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joeybuschette

Jun 3, 2010, 3:31 PM
Is anyone else upset by the lack of live wallpapers with this update? Does anyone have an idea on how we can get those on the Hero? 😡
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melikeytacos

Jun 4, 2010, 8:11 PM
I wouldn't sweat it too much, live wallpapers and snazzy graphic stuff won't do much but slow down the Hero I'd bet.
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Dread_99

Jun 29, 2010, 2:42 PM
With the ROM I loaded on my rooted Hero (buufed 2.0b) I am able to assign Live Wallpapers (with hardware limitations).
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joeybuschette

Jun 29, 2010, 3:05 PM
Oh hell yeah! What kind of limitations?
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Dread_99

Jun 29, 2010, 4:43 PM
Well I tried the aquarium one with the tropical fish (in 3d). Compared to EVO, the Hero didn't display the bubbles - everything else worked and smoothly.
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joeybuschette

Jul 1, 2010, 11:03 AM
Can you feed the fish on that or do they just swim in the background?
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Dread_99

Jul 1, 2010, 12:08 PM
You can feed the fish by double tapping the screen.
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joeybuschette

Jul 1, 2010, 12:26 PM
And they just swim around in the background right? I can not wait to do this! Damn work computer and them blocking most of the websites from me so I can't do anything fun!!
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Dread_99

Jul 1, 2010, 1:24 PM
Lol yeah they swim around (tropical fish). Its pretty cool. That's just one of many live wallpapers lol
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joeybuschette

Jul 1, 2010, 1:52 PM
Now you are just teasing me. I must know what other live wallpapers there are out there! I must root my phone tonight!! 🤤
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Dread_99

Jul 1, 2010, 1:57 PM
You can see the live wallpapers in the market - there's a bunch! The aquarium one I downloaded from the market (not the only aquarium one either lol).
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joeybuschette

Jul 1, 2010, 2:07 PM
AWESOME!! I'm close to going home early just to do this!! 🤤
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Dread_99

Jul 1, 2010, 2:30 PM
joeybuschette said:
AWESOME!! I'm close to going home early just to do this!! 🤤


Lol I don't blame you! I was at it all weekend and so happy once I got everything to work 😁
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joeybuschette

Jul 1, 2010, 2:35 PM
I'm going to need some time to do it so I might have to put my kids to bed early. Did it really take all weekend?
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Dread_99

Jul 1, 2010, 3:29 PM
No it didn't lol. Actually took I would say about four hours and mostly because I kept running into two main problems.

First problem, I didn't know my version of Android wasn't rootable thanks to Sprint. After downgrading the software the root was easy to apply.

Second problem was with Aps2SD - I didn't know I had to partition my SD card for that to work. Finally found out how to do that through recovery mode (powering off phone then powering on hold power button and home button). There's an option in there to partition (I left values default for ext being 500 megabytes).

Mostly it took so long because I had to do alot of Google searches to find this info. After finding it, it was easy to apply. Also there are a bunch of things y...
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joeybuschette

Jul 1, 2010, 3:40 PM
YOU ROCK!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! So I'm taking the afternoon after I get off to go home and figure this out. By the time I get to work tomorrow I will have a rooted phone with live backgrounds and I'll be getting on X Box live that afternoon!! YAY!! 😁 😈
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Dread_99

Jul 1, 2010, 4:25 PM
Awesome! Let me know how it goes. 🙂
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joeybuschette

Jul 2, 2010, 12:26 PM
What does it mean to partation my SD card to make room on it?
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 1:36 PM
Partition is to set aside a certain amount of memory in this example for apps2sd to use.
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joeybuschette

Jul 2, 2010, 1:37 PM
Now is that something that I have to set and leave or can I adjust it as my apps adjust?
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 1:38 PM
Set and leave - remember to backup all your data on a computer before you partition.
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joeybuschette

Jul 2, 2010, 1:43 PM
Can I at least set how much it takes up? Like on my 8gig now I can set it to take up 4gigs? And will it change if I put in a new memory card? Does it delete stuff from my memory card and that's why I need to back it up?
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 1:47 PM
It basically formats your memory card. I too have a 8gig memory card. Every place I searched on the web said to partition 500mb. They did not recommend any more than this. So that's what I did on mine. I have downloaded a butt-ton of apps and still have tons of memory available not to mention all the original memory on my phone itself 😁
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 1:48 PM
If you put in a new memory card that isn't partitioned; then apps2sd will not work.
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joeybuschette

Jul 2, 2010, 1:50 PM
So I can put aside only 500mbs and be just fine with that. If I put in a new memory card I can partition that one too right?
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 1:53 PM
joeybuschette said:
So I can put aside only 500mbs and be just fine with that. If I put in a new memory card I can partition that one too right?


Yes but apps are saved on the SD card. So if you put in a different card then you will not be able to access the previous apps you downloaded on the other one (haven't tested).

Also I am pretty new on the Apps2SD concept. I know its said to partition the card that way but I'm unclear as to exactly why. Also not for sure if the 500mb is used for apps or the remainder on the card (pretty sure its the 500mb tho).
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joeybuschette

Jul 2, 2010, 2:14 PM
So you mean you aren't sure if the 500mbs is for either apps or if that's what's left over on the card for anything else. I've go a lot of music on my phone. I wonder if maybe I shouldn't get a bigger card just to be safe
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 2:33 PM
Oh, you will be fine. I too have lots of stuff on my SD card and when I check my usage it shows:

Total Space : 6.89BG (it is an 8GB card)
Available Space: 6.12GB

Sd card secondary
Total Space: 457MB
Available Space: 352MB (this is what makes me believe it is storing on this partition)

Internal phone storage
Available Space: 126MB
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joeybuschette

Jul 2, 2010, 2:42 PM
Ok. So all my music should be good to go. Have you tried loading a movie on your phone yet?
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 2:43 PM
Not a whole movie no. I'm still converting from my iPod to the Hero (most of my movies are on the iPod).
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joeybuschette

Jul 2, 2010, 3:07 PM
I had a friend who put his movie on a memory card and when I put it into my Hero I couldn't find the movie. movies do work on the Hero right?
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 3:11 PM
Yeah they do, just has to be right format or download an app to play that format.
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joeybuschette

Jul 2, 2010, 3:18 PM
You are so wise in the way of the Hero 🙂
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 3:23 PM
Lol it really helps that I work for a phone company 😉
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joeybuschette

Jul 2, 2010, 3:30 PM
What company do you work for? Do you work in Sales or in what excatly?
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 3:32 PM
I work in customer care as a trainer
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joeybuschette

Jul 2, 2010, 3:36 PM
For Sprint?
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Dread_99

Jul 2, 2010, 4:04 PM
I'd prefer not to say which company I work for
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joeybuschette

Jul 3, 2010, 8:34 AM
Ok. I understand. That is really cool! Do you like the job?
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joeybuschette

Jul 3, 2010, 12:34 PM
Have you tried any of the other live backgrounds? I've seen a couple of them that I'm looking through them and they look really awesome!
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Dread_99

Jul 5, 2010, 10:34 AM
I've tried a bunch of them. Some work good some don't. One I tried the graphics were all wrong, other one froze my phone. Rest of them I tried worked fine.
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joeybuschette

Jul 5, 2010, 10:41 AM
I'm sitting here trying to root my phone and I can't find the link you put on here. Can I get it again? Did you happen to try the Mario Bros. one?
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Dread_99

Jul 5, 2010, 11:21 AM
No I didn't try that one. The best guide I found for rooting the phone (since you have to downgrade the software) is on the XDA forums.
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