yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] knzo:
Yes, I think that's an issue also present in flb.

Most likely due to the kernel since we share the same src.

My lockscreen is extremely fast.

Try wipe before and after flash.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
Already did'it ... Seems to me, that the bar is not so responsive as with no skin... but maybe is impression... 'Cause i saw the "problem" on stock Rom and with your Rom either, but maybe is just my mind playing with me... :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Kaboosey:
I don't know about you guys but I feel like it's a bit buggy.

Example: When opening hidden apps option from LauncherPro, it's a bit slow and it 'stucks' for a while with black screen before showing the apps.

Do any of you guys experience any lag when opening apps?

Sent from Ideos X5
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tiagovale2:
Devs, can you give us some info about the new governors? (SavagedZen, InteractiveX, Minmax and Scary)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] l3gionPT:
I'm using this ROM heavily since I flashed it on my U8800. So far, I haven't experienced such "anomaly".

"Reflash" the ROM again, don't forget to wipe data cache/factory, wipe dalvik @advanced.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] KiljoyMcCoy:
I've had no lag problems like you mentioned on 2 phones and have been using all day since i put draco on

even with the build before i had no problems.

this is by far the best ROM I've tried :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Kaboosey:
Alright, thanks about that. Just need some confirmation before flashing it once more.

Now I'm off to flashing then :P

Thanks!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] franciscofranco:
All the governors have built-in profiles meaning that they will cap at your Minimum set frequency when the screen is off. All the governors are different in the way that the CPU speed is scaled, there is no "this one is bettter" and "this one is worse". They all have different approaches so I suggest you and all the users to try them, test them and see what they like the most. I'm currently running with Minmax governor, gives me unbelievable performance while giving me a VERY NICE battery life. Just test, benchmark, see what suits you best!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tiagovale2:
Sure, thanks for the info. I know that there's no "this one is better" or something... All I wanted to know is, for example, that the governor x or y (from the 4 new governors) ir more suitable to performance, in other hand the governor abc is better to extend battery life, etc... I know we can test that with benchs, etc but I think it would be easy for you to give a minimal information about the new governors... (I don't mind if you simply say: 1 - Suitable to performance 2 - suitable to powersave 3 - Kinda ondemand 4 - Bla bla bla...)

Hope I made my point clear :)

(Will test Minmax.)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] franciscofranco:
Yes you did, perfectly clear! The point is that I don't even know which one is the best for any of the cases you pointed out for example, because they can all give you a lot of power when you need it and can give you battery saving powers when the device is sleeping. I think the most performance oriented is SavagedZen and Minmax the most balanced of them all, but I can't give you 100% certainties ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tiagovale2:
Oh, ok then... I'm testing them with Elixir. Mainly, I'm seeing the frequency they stay in Idle (screen on) and how much time they took to raise the performance (switching screens very fast)...

Just one off-topic question: Will it help to battery saving if I put minimum clock to 122Mhz? When the screen is off will be a better power saving, but there's a bigger gap until it raises the max performance when needed... What do you think?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] franciscofranco:
No, 122min is pretty bad and actually hurts performance and battery. My current frequencies are 768mhz - 1,5ghz and my battery lasts a big chunk of time
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snaker12:
After 2 days of use i can say: Very FAST rom and very stable!

The only bug that i found is that the compass doesnt work at all and that gps takes some time to lock(but it works).

Congratulations and thanks for this really nice rom.

Waiting for a compass fix if this is possible.Thanks.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tiagovale2:
_____Governors quick review______

Clocks:

- min clock: 122Mhz

- max clock: 1018Mhz

Apps:

- No-frills CPU Control (Define governor and min/max clock)

- Elixir (Widget with cpu clock and % used)

Conditions:

- Zeam Launcher

- Screen always on

- Wifi on

- Quiet home screen for 1 minute to see how low the clock/% gets

- Switch screens very fast to see how long until it gets max clock.

