I have to applaud HTC for somewhat following development of their device. They added a toggle to change the behavior of the recent app button so there's no need to mod it. On CR 4.5 I also have 770mb of ram visible. Maybe they did some optimization. Even multitasking is a tad better without Scott's multitasking mod.
I have a bug that shows "G" when I'm on HSPA+ but doesn't really affect speeds.
Overall I would say this OTA is quite good. The overall feel is much snappier.
Edit: ok, so the multitasking is pretty boss so far. The last 4 apps were still cached after not touching phone for 30 minutes. It COULD be placebo but god damn I'm enjoying 4.0.4.
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I'm happy to see this review, as I'm planning on upgrading from CleanROM 4.2 to 4.5 asap. However, I'm not sure that this mini-review is so much about the newest Sense as it is about CleanROM. How can you be sure that the upgrades that you're noticing aren't from Scott's work, not baked into Sense?
The recent button behavior swap is new from stock 4.0.4. The RAM increase has to be from HTC directly because we have no kernel source.
As for multitasking, I'm doing a little bit of assuming. Scott likes to put his mods separate from the rom itself so people can choose what they like. Only EQS, 4G icon and some ATT specific mods were included in the CleanMod install. On top of that, this is the best multitasking I've seen on any rom. If Scott DID do something with the multitasking I'll be glad to be corrected.
Either way, everyone wins with this update.
EDIT: HSPA+ with 2.09 radio, I'm getting speeds I normally get on speed test. I hear people have problems with LTE? Not sure.
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So does it mean it comes with a new kernel?
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Yes i think so
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Oooooh. Shiny!
I wonder if CM10/AOKP can take advantage of this new kernel?
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That's awesome. I got 672 total on mine only. Notice a difference in speed?
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I'm happy to see this review, as I'm planning on upgrading from CleanROM 4.2 to 4.5 asap. However, I'm not sure that this mini-review is so much about the newest Sense as it is about CleanROM. How can you be sure that the upgrades that you're noticing aren't from Scott's work, not baked into Sense?
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I used stock 2.23, I can confirm those sense options are from stock. Also, I noticed the interfacei n general is much smoother and snappier. They also added a fade effect when turning pages on the home screen which is nice.
So wait, HTC freed up about 100mb of RAM with this latest leak? That's awesome! I think I'm gonna have to update my ROM now, still on CleanROM SE 2.6.
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So wait, HTC freed up about 100mb of RAM with this latest leak? That's awesome! I think I'm gonna have to update my ROM now, still on CleanROM SE 2.6.
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I think that's just gravy. No 4.0.3 based rom even comes close to the multitasking that the leaked 4.0.4 has. They must have tweaked their extremely aggressive memory management to allow much better memory management. Of course YMMV, but I've just been testing it over the course of the day. Most of the apps within the first 4-5 slots can get cached no problem if you press home.
People complain, but this might be the reason why HTC have not released their kernel. HOX IS their flagship, so maybe they didn't want to release a crippled kernel for HOXL users. I'm very impressed that they are listening to community feedback.
How's battery life with the multitasking change?
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So wait, HTC freed up about 100mb of RAM with this latest leak? That's awesome! I think I'm gonna have to update my ROM now, still on CleanROM SE 2.6.
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Yeah HTC freed up a whole lot of ram and I've noticed the Sense Launcher transition is slightly altered. Overall, much snappier!
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It's not a leak, it is an official update for HTC Asia xl, for Singtel Singapore.
I noticed the clock app now remembers what tab you were on, eg alarms.
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I noticed the clock app now remembers what tab you were on, eg alarms.
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That was my biggest pet peeve!
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That was my biggest pet peeve!
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Yea same, I think it was on a lot of peoples lists as a silly thing.
It is nice now that it is fixed!
Another thing I noticed is that the contacts "Updates" and "Gallery" now populate with stuff from Facebook, rather than just infinitely saying "Loading".
Does 4.0.4 fix the static/hiss problem when playing music from the headphone out as mentioned in this thread?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720212
If it does then i'm sold. Looking to get rid of my GS3 for this - which although wonderful, doesn't play well with my network and drains way too quickly on standby + HSPA.
Can someone please tell me what the kernel build date is?
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Does 4.0.4 fix the static/hiss problem when playing music from the headphone out as mentioned in this thread?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720212
If it does then i'm sold. Looking to get rid of my GS3 for this - which although wonderful, doesn't play well with my network and drains way too quickly on standby + HSPA.
