yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Droid Charge] fz798:
The first full cycle after calibration, I got poor battery life.

Now the battery life is awesome again, just like 1.3
[Verizon Droid Charge] timgt:
Nah, the AOSP launcher can't really be customized. You will have to download Launcher Pro or another launcher that will enable you to have more buttons at the bottom and let you change them around.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Aclim:
Love the updated ROM. However it still does not seem as fast as 1.35.
[Verizon Droid Charge] SlickNashville:
files not there??

OK, Are the files off the server temporarily? I can't get Humble 1.4 ODIN or 1.42 CWR to download using the links on the OP? I get the popup bar then tell the browser to download the file, but it never starts.....anyone else having this problem?

And after I install this ROM will get OTA updates telling me to update still. I know I can't update or I will overwrite the Humble 1.42 that I hope to install in a few seconds, but how do I get my phone to quit dowloading the OTA updates and telling me to update......

I'm still real new here so be easy on me, only 1 flash ever done so far (Altered Beast).
[Verizon Droid Charge] Lightwave50:
Is Hulu working from the stand alone app or just the web browser?
[Verizon Droid Charge] blahdc:
No they are working for me. Try to right click on the link and "Save target as"? Sounds like your browser is blocking the download. Once you flash with the rom it will not ask you to update OTA. I would recommend flashing using ODIN.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Fe_Man:
Working netflix as well as everything else, I love it, amazing ROM. I'm making a paypall just to donate.
[Verizon Droid Charge] triton302:
Can you post the .apk for your version of the new Market? Like an idiot I hit clear data and it went back to the old one, hard reset didn't bring it back.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Aclim:
Well phone is much more responsive and seems much faster with launcher pro. the AOSP is horrible in comparison.
[Verizon Droid Charge] SlickNashville:
yes, it was a browser blocking issue.

The links for the ODIN files still say 1.4 but the actual files when downloaded say Humble 142..........I sould suggest changing the bold heading above the ODIN files to 1.42, to match the heading above the CWM links.
[Verizon Droid Charge] mrpickem:
Kinda surprised Launcher Pro was removed from the rom. Easily added back though and some people prefer Go or ADW

No problem to report...just silky smooth, very fast and battery efficient.

Thanks...donation coming soon. ;)
[Verizon Droid Charge] twistedlim:
Yea. Been running lp for 5 h now at 90%. Lp was not the problem.
[Verizon Droid Charge] storm81456:
My calendar seems to have disappeared completely. Did this happen to anyone else? There's no app in the drawer and my calendar widget shows nothing.
[Verizon Droid Charge] toby1064:
Go into system/app folder, verify read/write is set and remove the .bak.aosp from your calender application. Reboot and you'll have your calendar again, same thing happened to me.
[Verizon Droid Charge] type_2:
I just flashed this rom. I was using GC 1.8.5.I used titanium backup to restore everything. Market and gmail are force quitting. Any one else getting this issue?
[Verizon Droid Charge] airfreshjoe:
If i flash the new 1.42 will it erase all my datas/apps/ my ADW setup/ lockscreen setup etc?
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Sounds like u restored system data which over writes my stuff. Never restore system data just app data
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
It wont touch your external sd card. You must wipe data and cache before flashing odin
[Verizon Droid Charge] strictlyphat:
Hey is there screenshot built in to your rom or did you leave it out(and if you did WHY!!!! :-) LOL)
[Verizon Droid Charge] type_2:
Ok thanks a lot. I just wiped and reflashed. It seems to be working!
[Verizon Droid Charge] Sexyjedi:
Downloaded, the update, and I love it! The change to the 3g/4g icons is especially nice.

One noob question, though. I really like other launchers. Does using another launcher take up more battery than using the default one? And if not, what are some good low battery usage launchers?
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Its in there. Just checked.... it works just fine. Hold back button then tap home :-)
[Verizon Droid Charge] SlickNashville:
Well, I am a total NOOB owning only my Charge for less than 20 days and now I have two full ROM flashes under my belt. I just completed the ODIN flash of Humble 1.42

Against the advice of others I did not wipe my data prior to my install. Everything worked flawlesssly. All my contacts are still there, my old messages, and all of my calendar data (I use Google Calendar so it synced fine). Market didn't load at first, but on second attempt it did.

