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Extended Rom, BatteryStatus, Battery Life

Ok, I have been reading a lot about bad battery life using BatteryStatus, and wanted to let people know some observations I've made which might be helpful.
1) BatteryStatus is a nice program, but it's erratic. It has to be watched. Especially after a reset, or after recharging, you need to be careful that it's actually doing what you want it to. For example, if you use cpuscalar, it will turn off when you set the cpu speed and vice versa, especially if you access the settings from the Today screen. I recommend using the 1.x versions as you can monitor cpu utilization, and can see if the cpu speed is going up or down based on your settings.
2) On that subject, use cpu utilization and not battery load as your primary indicator. If you're getting above 10% cpu load "at rest", something is probably not right with your setup. Which leads me to ...
3) I have discovered that if one wipes the extended rom, you will have high cpu utilization rates (I got 20% at idle with the x-plore rom, vs 1-4% clean, with an extended rom) Apparently there is some process which checks for the Autostart.exe file in extended rom, and keeps checking if it does not find it. This can't be good for battery life.
Hope this helps someone,

edhaas said:
3) I have discovered that if one wipes the extended rom, you will have high cpu utilization rates (I got 20% at idle with the x-plore rom, vs 1-4% clean, with an extended rom) Apparently there is some process which checks for the Autostart.exe file in extended rom, and keeps checking if it does not find it. This can't be good for battery life.
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True! Also found that this was causing the high CPU load. Maybe people experiencing fast battery drop are having this problem.

DUDE! my problems lead me to SAME conclusion! i mean ext rom wiping leads to 29-32% cpu utilisation and up to 340 mA DRAIN!
im glad that someone told same thing!
your observation seems to be true.and very useful.
yes,omg,yes, it will be nice day!
btw...xplore doesnt have ext rom.. i think, so it must be other one..

nothin said:
DUDE! my problems lead me to SAME conclusion! i mean ext rom wiping leads to 29-32% cpu utilisation and up to 340 mA DRAIN!
im glad that someone told same thing!
your observation seems to be true.and very useful.
yes,omg,yes, it will be nice day!
btw...xplore doesnt have ext rom.. i think, so it must be other one..
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So what can we do who have the Xplore 1.1 Rom?

WizeMan said:
So what can we do who have the Xplore 1.1 Rom?
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I think that they mean : Don't mess with the ExtRom ...

WizeMan said:
So what can we do who have the Xplore 1.1 Rom?
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If you flash an official rom before a custom rom, you know you will have an extended rom left over from the official. When I was on NotTooSmart's rom, I checked out the extended rom area and saw all the T-Mo extended stuff was still there from when I flashed the TMo 2.26 Official.
The point is, don't go and delete everything in extended rom as that will cause issues.

mfrazzz said:
If you flash an official rom before a custom rom, you know you will have an extended rom left over from the official. When I was on NotTooSmart's rom, I checked out the extended rom area and saw all the T-Mo extended stuff was still there from when I flashed the TMo 2.26 Official.
The point is, don't go and delete everything in extended rom as that will cause issues.
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Why?? After I had installed Xplore 1.0 and just had teh extended_rom from faria - I just flashed an own cooked extended_rom and I still had it after flashing Xplore 1.1. No problems. Now I have deleted everything in my extended_rom and it is empty. I even could unlock it and use it right from fileexplorer. But it doesn´t make sence when using total commander.

papamopps said:
Why?? After I had installed Xplore 1.0 and just had teh extended_rom from faria - I just flashed an own cooked extended_rom and I still had it after flashing Xplore 1.1. No problems. Now I have deleted everything in my extended_rom and it is empty. I even could unlock it and use it right from fileexplorer. But it doesn´t make sence when using total commander.
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Read point #3 in the OP. Maybe the problem only comes after a hard reset, but you can have issues by removing the extended rom. If you replace it with your own cooked one, then you are fine (if its setup correctly to work like a regular one).
I have no direct experience with this, just have seen this in other posts and now this one.

mfrazzz said:
Read point #3 in the OP. Maybe the problem only comes after a hard reset, but you can have issues by removing the extended rom. If you replace it with your own cooked one, then you are fine (if its setup correctly to work like a regular one).
I have no direct experience with this, just have seen this in other posts and now this one.
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It only works for me as "trouble-space" Just collecting important setup cab. And when I have done a hardreset I just enter extended_rom with TC and install teh cabs.

