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ICS port: how is the battery life and browser zoom?

Anyone have a sense of how battery life is on this yet?
Also, does pinch zoom work on more sites? (One thing that is great about Sense browsers is you can zoom in on almost any web content...)
Thanks.

it drains about 10% an hour on mid usage, probably wont last you a day.
the browser is absolutely phenomenal, loving it! however if you are looking to flash kwiboo's version im having some random data disconnects, nothing major, just a heads up.
hope that helps

Battery seems okay. Feels like I've been toying around with ICS all day just checking everything out like the new People app and updated GMail, Messaging and Music. Also played some games. And I'm only down to 85%.

Battery life seems on par with Gingerbread (Oxygen) that I was using before the switch so I'm happy with that. Surprising too considering it's working with a hacked 2.6 kernel.
The browser works beautifully. GPU acceleration is a true gift from the gods, and pretty much the one thing I was really waiting for with ICS. Pinch to zoom works on all sites I've tried.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium.

No noticeable drain from the SDK port as of right now.
Will test throughout a few days to see if it's on par with Gingerbread.

Wow, sounds good.
I may have to pick up another Nexus on Craigslist.
What is not working? (4g, WiFi? anything else?)
Also, does the install change the kernel? Does it change the radio?
(fyi: I used to use james bond and netarchy kernels, and battery life was good enough...)
@hyakuman: in terms of pinch zoom: does text repaginate, or does it just go off the sides of the screen so it's impossible to read without scrolling?

ronnienyc said:
Wow, sounds good.
I may have to pick up another Nexus on Craigslist.
What is not working? (4g, WiFi? anything else?)
Also, does the install change the kernel? Does it change the radio?
(fyi: I used to use james bond and netarchy kernels, and battery life was good enough...)
@hyakuman: in terms of pinch zoom: does text repaginate, or does it just go off the sides of the screen so it's impossible to read without scrolling?
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it changes the kernel but doesnt change the radio!
has anybody here tried another kernel on this rom?

ronnienyc said:
What is not working? (4g, WiFi? anything else?)
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Wifi is working actually, but signal bars don't show.
4g not working, USB storage mount not working, video recording not working, something else and maybe hardware acceleration not fully working.. and well some apps need update for ICS compatibility, but that's not the fault of the rom.
All in all it's very good for a first release.

Please dont flash it !! still its nt prepared for daily use

mayankchopra said:
Please dont flash it !! still its nt prepared for daily use
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Crap.. it can be used as a daily.. have installed the kwiboo release. No drain, AT least nearly bugfree 4 me. Great work anyway. With v1 I had glados Kernel, v2 Stock but dunno which Kernel next..
Sent from my OxygenPowered Nexus S

thanks guys. Anyone else want to chime in on battery life?

to my experience, battery life seems to have improved from GB, using kwiboo's ROM and now testing on Koush's... over wifi, cant say the same on 3g though. will test it out...

mayankchopra said:
Please dont flash it !! still its nt prepared for daily use
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seriously asking people not to flash this? Care to elaborate on why you would say such things? Look everyone's phones are different and I will just give my experience and let others choose to flash or not. I have ran every possible ics rom or port I could get my hands on from beezy's, kwiboo's, morpheus, and the very latest which is a port of koush's crespo version now on 4g. I have had the most sucess with kwiboo v2 4g after the flashing of the eri fix. Used it all day at work probably 11 hours on battery(franco kernel oc'd) with moderate to heavy use including youtube(on wifi) during lunch. Flashed the koush port an hour ago(clean install) all is well(camcorder works) TB restored all of my apps with a quick settings change(app processing>interactive) hope this answers a few questions.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

I would say that the battery life is good if you flash another kernel as well. I'm currently testing Glados kernel with Brainmaster's tweaked ICS v4.
Browser is really good. Web pages load really quickly. zoom can be a little sketchy on sites with only desktop pages.

okay, now I am looking for a used nexus on craigslist

[Q] Your input on MIUI ROM for our G2x (speed, mainly)

Hi.
I wouldn't want to flash to MIUI if it's not a good rom. Most important - reliability and SPEED (i love speed).
Thank you

benyben123 said:
Hi.
I wouldn't want to flash to MIUI if it's not a good rom. Most important - reliability and SPEED (i love speed).
Thank you
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It's solid and fast, because there isn't a launcher drawer. Takes a bit of getting used to the UI changes though.

