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[Verizon Droid Charge] Serinety:
So just to do some comparison, I reverted back to a totally stock phone yesterday after collecting some battery drain information from 1.81. with a fresh install of 1.81, utilizing the same setup as above (only wifi on, all other options off) no apps other than xda and what comes loaded on 1.81, i was draining battery about about 10% an hour with the phone off. with moderate use I could drain the battery 20% in 30 min (by moderate use i mean checking email, browsing xda, etc) with screen at 50% brightness.

i reverted to stock last night, and before bed, i had charged the phone to 100%. I took the phone off the charger and let it sit over night (again, only wifi on, bluetooth, gps and mobile data off) and the phone drained 3% when I woke up this morning.

I cant seem to find what is draining the battery in 1.81, or for that matter 1.75 (as i had the same issue). in 1.75 i removed the Galler3D.apk to prevent the sensor bug and it seemed to make little to no difference.

I am wondering if somehow the sensor was still being utilized even after the removal of the gallery, and somehow carried through during my update to 1.81.

is anyone else experiencing a large battery drain in 1.81 ? or does anyone have any other ideas?

I LOVE the work going on with gummy and really want to use it, but if its draining my batter from 100% to dead in 4 to 5 hours, then I cant use it.

I know many people have reported awesome battery retention, so there has to be something going on, either in a bad flash, or .... something.
[Verizon Droid Charge] will2live:
That is exactly where it is and comes from. Because most ROMs only mess with /System anything that is in /preinstalled from the original SW will be there no matter what you flash to the device

How much mem are you showing free & used? I just update about an hour ago to 1.8.1 and I have 191Mb used, with 138.5Mb free in /system
[Verizon Droid Charge] will2live:
Its got to be an app on the phone. I just updated to 1.8.1 about 3 hrs ago myself. While at the office I leave mine on Wifi also leaving everything else as is. i have all my Market apps and so forth installed and in just over 3 hours it has only drained 2% for me. I've done a little Twitter, 2 emails, one call and some gtalk in that time.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Serinety:
that's what I was thinking too, but other than XDA I hadn't installed anything. its possible i had a bad flash, I am going to run stock for a little longer and record some more data then resintall 1.81 and run the same apps in the same way for the same period of time and compare the results.
[Verizon Droid Charge] hsomnus:
GC 1.8

I just flashed GC 1.8 today. Loving it so far, thanks kejar!!!!!!
[Verizon Droid Charge] kejar31:
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?705-GummyToolbox-Tips-and-How-To-s&p=11437&viewfull=1#post11437
[Verizon Droid Charge] kejar31:
If you are on 1.8, rather than 1.8.1 you will need to download the fixes posted in the OP at rootzwiki

1.8 had camera and swype issues and 1.8.1 fixed them
[Verizon Droid Charge] hsomnus:
Im getting a huge drain on my battery as well, Any Ideas what could be causing this??? While on rooted stock EE4 I had great battery life
[Verizon Droid Charge] RaptorMD:
I didn't have a chance last night to install it yet, so I may wait a day or two to see if kejar has an update ready with EE4 on it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] teddykgb715:
Ah, I did indeed. Makes sense. :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] H3Dude:
That is easier said then done.
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
I didn't test it but that is how it is on other phones. I disabled lagfix first and odin ED1 rooted package then ota'd. Its the only way to get the new modem, as you cannot get it from a system dump.
[Verizon Droid Charge] teddykgb715:
So then once you did that you reflashed Gummy?
[Verizon Droid Charge] californiarailroader:
I just loaded up this ROM and WOW, it flies! I am missing two programs though, Samsung Media Hub and Samsung Desk Home, I have searched but can't find the apps and it doesn't show them in the market for me, can some kind soul point me to the files? Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
No. Waiting for sdcard write protection bug to be fixed, and Roms to be updated. Stock for me for a little while:-(
[Verizon Droid Charge] teddykgb715:
Ok, thanks. I think I'll probably just stick with Gummy until EE4 is integrated.
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
The media hub can be found as an extra in imnuts debloated Rom OP
[Verizon Droid Charge] californiarailroader:
Thanks! Any idea on the desk home app?
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
The aosp version is clock. You should have it. The Samsung one you can get by unzipping the stock ED2 ROM and copy from system/app to your phone system/app folder using root explorer
[Verizon Droid Charge] dobo84:
Google voice is already pre cooked in the rom
[Verizon Droid Charge] californiarailroader:
Found it! I copied it over and it's working great, thanks again!
[Verizon Droid Charge] californiarailroader:
One minor problem, when I click on "Add Cities" to add mine for weather, then "select city" it then asks me to set it in "Daily Briefing", I select that and after about a 5 second pause it force closes and goes back to the main deskhome app.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Stri26:
Another minor thing (though it is probably user error on my part):

