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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
How does a different ROM improve battery life so much over stock? I already rooted and removed most of the bloatware, but I'm still concerned about battery life. I wonder if it's worth switching.

EDIT: Some posts are saying that it's the kernel. If I just go ahead and install it from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1289460 while still staying on the stock ROM, would it help my battery life?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mickey4mice:
My kernel is 2.6.35.7 :D

Yesterday, while on the go, AOS stayed between 8-12% range. Today on charge, it's stable at 2%.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
My kernel will provide some improvements in battery life, although I wouldn't consider there to be anything drastic yet compared to stock.

Unless you fall victim to the fuel_alerted wakelock... That one's nasty.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mickey4mice:
I might had been the victim of that wakelock, seeing how event/0 and suspense were killing the battery on stock rom.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bkhorn:
Has anyone else noticed that the temperature is wrong? Mine says it it always 32 degrees.

Here is a screen shot to explain better. Right now it is actually 44 degrees.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bkhorn:
I didn't really want to bump this but I added a screen shot to better explain my problem.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Jmjohnson1717:
I think that weather in the stock deck clock is part of daily briefing. Go into it and change the refresh rate to anything other than never witch is what i think yours may be set to.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bkhorn:
The Auto refresh is set to every 3 hours.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bkhorn:
Funny thing is the Daily Briefing is correct as shown in the screen shot.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Jmjohnson1717:
Hmm that's really weird. By the way mine is correct running the same ROM so that's why I'm thinking it has to be a setting somewhere. If you tap the little cloud on the deck clock another box comes up mine has a check mark in the box that says refresh every 3 hours. Just something to check i guess.
[Xperia Play General] nina.gardener:
I just bought a new Xperia Play this past week. After enjoying it for a couple days, I decided, lets try the root.

I used gingerbreak and while most feedback suggested it would be about 5 minutes...I nervously watched the clock while each second and minute clicked by and I think I estimated it took about 8 min before the phone turned itself off by itself to reset (as the instructions suggested).

I'm guessing/hoping my phone rooted as it reset and I can seemingly access the system files with ROOT EXPLORER. I Scared me for a moment 'cause I felt it took a lil too long to load back up (thought it was bricked). But it still works.

I got SUPERUSER installed with gingerbreak, but I didn't see anything useful with superuser. I then found superuser elite which seemed to have a couple extra features which were pretty useful.

I found ROOT EXPLORER and tried that out.

I heard some people say after they rooted, they deleted some apps and 'over clocked' their phone so it is much faster and easier on the battery. I only deleted the pre-installed ring-tones. I have my own which I'm more than happy to use. The phone has 300mb total internal memory (I have a 16gig micro SD in it right now). I freed up a lil over 100mb.

I guess my big question is, "what's next". Or "what am I missing?"

The only benefit I've found in rooting this phone is I freed up a few MB in deleting pre-installed ringtones (big deal).

. What apps should I install (and why?)

. how and/or can I over-clock the phone so it runs faster and is easier on the battery?

. I could prolly review some of the apps and find some I don't need and may delete...but are there any apps which are recommended to delete (and some which are a MUST NOT delete?

. I think I found the BOOT animation (sony ericsson boot animation). What file format are the boot animations? Is it easy to make a GIF or MP4 video file to make a custom boot animation?

THUS; What can I do to this phone now that it's rooted? What's next?

ALSO, I want to know if there's a feature on the phone where I can set the phone to turn itself OFF and turn itself ON by itself at a time I select. I like to use my phone as an alarm clock rather than a standard BEEP BEEP BEEP alarm clock. I'd like to set an alarm with a custom ringtone (much cooler to wake up to).

thank you for your time.
[Xperia Play General] phantazizta:
flash kernal and custom rom ....
[Xperia Play General] nina.gardener:
Not fully sure how to do that...or what that does.
[Xperia Play General] babycakes505:
how long did it take to root with gingerbreak?

Cause it wont root mine :-(

Im running stock gb 2.3.3 but i wanna rrot it. :-)
[Xperia Play General] yyz71:
Go back to 2. 3.2 then use gingerbreak to root then do a OTA update too 2. 3. 3 no problem :-)
[Xperia Play General] babycakes505:
How & where can I get 2.3.2 at?
[Xperia Play General] antEris:
verizon plays won't root using gingerbreak (no matter what version your on 2.3.2, 2.3.3, ect.). For just root, so you can de-bloat and such check this link out; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1312859 .