I do have a few questions though......

Is there any update I might receive over the air (from Verizon) that I should or could install, or would anything they might send me, cause me to lose root or brick? Should I just choose to not install (by choosing install later) constantly?

I am also using Wireless Tether to write this, on my laptop with no problems so far.....

Many thanks to all of you who worked on this....
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Adw launcher ex is what I use... go launcher and zeam are light weight and good too. Launcher pro is excellent if you don't turn on a bunch of transition effects and smooth scrolling etc etc
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
With humble or any rooted rom you are running a custom kernel so IF you got an update wait to install... it will take root away and depending on what the update contains it will brick... when updates come out it wont take us long to send updates
[Verizon Droid Charge] airfreshjoe:
Right now im running previous version of humble. so will it erase my current setup for ADW and stuff?
[Verizon Droid Charge] AndroidPhoneHome:
Excellent rom! I've been running Humble for quite some time now and this 1.42 is pretty sweet :)

I only have ONE issue though.

I was running Humble 1.4 and flashed the 1.42 update over it without wiping, and everything is fine and dandy EXCEPT my calendar data. It seems like none of my calendar data is syncing from my gmail account. Loaded up Go Launchers' calendar widget and it's not picking any of my events up.

Anyone else having this issue?
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Odin and zip both leave data alone... (if you have random issues reboot and wipe cache.... if they persist, then do factory reset
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Switched back to stock calendar due to high demand.... read about 10 threads up to get you answer sir ;-)
[Verizon Droid Charge] AndroidCraig:
Nice ROM.... Flashed it this morning and all went well. I only have one problem I seem to have lost the long press on power button boot menu. any idea how to get that back?
[Verizon Droid Charge] mrpickem:
Bummer, I have no calendar.

The is a calendar.readme in the /app folder as follows:

If you want the AOSP calendar back you must follow these instructions:

1. place .bak extension behind the touchwiz calenda

2. place .bak extension behind current calender provider

3. remove bak.aosp extension from the aosp calendar and calendar provider

4. boot into recovery

5. factory wipe

6. wipe cache

7. reboot phone

this will also get you back to touchwiz calendar by reversing the instructions

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Maybe since I didn't wipe all date, just cache I therefore didn't get the touchwiz cal either.
[Verizon Droid Charge] strictlyphat:
Wow thanks alot. I was trying back and power.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Sounds like you flashed an old battery mod.... that messes up framework and that power menu. You will need to.reflash 142 to restore. Factory reset won't work
[Verizon Droid Charge] strictlyphat:
Hey danalo you are the best. I don't miss my fascinate and its devs anymore.

One more thing. Call me a bum but I.actually.use the blockbuster app. I just installed it from market and a tamper window popped up and said it detected my device was rooted and would.not be able to.play/download any content. Any ideas around this. Any way to use.the rom not rooted. Or temporarily disable it. Something. I know im asking alot but hey you're the mann....I do need root at times for tethering.

On a side note I may even cancel my home internet.in lieu of having this 4g animal. I feel bad for the other fascinate users that switched to crappola like the dinc2 or god forbid the x2.

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Droid Charge] AndroidCraig:
Never flashed a battery mod. I went from 1.4 straight to 1.42.

Do I just reflash or do I have to wipe anything first?
[Verizon Droid Charge] timgt:
I know this is a stupid request but is there a zip or apk file that will add the CRT screen on and off animation? I miss it coming from GB.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Im having to repeat this every 30 posts because people are not reading my instructions in the original post.

Do not flash old battery mods to this rom

Do not flash old battery mods to this rom

Do not flash old battery mods to this rom

It will break streaming video, power down boot menu, and cause force closes

Thanks and sorry for the confusion.... :p
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Anyone needing calendar to work I switched calendars to stock due to high demand... you must factory reset for it to work.

