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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Caspertje19:
Installed the 419 rom with a clean install at my girlfriends phone, but she is experiencing a terrible battery life compared to the rom she had installed before (cm 7 official from half a year ago). She barely gets a normal day with light use.

She is on ilwt kernel at the moment. There are no kernel or app wakelocks.

Just read some other people mentioning battery life.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
After a full wipe you need to wait a few days for battery stats to build.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mesaj:
battery life isn't best in this rom, I also think that could be better, but if you customise your settings in ilwt tools to use conservative on wake and powersave on sleep it should improve a lot. just don't forget to save&apply. next thing you can do is set wifi scan interval to 180 by editting build.prop and disable autobrightness and set it by yourself to lower amount.

btw. your gf is really nice if she can hold desire z :P most people say to me that it's so heavy
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Caspertje19:
Already set the frequencies to normal (768 max) and powersave while sleeping. With the official cm 7 rom she had an outstanding battery life(even with over clock).

Next weekend I will try another kernel or wait and see what others have to say about the battery in this rom
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] crestofawave:
@Caspertje19 806~MHz is the stock setting.

To get better battery life you should download some clock management tool (Like SetCPU or CPU Tuner), assuming you haven't done so already, and set up some profiles to manage the clock speeds. Another thing I've found that helps is to keep your app count low. I've got about 20-25~ apps (apart from the stock replaced ones) and found that the phone performed faster and was more battery efficient than when I had a lot of apps installed. Try to keep it minimalistic, it helps A LOT. Apart from these above everything else I've tried has given a mild (at best) boost. I suppose you could try Juice Defender but in my tests it really isn't as great as it was showcased. But hey, that's just me. Your best bet for a battery life boost would be a new battery (aftermarket or OEM). You can look this up in the forums here, I recall some HTC batteries (for the EVO I think) that have a higher mAh rating but fit perfectly in our battery compartment. Shouldn't be hard to find and buy.

I can usually get anywhere from 11-14 hours out of the stock battery with a fairly heavy workload (playing music throughout 1/4 of the day, mobile data enabled and used most of the time as well as WiFi constantly on when I get back home) and still have some juice left! (That'd be about 15-25~%). It's by far the best results I've had on a CM7 ROM, the only ROM I've gotten better battery life was G2Lite, but that's barebone.

@Tsubus, have you ever had a look at this? I suppose that a majority of it has been implemented one way or the other, or am I wrong?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Caspertje19:
@crestofawaveSo I'm underclocked :p

I use the OC Deamon wich is included in the ROM to setup profiles: When the device is at deep sleep, the device won't use that much current, but when it's awake with screen on, the line drops very quick.

From my point of say about the quality of teh battery: she was using stock CM7 getting 20-22 hours of her use(with overclocked at 1 Ghz), changed to this one, restored her apps with Titanium Backup and she is getting about 12-14 hours of her use. So I don;t think replacing the battery will get any help.

I'v set the screen brightness to auto and changed the settings, because the lightsensor values are not good and need adjustment: see this thread

I'm gonna try to install another kernel(wich are mentioned in the OP) and disable the OC Deamon, and use setCPU or something else to set up profiles
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] azrash:
I found that the stock kernel works best and the built in daemon works instantly as compared to SetCPU.

Perhaps a longer cycle is needed? Try draining it until 5% and charge it up to full. That worked for me when I flashed a new rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] costipl:
No, it doesn't, because GPS is just a receiver and the only thing transmitted by the satellites is timecode...

facepalm fail...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] salimbaba:
I am able to send MMS but not able to receive any. I've checked by settings and they are fine. I was able to receive/send MMS on previous versions though.

I am using GoSMSpro
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] crestofawave:
Don't drain the battery below 20% as it may trigger the failsafe, making it useless.

Sent from my DZ.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] salimbaba:
it appears that its a bug with GoSMS, and here is the proposed solution from the GoSMS website

"MMS receive problem

If your phone having trouble receiving MMS, SMS, open system comes with procedures in the setting item, then check the "automatically download" item, if the problem does not solve, but also by text message from the GO Define access point: "Settings" -> "MMS related settings" -> "Custom access point settings."

The problem with ILWT is, if you choose GoSMS over stock, you cannot apply this specific setting. Any other way I can achieve this ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Keitaro:
Battery life on 419 has been great for me personally, about the same as all previous version of ILWT. I can easily get through the whole day without it flashing at me to charge it. My usage may not be as high as some others since I don't have a dozen social networking apps/widgets constantly polling the 3G for updates. Nor do I have the screen at 100%, wifi on, GPS on, bluetooth on all the time either.

