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[EVO 4G Android Development] wmblalock:
I love decks rom the only thing I can complain about is battery life compared to the Fresh 3.4 rom I was previously using. Can anyone suggest ways to increase battery life? Would the stock kernel give better battery life? My phones been off the charger for 10 hours with light-medium use and its down to 18%. I sent/received 60 texts made one 2 minute phone call read 2 emails and used navigation for 10 minutes. I only have gps wifi and 3g enabled.
[EVO 4G Android Development] soundwavedj:
There really are a lot of things but try advanced settings and underclock the CPU. This rom is much faster than sense so you probably wont be dissapointed. Also try SBC kernel
[EVO 4G Android Development] aaanadie:
I have Swype 1.60 working perfect on gingerbread-evo-deck-1.2y. I am downloading gingerbread-evo-deck-1.2z right now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeyxda:
Running 1.2z tonight and went out to dinner to a place known to have no signal or intermittent signal inside the restaurant. My only remaining complaint about this ROM (and from what I've seen this may be a characteristic of all AOSP ROMs) is this...

When in a marginal signal area like I was tonight, the phone just absolutely runs away with the battery, cranking out 300 to 400mA continuously. Is it looking for a signal? Does it really take that much more power to search for a signal when the signal is intermittent? Is there any way to correct this behavior, maybe by telling the phone not to go crazy searching? I know I can go to airplane mode but I get enough signal to at least get a text or a phone call now and then so I'd like to keep it on. As soon as we walked out of the restaurant and into the parking lot, the current went from ~350mA down to the normal ~80 to 90mA and the signal strength went up to 1 to 2 bars. Inside the restaurant, I could watch my battery meter drop like 1% per minute!

I have to give it to Deck: this ROM is actually better than CM7 in that regard. In a similar situation a week ago, the CM7 ROM did the same thing but it drew over 1000mA (1 AMP!). So this is better, but still, can anything be done about this? I don't think the stock Sense ROM did this because we eat at this restaurant all the time and my phone has never gotten drained at the rate it does now. Fortunately there aren't that many areas that have a signal that marginal so it isn't going to happen that often but it sucks when it does as you can just WATCH the life being drained out of that phone. And worse, if you're in an area like that and you don't realize it, you can drop 20% off your battery before you even take the phone out of your pocket and notice it is on its knees begging for a signal.

Mike
[EVO 4G Android Development] apheonixboy:
To summarize it all:

Yes!

The phone panics. Literally. It desperately seeks signal and maybe even tries to panic you. No joke here.

Yesterday from about 2pm all the way to 2 am today, I had no signal. Niether did all west Texas.

Alot of my coworkers felt the panic of losing battery since we didn't know when the outage will recover. My phone in this case (running 1.2y) drained sooo much faster. Reason being that my phone seeked signal all day for about 12 hours. I had to recharge after 8pm because it was already at 20% without EVEN using the phone... (hence, no data or voice usage.)

Maybe the phones were built to panic that way. And therefore desperately seek a signal, even if it has to increase its battery usage in the effort.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeyxda:
Ok. So its not just me. Deck... any chance of putting a cap on this runaway signal hunting?

Mike
[EVO 4G Android Development] hendav:
I, too, have experienced this...my phone's battery drains before my eyes when the signal is weak. Other than that I love this ROM.
[EVO 4G Android Development] knoc:
The op download link has a slight merged word typo
[EVO 4G Android Development] JSmurfy:
thats correct tho they look merged where it says z is linkk 1 and where the 1.0 stops is the otehr iink in OP
[EVO 4G Android Development] raphenucleus:
My solution for this is to use JuiceDefender to toggle off mobile data when the screen is off. I work in a building with terrible signal, but using JD I get great battery life. Most people really don't need their mobile data running when their screen is off; you can configure it to connect every so often so that you get emails and other things that require mobile data on a schedule. The phone still goes a little crazy searching for signal when there is none, but the battery drain from this isn't all that bad.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bootny:
Turn off 3g... you still can make calls and receive texts
[EVO 4G Android Development] hendav:
This does work...I have had to do it. Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] {ParanoiA}:
Excellent rom. thank you so much!!! love all the comstant updates and fixes. really appreciate it. FLAWLESS:D
[EVO 4G Android Development] dboftlp:
Anyone no a good aosp kernel to use that's not running HAVS? I like the control SetCPU Gives me to set my own profiles.

tia

@dboftlp
[EVO 4G Android Development] ydnandy:
how do i get a look at the errors that lead up to a system hang/reboot? My phone seems to lock up every night around 11, would like to have a look at some log to determine what is going on when it locks/reboots.

