yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Android Development] vanessaem:
But it's not just a line, it's the truth...lol. :)

You're on stock and you're getting poor battery life but when I was using stock mine was very good. Everyone's phone is different.

Some phones do better on the stock kernel than others.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
Of course it's the truth. :) That was my point. I guess I shouldn't have said "line".

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Where can I find Chop Suey. I searched the forum and it turned up nothing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
No, my friend....;)....I am still rocking the OG for the time being. I'm waiting to see what the new Apple device will look like. I'm not impressed with the 'look' of the latest Android devices although their specs are outstanding. As for roms, I haven't been on Synergy or SalvageMod in quite awhile because I have been content with the Stock Gingerbread Sense rom with the latest build version and Lithid's Freedom kernel. How've you been, by the way?
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1seven:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1232127&highlight=kernel
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
Yes, but not in any major way. All I know is that re-flashing it has been known to work...;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] marcusva79:
Doug where is the latest ota? Is there any themes out foe it??
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
I'm good DJ. I had to get a Security+ certification at work, so studying for that kept me quite busy. Then it was back to school for my twins. It's finally slowing down though. I'm still on the OG too, and plan to stay here for a while. Good to see you my friend.
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1seven:
Thanks again. Re-flashed AmonRa from terminal emulator, full wiped, and am waiting to see if Synergy (vanilla, non-godmode, of course) takes this time. 5min in and counting...
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
Thanks 1seven. I'm going to assume I need to download the.9.1-syn-nightlies, since there is no synergy rls1 version.
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1seven:
That's actually a good question. I haven't gotten Synergy to flash yet, though I intend to try chop suey if/when I get it running... I see 9.1-syn-nightly, 9.1-universal, and 9.2.6-universal. I imagine you're right, but if anybody in-the-know wants to chime in as to which chop suey versions are compatible... :o

edit: ARGH. 20 minutes in, and I'm still looking at the white "htc EVO 4G" boot screen. I don't get it. :mad:
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
I'll give them all a try. :) You're saying you haven't been able to get synergy flashed AT ALL? I'm going to assume you've done a full wipe? What have you tried so far? Also, are you using Amon RA or Clockworkmod?
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1seven:
AmonRa 2.3. Fully wiped the crap out of everything. I've been sampling ROMs for the past week or so with no flashing problems, and only one really misbehaving ROM. Verified hashes, downloads are good. Re-flashed AmonRa. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, or what other variables to change. Next time I come back to it I'll try a different SD card, because that's about the only thing I haven't switched... but it still seems curious that I haven't been unable to flash others, or to perform nandroid restores.

I just pulled the battery now, after 30 minutes stuck at the htc screen, and about to restore my Deck nandroid...
[EVO 4G Android Development] whiterider13:
Hey man, you want to use the universal version. The syn-nightly version is for the old nightlies before this thread started. Btw, chop suey works great for me on rls1.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
Thanks whiterider. I downloaded the universal as well. I'll use that one then. Have you tried v.9.2.6-test yet?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
I have no idea what all you've done, but the below listed techniques almost always work:

1. Re-flash amonRA v2.3. Download its PC36IMG.zip from my signature and flash it via the bootloader.

2. Backup the contents of your SD card and then re-format it from within amonRA.

3. Go to amonRA's wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it starting from the bottom up.

4. Download a fresh copy of Synergy RLS-1, transfer it to your SD card and then flash it. Don't use Rom Manager or anything like that.

Getting stuck at the boot screen usually means a corrupt rom or corruption on the SD card. Sometimes, a re-flash of the recovery is warranted, but rare.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
I agree with DJ. I normally wipe everything except "SD-Card" 3 times, and then I'd flash VR-Superwipe 3 times. Overkill maybe, but it works for me. Since you are having so much trouble, I'd do the extra steps DJ suggests of flashing Amon, backing up the SD card, and wiping everything. Let us know how it turns out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1seven:
Thanks for your continued help, dougjamal. The only thing I haven't done at this point is replace the SD card (did a full wipe/repartition yesterday), and I flashed amonRA manually in terminal emulator, rather than the bootloader flash.

I may try to take another stab later tonight, but it will probably be tomorrow. I'm going to swap SD cards and will do flash RA again, this time via bootloader when I do, and will report back. :cool:

I'd guess the most likely thing at this point is a corruption on the SD card, though it does seem odd that I've flashed other ROMs in the interim without issue. I too have vr-superwipe on my card, and typically flash that, then wipe each option manually as well.

