Protected: THE DARCH ROM

This content is password-protected. To view it, please enter the password below.

Password:

Froyo onto the Hero

In todays prime aspect, I’m going to share with you how to succesfully run 2.2 (aka Froyo) onto your Htc Hero200 device. NOTE* Please have root access before beginning this procedure First off download this http://darchroms.pocketdevelopers.co…-Darchstar.img

Once downloaded, place the file onto the root of the sdcard then you and flash your device. Once this is done you will no longer have a recovery screen and you will need to flash a new one.

Then download, wipe your device and and flash this http://www.mediafire.com/?yzzznmtxllc and also this http://www.mediafire.com/?yjeyvtzmhqv

Fixes:
no camera
no gps
wifi has to be fixed with the wlan.ko from freshtoast
here is the wlan.ko http://www.mediafire.com/?nwnzm3zxnmm
copy to the tools folder of adb and
adb push wlan.ko system/lib/modules
reboot and wifi works

Congrats you now have 2.2 running on your device! Now go show off! 🙂

Froyo Source Code Released Today!

As of today, Google released a full bullet proof version of the 2.2 rom (aka Froyo) to developers of the masses. So what this means is now all devices capable are able to update to the 2.2 release without having to worry about any beta issues. Also! devs such as cyanogen and darchstar, are working as we speak to bring the rom to HTC HERO users. That’s right, the time has finally come for the originator of htc sense to have its shining moment. The great thing is, unlike apple, htc users aren’t left behind and are able to function with great abilities. As a current htc hero owner, I will be keeping up to date with the rom release 24/7 and provide a link download on my blog as soon as it becomes available. A Special thanks to all the devs who work hard to make this possible, your work is of great value!

Android OS 2.2 ported to CDMA HTC Hero (TEST)

After the release of yesterdays FRF72 update for the nexus one, one xda member was able to get a rom based off of froyo, ported to the cdma Htc Hero.

What works:

• Data
• Calls (can’t speak to the other person)
• New Launcher2
• 2.2 Google Apps (haven’t tested them all)
• Keypad/Trackball leds

Not working:

• Audio/Mic
• GPS
• Wifi
• Bluetooth
• Maps force closes
• Flash Player 10.1 from the market will crash the browser.

So, if you have a CDMA HTC Hero and have not been using it and/or would like to give this ROM a try here is the link to download the ROM and give the developer feedback.

Updated Android 2.2 Froyo FRF72 Leaks For Nexus One

Today an updated version of Android 2.2 Froyo for the Google Nexus One has arised, the FRF72 build, seemingly another beta version of the more widely available FRF50 build.  Shared by a source at xda-developers, the new ROM requires FRF50 to be installed first. So if your feeling experimental and want to give this a shot, you can get the latest download here http://bit.ly/cI615V and the installing guide here http://bit.ly/csF7bS

Google Releases Command Line Tool For YouTube, Calendar, Docs And More



Google has launched a simple but very useful app for computer nerds everywhere: GoogleCL, a command-line tool that allows users to do everything from upload folders to Picasa to adding appointments to a Google Calendar. Google CL is a Python application that makes Google Data API calls through the command line. A command-line interface (CLI) is an interface where the user can tell the computer to perform specific tasks by typing commands. You’ve probably seen them before, most likely via the MS-DOS command-line interface. The CLI is in contrast to the mouse-based interface that we all use today, known as the graphical user interface (GUI).

Googlers from the Street View team created the application for their own use, but have now turned GoogleCL over to the general public. It accepts commands to Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Contacts, Picasa, YouTube, and Blogger. Here’s an example command: Google has provide a list of sample scripts to get started, but we bet that page will expand with more commands and more supported Google services over time. It’s a great combination of the command line and the cloud. If you want to get started, you can download GoogleCL and the necessary Python library client here and here.

Get Flash 10.1 Without Froyo

One of the members at xda-developers has managed to compile an APK for Android 2.0 and 2.1, giving users full Flash support on their device! Achieved by using a plugin on Android 2.x currently used to enable Flash Lite, the APK that’s been created will remove the Lite version of Flash, replacing it with the full version used on Android 2.2.  A post at Android Central has shown Flash Player 10.1 up and running on the EVO 4G and Sprint Hero, meaning that any other device running Android 2.x could potentially have full Flash support too.

Download it the flash apk here http://bit.ly/csc6At and leave comments letting me know what you think :)!

WordPress 3.0 Announced today!

The big moment we all have been waiting for, WordPress 3.0 has just arrived on the scene — the thirteenth major release of the popular blogging software. It’s the result of six months of work from a total of 218 different contributors. So whats new in 3.0 ? First off is the new Twenty Ten theme that shows off many of the release’s major new features. The features include custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus, post types, and taxonomies. 3.0 has been code name “Thelonius” after the famous jazz musician. Thelonius features a lighter interface, contextual help options, boatload of bug fixes, bulk updates and much more.

So go on….download it now!

Google working to Inhance Android UI

According to TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, Google’s Android team is currently burning the midnight oil working on a UI refresh for it’s ever popular smartphone OS. People familiar with the matter claim that the goal of the refresh is to provide a better user experience which would in turn discourage companies like HTC and Motorola from creating custom UI overlays such as Sense and MOTOBLUR. Despite the popularity of some skins — HTC’s Sense in particular — they can be quite the headache for both Google and users as their being loaded onto a handset is a surefire way to cause temporary fragmentation as the skin has to be reworked for each subsequent OS release. So what does this mean? As Goolge advances it seems that it’s Android team will no longer stand back and watch as Iphone devs tally up the market.

How to root the nexus one

After the first few days of using the Nexus One, I had the itch to look for HTC Sense’s ROM for it.
That’s because there is a few features that I love with the Sense that wasn’t packaged to the stock ROM, particularly the calendar and shortcut in searching for contacts to dial or send message to.

Anyway, I decided to stay with the stock ROM for a while to familiarize myself to it, hoping I could get a better comparison of it with other ROMs in the future.

So after a two weeks of having the stock ROM, I decided it’s time to move on. 

The first thing to load a custom ROM, like what I had done and shown for HTC Hero, Loading a custom ROM to Android phone, is to ‘ROOT’ the phone.

All the steps are done by following the guide from http://theunlockr.com.

This post does not mean to replace the guide from theunlockr so please use the following along with theunlockr’s guide.

1) Download Superboot, there’s a few version, so check your phone version from the About menu first and download the correct one. I downloaded ERE27 without himem enabled.

2) Unzip it to C:\superboot and run those commands according to guide. Well I had the USB driver for Nexus One installed prior to this, if you have not done so, maybe this post would help.

Above is the bootloader screen which you should see when powering up the phone while holding the trackball button.

With the phone connected to USB, running the command above and getting your phone serial displayed indicate a successful connection.

The screen below will prompt you that the rooting or unlocking the bootloader will void your warranty.
So at this point you should really consider if you want to do this, or I guess you should have decided before taking this path?! 

Rooting is as easy as running just three commands and once the phone restart, you should see a difference on the load screen with an additional lock (that is unlocked) image.

This rooting on Nexus One was done on my Windows computer, for a guide on Linux where drivers are needed, check out this post by Bernie.

Now, what’s next after Rooting? Your phone data has been erased (photos and files are still intact, don’t worry).
You can either restart using your phone afresh with the stock/original ROM, or load a custom ROM into it.

Since you have rooted it, might as well load a custom ROM?