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I've never had this problem and I use my headphones to listen to music and podcasts every single day. tested with both beats on and off, using both my IEMs and headphones and still no hiss.
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July 12.
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So I'll be coming from a S***sung Craptivate after it killed its own memory, resulting in not having enough room to load a back-up or a fresh ROM after a full wipe. (Phone is actually in two pieces, divided straight across the center) I had the phone flashed with a rooted deodexed and lagfixed ROM (Paragon RC6) and undervolted and stock clock speed (1ghz). I also had a different launcher, text based icons, widgetlocker, basically nothing was "stock" about it, but that was out of need, to fix the shutdown problem, the crappy GPS, the crappy sound, the crappy speed, the crappy lag.. etc etc..
I will be buying a Desire when it is back in stock locally, hopefully with tomorrow's shipment. But I have a few questions...
How much different is everything about modding this phone? I've read the guides and the stickies, and liking the Ingersol ROM (with just a battery notification mod, would like it to be white and turn red below 15% instead of the crazy colors it does.)
I only have 3 questions really... but one or more may become more. Please bare with me.
1. It looks like to root I'd have to DOWNGRADE.. what does this downgrade affect, or is an up-to-date version flashed after the root?
2. Can anybody tell me what HTC Sense is all about? Is it the launcher? It seems like a combination of apps already out there but from HTC (Flip to silence for example). What do I lose by going with a non-sense ROM? Also I take it using Desire based ROMs don't use Sense? But why would people want to use a ROM based off a different phone altogether?
3. Gingerbread ROMs (CM7 and the like) were buggier than all hell on the Captivate. Sure it looked good (but that's theming) and was supposed to be fast, but all over the Craptivate develpment forums was posts about widgets/apps not working, not refreshing, or force closing constantly with 2.3.3. A lot of the phones functionality was lost too, like the ability to take pictures, or use it for social networking (Facebook not working..). How do the 2.3.3 ROMs take to the Inspire?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advanced!
You need to downgrade to get unknown sources back. HTC sense is basically a theme that designed for there phone if I'm not mistaking. The gingerbread themes here are very smooth and good. You will encounter bugs but that will always be fix from the developers
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1. It looks like to root I'd have to DOWNGRADE.. what does this downgrade affect, or is an up-to-date version flashed after the root?
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It only enables the exploit to get S-OFF (think recovery 2e from the Captivate, vs 3e which required signed update.zip's). Once done, you don't have to worry about it again. There are plenty of stock based ROM's like TPC or dilligaf for you to choose from if you so desire.
2. Can anybody tell me what HTC Sense is all about? Is it the launcher? It seems like a combination of apps already out there but from HTC (Flip to silence for example). What do I lose by going with a non-sense ROM? Also I take it using Desire based ROMs don't use Sense? But why would people want to use a ROM based off a different phone altogether?
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Sense is more than the launcher, it is a complete rework of the Android framework, like TouchWiz, but nowhere near as craptacular. It is actually useful. Any HTC sourced ROM will originally have Sense in it, but some HTC ROM's that say "no-sense" have a good chunk of that removed and are more like AOSP Android, but not quite all the way. Then there are other ROM's like CyanogenMod, which are based on actual Google AOSP code and have NO HTC software in them. It really is your choice which to use. I tend to flip between them. My personal favorites are CM7 and RCMixHD 5.9.4. I would flash them both to see what your preference is.
3. Gingerbread ROMs (CM7 and the like) were buggier than all hell on the Captivate. Sure it looked good (but that's theming) and was supposed to be fast, but all over the Craptivate develpment forums was posts about widgets/apps not working, not refreshing, or force closing constantly with 2.3.3. A lot of the phones functionality was lost too, like the ability to take pictures, or use it for social networking (Facebook not working..). How do the 2.3.3 ROMs take to the Inspire?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advanced!
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They work perfectly, with only the minorest of troubles that tend to be app specific, like the Gmail word wrap issue(which is not even a big deal at all). I haven't used a Froyo ROM in weeks.
And finally, welcome from another former Craptivate user! You will be MUCH happier with this phone.
Thanks!
In terms of stability, "snappiness" (at 1ghz clock speed), and resource consumption/management, is there a noticeable difference between Sense based, and AOSP based ROMs?
I'm also looking for decent battery life. I understand that screen on time and brightness, along with reception are the biggest consumers, but do one of the above based ROMs seem to do a better job of managing power consumption?
I am pretty weary of flashing a GB ROM just because of the numerous compatibility issues that I witnessed on the craptivate forum..