anichillus said:
I think that they mean : Don't mess with the ExtRom ...
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You know, i think we "could" mess with EXTrom...but totalcommander method seems to make thing f up... i always get messy names, sizes, if i am trying to copy sometihng there....
is it locked or what...IDEAL thing, anichillus, would be making CLEAN ROM, as clean ,as it can be, then cook SOME extroms to make people happy AT LAST ....
rethink it, its method for makin everyone happy...(or not..?).
Strange, i have 42 mA idle, but battery still drops...maybe i just must discharge to max, then recharge... not sure 'bout it...
Xplore is just awesome, waiting for 2.0, but for gods sake, make it clean...
btw, with wizard's love ROM flashing method i have THAT extROM, when i flash xplore, so its rather useless(what is in that extrom inside), but that 35% CPU usage is gone... plz give some links to FLASHABLE ext ROMS here plz...

nothin said:
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plz give some links to FLASHABLE ext ROMS here plz...
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I used this an extended_rom including this apps. I can post if wanted.

thanks, m8, i just used wizards love ext rom, and aborted autorun.exe after flashing x-plore..safe...at last.

I'm glad this has helped some people
I think what many of you are describing is the best way: Downgrade to a rom that includes an extended rom, then upgrade to x-plore, and abort the extended rom installation by soft reset at the "installing customizations" screen.
If you are sophisticated enough to be able to design and flash your own extended rom as per Faria's sticky in the upgrading section, that should work too. Then you could let the customizations run.
Resist the temptation to delete the extended rom with total commander because you're not using it. (Unless you just want to prove it to yourself, and don't mind reflashing and reinstalling!)

i am reconsidering making ext rom on my own.. but geez.. i must stop FLASHING for some time lol
any thing made by tottal commander on ext rom lead to battery problems - 30-35% cpu usage ALL the time etc...

edhaas said:
I'm glad this has helped some people
I think what many of you are describing is the best way: Downgrade to a rom that includes an extended rom, then upgrade to x-plore, and abort the extended rom installation by soft reset at the "installing customizations" screen.
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Do you think it is safe to abort the extened rom installation by softresesting?

danik_iceman said:
Do you think it is safe to abort the extened rom installation by softresesting?
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Sure, I do it all the time. In fact I recommend it unless you WANT the customizations and programs loaded in there to run. It saves memory and avoids conflicts between rom upgrades/changes. Some rom cookers do put things in there which they would like people to try and those should be considered as part of their package. Others take a viewpoint of putting everything they feel is important into the "Rom" itself. (i.e. x-plore) However, it is always "safe" to abort the extended rom loading, you just may have to do some customizations yourself. (Carrier settings, dial skins, stuff like that) Try it both ways and see what you prefer.

I too experienced just now some problems when messing with the extended rom.
Why the f** this thing happens ?
The only thing I did was to unlock the extended rom from the rgu's so it would be directly accessible without any other program, simple, with file explorer
First time it started, it was ok, I could browse the Extended Rom, no problems. I did a soft reset, and after that the Extended Rom changet it's name to Extended Rom2 and nothing was to be seen in it. After another soft reset, I could see files, but it was giberish ... and boom, the cpu stable at 20% ...
I need to fix this. My rom doesn't has the extended rom in the windows dir so G4 can use it and also seems easy for me to place cabs
The battery drain/Cpu usage issue anyway, i solved it. The first time I did this
I flashed the TMob 2.26 and after that I flashed again my rom(meantime I removed the settings unlock for ext rom). Now it's working great again.
Any thoughts ?

edhaas said:
Sure, I do it all the time. In fact I recommend it unless you WANT the customizations and programs loaded in there to run. It saves memory and avoids conflicts between rom upgrades/changes. Some rom cookers do put things in there which they would like people to try and those should be considered as part of their package. Others take a viewpoint of putting everything they feel is important into the "Rom" itself. (i.e. x-plore) However, it is always "safe" to abort the extended rom loading, you just may have to do some customizations yourself. (Carrier settings, dial skins, stuff like that) Try it both ways and see what you prefer.
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Sorry for the double post,
Man, not every customisation should be aborted...not wise at all
You can skip those who you know for sure that do not affect the stability of your rom...those that don['t mess with registry and fixes.
I for example have put some fixes in the "ext rom" (the one in windows) with some important fixes.

No problem with the double reply. My experience is that the extended rom unlocker are not true unlockers, in that the extended rom cannot be written to reliably except by flashing. But you can delete files from them, or more likely corrupt files in them by trying. If you do attempt to write to the extended rom "on the fly", it will look like it has worked until you do a soft reset. Probably the files go into a temporary storage memory although I haven't researched it deeply. I think your extended_rom2 problem has to do with the "real" extended rom being corrupted, and inaccessable. If I remember, the device then creates another on the sd card or something like that. (There is a thread in the upgrade section about the extended rom unlocker where this stuff is discussed).
As far as skipping the customizations, I agree that if the cooker has placed settings, etc in there they should be run. However, many cooks leave the extended rom alone, which can cause confusion when say a T-Mobile rom is initially there, and the T-Mobile customizations get run on top of the custom rom, (or Cingular, or whatever) unless that is what the owner wants. It might be helpful if the chef is explicit about it during the initial posting of the download link.

