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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tackleberry:
I notice an instant drain when screen is on. Ill be going down slowly at say 90 for a few hours, but will drop to 70 within 30 min if screen is on whole time

sent from the rooty tooty fresh and fruity cm7 nighly powered G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mewgim:
nope dont have that flip to silence.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noc215:
How's your signal? At my home (ironically) I get terrible 3G, so I switch to Edge and my battery life does a lot better. If sms is all you really do, you don't need to be on 3G. I only switch it back when I go out where I have better signal.

Of course this only really makes a difference if you're in an area with bad signal.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SnowOokami:
I got 3 profiles set with SetCpu

screen off "246 min - 768 max" powersaver

< 15% battery " 246 min - 768 max" ondemand

charging "246 min - 1209 max" performance

and my main is "246 min - 1209 max" interactive

I'm running whatsapp, 2 pushmail accounts (contacts, mail and calendar), 2 pop mail (1 hour autopoll), facebook (15 min autopoll) and then about 50 texts /day + some calling. I can get up to 14 hours max... but indeed the screen is killing the battery.

Also at work I got bad reception (gprs only and sometimes 3g/E but very poor). When I'm athome I get full 3g/hsdpa and the battery will last much longer.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tackleberry:
I ended day yesterday with 33% battery. I also was on the phone for 3 hours. Prior to phone calls in eve, i was at 67%

Nightly 31 rocks socks!

sent from the rooty tooty fresh and fruity cm7 nighly 31 powered G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shady503403:
Screen brightness. Turn off 3g, or other services..

And if you want better battery then buy a bigger one. The stock battery imo sucks.. the red chichi battery is what I got. Cheap, came with 2. Work great.

I also use fast reboot to kill any apps that may be running in the background that I don't want to, I.e. browswer, maps, facebook..
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mewgim:
thanks for all the reply. i will surely remember this to further improve my battery. i have never used an Edge connection at my place. btw i do not live in the US. i live in Philippines.

for the radio's what do you prefer using?

is it the .27 Aus radio or the .26 radio? thanks. i use .26 radio at the moment and it gives me nice performance of one time about a day with medium to heavy texting with half an hour of games. but one thing, when i was on a mall with free wifi service, i could easily connect to it sense / gb CM roms (i think it's the original radio but could not recall it anymore). But after updating to .26 radio bout 4 or 5 weeks ago i guess, i can't connect to their wifi connection anymore. But weird i can connect to my own connection at home. Hope you can give me advise before I change the radio tomorrow i guess to see if the problem in connecting to the wifi service in a mall at our place could be solved. and sorry for some bad english.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] mlinder1958:
I am a very happy user of Calkulin's ROM. However, I do like to try other roms, so I did an nvflash and stuck to stock for a day. The only problem was that when I re installed Kindle, a book I previously purchased failed to appear on the Kindle screen.

How can I retrieve the Book? Does anyone have experience with this?

Thanks!

Mark
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] sjmoreno:
The book in question should still show up in your library. You just need to redownload it again.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] tcrews:
Like stated....it is there.....you just need to download it again.

I believe it will be in the archive section since you've already purchased and downloaded it previously...

Launch Kindle then hit the menu button and choose "archived items". I think that's what I did to get a book I had on my phone but wanted to continue reading on my tablet...
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] mlinder1958:
I tried that but the book doesn't show up in the archive area.

Here is how things happened. In Calkulin rom I bought a book through Kindle and it appeared as one would expect. The other day I restored the stock VS rom, which has Kindle on it, but the book was not purchased while in the stock rom. When I launched Kindle, the book showed up but the a dialog box opened saying I had to delete it and reload it from the archive. So I did that. But when I go to the archive it isn't there. Tried sync but no go.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Mark
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] tcrews:
Are you signing in to the Kindle app with the same email address you used to buy the book?

I have Kindle on my PC, my Droid and my tablet and have access to all the books I've bought on all the devices. I use of course the same email account and password I used for amazon.com when signing in to the Kindle app.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] mlinder1958:
tcrews,

Thanks for your idea. That was it! I apparently logged in and paid for the book with an email address from work.