*sorry guys, I guess I'm all thanked out for the day. Does that 5-thanks limit ever increase?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
Marcus, the only update I'm aware of is to the build. It changed from 4.24 to 4.53. You can download either the odexed or deodexed version from here . Just make a nandroid backup of your current setup, then wipe and flash whichever of the aforementioned two you downloaded. As for mods & themes, I'm not sure. I'm using the odexed version so mods & themes are not an option for me. I can't say for certain, but I don't know that the changes associated with the latest build have any effects on the mods & themes already available.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
If I had to guess, I'd say corrupt download of the rom.
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1seven:
I downloaded that sucker at least three times, and I checked the md5 hash each time, and even now after placing it on the card. Can the file be corrupted even if the hash matches? (sorry, I'm not a programmer/dev)

I don't recall which brand card is in there atm, but I do know it's not one of my Sandisks (I've learned my lesson, only buy Sandisk now.)
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
If the hash is good, then the file SHOULD be good. Be nothing is absolute. If you'd like, I could put my copy on dropbox and share it out to you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] marcusva79:
Thanks Doug. I have gotten uses aosp it is pretty much the only roms that don't compress my mms as much. But thank your left me know dude
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1seven:
Thanks for the offer, very kind of you--but it's not necessary. I'm pretty sure my downloads are good (used both mirrors, hashes checked, etc.)

But how's this for odd: I figured I'd give this card one last workout before replacing it. So I repartitioned, dropped the RA pcimg.zip file on there, re-flashed RA, but let it reboot... and wouldn't you know, on up comes the green Synergy animated boot. I let it go, and it fully booted to the Android setup wizard. Quite surprised to see this... and no idea how/why it was there, after freezing during the flash.

edit: after this, I wiped all and re-flashed Synergy, and maybe just 90 seconds in, I'm already looking at the SynergyROM logo. edit2: and I'm now at the Android setup wizard, so all's good. Had to be corruption on the sd card, I guess.

Thank you again, doug and cirehawk, for your help in trying to walk me through this. Maybe I'll be able to throw more thanks your way shortly, if that counter resets at midnight.

edit3: now that I'm in, another question: if I want to try the 3d carousel, I can flash that file any time, right? I assume that's similar to a theme, and doesn't need to be flashed at the same time as the ROM? Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Nak131:
I guess that makes sense. The carousel runs extremely smoothly on the MyTouch 4G and lock screen shortcuts open the respective apps instantly. I haven't seen the 3D widgets on it but I'm sure they'd be smooth too. Guess we need more ram for a smooth Sense 3.0 experience...
[EVO 4G Android Development] NxNW:
No.

Must be flashed during same recovery session as original ROM flash, back to back.

If you're thinking of experimenting with it, decide now before you place the furniture, hang up your curtains, and unpack all your boxes.

Sucks to do all your setup work only to realize you have to re-do it.

By the way, I have a working theory that says godmode works worse if you use the 3.0 carousel Rosies.

if you are using godmode, proceed with caution. ie, if you do the carousel and it sucks, try reflashing back to just godmode-no-rosie before you write off godmode altogether.

But if your phone is like my phone they will both suck, so eventually you may find you prefer non-godmode either way.

Having said all that, might I recommend dkdude36's rosie 3.0 mod. I preferred it slightly over fdb8231's, no disrespect intended at all to fdb8231, but the dkdude36 one uses Sense 3.0 widgets as well as the 3.0 rosie (the other one keeps the Sense 2.1 widgets and *only* adds the carousel) , and seemed to give a little more eye candy while performing just as well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Nak131:
I just came from that ROM and had lag issues with it as well. Had a couple people trying to help me resolve it and after trying everything decided to search for something that my phone wants to run.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
Awesome, glad you finally got it to flash. I don't use the 3D carousel, but looks like NxNW answered the question. Now enjoy Synergy. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] whiterider13:
I have not. I am still using 9.1. I don't have an hdmi cable so I didn't feel the need to change. I have heard good things though.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Cool Cake:
New to Synergy from MIUI

Hi,

I just came from MIUI and I flashed Synergy ROM. I really like it and all the Sense 3.0 tweeks in it. It runs really smooth for me and the battery is way better than MIUI.

I do have a question though.

In my TiBU screen where it reports memory levels for everything, all looks good except for two areas.

1. My System ROM memory is almost gone (367MB used; 6.85MB free). Is this normal for Synergy? Should I worry? How would I go about freeing memory in this area?

2. I flashed DTa2sd when I flashed Synergy. TiBU reports that our of 500MB I have only have 36 MB free. How is this possible when I didn't download any apps since the switch from MIUI. If not normal how would I free up a2sd memory?

Thanks for all your help in advance. Like I said Synergy runs real smooth despite the memory allocation outlined above but I was just wondering...you know.