I'm familiar with "adb logcat" but dont know how to look back at historical data. I'm fairly familiar with adb and linux commands, but wouldn't know what log to look at.

thanks

EDIT: Also, whenever the phone is locked up, this is what adb tells me:

C:\data\evo\android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell

error: device offline
[EVO 4G Android Development] ydnandy:
I'm using Tiamat 4.0.5 (has HAVS) and setcpu profiles... are you saying i shouldnt be doing this? why?

EDIT: also using vipermod to undervolt
[EVO 4G Android Development] Vegasden:
For those in weak signal areas, you can use Tasker or AutomateIt and set up your phone so it stops searching for 3G signal when the screen is off. Saves a lot of battery, using Tasker.

AutomateIt is new, not very expensive and has a thread in xda Andriod Apps. From the posts, seems to be well accepted.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeyxda:
I can appreciate turning off 3G or using Juice Defender. May work for some but for me, my mobile device is what keeps me connected to the things I need. I don't want to start turning some of these features off because if I need to do that, the phone becomes less useful. I need to be able to get not only texts and calls but also emails that may be alerts from security cameras, weather alert warnings, and other important data. I may not have enough signal to use 3G right now but I'd rather the phone do something like poll every minute or so to see when to turn it back on; else I have to babysit it. In addition, you may enter a building (like I did one week ago) where the signal is blocked and if it takes you a half hour to have a chance to check on your phone, your battery may have already drained 30%. This is not something we should have to babysit because that level of attention is not always possible.

So no, I won't be able to get emails/etc. if I have no 3G signal anyway, but I think there must be a better solution than the phone going hog wild and "raping" the battery when the signal is interrupted. In these situations when the phone hogs the battery, it does so relentlessly just to get maybe 2 to 3 seconds of a fleeting signal every minute or so. When there is even the faintest (zero to one bar) of steady signal, the phone only draws maybe 100mA. Yet when the signal is interrupted, it spends 3x to 5x that amount of power "looking" just for a second of connection here and there and that isn't enough to handle any data to be useful. There has to be an in-between even if it's as silly as detecting the signal loss and then polling once per minute (for example) to see if signal has returned (rather than a continuous drain).

I'm thinking maybe this is a function of the radio firmware and maybe not even up to the ROM, but still, I never saw this "runaway signal hunting" on the stock Sense ROM. It seemed to do a better job and maybe it would search for a minute or two but when it noticed there was no signal for a while, it must tone it down and not draw 1/3 to 1/2 amp continuously from the battery.

Food for thought maybe...

Mike
[EVO 4G Android Development] frankie51:
whats the difference between 2.3.3 and 2.3.4

this is going to be the first time flashing this rom, what kernal should i use with this rom to get great battery life? and is the 2.3.4 stable enough to be a daily rom?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ydnandy:
Anyone else seeing these weird characters when using ADB? I never noticed them when on the stock sense rom, not exactly sure when they started showing up. I notice this weird stuff in every folder/file.

Bolded the weird stuff:

# pwd

pwd

/system/etc

# ls -l

ls -l

-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 3073 Aug 1 2008 ←[0;0mAdieHWCodecSetting.csv←[0m

-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 713 Aug 1 2008 ←[0;0mAudioBTID.csv←[0m

-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 16738 Aug 1 2008 ←[0;0mCHANGELOG-CM.txt←[0m

-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 59537 Aug 1 2008 ←[0;0mNOTICE.html.gz←[0m

No idea if this is related to this ROM or my ADB drivers... also have a color nook, so when i loaded the usb drivers for that it could have hosed something here.
[EVO 4G Android Development] hendav:
Thanks for the tip
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhantomPhreak53:
You probably won't notice a difference between 2.3.3 and 2.3.4. It is very stable! Zero force closes on this end and everything works. The stable version should be coming out soon but 1.2Z is very stable.
[EVO 4G Android Development] marcusva79:
Man my phone froze again and rebooted. Everytime hahah.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BorLEH:
Thanks Deck!!! :-)
[EVO 4G Android Development] BooDaddy:
Thanks for the awesome rom! This thing is fast! I have one quick question:

Is there a way to create a shortcut in the apps menu for the built in Wifi hotspot and tethering? This would be nice instead of having to go through system settings --> yadda yadda....
[EVO 4G Android Development] suprano:
haha..same here. mine happened like few minutes ago..gonna flash z to see what's up.

