yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pongster:
I'm using bln here... not sure what's wrong... can you get us a logcat?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Radikaal:
Looks promising, althought im more then happy with current ROM LeoMar75 Revolution 2.7.1 which been the smoothest one ive tried so far with good battery and good themes, but from what ive read so far seems this one can maybe replace it!

Btw your benchmarks scores, is it with stock CPU speed or OC to 1400-

1600? Seems a bit high if it would be with stock, gotten nowhere close those results with any ROM/kernel before at stock CPU.

Will test it out for a few days and then return with my review! :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mattisdada:
Thanks for that.

I did the hotfix, on immediate boot it was 98%, after installing 11 apps it was back to 100%. Is there any method to increase the cache partition size?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] dkimmortal:
I wiped/factory reset, deleted Cache, deleted delvic. Twice

Installed Base + Surgeon script of Doctorcete 1.0

It worked!

I saw 1.1 version out...I tried installing that, it failed...

deleted everything--> did that first step again, and reinstalled base + 1.1 transparent script of doctorcete

bootloops :(

tried installing just the base, that works, but the surgeon script is not working..?

and after many tries the boot logo doesn't shop up as well, it shows green text like some error, but bootanimation bootloops... I have downloaded the script twice too... :?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] s2d4:
My suggestion for u would be to start again as suggested by doc.

To give an idea, mine r currently this after downloading/restoring so many apps that i've lost count

/block/mmcblk0p12

503.9M 123.0M 380.9M 24%
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mattisdada:
Hmmm, ok thanks for the advice, ill give it a whirl and report back.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Radikaal:
The restore DPI back to stock fix doesnt work on base+Pongster Surgeon non transparent curtain Ki3 v1.1.

Much appreciated if you could fix this since my eyes dont allow me to read that small text without making me feel ill after awhile ^^

Also phone is running hot without using it anything special, hotter then it would get playing games before and this by just having sreen on in menus. This is from a factory wipe and install of baserom+pongster v1.1 and homebutton & DPI fix.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Radikaal:
Ok Thanks

And why shouldnt i use surgeon because i provided feedback on something that didnt work for my device and that i asked if they could fix it?

Ok i didnt know how to change it back manually, but i know all the stuff that they recommended, adb, logcat and stuff and have been using like 100 custom roms on alot of devices and liked the other stuff it added to the ROM so much i wanted to test it out.

Anyway i solved it now, back to some testing!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] s2d4:
No probs, its just a suggestion as stated in the op for the surgeon scripts

"WARNING: The Surgeon is designed with advanced users in mind...

if you know how to get a logcat,

know how to get out of a soft brick,

know how to reboot via adb

and need virtually no support as you read and research everything beforehand...

Then, the Surgeon is for you. That said, I suggest that normal users stick to the base and the theme."
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Silverbolt:
Hi guys, I just wanted to tell you how impressed I am with your rom and to say thank you. I have just flashed over Criskelo v20 and all went very well. I didn't even need to flash a theme, it keep all my ADW EX settings.

One small issue which I also had with Criskelo v22, how do I change the swype language from Dutch to English? I have done it with the keyboard button and removed the ticks in the swype settings but it still has Dutch when asking to add words to the dictionary.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ag4751:
This is my first attempt at creating a theme since I replaced my Xperia with this Galaxy SG2, I have had it running for a few days and everything appears to looks as it should so I thought I would share it with anyone that wants to try it.

This theme isn't a surgeon so will not remove or affect any apps, it is based on Doc's v3.0 theme it will replace the icons only not any xml files, so flashing it will not affect anything on your phone except how it looks.

It was done on 240 dpi but will work on any dpi just depends on how you like you phone.

Just download move to your SD card and install via CWM flash update which is the easiest method or manually boot into recovery and install the zip from your SD card.

Remember to do a backup of your current rom just in case you don't like it and want to replace it with your original setup.

Credits go to Doc for allowing me to use his theme and to Jkay for allowing me to use some of his work from the Gold Circle theme, save me a lot of time.

Download Link

190 DPI picture

240 DPI pictures
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pirate.666:
Hm...I managed to make the PIN code num pad show up properly by fixing permissions in CWM. That made my Deluxe settings setup vanish and I had to customize the settings panel in deluxe settings again. Everything was fine until I checked "6 quick toggles visible" box in Deluxe settings. Then the PIN code num pad looked all messed up again :S So I restored a nandroid backup instead...problem solved :) Weird...

Ps. Btw... I'm running v.3.0 with matted black surgeon (160dpi).
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] bazzarooney:
Problem Mounting USB and External Storage

Hi, I am using The latest version with Doc's v3 surgeon. I have a problem with whereby the USB and SD card will not mount on cold starts, I have to go into CWM and wipe the cache partition before it'll work properly.