On the RCmix ROM, does it come overclocked by default? It says to use SetCPU to adjust it, so I'm assuming it runs at 1.0 ghz right off the flash? That ROM along with the theme with the white notification bar icons seems to be what I'll be flashing first. Thanks for the helpful information thus far!
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Thanks!
In terms of stability, "snappiness" (at 1ghz clock speed), and resource consumption/management, is there a noticeable difference between Sense based, and AOSP based ROMs?
I'm also looking for decent battery life. I understand that screen on time and brightness, along with reception are the biggest consumers, but do one of the above based ROMs seem to do a better job of managing power consumption?
I am pretty weary of flashing a GB ROM just because of the numerous compatibility issues that I witnessed on the craptivate forum..
On the RCmix ROM, does it come overclocked by default? It says to use SetCPU to adjust it, so I'm assuming it runs at 1.0 ghz right off the flash? That ROM along with the theme with the white notification bar icons seems to be what I'll be flashing first. Thanks for the helpful information thus far!
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The only thing about sense that really eats battery is the constant data usage of the HTC sense account, if you don't set up an account, your battery life should be rather good. As far as the gb roms they are all working very well, and you will find a small bug here and there, but all the major roms are very good daily drivers.
Most of the roms here have numorous tweaks for stability and snappiness, and you would probably be pleased with any of the major ones. I would say there is more difference between stock sense and tweaked sense than tweaked sense and no sense as far as performance goes. I ran stock for all of a few hours when I got this phone, and have been on a few roms with and without sense, and all of them have been very snappy and smooth.
Any of the major roms that support clock speed adjustments will use setcpu to adjust it, you can run at basically any speed setcpu lets you(within reason, and check the rom post for exceptions and recomendations) I currently run at a maximum of 1.5ghz on miui and my battery life is just as good as it was running 1.2ghz on android revolution.
And last but not least, don't be afraid of gingerbread here, most major bugs have been worked out and 90% of the problems posted about are due to the installer, not the rom.
Welcome aboard!
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Just an add on note:
Gingerbread sense ROMs do not have overclocking right now. But really they are so butter smooth especially when compared to a captivate. RCMix5.9.3 has no compatibility issues I have found.
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Is there any gingerbread non sense Rom ?
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Is there any gingerbread non sense Rom ?
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MIUI and CM7 pop to mind. Those are AOSP sourced.
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MIUI and CM7 pop to mind. Those are AOSP sourced.
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Those are gingerbread? I thought they werent.
XAviierG said:
Those are gingerbread? I thought they werent.
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Yes they are. 2.3.3.
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XAviierG said:
Those are gingerbread? I thought they werent.
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Yep they are GB. There is also Ultimate Droid, which I am using now. This is the best ROM I have used so far, but all of them have been rock solid as far as performance goes. I don't think you will find a bad ROM on here. You will recognize some of the devs from the captivate forums.
As for my battery life. I have been unplugged for just over 15hrs and I am down to 21%. That is with 2 push email accounts, 3 hours streaming rhapsody, 2 hours mp3 music, 30 mins of calls, and about 1 hour of browsing/gaming. It also helps that I am on wifi for 90% of the day.
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Yep they are GB. There is also Ultimate Droid, which I am using now. This is the best ROM I have used so far, but all of them have been rock solid as far as performance goes. I don't think you will find a bad ROM on here. You will recognize some of the devs from the captivate forums.
As for my battery life. I have been unplugged for just over 15hrs and I am down to 21%. That is with 2 push email accounts, 3 hours streaming rhapsody, 2 hours mp3 music, 30 mins of calls, and about 1 hour of browsing/gaming. It also helps that I am on wifi for 90% of the day.
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Have you tried Phoenix
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Xaviier my man u may post,but a lot of times your information is short with not much Info.lmao buddy cm7 is pure gingerbread and miui. And htc sense is they user interface...meaning its the over lay on top of android. Without the ui, it would be pure vanillia.sense pretty much makes the experience of using the layout of android a lot more customizable with exclusive sense Widgets,sync options,even that beautiful clock. Kinda like how ur cappy had the touchwiz interface,just a lot better.
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Xaviier my man u may post,but a lot of times your information is short with not much Info.lmao buddy cm7 is pure gingerbread and miui. And htc sense is they user interface...meaning its the over lay on top of android. Without the ui, it would be pure vanillia.sense pretty much makes the experience of using the layout of android a lot more customizable with exclusive sense Widgets,sync options,even that beautiful clock. Kinda like how ur cappy had the touchwiz interface,just a lot better.