For those that want to try calibrating the battery then they should try this free app...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration

...just follow the instructions it shows on screen. Draining it to 0% is not required. The only important bit to do is to leave it charge to 100%, you will hear a sound once it reaches that point, and then press the big button in the middle and then unplug. The batterystats.bin will then learn your usage and at first it will still seem like you have high battery drain but wait about a week and it will have settled down and show a more gradual decrease.

Also, for those that don't know, ILWT has a builtin OC Daemon so there's no real need to download other apps like SetCPU etc. Get ILWT Tools mentioned in the first post of this thread, or here...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ilwt.tools

...and you can set clocks speeds for Wake, Sleep, Charge, Battery and Temperature related profiles.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
one thing that bugs me, is when i selected the patched hosts file, and i can still see ads... WHY??

EDIT: nevermind, i installed adfree android to repatch and fixed the issue...

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i didn't mean to flame you, nor to mock you in any kind of way
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kusuriurikun:
Probably the reason the ads showed with the patched hosts file is that it's using a relatively old patch (dating from September 2011)--the ad sites, so to speak, have moved on in some cases.

Generally I don't worry about using the ROM hosts patch but use AdAway to get a fresh set of hosts patches (pretty much really necessary anymore as ad sites try to get away from blockers like Adblock Plus and host patchers for Windows and Android).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rkwhyte2:
Huh...While I don't regularly let the battery get below say 25% that is only after conditioning it when new. When you get a new battery you should fully charge and then drain it down to at least 10% or 5% if you can and then charge it back up and repeat for a minimum of 3 times, 5 times is better. Once this is done you will get the best life both daily and overall from the battery. The only thing really bad for a Li-ion battery is to drain it to nothing. Anything else is fine.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rezapatel:
Question - would it be a good idea to update to the latest Pershoot Kernel on this ROM?

I think the performance on Pershoot is so fantastic that I am almost getting greedy for more!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rezapatel:
To add, to the latest Virtuous OC also?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] redpoint73:
Conditioning doesn't apply to Li ion batteries, but to old tech NiCad batteries. You are just calibrating the battery meter on the phone. It doesn't change the actual battery life one bit, it just makes the meter show the % more accurately. Think of it as a car, its going to run out of gas when it runs out of gas, regardless of what the fuel gauge says. The goal is just to make the fuel gauge more accurate.

And the battery meter not accurate enough to necessitate discharging below 20%, so that is why crestofwave is saying not to do it. You are probably fine discharging to 10%, maybe even 5%, but it isn't going to benefit you at all to do so.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rkwhyte2:
Oh trust me with over 3 decades in IT and doing this more times than I care to count it does make a difference. During the conditioning you will find that with each charge you get better battery life. I do this with every laptop and phone that comes into my department cause I can't count on the end user doing it. While some of what you see is the meter becoming more accurate the meter has nothing to do with the overall lifespan of the battery and if you condition it you will see a longer life. Do a Google search on "Conditioning Li-ion batteries" and take a look at the results.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BootloopedMillennials:
Stupid question. If you already installed ILWT with the stock CM7 camera is there anyway to install the MIUI camera app after the fact? Or do I have to reinstall ILWT to get it?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
My understanding is that MOST lithium ion batteries have around a 10% threshold that isn't registered by the device to protect it from draining completely and thus ruining it. If you able to drain it to 0%, it wouldn't take a charge at all. Also, the theory was that lithium ion batteries require no training but that proves to be false as it can be read incorrectly by the device itself as redpoint73 explained. So... it's a yes and no ;) Plus, most OEM/brandname batteries have failsafe at around 10% to keep them from being ruined by the enduser. I hope that clarifies things:p
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rkwhyte2:
I tend to agree with most everything here with one exception. I have seen batteries that just stop taking a charge. Sometime the failsafe fails, doesn't happen often but it does happen. Most Li-ion batteries have about 300 to 500 cycles before they need to be replaced.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dsip:
Just flash the latest version of ILWT over whatever you currently have, without deleting any data. Select the MIUI camera app in Aroma. Should work just fine.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chan1628:
anyone know what the IO scheduler options are for....

more importantly, which option is better... i'm pretty sure everyone is defaulted to "sio" ...

just wanted some more info on what this option is for
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SteveRiley:
If you Google for "i/o scheduler" you'll find plenty of info. IMHO, dinking with schedulers makes more sense when I/O involves rotating media. Ever since I switched to all SSD in my Linux laptops, I've used only the noop scheduler, since the time to access any storage sector is equivalent. Same thing applies to the NAND memory in our phones. I'm using noop and it works swimmingly.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
OP,

You might want to take a look at this for some pretty interesting steps for improving battery life.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1621808
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rraxda:
D

Is anyone having trouble dialing numbers when connected on a phone call? I had an issue with an automated system that was asking me to dial numbers and the automated system was not getting any of the numbers I was dialing. I recently switched to this ROM from CM7, and I don't remember that being a problem previously. Anyone else having this issue?