The fact that Wi-Fi calling doesn't actually work on miui keeps me from being able to use miui.
Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk

lotherius said:
The fact that Wi-Fi calling doesn't actually work on miui keeps me from being able to use miui.
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I never used that WiFi calling... is it any good? what's it for? Anyways everyone's on unlimited talk now, no???

benyben123 said:
I never used that WiFi calling... is it any good? what's it for? Anyways everyone's on unlimited talk now, no???
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It's for when you can't get a signal somewhere for phone calls. It let's you use your hotspot as a cell tower, basically.
Sent from my Tsugi G2x using XDA Premium

benyben123 said:
I never used that WiFi calling... is it any good? what's it for? Anyways everyone's on unlimited talk now, no???
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C0dy said:
It's for when you can't get a signal somewhere for phone calls. It let's you use your hotspot as a cell tower, basically.
Sent from my Tsugi G2x using XDA Premium
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Exactly, it's good for the fact that this lousy g2x can't keep a signal where I live, even though my old phone could. I have unlimited talk anyway, as you say, but that's no good if I drop calls all the time.

I had the MT4G before this G2x. And MIUI on that was 100% stable and was absolutely fast and bug free. So that phone kinda set the bar high for me when it came to MIUI.
Now MIUI on the G2x is good, but not nearly as good as what I'm used to so I stick to CM7. For my experience, MIUI for G2x slows down and has random annoying bugs here and there. But it's still a daily driver. Just not as fast nor good as MIUI has been for other phones like the MT4G.
Hope that helped.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

I used MIUI for about 3 weeks. It was a great ROM in terms of customization, but to me it just never felt fast enough. Also, after a while, I started to miss the original android UI. Flashed CM7 again. (For stock feel and no CarrierIQ)

I have an issue with both CM7 and MIUI ----- for some reason when I plug in the usb, i can't get it to connect as a USB.
i don't have a memory card. just want to use the internal.
it simply will not let me
when I install Weapon ROM - it works fine!

benyben123 said:
I have an issue with both CM7 and MIUI ----- for some reason when I plug in the usb, i can't get it to connect as a USB.
i don't have a memory card. just want to use the internal.
it simply will not let me
when I install Weapon ROM - it works fine!
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That used to happen to me as well. I had to isntall the LG GB drivers, then it worked perfectly!

Wifi calling works 80% of the time. When it says invalid similar, I reboot and most of the time will work.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

Im on latest Miui 1.11.18...and these are the problems Im experiencing SO FAR...
-random reboot when talking on the phone
-freezing but able to press the power button on/off but nothing response on the touch screen. Usually happens when I unplugged the usb.
-camera takes a few times to open up or black screen
-even select the custom ringtones, it still rings default ringtone.
-won't let me change the theme even though it said its changed...

asuradaMobile said:
Im on latest Miui 1.18...and these are the problems Im experiencing SO FAR...
-random reboot when talking on the phone
-freezing but able to press the power button on/off but nothing response on the touch screen. Usually happens when I unplugged the usb.
-camera takes a few times to open up or black screen
-even select the custom ringtones, it still rings default ringtone.
-won't let me change the theme even though it said its changed...
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Yeah, I had those problems as well... Not to mention Wifi calling not actually working either. The ringtone issue bugged me quite a bit.
Reboots seem to be a hardware issue on the g2x I'm beginning to believe. My phone does not do it near as often as many, but then again, I didn't buy mine till the end of October, so it was preloaded with GB and the new baseband.

sorry I meant 1.11.18...I never really had faith in LG but it seems to be the best phone I could find in Tmobile at the time so I had no choice....