This is very annoying and never happened on the previous versions.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] aeonstorm:
i've updated to the latest version but i realised the ability to take photos by pressing the volume keys seem to have disappeared...how do i get them back?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] D.O.C:
Nor its happenning here, seems u got an "exclusive" ;)

Backup, wipe-format all and flash again
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] D.O.C:
Jep, that mod was removed on last and future release.

U can find that mod here at xda though
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ballmead:
Hey doc and pongster,

Can you guys work on setting the noise reduction feature to off by default?

Or maybe add it as a tweak or "by demand" zip file for those of us that require it?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] aeonstorm:
Hi, do you mind telling me where i can find the mod? i searched in the themes and apps forum and couldn find it

thanks
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mincorp:
what kernel were you using before migrating to v 3.0.0 ?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mynamesteve:
here you go

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1183334
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] yhrn:
Come on - do really not see what is the main drainer here? The one thing related to your top 3 kernel wakelocks. If you have 42 minutes of bluetooth in one hour you will use some battery.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Julian1984:
A very serious problem

Hi!

I updated to last version, and after a few days of use, I have a problem.

The internal SD didn't appears anywhere. When i start the phone, i get some errors from applications that read the internal sd. I go to Settings>Storage and in Total Space appears as Unavailable, equal in the rest of the options.

Clicking on Mount SD does nothing...

I can acces External SD via CWM, but the same as before, don't appears the internal SD.

Any Idea? What can i Do??

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
But I always use BT on because of my car...even with my other rom. What is the problem in that ?

i'ts not continuous ON it only stays on so I can auto pair with my car when I'm on it....
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] samjunctio:
BLN

I tried BLN Control Free and Pro version, but for some reason blinking does not work(changed blink options also). It always stays ON. I tested it using test notification options. Is it normal?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] arkerio:
i had the same problem

to resolve that

you have to go to recovery and clear cache and dalvik

and it will be good if you fix permissions also in advance :)

i always do that
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] yhrn:
Not sure what you meant exactly there but regardless it looks like you had 3 BT related kernel wakelocks that kept the phone awake for 25 minutes in one hour so that is likely the cause. Try to disable BT when you are not using it.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] dikai_yang:
To Freak,

Do you happen to be using a Dlink router (ie. DIR-655?)

Just as an experiment. Turn off wifi let it sit idle for a couple of hours and see if the battery drains.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
I there, thanks in advance.

I will try even if i got wifi off since the 10:30am..
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Julian1984:
I have seen that installing CF-Root Kernel also works... and it does!

What's the problem? Why happened that?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TheFaixy:
A few questions as I am new to this android world is there a guide to make vr themes and surgeon ? And especially how to change the launcher in theme .

Flashed base than miui dark theme than epic4g launcher flashed matted dark theme but tw force closes

BLN control doesn't work lights.always on and cwm manager gone after flashing

Input method changes from swype to samsung keyboard every time typing in new dialogue box
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] haasgo:
wipe dalvic cache and cache and flash base rom. then apply any surgeon v3 without rebooting and u should be fine. the matted black surgeon of pongster comes with a modified tw launcher for the 160 dpi. why dont u try docs surgeon its including launcher pro and looks amazing :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
I really don't understand why the same usage I got from other rom didn't drain me that much battery as this ROM.

I use BT always on so it can connect with my CAR .

I always use wifi when I'm @home.

I don't know why this is a problem in this ROM.

I've tried putting some dump files, i've try to understand what's the meaning of having a wakelock I shouldn't have.

I deactivate the auto push notification, foursquare, facebook and still a huge battery drain ...

It's not that I don't like this rom, but for the reasons above I'm sorry but I might have to change back to my last ROM....
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] samjunctio:
Will this also fix BLN lights always on problem?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Galactus:
so when your NOT in the car do you leave bluetooth on?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] okmijnlp:
I love this ROM so much but isn't there any way to change the csc to XEU? I'm getting 7kb/s (as opposed to 1mb/s) on my 3g download speeds, I've had to back to stock for now :(.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pongster:
Maybe its time to force Calibrate your battery as a last resort.

If that doesn't work you may be better off using your old setup.

I know I won't be leaving anytime soon...

Honestly, there is no problem with this ROM or any ROM for that matter... battery drain is mostly how users setup their device.

If other users on the same device, same rom, same kernel with different apps, different setups/changes get different battery life... the chances are the drain is coming from one of the differences or changes.

