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32A HERO Roms Comparison

Hey guys,
I've received this weekend my HTC Magic (from Vodafone Portugal):
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
As you can see Vodafone is not equal in every countries regarding the choice of equipment. I guess that's good for me (or maybe not... ).
Well, having this, I've been reading a lot about flashing new roms, etc... as I would like to try a Hero ROM.
So far I saw the JACHeroski one as the most talked but not quite sure if it's good or not, or if there are any other good choices... Also Fatality one...
So, for those that have tried 32A Hero Roms, can you put here your experience in order to help us (the ones looking for these roms) decide?
Thank you.
Regards,
AP

Seriously, this is the development forum. Are you trying to develop something? No! Please post your questions about comparisons in the Sapphire General forum instead.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=531837
check myhero-08..
its really good. till now i dont have any problems with

Hi,
I will receive soon an 32A sapphire with rom Fatal1ty 1.4 pre-installed.
Do I need to upgrade to JACHero rom, or Fatal1ty will be as fast (288 Mo RAM)
If i install lighted Rosie, will it be more responsive ?
Thanks

mika91 said:
If i install lighted Rosie, will it be more responsive ?
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Yes ... this the best improvement => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532822

Yes just make sure to remove HTC widgets before pushing the lightweight Rosie.apk

The best one for me is JACHeroSki

I've found the ROM by redglass, version 0.8 to be the most complete, and stable of all the ROMS...and I think I've tried them all!

antonram said:
Yes just make sure to remove HTC widgets before pushing the lightweight Rosie.apk
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Why remove HTC widgets before pushing the new Rosie.apk?

gpmoo7 said:
Why remove HTC widgets before pushing the new Rosie.apk?
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As the Super Optimized Rosie have optimized PNG might have compatible problems with the current, So I assume that when you reboot your phone and relaunch it with the new rosie you might have error issue... (I have experienced it with l3wish rosie.apk (333 KB) : http://www.leakdroid.com/download.php?view.34 ) So just in case ...
I admit that with Fatal1ty_Hero_v1.4-ROGERS-signed ROM + Super Optimized Rosie.apk (coolbho3000) my HERO, ooppps Sorry..., my MAGIC runs real cool and I have it installed almost 3 weeks now and still loving this ROM...

[32A] Which ROM with Donut and SenseUI?

Hi,
I see Cyanogen mods are using Donut. And I see MyHero and others having SenseUI (semi-official or less), but still using Cupcake. I'm little confused and no FAQ or looking on last posts helped me... There is any ROM using both Donut and SenseUI for my HTC Magic by TIM (32A)? Thank u!
Ciao

it is not written yet as far as i know.

There is a one ROM with properties: based on Donut 1.6 and has SenceUI - it is experimental port from Tattoo.
Unfortunately, it's only for 32B-device, until devs make kernel for 32A
According this news
http://www.androidguys.com/2009/10/28/european-htc-hero-skipping-1-6-update/
HTC will skip update for Hero on Donut1.6, update will be on Eclair 2.0 based
Donut 1.6 is an intermediate platform.

hikki2000 said:
it is not written yet as far as i know.
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Ah! good to know... but now the question will change: The Kernel is one thing and the UI is a upper layer. So we can suppose it is not hard to cook a ROM with the two things together... or not?

tesking said:
Ah! good to know... but now the question will change: The Kernel is one thing and the UI is a upper layer. So we can suppose it is not hard to cook a ROM with the two things together... or not?
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sorry for the ot:
htc says the update 2.0 will be for htc hero.. and for the magic? think htc updates?

The HTC Tattoo uses Android 1.6 with Sense UI
It can be probed in a 32b device with this port.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=574637
I think that sense will be for donut soon.

lorenzo.themax92 said:
sorry for the ot:
htc says the update 2.0 will be for htc hero.. and for the magic? think htc updates?
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Magic 32A is almost identical to HERO (Hardware).

Looking forward to an Eclair Sense rom in the future but eclair has mostly new UI features so it would cancel out with sense UI maybe

sense is designed for cupcake so please wait
i believe that htc will release it soon 。
sorry for my bad english。

2.1 SDK Released

I'm sure y'all devs already know this http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/01/android-21-sdk.html , but just in case ..If so mods please delete this

It is including the Sapphire's drivers?

Confirmed.
Downloading ...

Nice.. hope there are 2.1 roms to come that have camera, bluetooth and every thing working

Now if only HTC will release their 2.1 ROMs to Hero/Sapphire soon... Sense + 2.1, that'd be awesome.

Grimms said:
Nice.. hope there are 2.1 roms to come that have camera, bluetooth and every thing working
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You won't get working camera's until HTC releases the drivers, this has nothing to do with the SDK... now... to just get HTC to let us have them...

Here's a sapphire 32b compatible rom based on the Android 2.1 sdk system image:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=616589
I must say the cube wallpaper is quite funky

wanted: hero 2.1 official rom for 32a

the hero users started receiving the official Eclair update this week.
can this rom be installed on/converted for a 32a magic?

There are lots of roms with 2.1.
try: Smoki, Capyslide, Sanpei's HERO or others.

smoki is nice

kalos091 said:
smoki is nice
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Yes works fast !

you can try smoki 0.6.12 , it's good for me and fast ..

ok. thank you all.
I didn't realized that there already were cooked roms based on the hero rom.