Has anyone tried the new build yet? I just noticed it about a week ago.
I was using...
Ver. 1.04.201 beta3 build 0178​
The new one is...
Ver. 1.04.201 beta3 build 0182​
It has increased the battery life for me and is more accurate at updating the battery strength as well.
Thanx.

Camera and Backup?

Hey all,
I'm have problems with my camera... Everytime I try to take a picture, the following message appears;
Unable to capture.
Not enough memory.
36001:111:0
But yet, both my sd card and internal memory have a lot of space available. Yet, the cam stopped working a few days ago on its own. Any fix for that???
At the same time, can someone tell me how to change the folder where to save the pictures? Like redirecting them to my sd card??? I've done that b4, but I forgot how.... Things we forget sometimes...
Also, I'd like to use something like SPB backup to backup the information on my phone, especially my contact list in the internal memory. I want to upgrade to TNT 19213 Vanilla. It has WM6.1, which is mainly what I want.
Thanx,
Phil

dude, are you writing a blog or something?
PIM backup is what you need to backup your contacts.
use the task manager to kill what ever process is draining your ram for the camera.
search for those.

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Hey SVI,
Thanks for the heads up. And no, I'm not writing a blog... Just asking a friendly community for some good advice!
I'll check Pim backup and see what I get. By the way, I've tried task manager, cut out all the op's that drain power to the whole unit! And it still gives me the message...
Well, I suppose that it might fix the problem if I'd change rom. But for now, I'd like to have the camera handy, capture that funny moment - for kicks!
Anyone got a patch available?
Phil
p.s.- how about redirecting the pics or vids to my sd card... How do we do that?

on the camera options menu. camera settings tools options.
if you cant do that, then the camera options package is broken.
flash different rom.

S.V.I said:
on the camera options menu. camera settings tools options.
if you cant do that, then the camera options package is broken.
flash different rom.
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Yeah in the tools there is a choice of where to store. Are you using the original rom or a flashed? it may be a problem with the flashed rom. AFter unlocking always flash your carriers rom (WM5) before flashing a new rom as some roms seem to leave residue that corrupt you new. Also SPL of 3.06 will speed your boot and i like the radio 2.71 as there is not missed calles bug. That and 2.19 are the best.
Have fun flashing!

Reflashing Phone - what are your essentials?

Just curious what peoples essentials are on this unit?
I have been having problems with my handset for some time now, and the memory card *appears* to be corrupt.
So doing a back up of all call logs, messages etc, and going to hard reset.
I will then attempt to update it to 6.1 *wasnt working before*
My Requirements?
Internet
Sat Nav
Games
Clean Theme (like a nice subtle black)
Alarm
Back Up Utility
So What would you guys recomend for the above and what cool features/tweaks can I do with this phone?

Just read my signature.
I think most members here would agree with my choice...

excuse my ignorance, but i see WWE is just the same as an HTC rom with the latest software, is this correct, no other changes?
Secondly, I currently run an 02 ROM, would i notice many differences and how would i go about getting my internet settings (Currently there is an application that retrieves these for me)
Hope you don't mind the silly question - I did read the info but couldn't be sure.

hello
i would say 2 apps i couldnt do without are no longer hosted on here but are g-alarm and g-profile found at www.ageye.de
Also if you want to 'risk' flash (read this) 3LIT3 as i was running the o2 6.1 rom since release till about a month ago and although it is better than the 6.0 rom it is much faster the 3LIT3 rom is superior to the official releases that have been made. Also on the settings front i was afraid of this and made sure i had them before i flashed but then they are installed automatically in customisation (with either officail or 3LIT3).
Sat nav i am guessing that you are using copilot in which case there is a releated piece on how to do this when you download the o2 rom from their site.
Back-up utility i would say either spb backup - but i have heard of problems going over from 6 -> 6.1 roms with using backup software so i say sync up before and copy any import docs that you have on their before you go to flash.
Hope that answers the questions

Well i managed to flash the unit with some interesting measures.
Long story short, I couldn't get into boot loader (Still can't) but when i ran 02 6.1 rom RUU it took it to the bootloader (just vista wouldn't work) so after some hunting i found a driver which worked, well sort of lol.
And then it worked, well for the 02 6.1 release any way.
Tried Co-pilot still having issues,
Tried memory card files, still problems - i think my memory card is knackered and some of copilot is configured there so will explain why this is failing!
Co-pilot was on the rom, presume that if it did load i would have to re-register but think i might opt for tomtom now, was never a fan of copilot.
Other than that i ran PPCPim backup which works really well for calls logs, messages etc. had no critical documents on there but did forget to back up my pictures - oh well no real loss!
Is there a way to format an SD from the device its self?