I just uninstalled Kindle. Resinstalled it so I could register with the "proper" email address and it downloaded.

Thanks again!

Mark
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godwin1981:
Hi, i am using webtop mod through HDMI.The cell phone screen turn to mouse mod.I just wonder if it's possible make the phone screen turn off manually or automatically.I am worried it could be burned when it keep for several hours or longer.It's not good for the LCD keep the same screen for a long time.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godwin1981:
anybody has idea??thx
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thantos:
Sorry to bring up old posts, but has anyone found a solution to turning off the screen when in an HD Dock?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WiKiDCLown:
Hi not sure about how to help but I am interested in your webtop set up I want to use lap dock over HDMI without a lap dock like your setup I have neptop what else do I kneed to do this???

Hit thanks if you found this useful
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sk8trix:
Fn + right arrow key
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thantos:
What is the function key? Can seem to get it to work...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rawat:
Galaxy S scores lower than Nexus S for the CPU portion of the Quadrant test. After the JV1 leak, someone said that he automagically got higher scores by enabling JIT in the build.prop. Thing is, he changed a bunch of other things in the build.prop too, and among them were a bunch of things related to stagefright.

The reality is that the ROMs already have JIT. All 2.2/2.2.1/2.3 ROMs post XXJP1/2 (the very first leaks way back in june) have had JIT. The boost isn't because you're enabling JIT, it's because of stagefright, which *does* give a higher Quadrant score.

Some of the tests Quadrant runs (h264 decode and AAC decode) are effected by stagefright being enabled or disabled. h264/AAC decode tests is a great way to test a CPU, and enabling stagefright makes it score higher in those tests.

Anyone using CM7/MIUI/Sense port and any other ROM (with non Samsung base) will get same Quadrant scores for CPU as you get with a Nexus S.

Great...BUT

Enabling stagefright on a Samsung based ROM has other ramifications. divx/mkv playback gets broken. Same with flac audio playback, HD video recording (according to a few people, I noticed the divx/mkv playback) etc. Why? Samsung use hardware based decode/encode for those formats.

It's enabled on Nexus S / HTC phones because they don't have the hardware decoding that is offloaded to SGS VPU.

Conclusion: Higher Quadrant scores [and only Quadrant scores. Other things use the hardware encode/decode] by enabling stagefright is at the price of breaking many many other things. Don't do it.

If you still want to enable stagefright, you can do so by modifying your build.prop file.

Info about stagefright: http://freepine.blogspot.com/2010/01/overview-of-stagefrighter-player.html
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rawat:
As for the linpack scores:

tl;dr: The Linpack CPU scores are lower than scores from Qualcomm CPUs because the Qualcomm CPUs have higher throughput SIMD FP units. This means they score higher in the linpack (which tests the FPU) but this does not translate to better performance on a day to day basis.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cba1986:
Very useful thread.

Explains a lot.

One more reason to believe that benchmarks are not reliable to measure performance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] LukeSP:
You mean we don't need to add dalvik execution mode in XXJVK build.prop file.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JS83FIN:
Where can i get original build.prop file???
[Galaxy S I9000 General] theduckking:
I love you^^
[Galaxy S I9000 General] luci.pacurar:
Nexus S has the same SGX540 GPU and it could offload H.264 decoding to it. Do you suggest that Nexus S stil uses software decoding?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omeryounos:
Rawat....great thread & good information you have shared.....i have the same question that why Nexus S don't use hardware decoding......Essentially Humming bird & base hardware platform is the same except for NFC....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rawat:
supercurio said something about SGS using a VPU, not the GPU for decoding. I haven't read up on it, but Nexus S doesn't have it since it either lacks the software (touchwiz and video playback codecs) or it doesn't have the hardware (VPU as supercurio says).

