yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
There is no magic fix. You want the extras provided by CM7, you pay the price with battery life.

I have used every variant of CM built for the OV, and on each one, after a few days use, battery life evened out to about a day with light to moderate usage. Heavier usage, especially over poor reception networks, leads to faster battery drain.

Pretty much all the IHO devs have stated there is nothing we will be doing about it. You are more than welcome to fork the IHO repository, and dig into the kernel or frameworks or whereever you may think some magical battery juice awaits.
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
In areas with bad reception my battery drains faster, no matter what build I'm using. Cell Standby is always the major battery killer on my device, not display or wifi or Android System, not even any of the apps I use. I tried monitoring my battery more carefully and most of the results show that my battery dies much faster in areas with bad reception.

I found a few alternatives to save battery life. When I'm in an area with bad reception I set my phone to Airplane Mode until I have to use it. When I'm home or at any place with wifi I set it to Airplane Mode with wifi on. When I'm on a train and it heads underground I switch to Airplain Mode. Doing all of this has made a huge difference on my battery life, Cell Standby kills the battery faster than anything else.
[Optimus V Android Development] mikeyeffing:
Is there anyway to remap the voice button back to voice actions?

Sent from my LG-VM670
[Optimus V Android Development] moore.bryan:
Yeah, I know... it just seems like an excessive amount of drain and I understand that's completely subjective.

I, as well, but the battery drain here just seemed more than usual.

I think you've hit on what I'm really asking. Since I am not knowledgeable enough to develop, I'm looking for ideas from you fine folks for when I do have time to learn and start my search.

You and I have both deployed the same strategy; I was hoping for some of JerryScript's "magic juice."

;-)
[Optimus V Android Development] dingermtb:
I use CPU Master to set up different profiles, like when the screen is off or when charging. Power saver is tied in with CPU Master. Juice Defender is completely customizable for configuring connectivity to each app. All together, i get good battery life
[Optimus V Android Development] church:
g+ works fine on my ov
[Optimus V Android Development] Archangel013:
Which version of the app do you have installed? The newest market version or the one from August? It stopped working for me once they added video hangouts to the app... Also, which version of the ROM are you running?
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
ICS released in Hong Kong?
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
Yes, but not the source ;)
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
That's what we need :o
[Optimus V Android Development] Kolma:
http://lifehacker.com/5851162/first-look-at-the-highly-polished-android-40-ice-cream-sandwich

Want nao

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So i bought a new battery the other day for my phone and the results seem... mixed

I bought an extended battery with 2600 mAh

(specifically this one - http://www.ebay.com/itm/37054823278...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_3623wt_1344)

Anyways i have noticed it does well with slightly heavy usage

After about 5 hours of streaming music over 3G with google music it is down to about 50% battery life

(which sounds great)

today after light usage it was at 66% after 10 hours (which doesnt sound so great..)

Anyways, i've noticed it doesnt really feel like an extended battery during the first 50% with normal usage as if it's in high drain mode.

But once i go under that, it seems to die sooooo sllooooowly

I have tried to reset battery stats but is there anyway to make the percentage be more accurate?

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http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.html

Huzzah
[Optimus V Android Development] Whyzor:
Maybe we could get some .apk's extracted from ICS to use on GB. I'm curious to see what the improvements are on the ICS keyboard, especially on our small OV screens.

ICS SDK dump available here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1309572
[Optimus V Android Development] nonsense23:
The new gmail looks very nice. i'm sure that we're going to see many Apks around the next couple days
[Optimus V Android Development] captaincrook:
The weirdest thing for me, I drop out alot at my apartment, so I'll have to use airplane mode, but underground waiting for a train I'll always have signal. Even on the train during traveling with the exception of the lengthy tunnels, I never drop out underground.

It makes no sense for me, but I guess that's how Virgin Mobile rolls.
[Optimus V Android Development] cd112:
HI All,

So i got the CM7 up and running and it has been about 3 days and i love the rom. The on thing that i have noticed is a terrible battery drain coming from stock VM Froyo 2.2 to this rom. Can anyone help me on this. The pas 3 days my phone is usually dead in close to 5hrs.