I have haptic feedback turned off, but the phone still vibrates at the unlock screen (once when I touch the screen, again when I unlock). Is this normal, and is there a way to disable it?

Thanks! Great work!
[Verizon Droid Charge] teddykgb715:
I think that's normal. Don't know of a way personally but that doesn't mean there isn't one.
[Verizon Droid Charge] stang68x:
I feel like an ass, but how do I boot into CWM so I can flash a .zip? Samsung is new to me :o:p
[Verizon Droid Charge] teddykgb715:
In my opinion, the easiest is to download quickboot from the market.
[Verizon Droid Charge] froodyo:
Volume Up + Home + Power = Greatness
[Verizon Droid Charge] pestilent:
This rom looks like exactly what I've been waiting for :). Didn't see these definitively answered in the thread so far, so I wanted to ask

1) Can this safely be installed on a Charge with PBJ kernel and lagfix already in place?

2) What does the SMS/MMS app look like? I cannot stand the TW one!
[Verizon Droid Charge] Serinety:
im working on figuring this out. see my previous posts and let me know if you are seeing similar behavior
[Verizon Droid Charge] cmdrfrog:
is anyone else getting a strange behavior on the lock screen after adding an exchange account? Once i add exchange, i no longer even get ASOP lockscreen at All, no matter how long or short is has been since i last PIN unlocked i get the pin unlock EVERY time without even sliding to unlock first

EDIT: it appears that the ROM is in control of this not the exchange settings per other threads.. the function is called security lock timer and it apparently got stripped from 1.8.1 so il go back to 1.7.5 in the meantime...
[Verizon Droid Charge] greene.phillip:
Still seems to be working great so I guess the initial force close isn't too big of a deal.

@youngprettyboi: CWM says I don't have lagfix even though I have the voodoo kernel on the phone and voodoo control works and says its active. So you may want to try checking elsewhere to see if its actually enabled. I'm sure someone can tell you an easier way than voodoo control.

Thanks for the great ROM.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Cilraaz:
The two easiest ways to check if voodoo is active are:

1. Open Terminal Emulator, su, and run the "mount" command. On the 4th, 5th, and 6th lines, the partitions should show that they are using the "ext4" filesystem. If so, voodoo is active. If not, then about halfway down, you should see /system and /data using the "rfs" filesystem. If so, voodoo is not active.

2. Run a Quadrant benchmark. If you score around 900, voodoo is not active. If you score around 1600, voodoo is active.
[Verizon Droid Charge] youngpettyboi:
Yes I did, my battery was almost full, I know the conversion requires a certain battery level. It never converted. I flashed it again, still no change.
[Verizon Droid Charge] suzook:
No problems here. Not sure why its so bad for you.
[Verizon Droid Charge] flybyturkey:
The problem I'm having with my battery is not quick drainage problems but while charging it never stops at 100%. It stops at 99% and that's it. When i unplug it, it shows 100% and will continue to show that depending on how long it got stuck there. I have to unplug it for fears that my battery while explode or turn into a paper weight.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Phlack:
I am noticing a battery drain on mine also...1.7.5 worked fine for me though...only noticed in 1.8.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Delicate Donut:
Awesome battery life here so far 18h since I unplugged my phone at

75%. I am down to 9 now. Can only imagine what it would be had it been charged all the way. I have facebook sns syncing once per day. Two gmail accounts, google voice, beautiful widgets (refreshing every 3 hours)! About 60 something apps installed. Lte is always on as well and wifi set to sleep when screen is off!Happy that my phone is finally awesome!
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
No... flash away
[Verizon Droid Charge] Sailrace:
Everyone - i picked up my Charge today, and the first thing i did was ODIN, Vodoo, and flash Gummy. However....it's on its initial boot now, and on the Samsung splash screen. Has been for about 5 minutes. I know the OP says that it takes a while, but what is a reasonable amount of time.