The playback is both a combination of hardware and software.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Unrealwolf:
That's a shame that we have to choose between CPU and video. I hope that there will be a third-party video player that could use the hardware decoding without samsung codecs some day.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rawat:
But you aren't. You're only loosing out on the Quadrant scores. That's it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omeryounos:
Thanks for reply. This is interesting....i always thought Nexus S is the same hardware as Galaxy S apart from contour display / NFC. So is this VPU, part of Humming Bird SOC or is it a separate chip...or codecs that run on humming bird cpu core...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shayp:
Thank you for the information. i glad to learn more about SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hippiegunner:
The VPU is just another name for an GPU. It stands for video processing unit
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rawat:
Video* /10char
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omeryounos:
yes i know but PowerVR always call SGX540 as GPU rather than VPU. I'm thinking may be in HummingBird SOC they have embedded some codes or logic for the acceleration mentioned above & it's not been offloaded to SGX540 or neither done by the CPU core.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rawat:
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[Galaxy S I9000 General] aNbeRRy:
Thank you for the very good info :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ilbulgaro89:
so there's no way to make it work like on nexus s?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] luci.pacurar:
The SGX540 itself contains the H.264 decoding logic inside. It's also used in Intel Atom based SoCs. There's no extra chip doing this. It's up to the software developers to use those GPU features.

Usually hardware decoders work at 30fps or 60fps depending on the actual stream. But if you feed a not so complex stream to a CPU, it might get decoded faster than on the GPU.

In our case Quadrant might feed a simple stream to the decoding engine of the phone. Depending on the phone software/drivers this stream might get routed to the GPU on SGS and to the CPU on the Nexus S. Although the Nexus S video player might use the GPU for decoding.

The video encoding/decoding is a integer only process, there shouldn't be any major differences between Cortex A8 cores. Linpack is a different story. The Scorpion FPU engine is way better than the ARM implementation.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outdooz:
Im stuck between vegan and tnt lite. Which one should I get?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcflman:
I asked the same question to myself a few days ago when I first started researching them. Hope you don't mind me using your thread since I didn't want to start a similar topic. I think after doing lots of reading & video watching I've settled on VEGAn 5.1.1. I've been writing down items I'd like to add right away once I receive the g-tab on Wednesday. So far, I have the following things I need/want to do for sure:

- setup Wi-Fi connection

- Check firmware version to make sure it isn't 3991 & update to 3588 if 3389 is received as expected

- install clockworkmod, VEGAn 5.1.1, flash & market fix

- install malware exploit patch

The other apps & what not I'm thinking of adding are:

- a kernel (possibly clemsyn's)

- Titanium Backup

- Dolphin Browser HD

- Launcher Pro

- Quadrant

- Google Cloud Print

- ES File Explorer

- DroidEmuLite

- ROM Gripper

- WiimoteController

- Kindle/Laputa

- EZ PDF

- Samurai II Vengeance, Pinball Deluxe, Angry Birds Rio, etc.

I don't really want to overwhelm myself so I'm going to take this slow. I know there are alternate apps/ROMs/etc to what I've posted above but those look good from what I've read or seen. Not sure what other must-haves I'm missing though. I've looked into NVflash & adb a little. There was an alternate keyboard I liked but will have to track that down again.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tedlogan42:
It depends on what you're after. For the first month after I got the device, I stuck with stock plus gapps, then the enhancement pack. Then I finally went ahead and went to TNTLite, which I dug for a long time. However, after going to TwoTapsX (following TNTLite 5) and successfully using NVflash to get out of it, I decided I was going to try out Vegan. I first went with Ginger, but as much as I loved it, the My Apps thing drove me crazy, and when I tried the workaround, it borked the install. I then wiped again and went with Vegan 5.1.1, and I have to say: this is the most I've enjoyed the tablet.

The reasons for this are simple. TNTLite is a great ROM, very quickly updated, and with all the refinements one could ask for. However, I was always looking for a way to get to the Android control functions (like lockscreen and the ability to set a password for cached credentials) that aren't included in the settings menu.