CYANIZeD eVO!
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottgalit61:
Download extended controls from the market..

Sent from my Hacked & Wacked HTC EVO 4G
[EVO 4G Android Development] marcusva79:
Well reflashed and froze again. I have been putting 1.2z, gapps, 2.2.0 savage Zen. Reboot......then flash a font. When I change the font is when it freezes. Never used to do that. Weird.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wmstwo002:
This is Market 2.3.6 themed blue. Gives you both billing options and looks 100% nicer than the plain Market skin. Credit goes to Pendo for his outstanding work. Just flash through recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wmstwo002:
Try this. Flash through recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dw3bb10:
Out of curiosity, what Kernel is everyone running with this ROM?
[EVO 4G Android Development] XsMagical:
Been using tiamat with sbc
[EVO 4G Android Development] ydnandy:
you can add this to the power toggles that are in the notification drop down bar.
[EVO 4G Android Development] VDub2174:
I use the kernel that's baked into the ROM.
[EVO 4G Android Development] anymoose:
Love this ROM

I have been looking for a nonSense GB ROM because Lotus Traveler does not play nice with GB Sense (and my only other work solutions are to retrieve my BlackBerry from my junk drawer or get an iPhone - neither of which are acceptable solutions!).

I am loving this ROM - clean, fast, everything works (including GPS - I did the MSL fix before I tried GPS, so I don't know whether it worked out of the gate - and wifi hotspot), mod-able. Thank you!
[EVO 4G Android Development] fitz420:
I've tried tiamat and savagedzen. I've found that I get better battery life with sv although Ive had a few random reboots, something I've never had with tiamat.
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhantomPhreak53:
Maybe it's the kernel you are using. Try using the kernel that comes with the rom and see if you still get reboots.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeyxda:
Been having some problems with the power button to lock the phone with z this morning. This has not happened before but this morning, for a while I was having to press the power button 3 times to get the phone to lock after using it for a few. I'd unlock it to do something like check battery history, then I'd press the power button to lock it and turn the screen off: the first two times the power button press was ignored and the third press it took. I repeated this at least 4 times and it was repeatable. Then after that, without explanation, it started working again.

Mike
[EVO 4G Android Development] marcusva79:
Thanks for replying. Well it froze that one time and now it has been working like a champ. I just need that sbc with my phone.. I will probably try later if the problem happens again. What you using right now bro? Lately I have been trying synergy but from some odd reason i have gotten fond of aosp roms. I like everything flat black. wish sense would be that way...
[EVO 4G Android Development] borikena:
Thank you, I'll try that version
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeyxda:
I've searched but can't find this... is there any way to customize the toggles on the top of the status screen? I'd like to take off the 4G toggle (because I'm never in a 4G area anyway) and replace it with a "mobile data" toggle so that I can toggle mobile data off/on when I'm in weak signal areas to keep my battery from being eaten alive searching for a 3G signal.

Thanks,

Mike
[EVO 4G Android Development] galandy:
Settings > Advanced Settings > Interface > Notification Power Widget > Widget Buttons
[EVO 4G Android Development] saucratiz:
I have searched but I can not find a bat mod that would give me a percentage battery where can I find one
[EVO 4G Android Development] galandy:
Settings > Advanced Settings > Interface > Status bar tweaks > Battery percentage (might need a restart of the phone to show)
[EVO 4G Android Development] fitz420:
Menu, settings, advanced, interface, status bar tweaks, battery percentage.

Already built in
[EVO 4G Android Development] bytes2bits:
I like the idea but I'm not seeing hotspot as one of the Notification Power Widget button choices.