No issues at all with miui here. Loved it on my previous phone and I now use Whitehawkz miui combined with faux kernel on my optimus and it works flawlessly.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

I have the latest version of Whitehakx MIUI and I love so much about it but cant get a couple things to work and will probably switch to a stock based ROM because of it. my issues with MIUI are
1. Internal storage is unavailable to most apps except for camera and market. for instance I can NOT download any files to the internal storage and many apps say the SD is not in a mounted state. I do NOT use and external SD card.
2. GPS is not great, it's manageable...but only accurate to about 40 meters and thats after messing with GPS Test before using google maps.
If anyone has some insight on these two issues I'd be willing to pay via paypal if it leads to a fix. Also might be helpful to know I'm not on T-mobile, but Cincinnati bell. Thanks

MiUi + Morfics t15 = fast as hell. But you may experience some overheating.
MiUi + Faux v0.4.5 CM = reliable performance with awesome speed
Cm7 + Morfics t15 = Not so stable, but fast as hell.
Cm7 + Faux v04.5 CM = Awesome battery life with awesome fast and reliable performance.
These are experiences with these roms and kernels. Results may vary thought depending on your phone. Not all phones are created equal.
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Akmorgan said:
I have the latest version of Whitehakx MIUI and I love so much about it but cant get a couple things to work and will probably switch to a stock based ROM because of it. my issues with MIUI are
2. GPS is not great, it's manageable...but only accurate to about 40 meters and thats after messing with GPS Test before using google maps.
If anyone has some insight on these two issues I'd be willing to pay via paypal if it leads to a fix. Also might be helpful to know I'm not on T-mobile, but Cincinnati bell. Thanks
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Are you able to get 4g with your carrier? I'm asking because Google Maps uses your data connection as well to establish your location. Have you tried using a different navigation app that doesn't use data? Like NAVIGON perhaps...

I really appreciate your advice on ROMs. I might try CM7, are there multiple versions of that ROM?
I do have 4G with Cincinnati Bell so I dont think thats the issue, but I also haven't tried NAVIGON to see how that responds.
babymatteo said:
MiUi + Morfics t15 = fast as hell. But you may experience some overheating.
MiUi + Faux v0.4.5 CM = reliable performance with awesome speed
Cm7 + Morfics t15 = Not so stable, but fast as hell.
Cm7 + Faux v04.5 CM = Awesome battery life with awesome fast and reliable performance.
These are experiences with these roms and kernels. Results may vary thought depending on your phone. Not all phones are created equal.
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Are you able to get 4g with your carrier? I'm asking because Google Maps uses your data connection as well to establish your location. Have you tried using a different navigation app that doesn't use data? Like NAVIGON perhaps...
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I personally loved MIUI. i used the galnet miui 1.11.9 for about 3 weeks and it was really sweet. Lag is minimal, speed is good as well. One thing that i didnt like was that the battery ran out a bit faster than when i was on CM7. I am back on CM7 now mainly because i forgot to backup MIUI when trying a new rom.
Overall, it is a great rom and i prefer flashing it, just remember to backup your current rom before.

Just ordered the G2x

I order a free G2x from tmobile on the promotion which is about to end on the 21 of this month.
What is the best from this phone? Tell me your opinion about it
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using xda premium

androidfeen809 said:
I order a free G2x from tmobile on the promotion which is about to end on the 21 of this month.
What is the best from this phone? Tell me your opinion about it
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using xda premium
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CyanogenMod... Hands down, fastest ROM out there IMO

Running Eagle Bloods rom with faux123 kernel. Overclocked my phone 1.5gHZ with it undervolted as well. Getting over 15 hours of HARD power use while listening to music for 3 hours, web 2 hours, great GPS and mass amounts of texting.
Add in the few levels of World of Goo and being able to run this bad boy on the BIG SCREEN with the hdmi useing a 30 foot cable.....
This is the phone to have. Period.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20452048&postcount=2609

Zspy1985 said:
Running Eagle Bloods rom with faux123 kernel. Overclocked my phone 1.5gHZ with it undervolted as well. Getting over 15 hours of HARD power use while listening to music for 3 hours, web 2 hours, great GPS and mass amounts of texting.
Add in the few levels of World of Goo and being able to run this bad boy on the BIG SCREEN with the hdmi useing a 30 foot cable.....
This is the phone to have. Period.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20452048&postcount=2609
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Noob question: so flashing the kernel gives better battery life? or the fact that it's undervolted?

