yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] InfiniteRisen:
Some stuff I found out about vm heapsize.

It is the amount of memory an app can consume (for data allocation). If you set the limit at xM it dosent mean it uses x all thr time, it is just the maximum. Set the limit too low and some apps that require a bigger heap may be killed.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Edit:

Think of heapsize as a sort of "garbage" collector.

<< It is possible that lowering the maximum heap size could be beneficial in that it might prevent an application from obtaining more memory than it needs (by forcing it to garbage collect sooner), but that all depends on how the Dalvik VM is implemented>>
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Garuxa:
Almost no one should use this application but equally I will mention:

The GetJar app consumes a lot! but a lot of battery (even when not in use, it opens 2 services alone lol), so if they want to use to download any app ... Use it and freeze or uninstalled

:)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Xda app has a problem with the process too, it just hangs there doing abdolutely nothing, improving NO startup time, and taking lot of battery... probably the process only takes useless **** like your phone number, textes to your girlfriend, all your email and facebook accounts and passwords, nothing important...

The point is, the process can be killed by a task killer, even on froyo and gb (why?), so just kill it after no use...

Sent from my LG-P500
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Lycan:
Could you put my guide up?

Its a detailed guide about linux/unix/adb commands.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19735286#post19735286
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
thanks! but now that i think about it, i think all of these guides/how-tos best belong in ciaox's repo. so im going to ask him to put all of the guides that i have from my thread up on his :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] hzoner:
hahaha yeah i noticed that too thats why i use bar instead or percentage.... make me worry when im seeing my batt drops 1% every time :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
just noticed today, i left my phone on standby (i just turned it on and did nothing with it) and the facebook app drained around 50% of my battery :(

but i think i have a solution. for those of you who are using cm7, you can see if this works:

1. go to settings>cyanogenmod settings>application, then check "permission management"

2. go to settings>applications>manage applications>facebook, then scroll down to the permissions category. look under system tools, and tap "prevent phone from sleeping." it should then be crossed out.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] terratrix:
Good idea - maybe we should set every app to like that ^^
[Optimus One, P500, V General] PMGRANDS:
Grat Thread man...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
yeah i defrost it for 2 mins to check in and it shows up in the battery use list (where only those apps show up which have consumed a significant amount of battery, Mark Suckerberg :mad: )

& no such permission management thing in OXYGEN.. :( :(

guess should revert back to CM7..

btw whats the latest almost stable version, still 6.5.8 + Goldenleaf??
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Yes perfect for me;)

Sent from my LG-P500
[Optimus One, P500, V General] palosier:
NAT Type

Hi all,

I am using Wifi Hotspot to my PS3 for online gaming.

My only concern is that my NAT Type is Strict, for example in MW3.

Did anyone find a way around this? Do I need a UPNP application or something?

I am using Cyanogenmod 7.1, Android 2.3.7, Franco's Kernel v.18(2.6.32.42).
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nocterum:
I think to beat battery OCD we should have like 10% battery percentage increments like motorola :p

Apps that uses the accelerometer are bound to drain more battery than touching it.

Also, about patching libsqlite.so:

I think i saw someone had one or two apps data missing and won't store data.

WIFI: sometimes it's slow in market, so you need a different DNS like OpenDNS. There is an app named SetDNS on market that you can easily change DNS

Misc: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1071415 - turn off camera shutter sound (works for AOSP, oxygen and other roms too)

And also there is a new Flash Player v11 in themes and app section
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nocterum:
I think I found out that "open network notifications" in wifi makes your phone scan for wifi even-tough you off the wifi in the phone
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
thanks! but can someone verify this? ive never heard of this one before
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nocterum:
btw i'm using stock v20g and franco's stable kernel - i checked with betterbatterystats and it report "wifi scan" 100% on, i might need more testing though if i uncheck the option. hope i can do it tonight at a public place (hopefully have wifi there)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
[All In One] Battery Saving Tips