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Haha yeah I do post a bit. IM always on my phone and its just everything going on and I try to make It simple. Once again thanks for putting that all out
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Not yet but I plan to. I used Adam's ROMs on my Captivate and they were top notch.
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Not yet but I plan to. I used Adam's ROMs on my Captivate and they were top notch.
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yeah its good. IM currently using the ultimate droid
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Are there any benefits of going with the GB version of RCmix versus the Froyo version? Basically I don't feel comfortable flashing an OS not designed for the device so I'm leaning towards the Froyo based version of that ROM.
Thanks agian for all the help. Really looking forward to this phone. Using a S***sung Mythic for the time being, I can't even type on this phone...
It all depends what theme goes with you.
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Are there any benefits of going with the GB version of RCmix versus the Froyo version? Basically I don't feel comfortable flashing an OS not designed for the device so I'm leaning towards the Froyo based version of that ROM.
Thanks agian for all the help. Really looking forward to this phone. Using a S***sung Mythic for the time being, I can't even type on this phone...
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I've gotten better performance out of the GB ROMs I have used. I believe that ROM is based off the leaked GB for the Desire HD which is the same thing as the Inspire, so you shouldn't have any worries about it not being designed for this phone.
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yeah its good. IM currently using the ultimate droid
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Yea, the UD ROM is really good. I've been on it for the past week or so and it is running like a champ. Making it really hard to switch to something else.
For those who have tried the recently released ICS rom made for this phone. Is the phone faster with ICS? Does it live longer on a full charge?
My Sensation dies after using it for 9-10 hours after a full charge using the latest official rom.
Euroman28 said:
For those who have tried the recently released ICS rom made for this phone. Is the phone faster with ICS? Does it live longer on a full charge?
My Sensation dies after using it for 9-10 hours after a full charge using the latest official rom.
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It's an early test version but I have noticed much better battery life getting 30 hours with some fair use vs 20 (anker battery)
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im using revolution rom with aosp mods and getting a good day at least out of it and im using it constantly
Euroman28 said:
For those who have tried the recently released ICS rom made for this phone. Is the phone faster with ICS? Does it live longer on a full charge?
My Sensation dies after using it for 9-10 hours after a full charge using the latest official rom.
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With my Sensation. It's faster, muck more faster. And the batery life is still normal
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It's an early test version but I have noticed much better battery life getting 30 hours with some fair use vs 20 (anker battery)
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20hours on GB 2.3.5 that is.
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I didn't find much speed increase on virtually all sense ics roms, currently using closest to AOSP - virtuous. They are in fact all laggy to say the least but good enough to be a daily driver. However, battery life is definitely better. I also recommend juice defender app for improved battery.
Waiting for pure AOSP....
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at the end of the day i'd say sense experience still > aosp experience
Wrong section here, this should be in q&a.
I have tried all the ICS builds available as many have and honestly, battery may be a bit better but thats it. They can be used as a daily I image but personally I am holding off. I am sure its kernel related and an early build combo that equals sub-par performance but you will definitely experience lag. The Devs have done a stand up job with it but just not enough available to them to really get it right. I dont know how long you have been around Android but it reminds me of running Sense on my G1, yes it works but...
Why the **** did this noob write this topic in the development forums? Hey OP where's the download link to whatever you're offering?
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Wrong section here, this should be in q&a.
I have tried all the ICS builds available as many have and honestly, battery may be a bit better but thats it. They can be used as a daily I image but personally I am holding off. I am sure its kernel related and an early build combo that equals sub-par performance but you will definitely experience lag. The Devs have done a stand up job with it but just not enough available to them to really get it right. I dont know how long you have been around Android but it reminds me of running Sense on my G1, yes it works but...
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Yes, I agree a tad bit laggy, improved battery.... A little bit.
But the main improvements are with the UI and the new gapps. I find all the new interface tweaks are really useful, like multi user sign in directly from a pop up in the browser when you log in online, or being able to put a slick folder on the app launcher bar, or the new gmail app .....
So maybe not for a speed deamon... But go through the available tweaks.... Get the 2nd CPU online and try it, it works very nicely. Personally using ARHD and find it a very usable day to day ics ROM.
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Why the **** did this noob write this topic in the development forums? Hey OP where's the download link to whatever you're offering?
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Why don't you grow up? If you're not going to write anything helpful just don't. There are other ways to make your point and not being immature kid about it.