[Q] best ROM ?

which is best custom rom for HTC D s ??
Stable for daily use
Good battery life
fast performance
No bugs

Best... hmmm, that's quiet personal.
I tried LBC Saga 0.5.3 which worked very good, but because off some minor issues (probably my own faults) I changed to Virtuous Unity 1.27...
So if you ask me --> beautiful sense 3.0, no lag/very smooth, better batterylife than stock, ... = Virtuous Unity 1.29!
However, like I mentioned, LBC Saga Mod is also a very good ROM...
Try them both out for a few days and see for yourself!

It's personal indeed but I think the Virtuous Unity ROM is the most stable version.

try miui

asn39 said:
which is best custom rom for HTC D s ??
Stable for daily use
Good battery life
fast performance
No bugs
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I really like Cyanogen on my old bravo desire. There is an unofficial port for the new saga desire, but I read it has GPS issues. I use my GPS daily so like the OP, I am wondering the best custom rom that has NO BUGS.
Going to try this virtuous one everyone is raving about.

Virtuous 1.29 and MIUI!
I've tried all the ROMS for Desire S and for me Virtuous 1.29 is the perfect ROM for our desire S! I love the full sense 3.0 experience!
MUIU rom is also great but it's not yet stable.

ghuk said:
Virtuous 1.29 and MIUI!
I've tried all the ROMS for Desire S and for me Virtuous 1.29 is the perfect ROM for our desire S! I love the full sense 3.0 experience!
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Ok, i tried virtuous 1.29 based on recommendations in this thread and others. I really like the look and feel. Could easily get used to it.
Some major issues restoring my backups though. A lot of the apps just won't work once restored, just get a force close button. Perhaps cos I am restoring from Cyanogen which I think was A2SD+ enabled? Would that cause issues?

OK, FIRST,Since you say NO BUGS, Don't try MIUI or CM7
For your first ROM, I'd recommend LBC Mod, the Dev provides a lot of support, it's close to stock and has all the best parts of Sense 3.
After that,Try Virtuous Unity.

Virtuous Unity ROM. Only bug I have faced is voice search does not work. Apart from that, it's perfect.

I've played about with LBC, Cordroid but have settled on Virtuous Unity.
To me it's just more stable but that's just my personal opinion.

The solution to voice search problem for Virtuous Unity v1.31.0 ROM
If your voice search does not work on Desire S for VU v1.31.0 ROM,
you may try the following steps.
1. extra the following three files from "/system/lib" in saga_lbc_mod_v0.5.3-full ROM:
libaudio.so
libhtc_acoustic.so
libvoicesearch.so
2. use the three files to replace your files in /system/lib/ on your Desire S.
3. reboot
it work for me.
good lucky!!

I use LBC and am aware of no bugs within it (that don't occur across all ROMs).
I've tried the other ROMs but always end up coming back to LBC.
IMO it's perfect, has Sense, is fast, decent battery life, it's close to stock and has good user and developer support and regular upgrades...

http://bit.ly/pIrb7t
Check This Out

I tried Virtuous as my first custom ROM but didn't like the 3D homescreen. Also it feels laggy and some things look weird from the 16:9 to 15:9 resizing. Maybe it's fixed in the newer versions i don't know.
So i tried LBC since it's still using the 2.1 launcher. Had a couple of stability issues but it's fixed by using stock kernel. Now it's rock solid.

I didn't like the 3D Homescreen, too. Right now I'm back on rooted Stock ROM. For me the most useful ROM was LBC with update 0.54. Will try this again with stock kernel an new radio.
I tried Virtuous yesterday but for me is has now good battery life (though there are other oppinions) and, but I'm not shure, the camera app isn't working well indoors. Made some pictures and I think the stock app works better.

+1
used lbc mod and virtous today. going back to stock.
Great ROM,
Dont really like the customizations on lbc.
virtous. again great ROM, but personally dont like the way sense 3.0 uses upp sooo much RAM.
tested them each for 10 minutes. going back stock rooted rom. anyone suggest any customizations for a rooted stock ROM?

olyloh6696 said:
+1
used lbc mod and virtous today. going back to stock.
Great ROM,
Dont really like the customizations on lbc.
virtous. again great ROM, but personally dont like the way sense 3.0 uses upp sooo much RAM.
tested them each for 10 minutes. going back stock rooted rom. anyone suggest any customizations for a rooted stock ROM?
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most of the customization on LBC rom can be removed easily
& custom ROMs take more RAM to make the device faster
after flashing a ROM you need to give it some time to see it at its full speed as it take time for the rom to setup things,give it a day or so
if you want animations you can try spare parts+ & anim mod(paid,you can also get this effect from uot kitchen)

kartkk said:
most of the customization on LBC rom can be removed easily
& custom ROMs take more RAM to make the device faster
after flashing a ROM you need to give it some time to see it at its full speed as it take time for the rom to setup things,give it a day or so
if you want animations you can try spare parts+ & anim mod(paid,you can also get this effect from uot kitchen)
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Thanks kartkk
I just tried leedroid ROM, really impressed with it! You should try it out! I removed most miss from it too, so pretty much stock now.
BTW, do you know how to change the HTC keyboard with arrows back to the old HTC keyboard without arrows?
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i got bored and decided to try out all the roms and the only one i could see myself using was cyanogenmod. I think most the roms are stable so it's just about personal preference.

olyloh6696 said:
Thanks kartkk
I just tried leedroid ROM, really impressed with it! You should try it out! I removed most miss from it too, so pretty much stock now.
BTW, do you know how to change the HTC keyboard with arrows back to the old HTC keyboard without arrows?
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You'll find that keyboard somewhere on the lbc site on the add on section, see lbc rom thread for the down load link
On mobile......
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