I have got to say i am NOT impressed with 6.1 from 02 its so slow! my ringtone doesn't even play properly.
Edit jesus this is rubbish, i mean seriuosly really buggy have i done something wrong because they couldnt have put this out as RTM surely?! please some one tell me i am wrong.
My ringtone stutters for goodness sake, i clicked data connection and the connection tab is now overlaying everything and won't go away!?

jtsystems said:
I have got to say i am NOT impressed with 6.1 from 02 ....
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Hi there, Do a Hard Reset and start over again installing your PIM backup, GPS, any other things you normally use. Your GPS setup files are on the SD card in '2577' folder. Unless you have the CD media do not format your SD card, you will lose your GPS setup files.

The problem is I cannot transfer anything else to the memory card, I cannot install apps to the memory card.
Sometimes it looks like they have transferred but when i open storage card up on the device it's just the normal settings and nothing that I have transferred.
This is limiting me hugely, I cannot put mp3's, mp4's on my phone, I
cannot install games, I am left with just the basics.
Im going to buy an 4GB card today and see if that resolves things

[ROM] 7/15/10 | Fresh Evo 1.0.1 | 1.47 base + apps2sd + pngopt + usual fresh goodies

I started a new thread for this release because the other one was just too huge. I also want to apologize for how long this release took. Life is crazy.
Geek For Me is proud to release:
Fresh Evo 1.0.1 for your Sprint Evo 4g
NOTE: Fresh Evo now assumes that you have NAND unlocked (part 2 of rooting). This means you are fully rooted and have write access to /system/ even when you are booted up. If you have not unlocked NAND protection then you should do so before flashing this rom!
If you are coming from Fresh Evo 0.5.3 then just as I promised, no wipe is required. However if you are having problems then of course... wipe.
If you are coming from ANY other rom: do a data wipe! This version 100% requires one. This should however be the last wipe required! It has also been reported that Clockwork Recovery is not wiping sd:ext properly. So if you do a data wipe (data, dalvik, cache, and sd:ext) and are still getting FC's or boot loops then you need to flash Amon's recovery and use it instead. In order to flash this rom you need to be rooted (unrevoked method doesn't count as root) to flash this. How To: Root Your Sprint Evo with NAND unlocked. Always make a nandroid backup, I can't be held responsible if something breaks, etc, etc.
Expect 1 loop at the very first boot! This is a side effect of the fixed vanilla lock. The very first time you boot up the phone it will load the lockscreen and then boot loop one time and then come up. If it continues to loop then see above.
Go here to see all reported bugs: http://link.geekfor.me/freshevobugs -- if you are having a problem then check that page first, and read these release notes in their entirety!
Base: RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1 -- NEW!
Changes from 0.5.3 to 1.0.1:
Built off of the new 1.47.651.1 base!
Updated apps2sd to DarkTremor 2.7.5-pf4a
Updated Fresh Updater to 1.2
Mostly just visual changes. Turning the "themes" tab in to patches + themes + tweaks tab. More to come on that.
Make sure to Check the How To to setup and use Fresh Updater if you haven't before.
Added back FriendStream and Peep
For the beta versions of 1.0.x I had removed them, but I just found that too many people were having issues related to them not being there, so I've put them back in.
Made new boot.img containing the newest HTC kernel (789bf291)
Updated boot screen thanks to wrx4memp -- the "O" was made solid. While it wasn't wrong in the first place and was the font he used, we agreed it would be better to just make it solid.
Updated Launcher Pro to 0.6.7.2
Updated Rom Manager to 2.0.0.5
Updated Qik to 0.03.54
Check the download links below for an updated radio and wimax image.
If you are currently having problems with 4g then check the wimax.img download page below for links to help. If your 4g worked fine on Fresh 0.5.3 and then stopped working, make sure you are using the newest wimax.img and radio.img, and then do a full wipe and re-flash the rom.
If you are having problems with Google Maps then check the FAQ (linked below)
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Standard Fresh Evo Features:
Fresh Updater! Check the How To for information on setting it up and using it. Thanks to cyanogen and firefart as it's based on CMUpdater. It is built off of R657 which is the newest commit.
270 degree auto-rotation (you can turn the phone to the right or the left for landscape) -- Thanks to Optedoblivion for pointing me in the right direction
Fully fixed vanilla lock screen -- see screen shots. Use Fresh Updater to grab one of the vanilla patches to enable it. HTC's lock is enabled by default.
Landscape rosie (disabled by default!) -- see screen shots to see the issues with this. It is functional however it is definitely a hack. You will see some issues with using it. It doesn't look pretty, but it does work! Thanks to jschisurf for pointing me in the right direction on this one. NOTE: I have landscape rosie disabled by default! If you want to try it out then grab one of the patches in Fresh Updater to enable it. See the Fresh Updater How To for help with that.
Landscape settings.apk -- no problems here. Works fine.
12 new Rosie widgets. 7 that are available for our phone and 5 that aren't.
Profiles, ringtone, battery, call mom, coin flip, daily challenge, dice, notes, quick record, tasks, tip calculator, and today in history.
These are made by HTC and will only work in Rosie.
Wifi tether (free wireless 3g/4g tether)
Stock files have been resigned. This should prevent the need for any future wipes (not counting any major software changes by HTC/Sprint).
I have still chosen to NOT include adless browsing in my rom. I used adless browsing in all of my Hero Android 1.5 roms because it actually blocked ads from the browser. In Android 2.1 this functionality stopped working so I stopped including it. It was pointed out to me that while it doesn't block them in the browser, it does block them in apps (background data). The reason I am choosing to not include this is because as a developer myself, I feel that the authors deserve to get paid for what they do if you want to use their app. If you are choosing to use their free ad-driven application then I don't want to contribute to people blocking those ads and preventing the dev from getting paid.
All APK's have been png optimized and zipalign'd