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For those who have tried the recently released ICS rom made for this phone. Is the phone faster with ICS? Does it live longer on a full charge?
My Sensation dies after using it for 9-10 hours after a full charge using the latest official rom.
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i`m getting about 22 hours on a single charge, wi-fi, mobile data, auto-sync always on with a moderate-high usage. it`s much better since the best with a gb rom was about 12 hours
For ICS, do you guys use Radio version 10.58.9035.00U_10.15.9035.02_2 or the latest 11.59.3504.00U_11.16.3504.16 ??
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For ICS, do you guys use Radio version 10.58.9035.00U_10.15.9035.02_2 or the latest 11.59.3504.00U_11.16.3504.16 ??
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the first one and it's running great...
Day 1 report on ICS (Virtuous v1.3.0 ICS) - after 4 hrs, I'm only down to 92% on battery.
Previously I was running CM7.1/alpha10 (GB) and the battery-life was aweful (It was an alpha, I know, I accepted that). After 4 hrs on that ROM, tho, I would have been down to 75% typically.
so now with the kernel sources of the one xl can multitasking truely be fixed?
What's wrong with it?
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HTC messed it up due to sense 4 being a memory hog , rendering it useless
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HTC messed it up due to sense 4 being a memory hog , rendering it useless
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I haven't had any problems with multitouch. Make sure you're disabling HTC gestures under the "Display and Gestures" settings. If you don't disable it, multitouch is limited to two points. Disabling this feature enables 10 point multitouch.
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I haven't had any problems with multitouch. Make sure you're disabling HTC gestures under the "Display and Gestures" settings. If you don't disable it, multitouch is limited to two points. Disabling this feature enables 10 point multitouch.
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Not multi-touch, multitasking
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not mutitouch, the "multitask" or "recent apps" function
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lol multitasking was already fixed by Calkulin, but he hasn't released his ROM yet
Currently they found the framework issue that messes with multitasking and once combined with 2.xx ROMs that increase available RAM to the user it should drastically help with multitasking.
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4.0.4 already greatly improved multitasking. I tried going back to 4.0.3 and it was impossible.
ive gotten up to 440mb free ram on cm9 but noticed it still wasnt multitasking correctly, possibly because it uses the htc kernel?
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ive gotten up to 440mb free ram on cm9 but noticed it still wasnt multitasking correctly, possibly because it uses the htc kernel?
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Because the kernel in CM9 is based on 4.0.3 which has the butchered multitasking.
They worked wonders as far as sense 4 being a resource hog in 4.0.4. It's twice as smooth literally, and has more free ram. I'd love to know where the fat was trimmed. Amazing what software tweaks can do.
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They worked wonders as far as sense 4 being a resource hog in 4.0.4. It's twice as smooth literally, and has more free ram. I'd love to know where the fat was trimmed. Amazing what software tweaks can do.
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which rom are you using which is 4.0.4?
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Clean Rom 4.5
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Clean Rom 4.5
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developer edition or standard? and is it like the multitasking mod on the previous versions or is it a drastic improvement?
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developer edition or standard? and is it like the multitasking mod on the previous versions or is it a drastic improvement?
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No, it has a revised version of sense and new settings for multitask because it is the new 2.x base.
And yes it is a big improvement. There was nothing wrong with it other than the settings were very aggressive.
CleanRom 4.1 or 4.2 with the level 2 multitask mod works great and it is based on 1.x base. The mod just changes the parameters. Old kernel new settings works great. So it really wasn't sense, just tuned wrong.
I recommend just joining us on the new CR4.5. It is the best Rom out there.
If you want the old base, use CR4.1. Bunches of mods, incredible battery life! 4.1 is probably the best all around as far as bugs, there really aren't any! 4.2 is ok, but not as smooth overall compared to 4.1.
I recently tested all radios for speed, and 1.91 is the clear winner. I posted all my results in the CR4.5 thread.
Standard edition is fine for daily driver use.
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ive been wanting to try it but not sure if it will work on the blackout beastmode kernel 2.0.1
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ive been wanting to try it but not sure if it will work on the blackout beastmode kernel 2.0.1
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Which kernel/base is that Rom built with?
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Only 4.0.3 roms, says so in the OP.
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I've read many people say 4.0.4 is like 4.0.3 with the multitasking mod, but I completely disagree with that statement. I tried going back to 4.0.3 with multitasking mod to try out the Beastmode kernel. While the 192min/1200max underclock gave me extremely good battery life, the multitasking felt horrendous after playing around with 4.0.4.