For example, if you were running aosp calendar you must wipe data because I switched calendars and the only way to get it working is factory reset
[Verizon Droid Charge] Keighles:
I was using the Hulu.apk that is included with 1.42

Watched the Batman trailer

Sent from my Humble VooDoo Charge
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
Flash a stock kernel and your root will be gone but blockbuster will work
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
You would need to copy kejar31 framework.jar, android policy.jar and services.jar... not sure if its gonna work... not sure if you want to copy... gb frame doesn't carry over easy
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
No prob sir :-)

You may have a corrupt file... just wipe data and cache then reflash using either method and you shall be fixed :-P
[Verizon Droid Charge] mintcookies:
just curious,

what does the VM Heap size do? How would increasing it lead to better battery life and at what cost?

What are the benefits (if any) of lowering it? better/faster performance?

If i wanted to change it, could it be done by just modifying the build.prop file?

Also, what's the default setting for the wifi scan interval?

Can I change it by just adding "wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=___" to the build.prop?
[Verizon Droid Charge] mintcookies:
I'm also curious as to know what other people's average available RAM at idle is since a few pages back there seemed to be a lot of interest in getting the highest RAM possible.

I'm averaging around 70MB at idle with a handful of background apps running (noLED, DroidWall, AutoStarts, Tasker... etc)

Wouldnt that be enough to run a few additional foreground apps and have it go smoothly?

There's also the app AutoKiller Memory Optimizer that allows the tweaking of the minfree value. Would setting the minfree to a higher value be advisable? whats the harm in doing this?

I read many posts that caution against using task killers in Android 2.2 and later so im trying to refrain from using those.
[Verizon Droid Charge] strictlyphat:
My ram.at idle is 238mb/327mb. You said you have 70....... how enlighten me. Or did you mean free ram?

Also hulu not working for me. Just says not supported.

Im on complete fresh install of humble 1.4.2 no tweaks whatsoever
[Verizon Droid Charge] mintcookies:
yes, free* RAM, the difference between the 2 numbers you posted
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
dalvik is virtual memory that the OS sets aside to save bits and peices of apps so they load faster the next time you run your app.... having a lower heap size means that your OS will constantly recycle memory and at a faster rate which will cause your apps and OS to feel snappier.... but at the cost of battery power because it has to work so hard keeping up with your current demands...

Having a higher heap size lets your OS store more bits and pieces of apps which causes your phone to work less because it has a higher capacity to store more bits and pieces... but at the cost of speed... The more crap is stored the choppier and laggier (if those are words) your OS gets... VM heap size is not the only thing that determines these variables but it causes alot of issues if set wrong.

yes you can simply adjust the vm heapsize in build.prop.... GB stock heap size is 64, froyo stock heap size is 48.

Just remember folks... Android 2.2 and above is programmed to run several things in memory at all times because that is the way the linux OS is set to run to make your OS and UI experience faster. Don't worry about clearing your memory out all the time... if you are running a task killer on your device you are wasting your time and actually causing yourself more battery power. The OS will constantly fight the task killer and keep opening apps over and over again which uses more juice.

Android intuitively knows what programs you haven't used in a while and will clear those out of memory to start your new or current programs.... remember, CPU cycles use battery power, not ram... ram is solid so the os will burn just as much power with full memory than with empty memory... the apps that are running your battery down are the ones set to run notification checks every 15 minuts and anything persistant in your status bar.

Here is a quick list of the battery killers in order of most to least taxing on your battery

1. Super Amoled+ 4.3 monster capacitive touch screen

2. 4g radio

3. Wifi/blutooth radio

4. Streaming video/music (high cpu usage at high clock speeds)

5. 3g/cdma radio (when actively talking)

6. Apps set to auto update or persistant in statusbar

7. Widgets/live wallpaper

8. Launcher

This list is definitely not all inclusive and I may have omitted an important one... but you get the point. That is why I added a screen filter widget to my latest rom.... use it because it works.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
I hope everyone can tell by the changes in 1.42 that I am listening to your recommendations and concerns and I am trying to act on as many as possible. :D

Thank you very much for all of the feedback... I hope you are enjoying 1.42 as much as I am. Thanks to those that have donated.... I really appreciate everyone who is donating and everyone who is using humble.

More good things to come..... Woohoo!!!! :p
[Verizon Droid Charge] bash_array:
try deleting hulu in system/app folder, reboot then reinstall hulu, then reboot. hulu apk in OP
[Verizon Droid Charge] no1csme:
Pattern Screen Lock?

