yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] jbermi:
leaving the GPS on via quick settings(also location is not GPS, they are different settings, scott has gone through this before) does not effect battery much unless an app is using it like google maps. Ihave done it before, forget to fully exit out of navigation, and watch half my battery drain. If I know i am not going to be using the phone for a bit, i will do a kill all background apps via System Panel(app) to make sure a rogue app won't run away with my GPS or such and take the battery down with it. it was something I started doing when I first had the EVO 4G and just have continued the habit. it has only happened to me once since I been on the 3D, and youtube was the culprit, i didn't really exit out of it when i pocketed it.. and it still took my battery from 80 to 30 in a hour and a half.
[HTC EVO 3D] brol1k:
I read his posts about this but as I mentioned, on Twitter, Facebook and yelp it will utilize the gps or location. But to me it proved that by even having gps checked on and not having a rogue app in the background the battery still drains faster then when It's not checked on. Ive done the tests unless It's a placebo thing o_O

3vo fre3vo'd
[HTC EVO 3D] jbermi:
my gps is always checked on, and i get great battery life, I average 16-18 hours off charger with moderate usuage. i get a good 12 with heavier usuage. I usually don't plug back in till it hits about 25% batt. it might be a placebo thing...but those apps are also battery hogs in general, especially facebook, i used yelp for a while, but it seemed to be a battery hog. I am not an app whore, so I don't have a lot running in the background, but i also know which apps are my battery hogs that I use most ( i'm looking at you, words with friends, LOL)

I came to the conclusion if you worry so much about your battery, you will think its draining faster than it really is. So i stopped worrying, and rarely ever panic over battery on my 3D like I had to a lot on the OG EVO...I think a lot of this has to do with HTC improving how their software utilizes the battery and manages apps compared to sense 1.0 on the EVO 4G. just my 2 cents. each phone is different no matter what and how people utilize their phones are different, so results always vary.
[HTC EVO 3D] sillyputty:
If you get a chance and wouldn't mind, would it be possible to create a update to remove the clock from the status bar? I would appreciate it since your rom is the only rom out there that I use.

Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
I could look into that but I track all special requests here: http://scottcrosler.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=27

You will need to submit your request there... and as you can see I am WAY behind on mods! lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Im not getting into the location debate. Im done with it.
[HTC EVO 3D] brol1k:
Lmaoooo

3vo fre3vo'd
[HTC EVO 3D] brol1k:
Hmm, im gonna run my phone with the gps checked on and further test this. Tbh tho it was the first time I actually used yelp like that. I just use yelp for a minute to see a review or write one and close it. Thanks tho.

And Scott you shall hear no more about the gps/location stuff ;)) ok back to testing this bad boy

3vo fre3vo'd
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Ok, I now I said I am done with it... But...

It was your apps man. It wasnt the fact that you didn't toggle location off. Trust me on this. Location services dont use battery. GPS does. But if GPS is on then you WILL see the GPS icon.

But for real... Im done this time. lol
[HTC EVO 3D] ch1naski:
when you enable GPS in the settings, you are doing just that: enabling it to be turned on/off by applications that use it.

If no app is using it actively, it is in the "off but enabled" mode, Which uses no battery at all

Nandroids are for sissies.

Bang.
[HTC EVO 3D] dnaL0R:
quick question, how do i get rid of the CRT animation? thnx
[HTC EVO 3D] Osirus71:
Where did u get orange peel from? I tried the link on his page put it goes nowhere like the link is broken.
[HTC EVO 3D] aoaleman:
Settings > Display > No animations. :)

I don't think you can JUST disable CRT animations, to my knowledge.
[HTC EVO 3D] dnaL0R:
well after i installed the ROM, i went to the ROM Updater app and downloaded the CRT Animation 1.0 and flashed it... it's not part of this ROM is it? so the only way for me to go back to regular instant-off animation is to reflash? i want to keep the other animations...
[HTC EVO 3D] aoaleman:
Oh oops, sorry. You might want to wait for further confirmation.
[HTC EVO 3D] Osirus71:
Hey scrosler, you had mentioned that you tweak your battery by letting the phone run all the way down till is powers off by itself, then you charge it back up all the way while its still off. My question is, do you do anykind of battery wipe in recovery before or after this procedure is done.