Or if you want to flash roms and kernels, check this link out for the paid solution; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1232050

Hope this helps.
[Xperia Play General] bubblegumballoon:
to root 2.3.2 use gingerbreak to root 2.3.3 or 2.3.4 use zergrush
[Xperia Play General] TheCraig:
You can overclock with SetXperia or SetCPU, I would only over clock to 1.2ghz though, 2ghz would reduce the life of your CPU by a lot.

Personally I would not use custom roms.
[Xperia Play General] bubblegumballoon:
You still need to flash the custom kernel to overclock though and thats as risky as flashing a custom rom, although I do think the stock rom is the best since some custom roms can make you loose the ability to use the touch pads.
[Xperia Play General] The Alpha Gamer:
This. Were you on 2.3.3 nina.gardener?
[Xperia Play General] nina.gardener:
Thanks for your feedback guys!

I've got a;

R800a

2.3.2

to answer the other question, it took about 8 minutes.

Everywhere I saw everyone said it should be about 5 min. I started it at x:39 I think (7:39pm or whatever). By X:45, I was like, 'ok...it's been 5 min' and I thought i'd give it a couple more min before pulling the plug. Then about 2 min later, the screen went blank. At first I thought the screen timer hit, but the phone was unresponsive...then the SONY ERICSSON logo appeared.

The full reset seemed to take twice as long (but that could have been me just very excited/anxious about the process).

My other questions didn't get answered

. can I make CUSTOM boots animations (and how?)

. found an app called SETCPU which apparently helps speed up the phone's performance...but I haven't seen any notable performance boost (or stronger battery endurance).

. AND...now that it's rooted, I'm supposed to launch some ROM of some kind? Or some KERNEL of some sort.

Anyone have any information on how this needs to be done and what benefits come from this process? What does the ROM/KERNEL do?
[Xperia Play General] aranium:
All you can do with setcpu is underclock it cause you have sony's stock ker,nal which won't allow you to overclock. You can back up and uninstall games to free space but you need to reinstall everything to update. To use custom roms and doomlords kernal to overclock you need to unlock your bootloader. To unlock it, you must pay someone (search the forum for members who do that) to unlock the bootloader remotely. Around $24 - 30. But only having root gives you access to all the stock system's files and power.

Kernal - sets hardware limit. (overclocking)

Rom - software running on phone (boot animation)

Sent from my rooted R800a 2.3.3 BL locked
[Xperia Play General] eugenechiuu:
Flash doomlord's kernel to OC your phone =) everything works fine with mine, I oc'ed to 1.4ghz on mine and everything seems more snappy
[Xperia Play General] dannejanne:
Or he can unlock the bootloader on Sony Ericsson's site? If the phone is not sim locked that is.

For your information overclocking the phone is not easier on the battery, quite the opposite. If you overclock it the phone will run faster yes but the battery will drain faster.

In my opinion overclocking is not really needed on this phone. The biggest advantage with root is being able to delete bloatware and to just have access to the whole system to do whatever you want. More freedom.
[Xperia Play General] nina.gardener:
dannejanne

(I'm not a "he")...thought my name gave that one away
[Xperia Play General] Dousan:
lol yeah or your avatar 'girl gamer' or that you write in purple :p
[Xperia Play General] dannejanne:
Haha sorry. I didn't really look at either your name nor your avatar. And for the record my favorite color is pink so I didn't really reflect on the text color either =D
[Xperia Play General] aranium:
I just noticed your name nina gardener. A pspiso.com member? I liked the threads you had if your the one and same.

Sent from my rooted R800a 2.3.3 BL locked
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
You're probably the first female in this forum... Let us say that a gamer phone has a bit of skewed demographics.