Others have shown you where to look and have given you the same tools they use to get great battery life... not sure what else we can do at this point.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pongster:
Not sure why but with the same stock CSC in this ROM I get the max my network can handle... crappy compared to 1mb/s but not 7kb/s...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pongster:
BLN works perfectly here.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
Yes. But even with my old setup i did that. What's the problem if you have to pair your device everytime you enter the car ?

It makes some sense don't you think ?

Yes . I understand that. Actually i was having 2 days battery on Foxhound + syiah kernel and some other guys couldn't have that.

I thought i could see what was wrong on my setup using better battery stats but even posting here the dump file and alarms it seems the only problem was Bluetooth.

then I turn BT off since 11h AM ..it's now 15:49pm and I'm now with 61% of battery this means 6 hours 18minutes = 40 % battery ....it doesn't seem right...to me.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pongster:
And what alps have been running in that span of time? I lose about 1% every 2.5 hours on standby... when on wiring I lose about 1% per 1 hour... on HSDPA+ I lose 1% every 20-30 minutes when actively browsing in each case when being used.

Losing as much as you have tells me its a wakelocks problem that you need to look at.

If its still there then quickly force calibrate your battery... charge to 100% while device on... then turn device off and keep charging to a 100% again. When it reaches 100% remove the battery for at least 15 min to make sure the device senses its gone and forces its system to a "relaxed" state... put your battery back and drain to 0 before going through the entire process until removing battery at 100% again.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Noed:
So it seems it's not really the bluetooth is draining?

I don't use bluetooth much, but I can try to enable it and see how it drains... how do I reproduce what you have? just turn BT on and not pair with anything?

I think this looks suspect:

com.coolthingspt.tvguia (com.coolthingspt.tvguia.service.GuiaTVService)

Active since: 12 m 34 s

Last activity: 15 m 27 s

Crash count:0

pongster point is right, drain is always caused by something user installed.

It's not caused by the ROM... but we can try to help you fid out.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
It's always ON. Then when i go to my car it connects itself with my Audi RNS-E system (bluetooth audio car system)

I think I will try flashing syiahkernel on this ROM also...and use that calibration method above.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] i9000gt:
I.can't get jkay installed where is it? :-(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] xcarecrow:
Thanks for this great rom, with siyah kernel 2.3 i've reached my max screen on time.

Waiting for the next release with KK5. Thanks to the developers.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] cescof:
Hy guys ... one stupid question... i really like 160 dpi surgeon but i'd like to have keyboard (swiftkey) more big at 192 or 230... Is it possibile?

Regards
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mynamesteve:
Just a thought but have you tried cpu spy from the market? maybe your handset is struggling going into deep sleep. Maybe worth a look.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] SupraN0va:
take a look at spare parts under usage stats, myabe there is a process runnning all the time. Also make a reboot or 2, wonder happens^^.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] churchrickshaw:
dpi/market

this is for the developers...

i remember testing out Pongsters' MattedMidnight theme (160dpi) and it had warned against changing the dpi settings as the default would allow for full market access.

why is it that the other themes, like Surgeons' transparent theme, at any setting other than 240, market does not work in full?

was there something in Pongster's surgeon/theme that allowed for this? If someone can direct me in the right way, maybe I can help with something...

thanks!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
incorrect every thing is working with every surgeon with the base especially market
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Noed:
Not really, some apps won't install/update when you're in a resolution different than 240dpi. Example: google maps.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] richardddd:
Anyone knows how to enable ics screen animations? Can't simply mod the framework-res file because of vrthemes I think. :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] D.O.C:
Yes u can, petsas theme has it and exactly there

Framework-res.apk/res/animations

Delete all other files and preserve only that folder.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
Indeed the device goes to deep sleep.

I already flashed syiah kernel. Did 4 reboots.

Let's give it a try...if battery drain stays the same.....

Let's hope not.

P.s: isn't the battery calibration a myth? I thought i read that in some thread arround here...

Sent from my Galaxy S 2.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] karlesg:
There are also animations in system/app/TouchWiz30Launcher.apk/res
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
People can you please tell me why my notification bar became fixed?

I mean deluxe settings allow the scrollable icons but now mina are fixed...can someone tell me how can i get the scrolable icons again?

Sent from my Galaxy S 2.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] haasgo:
Go to deluxe settings and press customise settings panel. Check whatever needed.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
Done that ...and remains the same....

Sent from my Galaxy S 2.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
make sure you tick quick panel also in deluxe settings and then go to were haasgo said and add the ones that you want to..come out reboot and then you should have your scrollable toggles
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
Sorry to be a pain in the @ss...

But i did that and nothing happens....it simple stays fixed....