Oh one last question: Is there native capability within the rom to capture screen shots?
[EVO 4G Android Development] vanessaem:
Yes, it's normal for your System Memory to be quite low. But how is your Internal Memory?

As far as native capability to do screenshots, no there isn't. However, there will be a new version of this rom called Warm TwoPointThree, that will be optimized for the Evo 4g. The one for the 3vo has something called Warm Tweaks that gives you the ability to implement that feature. Hopefully, the 4g version will have this as well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Cool Cake:
Thanks Vanessaem for the speedy reply. The internal memory looks great, plenty of space.

Any thoughts on the mysterious evaporation of a2sd memory? Could it be that Synergy dumped the system apps on there as well?

Also thanks for the heads up on the new version, I'll keep an eye out for it. Will it be a collaborative effort like this ROM? or will be mostly Myn?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tuscolavol:
Linked is a list of system/apps that you can choose to uninstall. The person who compiled this list is SkullMonkey, I think. I have about 49MB free with these tweaks. It is a larger operating system and you won't have as much free space as with Froyo or AOSP/MIUI. It was a concern of mine when I first started running Synergy but I have zero issues with lag/performance.

In your A2SD, where do you have dalvik stored? If you are running DT's A2SD with no changes, it is in internal memory. You could try moving it from internal to the cache partition or sd card. I read that dalvik stored on internal memory was best for performance but, as always, check it out for yourself. Different phones, different results. Just in case you don't know, you can check your A2SD settings in Terminal Emulator (su, enter and then a2sd check, enter) or there is an app named A2SDGUI that you can use.

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...amp;hl=en_US&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13167004861424
[EVO 4G Android Development] marvinlh:
What setup are you 3vo users using? I couldn't get sprint to let me upgrade early but I did get them to swich me to the sero premium 500 plan. Wont have a upgrade till March. But if I cancel both lines as of now my etf would $80 per line, $160 all together
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
Since spare parts doesn't really work for this, what is the best way to determine if you're having a wakelock issue? I switched to the chop suey kernel last night and my battery is still draining fairly quickly. I can take my phone off charger immediately after getting the green indicator and I wactch it drop to about 88% within minutes. The discharge rate slows down at that point. It may take 4 or 5 hours to drop to 50% (depending on usage). However, it drops pretty fast again once it gets below 50%.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nivron:
BetterBatteryStats works pretty good for me. Get the 1.0 version as there is an issue with the new 1.1.0 version that was uploaded. It should be fixed later though.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
Thanks nivron. I'll give that a try.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jelucas30:
Auto-Sync

Is anyone having any issues with their auto-sync turning off? Every 30 minutes or so I notice it turns itself off and my apps won't sync.

Is there a solution?
[EVO 4G Android Development] NxNW:
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but my position is when you take an EVO (running any non-SBC-kernel) off the charger, you should assume its state of charge is 90%, not 100%.

It may display "100" the exact instant you take it off charge, but it will quickly converge on some other number within a few seconds. Once it settles down, maybe a minute or five, *that* is your true state of charge.

Dropping 2% several minutes after *that* is normal.

EVO's do not charge to 100% while the OS is running. They get right up to 100, and if there is any load, they are allowed to use up battery capacity to drain back down to 90 *even while plugged in*, then once they touch 89, they start charging again, repeat ad infinitum. So when you unplug you may get any number between 90 and 99. Assume 90.

(I think if you charge it while it is powered down it will get to 100% and stay pretty close to there until you boot it up, if you *really* want to start with a full tank.)

Anyways the interesting part is not how quickly it goes from "100" to 90; that could be instantaneous. The thing to watch is how long it takes to get from 90 to 0. That is a much truer indication of battery performance.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
You are correct. EVO's do not trickle charge. Once the EVO thinks it is completely charged, it will turn off the charging circuitry until it drops below the 90% (that's the number we believe it to be) threshold. This means that even though the phone is on the charger, it's actually on battery power. After the EVo drops below the threshold, it will turn the circuitry back on. This was especially a problem when charging overnight since even though the charge indicator is green, you never knew if you were closer to 100% or 90%.

Before SBC kernels came out, the way we got around that was to take the phone off charger. Once it did it's initial drop, plug it in until it hit full charge again. if I did this 2 or 3 times, I'd normally get a pretty close to full charge. The problem now is that even that process isn't working for me. No matter what I do, I get that quick drop. You say the key is how fast it drops from 90% to 0%, and I don't necessarily disagree with you. My problem is that even before SBC kernels, I could usually get aound 20 hours (give or tak a couple) with normal usage. Now I get maybe 10 or so hours. This only started happening a few weeks ago, because I'm pretty sure that even when Synergy was in beta I got better battery life than that.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Vodad:
Just wanted to say, I have been running this ROM for about a month now, and have really never had an issue that I can tell, I do have an occasional day that things do not seem to be all that snappy and then an hour later it is back to normal.

