Best Hero Build so far: JACHero Optimized ROM

[orells]

This is a repost from XDA. I take no credit I'm just spreading the love.

I've been using this build for about a week, it's as fast as T-mobile Cupcake (if you take advantage of apps to sd and have a decent sd card) and very stable. I just flashed the update and added the widgets I want with the "eoeappinstaller" from the market. EASY AS PIE... WARM APPLE PIE


OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=522076


WARNING:You must Have The Latest SPL! You can find it Here.

Manup and I put alot of work into this (modified .xmls drawables and alot under the hood, not just moving files around) so credit us if you use our work!!!!

JACMan Hero r1.64
More Boot.img changes
Defconui's sysctl optimizations READ about them here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523707
Weather.apk added (now you can configure weather) since it seems you guys like the weather! just remove it if you dont use it
Proabably a good idea to APPS2SD right away since weather it so big


JACMan Hero r1.63
Cleaned up Boot.img
Kernel Performance mods -more to come
More BT permissions fixes
Manup Clock under Google-Analog clock
Weather Widget fix (I still don't use this at is is too much of a RAM hog for the G1)
Camera button fix
PDFReader and QuickOffice removed
Launcher.apk removed
All Widgets included

JACMan Hero r1.62
1.62 is just adding back Youtube, PDF Reader, QuickOffice and Mail.apk that 1.61 was missing.
All widgets except weather. (I'm looking into why the weather widgets are having a fit) Load them from the resources if you want them. APPS2SD.apk put back in so you can use it like in 1.4. All other changes from 1.6 remain.

JACMan Hero r1.61
Phone.apk replaced with a working one! Youtube, PDF Reader, QuickOffice and Mail.apk were removed and weather widget/app was added. Reverted to SYMLINK method for APPS2SD

JACMan Hero r1.6
-Minor changes to the 2.6.29 Kernel
-UnionFS support but we are still going to symlink for now
-Manup456'smodified xml's drawables and graphic and .apks
-All widgets put back into /data/app_S
-modified trigger support
-Modified RAMDISK with noatime, nodirtime, EXT/EXT3 mount support
-Sensor Hardware and LED Light .so updates (still not functioning ATM)
-BT permissions fix for the Dbus "chmod 666 /dev/socket/dbus/" (a step forward BT still not working)
-Fix permissions on /data/app in update-script
-Fixed Browser downloads issue
-Fixed Flash Player issue

***NOTE***APPS2SD requires a class 6 card, class 4 (4GB cards are the worst!!!)cards have been reported more issues with slowness than anyone even those with class 2 cards.

Hero r1.5 Fully Optimized
This should not have been uploaded. APPS2SD via unionFS is broken and can't be fixed in this update, not with any easy method anyway. I've had people report it runs great, if it does that is awesome but just understand APPS2SD support via union will not work. You could go ahead and symlink everything as they wont be broken on reboot on this particular build.

Hero r1.4 Fully Optimized
-Ion Dalvik VM
-Marcus APPS2SD1 (symlink) included out of the box
-BusyBox Included
-Phone.apk fixed
-Dexopt-Wrapper Included
-Fully Optimized out of the box (.Odex'd)
-Superuser.Apk Included
-com.android.term.Apk Included (Terminal App)
-HTC IME instead of HTC CIME
-Rosie.apk and core files for a stable/fast build reside on internal memory even after APPS2SD!!!
-Data/System partition optimized
-PSCII.apk removed



Wipe Recommended

First things First!!!!

For r1.61 we are sticking with SYMLINKS for now. I put Marcus's APPS2SD.apk back in. As soon as I figure out something better that will work...easily for people you will have it. So think of this as a direct upgrade from 1.4...the unionFS support is there but isn't being used.

For r1.4 YOU NEED TO GO TO TERMINAL SU THEN "chown system.system /data/app" before you can download from the market!!!! For VK enable under Settings>Locale and Text and Reboot. Also you might as well disable auto backlight it does not work and will not work.