Edit: Sorry, you're right. It's called Wifi AP. EXCELLENT TIP! Thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhantomPhreak53:
I always use the stock kernel. For some reason the other kernels don't play nice with my phone. I don't like the random reboots. If it reboots on me once a day, that is too much. Stock kernel is running great and I get 16 hours off moderate to heavy use with the stock battery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeyxda:
Many thanks! Now if I could just figure out how to re-order them. :)

Mike
[EVO 4G Android Development] paulg1981:
Lol, same menu has the option to rearrange the toggle widgets!
[EVO 4G Android Development] wmblalock:
Is anyone having problems with wifi on this rom? At my work, I sit roughly 20 feet away from my wireless N router and ever since I installed this rom, my phone has issues with staying connected to the wifi. Sometimes I look at my phone and I see that its back on 3G, then I will see it switch to Wifi, then I can watch the signal meter for the wifi go up and down. I think this is part of my battery drain. I didn't have this problem on my previous rom with the wifi, it stayed connected all day, with full signal and no issues. Any suggestions? Anyone else have this issue? I am running 1.2y
[EVO 4G Android Development] allenmkelso:
does this rom signal bars measure data connection or call quality
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhantomPhreak53:
All AOSP roms measure data connection.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mattmulford:
Downloading z now. Been on s for a while now. Just wanted to say we all appreciate how frequently you update. Looking forward to 2.3.4 stable
[EVO 4G Android Development] timtlm:
There are a couple of options built in.

1. You can put the power control widget on one of your home screens. You can even make it a 1x1 widget with only the wifi hotspot toggle.

2. You can put a wifi hotspot toggle in your notification power widget list.

One feature that many people may not know about is that you can long-press each notification power widget, and it will take you to the settings page for that function.
[EVO 4G Android Development] aaanadie:
Wake Issue (Android OS)

Hello,

I found this in XDA. Can someone tell me if it would work with gingerbread-evo-deck-1.2z?

I think GPS part is not necessary for deck-1.2z because it have that gps driver or something similar, right?

Thanks

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1128135
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottgalit61:
Hey guys has anyone else been having trouble with hdmi not working with tiamat v.4.0.5.... Thanks

Sent from my Hacked & Wacked HTC EVO 4G
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeyxda:
I think that's correct. I used to have high "Android System" in batt stats back at 1.2o but the last several versions (t,v,x,y,z if memory serves) don't have any problem with Android OS system drain or GPS locking. Everything just works.

Mike
[EVO 4G Android Development] aph:
If you want to avoid downloading separate app, you can do it natively by putting it in the notification dropdown toggles. Check Advanced Settings
[EVO 4G Android Development] Trident:
Using 1.2z and WiFi doesn't seem to work at all. Finds the router, then just keeps scanning.:(
[EVO 4G Android Development] aph:
Try overvolting by +25 or +50 mV with viperboy's scripts. SZ has lower voltages than Tiamat, and random reboots are a symptom of that
[EVO 4G Android Development] fkpalm:
Hey guys has anyone else been having trouble with hdmi not working with tiamat v.4.05.

Does not work for me either.. Keep going back to stock
[EVO 4G Android Development] VDub2174:
You try another version?
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhantomPhreak53:
Are you using the stock kernel? Did you restore your WiFi settings via TitaniumBackup? I am on z with the stock kernel and I am having 0 issues with WiFi
[EVO 4G Android Development] nuformzdesign:
Just for anyone else that might have this problem, I was having issues getting wired usb tether to work on this rom. I did digging and found that newer kernels for AOSP roms (like Godmode, tiamat 4.0.5) are having issues with USB tether. I reverted to tiamat 3.3.8, plugged in, enabled tethering, and after directing my windows xp machine to the necessary RNDIS drivers found elsewhere on the site, it works like a charm. Apparantly windows 7 and vista already have the necessary drivers built in.

I don't know if this is already a known issue or fix, just trying to give clear info for anyone else searching. :)

And, great ROM. I'm easily getting the best battery life of any setup I have ever ran on my phone. I don't know if its necessary or not, but I have profiles set up with juice defender and setcpu, and my phone finally died this morning after almost 44 hours going with light to moderate usage.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rushco:
Do you turn the phone screen off with wifi on and then when you turn the screen back on it is on 3g? The problem might be the wifi sleep policy. I changed mine so when my screen is off it stays connected to the wifi network. Under wifi settings hit menu then advance and see if that makes a difference.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wmblalock:
That is probably what it is. Isn't it better for battery to leave it on wifi with good signal then to have it turn off the wifi and go back to 3g with a low signal? It was always my understanding that wifi used less battery draw than 3g or 4g
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeyxda:
Just had my first lockup/reboot on z. I was using WTSP weather to view a thunderstorm alert that just popped up and I opened the app, viewed the alert text, and when I pressed the back button to get out of the alert, the phone froze completely. No response from any button. So I waited about a minute, knowing the phone would probably notice the lockup and reboot, and it did. Just reporting in case anything similar has been noticed by anyone else.