I know its standard to protocol to answer these type of questions with read and flash em and decide which is best. Problem is that its not for me, its for my girlfriend who is not very tech savey to say the least. She is complaining of battery life so I was wondering if there was a rom that was/is perfectly stable with good battery life. Performance isn't an issue as neither is eye candy or tweaks. She is pretty much out of the box type of person. She left ios because of the bigger screen and other functions ios doesnt have, but for the most part she is typical iphone user. I just want her to get better battery life.
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HTC one x you press the capacitive button to the right of home then you swipe up on the app to quit it.Now If you want to permanately remove bloatware/other processes, you have to root the phone ...although juice defender ult is a great app..the one x battery is great for me..even when I was on stock..maybe turn off fastboot( in power settings) turn off all the sound, Screen brightness low, touch settings(vibrate when keys touched..etc).check push notifications manually.. believe me android is more productive in battery life then IOS. Hope I helped. A thanks would be appreciated
Try paranoid android 2.54 with stock kernel, gives me the most battery on screen usage with 4-5 hours and 14 hours standby.
I also have screen brightness set to auto and auto sync for gmail, whatsapp, and twitter. I switched from cleanrom 5 and I'm loving this one.
I have tried most ROMs including cm10, kingkang ROM, etc
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Would you say aosp Roms are more battery. Efficient than sense?
Also for each Rom do we have to also flash the kernal seperately using the all in one tool kit by hasoon?
CleanROM has the best battery life for me. It's also extremely stable.
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You need a rooted sense ROM. Debloated. Root it so you can flash a kernel that has some has undervolt applied like elemental 2.0.
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Yeah sense ROMs for me were okay for battery but the PA 2.54 has actually proven to be better for me at least. Try them all and see what works best for reliability and such, I spent 3-4 weeks discovering what I liked most
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pjcordi said:
Yeah sense ROMs for me were okay for battery but the PA 2.54 has actually proven to be better for me at least. Try them all and see what works best for reliability and such, I spent 3-4 weeks discovering what I liked most
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Cleanrom with 2.40 or 2.41 radio/ril and beastmode kernel.
CM, AOSP, and other non sense roms seem to be having battery issues. Random steep drops in battery level.
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c5satellite2 said:
Cleanrom with 2.40 or 2.41 radio/ril and beastmode kernel.
CM, AOSP, and other non sense roms seem to be having battery issues. Random steep drops in battery level.
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This.
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I have actually found the best battery life from Viper 2.2.0 and the elementX combo. I desensed though.
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Kindatired said:
I have actually found the best battery life from Viper 2.2.0 and the elementX combo. I desensed though.
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I think the kernel is what allows the better battery life, not too sure though.
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I think the kernel is what allows the better battery life, not too sure though.
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From what I've seen on the dev forums, it seems like the majority of people have not had a lot of luck with battery life while using CM10 (just my perception, though. I'm on CleanRom). I definitely think a good kernel will go a long way (especially if you underclock things), but the ROM will play a part if a lot of software has to be running all the time to support ROM features.
Kernal has more to do with battery life hence the reason people are not getting amazing battery life on aosp roms for our phone right now. Kernal is still a WIP. I am hoping we see jelly bean sense roms soon, might give the best of both worlds.
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Hey guys, I've recently bought a AT&T HTC One X. This is my first smartphone, and it is fully stocked, locked bootloader and no root, android 4.0.4 and software version 2.20.502.7, really like the phone. However, I am not really impressed with the battery life. I would usually charge it over night for around 8 hours, take it off in the morning at around 08:00, take it to school, casually check facebook/gmail, maybe watch one or two videos and by the time I get home at around 15:30, the battery would be at around 15%. I was wondering whether this is normal and if there is any point of my rooting the device and flashing any custom roms?
I have disabled all the AT&T bloatware, decreased my screen brightness to around 25%, no live wallpapers, disabled auto syncing, wifi and mobile data mobile switched on only when I use it, only have a weather/clock widget and a couple of games. So I have been researching about rooting and customer roms for about a month now, and found out that some members have amazing battery life times with Cleanroms and custom kernels, so I was wondering whether the latest 5.1 Cleanrom with a Beastmode kernel 4.4 would cause any damage to my phone and whether any of you guys are using it?
Thanks for your time!