DOWNLOADS


JACMan r1.64 SYMLINK APPS2SD - MD5: F3FC0D08A92A47960ED480D0F455DE2A
http://www.slackdev.com/justanotherdev/

JACMan r1.63 SYMLINK APPS2SD - MD5: DAB9483FF946B51D44996A598E676A5B
http://www.slackdev.com/justanotherdev/
Alternative Download Site

JACMan r1.62 SYMLINK APPS2SD - MD5: F7A5B6E9F74A2E7AEFC0A304B81CDB31
http://www.slackdev.com/justanotherdev/

r1.4 IS SYMLINK APPS2SD BUILD - MD5: 3857F96C6503AE1CE1F54E5B98BD78C2
http://www.slackdev.com/justanotherdev/

Widget's/Weather.apk/Hero Audio Resources available here:
Primary Download Site


Step 1 - Install
Mount your SD card on your current ROM
Copy update.zip to the Root of you SD
Power Off the phone
Power on via Recovery Console(Home+Power)
Apply a Wipe - Alt+W
Apply Update - Alt+S
Reboot - Home+Back

Step 2 - APPS2SD: Part 1 Check for a mounted EXT2 SD card partition

If you haven't partitioned your SD card you need stop here and get that completed. Open Terminal and make sure your EXT2 partition is mounted by typing "df" or "mount". You should see you SD card mounted under /system/sd with the its appropriate attributes.

Step 2 - APPS2SD: Part 2 Run APPS2SD

Launch the included APPS2SD or download it from Marcus's tutorial for 1.6 to move apps to a EXT2 partition on your SD card. You wont get any message that its done just wait about 5 minutes and reboot. (you may see some force closes dont worry)

Step 2 - APPS2SD

Configure you SDcard per Marcus's APPS2SD tutorial and boot,use the included .apk to move everything just like 1.4

Step - 3 Enjoy!

Enjoy a COMPLETE fully optimized Hero build that runs plenty smooth for daily use

NOTE - This ROM can be run with or without APPS2SD.


Known Bugs/Issues With ALL Hero Builds(These will be looked at later):
Reboot not permited from terminal.
LED notifications not working.
Home Screen & Lock Screen wallpapers can not be set from gallery.
HTC widget for photo album and photo frame force closes.
No landscape view of home when keyboard is open.
Attach MMS force close

Tip from "buttkicker" to switch between Rosie and the Regular Launcher.apk. This is only for 1.4-1.62 No Rosie UI Switcher needed[b]
Just do this on your phone.
- Go to "Settings >> Applications >> Manage applications"
- Scroll and click on "Rosie".
- Click on "Clear defaults"
- Press the home button
- Check the box for "Use by default for this action"
- Select "Home"

Major Thanks to Marcus for his awesome APPS2SD app. Just what I needed to make this as easy as possible for anyone who wants to try out Hero on the G1.

I take no credit. Builds like this come from a great community like XDA! This is AOSP and HTC source that I have modified to fit my needs, thanks to Haykuro,xDan JesusFreke, Cyanogen, DaProy, buttkicker,Twisted Umbrella, Sangreet.003, MarcusMaximus, LucidREM, and anyone else that has helped improve the user experience in Android.

If you like my work visit me at my Twitter.
Last edited by justanothercrowd; Today at 06:56 AM.. Reason: fixed link to update

[DaYuMu6ft7]

Cool, I'll try this on my old 4GB card

[kitsunisan]

I've been watching this version, but I've never been clear on what has been removed from this rom to bring the size down. It can't all just be widgets. Has he ever put up a full list on what he's removed?

[orells]

I've been watching this version, but I've never been clear on what has been removed from this rom to bring the size down. It can't all just be widgets. Has he ever put up a full list on what he's removed?

Not that I've seen. I was running the Hero Final Build from Haykuro and other than the bugs listed and the Weather widget thing I don't see anything else different, I think he used the Hero Speedup 2.0 Guide to optimize it and wrapped it up in an easy to use update.

I only got 42mb free (internal memory) so your guess is as good as mine

I can say that I love it cause I didn't want to go back to JF1.5 and Ion was giving me problems

[bsebll15]

I flashed this build also, and i can second the experience. This is by far the fastest hero out there.

it is the closest you can get to having the normal build's speed. The only time I had problems with it, is when I had the weather widget on my screen, but as soon as i took it off, my rosie was up and running again.

The music app and widget seem to be working well in this build.

The only things I can see that are removed besides the widgets are the ringtones and notification sounds.

[beatle7777777]

ive had the old versions but swiched to jf1.5 last night, but this new speed is def. calling me!

[orells]

The only things I can see that are removed besides the widgets are the ringtones and notification sounds.

I forgot about those, yeah they are gone, but ringdroid works so I haven't paid it any attention.

If you want the Hero sounds they are on the download page in the OP and you can push them onto the ext2 but I don't think it's worth the hassle

[kaysesoze]

so the 1.4 is bug free ??

[orells]

so the 1.4 is bug free ??

So far I haven't seen any

[orells]

Okay I did just experience some lag in the music app. once I put a good amount of songs (205) on my sd it gave me a little lag, but once I scrolled through everything twice it sped up.