to music, unlocking phone and when in use, so basically every situation. Reading over at Villain Forums lots of people getting reboots as well. Changed the CPU settings to interactive when screen off and have upped my lower freq to 176. Previously had no probs with as low as 19.

Oh how I yearn for the stability of VR12 with the performance of Froyd

Same deal random reboots also freezing on certain programs and getting some sort of forced close of a google app even though i didnt open it?

Dingatron · 08-09-2010 3:05pm

I've had a few random lockups mostly while listening to music. Had to reboot a few times in order to use the phone. Not looked too deep into it yet. On the 652 no boot animation kernel.

flugel · 10-09-2010 1:40pm

No reboots or freezes since I switched to SetCPU but the battery is taking a hammering. Fully charged at midnight. Up at 7.30 battery down to 70%, now have to charge it.

Seriously considering VR12 again.

One more thing, anyone able to play mp4's? Worked with VR12, there some HTC component that makes the playback work?

donspeekinglesh · 11-09-2010 6:32pm

A few random reboots in the past week. Might wipe and do a clean install, as I just flashed over the previous version.

Froyo VillainRom for Hero released

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