BTW, if you're into weather, check out the WTSP Weather app. It's a weather app from a Tampa news channel, but it works just as well with any ZIP in the country! Try it out. Best weather and radar I've found... and that includes weather underground. Even though it's a Tampa TV channel, it seems to have no bias whatsoever to the Tampa area: radar is just as fast and detailed in any part of the country. Very nice status bar temperature changes to visible yellow/red alert immediately when a weather alert goes out too. Seems to use no/negligible battery.

Mike
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottgalit61:
Well it works on v. 4.0.2, only problem was the sound does not get routed to the speaker and thats the reason i wanted to try another version. But on 4.0.5 it doesnt work totally...!!!

Sent from my Hacked & Wacked HTC EVO 4G
[EVO 4G Android Development] knoc:
R u using vipermod undervolt script? Also try savaged Zen 2.2.1 cuss I'm using it no problem
[EVO 4G Android Development] knoc:
SZ has higher voltages bro. Its floor is 950 for stability reasons
[EVO 4G Android Development] carrilloevo:
Can't get the GPS to work,any fix? It was working fine in 1.2x
[EVO 4G Android Development] bootny:
I had that problem had to reinstall y then flash over with z about 4 times but I think that's bc I was coming from vaelpak.02... everything works great now!
[EVO 4G Android Development] bytes2bits:
Awesome app suggestion. Thanks!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] JSmurfy:
here is a gps fix -- @ carrilloevo i believe you asked for this
[EVO 4G Android Development] eniamg02:
Can't wait for stable so I can give it a run
[EVO 4G Android Development] k2buckley:
You should give it a try anyways. IMO, x, y, and z have all been more than stable.
[EVO 4G Android Development] carrilloevo:
So just needto upgrade to the latest radio,pri and all that?
[EVO 4G Android Development] FicTioN_v3:
Thanks for the suggestion. I would press the thanks button but the Xda app doesn't have the option and I seldom get on Xda on my laptop or pc.

I downloaded and set up AutomateIt and it is working very well. It definitely has mad a difference in my battery life in the few hours i've had it. I highly recommend checking or AutomateIt (there is a free and paid pro version in the market).

Sent from my Decked out Evo
[EVO 4G Android Development] apheonixboy:
Themed most of 1.2z... I'm having a blast theming! !!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Tilde88:
use toastchf kernel
[EVO 4G Android Development] leeoniya:
just flashed v1.2z on my HW 002. being a minimalist and coming from Fresh, MikG, and even CM7 (which i actually like a lot as well) this ROM is sick.

- one thing i wish it included was a 1% battery increment and batt % overlay mod of some sort. i do like the style of the stock battery icon, but it needs to be smoother and have a % overlay. any chance of adding this in?

- also would be sweet if it was possible to show 6 signal bars like sense or even signal strength (dB) rather than the stock 4.

- finally maybe an indication of GPS-enabled and WiFi-enabled/networks available alert in the notif/status bar.

the sense-style TouchPal Dialer easily replaces the stock one (i highly recommend it)

running Savage SBC 2.2.1 @conservative

keep up the great work!

leon
[EVO 4G Android Development] bytes2bits:
So you just set the Trigger as Screen off and then then the Action as Disable Mobile Data? Will it still get emails and such in the background or not until you turn the screen back on?
[EVO 4G Android Development] k2buckley:
To get battery percentage, go to menu>settings>advanced settings>interface>status bar tweaks>then check off battery percentage. (sometimes you need to check it, then uncheck it, then re-check it again on the first time)

There are themes (I'm pretty sure) that can give you 6 bars for signal. It wouldn't change the way that it actually reads signal or anything, just the way it looks.

Not sure on the rest of the stuff. Enjoy the rom!
[EVO 4G Android Development] wmdunn:
It's easy to cook one up for yourself in the UOT kitchen.