png optimize goes through every APK and losslessly compresses the png (picture) files without causing any type of visual change. This provides a smaller apk file size that loads faster. Each APK has then been zipalign'd. From Android's developer page: zipalign is an archive alignment tool that provides important optimization to Android application (.apk) files. The purpose is to ensure that all uncompressed data starts with a particular alignment relative to the start of the file. Specifically, it causes all uncompressed data within the .apk, such as images or raw files, to be aligned on 4-byte boundaries. This allows all portions to be accessed directly with mmap() even if they contain binary data with alignment restrictions. The benefit is a reduction in the amount of RAM consumed when running the application.
While this does free up space on /system/ (as seen below) it is not done to make free space considering we have more than enough. It is done purely for a performance gain. Every day use of the phone will go smoother and stock applications will respond faster. The reason this works is because it has reduced the application file size as much as 50%, so they load in to memory faster and run smoother.
Additionally all applications in /data/ (even ones you downloaded) will be zipalign'd on boot if they need to be.
Not every apk takes png optimization + zip align well. I've done it on enough roms that I think I know which ones cause issues now, but if you are getting FC's on any apps (I can't test them all) then let me know and I'll get it resolved. Thanks!
Apps2sd enabled! Using Darktremor by tkirton.
Apps2sd takes all applications from /data/app and /data/app-private and moves them to a partition on your sdcard. It was originally created for phones that didn't enough enough space on /data/ to store a large number of applications. This has mostly been resolved on the Evo because we have over 400mb of space allocated to /data/. However for some people this isn't enough. Additionally if your apps are stored on your sdcard then you can do a data wipe and they will still be there (albeit settings will be lost, but you won't need to reinstall them).
You do not have to use apps2sd if you don't want to use it. If you just don't format your sdcard with an ext partition (leave it all as fat32 like it is from the factory) then apps2sd will stay turned off.
How to setup apps2sd on Fresh Evo and warnings about apps2sd
Battery optimizations
The stock mms.apk was possibly causing a wake lock. I have swapped it for a different one while I do some testing.
Raised VM kernel dirty page writeback frequency to 15 seconds. This wakes the phone up less often for background VM activity. Every single application in Android is technically running in a VM (virtual machine) so that's why this helps (as recommended by lesswatts.org).
Compcache 0.6.2 / Ramzswap enabled -- Thanks to toastcfh for compiling the modules! Compcache creates a RAM based block device (named ramzswap) which acts as swap disk. Pages swapped to this disk are compressed and stored in memory itself. Compressing pages and keeping them in RAM virtually increases its capacity. This allows more applications to fit in given amount of memory. This will only kick in when the stock memory (which the Evo has plenty of) gets low.
I have tuned the default to be 100mb ramzswap size with 40% swappiness
You can check compcache's use by opening an adb shell and typing: rzscontrol /dev/block/ramzswap0 --stats
ES File Explorer
ROM Manager -- Fresh Evo does show up as an available download in the free version of ROM Manager, so you can use it to update Fresh Evo right through your phone if you want.
Launcher Pro
Wifi Tether (free 3g and 4g wireless tethering)
Qik
Facebook moved to /data/ so that it can be uninstalled
Custom boot screen thanks to wrx4memp!
Added PowerTOP 1.11. From LessWatts.org: Programs can make your [phone] use more power. PowerTOP is a Linux tool that helps you find those programs that are misbehaving while your [phone] is idle. -- Compiled by cyanogen.
To run PowerTOP just open an adb shell and type: "powertop -d". It will scan for 15 seconds and then print out a report.
The first section will show you what % of time your phone spent running at what Mhz. In the screen shot above my phone was asleep so it was at 245Mhz the whole time.
The next section shows wakeups-from-idle per second. 50-80 would be normal. If you are in that range then you don't have a problem.
The next list is the top causes for wakeups. Compare your list to mine (I only showed the top 3).
All the way at the bottom it will have optimizations that can be made to lower power use. These changes can not be made to the rom itself, they must be made to the kernel. While other roms claim they made changes to the kernel, if they are using the stock kernel (if they aren't over-clockable then they are using the stock kernel) then they didn't. While there is a kernel source available to us, I have chosen to continue using the stock kernel until our official source is released by HTC for stability reasons.
I have chosen to NOT include adless browsing in my rom. I used adless browsing in all of my Hero Android 1.5 roms because it actually blocked ads from the browser. In Android 2.1 this functionality stopped working so I stopped including it. It was pointed out to me that while it doesn't block them in the browser, it does block them in apps (background data). The reason I am choosing to not include this is because as a developer myself, I feel that the authors deserve to get paid for what they do if you want to use their app. If you are choosing to use their free ad-driven application then I don't want to contribute to people blocking those ads and preventing the dev from getting paid.
See the official change log for all previous notes and changes! READ IT. It can answer a lot of questions if you are new to Fresh Evo.
Check the Fresh Evo FAQ here before you ask questions!
Fresh Evo FAQ: http://geekfor.me/faq/faq-fresh-evo/
Fresh Evo Reported Bugs: http://link.geekfor.me/freshevobugs
Fresh Evo Official Change Log: http://geekfor.me/evo/21/fresh-evo-official-change-log/
DOWNLOAD: http://geekfor.me/new-release/fresh-evo-101/
RADIO: 2.05.00.06.10 (make sure you are running the newest radio)
WiMax Radio: 25641
You must use the new WiMax radio with this rom. First flash the rom, and then the new WiMax radio. Read the release notes with the radio. This will NOT fix your phone if you are having problems with 4g. If you have been a Fresh user all along and haven't flashed any radios and stuff that weren't from me then this will work perfectly for you. If you do have any issues then just do a full data wipe and then reflash the rom. But if your 4g is already broken then follow the link in the release notes for the WiMax radio to get that fixed.
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Reserved for once.

