[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeyxda:
Last night I had the worst experience EVER with my Evo using the CM7.1 nightly 96, and I have to share because misery loves company: maybe someone else has a similar experience and that's why you are here with Deck.

I'm convinced that Deck's 1.2 ROMs are significantly different than the CM7 nightlies even though I couldn't ever get an answer as to how they are different when I asked that question (tiz a secret I guess) ;). If you want to read about how I came to that conclusion, read on...

After delving into the CM7 nightlies for almost a week, CM7 really let me down so I'm back. Last night I took my first decent road trip out of the area: about 45 minutes to the St. Pete Times Forum to see Katy Perry with the wife and daughter (great concert BTW).

I had the CM7.1 nightly 96 installed and that ran fine here at the house. Took my phone off the charger, went to dinner, and then St. Pete and 2 hours off the charger when we arrived in St. Pete, the battery was at 78%. Seemed a bit excessive but I wasn't alarmed (yet). Got inside the Times Forum and my signal strength was zero and it was flip-flopping between 1x and 3G. My battery monitor showed 1152mA... that's over 1.1 AMP! I have RC cars that don't pull much more than that full throttle! Highest I've ever seen. :eek:

So I thought if it was struggling to connect to data and I could get it connected via WiFi it might get relief so I looked for WiFi and found the Times Forum guest network. Didn't help. Signal was really weak and in/out. Still drawing over an amp and 10 minutes after entering the building it had dropped from 78% to 68%. Then I thought, hey... I've never had the chance to try 4G: none in my area, but this was right in the heart of Tampa 4G coverage. So I turned 4G on. Got "Scanning..." and it never went away or connected. Still over an amp on the battery current and now another 5 minutes have gone by and my battery is closing in on 60%.

Turned 4G off and thought a reboot was in order. Rebooted (full power off/on) and waited about 10 minutes for the OS/apps to settle. We had now finished looking at the overpriced garbage that they were selling at the stands and were in our seats. OS booted and everything loaded: still about 900mA draw and my battery (off the charger now for a total of maybe 2.5 hours) is under 50%! My Evo had the better camera and my wife said "send me that pic so I can put it on Facebook". She had full bars with AT&T inside the forum BTW! No hope. I tried sending one and after about 10 minutes of it flipping between 1x and 3G, my battery was down to 40% and I just gave up: switched into airplane mode so I'd have a phone later on the way home.

I still had Deck's 1.2v on the phone and I was tempted to flash it to compare but at 39% and dropping, I didn't want to risk another heavy boot load and not having a phone on the way home. Needless to say, I started the night feeling like the elite of Android ROM geeks having a cooler phone than anyone else... and ended the night feeling like a d*ckless wanna-be who runs fine on the indoor track but when he gets out in the real world for the first time, trips on a sidewalk crack and breaks both legs. ;)

Long story short (OK, too late for that now), I'm done with the plain vanilla CM7 nightlies. I put Deck's 1.2x on this morning and for the first time, I get an INSTANTANEOUS lock for GPS inside the house. I didn't get that with CM7 even with the GPS fix (drivers). I even tested the phone on 1.2x in various areas where I get little to no signal this morning (to simulate the poor signal in the Times Forum building), including my metal safe, and the most draw I could get was about 380mA. I guess that was when it was signal-hunting.

So I think I'll stick with these Deck ROMs for a while if/until I have another problem like I had last night. If that ever happens again, I have to say I'm probably going to go back to the rooted stock 2.3.3 ROM! Maybe it's psychological but watching your batt go away in 10% chunks right in front of you is akin to watching your manhood escape. I know all these 2.3.4 ROMs are experimental, but you never really appreciate that until something like this happens. :rolleyes:

Mike