For your questions, I would point to the thread of my signature which is marked in red. It's a super-compilation which I update regularly.
[HTC EVO 3D] Nsandhu23:
I'm going to root my 3D when an ICS ROM is available, yet I want to make sure that this security update won't make it any harder to root with 1.500 hboot. Anyone have advice?
[HTC EVO 3D] joehunni:
If you're already on 1.5 hboot then I doubt it'd make a difference. You should still wait til more info is unearthed though just in case.
[HTC EVO 3D] Curb71:
Everyone who's rooted installing or passing on it?
[HTC EVO 3D] joehunni:
Anyone who is both rooted, and would like to stay that way, knows to pass on it. Just wait til your favorite ROM has been updated with this new update cooked in.
[HTC EVO 3D] Nsandhu23:
I'll just wait and see what the devs say.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] propylene22:
So I've done the whole go back to stock reflash cwm etc. bla bla. Are there thoes of you who are running CM 7.1 and or MIUI with glitch running stably? When in both instanced i could not get Gapps to install. I was also getting force closes on rom manager and G voice. I've gone all the way back to stock with the atlas pit file etc. twice and every time i get no gapps and force closes. Am I doing something wrong or missing something?? Ive followed all instructions to the letter, why does this keep happening?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
what stock package are you using when odining back to stock? Fwiw Im running cm7.1 w/ glitch v13 rc and everything works great. I have only had one data drop and toggling airplane fixed. Also once in awhile my dock icons disapear, but for the most part everything has been good enough to call it a daily rom.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] propylene22:
I believe it was ED05 stock. Then achieved root using the adb push method. Is there a different rom that I should be using when flashing to cm7/miui based roms. Also odin'd the recovery that was supposed to be compatible with cm7 ect.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
try dl09 eclair and follow the steps in section 3 of my guide. No need to root first!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooldman224:
I had this problem as well. The trick is to boot into clockworkmod through CM7 and NOT by the traditional hold both volume buttons along with the power button. So to do it correctly, put gapps on your scard, in CM7, press the power button like you are going to boot off but instead select Reboot. Now select recovery. This is some special CM CWM and now install zip and choose gapps. All will be well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
I have decided to update my stock roms from the latest gingerbread release (4.54.651.1) These are stock, rooted, busybox, busybox run parts, and zip aligned. Odexed, Deodex'ed, and NON ROOT versions will be available. I hope these roms can be a base for all devs to use. Thanks!

these roms will not wipe your data. this rom is purely stock, after going through the thread here, i decided to leave it stock, as this is a base, there are plenty sense 1.0 roms (including mine :) ) that have mods baked into them.

download:

Odexed: stock_odex.zip - 200.1 MB

Deodex'ed : stock_4.54.651.1_deodex'ed.zip - 198.7 MB

Also made a NON ROOTED VERSION of this, for anyone who needs one an arm's length away. Same as above, but again NON-ROOTED. flashes the same way through amon ra or clockwork. this does not touch your revolutionary S-off, but as with any non rooted rom always have a backup in place

non-rooted download: stock-noroot.zip - 198.7 MB

Update zip file ONLY (from 4.53 to 4.54) (3.48mb)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UL6RRQCY
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
notes/revisions

10-25-11 initial upload

10-26-11 added non-root version

10/26/11 added just the update.zip from the rom

11/19/11 updated roms uploaded with ciq removed and apps updated from market

12/4/11 updated apps from market

12/24/11 re cooked rom, updated visual voicemail apk

1/17/12 made totally stock, updated all download links.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ldc2335:
Thanks for posting.

Did you notice any changes?
[EVO 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
anyone know what the security update was for?

EDIT. I found out. Any app could get user data off of the phone.

Sent From My Evo Killer!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
from my understanding, to fix some security and privacy "issues" the update was only 3.48mb .
[EVO 4G Android Development] NinjaWolf:
i checked it out, the ota is to addrress a security vulnerability, a vulnerability that when a normal app, with only internet permissions was installed, it could read your esn,app usage,lots of phone info that u probably dont want it out.

Brad: good job, mine was uploading,you beat me,lol. damn internet connection.
[EVO 4G Android Development] m20120:
I still see HtcIQAgent.apk there but it looks like they removed the worst offender which was HtcLogger.apk. I guess that is one way to address the security hole. I wonder if there are any other changes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
thanks Ninjawolf. i was just bored lol. this actually inspired me to start back up my "sprint updated" rom i did in the summer, might do that i miss dabbling in the "kitchen"
[EVO 4G Android Development] NinjaWolf:
no, its still there, they patched the security hole, but wanted to leave the logger, so that stays.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jamiejayhawk:
So wait, if I use a ROM like SOS with ciq removed then flashing this is a moot point, correct?
[EVO 4G Android Development] NinjaWolf:
do you plan on making a deodex'ed version, lot of people prefer that.well, themers do