jwslam said:
Noob question: so flashing the kernel gives better battery life? or the fact that it's undervolted?
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The fact it undervolted but not all g2x cpu are built the same, undervolting can kill your cpu if it cant handle it
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

The SPEED! 'Nuff said
Sent from my G2x running EaglesBlood 2.5

Best thing about this phone is the games made for tegra. They are enhanced!
There isn't really a need to change kernal because this phone is fast as is. I tried it, oc'd it and never saw real time improvements. I actually underclock mine to 816mhz and it still plays all games the same.
This phone operates the best for me on Baldwin's kang cm7. Its fast and reliable. Either way you will want to use anything that uses the external sd card for app storage.
sent from my Google device

jetbruceli said:
Best thing about this phone is the games made for tegra. They are enhanced!
There isn't really a need to change kernal because this phone is fast as is. I tried it, oc'd it and never saw real time improvements. I actually underclock mine to 816mhz and it still plays all games the same.
This phone operates the best for me on Baldwin's kang cm7. Its fast and reliable. Either way you will want to use anything that uses the external sd card for app storage.
sent from my Google device
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Lol its actually for my grandma, I ordered the phone for her but I will be playing with the phone for sure lol. I'm keeping the slide untill a quad core htc devices comes out with a good gpu
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using xda premium

I know this is an old thread but just wanted to say this phone is pretty awesome, my grandmother loves it and so do I. What I love the most about it is the stock build of the phone, the phone seems to respond faster when tapping on capacitive buttons then when I click them on my mytouch 4g slide which isnt stock like the g2x. I notice stock will always be faster then phones which have sense, touchwiz, and other crap of layer on top of android
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA

G-ma's stock G2x. Updated software?
You mentioned the speed of the stock build. I am curious if GRANDMA has the recent software update. It's V21Y and brings the phone up to Gingerbread 2.3.4 (as opposed to 2.3.3 previously. My wife has been on it over a month now w/o rebooting. It's an awesome stock build! My G2x is rooted and running recent Cyanogenmod real well too. The stock is so good now that even I sometimes restore a rooted stock nandroid for ZERO bugginess!

Joining in the dredging of an old thread - I loaded V21y on both my and my wife's phone - both run slower with noticeably more lag than stock Froyo. But no dreaded Black Screen Of Death, which is what my wife hated (she is on call sometimes). So I guess I'm happy. Someday I should try a dev rom I guess... But I NEED WiFi calling and a2dp - not sure if I can get that in a dev rom...

namklak said:
Joining in the dredging of an old thread - I loaded V21y on both my and my wife's phone - both run slower with noticeably more lag than stock Froyo. But no dreaded Black Screen Of Death, which is what my wife hated (she is on call sometimes). So I guess I'm happy. Someday I should try a dev rom I guess... But I NEED WiFi calling and a2dp - not sure if I can get that in a dev rom...
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wifi calling and a2dp work in almost all of the roms, even on the new baseband (except bluetooth calling, but streaming music works), just try one and find out. CM7 is the best place to start

hairycheapo said:
You mentioned the speed of the stock build. I am curious if GRANDMA has the recent software update. It's V21Y and brings the phone up to Gingerbread 2.3.4 (as opposed to 2.3.3 previously. My wife has been on it over a month now w/o rebooting. It's an awesome stock build! My G2x is rooted and running recent Cyanogenmod real well too. The stock is so good now that even I sometimes restore a rooted stock nandroid for ZERO bugginess!
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Yea she got the update 2.3.4, the stock build is awesome fast, faster than the htc sense obviously but I still love the htc sense animations are just better on sense if sense could be just as fast as stock id loved it even more lol. Stock makes a big difference even the single core G2 is fast on stock faster than the mytouch even with 2 cores. I've done the test I tap the menu at the same time on the 3 phones and the mytouch is the slowest. However you do see the difference when not on the UI, for example on apps, the browser, and loading obviously the mytouch wins on that aspect 1.2 ghz dual core
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theres still some minor issues with the 2.3.4 got one rare SOD and a few odd reboots. cm7 has none of the issues. guess thats the tradeoff for proper quality of calls and a working gps.