Some refinements made in the TNT system (the browser interface, etc) might be missing in Vegan, but getting access to all Android configuration options makes me like it better than TNTLite can currently offer. I look forward to GoJimi/etc's continued work on GingerEdition, as I'm sure it's going to kick ass very soon.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nostaque:
I am using calkulin rom + clemsyn kernel + chenglu loopback megapack and my gtab flying. It is faster than my laptop @ duo core 2Ghz. Thanks to all developers.

;)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] achernez:
Thank you very much guys, this is a great thread... From what I have read other than the stock browser, Dolphin HD should also be able to handle Flash 10.2. Please keep reviews coming and what you use the gTablet/ROM mostly for.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mantara:
That is about the exact same list of core apps I use. Lol! Wiimote controller works great. I love gameboid and other emu apps when paired with the wiimote.

Dolphin HD is the only browser I have gotten hulu to work on.

Launcher pro is the awesome on gtab. The new 3d transitions look awesome on it

Titanium backup is a must if you want to try new roms but hate hitting the market for an hour downloading your apps again

To stick with topic though, I use VEGAn Beta 5.1.1 as a daily. I love gADAM and TnT lite a lot and switch between them here and there. Currently waiting for official release of VEGAn and word if viewsonic is heading in the direction of 3991. If they do I'm planning on moving onto twotapsx for a daily. At thus point its to much of a pain in the bum to switch between twotaps and other roms.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] absorbers:
Post link plz to chenglu loopback megapack
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gemni69:
Question. If im going to load Vegan 5.1.1 do i really have to do the OTA update? Since I will be wipping the rom and loading another rom. That means no point doing th OTA update to get version 3588 no?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rumbleweed:
If you have an earlier version than 3588 you need to do OTA to get there. If you are thinking about VEGANtab, I would stick with 5.1 ( not 5.1.1) for my first flash. It is the most stable version and you can easily move to 5.1.1 later. I suggest a check list procedure so you don't forget something and be patient as reboots take longer after flashing.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njshkb:
May I ask which version of the clemsyn kernal you used?

Thanks in advance!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcrews:
No, because you will be using nothing from it.

You use Clockworkmod Recovery as the recovery, not the stock one from the OTA.

You use VEGAn system, not the one from the OTA.

Install Clockworkmod Recovery, install VEGAn5.1, install the 5.1.1 supplement and I would update to one of the newer kernels as well (pershoot or clemsyn).
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outdooz:
What is the OTA update? And do I have to install vegan 5.1 and then install the supplement 5.1.1?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoulderGeek:
My gTablet got much better with regard to wireless and Market app installations when I went to 5.1.1 from 5.1.

Looking for the most concise changelog and howto info for installing clemsyn kernel into VEGAn 5.1.1. if anyone has a link to such a thing.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeminiShaman:
I'm using Two Taps X .092 and it is the best by far. Side note using Firefox for browsing.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
OTA = Over The Air. It updates the official release of firmware loaded on your tablet from the factory. You don't need this if you're flashing a custom ROM.

Yes... 5.1 then 5.1.1 supplement. They must be done in that order since 5.1.1 is sort of like a service pack.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] clem2595:
I need some help, this is what i did to a T. I moved the Redbend_ua file and the Recovery.bin file into the xbin folder and gave them full rights then moved the recovery.bin file back to my SD then went into Terminal Emulator and input all of this.

su [to change prompt to Superuser]

cd /system/xbin [to change directory]

redbend_ua restore /sdcard/recovery.bin /dev/block/bml8

Then started Rom manager and hit Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and chose Samsung Fascinate (I have a Mesmerize running Froyo 2.2) then i Reboot into Recovery, but instead of going into ClockworkMod Recovery it goes to the regular Android recovery and that's where I'm stuck. Did i do something wrong or miss a step?

Here is a strange thing thou, i ran a benchmark and got back 1025 but i can't install my custom boot screen. and every thing seems to be running fast as hell but any and everything i have used to see if Voodoo is installed says it's not.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] clem2595:
was i even close to being on the right track? i really need some help. if some one could point me to the correct Voodoo lagfix for the mesmerize i will name my first born after you.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MrPaveL:
This is an official Gingerbread test ROM from HTC.