I'm gonna test this right now. ;D

Will this be on Rom manager?

downloading and testing now, im excited

I have the Rom manager with the clockworkmod recovery and I keep tryin to flash the recovery RA through the terminal from the market because I'm not to familiar with fastboot. I'm tryin to use the fresh update but it won't work with clockwork recovery. Can someone please help???

Currently downloading via Fresh Updater..
Love your roms Fresh keep up the good work

What he said - thanks man, we really appreciate it!

Issues With Wireless Tether...
Whenever I click the giant green wifi button the app force closes, anyone else experiencing this?

Flipz..... you've outdone yourself man.
This rom is super fast and stable... thanks again for the hard work....

smonme said:
Issues With Wireless Tether...
Whenever I click the giant green wifi button the app force closes, anyone else experiencing this?
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you will need to remove it, then reinstall it.

dadoc04 said:
you will need to remove it, then reinstall it.
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could you link me to the apk for reinstall?

smonme said:
Issues With Wireless Tether...
Whenever I click the giant green wifi button the app force closes, anyone else experiencing this?
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I have had this a couple times on different builds. Go to applications, remove the wireless tether, go here h**p://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre2.apk&can=2&q= from your phone and it will reinstall, this has always fixed my issues with force close. You must uninstall first though.

Well that sucks... this rom has been in testing for a week and not a single person mentioned the wireless tether FC. haha. I'm sorry guys.

flipzmode said:
Well that sucks... this rom has been in testing for a week and not a single person mentioned the wireless tether FC. haha. I'm sorry guys.
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mine wireless tether hasnt FC at all...
Tapatalk has tho... but it seems random. Im using the latest 1.69
Ive only seen it happen twice though.