---------- Post added at 08:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:34 PM ----------

any rom with ciq/htcloggers removed is safe, in theory.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
uploading de'odexed version now Sir.
[EVO 4G Android Development] m20120:
You sure about that? I see HtcLoggers.apk in the 4.53.651.1 but not in the 4.45.651.1 ROM in the OP.
[EVO 4G Android Development] NinjaWolf:
Hmm..they might have removed the app, I haven't looked yet
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
deodex'ed link is up, updated OP.
[EVO 4G Android Development] delman420:
Looks like you are off to a good start. Glad to see new ROMs especially since a lot of people have jumped ship to other devices. Thanx for the work you do
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
Thanks delman420. Just wanted us to have a up to date stock Rom for those times you need one!
[EVO 4G Android Development] sanjsrik:
Now just have to wait for this to make its way into CM7 and AOSP ROMS
[EVO 4G Android Development] ldc2335:
???????????????
[EVO 4G Android Development] tommytomatoe:
@other Evo stock based rom devs,

I'm going through the process of diffing latest jars and libs right now. Ill let you know what needs to be changed. Don't expect a whole lot though. Just a couple jars maybe.

If you want info later today pm me.

@Brad, good job on getting this out there. Care to pm me or post where you got the ruu? Thanks.

tapatalk signature here. lovely.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
SS_stockdeox_12411.zip - 212.9 MB

:)
[EVO 4G Android Development] chupafaros:
Not to sound like im just using your rom and sneaking out before she wakes up lol, butI like running sense 3.5 roms and they can't update prl or profile, which I think updates to match any updates sprint does to their towers(I think) to increase data speeds or voice quality. Would I be able to update them on your rom and then flash the other one and have the latest ones? I've heard people suggest that before
[EVO 4G Android Development] imheroldman:
Yes you can!

PRL and profile are the only two things that are distinct to Sprint HTC ROM's. PRL doesn't update terribly often but profile is always good to update when you are doing changes. PRL is at: 60683

Now someone correct me if I'm wrong but can't you use ##786# to update data? Use your MSL go to edit mode then menu and restore... Already that is what Sprint walked me through.
[EVO 4G Android Development] theBIGmack:
Can I flash this from CM7 to return to stock ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] misery in motion:
Just wanted to post about some things I noticed. The market is not current. The ROM from 11.19.11 had the new market, this one you just uploaded has the old market.

Also noticed you have SU 3.0.6. Are you going to be moving up to 3.0.7? It's available on the SU website.

And one last thing. Being they just released the new voicemail, are you going to be building that into a future update?

At the moment that's all I can think of. :) Thanks for your time and service brad! Much appreciated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
all coming in a future update. just wanted to update the rom so it didn't wipe users data
[EVO 4G Android Development] Camicia:
Do you mind to post the detailed list of what you did on this rom?

It sound very interesting.

Does it have the WIFI g fix?

I would like to find a ROM that is stock as much as possible (to reduce the chances of instability) but it removes all the bloatware by Sprint and maximize the space available to install apps/data, Carrier IQ and of course must be completely stable.

Is it what I am looking for? =)

Best,

Camicia
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
Hi! this is full stock, so the sprint "apps" will still be there. i did remove most/if not all of the carrier IQ stuff, and unless the wireless g fix is in the latest kernel from htc, i did not do anything to add any fix to the rom.

hope this answers your questions!
[EVO 4G Android Development] straubd:
Field Trial screen with 4.54.651.1 odexed

I've flashed to 4.54.651.1 odexed and am trying to access WiMax engineering under the Field Trial screen by dialing ##33254#. WiMax and Bluetooth are not listed on the screen unless I flash back to Sprint stock. I only have 1X, EVDO and GPS. Am I missing something during the flash? Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] lambofgod13:
Anyone got any idea on how stop the htc home launcher from constantly loading everytime you back out of apps to home page? I know it stores launcher in memory but its annoying
[EVO 4G Android Development] misery in motion:
Is anyone having problems with MMS (picture messaging) or updating their profile with this release? I'm trying to figure out if it's the ROM or something I did. I took brad's first release (4.54.651.1.zip) and stripped it down to barebones, removing many system apks. I'm wondering if I removed something that broke those functions.