I installed Advance task killer pro and it still brings the battery down 3/4.

Please let me know if you can suggest anything or is this a know issue with the current rom.

thanks again in advance

regards

cd
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
Get rid of Advanced Task Killer Pro! It will use more of your battery. Do a bit of google research and you will see that ATK is a relic from the past that only has a couple of uses anymore.

Use BetterBatteryStats (google it) to determine what app is draining your battery. Then either remove the app, or use something like JuiceDefender to prevent battery drain.

Understand, you have gone from a plain vanilla stock OS to CM7.1 full of extras. There is a trade-off on battery life, it's the price you pay for the extras.
[Optimus V Android Development] Whyzor:
I suspect the stock ROM has a "cheat" to conserve battery, by just forcing deep sleep even if there are apps that are supposed to be running in the background. I noticed this when using a text-to-speech reader on stock, it would cut off after about 1-2 minutes. But on IHO CM7, it would continue reading.

This means Gingerbread/CM7 will allow misbehaving apps to continue to run and drain the battery. So it's even more important to uninstall those apps until they get fixed. Start by going into Settings - About Phone - battery usage to see which app uses the most.
[Optimus V Android Development] moore.bryan:
"Cell standby" and "Phone idle;" how do I uninstall those?

;-)
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
Uninstall the telephony apk, and then your phone won't work. ;)

Seriously though, you can't uninstall those, they are part of the phone itself.
[Optimus V Android Development] moore.bryan:
True, just being unfunny. :-(

Sent from my IHO phone
[Optimus V Android Development] MtDewFella:
Error: Insuffeciant space

That's the error I keep getting from the market when I try to install an app, once the error occurs it won't go away until I reboot the phone, but the thing is my phone reports plenty of space, 122 MB out of 178 MB, anyone else have this issue. I'm using the latest BobZhome Build for optimus V (oct, 13th)
[Optimus V Android Development] Kolma:
Are you using titanium backup by any chance? that can mess up downloading stuff from the market especially if you have restored system apps
[Optimus V Android Development] MtDewFella:
No, I haven't installed it yet. I didn't have this issue with the last release (had other issues, minor annoyances fixed by this release), however when I upgraded to this release there seemed to be a lot more storage available and it didn't fill up as quickly, installed 40 some apps and storage still reports over 120 MB, that would leave me with very little left in the last release.
[Optimus V Android Development] MtDewFella:
I question about Android 4

After Google release the source code for the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich how long will it be before it makes it way down to the IHO build for our phones. Cyanogenmod team said after code is dropped it'll take them a few weeks for basic functionality and 3 months after that for a stable release. Our phones aren't offically supported by cyanogenmod, so does anyone have a ball park figure on when our phones could be running it? I know it'll be a while just wondering.
[Optimus V Android Development] CaptainShanks:
No asking for ETAs ;-)

But yeah, this is a major code change, this could potentially take awhile. The 4.0 source hasn't even been dropped yet (though it will when the devices with it arrive).
[Optimus V Android Development] Zeroskatr512:
Skype audio is choppy

I have noticed recently that Skype audio seems to be a bit choppy (especially during the transition of the proximity sensor turning the screen on and off). Has anybody else noticed this issue?

JerryScript 10/16/11

CPU set to Interactive w/ 600 MHz min and 806 MHz max.

JIT enabled

surface dithering enabled

16bit transparency enabled

purging of assets disabled

lock home in mem disabled

lock messaging app disabled

vm heap size 32

Any recommendations to improve performance?
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
I'm pretty well convinced there is a bug in the audio configurations that is causing the issues with Skype, GrooveIP, and the video camera's audio. Tracking it down involves alot of investigative work, and inserting traces here and there, so don't expect anything soon.
[Optimus V Android Development] konnspiracy:
With mirages latest build im experiencing an issue that only was a problem in sept. builds.

When ever somebody leaves me a voice mail I call my voice mail up and delete all messages but the notification center shows that i still have unread voice mail.