Perfect!!!!!! On the Tether issue, reload binairies (sp) fixed my just fine.

Jetdr said:
Perfect!!!!!! On the Tether issue, reload binairies (sp) fixed my just fine.
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For us noobs, how do we reload binaries? Getting fc issue too.
Also, I thought Peep was removed by default (again, I could be mistaken).

Just want to clarify one thing. Do we need to wipe the device if upgrading from Fresh 0.5.3?
In the release notes there you say you have to wipe first, which I did, and stated you wouldn't have to wipe again. Now this has the exact same statement in it. Just want to make sure I do the right thing.
Oh yeah, great ROMs. This is my first Android phone and you make it so much better.

Vivix729 said:
For us noobs, how do we reload binaries? Getting fc issue too.
Also, I thought Peep was removed by default (again, I could be mistaken).
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Noob version :
Use a program like Uninstaller or Titanium Backup to uninstall Wireless Tether.
Search Market for Wireless Tether for root users. Install. Done.

Crackbone said:
Noob version :
Use a program like Uninstaller or Titanium Backup to uninstall Wireless Tether.
Search Market for Wireless Tether for root users. Install. Done.
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Oh, so it's literally "reinstall". I thought there was some fancy adb command or something

SOS!! Upgraded my XT720 from 2.1 to 2.2 and Screwed UP

Hi everyone
I am in need of urgent Help
I upgraded my Motorola Milestone XT720 from 2.1 to 2.2 using Cincinatti Bell Manual.
I referred this
http://www.cincinnatibell.com/milestoneupgrade/#howtoupgrade
Now, After successful upgrade, I have some serious issues
1) My Camera's Flash isnt working. I cant enable it.
2) Performance is low
3) Lost MotoNav. How can I get it back?
4) Even if I keep Pattern lock, the slide lock do appears
5) Also, How I can merge duplicate contacts? like one contact has 3 numbers saved that are same..
Thankyou

1. im not sure. should work.
2. performance is low. you can overclock using milestone overclock if you are still rooted. however, if you are not the kind who maintains you phone everyday, i suggest you go back to 2.1 as its the most stable.
3. just google motonav apk
4. thats a flaw in the rom, cant be fixed. if you'd like to try out custom roms and maintain you phone like most of us do here, then go ahead. its very exciting lol
5. you can merge duplicate contacts by signing in to gmail on a computer, click contacts and just look around the buttons. its called "find and merge duplicate contacts" if im not wrong.
hope this helped

1) Tried all level best best to start flash... It didnt. Installed Sleekcamera apk.
2) Google find and merge always crashes and unable to do the action
3) Whats overclocking? Is it a self explanatory software??
4) Dont feel like going back to 2.1...Love App2SD
5) I also have some issues - cant play HD video and my internal video player isnt working to its full potential as I am unable o avi file. I feel, that there is codec problem, as Ringdriod isnt working too...

Chety said:
1) Tried all level best best to start flash... It didnt. Installed Sleekcamera apk.
2) Google find and merge always crashes and unable to do the action
3) Whats overclocking? Is it a self explanatory software??
4) Dont feel like going back to 2.1...Love App2SD
5) I also have some issues - cant play HD video and my internal video player isnt working to its full potential as I am unable o avi file. I feel, that there is codec problem, as Ringdriod isnt working too...
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if you like to have apps on your sd, there's a more advanced way to have it. i think its better than android's own move apps to sd. many roms we have around here have app2ext automatically set if they detect any ext partitions on your sd card. it moves all user apps onto an ext partition on your sd card (you have to use a partition tool to make this ext partition).
overclocking is actually just controlling your cpu clock speeds. most of us overclock our phone because it sometimes get laggy if we use the stock speeds. theres an app that helps us overclock on the market called milestone overclock. please remember that you need to be rooted do these stuff.
for the camera, you might have hardware problems. i dont know. contacts you should try doing the find and merge duplicates again. i'll upload a pic to show you what it looks like.
i recommend mioze's cm6 rom if you ever want to play around with flashing stuff. the stablest i've tried so far. Cyanogenmod is very versatile lol. there are a lot of themes for this rom too, made by Sileshn our master themer. for the videos i dont think i can help. you could try mobo player from the market (i think?)