I downgraded my baseband back to the March 2011 firmware, loaded up Hell Fire Phoenix with Faux's stable kernel, running V6 SuperCharger, and a Team Carbon theme that I'm currently modifying to my specific likings.
This phone flies for me. Everything works and it looks great while doing it. I really don't see a need to get a new phone, unless I decide I want a larger screen.
I still hate LG, but hey...

mmapcpro said:
I downgraded my baseband back to the March 2011 firmware, loaded up Hell Fire Phoenix with Faux's stable kernel, running V6 SuperCharger, and a Team Carbon theme that I'm currently modifying to my specific likings.
This phone flies for me. Everything works and it looks great while doing it. I really don't see a need to get a new phone, unless I decide I want a larger screen.
I still hate LG, but hey...
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I'm using the mytouch and my grandma won't be changing phones in a long while maybe untill her upgrade is due. And for me would be the same, I'm waiting for the quad core htc mytouch to come out.
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using xda premium

[Q] what ROM are you using?

Looking for stability and speed. I'm on eclipse 2.0 had a lot of quirks but could be cause I have : the eh radio.

Tweaked 2.1

Tweaked 2.1 PBJ 0524 Kernel
Underclocked 800mhz undervolted as well running 4G all day erry day
darkly zip-align
renice apps
sqlite3 w/ vaccum/reindex script running on schedules
GoLauncher EX/GoSMS because I love emoji's

Tweaked 2.1 w/ included Tonsit PBJ kernel
Holo Launcher(so far better than Go Launcher, which i used for 8 months before Holo)
Transparent ICS Theme
Underclocked to 800mhz, undervolted -100 across the board
have a live wallpaper as well and this ROM is fast as hell ;p

Tweaked 2.1 w/ included Tonsit PBJ kernel
Transparent ICS Theme

blarrick said:
Tweaked 2.1 w/ included Tonsit PBJ kernel
Holo Launcher(so far better than Go Launcher, which i used for 8 months before Holo)
Transparent ICS Theme
Underclocked to 800mhz, undervolted -100 across the board
have a live wallpaper as well and this ROM is fast as hell ;p
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you can undervolt more than that if you want to i'm currently running
800 -100
400 -125
200 -150
100 -200
also Blarrick, what cache size are you using for your scrolling? I can't get the scrolling to be smooth. I'm going to give it some time before I switch back to go because I love the look and feel of ICS (i pretty much have go tweaked to work like ics except icons)

Altered Beast

damn dude, that was the first rom I ever ran on this phone, loved the theme.

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p2kmafia said:
Tweaked 2.1 PBJ 0524 Kernel
Underclocked 800mhz undervolted as well running 4G all day erry day
darkly zip-align
renice apps
sqlite3 w/ vaccum/reindex script running on schedules
GoLauncher EX/GoSMS because I love emoji's
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Same.

I tried several, until I settled on Tweakstock some 6-7 months ago, which is now updated to Tweaked 2.1. It's been the most stable custom ROM on this phone.

AlenP said:
I tried several, until I settled on Tweakstock some 6-7 months ago, which is now updated to Tweaked 2.1. It's been the most stable custom ROM on this phone.
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Holy crap - has it really been that long? Wow... I suppose it has...

So Tweaked is the winner.
Does Bluetooth to the car work okay with it.
My poor Charge has been relegated to car duty. It sits in the glove box plugged into a charger and is supposed to autoconnect to the car BT when I start the car. It works 2-3 starts, but then I have to pull it out and cycle BT on the phone to get a connect.
I need a ROM that doesn't require that.
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I've never used the Charge with BT audio, but I know a lot of people have had trouble with it. None of the ROMs fundamentally change anything about the radios, so I doubt there would be any change to the functionality. They're all just redressed TouchWiz.