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Hey guys, I've recently bought a AT&T HTC One X. This is my first smartphone, and it is fully stocked, locked bootloader and no root, android 4.0.4 and software version 2.20.502.7, really like the phone. However, I am not really impressed with the battery life. I would usually charge it over night for around 8 hours, take it off in the morning at around 08:00, take it to school, casually check facebook/gmail, maybe watch one or two videos and by the time I get home at around 15:30, the battery would be at around 15%. I was wondering whether this is normal and if there is any point of my rooting the device and flashing any custom roms?
I have disabled all the AT&T bloatware, decreased my screen brightness to around 25%, no live wallpapers, disabled auto syncing, wifi and mobile data mobile switched on only when I use it, only have a weather/clock widget and a couple of games. So I have been researching about rooting and customer roms for about a month now, and found out that some members have amazing battery life times with Cleanroms and custom kernels, so I was wondering whether the latest 5.1 Cleanrom with a Beastmode kernel 4.4 would cause any damage to my phone and whether any of you guys are using it?
Thanks for your time!
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It isn't necessary to spam all the battery threads with the same question. One thread is enough.
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It isn't necessary to spam all the battery threads with the same question. One thread is enough.
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Spam? I am new to this which means I don't necessary know how the whole system works, therefore I am trying to find the best answer I can. Sorry to see that's bothering some people.
Irritate the ones that have to go through these threads an your Chances diminish greatly.
Tis a sad day when being new allows for this spamming in ones mind.
WR
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I saw other threads like this but they're not necessarily answering the question for the HTC One X AT&T.
See, my HTC One X (had it since last late June) is really laggy. I switched from the default Sense 4 launcher to Nova Launcher Prime, was a BIT smoother but still laggy as hell. I tried another launcher (8Launcher - Windows theme lol) and it was alright for a bit. Now it's stuttering every time I unlock and it's just annoying.
I'm considering rooting my phone, but will that fix this? Getting a new ROM? I want butter like everyone else...
Seems like I'm the only person with a laggy phone while I see people on YouTube and on these forums with buttery phones and I'm just drooling and getting annoyed because I know my phone SHOULD be capable of getting that.
Thanks!
Rooting in and of itself will do nothing but give you root access.
But custom roms and kernels, with debloating, should speed you up. Two apps should help: Greenift and lagfix.
I would also suggest, once you're unlocked and s-off, updating to the most recent firmware via ruu. Don't do it before rooting or you'll be stuck unrooted. Also, don't do it unless you're s-off or you may brick your phone applying the jb RUU over supercid.
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I saw other threads like this but they're not necessarily answering the question for the HTC One X AT&T.
See, my HTC One X (had it since last late June) is really laggy. I switched from the default Sense 4 launcher to Nova Launcher Prime, was a BIT smoother but still laggy as hell. I tried another launcher (8Launcher - Windows theme lol) and it was alright for a bit. Now it's stuttering every time I unlock and it's just annoying.
I'm considering rooting my phone, but will that fix this? Getting a new ROM? I want butter like everyone else...
Seems like I'm the only person with a laggy phone while I see people on YouTube and on these forums with buttery phones and I'm just drooling and getting annoyed because I know my phone SHOULD be capable of getting that.
Thanks!
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Just going to throw my two cents in...
I've had the ATT One X for a little less than a year and never had any lag. Although I've been rooted and running a custom rom since the root was released for 2.20. I got it back pre - AT&T Jelly Bean release so maybe running stock JB lags the phone. Not too sure what you are running and / if you close apps when you are done (shouldn't make a huge difference if only a few are open) but if you DO root and run a custom rom the lag should disappear. If you want a sense rom I would suggest HatkaXL with the ElementalX kernel for no lag and good battery even though I switch roms weekly or more. I usually prefer AOSP roms but screen tearing is a big turnoff for me lately. The sense roms paired with ElementalX or Bulletproof kernels generally have the best battery life.
If anything I stated was incorrect feel free to correct it, as I said just throwing MY two cents in. :good::laugh:
I'm running stock JB on my AT&T One X. No lag here, and didn't notice any when I was running ICS. It's a bit weird that you are having that issue. Besides running roms, rooting will allow you to remove system apps, like AT&T bloatware which can surely lag your phone and waste precious ram. I would go for it. Only reason I'm not rooted is because I didn't do due diligence and wanted to test drive my phone before voiding the warranty.
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Thanks for the responses. It's unfortunate that I'm pretty much the only one receiving lag w/ my AT&T One X...
I will probably try root some time later on, but will anyone give me a link to an "all-things beginners guide to root" or something like that? Cheers!
What's lag? Never had that on this phone
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Thanks for the responses. It's unfortunate that I'm pretty much the only one receiving lag w/ my AT&T One X...