For the MMS, I can receive the message but cannot download it. I cannot send at all. For the profile update, when I try that I just get a blank screen and it just sits there indefinately until I tab back.
[EVO 4G Android Development] straubd:
Problem is when 4G is turned on it doesn't seem to be using 4G for the data service (speed tests are same for 4G and 3G) and it's not even listed under the Field screen. When I checked out a co-workers Evo with a Sprint stock rom on it it has all the info there.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lambofgod13:
Just wondering, is the kernal stock or is it hacked n-wireless? I get horrible battery life on hacked kernal.
[EVO 4G Android Development] AlvinT:
flash_image not found

question:

I have this great ROM installed and all is well. But I'm afraid I don't want to leave well enough alone.

I want to use rom manager but the recovery on my phone is amon-ra. When I try the flash_image command in terminal it says flash_image not found. Is flash_image "supposed to be" in the ROM? how do I proceed?

Many thanks!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
might have had a bad flash? did you clear your cache/dalvik cache? i ask cause no one else has reported having this problem?
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
you possibly took out some thing that is affecting it? ive never had or had anyone else report mms problems??
[EVO 4G Android Development] brad560:
you can download rom manager from the market, and change your recovery to clockwork from there.
[EVO 4G Android Development] AlvinT:
I did that, have had the paid version of rom manager, but it doesn't work!

When I do the rom manager it does indeed seem to download the newest clockwork recovery (5.0.2.2) but then when I click reboot into recovery nothing happens! And when I boot into recovery manually I still see the good old amon ra

(looking at sdcard, the clockwordmod directory is there along with new downloads that seem to be the recovery image .... but apparently they didnt flash, or whatever)

Thanks as usual
[EVO 4G Android Development] misery in motion:
This post is in relationship to my previous post about my issues with MMS and Profile Update being broken.

I've created a list of all the .apk's I removed and broke them down into groups. The list is as follows, below that is more information:

3RD PARTY

AdobeReader.apk

Amazon_Appstore-release.apk

amazonmp3.apk

Blockbuster_htc.apk

DSPManager.apk

Facebook.apk

HTC_Evo_Sprint_NOVA_HEP_ML_320.apk

install_flash_player.apk

Kindle-1.0.2.80600055-OEM-SingleSign.apk

nascar09-prod-release.apk

qik.apk

Quickoffice.apk

sfl-prod-release.apk

Sprint_InstallerNC_v2_1_0.apk

Sprint_Navigator.apk

SprintTV_v1_0_4_46_124166.apk

SprintTVWidget.apk

SprintZoneNC_2511.apk

Swype.apk

Flickr.apk

GOOGLE

GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk

Maps.apk

Street.apk

Talk.apk

VoiceSearch.apk

YouTube.apk

WIDGETS

com.htc.FMRadioWidget.apk

com.htc.FriendStreamWidget.apk

com.htc.MusicWidget.apk

com.htc.NewsReaderWidget.apk

com.htc.StockWidget.apk

com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk

com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk

GenieWidget.apk

htcbookmarkwidget.apk

htccalendarwidgets.apk

htccontactwidgets.apk

htcmailwidgets.apk

htcmsgwidgets.apk

htcsettingwidgets.apk

HtcCalculatorWidget.apk

HtcClockWidget.apk

HtcFootprintsWidget.apk

HtcPhotoWidget.apk

HtcProfileWidget.apk

HtcRingtoneWidget.apk

HtcSyncwidget.apk

WidgetDownloadManager.apk

WALLPAPERS

HtcWeatherWallpaper.apk

LiveWallpapers.apk

LiveWallpapersPicker.apk

MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk

Mode10Wallpapers.apk

VisualizationWallpapers.apk

HTC APPS

AppSharing.apk

FriendStream.apk

HtcCarPanel.apk

HtcFacebook.apk

HtcFootprints.apk

HTCMobileGuide.apk

HtcTwitter.apk

Mail.apk

NewsReader.apk

teeter.apk

STOCKS, NEWS, WEATHER

RSS.apk

Stock.apk

Weather.apk

WeatherAgentService.apk

WeatherProvider.apk

WeatherSyncProvider.apk

HTC OTHER

HtcIQAgent.apk

HTCSetupWizard.apk

HtcSprintService.apk

IQRD.apk

SetupWizard.apk

I'm 99% sure all groups except the last one are all completely safe to remove without consequence (unless you want to use one of the particular items of course). The culprit for my MMS and Profile Update issues must be due to one of the "other" items.

I suspect HtcSprintService.apk may have something to due with the MMS or both. And I suspect one or both of the "wizards" may have something to do with the Profile Update issue.

Thoughts, ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] AlvinT:
Thanks, I managed to get it working!

Al