Thanks.....
[HTC EVO 3D] aoaleman:
I think the general rule of thumb that seems to work is to charge until 100%, wipe battery stats, deplete battery completely without break, fully charge then you're good. We'll see what Scott has to say though...
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
No, I dont touch battery stats. But here is the deal...

I dont do it all the time, maybe once a week ot once every two weeks. Drain it to 0 or 1 percent. Power it down. Let it charge back up until the light hits green. Run it like normal. Do it again next week. Thats what I do. I always get good battery life. But on the same im never using my phone the way you guys do. Im normally using it to Dev. My phone sees the recovery screen more than it sees the sense screen :eek: (really!)

When you flash a new ROM you are wiping battery stats. I dont ever both because I am always flashing. From what I understand is when you wipe batter stats you wipe other importnat info.

I get such good battery I really dont mess with it. I flash and go other than the weekly or bi weekly conditioning steps.
[HTC EVO 3D] mswlogo:
If you left google maps running, yes, it will drain your battery fairly quickly.

Having GPS always AVAILABLE (which is what ON means here) takes barely any battery.

If you leave Location ON it barely takes anything (it does not use the GPS). That's mostly a little bit of data traffic to figure out where you are (roughly) by radio towers (information) it already has, is uploaded. And your position is uploaded (shared) to google.

The Icon that is hidden is the Location one and it's dumb to show it all the time because people have it always on or off and has very little effect on battery.

Allowing apps to use the GPS any time (like internet explorer or google maps) will put an icon up when it's in use.

This is how CleanROM 2.4 behaves with no mods (and how most ROMs work).

I think it's your lack of understanding what's going on is the biggest issue.

I leave wifi, gps AVAILABLE and Location ON 100% of the time and battery is just fine. And when I use Nav or Google Maps there is a unique Icon (little sat dish) showing GPS is in active use. For internet explorer it's use is brief. For Nav or Google Maps it's active as long as the app is running and will drain battery. And will remind you it's running with an Icon (sat dish).
[HTC EVO 3D] btkgator:
I believe he has fixed it. It had an extra space in the http. It should take you to his webpage and you can download it from there. Version 4 is the only one that works w/ all the update on this ROM. He also has mods on post 3.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1223654&highlight=orange+peel
[HTC EVO 3D] Mrdiaz09:
I'm thinking about switching to this ROM. I just have some question beforehand because I always donate. So how is battery life? Is this a stable ROM, no need for nightlys? I ask this because i think I've had my flash fix for a while with nightlys I want something that's no updated everyday, because i always feel obligated to flash.
[HTC EVO 3D] ch1naski:
I can't answer for battery life, too many things to factor in. but stability is great on this ROM. I have had zero issues since I flashed it last week. (which explains my unusual silence in this thread.) :D

one of the nice things about this ROM is the built in updater for mods, fonts, etc..

It fulfills my flash addiction just to try a theme or mod, without actually flashing anything major (like a ROM)

Nandroids are for sissies.

Bang.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mrdiaz09:
Very respectful response on battery life. And thank you I'm downloading now if things work well, Scott I think that's his name, will see a 20 dollar donation.
[HTC EVO 3D] ch1naski:
Edited my previous post..

You won't be disappointed. I read a lot of threads before I settled on this ROM.

Nandroids are for sissies.

Bang.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mrdiaz09:
I saw that and i really like the thought of mods and font being not so far away and having to dig for them. Now just to wait until my phone charges enough to flash.

Edit: sorry to clog up this thread with questions, if anyone has a response feel free to pm me with whatever you hve to offer.
[HTC EVO 3D] Lrod0175:
I can tell for my personal experience that imo this is one of the best roms out there, is clean as its name states and fast, give it a shot, you'll like it!

P.S: if u want more performance boost, install spare parts after u have everything set up and set windows and transition animations to fast, you'll get crazy speeds.

Here, this is with heavy usage and Wi-Fi on all day, light to medium usage I can get 24 hours easy.

LROD'S 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] Mrdiaz09:
Should I format ext4?
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
I heard the word donate? lol Just kidding. I will provide the best support I can regardless of donations status. But the donatison make things easier with the wife if you catch my drift and I am sure you do because are a flash a holic too!