Also it takes the browser significantly longer to start loading a site on both wifi and 3G. I have to pretty much use opera.

I am using darktremor a2sd would that be causing the problem?

::::

On a different note has anybody noticed a performance boost with a class 10 sd-card? From a class4?

I went ahead and bought one because i have a2sd. I dont have data2ext because it caused alot of problems, also should I be using ext2 or ext3?

There is no support for ext4 correct?
[Optimus V Android Development] Ostrich Egg:
This rom stores the Dalvik cache on the /cache partition, which is also the partition that the Market uses to temporarily store files. Once you have a bunch of apps installed, the Dalvik cache becomes large enough that the Market doesn't have anywhere to store its files, so you get an error.

If you remove 01mvdalvik from /system/etc/init.d, reboot into recovery, and clear /cache and Davik cache, on the next reboot Dalvik cache will be rebuilt on the /data partition per default. You will have less space for apps but you'll actually be able to install them without getting an error.

Use an sd-ext partition if you want more space.
[Optimus V Android Development] mrg666:
I don't think Google will release the source code until phones with ICS are available on the Market (reference). This process took months for Gingerbread. Say 3 months for CM to work on it, 2 months for some developers to port CM to OV. We are looking at ~8 months. Will you still be interested? More importantly, will there be developers still motivated to work on porting CM to OV? I think CM7.1/IHO is practically the end of the road for OV. I am enjoying the most super-duper and up-to-date Android available for now.
[Optimus V Android Development] daryllh:
Using latest CM7.1-IHO-MiRaGe build.

I did a search and found that other people are having various issues with video.

I recording a video and tried posting it on youtube. The audio was choppy but the video transferred ok. I then played the file on my computer (itunes default player) and the audio worked but there was no video.

This was in high mode as well as youtube high mode.

EDIT: Low quality video seems to work ok. .3gp extension works, mp4 does not.
[Optimus V Android Development] mrg666:
I just tried youtube-high mode and played the video with VLC media player on Windows XP. Both sound and video were fine using 10162011 build. I was not able to get sound in high mode but video was fine. These are known problems and has been discussed here and AC several times already.
[Optimus V Android Development] daryllh:
Just installed VLC. All the videos I recorded work with perfect audio. The ones that weren't working uploaded to youtube were the .m4v files. Those played.
[Optimus V Android Development] MtDewFella:
I have an sd-ext partition on my sd card, how do I use it?

Edit: Sorry I quick replied instead of quote. This is directed at Ostrich Egg.

Edit 2.0: Neve rmind, I found an app for that :D

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Really? Awww...Man, oh well guess I'll use the optimus v until it falls apart, then I might get a nexuz one or nexuz s used and pop in a prepaid sim.
[Optimus V Android Development] MtDewFella:
I fired up the emulator, and while at first glance android 4 seams to be a major revamp, not really mainly just spit and polish (not a bad thing and there are some new things) but nothing that would keep it from running on the optimus v. the ui and apps can now take full advantage of gpu acceleration (the optimus v has an adrenio 200 which I believe is the same gpu in the nexus one. So if any thing the new version should run and feel faster as the gpu is taking some of the load off the cpu. Also if you have a current device with buttons the honeycomb bar at the bottom goes away. multitaking is mapped to a long press of the home key, menu still works for legacy apps that haven't used fragments api yet. back and search still work them same. I also ran the emulator at the same resolution and screen size as the optimus one series of phones. ui works just as well as gingerbread the smaller screen isn't an issue.
[Optimus V Android Development] Kolma:
So long as you aren't BS'ing that sounds amazing
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
By any chance are you able to post screenshots? :)
[Optimus V Android Development] manaurys:
i was reflashing the rom and now my phone get stock at the CM7 splash screen and it wont pass that the only thind i did diferent was that i wipe boot by mistake and i dont know if it is that any help to fix this
[Optimus V Android Development] MtDewFella:
Not for awhile I'm too busy and my old pc takes forever to boot the emulator. However here is a site with a video that shows off the emulator and the guy explains the same thing about the honeycomb bar at the bottom.

