Cyanogenmod 6 Test 4 HeroC

[Darkshneider]

[ROM] CyanogenMod-6 for Hero CDMA - V6.0.0-RC1 (08/15/2010)

From XDA and Darchstar:

CyanogenMod is a free, community built distribution of Android 2.2 (Froyo) which greatly extends the capabilities of your phone.

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
 * Your warranty is now void.
 *
 * The CM team is not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
 * thermonuclear war, you getting fired because the alarm app failed, or anything whatsoever.
 * Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
 * before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
 * you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
 */

This is an AOSP-based build with extra contributions from many people which you can use without any type of Google applications. I found a link from some other project that can be used to restore the Google parts, which can be found below or elsewhere in the thread. I've still included the various hardware-specific code, which seems to be slowly being open-sourced anyway.

Visit the CHANGELOG for a full list of changes and features!

All source code is available at the CyanogenMod Github! Send pull requests with your changes!


INSTRUCTIONS:
- First time flashing CM 6 (or coming from another ROM)?
1. Unlock/root your device - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753910
2. Do a Nandroid backup!
3. Update your radio if necessary
4. WIPE
5. Install the ROM
5. Optionally install the Google Addon

- Upgrading from earlier CM6?
1. Do a Nandroid Backup!
2. Install the ROM (your Google apps will be backed up automatically)

HOW TO REPORT BUGS OR PROBLEMS?
- Was it a hard reboot? Get me the file "/proc/last_kmsg".
- Was it a soft reboot or a "boot loop"? Run "adb logcat" and get me the full output.
- Pastebin links preferred
- Please use the issue tracker whenever possible!

Please visit the CyanogenMod Wiki for step-by-step installation walkthroughs and tons of other useful information.

Latest version: 6.0.0-Heroc - 09/18/2010
Download: http://darchroms.pocketdevelopers.com/cm/update-cm-6.0.0-Heroc-signed.zip
MD5Sum: cc76d542bded9ee67f87885a9cec6a83

Google Addon: MDPI-20100917
Mirror: http://mirror.kanged.net/gapps/gapps-mdpi-20100917-signed.zip


Thank you to EVERYONE involved in helping with testing, coding, debugging and documenting! Enjoy!

If you need immediate help, the irc channel is usually the best place to get at the server is irc.fossnet.info #heroc , or go to the webchat: webirc.fossnet.info:9090 . you can also get at me on twitter: twitter.com/darchstar

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[user7618]

Sweet! Nice to know that they're getting closer, though, I think I'll wait for the fully operational one. No camera is kind of a dell breaker for me.

 

[Darkshneider]

Well, camera is there, just no preview and only 3mp. Getting there though.

 

[srkmagnus]

You can get preview to work by using a third party app. This is a really good Rom, more so since it is based on Froyo and Cyanogen.

 

[etnpnys]

Any first reactions on how this runs? Is this OC'ed?

 

[Darkshneider]

It is overclocked. I havent flashed it yet, but Ive read about awesome battery life and speed.

 

[etnpnys]

I'll answer my own question: it's awesome and yes it's overclocked. I mean holy crap.

One thing I didn't know about was that the Market tries to restore all of your apps when you sign back in - is that new? Cuz it slowed down the phone tremendously at first and I was bummed. But now that it's done this thing is crazy nice.

The Market has crashed a lot, but it works mostly when you just try again, and for sure the camera preview isn't working, but I've done a lot on this thing this morning and that's all I have to "complain" about (if you can call this nirvana complaining!). I haven't yet tried any augmented reality stuff (Yelp's Monocle, Layar, Wikitude, etc) so I don't know if the camera's shortcomings are spilling into those yet.

 

[lunchbox88]

Ooohhh...this is tempting...

 

[madhat11]

I installed the ROM and all I am getting is strings of light forming into an an X with the Android man in the middle. What should I do?

 

[prr2freya]

I hope the camera becomes fully functional at 5mp and video as well. I just ordered my first droid phone yesterday and have been reading everything I can about modding the hero and this looks really promising! After rooting I am planning on going with the IcedHoneyBun to start off with but this has me very excited! I am coming from a regular no frills phone that is a pain just to text from so this is just FANTASTIC!

 

[Darkshneider]

Mad hat: first boot takes a minute. But before flashing, wipe everything, including your bum... well not really, just data wipe/ dalvik and ext partition.

prr2freya: Im personally going back to IcedHoneyBun for now.

 

[madhat11]

That worked. Thank you

 

[RethX]

Tried Cyanogenmod6 test 4 for a few hours last night. Loved it, but unfortunately couldn't keep using it because of how much I actually use the camera on my phone. I actually thought because Sense isn't there I wouldn't like it, I was wrong.

Back to IcedHoneyBun for now though.

Also, flashing new roms is addictive.

 

[madhat11]

I have installed the CyanogenMod 6.0 and it works great except there is no Market app. I tried to flash the Google ****s rom thinking it would just add the ****s but it went back to the strings of light forming into an an X with the Android man.

All I did to add the ****S was to download the rom, take a nandroid and flash the rom. Should I have performed a WIPE before trying to install the rom? Is there a way to just get the market app, which is all I want?

 

[Darkshneider]

You need to flash Google Apps (the ****s part) in order to have market, but will also install some other apps. I flashed 85 because 91 isnt fully compatible yet. I wiped everything, then flashed the ROM then the Google Apps then rebooted and setup my phone normally.

 

[Davec1234]

Zenulater is likely going to release an AOSP version of 2.2 real soon on xda.

 

[beezy]

@ Darkshneider- thanks for always keeping us up to date.

 

[hero992000]

which version of the kernel are you supposed to download

 

[Darkshneider]

I personally didnt download any kernel. Just the ROM and the Google Apps in the quote.

 

[hero992000]

Thanks for putting this up im like a little kid with a new toy