XDA
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
You forgot the kernel by Franco, the one in my signature;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
added ;)

i would never forget his kernel. his kernel has been there for a while now :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
just added a link (under category #2) to a very comprehensive list of apn settings for many carriers. now users dont have an excuse to make another thread asking for apn settings :p (assuming that the users read the stickies, which many of them don't :()
[Optimus One, P500, V General] btabangay:
i get a lot of knowledge here,thanks
[Optimus One, P500, V General] matikemin:
Gonna try some tips from here :) neat!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
minfree managers set too high can cause huge instability, and every time you press home key, the apps get killed, but not force closed, if you set that value too high, better use a task killer!

Apps never to stop, they just stay cache, save time and CPU, unless you are out of ram, and andrid takes care in that case, so no worries:

Quickpic - Instant startup if stays cached, very slow if not...

AppBrain

Mail apps - they really start slow!

Apps to always force stop (FORCE STOP, DO NOT KILL THEM IN 4TH PARTY APPS)

Facebook (unless you need it instant... but really, 100MB ram taken by this!!!)

Maps - only when used, it has 50% battery consumption if you leave in the background...

Monitor apps, if an app needs no service, but has one, try to find another! 10 billion apps and growing, tons of alternatives...

P.S: 10 billions = 10.000.000.000 apps
[Optimus One, P500, V General] DaXmax:
New CyanogenMod 7.2.0 for our phones? :rolleyes:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
another wicked app.

just got Where's my water, and damn the game rocks.

anyhow, even wen u quit d game (and it specifically asks to quit), the game keeps running in d background and causes VERY STEEP DRAIN.

Even after FC it, drain doesnt stop.

so if u are playing it, better freeze it after u are done.. :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
added the stuff about the minfrees. never knew much about them until now. thanks!

added :)

EDIT: i need someone to provide a recommendation before i add it

thanks! but before i add it, i need to know what makes it noteworthy. i think it best belongs in the thread (in the themes and apps section) of the list of games that you play

this chunk of text is really hard to read :p

im not sure if this is a true workaround to your problem. my guess is that it may just be on your end so i will not add this unless someone else can confirm this
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nocterum:
For a fix to Facebook app battery drain, you should

- turn off all sync and notifications (you should manually sync contact if you use it)

- Dont press home after using it, because there will be a "chat session" wakelock, obviously for the chat function. So kill it or keep pressing back.

I did this and Facebook still have some wakelocks, but very very little (maybe 5 min per day :))
[Optimus One, P500, V General] funkysonic:
Thanks for the guide! ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] iamawsm:
thanks its awesome
[Optimus One, P500, V General] markovianmind:
earlier posted in a wrong thread i think.. this seems a right place :)

confused between so many roms and kernels of p500.. would anyone suggest a rom and kernel combo based on the following requirements:

1.Stability (no FC or hangs or bugs)

2. Good battery life with decent performance (will not play any 3d games...UI shoudnt be laggy)

currently i am on stock 2.2.2

thx
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Damn look how hoggy maps is!!!

Used it 5 minutes in 8 hours, but forgot to stop the service... this is what it took in an hour!!!!View attachment 829187

Edit: you see how goggles also takes battery (not on background, but that was only used 2 minutes!!!!!!!)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] a5pe4:
I don't know how accurate the battery use section is. I've had Maps on for about 3 minutes and closed it and then it would say it took up over 50% of my battery. Makes no sense to me.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
it means that if you have 100% battery and after some usage it goes down to 95%

then in those 5% drain, 50% is due to maps i.e. 2.5%

thats how the stats work :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Yes, but the problem is that my battery was 20%

Edit: found MapQuest! ! It is very fast with OSM maps;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ravidahiya74:
Freeze maps for better battery life
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Or use mapquest, or disable anything on it with autostarts...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] AmeriKan47:
Mapquest is what I have been using for a minute now. I like it a lot better than google maps.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
For maps you should try Waze too..

i use it coz its the only app with navigation possible in India as well.. :D

and i might add

Precise navigation :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
added all of these apps under gps, which i now extended to gps/navigation. thanks!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
I'd like to know something and tell something.