Every thing else I figured out from looking through the emulator, sdk, research and general understanding of how android works.

Android is different from other os's in that most other os's as time goes on requires more resources because they start out written in native code, which is most efficient, and add more features later. Android uses real time compiling, which is actually an old concept that was never used in computing because it was very inefficient, Google with every release of android improves the efficiency of the real time compiling performance. So not only does the OS it's self use less resources but so do the apps. Also Google added most of android main features at the beginning and since then it's been more of a polish game.
[Optimus V Android Development] pandulce1:
I'm not too informed on the matter, but I just googled this bit of info:

/boot

This is the partition that enables the phone to boot, as the name suggests. It includes the bootloader and the kernel. Without this partition, the device will simply not be able to boot. Wiping this partition from recovery should only be done if absolutely required and once done, the device must NOT be rebooted before installing a new one, which can be done by installing a ROM that includes a /boot partition.

Did you make a nandroid backup, and if so have you restored it? I don't know if that would restore the boot partition, but it's worth a try. Perhaps going back to stock will do the trick. There's a thread here on how to do that.
[Optimus V Android Development] YouArePoop:
no need to go back to stock. just flash a backup, or if you don't have one,just flash new rom.

hold power, camera, and face buttons when turning on phone to get to recovery.
[Optimus V Android Development] mrg666:
I have updated the MiRaGe ROM with 10222011 build. You can find it in the Wiki.

There were quite a few insignificant updates in the CM repo and I didn't want to accumulate them further. You can easily skip this update if you have the previous one already flashed. The transparency theme was updated as well since framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk have changed (i.e. don't use any previous themes).

Thanks to Blarf, Bob, Jerry, Bigsupersquid, Whyzor, and CM team.

Edited on 10222011
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
Someone decided to take it upon himself to post several IHO builds to ROM Manager without asking any of the dev's permission. This is unacceptable, especially in light of the number of phones that have been soft-bricked by ROM Manager.

Edit: the person quickly and politely removed the builds, and appologized. This person had nothing but good intentions.

None of the IHO devs can vouch for the builds posted on ROM Manager. We did not submit them, so we cannot insure they are what we built, and that no one has modified them in any way.

Each IHO dev posts their builds in the manner they choose. The only official repository for the IHO builds is the Wiki's Binary page:

https://github.com/inferiorhumanorgans/android_device_lge_thunderc/wiki/Binary

Please do not take the chance on messing up your phone by downloading from unknown and untrusted sources!
[Optimus V Android Development] Zeroskatr512:
Unlock Screen Gestures & Custom App Starter

I just recently started playing with the unlock gestures & app starter after discovering the new rings unlock theme. (actually much more helpful than I imagined). I believe I found a bit of a bug and would like to know if anyone else can confirm.

I added Google Goggles as an app starter ring. When I activate it from the unlock screen the program loads and it goes to the camera section to take a picture. However, I noticed that the image that is being displayed is rotated 90 deg CW. After I take the picture though it will appear normal and goggles will function as expected. (just makes it difficult to line up a shot)

Next I checked Goggles from the App Drawer and it worked as expected (odd?)

Next I placed a Goggle shortcut on the home screen, and the viewer opened as it did from the lock screen tilted 90 deg CW.

Additionally, I figured since Goggles depends on the Camera app that the same results might hold true for that app. However, the Camera app functioned normally accessing it by the above three methods.
[Optimus V Android Development] jawz101:
FWIW I've never had problems with using ROM Manager and I wish you'd guys endorse it- though I download binaries and install from sdcard. If anything, to get more users. Plus, with how often you guys release it'd be handy
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
I wouldn't mind seeing IHO roms in Rom Manager, but I do see why you were concerned.
[Optimus V Android Development] wilberfan:
I've had nothing but problems with ROM Manager in the past. I can see why the devs want to steer clear of it...
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
After spending around 100 hours (literally) helping people who soft-bricked their phones with bad recoveries from ROM Manager, and after repeatedly requesting assistance from Koush and aospbot at the time with no success, I am wholeheartedly against using ROM Manager.