Sent from my Galaxy S 2.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
go into settings and applications. find deluxe settings...clear data and cache..start again and see what happens
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
Still the same..

Sent from my Galaxy S 2.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] s2d4:
Are you sure you are on this rom? Did you do a full wipe?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TheFaixy:
Did factory reset wipe cache and dalvik cache still I face 2 problems bln staying on and typing in new dialogue box it turns back to saint keyboard only the %age of reverting back is decreased a bit
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] teiglin:
It's not a myth exactly, but the short answer is yes, the MAX17042 fuel gauge does not require calibration in the way most people think. In particular, batterystats.bin does not affect the performance of SGS2 fuel gauge. There is some element of calibration that can be reset by a battery pull or a file under /sys/... something, I forget exactly, but it isn't necessary in general.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
yes I did.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Noed:
@devs, let me join your beta, I know you are working on something great as always :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] bluefa1con:
any chance of integrating bravia engine port and screen rotation port on this rom

they both look pretty impressive
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mynamesteve:
Ya know it very easy to do yourself. The instructions are there in the respective threads.

Ive got both up and running fine.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] yhrn:
But what are you trying to say? Those stats are after using the phone for about five minutes after charge. And with no Bluetooth, which is basically what everyone of all the people trying to help you (and there's been a lot of those in this thread and in the BBS thread) has pointed out as the likely culprit.

In my opinion you are not going about this the right way. If you really want to find out what's draining your battery you need to be much more systematic. Just posting lots of random BBS dumps with lots of contextual information missing (was wifi/bt connected or only enabled, were you moving around, how was the signal strength, new apps installed, settings changed, etc, etc) and hoping for somebody else to solve your problem is not the way to go.

If it's idle drain you're looking into you should do the following:

Establish a baseline by charging full, rebooting and leaving the phone for a while.

Check in BBS what is keeping your phone awake.

If it's not obvious what the problem is there might be a KB link in BBS for the top drainers that you can check out. If not use your friend Google or XDA search. If you still do not understand the reason post a question explaining what you have tried in detail.

If somebody really tries to help you then you can also use the Thanks button.

If you think you know what the problem is then change something to get rid of it, recharge, reboot, leave for a while and check BBS again. If you get similar stats then you revert your change and try something else.

If it did solve a problem you might still have more things causing battery drain. If so you simply start all over again.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
I understand what you're saying.

I'm looking to understand why my idle dran battery it's so damn awfull.

-Let me say to you that I'm @ work.

-Sitting in my desk.

-Didn't move arround so the signal strenght is constant.

-This dump it was after a reboot because I found 2 top wakelocks :

1 - Google_d2m (i read on this forum , clearing dalvik cache used to solve this problem)

2- Facebook Notifications (even when I have it configured to only update once a day)

- Wifi On (hotspot shared by my laptop)

My problem is quite simple, the same usage I got with my other setup didn't drain my battery so fast.

I know I can be a little confused, and my english is not that good, but I'm really trying to understand what is happening here, just because I like this ROM, and even if you say its user fault, the fact is, that I should make the same mistakes with my old ROM but still not having this battery drain....

Makes sense to you ?

P.S: After the reboot seems to me that I don't have that 2 wakelocks again (after 1 hour use) I belive it's becaming more stable though..
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Galactus:
Search the forum on how to get PUSH notifications from facebook instead of syncing once a day. Also as the guy above stated, five minutes is not long enough to determine drain. As for bluetooth, just turn it off when your not using it, its not hard. When your about to jump in your car, take 5 seconds out to turn it back on, simplez :)

Edit: Full wipe can help loads btw
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pongster:
You've done the battery calibration thing I suggested? Pulling battery and NOT deleting batterystats.bin?

Fact is, other users have good to great battery life on any ROM they're on cause they know exactly what to look for. User problem, user solution.

What I know from experience is Facebook apps and Whatsapp are huge drainers... as is playing PES 2012... and other graphics intensive games...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
What you mean with full wipe ?

Resetting factory resets ?

I did that before flashing Androidmeda.

Is it possible to have push notifications without a bad battery drain ?

Yes. Did that this past night.

That's what I'm looking for...that's how i cought GOOGLE_d2m wakelock...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] fOmey:
@Pongster what is the launcher icons you used in this screenshot ?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] therion21:
I am AMAZED .... battery life and perforamnce seems incredible with this kernel.

As for battery drain, i dont doubt that siyah kernel is great, i was using it for some time now....but ...i believe in the idea EACH KERNEL FOR ITS ROM ...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] freaked:
I only flashed syiah because TJK wasn't working that well.....

I saw a syiah kernel user out there with 7 hours display on time ...