Thats why I put it in. So we can still flash like mad men but nott do any real damage, lol Like loose data apartions and need to wipe this and that. And it makes soooo easy for me to push out a patch (I even had t do it once, lulz) and new request without rebuilding the ROM. Not mention the real point of it for users... You can be a mini ROM chef and customize the way YOU want the ROM. Not the way I want the ROM. Although I must confes the only thing I do it is SL Icons with Blue Overscroll and transparent pull down with trans parent Rosie Non paginated. I also run the Sony font from time to time and I run the BlueSky theme for Sense. I am happy with that.

I have also been working with Theme Devs to ensure compatibility with the latest and greates themes out there.

I really feel I provided the best "bang for the buck" lol

With spare parts you can keep window animations but make them faster?

ROM doesnt support it ext4.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mrdiaz09:
I do understand, and I wish I had time to develop, three kids and the wife I'm lucky I can stick with flashing as much as I did. Thanks for the response. I'll be back later, aka flashing now.
[HTC EVO 3D] btkgator:
If I have a theme (Orange Peel) and I use the ROM updater to make a mod will it break the entire theme? Would it work? Sorry for the noob ?
[HTC EVO 3D] kenneu:
I love this ROM... I've flashed quite a few of the others that are on XDA and some that aren't. In the end, however, I always nandroid my Clean before I flash something else since I know I'll be back.

Honestly, some of the cool experimental stuff is fun to play with, but there always seem to be some kind of "issues" with them.

This ROM has just the right about of extra "stuff" to absolutely justify rooting and installing but not so much that it breaks stuff. For me, stability is really important and this ROM delivers that in spades.... And it's the best battery life I've had so far...
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
It depends what you are applying. It shoudl only break that element. And it wont break it per se but it would revert it to whatever you are doing.

I have a write up here that explains this in more detail as to what you can expect when you flash different mods: http://scottcrosler.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=60

Its not exactly your question but it sorta explains in general what you are asking.
[HTC EVO 3D] Lrod0175:
All animations work except the crt animations, but all u have to do is to set the transition animations to normal in spare parts settings, and you'll get the crt animation to work. U might wanna give it a try and maybe include it in further development as it gives the room a real speed boost.

LROD'S 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] Mrdiaz09:
Oh my! I've been on this ROM for ten minutes and you guys are right, its amazing so far. Only concern I have is that when I flashed this I was reading 23% battery, now I'm reading 40%. Thank you so much Scott this already seems like a very well put together ROM. I will write a full review Saturday after its settled but I couldn't be happier at the moment.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Wow, I never knew that! I am checking out tonight! Any other cool things it can do?

You know as far as the battery thing... I wouldn't be concerned. There are a lot of variables between your last ROM (if it was not stock) and this ROM. I may keep my eye on it but I am sure its fine. I wont get itno thte details, but trust me, if you did a FULL wipe... You will be golden!
[HTC EVO 3D] Mrdiaz09:
That's what I figured, and to be honest I wasn't to concerned just the first thing I noticed after I booted it up. Always FULL wipes for me, even when I was flashing nightlies, talk about craziness.
[HTC EVO 3D] chlehqls:
Been running Senseless 2.2 for a while with Go Launcher Ex. It's so beautiful with the theme I installed on it...

But the flashaholic inside me begging me to come back to this ROM or try Shogun's...Arhghghg.
[HTC EVO 3D] Flak:
Not sure if I'm just going nuts or never noticed it before today (came back to cleanrom yesterday). But my phone isn't sleeping (oddly enough it's recording sleep time though), it's dimming the screen and then the capacitive buttons turn on and stay on, the screen never actually turns off. Tried changing display timeout which didn't seem to have any effect.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Something went bad when you flashed back over. It sleeps fine. read just any of the 2 of the 10 posts above you and you will see that the battery life is reported better than average. Very few people, however, do report your issue on both CR and SL ROM. I am think its something to do with cached data. A hard wipe has resolved in each situation. But I would like to troubleshoot it a little more if you are willing... If not willing do hard wipe and install all apps FRESH. No back ups!