Governors tested:

- Performance (stock)

- Powersave (stock)

- Ondemand (stock)

- Smoothass

- Smartass

- SavagedZen

- InteractiveX

- Minmax

- Scary

ROM:

- .void #draco

Glossary:

- Idle: Quiet homescreen for 1 minute

- On use: Switch screens very fast for at least 10 seconds (Elixir's widget refresh time)

______________________________

Performance governor:

- Idle: 2-3% @ 1Ghz

- On use: 73% @ 1Ghz

Powersave governor:

- Idle: 9-14% @ 123Mhz

- On use: 100% @ 123Mhz

Ondemand governor:

- Idle: 1-4% @ 1Ghz

- On use: 74% @ 1Ghz

Smoothass governor:

- Idle: 1-3% @ 460-768-1Ghz

- On use: 77% @ 1Ghz

Smartass governor:

- Idle: 2-6% @ 461Mhz

- On use: 74% @ 1Ghz

SavagedZen governor:

- Idle: 1-3% @ 1Ghz

- On use: 74% @ 1Ghz

InteractiveX governor:

- Idle: 1-4% @ 1Ghz

- On use: 81% @ 1Ghz

Minmax governor:

- Idle: 6% @ 123Mhz

- On use: 76% @ 1Ghz

Scary governor:

- Idle: 5-9% @ 123Mhz

- On use: 67% @ 1Ghz

__________________________

Conclusions:

All the governors, except Powersave, allow the device to reach high performance but some allow that quicker than others.

- Performance: Out of question.

- Powersave: Only if we really need to keep the battery, because it's just impossible to use the device, at least at 122Mhz.

- Ondemand: It keeps the cpu at 1Ghz. Out of question.

- Smoothass: Keeps the clock very high when in idle. Out of question.

- Smartass: Better than Smoothass, but not the ideal on.

- SavagedZen: Same as Ondemand.

- InteractiveX: Same as Ondemand.

- Minmax: IMO, the perfect governor. Keeps cpu at minimum clock in idle but instantly, when I switch between screens, allow the cpu to give me the performance needed. Less than 1 second until I get the normal smoothness switching screens, opening the app drawer, etc.

- Scary: Almost the same as Minmax but this one takes more time to raise the clock. It tooks about 3-4 seconds to smooth up the transitions.

The final conclusion:

Analising my tests, Minmax is the best governor because it saves energy pretty well when the screen's on and idle and gives max-performance almost instantly when needed. Much better than Smoothass, IMO.

BTW: I used 122Mhz to test both maximum clock (without OC further than 1Ghz) and minimum clock possible in order to check conveniently the governor's behavior.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] franciscofranco:
Very nice review, but only covers a tiny bit of what the governors work! Nevertheless, nice one

For now its Minmax for me all the way, couldnt be happier.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tiagovale2:
This was a tiny quick review in order to have some idea of how the different governors act... Maybe anyone will take some time to do a further test, complement my review and maybe put it in first post of this thread to clarify all .void's users...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] the red krawler:
Excuse my ignorance, but where do I find gapps suitable for the U8800?

A few other things I've obviously missed somewhere is how to change governor (I've used SetCPU previously, but apparently this isnt the thing to do?) and what is meant by '-apps/-etc' that can be optionally flashed mentioned in the original post.

Any chance of a run down, or link to a run down from anyone?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tiagovale2:
You can change between governors with No-Frills CPU.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Kaboosey:
Lol. Was about to flash the ROM once more just now but when I play around with it, it feels smooth now. Haha. Sorry for the problems caused.

Thanks devs! (Noejn & franciscofranco)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] xann89:
Been using stock B136 rom for 2 months now, time to go for custom rom. :D

Anyway, just in case, how do I restore back to official B136 rom...?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cirnocirno:
With recovery :) Once you get clockworkmod 4.0.0.5 and backing up the stock rom you have it ready for anytime recovery. So next thing would be flash new rom after backing up the stock rom with clockworkmod.

Hope this helps !
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] xann89:
Okay got it, thanks alot! ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cirnocirno:
No problem hope this helps you !
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] the red krawler:
In case anyone else is wondering this....

I got the latest HDPI Gapps from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#Google_Apps (which at the time of this post is http://android.d3xt3r01.tk/cyanogen/gapps/gapps-hdpi-20101114-signed.zip) and saved it to my sdcard, as well as void-draco.zip.