shrike1978 said:
I've never used the Charge with BT audio, but I know a lot of people have had trouble with it. None of the ROMs fundamentally change anything about the radios, so I doubt there would be any change to the functionality. They're all just redressed TouchWiz.
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Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. This was a nifty piece of hardware, but software support never great. I've moved on to much better phones, but was going to get a bit more life out of the Charge using it as a dedicated car phone. Still will, but is an annoying little quirk to deal with.
Thanks.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

I trying out tweaked 2.1 right now (as of yesterday). I use to be on eclipse 2.0. It was nice and quick and I didn't have any problems with it. It just seems that nitro is busy with the moto right now (which is cool). I tried infinity rom a while ago and it seemed glitchy. I'm sure it was due to my inexperience as it was my first root. Tweaked is pretty fast and I haven't had any probs w it which is great. I just wish I could get tweaktools to talk to one of the servers. Well, i guess that it a small problem. I haven't had time to dive into it yet though. I'm a slave to the Almighty $$.
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distortedloop said:
So Tweaked is the winner.
Does Bluetooth to the car work okay with it.
My poor Charge has been relegated to car duty. It sits in the glove box plugged into a charger and is supposed to autoconnect to the car BT when I start the car. It works 2-3 starts, but then I have to pull it out and cycle BT on the phone to get a connect.
I need a ROM that doesn't require that.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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I too have Tweaked 2.1. The ROM itself is amazing, lightning fast. I use mine every day with BT in the car and it connects perfectly every time. I don't know why, but it auto plays the podcast I was listening to last, which, while a nice feature, wish i could disable it. Tasker, autostarts, etc haven't worked for me.
but bluetooth media and phone work great in my car!

Antoneus1231 said:
...I just wish I could get tweaktools to talk to one of the servers...
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Have you made any changes to busybox at all? That's a common one associated w/ tweaktools issues - I've had the best luck using 1.19.4 myself, though others have reported all is well w/ more recent iterations. Occasionally things are just down as well, or I'm in there messing with things and causing problems

distortedloop said:
So Tweaked is the winner.
Does Bluetooth to the car work okay with it.
My poor Charge has been relegated to car duty. It sits in the glove box plugged into a charger and is supposed to autoconnect to the car BT when I start the car. It works 2-3 starts, but then I have to pull it out and cycle BT on the phone to get a connect.
I need a ROM that doesn't require that.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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could be the app you are using to connect. I use Vlingo.
my only problem with BT connectivity is that the media will not transmit from the phone to the device. this only happens after initially pairing the devices (which it works right away), then later in the day or that night, i silence the phone, and then even if I turn the sound back on, the media will no longer connect. i then have to back to my BT settings and uncheck then recheck media under the connected device.
same deal with voice output. I like to have my phone read out my texts and caller id, but if I silence the phone, it turns it off completely, even if I turn the sound back on.
I suspect it's more of an issue with the android OS.

All I'm trying to do is use hands free for phone call. No app, no streaming. Is certainly not my car, five other phones I have work flawlessly.
I'm just now finishing up putting Tweaked on my phone. Love the blue theme and the android Lloyd wallpaper. Now to test the reliability of BT.
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[ROM][MB1][5/28] ZERO v1.2