If Koush had removed the options when there was a known issue, I would be much more willing to give it a try, but instead he ignored our pleas, and as a result many many more people continued to soft-brick their phones. Koush blamed it on aospbot, but it's Koush's ROM Manager, so it's his responsibiltiy. I don't like it when blame is shoved around like a tray of appetizers, and no one wants to clean up the mess.
[Optimus V Android Development] sevs753:
Just a small update after my battery problems a few weeks back. This week my parents were gone so I turned off the Airave. I've only had 1 bar at home the whole time but battery life has gone up dramatically. I leave Wifi and 3G on 24/7 and i could still get 2 full days of usage. (1.3 if i use a lot of data or text a lot.)

I think I'm going to leave the airave off and see how long it takes them to notice. I just wish the thing had the option of blacklisting numbers so i could leave it on and still get this kinda battery life.
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
I totally understand now, I had no idea it was that bad
[Optimus V Android Development] ariel_jesus237:
Do I have to wipe data/factory and the cache to update to a new ROM version or can I just flash as is? Cuz I'm tired of having to restore all my settings and misbehaving apps since it's never a smooth process and some apps always end up either not getting backed up or not restoring correctly.
[Optimus V Android Development] mjs2011:
I just wipe cache and dalvic cache.
[Optimus V Android Development] pandulce1:
I'm using MiRaGe, and I just wipe dalvic cache.
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
it's still messy, too, unless they've patched a new stock recovery kernel into the cwm that app installs, since the new Hitachi screens won't work with the older kernel built into ov cwm.

or have they fixed that issue? I doubt it, but don't keep up on the news.

hate beating a dead horse, but there is still a soft-brick risk from the old kernel even if the recovery flash doesn't fail. I don't like ROM manager either, just because of all the incompatible phones that have gotten that old recovery kernel.
[Optimus V Android Development] kjmott:
Just a quick question. I am using Asops rom from a while ago. I started having some crashes lately and came back here to see this one. What is my simplest way to move to this rom.

Thanks for the help.

Kyle
[Optimus V Android Development] YouArePoop:
You'll have to do a full on wipe everything and fresh install. Just back stuff up in titanium and you should be alright.
[Optimus V Android Development] konnspiracy:
does this rom support ext3 or 4?
[Optimus V Android Development] YouArePoop:
I got data2sd running on 2nd partition formatted to ext4. Not sure about ext3
[Optimus V Android Development] BobZhome:
It supports all ext's
[Optimus V Android Development] kjmott:
Can I use the Custom recovery I have already installed? Does this build come with gapps or do I need to flash that as well.

Thanks
[Optimus V Android Development] wilberfan:
Ice Cream Sandwich Theme

I wasn't able to get this theme to run properly on my "V" and the latest IHO (MrG flavor).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1310925

"This theme was improperly compiled" error...

Anyone else have any luck?

[Edit] This seemed to work, though: https://market.android.com/details?...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImtvdi50aGVtZS5pY3MiXQ..
[Optimus V Android Development] dingermtb:
What i usually do is, using Ninja Morph Pro and ZipSigner2 and a MDPI theme that works (my theme of choice is Mixer), is, i swap out the .png files with Ninja Morph then re-sign the theme with ZipSigner2 and install like a normal apk file. Then, for the full effect, i'll also swap out the .png files for framework-res, SystemUI.apk, and Settings.apk. Although, some png files, like menu icons, may need to be resized. Time consuming and tedious, but well worth it in the end.
[Optimus V Android Development] dubb83:
facebook sync

I'm running the most up to date CM7.1.0 BACKside IHO ROM OS version 2.3.7 running bobzhome kernel 2.6.32.9-v3.11.

I cannot seem to be able to add my facebook account to the account & sync menu, I click the fb icon and it goes back to the accounts page, not the fb add page. My fb app works just fine that I installed from titanium backup, but still I want to be able to use SMS Pro for fb messaging...