1) sweetsour you havent added any topic on KDZ Updater (for Baseband changes)

2) From that i have d question, can someone tell a bit about basebands. because i'm too confused. according to what i've read here and there,

Froyo or versions 2.2/2.2.2/2.2.1 are Old basebands.

Gingerbread or versions above 2.3 are New baseband.

Is that true?

coz if yes then currently i'm on oxygena nd android version is 2.3.7, so i should be basically new baseband. But the ROM is for old baseband..

Its really confusing..!!

Can someone explain a bit :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mihir287:
froyo (2.2/2.2.1/2.2.2), gingerbread 2.3.4,2.3.5,2.3.7 (except ones from optimus net and optimus pro) are for old baseband.

2.3.3 gingerbread and ROMs ported from Optimus Net/Pro are for new baseband. Also, check out this flowchart. @sweetnsour, apologies for redirecting a person away from your thread, but it would certainly help him.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] simplyred123:
Honestly i don't have any battery issues with both facebook and google maps. 1 Hour gone with facebook and google maps in memory(not killed) and with 3G data, auto-sync things on, i only drained 1% battery using the Oxygen v2.1 and v2 franco kernel(22 NOV)...

Using conservative governor 480-748mhz, now i'm testing with min at 245mhz:rolleyes:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
What about services? The services those apps have drain...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
thnx for that flowchart..

i got the picture.. :D

so

now next

How are KDZ and LDMDP tools different??

Arent they both used to flash new/old basebands..??

EDIT : NVM, thnx again, baseband & its tools are also nicely mentioned in the topic :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] simplyred123:
battery is at 66% after 56 mins of gaming and 3G web browsing and downloading apps
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Here is how to stop the maps from draining:

1. Uninstall (and replace)

2. Freeze

3. Stop it from autostarting

- move to SD

- from autostarts (like me, it worked)

- Disable Network Location (this is what makes it launch in all events on the phone... it even starts automatically when opening another app:()

Hope I helped:):)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
i have no problem with that whatsoever :p

my thread is not the place to be if you are looking for stuff on baseband. not to mention that you put together a really good flowchart :)

for some strange reason, facebook drains my battery on oxygen but not on phoenix :confused:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] FPChaim:
Mupen64Plus, Android Edition (AE) moved to this link... but now it's available in the market...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
Just a nice tip..

Now you can remove ur Facebook aplication (if you havent synced contacts or arent interested in getting constant bugging notifications)

Open FB in the default Android Browser and you will find the interface is EXACTLY same as that of the app and is infact faster than it.

You can even quickly check-in where ever u wish unlike the slow n stupid process we have to follow in opera mini or anything else.

So basically ur browser is ur Facebook app which fortunately isnt a pain in d ass unlike the default app.. :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] xuanduc987:
Yeah, I have noticed the same thing. So FB app just like some kind of lame browser :D. But I still keep it for push notification and friend request
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
btw

can someone shed some light on the topic of porting a ROM..

Now i dont want to know how to port, i just wanna know what exactly is porting..??

We have this Oxygen, CM7 and now i hear about CM9 ports, where are these coming from??
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
I don't like the not-so-smooth menu bar in the website... but there is no eay to see photos and comment on them in the app...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
im a little cautious about linking to outside forums. sorry :o but thanks!

good tip :) thanks
[Optimus One, P500, V General] simplyred123:
For me the facebook app much much faster than loading the dumb web version, sometimes browser gets bugged and keeps on loading forever
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Nemus launcher!!!

Really smooth, fast start, misses some features, but the one's it has work like a charm!