I've been rooting and flashing for a year now with my EVO on Sprint, but don't remember ever waiting this long.
[Verizon Droid Charge] flybyturkey:
Have you tried this--> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131710

That is how I did mine and I came from a stock EE4. Worked perfectly.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Sailrace:
I'm gong to try it right now. Downloading as I type this.

Thanks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] flybyturkey:
Once you have completed that, download the 1.8.1 GummyCharge and boot into CWM and install from there. No need to wipe when upgrading to 1.8.1 either. Also, once you have installed, enable the lagfix (both lagfix and system lagfix) in CWM once you have done everything. Quadrant scores double (not like it matters). Let me know if you need any help.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Serinety:
Update on this:

I started last night with a 100% charged STOCK phone (i reverted to stock after getting crazy battery drain in 1.81) it has been 19 hours and I am at 36%. Considering how much I have been using the phone, this is remarkable. I even read some of a book using the kindle app for about 45 min.

Clearly the battery life running the stock kernel and build is excellent. I know a lot of you are getting the same battery life in 1.75+ as i just described, while others are getting very poor battery performance with 1.75 and 1.81.

I am going to flash back to 1.81 in a little while, charge the phone back up to 100% and try and duplicate tomorrow, what i did today and then compare battery life.

Right now my theory is that the battery issue is related install procedure of the rooted kernel and gummy. perhaps something is not getting wiped, or something is getting overwritten that should not be.. ill find out :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] Outsider2011:
I did all that already..i posted another thread saying that i went into terminal, typed "su" gave it superuser permission, typed "gummytoolbox" and says it cant be found...i know i have root and before flashing i did complete wipe/reset...please i been waiting for someone to help me..idk wat to do...
[Verizon Droid Charge] ColonelSeitan:
I had a different experience, having extremely poor battery life on stock, and once rooting w/ PBJ + GC had fantastic battery life.
[Verizon Droid Charge] got_rice64:
was this in 1.7.5? I can't seem to do it. weird.
[Verizon Droid Charge] thecontrolm7cl:
Can anyone tell me how to get music beta to sync up because whenever I open it and I Press menu I have no settings option
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Check these battery icon mods out!!!

Check these battery icon mods out for gummycharged!!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14915363&postcount=1
[Verizon Droid Charge] Crispityyy:
I've had this problem a few times as well...seems to be just a little bug.

Sometimes i fixed it by simply opening and closing the app a few times, but most times I had to delete and reinstall the app -_-
[Verizon Droid Charge] got_rice64:
Do I have to enable some option for the home button wake?

Still doesnt work after going to 1.8.1.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ChadZ:
What happened too all stock apps like media hub and think office?

Calendar widget tells me I have no calendar????
[Verizon Droid Charge] thecontrolm7cl:
Yeah my problem is i can't seem to find a way to uninstall it. I have root explorer and idea where the APK file is that i can uninstall?
[Verizon Droid Charge] jadsru1:
Where is the stock kernel?
[Verizon Droid Charge] twistedlim:
Media Hub can be added via the toolbox but not sure about others.
[Verizon Droid Charge] twistedlim:
If you are just using voodoo and not overclocking try imnuts 1st kernel PBJT. I have had better battery life with it runnning at 1000 than the new kernel at 1000
[Verizon Droid Charge] suzook:
And WHY would you think there is a home wake function???? Did you read the OP? Whats with all the idiotic questions on the charge forum? READ PEOPLE!
[Verizon Droid Charge] Outsider2011:
Hello??? Is there no one that can help me? I still havebt gotten an answer about the toolbox not being found. Once again heres my problem: i flashed GC 1.8.1..did a data wipe/reset, cleared partician, dalvik..everything..all went successful..BUT when i went to update the toolbox it kept saying that there was no file found...i then did typed this into terminal:

su

gummytoolbox

And it once again said no file could be found..i did it atleast 20 times still nothing...i went into astro file manager, saw the gummy toolbox folder, opened it and nothing was in there...please i would really like the toolbox working for me so if ANYONE can help it be great..thanks oh and great rom kejar...battery has surely improved.
[Verizon Droid Charge] twistedlim:
Try:

su

updatetb

The latest tb will install.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Outsider2011:
I did that already...that was the first thing i did...
[Verizon Droid Charge] el_brio:
Is there any way to delete the bookmarks? Also, I tried installing the Backup Assistant fix and it just gives me a black screen when I start it. My guess is that Verizon is blocking it or something. Is there a fix for this? If, not is there a way to uninstall it without re-flashing the rom?
[Verizon Droid Charge] got_rice64:
Sigh... here is the reason why i would there there was such a function.

it was mentioned by three other members in this thread.