Ensure you have 4.x recovery

Boot into recovery, wipe/reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik

Install zip from sdcard, choose void-draco.zip

Once finished, install zip from sdcard, choose gapps-hdpi-20101114-signed.zip

Factory wipe/reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik

Reboot

Thats what I did and its working fine with Google Apps on board. Open to correction on exact step, but it might save someone who (like me) is wondering where the hell you get the right gapps from.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iamelton:
say i have followed the above steps, then in recovery i do an "advanced restore" of my previously backed up /data partition, what will happen then?

will those google apps be overwritten by my restored apps?

if i want to keep both the google apps AND my previously installed apps, what should i do?

tia..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bazz007:
quadrant score

I'm getting 2300-2500 on quadrant @1500mhz is that real it seems very high?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] l3gionPT:
I prefer to use Titanium Backup in order to backup my apps. Easy and without any hassles. ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] the red krawler:
I have no idea :) Doing it my way will definitely overwrite everything, but I have no clue as to how it would be affected when you restore.

Personally I always do a full wipe and start from scratch on a new ROM. Why? Because I've been stung plenty of times in the past with force close errors which are almost always solved by a clean install. I just prefer to do it once, do it right.

Between SMS Backup+, K-9 Email (with IMAP hosted email) and Dropbox I have everything back very quickly so it saves very little time doing restores.

Thats my experience anyway. I'm sure others will disagree :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iamelton:
thx guys for the replies..

probably i shall try to restore from titanium backup first..

and yes, full wipes before and after flashing are my preferred steps too..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ahmad zuman:
is this like the previous ones with no arabic language support ?

so .. how to add arabic ?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] franciscofranco:
Please send me feedback on this rom performance and battery backup, it's very important for the Kernel development!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] d3xtr0:
What kind of information you need? performance it's good and battery with wifi and sms since 1pm still have 38%. I'm using minmax and adw launcher
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] wolfgr:
for me the battery life is the same with the previus version maybe an idea better but still drainage.i have no apps of my own and without wifi 100% to 82% in 2-3 hours...is that normal?

minmax and launcher pro
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] faultydiff:
Failed flash Phone stuck in reboot loop

I attempted to upgrade from void-andromeda to void-draco. My flash to andromeda worked great with no issues. After the flash to draco my phone did not get past the boot screen. I shut the phone down and now it is stuck in a permanent reboot loop. I have tried to flash at least 4 times with the same result. What I do notice is the progress bar gets to about 80% and then goes to flash complete with each flash. I have downloaded the file again too.

I am only able to recover to a pre-void backup. Any attempts to install a new ROM (flb or back to andromeda) from zip is met with the same results. Is there a way to get past this so I can continue to flash my phone with these great ROM's?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] randomparanoia:
franciscofranco: Antutu 3500 points ( you said score around 3900+ but bit far away! lol :P just joking).

Min/max governor really good addition, very fast an responsive when coming out of sleep mode. Using it as my perferred governor.

Overall system performance seems good and there isn't noticiable lag. sometimes 1/2 seconds breaks when installing apps but really rare. Other noticiable break, if u can call it, phone stucks and only way to fix it is locking it and comeback, really strange.

Battery keeps its level while in screen off. For instance 90% bat after 6 hours same 90%. only noticiable drainage is while using Wifi but not much can be done there?!

Also, it seems phone runs cooler now. So far, haven't noticed as much heat as in last versions.

GPS works great, fast fix/lock within seconds.

all this tested while using 246 mhz>1ghz in min/max governor (used smoothass during all day yesterday)

for now im enjoying it. looking forward for your next releases.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] d3xtr0:
maybe you have data connection on and your phone is looking hardly for network..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ryronz:
I have that issue, 92% without signal (Check this in battery usage, under cell standby). Seems to be solved by switching from GSM/CDMA auto (PRL) to wcdma preferred. Can be done in *#*#info#*#* -> Phone information for anyone else with same issue.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] wolfgr:
if that is solving battery then the rest is a perfect rom for me.Give me more info about it what r we messing with?In greece we have gsm ,does something hav to do with that setting?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tiagovale2:
Is there any problem running this cellphone allways with 1.21Ghz (Max clock) and 368Mhz (Min clock) or do you recommend to use other settings? (Lower max clock, higher min clock, etc) I'm affraid that overclocking cpu may damage it or something, I don't know... Help please. What I want is good performance when needed and "good rest" when the performance isn't needed... Hope I made myself clear :)

BTW, running on Minmax governor.