ETA: Also seeing some reduced battery life, but I have only been on this ROM since the previous version.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
Yep... that's very true. Especially, on those old pregnant batteries with the warped cells lol!

tsubus,

can you take a look at this when you get some free time? I think it might hold some serious merit ;)

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
Sure, I'll take a look before I make the next release.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] aerotec:
Hi all,

Looking for some install advice. First time ROM upgrading since WM6.5 start of last year.

I have downgraded, rooted and s-offed my Desire Z. I have downloaded and run CWM to install ILWT. I have tried both the ILWT and Stock Kernel. After the install when I reboot it brings up the ILWT ring of fire animation but after 10 mins that is still there. Is this right?

I installed the recovery CM7 to the microSD and that booted up Android just fine so the device is working correctly after the root/s-off.

Is there something I am doing wrong with the config that is making ILWT stuck in a boot loop?

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Caspertje19:
Had the same. I formatted the cache partition manually in cwm because when looking at the info of the partitions, there were just ---- instead of the amount of space left so I think the formatting of the cache partition goes wrong.

I could also recommend 4ext recovery, search for in in the market
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] azrash:
Try flashing Superwipe before installing the ROM. It will format everything except for sd card. You can get it in the first post.

That is how I started using ILWT. Although I have to say that I have moved to 4EXT as my recovery of choice, the link is in my signature
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] aerotec:
Thanks! Formatting cache got it installed but crashed a couple of times so I did the Superwipe and seems good so far.

Sadly I am getting the error when trying to install apps from Google Play.

Anyone come up with a solution for that yet?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] azrash:
What sort of error? Try clearing the data and cache for Play Store.

BTW, have you guys tried patching this rom with Pdroid? Mine was not installed. The thread is here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1357056

and this is the patch that I have created using the Pdroid automated patcher creator, https://www.dropbox.com/s/uv3x7vahtfq1sz6/PDroid-v1.32-ILWT_CM7-vision-419.zip

and this is the restore zip file to uninstall the patcher https://www.dropbox.com/s/368joqtktat8cae/PDroid-RESTORE-ILWT_CM7-vision-419.zip

would be glad if someone can try this, it didnt not work for me. Do remember to nandroid first just in case things go wrong
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
ILWT already has the option to control the permissions of any app... search for it in ILWT settings

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i didn't mean to flame you, nor to mock you in any kind of way
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] azrash:
Yeah, just that Pdroid is a bit easier to use for multiple apps, don't have to go to one by one. And certain app crashes when the permission is blocked, but using Pdroid it won't. Lol, guess I have to stick with the built in permission management for now
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ruan619:
Can Niker's elitemod kernel be used with this rom?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] crestofawave:
Of course, both share the same base, CM7.

Sent from my DZ.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] IharpI:
+1 for pdroid!!!

Would love to see this in your beautiful ROM.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] aerotec:
Hmmm, managed to get the old Google App Store running and all was working great until this afternoon when I started to get numerous hangs requiring battery pulls.

I am trying to reinstall and Superwipe is unable to complete a wipe and gives error - status 1. CWM brings up problems with E: cache/recovery and logs.

Trying to install the PC10IMG of Android 2.2 and when trying to install the first file it brings up a "Fail-PU" error.

I am thinking my card reader on the board is fried??

---------- Post added at 12:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:10 AM ----------

Urgh! Fail-PU seems to be related to a fried board! What on earth did I do that caused that! Flip!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] azrash:
You might get better support and help from the g2root IRC channel. They helped me fix my friend's Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Setherio:
Sounds like the (emmc?) chip is dead. I know quite a few people who've experienced the same issue and unfortunately there's really nothing (that I know of yet) you can do about it. =( sorry, hate to be the bearer of bad news

-edit-

I think it is just back luck with hardware / hardware failure. It only seems to occur when flashing a ROM. This may be completely wrong and not the best metaphor but I think of it like S.M.A.R.T. on hard drives. If it's failing, you can still use it as your primary hard drive but if you try to do a fresh install of an OS, (some) OS won't allow you to due to it recognizing it's failing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] aerotec:
Thanks for the info, I managed to run the recovery CM7 off the microSD card and then adb tested the eMMC and sure enough it reported as failed.

I can survive, my phone was running badly, crashing etc so I guessed there was something wrong with the hardware but it prompted me to root and flash to try to get better performance.

Now the dilemma of a replacement DZ or a new handset. Don't really want the expense of a new handset, have my DZ Brodit mount, spare batteries etc and really like the form factor. Think I will try to pick up a second hand handset.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JDogg1329:
I've gone through 3 different HTC Desire Z's because of that fault. Honestly I think it's time to move on, either that or buy a second hand one at a good price and hold out until there's something else.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] aerotec:
Urgh, pain to have 3 die! I managed to get a mint condition DZ on eBay for £140. More than I wanted to spend but need to get a handset up and running as use it heavily for work. It will be here later today so Root attempt two coming up!