Completely developed on the device for the device. Not one computer was used.
IF YOUR BATTERY LIFE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO YOU IN THE WORLD THIS MAY NOT BE FOR YOU!
Battery life hasn't been thoroughly tested and not expected to be great.
Welcome to ROM ZERO.
ZERO was developed for one purpose. SPEED! You will open apps, download, install apps, and browse the web faster than before. This rom is based on USABILITY SPEED and may not show in benchmarks. It's two totally different things. Battery life is not expected to be great but hasn't been tested so please Don't complain about your battery life. I would like some feedback on the battery life but as I said, don't expect much.
This is a stock rom lightly debloated with a few nice tweaks. I have added my yamato performance edition tweaks and some scripting in the frame buffer to help speed things up. This will give you higher frame rates in games and overall speed. Lean kernel is preloaded and completely over clocked including the GPU out of the box. There is no need to lkconfig. The GPU governor is also automatically set to performance mode. There are alot of adjustments made to this rom for speed. It's FAST.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
De-odexed system with ODEXED apps.
Lightly debloated.
Black & white toggles.
Black status bar.
4.2 keyboard.
Menu to kill.
Holo & stock TW launchers.
Adjusted Bluetooth for quicker connections
Complete rewrite of the build.prop and included all of my HWUI settings for speed and a better visual experience.
Frame buffer speed adjustments.
Full HW rendering.
GPU over-clocked.
SPECIAL THANKS TO-
scrosler Scottsroms
zepplinrocks
thisiskinacrap
imoseyon
andybones
Gnufabio
Chainfire
If I missed you let me know!
READ CAREFULLY!!!!
I am NOT responsible for you device. Flash this rom at your own risk!
*ISSUES*
Setup Wizard not loading properly. Hit home button to bypass.
INSTRUCTIONS...
1. Flash in recovery
2. Let the rom settle after it boots. Don't touch your phone for a couple of minutes.
3. Spend your 15 minutes and set your settings and whatever else you usually do after you flash your rom. THEN REBOOT. Things will get even better.
4. Enjoy.
Download....
ZERO v1.2 MB1 618mb
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22979706399752470
MIRROR
http://d-h.st/GVo

CHANGE LOG.
Version 1.2
- Fixed scripting.

Mine again

Link is up!

First!...yes..I finally did it..lol
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Congrats, you win the internet.
Awesome to see more roms. Thanks!
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bobAbooE said:
Congrats, you win the internet.
Awesome to see more roms. Thanks!
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Yes I have always wanted my very own Internet. .lol

Installed this a few hours ago, been playing with it nonstop since then. I love it, but the native wifi tethering does not work. Is there a workaround for this that I'm missing? The wireless tether apps on the market don;t seem to be working, even with changing some settings. Thanks!

Hubblemuffin said:
Installed this a few hours ago, been playing with it nonstop since then. I love it, but the native wifi tethering does not work. Is there a workaround for this that I'm missing? The wireless tether apps on the market don;t seem to be working, even with changing some settings. Thanks!
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I'm going to guess I got a bit carried away with de-bloating. I will check it out. It's something I just never used but I will make it work. Sorry bout that!

Ok I just checked out native tethering but couldn't find any problems. What kind of issue are you having with it?

Not having any luck downloading through the link in the op. Keep getting a downloading error. Is the file hosted anywhere else by chance?? Thanks!
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I just posted a dropbox link in the op. See if that works better for you. The original link is working fine for me though.

I can start the hotspot from the status bar on top, but when I connect to my phone, get either a Limited Connectivity error or no connection at all. I can take some screenshots when I get home if that would help, maybe the app has an error log that I can find.

Just flashed, had no issues. Everything seems nice and smooth. Its also visually very smooth. Coming from clean ROM I would say as far as "speed" at least opening apps and such Clean ROM is faster, but Zero is very fluid. No issues with lag. I havent tested much else. So far so good though. Nice work and thanks! Its been kind of quiet on the forums since the S4 came out.

Unfortunately I found an issue this morning with some of the scripts loading. This rom is currently not running as I intended it as far as speed. The update tonight will be a huge difference in performance! Sorry about the bug.

Version 1.2 released.
Fixed scripting.
This will be a noticeable improvement!
Thanks for your patience.
I would love to know what battery life you guys get with this.

Downloading now. I have a gorilla gadgets battery 4500mah idk if that'll be much help tho.
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Downloading now. I have a gorilla gadgets battery 4500mah idk if that'll be much help tho.
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Crap thats a big battery. How much time do you usually get out of that?

Nice! Could you possibly remove Backup Assistant from settings? Always bothers me.
EDIT: Also, it's not allowing the setup wizard to complete. This is the only way to get my apps to auto-restore so could you look into it?

syoungblood95 said:
Nice! Could you possibly remove Backup Assistant from settings? Always bothers me.
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Well it's obviously easy enough to remove the app itself but removing the tab from the settings menu isn't something I have ever dove into yet. For me it's a bit complicated and over my head right now. I'm going to have to read up on setting tabs and learn a bit more about it. Probably in version 5.0 lol.
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Darn another flaw! Ugghhh! Yes I will.