Have a fun;)

Pavel

edit: reuploaded to multiupload: link
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
download link??

Edit: nevermind, found it. :) so what can you tell us about this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MrPaveL:
It's the IS in OP, but anyway for blind people :): link
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
lol, I noticed that after posting, hence my edit. Downloading now. So what can you tell us about this? I assume it isnt rooted or anything?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MrPaveL:
Exactly! It's unmodified HTC release of GB in zip flashable file via bootloader.

I hope rmk will pick this up and release rooted version ;-)

Does anyone know, what means the S between Gingerbread and HTC? I can't figure it out.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
you and me both, Im a little scared to use it until then. i would rather not risk losing my SU.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joemm:
New radio;).......I will download it and add it too my radio thread.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
might wanna check compatibility with current roms, tho..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MrPaveL:
It's working fine with CM7-RC3, didn't do any speedtests tho
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joemm:
gonna test it with my phone
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
Ill test it out myself and report.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] raydm:
its gingerbread weekend guys
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joemm:
Just made a PC10IMG.zip for the new radio posted it up in my radio thread HERE.

Already flashed it on my phone, works but too soon to tell if theres any improvements.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Shaquiel Harris:
OFFICIAL GINGERBREAD!! MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE. BYE BYE CM!!! Ok back to normal. Will test soon. Someone should tell rmk about the new radio so he can update the auto RIL updater.

Oh and guys RATE this thread high so it can stay at the top so our lovely devs can get to it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MrPaveL:
I went bit further and flashed system partition along with some others :-) As I thought, this is an test ROM, so it has SU, just to let you know.

Pavel
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
it DOES have SU? is it Sense? Does it include Wifi Calling or no?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vlad83:
Wow! Official GB, exciting!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Shaquiel Harris:
Pretty sure its sense. Ill cry if its not. HTC said the Desire HD and Z will be getting the GB update and the HD already have theirs.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
Sweet.... just sent sent a @tweet to rmk40 and link to this thread... hopefully he will make a test rom with this build soon
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MrPaveL:
If you mean T-Mobile Wifi Calling App, then no, but it is Sense and it does have su, not an superuser app. (adb shell gives you root permissions)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ranyardm:
Could someone please post the RUU exe file, there are those of us who don't wish to flash a custom recovery.

If this rom is from an RUU, where's the exe file?

Those of us who flash the RUU can later be ones who can test things like does the downgrade routine work still etc.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] keinengel:
All a RUU does is send pc10img.zip to your phone. You can skip that part and copy the file to the root of your SD card and flash it from fastboot. You'll only be able to do that if your CID is one of the following

cidnum: HTC__001
cidnum: HTC__E11
cidnum: HTC__N34
cidnum: HTC__203
cidnum: HTC__102
cidnum: HTC__405
cidnum: HTC__Y13
cidnum: HTC__A07
cidnum: HTC__304
cidnum: HTC__032

or the update will fail.

Mind you, flashing an official PC10IMG will restore your phone to its factory state - this means no root, no S-OFF and all your personal data will be gone.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Innocent Devil:
anyidea of the hboot version in this Zip ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schriss:
Can this brick my phone? (rooted, s-off eng hboot)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] iDAREK:
No. But why you want to try this ROM, not the newest one 2.42?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schriss:
Going to sell Desire Z and would like to flash some older ROM which leaves some more free memory. I still have ClockWork and eng hboot and wonder how should I flash this ROM?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] iDAREK:
2.30 is a test rom. You shudnt sell it with test rom. Sell it with latest 2.42 (android 2.3.3) or 1.3x (android 2.2)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schriss:
Thanks, searching for 2.42 now. Just out of curiosity, why would some PC10IMG.zip brick s-off'ed phone and that 2.42 wouldn't?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] iDAREK:
Official roms wil not brick your phone. If somebody released modified rom, saying that this is official, then something could happens, bot this are rarely situations.

ps. here you are 2.42 rom.