It is made by nemustech, the same as regina;)

No fancy features, nothing extra, and I have never seen a launcher faster and smoother than this one:cool:

Edit: just found that MX video player starts in background, also taking battery....
[Optimus One, P500, V General] aayushARM:
Amazzzing!!!:D This guide was very helpful !!!!! It's not as boring as its Title says!!!:p
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mioss:
Nice job.

but you forgot CyanogenMod 7.2.0 versions [.32][.35] made by adfad666.

mik's had his huge contribution to P500 but adfad666 keeps the updates rolling.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
thanks for the launcher tip!

if someone can confirm the drain from mx video player, i will add it :)

i thought that i included :o but i guess i forgot. thanks!

I will be making a few changes to the post:

1. The noteworthy category will be deleted.

2. The general troubleshooting/q&a/guides will be deleted as it has now been merged into mihir287's sticky.

3. As rom recommendations are taking up a ton of room, they will be deleted. Instead, I will do something similar to what I do with the launchers. From now on, it would be great if you guys can recommend a rom by using a short phrase or term. I will be classifying the roms based on factors such as "performance/speed", "customization", "simplicity", etc. I am also considering removing discontinued roms from this list. If anyone has any reason why a discontinued rom should stay, speak now or forever hold your peace :p
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
MX was not hogging a lot, but it took some CPU in background and no way to make it not to start... it just starts randomly...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] myozeus:
Maybe Im a lil old style,but I've been using Bytecode's OpenOptimus (Froyo) with Fserve's latest Franco.kernel (gbs) and it has been giving me exceptional battery life. those suckers for battery life (like me :)) can try it. Cant find much faults in it.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
@sweetnsour

when you say discontinued roms, does that include deleting info on stable roms..??

I mean like Oxygen 1.1 [.32] and CM7 6.5.8 [.32] have been discontinued coz they reached a stable state.

Now they are being upgraded to [.35]

so will u delete them as well..??

if yes, then i think u shouldn't.. :|
[Optimus One, P500, V General] simplyred123:
Hmm found something weird. In power tutor, it shows that Hsdpa is using less power than wifi...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Actually is true;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] FPChaim:
So, put the market link (Mupen64Plus, AE (N64 Emulator) - Mupen64Plus, AE (Xperia Play)) :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
thanks! will add when i have time

well that is fairly recent. and if a discontinued rom is still pretty popular, ill keep it :)

Speaking of roms, I will also be removing roms that are based off of other roms (themed roms) as they are pretty much the same thing.

oh yeah :p will add the links. thanks!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] 100hp:
Can someone please tell me which of these ROM provides "Chinese" UI? (User Interface such as menu etc.)

Thanks!!!!!!!!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Can you add which basebands are the roms for? Adfad released new baseband!!!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
good idea :) will do

anyone who has messed with some of the roms i have listed want to help me categorize some of them based on the following? :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] santachaos:
Hmm, let's see

for [F] as well as [P] and :

Cyanogenmod and variants of it, and Phoenix Android

for

Oxygen ROM, or stock ROM

For battery life and performance it's hard to say, any ROM except stock rom ( except froyo not so good performance, good battery life)

BTW about my opinion on minfree tweaking:

I guess minfree tweaking for a bit more agressive values for our LG P500 is good. Sometimes a lot of apps in memory can cause lag or reduction on smoothness as we have only a 600Mhz processor. If 800mhz or higher(not overclocking) it's a different story.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
I disagree about minfree values, because most of the apps are cached, they are idle, so no problem...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] santachaos:
You can try using stock froyo, non rooted with tons of apps in the background(fb,g+ etc), it will be really laggy - the minfrees are not good enough

For GB sure it may be smooth but with goldenleaf+miks 6.5.8 I get some lag with many background tasks running(maps,fb,g+ etc)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Minfree won't kill services...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Add this speed test results please... I am shoked of the speed on adfads rom!!! Our phone has speed limited to 7.2, still...View attachment 847389