Is this recommended even for who haven't battery drain?

I'm now charging untill 100% do calibrate and then I'll test further the battery time.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lourenzo:
mine: after 15h - 36% still

BUT, no apps installed/running other than base/stock #d
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] genti7:
it would be better if you put screen v-sync on again cause now we have some fps breaks and it doesnt look very nice in videos and games, everything else is perfect
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] droiduser:
Just tried draco, no gapps, no swype, so no good...

tried the zip install of the gapps (one mentioned earlier), after a reboot still no gapps installed?

Did titanium restore of gapps, seems to work

One problem Titanium will not restore swype? The button to restore is greyed out even with a swpe backup being there?

(Did a full factory wipe before & after gapps installs so followed all the usuals..)

Back to my nandroid backup to get a good rom...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] d3xtr0:
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that's bad.

by the way, where did you find gapps backup?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] droiduser:
Not saying its totally bad (seemed damn quick to boot which was fantastic), but without gapps and swype its not fantastic

I tried the gapps download mentioned earlier in the posts, the zip seems fine, it installs perfectly with no errors, but just none of the apps seem to appear (no gmail, maps, basically any apk included in the gapps zip)

Any reason why Titanium wont allow a reinstall of swype even though its got a backup there? All other apps seem to recover fine.

Maybe something todo with the cust directory not linking properly? (noticed that under root explorer, couldnt go into the cust directory)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Pasi_K:
My u8800 suffers random reboots, i think this is happen only when 3G is on. Samething with stock B137 and all void rom versions (didnt try andromeda).

Can this fixed by software or is it hardware issue? My first u8800 didnt do this...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ahmad zuman:
ahh ... hello ?

does this rom also have no arabic ?

is there any way to add it ?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] d3xtr0:
droiduser , have no idea but the only thing I can install is Gmail app and I also need the Gtalk app :(

PK-motorsport, I was using 3g all the morning with no problem. Try tore-download the file void #draco, wipe/reset data, cache and dalvik cache and instal zip from sd again.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] torbjor:
just installed it, works great so far!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] d3xtr0:
I found an issue, it's strange but my battery drain fast if I have "enable always-on mobile ?netowrk(i guess)?" bue if I have Data enabled without the option above battery have good behavior.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] d3xtr0:
for those who needs gtalk, apk on attachments. Tested and working
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] knzo:
If we were that lazy when making the ROM, there'd be no ROM.

Go to the market, download google apps. Then, go to swype.com and download swype.

Afaik, the only google app missing that isn't on the market it's Google talk. But who cares, trillian is better.

Easy huh.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] muxanik:
Why not start Cut the Rope
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] franciscofranco:
Because I wrote a function like this:

void cutTheRope() {

if (user == muxanik)

cutTheRopeApp = doesNotStart;

}
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tiagovale2:
franciscofranco , battery consumption is going nice, I guess.

16h since unplugged, 54% remaining.

3G navigation, few downloads, wifi browsing, few installations, 1 benchmark, lots of sms and few calls and auto-brightness. Running @ 368Mhz-1.21Ghz with minmax governor.

Running smooth with no bugs, as far as I tested.

What do you think?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] franciscofranco:
It's pretty good :) Next version will be a good battery booster too, added some of dzo's kernel changes!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tiagovale2:
Sweet! Keep up the great work m8 :) I'll be here to test when it's released.

BTW, I'm thinking my cpu clocks are a great battery/performance relation... I was affraid that raising the minimum clock would drain the battery but I was wrong!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AceDroidX:
I hope that you are adding the led fixes cuz I think that he was right about the huge consumption... witnessed it today.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] genti7:
does anyone have fps breaks or glitches in games and hd videos because of v-sync is off in this rom? Can somebody tell me how to turn v-sync on cause i like this rom and dont want to change it, i only want to change v-sync on again
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snaker12:
HAhahahaha that was a good one....