I could have got a Galaxy Note for about £300 so thinking I should have just done that but I really like the DZ form factor and I have all the spare batteries, cases and Brodit Car Mount so better to stick to the same for now. 4G will launch soon in the UK when they get their fingers out and hand out the bandwidth to the networks so that is when I will want to upgrade.

Anyway, I am going OT but will report back when the handset is ILWT'd and running silky smooth!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vicmora5:
Is anyone experiencing any issues with the wi-fi calling? Mine seems to go out every couple seconds after I start it and since I am not in an area that has tmobile coverage the only way I can receive mms is if I download them with wifi calling on.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Setherio:
I'm also one who highly relies on WiFi Calling. I like to test roms (especially ICS, but due to no WiFi calling for Vision on ICS yet, I only check them out for short periods and revert back). A few days ago I decided to go back to ILWT (as opposed to what I was using as my daily ROM which was CM7.2RC1). Since then, I haven't had any issues at all with WiFi-Calling, sending or receiving SMS or MMS. I tend to check with the person who I send a MMS as I'm always unsure if it really goes through and within the past few days all my MMS's have gone through quickly and without any problem (all being roughly 20 or so, sending and receiving).

Are you also experiencing issues with in-calls? Have you tried a fresh flash (full wipe?) or did you upgrade?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vicmora5:
I havent had any issues with calls but I only turn on the wifi calling when I see that someone sent me a mms and I have to DL it. I ran the super wipe, then did all the wipes on top of that factory/cache/dalvik then I flashed the rom followed by a flashing of Wi-Fi Calling.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] aerotec:
Got this ROM installed on my replacement DZ and (touch wood) it has been running smoothly and stably since yesterday. My original DZ must have really had a dodgy eMMC for a while as it was always laggy and hanging even on stock ROM.

Couple of questions, should I make any changes to the OC Daemon or are the default settings best? I had a look at the OC Daemon page but don't see any suggestions for settings.

Also what is the best way for a full back up of the ROM, installed files etc. Essentially an all in one back up. Can Titanium Back Up do this if I just choose to back up all files and programmes? I see people mention Nandroid but there is no Nandroid in the Market and the only apk I can find is an old one.

Thanks all.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ditamae:
You create nandroid backups using your custom recovery, likely ClockworkMod or 4EXT. I'm assuming you've flashed one of these? Boot into recovery and select 'backup / restore > backup.' Simple as that. The file will be saved on your SD card inside ClockworkMod > backups.

As for the OC settings, there should be a control app called ILWT tools in your app drawer. You can use this to customize your profiles. The default settings are quite fine, and it's really dependent on personal preference in terms of what 'works best.' Good luck.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] aerotec:
Thanks for that! Wow, nice and easy backup! I have CWM installed so will do a backup right now I will leave the OC settings as they are. I did see the ILWT settings but wasn't sure if the OC settings were good to start with. I will leave it and monitor the phones reliability.

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
A nandroid backup is done through recovery, its not an app
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] IharpI:
Did you get it running?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] strawmetal:
Hey could someone point me to a mirror to download ILWT OC Daemon V1.4.0.

tsubus has forgotten to update the link.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chan1628:
does anyone have any advice on this issue? I'm curious to try live wallpaper too

** EDIT ** .... the solution is to include stock wallpaper in your ILWT.txt
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] AngryBulleteyeTruth:
Great rom. Fast and furious:)

Does the FM Radio ap still have some issues?

I can't close it and the stations searching is buggy on my device.

Which clock app would you suggest as a replacement for the default one?

I need something easy (rotatoinal hour setting) and not too complex.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
i know i shouldn't ask, i know i shouldn't say anything about that but:

when's gonna be ur next rom release Tsubus? is it a big ILWT CM7 update? or a new ILWT CM9 rom for our dz? or just... something new??

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i didn't mean to flame you, nor to mock you in any kind of way
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] azrash:
I have not got it working. Some said that version 1.31 of the patcher might work. Have not had free time to try though. You can try version 1.31 first
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Setherio:
I haven't had any success in patching any ROM with 1.32 yet then yesterday I tried using 1.31 and it seems to be working great! =D

If you're interested, here's the patched (and restore) files I made.

PDroid-v1.31-ILWT_CM7-vision-419.zip

MD5: 008eb3a88e5407d704e97240f551a5ab

PDroid-RESTORE-ILWT_CM7-vision-419.zip

MD5: d8240f75d45961cf53d15a71165764fb
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mesaj:
http://ratherphallic.co.cc/OTHER/ anyone tested this cm7 build from 8th may?

what are the differences?