I will probably try root some time later on, but will anyone give me a link to an "all-things beginners guide to root" or something like that? Cheers!
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Look in the sticky sections. All your info is there. If you are unsure then footing is probably not for you. Steps are too easy for someone to hold your hand. So don't expect people to walk with you. After you root (if you decide) then look for lag fix on the play store
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InflatedTitan said:
What's lag? Never had that on this phone
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You're a lucky person then.
Herc08 said:
Look in the sticky sections. All your info is there. If you are unsure then footing is probably not for you. Steps are too easy for someone to hold your hand. So don't expect people to walk with you. After you root (if you decide) then look for lag fix on the play store
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Well, I understand what root is and what it does, but just don't understand the vocabulary like s-on and s-off and all that. I'll take a look at the stickies.
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You're a lucky person then.
Well, I understand what root is and what it does, but just don't understand the vocabulary like s-on and s-off and all that. I'll take a look at the stickies.
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Well Google search is your best friend.
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Well Google search is your best friend.
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Can someone tell me which one actually speeds up the phone and fixes errors?
The kernel or the custom ROM? Which one do I have to flash once I root my error-filled phone?
Thanks!
Its really both. You can flash a kernel and make changes inside the custom ROM. However. Being that you are some what new, I suggest using lag fix and ROM cleaner. (Two apps in the play store )
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Its really both. You can flash a kernel and make changes inside the custom ROM. However. Being that you are some what new, I suggest using lag fix and ROM cleaner. (Two apps in the play store )
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Can you explain the difference of a kernel and custom ROM? Sorry, really newbie...
And LagFix really works?
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Can you explain the difference of a kernel and custom ROM? Sorry, really newbie...
And LagFix really works?
Also sent you a PM.
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For you, I would suggest flashing a aosp ROM. Don't worry about the kernel right now. Look in the stickies and look for the x factor
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Just going to throw my two cents in...
I've had the ATT One X for a little less than a year and never had any lag. Although I've been rooted and running a custom rom since the root was released for 2.20. I got it back pre - AT&T Jelly Bean release so maybe running stock JB lags the phone. Not too sure what you are running and / if you close apps when you are done (shouldn't make a huge difference if only a few are open) but if you DO root and run a custom rom the lag should disappear. If you want a sense rom I would suggest HatkaXL with the ElementalX kernel for no lag and good battery even though I switch roms weekly or more. I usually prefer AOSP roms but screen tearing is a big turnoff for me lately. The sense roms paired with ElementalX or Bulletproof kernels generally have the best battery life.
If anything I stated was incorrect feel free to correct it, as I said just throwing MY two cents in. :good::laugh:
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I haven't experience any screen tearing on Cory's latest Unofficial CM10.1 ROM with the linaro v4 kernel. Have you tried disabling HW in dev settings? It was a must before to get rid of the tearing but now it's unnecessary
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I haven't experience any screen tearing on Cory's latest Unofficial CM10.1 ROM with the linaro v4 kernel. Have you tried disabling HW in dev settings? It was a must before to get rid of the tearing but now it's unnecessary
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I did, it was very VERY minimal still noticeable for me I've been running Sense MIUIv5 and love LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Think I found a rom I can stick with for a while! :good::good:
iElvis said:
Rooting in and of itself will do nothing but give you root access.
But custom roms and kernels, with debloating, should speed you up. Two apps should help: Greenift and lagfix.
I would also suggest, once you're unlocked and s-off, updating to the most recent firmware via ruu. Don't do it before rooting or you'll be stuck unrooted. Also, don't do it unless you're s-off or you may brick your phone applying the jb RUU over supercid.
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How does greenify reduce lag? I thought it was used pretty much just to save battery life
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How does greenify reduce lag? I thought it was used pretty much just to save battery life
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Well if I am current, I would imagine it will also hibernate the process, thus allowing you to use more memory. Could be wrong though. But I do know the major feature is battery.
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Well if I am current, I would imagine it will also hibernate the process, thus allowing you to use more memory. Could be wrong though. But I do know the major feature is battery.
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Correct, the process is no longer in memory so it saves memory and allows for better multitasking and a smoother experience. As well as better battery, of course.
This phone has lag? What... Um I'm confused.
I need to sit down.
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Phonefanboys said:
This phone has lag? What... Um I'm confused.
I need to sit down.
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That was my thought.. only time I've gained any lag is when I've done something completely full on retard with set cpu or kernel tuner......
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