Here

and here

and again here.

I do admit, i read their posts wrong as they mentioned the "Menu" button and not the home button.

if the feature isn't there, a simple "no", would have sufficed.
[Verizon Droid Charge] twistedlim:
Maybe install the rom again w/o wiping over the top and see if it sticks?
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
If you don't see a # sign you don't have root. Gummytoolbox is only on the gummy rom
[Verizon Droid Charge] criticalhit:
Try installing the toolbox first.
[Verizon Droid Charge] avid.aria:
I actually thought so too,but then realized that my terminal is acting funky, first that I have 2 terminal icons in my app drawer after flashing 1.8 !

and then when I type anything in there it doesn't show up or if it shows up ,it doesn't do anything, here is what I did to get it to work:

open the terminal

if your keyboard has spell check and prediction first type in : su in-front of the $ sign so it should look like : $su

then choose the su from the prediction part of the keyboard ,enter a space after it and then by pressing enter you should be getting the # sign on the next line.

now ,what I did was exactly the same process as I typed gummytoolbox and then chose it from the prediction part of the keyboard(otherwise my keyboard won't type it in!) placed a space after it and pressed enteron the keyboard !

I know these steps might sound stupid but it worked for me and believe it or not I have been strogling to get to the toolbox for few days now ,LOL
[Verizon Droid Charge] CLTatenza:
Anyone having trouble with their boot animation after updating? Mine is jumpy and jumbled up, but still seems to boot correctly.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Delicate Donut:
Download boot animation changer lite and apply any of the animations then it will be fixed. It won't actually change the boot animation but somehow it gets fixed lol
[Verizon Droid Charge] thechaps:
Got a quick question. Has anybody else noticed their 3g connection dropping completely when they start to download or open their browser. It usually comes right back a few seconds later. Just kinda annoying but no big deal.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Yep. Me too. Something in kejar31's rom i guess
[Verizon Droid Charge] type_2:
Anyone else having battery life issues? From what I can tell on 1.81, connecting wifi drains my battery. In fact I get much better battery life just sticking to 4g. The spare parts says that my wifi is working at 100% whenever I just stick to wifi. So just wondering if anyone else noticed this and/or had a potential idea how to fix the issue. Otherwise I'm loving the rom!
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Go into settings>wifi>advanced then turn wifi sleep policy to sleep when screen is off
[Verizon Droid Charge] Serinety:
Will you still get email notifications like this?
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
As long as you have 3g/4g data on yes
[Verizon Droid Charge] type_2:
Thanks a lot for that info! I'll let you know how this turns out for me.
[Verizon Droid Charge] DigitalOp:
Hi! Coming from console modding Im really excited to get my phone on Wednesday and start my first root.

I think I've decided to start with this Gummy 1.75 with voodoo bundle ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131710 ) and then go to 1.8.1 , From what Ive gathered from searching, that is the suggested route?

I've noticed some people are having issues with 1.8.1 draining their battery, is this issue really widespread or is it just a small portion of users? How clean has your install been?

And finally I think Im going to use 'SetCPU' when Im finally rooted but Im a little confused on what I should clock my phone at. I dont want it maxed out to drain power (or blow up lol:eek:), Is a decent speed at 1300 like stated in the above link?