Thanks for making my phone work, and look way better than Sprint would let it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] NxNW:
Ah. I see. Wish I could be more help diagnosing wakelocks without benefit of spare parts. As for Better Battery Stats, check out http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
[EVO 4G Android Development] Cool Cake:
Thanks for responding tuscolavol.

That list is a very good resource so thanks for that too.

I have Dalvik cache set to internal, which is fine with me. I have plenty of internal storage.

I am not going to worry too much about my a2sd available because I have just about all the apps I want. And with 38Mb, I could squeeze some must have games

Will probably at some point upgrade to 32GB class 10 than reformat and make the Ext 3 2GB.

In the meantime, I am just enjoying the Synergy.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vanessaem:
Collabo: Myn, Incubus26jc and Joelz9614

They've all got their spoon in the pot. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeinstlouis:
Camera Freeze/auto brightness turns off

Hey all,

I saw a post on this in the past, but no follow up.

I love this app but I do have a few issues:

1) My camera freezes more than I am happy about. I take a picture and boom..it freezes...especially if I am trying to take a picture and send it in a text message. I have to pull the battery.

2) My auto brightness won't stay on by default. Whenever I have to reboot my phone or pull the battery it goes off. I keep forgetting to go in and turn it back on, an obvious unwanted drain on my battery.

A post in the past said that these two were related, but didn't see anything else.

I was wondering if anyone could provide comment or a possible fix.

Thanks!!

Mike
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
Myself and a few others have long been under the impression that the algorithm that estimates the charge capacity of the EVO 4G is flawed and you are right to assume that just because the L.E.D displays full charge, it does not mean that the battery is indeed fully charged. There are various charging methods to use to reach capacity. My routine is this: I charge until the L.E.D displays green and then I disconnect and wait 60 seconds. Afterwards, If I place it back on the charger and the L.E.D is not displaying the color green, I charge it again until it does. I repeat the procedure until after 60 seconds the L.E.D stays green. When it does, my battery is fully charged. As I aforementioned, there are several methods available.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
Diagnosing wakelocks can be a pain because there are times when a simple reboot or a mere wiping of the cache & dalvik can miraculously clear it. I would argue that a lot of times, the kernel or radio mixture is the culprit.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
Go to Menu-Settings-About Phone-Battery and check if the awake time is the same as the up time. If they are, then more than likely you have a wakelock especially if your display has been off.

Try wiping cache & dalvik and then reflash the kernel to see if that helps. After rebooting, make sure you let your display turn off forvat least 3 minutes before checking the uptime & waketime.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
You're very welcome. I'm glad you're up and running...;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] dougjamal:
What app?

Are you using the default camera app or a different one like the panarama camera app?

That 'could' be a gingerbread issue. That has happened to me on occasion and while using both Sense & AOSP roms.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cirehawk:
My method is very similar to yours. The only difference is that I hadn't kept repeating until the LED was still green after 60 seconds. I'll give that a shot because after a few recharges, mine still drops like a rock until it gets to about 89%. I just wish somebody would come up with an SBC kernel already. :)

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Thanks DJ. I know my phone is sleeping (I learned the uptime vs awake time test back in my Hero days). I was just thinking that maybe I had a wakelock issue that wasn't easily detected. Also, I actually wipe cache & dalvik before I flash anything so I wiped it before I flashed chop suey. I'm going to try the tip from your other post aboth repeat charging until the LED stays green after 60 seconds off charge.
[EVO 4G Android Development] NxNW:
Lithid says it will be in the 1.0 release of Freedom. In between smacking down wannabe devs, trying to reform the entire Evo development community, and working on actual ROMs, he is "actively" pursuing SBC. 'Where does he find the time...' smh
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
Another way to help determine wakelocks is in terminal emulator type dumpsys power. (su first, of course). Ropodope has posted that a few places.

Also, I saw a post about having to flash carousel mod in same recovery session as rom.---------->>>>> Fdb8231 has a thread with carousel mods and awesome add-ons/mods. And they do NOT need to be flashed in rom flash session. They can be flashed at any time you choose.

Possibly if you're flashing the 3.0 Widgets, that may require same recovery session, but I would imagine if you flash those anytime, you would just need to clear data for sense for Widgets to show up (but that's just a theory/opinion)
[EVO 4G Android Development] leon sprouse:
I used my camera to take a picture then was sending it to facebook. BAM picture froze, phone , everything . I had to remove battery to get it going again. I hope someone reads these posts that is involved with Synergy so we can get a fix.