Thankyou - Sorry to buggin u again n again. One last help
if you like to have apps on your sd, there's a more advanced way to have it. i think its better than android's own move apps to sd. many roms we have around here have app2ext automatically set if they detect any ext partitions on your sd card. it moves all user apps onto an ext partition on your sd card (you have to use a partition tool to make this ext partition).
How do I do that..in a esy way? I saw I video and it was very complicated for guy like me. Any easy way like app or something??
overclocking is actually just controlling your cpu clock speeds. most of us overclock our phone because it sometimes get laggy if we use the stock speeds. theres an app that helps us overclock on the market called milestone overclock. please remember that you need to be rooted do these stuff.
Cool...Thanks.
for the camera, you might have hardware problems.
No bro. It used work fine before upgrade.
i dont know. contacts you should try doing the find and merge duplicates again. i'll upload a pic to show you what it looks like.
Thanks..but Gmail says Oops… the system encountered a problem (#101)...Maybe due to slow Internet(300kbps). Any app??
i recommend mioze's cm6 rom if you ever want to play around with flashing stuff. the stablest i've tried so far. Cyanogenmod is very versatile lol. there are a lot of themes for this rom too, made by Sileshn our master themer.
This is baffling for me. I feel like M not too smart for smartphone
for the videos i dont think i can help. you could try mobo player from the market (i think?)
Yup, I have that. Unable to to pay HD vid. It shows a lag of sound and vid. Tried soft decoding. Didnt work.

Couple of things about this. Are you still Rooted? CBW gave root permissions and then I think later in the tutorial they tell you how to give it back. Don't give it back. For what you want to do, you need to keep Root permission of your device.
Next are you comfortable with flashing custom ROMs and doing realtive non-beginner stuff on your phone. We can help you and walk you through stuff but unfortunately, there isn't an "app for that". If so, then here we go.
If you successfully were able to upgrade your phone, then you can do this. There are many custom ROMS in our forums that you can use. CM6, Hellmonger's, Kahl's V4, Bravo (wip) and CM7 (wip). I suggest CM6 or Kahl's V4 as they are stable enough for beginners to learn on. The have 99% working everything and what doesn't work, is either being fixed or there are already work-arounds. (search the development forums for these)
CBW's ROM doesn't have app2ext. It only has the native Froyo app2sd where you can go to settings>apps>pick your app>move to sd. This is not the same as App2ext or Link2sd. In these you have to partition your SDcard with an ext partition. Do you know how to partition your SD card? All the above ROMs do have the native Froyo app2sd, so if you don't know how to partition your SD card, that is fine too.
Answer those and then you can decide to move forward or not. It isn't hard and you don't have to be super smart to do it, although the more you read around, there are some seriously intelligent people in here. It is just from reading your posts above, how comfortable are you? You will not brick your phone and make it a paperweight, we can bring it back from the brink, if need be. We've done it before.
**Milestone Overclock is an app in the market (requires Root) that is free to download. Just download it and set it at preset 1000/66 and you'll definately seem a boost in performance.
**Google contacts. If merge doesn't work for you, go into google on PC and look at your contact and you may have some duplicates in there. When i first got it, i had 3 of everyone too. Also, go into your phone and go to settings>account/sync and see what is sycnhing. Side note: if you have a Google+ account, unsych that as everyone in your circles will be put on your phone and vice-versa.
**Moboplayer. I use this all the time and have no problem seeing HD vids. Might want to take another look at the preferences. It even says it on the thunmbnails that it is HD.
**Camera. If you don't like the the camera function, there are a few on the market (mostly paid though) that work well. I use Vignette, but there is Camera360 and I think one for LG too. If your flash isn't working though, that might be a hardware issue.
Figure out what you want to do with your phone (flash custom ROM or not) and we can help. If you already flashed the CBW upgrade, then you are really half-way there.
Also sorry for the manifesto sized response.

Hi
Actually thankyou for detailed resonse. I find it very helpful. But, M disappointed to tell, that in afternoon,I installed Moto-optimizer after I couldnt work on Motorola Overclock and Started the process at 800...and then, its only M logo which is showing up.
Will give it to service centre tomorrow and get back to 2.1. I hope, they are not ale to detect this s/w fault..
Will love to learn our SD card partition,

Chety said:
Hi
Actually thankyou for detailed resonse. I find it very helpful. But, M disappointed to tell, that in afternoon,I installed Moto-optimizer after I couldnt work on Motorola Overclock and Started the process at 800...and then, its only M logo which is showing up.
Will give it to service centre tomorrow and get back to 2.1. I hope, they are not ale to detect this s/w fault..
Will love to learn our SD card partition,
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See this before you do the below. Easy read but might work for you instead of flashing back to 2.1.
Here is a recent troubleshoot that we fixed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089148
No need to take back to service. We can get you back to stock pretty easily.
All you need is to download RSDlite on your computer, install it and run it.
Here are the .sbf's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953863
Here are the directions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753170 See first post. It's easy to do.