Thank guys, Great forum, Great information and excellent members:p
[Verizon Droid Charge] DJsRed:
I've been having some pretty severe battery drain issues on 1.81. Prior to this, I was running stock EE4 rooted with imnuts' PB&J (non overclocked) voodoo kernel. On both PB&J and stock (w/o root), I was getting excellent battery life. Now, I have to pretty much stay in airplane mode and only come out of it when I'm actually using the phone if I want to make it through the day. Even then, I was down to 30% after about 8 hours. I can actually sit here and watch the battery percentage count down. I did a clean wipe before installing, and after seeing this issue, I wiped twice and rebooted into recovery between wipes (paranoid, I know, but I wanted to make sure the device was clean) and then reflashed 1.81 via CWM. I've just finished re-installing all of my apps and it took 20% of my battery to do that over wifi. I'll test it out tomorrow and see how it holds up. I sure hope I get back to my almost 2 days off a charge battery life. If not, I may have to go back to stock. :(
[Verizon Droid Charge] ¿GotJazz?:
I just loaded GC v1.8.1, and I'm having a ton of problems. :(

My Kernel is: 2.6.32.9 se.infra@SEI-28 #1

My Baseband is: I510.06 V.EE4 / SCH-i510.EE1

My Build is: SCH-I510.EE4

I'm seeing a lot of FCs on just about any app I try to start up. I am trying to restore my apps with MyBackup Root Pro (which has always worked fine in the past), but it FCs in the middle of the restores. I am only trying to restore the apps, not the settings or data.

I had problems installing apps from the Market until I re-enabled Voodoo.

I also have had audio drop-outs on my Bluetooth HFL connection in my car.

I have also seen the phone freeze frequently, and had a spontaneous reboot occur.

Overall, not very happy so far with G.C.

Can anyone help? I must have something wrong - I wouldn't expect many people to be saying how great this ROM is with all the problems I've been seeing.

Cheers,
[Verizon Droid Charge] sweetbaboo:
I don't get force closes on 1.8.1, but my phone does freeze and reboot from time to time and my battery life is awful...so awful that I'm wondering if I should just take it back and get the Thunderbolt which is at least known to be awful.
[Verizon Droid Charge] twistedlim:
My battery has been fine as far as I can tell. I am running launcher pro right now.

-I disabled the stock launcher in TB after taking off all the widgets that were running.

-I have wifi sleep policy to "Never" which is how I have always set up my phones. I read somewhere that it is actually a battery saver.

-GPS is off unless needed.

-I have no lag or shut off when opening the browser.

I did a fresh install of 181, clean wipe of data, cache and delvik before install. My battery dropped about 11 % in 7 hours last night which was about what it was before running stock rom. Currently 181 with lagfix enabled.

Must be lucky?
[Verizon Droid Charge] fr4c:
Not sure why some people are getting horrible battery life, but mine has been very good after 2 days of use. Unplugged my phone yesterday at 10AM and by 10PM before I put it on the charger my battery life was still at 70%. I'm running PBJ w/Voodoo and 1.8 with camera fix. 3 emails, some browsing, streaming some music while I was at the gym, and a couple of phone calls. Battery life is starting to match what I had when I was on a iPhone 4, so you can say I'm extremely pleased.
[Verizon Droid Charge] el_brio:
1. Don't use set CPU. The PBJ OC kernal author suggests using an app called Voltage Control

I would go straight for the latest release of the ROM. This was my first root and I used the guide here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122657

Everything went fine. Just follow the instructions.
[Verizon Droid Charge] gregh530:
have you guys tried altered beast? It's been great for me so far, I haven't tried gummycharged yet.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Serinety:
I went back to stock for this reason. After a few days of stock and recording battery life throughout the day, I went back to 1.81 and started having the same battery drain issue I was having before. So until it gets figured out, im back running a non rooted stock EE4 :(
[Verizon Droid Charge] rick.brewer:
Battery Life

I am noticing really bad battery life when not connected to Wifi. If not connected to Wifi, then the battery will run down in about 8 hours with minimal use.
[Verizon Droid Charge] hooskins:
Does anyone have a copy of 1.7.5? I would love to try that again to compare.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Delicate Donut:
I have phenomenal battery life maybe you guys are doing something wrong while flashing?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Cruiserdude:
I'm loving this version of GC, battery life has really improved and its quite fast. However, can someone please tell me why HDMI mirroring is not working?? I don't know whether its just a setting I need to change, or if I need to reinstall an apk, but it worked before by simply plugging in the cable, and that's no longer the case. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, thanks! :cool:
[Verizon Droid Charge] Serinety:
I think this might be the problem, though I cant figure out what would be going wrong, as the flash process is pretty straight forward
[Verizon Droid Charge] got_rice64:
Im not sure about all the other people with battery drain issues. Im having awesome battery life with 1.8.1 much better than 1.7.5