Go to settings -> About phone -> Battery -> Whats using and post a screenshot so I can analyze it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Way to much open space for me. Also, the OCD in me would force me to have either one complete row of icons or two complete rows but not 1.5 rows, lol

Just sayin...
[HTC EVO 3D] chlehqls:
What can I say? I like to keep it to the bare minimum. :P
[HTC EVO 3D] PatrickHuey:
what weather widget is that? if you dont mind me asking. i have been trying to figure that out!
[HTC EVO 3D] koricua74:
I believe it's an option of gTab SimiClock
[HTC EVO 3D] PatrickHuey:
also, im giving this ROM a go around for the first time. ive heard great things and have been using viperROM for quite some time. i expect greatness! especially with all the customizationzz.
[HTC EVO 3D] koricua74:
I don't think you'll be disappointed. I came from viperROM 1.3 and this is just as good if not better! Plus the dev is just as engaged as V&V are with their ROM!
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Well, I hope I dont let you down, lol

Indeed!
[HTC EVO 3D] ch1naski:
Agreed. This it's a very low maintenance ROM. Flash it and forget it. (or start using the updater app and have fun). I have yet to find a bug....

Nandroids are for sissies.

Bang.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
I have yet to induce a bug! lol Just kidding... Im sure if someone looks hard enough they will find something!
[HTC EVO 3D] tsbrewers:
Well, I do have a question. I know you aren't supposed to restore apps and their settings, but it does make me wonder what is the best thing to do, besides just starting from scratch every time?

Reason I am asking is quite a few of my apps have a lot of setting that I am just not willing to loose, or spend a bunch of time re-doing for every flash? Is there a better way that I am missing? I have a hard time believing all these "flashaholics" that are doing numerous roms daily are installing and configuring all their apps every time? Especially with the nightly build type of roms.
[HTC EVO 3D] davec1234:
Same here and I agree completely.
[HTC EVO 3D] PatrickHuey:
Loving the ROM so far. So all of the themes etc are just in the built in theme changer or no? I'm jusr looking for a gingerbread theme for this ROM. Is it not available?
[HTC EVO 3D] aoaleman:
Best Sense ROM to date! :-)

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[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Well, my two cents... When I flash (about 10 times a day! lol) I just reinstall what I what. Im not a nightly builder but I do release weekly updates based off feedback that I get from users.

But to answer your actual questions... I will the the regulars answer that. They all have there own method that works for them so some experimentation on your side may be required. ;)

Thanks! :D

Actually... I got one for ROM Updater but have not had the time to post it. Stay tuned over the next few days... I will try to get it finished.

Thank you! :D
[HTC EVO 3D] jbermi:
Here is the method I have found works best for me. after I flash the ROM, i let google market do it's thing and download my apps, i then go into amazon app store and download the few I use from them, I then use Titanium Backup to restore DATA ONLY for my user apps one by one(I only have about 50), batch restores always screw something up IMO. I don't back up my sms and mms messages but some do using a program just for that. usually a 30 minute process or so, but I got it down to a science pretty much. I also use TB to clear out any excess bloat/apps that I do not use at all after a fresh flash of a ROM.

it is a good idea to back up user app data right before you flash, so when you do restore user data for selected apps, it will be most up to date.
[HTC EVO 3D] kenneu:
I back up with Titanium using batch right before I flash. I back up everything... After flashing, I only restore games and other apps that aren't connected to critical system functions. I.e. I restore angry birds, words with friends, bubble level, speed test, and a few others. I restore (without any data) a few utilities like terminal emulator, root explorer, and a handful of other utilities.

I can't say that I've ever had an issue with TB borking anything when restoring in this manner on any ROM I've used and that includes my time on a Droid Incredible, Droid X, Evo 4G, and Evo 3D...

I believe the TB issues come from restoring apps tied to other apps -- i.e. restoring adobe flash and then wondering why the internetz r brokenz. I also would NEVER backup/restore any kind of system setting. That's a recipe for disaster...
[HTC EVO 3D] Lrod0175:
I restored about 50 apps with TB including data, everything is working fine, if u run into any problems after restoring from TB, just wipe cache and dalvic from recovery, or if is a particular app foreclosing or misbehaving, clean app data from settings.

It's also a good idea to back up your apps from your current rom.