Here's probably a noob question. Is there anyway for me to restore the old visual style of the pattern lock that humble 1.4 had? I don't like the look of the new pattern lock.
[Verizon Droid Charge] mintcookies:
/|\ ditto

or some sorta of hollow circles could work too
[Verizon Droid Charge] storm81456:
I did just that thing right after I posted, worked like a charm. The readme file mentioned having to wipe, I didn't so we'll see if my calendar still works and has all the data after the phone fully recharges (decided to recalibrate the battery too). Haven't rebooted yet since renaming the apk and installing.

Danalo, thanks again for a hell of a rom, little something headed your way. Any chance of getting the puzzle lock back again? Trying to reinstall that mod seems to kill the power button menu much like the battery mods do.
[Verizon Droid Charge] strictlyphat:
No go on the hulu . Don't worry. I hate it anyways.
[Verizon Droid Charge] quantim0:
So are the battery mods not up yet?

Everything looks good so far and I will make my way through it over the next few hours. I'm sure you have made another winner.
[Verizon Droid Charge] criticalhit:
1 hour unplugged... still at 100%. You have outdone yourself sir.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Stockmoose16:
Critical hit, how are you getting this battery life? I'm draining above 10% an hour regularly.

Did you end up downloadingthat battery monitoring widget we spoke about last night? Curious at what amplitude your phone is running during regular usage. Minus is regularly at 300+, which kills the battery.
[Verizon Droid Charge] timgt:
After a couple charge cycles your battery life will go up and his will go down. His battery stats are just messed up at the moment. This happens to me on every ROM I flash, its either AMAZING at first or TERRIBLE but it all goes back to around the same after a few charges.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jaybert:
Anyone else Have Bluetooth pairing issues? Calls disconnect after a bit and did not have this problem on 1.35 and stock ee4. This is with a 2011 x3
[Verizon Droid Charge] chiahead52:
well I am no expert on the Voodoo app but here are some cool things I know about it. You can enable and disable the lagfix from the voodoo app under lagfix preferences(reboot required)....also I get some nice sound enhancements from it...not only is the earpiece/speaker/headset louder(+5db) it seems clearer and with less distortion-a more balanced sound IMO. Not sure if its my paid app or if its in the free one but there is also a bass boost feature for the headphone output. I dont really use it but sounds useful. The other feature I like is the recording preset. This which I recommend to stay on balanced...enhances your microphone so others will hear you better during phone calls. I tried the high sensitivity setting once and its was extremely loud to the other caller. This should work for recording videos as well. Please try out the various settings and let me know what you think. I for one like it. Also, again not sure if its only the paid app or the free one but you can have it auto load at bootup all the settings(except headphone output boost)
[Verizon Droid Charge] criticalhit:
Yes i did it only hit 300+ when I was downloading humble 1.42... otherwise it stays between 0 and 150 or so... it may be the oc kernel. Im using the standard and have a lot of apps stripped from the system/app file... so ird dood.
[Verizon Droid Charge] airfreshjoe:
Google music still doesn't work it won't let me access setting option on Google music. So therefore I can't access my music
[Verizon Droid Charge] chiahead52:
9 hours off charger dropped 31% battery...I say thats a nice win!
[Verizon Droid Charge] beyondwired:
thanks for the great rom!!!

I was wondering why you went back to the tw calendar?
[Verizon Droid Charge] chiahead52:
works for me maybe try clearing data from the app under setting manage applications
[Verizon Droid Charge] airfreshjoe:
Thanks that did the trick cheers!
[Verizon Droid Charge] triton302:
Odd... I thought the 100% battery charge notification was removed? I got one when my phone charged and it keeps beeping every half hour or so.
[Verizon Droid Charge] chiahead52:
I am pretty sure it is quiet on mine..when phone is off then it vibrates but no noise either on or off as far as I can remember...when you say it beeps every half hour is that while charging or disconnected?
[Verizon Droid Charge] elucid:
Any tips for getting hulu to work? T tried wiping app data and reinstalling. Platform not supported.
[Verizon Droid Charge] mrtruckincowboy:
I never could get hulu working I'm not sure how he does it i would like to know also
[Verizon Droid Charge] triton302:
You just got a free "Thanks", hit that button by accident :D