P.s: this is on wifi, the hsdpa sign is because I prepared to do a 3g test... 7.2MBPS in 1st!!!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] santachaos:
there's no limit to wifi speeds, only on HSDPA there is a limit which is 7.2mbps- without adfad666 rom i can easily get 15 mbps++ on wifi
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Yep but I never had 3G+, never! This wasn't working 3 days ago, with another rom, so I doubt Vodafone suddenly builded new antenas...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] iamawsm:
battery calibration

how do i calibrate my phones battery??????????????????
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mihir287:
Download app 'Battery Calibration' by NéMa from the market, and follow the instructions it gives.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
#31#phone no

isnt hiding my number and making it unknown :/

&

@sweetnsour

in ur ROM's section link to adfadd's has been changed.

that thread has been abandoned.

so better replace that :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
How can that not work??? It used to work on my nokia 3310(I am serious)

Also cm 7.2 is also for old baseband...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] logo_32:
Persistant killer...!! :D

Logged in after ages....and my oh my...the 15th section about secret codes just blew me off...!!!

Great job sweet and sour..!! :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] redfaction111:
Lifehacker's take on how to prolong Battery life

lifehacker 'dot' com/5875162

Sorry, can't post links.

I'm a newbie :/
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Human_dude_007:
Many Indian service providers blocked that facility :(
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
thats sad :/

I'm on vodafone btw :/
[Optimus One, P500, V General] matteo100nze:
The frequency depend of a singe cpu.. To me for example max is 729..
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Is there any other new baseband rom except openoptimus and cm7.2? Not all roms are there...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
^^ NightlyFourE
[Optimus One, P500, V General] MickaelX:
Yea i've just installed nightlyfourE, i understood it has some bugs, but the only one i have is speaker not working in calls. The volume is still to low. Anyone knows about this?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
thanks to all of you :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
One more thing: live wallpapers won't suck battery!!! They only make apps using them less smooth(launcher)... people who disagree reboot the phone and enjoy... if it doesn't work put a static wallpaper and you will see the phone dies at the same speed;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] maccumaccu:
nice! nice! nice!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Portuga1980:
AGA-ROM

Can i flash aga-rom with cwm recovery?

Because i flashed, then i restart phone and ask me the pin, i put the pin and i got a black screen!!!! only work status bar when i push it down...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vj_dustin:
Say whatever about the recent development,

but Stock Froyo 2.2.2 is the stablest ROM so far and has absolutely "0" bugs.. :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Because LG made the phone with stock froyo 1st, so if stock froyo wouldn't be perfect, this phone would be trash...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Lycan:
Check out this new tool - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1446233

Its an awesome tool for someone who wants to get started on Android dev-ing.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] u.bindal:
How to switch to new BaseBand...?? [P500]
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
wrong thread, but here you go :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22168571
[Optimus One, P500, V General] u.bindal:
Friends, i have to switch to a rom(N2-Cyanogenmod-7.2.0-KANG) that needs new baseband, and i am currently on old baseband.. i have big doubt.. should i upgrade to new baseband first and then flash new rom or should i first flash new rom and then baseband.. plz tell...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
I did new baseband first and then flashed the rom, but either way works.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] u.bindal:
Will my current rom which is running on old baseband, will it support new baseband also..?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
It doesn't help if you don't specify which rom you are currently on. But the answer is probably no, as I am not aware of any roms that support both basebands.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] u.bindal:
So basically when i flash new baseband on my current rom, the sim will stop working... but when i will flash the new rom for new baseband, the sim would would work again..right.?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetnsour:
Yes, you are correct :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ethan24:
Hi Sweetsour,

I'm using ROM 6.5.8 - looks quite stable now. however, i'm looking for any new ROM about the performance and speed. and also good battery life.

you have any recommendation?

ROM: Cyanogen 6.5.8

Kernel: goldenleaf#4

Baseband: Old
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Oxygen or cm nightlies;)

Sent from my LG-P500