LROD'S 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] Lrod0175:
It has a whole bunch of features, including a new feature called Bladebuddy, which has mount system, hardware acceleration, heap size, etc, here r some pics for u to see the root options, I know that a lot of Roms for the ogevo included the app, and so far is giving me great results on the speed side.

I will do more testing on root settings and report back, I know that hardware acceleration helps a lot for games.

LROD'S 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] ChadH42:
Agreed!!!!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] nitronet:
Any way to add 1 more row of apps to each screen? There seems to be plenty of room but I don't want to change to a different launcher.
[HTC EVO 3D] dodava:
Funny you should say that because I think I have one. MHL video doesn't work for me using CleanROM 2.4. I have successfully used my mhl adapter with a couple of other ROMs, so it does seem to be a rom related issue.
[HTC EVO 3D] jbermi:
mine works fine. so I don't think its ROM related.
[HTC EVO 3D] Spiderman313:
Zip to remove the lockscreen bubbles please?
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Thank you!

Something I could look at later...

What?

See below...

Indeed. I wish I could afford one so I could test but I take jbermi as word on this. He knows what he is doing.

Anyone got an adapter they could donate to me? I dont normally out right ask for donations but I figured if you got an extra one laying around you could drop it in the mail?

Thanks for all the replies guy! I appreciate the support and feedback.

-Scott
[HTC EVO 3D] mac+htc:
Hey everyone...I'm running ViperRom 1.3 with the official HTC unlock on HBOOT 1.5.....Whenever I do a full erase and install in TWRP the phone reboots, but the screen won't come on. I can even still receive notifications and phone calls, but the screen stays blank....the buttons on the bottom will light up....can I get some help?

Thanks,
[HTC EVO 3D] jddunkley:
Normal Restart

Hey all,

Yesterday I used the Restart function from the Power Menu, selected the Normal option and when I went to use my phone the next time my phone had signed out of my Google account, my background and many settings were back to default but all my apps were still there. Kind of weird, anyone else had this issue?
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Is this related to my ROM at all? If so please clarify.

You said you are running ViperROM. Have you checked with him?
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Yeah, I cant replicate this issue but if anyone else has ever seen this please let me know ASAP!
[HTC EVO 3D] SPreston2001:
Its probably because your running a incompatible recovery. You can only use two specific recoveries when you use the HTC unlock method. Use the link below and flash the Clockwork Mod Recovery listed in the description.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1225974
[HTC EVO 3D] saboxerman:
The only thing that I can say is what I experienced (which is similar to what you say your issue is).

Usually, when I flash the update to the CleanROM, I do a complete wipe and when I start up, everything is set up the way scrolser developed it too. Then, I will do my Titanium Backup restore of apps and data and restart the phone. After the restart, I have my apps and background set up the way it was before I flashed.
[HTC EVO 3D] panamakid:
i'm not sure if you are aware (i'm sure you do but i was too lazy to go back and look) lol your download is pointing to 2.2 version

might want to change the upload of 2 days ago to 2.4 and the link - just putting that out there

ignore this if its been fixed - 9/16/2011 @ 2:23pm CST =]
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Maybe the host was playing games with the files but its always been correct :confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
But you ever have the restart that causes you to revert to no info?
[HTC EVO 3D] panamakid:
geez, you're faster than my 4g.... thanks for the fix and spank that host playing with your files!
[HTC EVO 3D] jbermi:
can't replicate it, but had a similar issue on the OG evo, had to do with the boot partition, have you flashed anything recently?
[HTC EVO 3D] SirWise23:
So I switched my SD card and so far so good. I realized that the card I had in there was a class 2, which could have been an issue? I sent it back to Amazon and put a Class 6 in.

Up two days so far with no issues... but I'm switching over to my new Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch... I hope... Sprint won't give me the phone unless I can say the whole name 3 times fast. Really... who names these stupid things?
[HTC EVO 3D] mac+htc:
So sorry for the typo!! Yes I am trying to use your rom, and it flashes correctly, but I have no screen in the end. I am gonna try switching to CWM. I'll post my results.
[HTC EVO 3D] petermg:
Sorry if this has already been brought up but is anyone able to use USB tethering successfully on this ROM? When I try to use it I can't resolve any DNS but I can ping IP addresses..weird.

I'm using 2.4. The wifi tethering works like a champ, just having no luck with USB tethering.