Anyway, after the icon comes up in the notification bar, it will beep every half hour or so while still plugged in after it's fully charged.
[Verizon Droid Charge] chiahead52:
will test it again but I dont think I get the notification.....did you do a full wipe before installing?
[Verizon Droid Charge] chiahead52:
Im not sure if I have the touch but I just watched a preview via Hulu...video was not super smooth but it played just fine
[Verizon Droid Charge] chiahead52:
if you are having issues with any of the stock ROM apps I would suggest doing a full wipe of data and cache and reflash....I came from a completely clean slate and I havent had any of the issues I keep reading about....also when using Titanium to restore apps, please choose apps only and not system data. If you dont it will cause all sorts of issues. I always just restore app only and not app+ data. Also, if your coming from a previous Humble version you will need to wipe data and cache to get new calendar working correctly...Hope this helps
[Verizon Droid Charge] triton302:
I did a full wipe, clean, and polish (if that's possible) of the entire phone, disabled voodoo and flashed 1.42 via Odin.

I think I might know what it was. I flashed the "nuke clock" program that get's rid of the clock in the notification bar, that might have messed with something. I also need to make sure that it didn't screw up the framework for the video streaming issue.
[Verizon Droid Charge] febman1960:
I messed up

updated to humble 1.42 and everything was good. could'nt sync calendars so did a factory reset. lost Market app and can't download any apps. Very new at this any help would be great thanks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] strictlyphat:
Wow danalo sick rom. The battery life is crazy(after using your calibration app included) one hour off charger with light use still at 100%. You should submit.this shot to samsung and work for them.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Rememo:
This was my first venture into ROM flashing on the Charge. I was coming from a rooted, stock EE4. I did the factory reset and cache wipe, and everything loaded to the phone properly, but I have one glitch:

If I try to edit the ringtone assigned to any contact by clicking on Sound, android.process.acore force closes. If I click on Default Ringtone, or Phone Ringtone it works fine.

Any ideas?

Edit: Reflashed twice, same results. Bug?
[Verizon Droid Charge] xrcodeman:
pls help i flashed this onto phone but when in voodoo it wont reboot just blinks and does nothing
[Verizon Droid Charge] criticalhit:
Reflash the cwr version of the rom.
[Verizon Droid Charge] criticalhit:
Reflash in cwr after cache clear and factory reset. Lol
[Verizon Droid Charge] criticalhit:
Oh and btw... still have 26% battery left from last nights post includes 2 hours of pandora an hour of gaming and about 100 txts. If your batt isn't lasting you need to calibrate correctly or you have a bad battery.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Rememo:
Just attempted this, after another complete wipe, to fix the FC of android.process.acore when assigning a Sound as a ringtone to a contact.

Same result... the above process force closed.
[Verizon Droid Charge] criticalhit:
thats really strange... try disabling lagfix then flashing again.. then re enable lagfix?
[Verizon Droid Charge] andrep182:
Danalo, again, great work on 1.42 new features and I feel like my battery life last longer =)

Not to be a drag though, but I still am having issue with my google music. wiped data and installed 1.42 clean. I also tried clearing data from app and rerun it, no go either... does anyone else having the same problem? if not, did you guys do anything special to make it work?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Stockmoose16:
I think there is a bigger problem with the Rom. I've battery calibrated several times through bump charging, but there is a problem with the current being put through the phone when idle. My phone is regularly at 300+ with either 4g or 3g on. This crushes the battery, to the tune of 14%+ per hour.

If you get battery widget manager, you'll see the same thing. It logs the current running through your phone on a regular basis, and you can clearly see that any surge above 300 kills the battery. What's causing this?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Rememo:
Thanks for the replies.

I did disable lagfix each time I flashed.

I found that all of the sounds I was after on my SD card showed up in the Phone Ringtone list, so everything is set up right now. I'll just have to

work around it in the future. The rest of the ROM is working great!
[Verizon Droid Charge] chiahead52:
yes nice catch..not working for me either