Waiting like a crazy the release with better battery consumption.It is not like that he consumption at drago is that bad but not the best i have seen at other roms either.

The best part of this great rom is that is too fast and at the same time stable. Rare stuff lol

genti7 :

About the games i assure you that something else is going on.I have 16gb sd full of gamelofts latest games fixed for ideos x5 and every single one runs really smooth.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] franciscofranco:
Yes, all of that is added already and running in my phone. It's gonna be out soon.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lourenzo:
Something is wrong with my phone... (since 08:00 GMT) 12h and 36% with LOW usage... (just wifi on)

And i'm afraid to send it back because of some CWM4 issues here in Portugal.

@FranciscoFranco: no clue why CWM4 just won't work on some phones? (people are reporting newer phones?)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] franciscofranco:
I have no idea, my phone is perfect :/
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] wolfgr:
nice job with kernel fancis,when u think the new version gonna be up?Cause i want to flash draco again since is the best rom so far (tested miui,nice but need time to be stable)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] franciscofranco:
Maybe today later at night. Kernel for void, oxygen and miui.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] d3xtr0:
Great job m8!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] d3xtr0:
I think I've already asked that bue someone knows why my phone doesn't let me use multimount sd card properly? I mean when I plug it the sdcard is mounted but is recognized as cdrom not like removable device :( someone experienced that ? I'm using #draco.

thanks
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] burakerenn:
After testing MIUI I had decided to install #draco. But since I have read that franciscofranco is releasing the new kernel, damn I should wait till morning now :)

Thanks again mate! Pretty solid work so far!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] randomparanoia:
Anyone having issues during phone calls? after like 5minutes call, the sound starts decresing and I start listenning the other person really bad. It happened several times. The first time I thought it might have been a network problem, but it keept always happening around 5min within the call. Also, it gets noisy and noisy... :S (and yes I asked other ppl if they had full network or network issues which they hadnt :S )
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] droiduser:
gave it another try

anyone know how to get swype working again? copied the libswypecore file etc to systme/lib, so swypes all working no fc or anything

only problem it keeps coming up with the configured for another device error, so no swyping :(

does it have to be placed in exactly the same cust location as before? seems to run fine when i placed it into the system/app and system/lib locations apart from that error?

Cant use a ROM that cant run swype, just so quick at swyping now i cant live without it
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tiagovale2:
http://swypeinc.com/

What's the big deal?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] droiduser:
Why would i want a beta that expires after a timelimit?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] human_yan:
Sounds great!!! I can't wait... :P
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lourenzo:
New Kernel here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1166560
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] burakerenn:
Well, this is what I have done. So it should work for you as well.

I had backed-up Swype (apk file and libswypecore file both) which has come with stock ROM for my country to sdcard.

After flashing void, I copied libswypecore to /system/lib and copied swype.apk to /system/app.

Ran swype.apk via explorer and installed.

Voila!

I do not think void ROM has difference in build.prop file that swype can complain (since I did not change anything in build.prop file) so it should work fine.

Also please kindly note that, with this strategy if you changed your build.prop (e.g. assigning your model as Desire HD) your old swype will not work.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] katu2006:
Tried flashing this ROM, but installation took 10 seconds and obviously the phone was stuck in the Huawei symbol loop and kept reseting. Wiped cache, system dalvyk...done by the book, with CWM Recovery 4.0.0.5.

Any idea what went wrong?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
I use the option to "2G only" in order to save battery and have better quality calls, but every time i reboot my phone, the option goes to default and I need to check it again! So devs, do U can correct this bug? To make our choices permanent? Thanks!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] burakerenn:
Tried again? Sometimes the stars just do not align correctly :)

Also, one of my stupid mistake was restoring from NAND backup to initial state (which has CWM 3.x) and flashing 10 times and not being able to notice that my NAND backup has turned back my phone to CWM 3.x again. Maybe check CWM version again?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
Can confirm this ... always after reboot 3G is set no matter if i had 2G before reboot.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
how can i do that > "*#*#info#*#*"

In dial pad i cannot write characters only numbers!?

Any idea?

Thanks!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] burakerenn:
*#*#4636#*#* ;)

Sent from my u8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lourenzo:
I've just calibrated the battery and now seems much beter...