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[Epic 4G Android Development] VooDooOmen:
Love your ROMs Random, been rockin Phoenix since release and can't be happier. I've been averaging 36 hours per charge on my use which is perfect considering my schedule. Kudos galore for you my man!

Question: As I have been hesitant to switch (don't want to screw up a good thing), I am wondering how your testing with the most current Thunderhawk is coming. How is the battery life and performance compared to Phoenix? How is the GPS/3 and 4G signals? I am actually itching to jump to a GB ROM, would prefer to stick with yours, but don't want to necessarily start over since I have a complete winner with Phoenix.

Looking forward to your reply. Also, thanks for the work you do for the Epic Community!
[Epic 4G Android Development] TexasLTE:
FYI = wrong Dev ... but good assessment ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] smader12:
Back on RandomRom

Thanks RandomKing for another great ROM. I moved off the Leaky GB ROMS because of the memory leaks and reboots, but EI22 seems very stable so far.
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:
Been running the latest version since yesterday and been thru phone calls and. All kind of stuff and not one force close or reboot since I flashed. Runs amazing and can't find not one problem in it

Thanks for your great work
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:
Just one question

The "ei22 theme" found in the op is the same as the default or is it a different theme? Can u or anyone post a screenshot of what the "ei22 theme" looks like if its not the default look of the rom...
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
The theme is for those who didn't want to download a whole new rom .zip just to swap the theme. ThunderHawk 3.0 now looks more like 1 and 2. But it's missing the lockscreen mod for now.
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:


Ya well I like ur theming

Ya that's basically the only thing I seen different

The only problem I had with the lock mods was when I would use the player button it wouldn't work with poweramp so it would keep playing the regular miui music then I uninstalled the miui music and it wouldn't play anything at all
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyManNJ:
I've been running this ROM for a few hours now. It works near perfect for me; just one problem. Everytime I use Launcher Pro, I get fc's. Launcher works great; but that's not what I choose to use. I've uninstalled Launcher, then installed Launcher Pro. I've fixed permissions. I've wiped 3x and restored data from CWM; all to no avail. Anyone having this problem, or could recommend a working solution? Thanks in advance for any help on resolving my dilemma.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mocsab:
Man am I stupid - sorry RandomKing - My sincere appologies - I was up very late flashing this last night and got confused - don't know why I mixed up my devs - I am getting old and feeble -

I am extremeley impressed with your ROM - it is very fast- clean - no issues of any kind - thanks for your efforts! Forgive my faux pau ....
[Epic 4G Android Development] mis3:
I like the stand alone theme, but am confused about the battery. The theme is blue, but battery is stock green and not %.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tbob18:
Does anyone notice a lot of battery drain while on wifi? On 3g battery seems to drain about .5-1% per hour, on Wifi it is something like 2-3%. :confused:
[Epic 4G Android Development] sloheim:
Have you tried going into Settings / Applications / Launcher Pro and clearing data? If you restored data from a previous ROM, it may be from a different version of LP and the save data might not be compatible. I have seen this happen in the past.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyManNJ:
Thanks; I will give that a try.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
It's not themed yet. It's getting there.
[Epic 4G Android Development] hotwired34:
Yeah...I hear your working with maddogin to get the multi-locks mod included. Good luck, guys. Looking forward to it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
It may be the scanning that is killing your battery, you can modify your build.prop file by adding :

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=90 (the value there is # seconds between rescanning)

Some recommend like a 3 minute (180 sec window) I think the default is like 15 seconds

Hope that helps
[Epic 4G Android Development] vaderj:
MiuiMusic vs SoudPlayer

I dont understand why so many people seem to prefer Miui over the stock player - Don't know 'bout yall, but I have a ton of music and playlists for it all because I format my phone all the time; but dear god, why doesnt miui support damn playlists?! That just seems like a basic functionality for a music player, up there with playing mp3's and outputting audio.

But anywho .... I can see the SoundPlayer.apk in the System/App folder, but its icon refuses to show in the App Drawer of LauncherPro. Tried reinstalling but that refused ofcorse. Any ideas on how to get the AOSP player back?
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:


I just like to use the stock music app so I extracted it from a rom or a theme that had it and I just copy it into apps in the phones system folder

And the "sound player" app is only for when u download a song and it says "complete" in the notifications bar if u click on it it plays in the "sound player" or gives u an option to choose a different player if u have any other one

But I must say for some unknown reason when I installed the stock music app on this rom it seems to work normally but when u choose a song it plays but also gives u a fc and when u press fc the app shuts down if u don't press fc the music keeps playing

I'm not sure if this problem is with my phone or maybe cuz I'm using an old music app or what
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:
Travis' new Minimalistic Black v3 beastly with this Rom! CM 7.2 will have to wait.

That's exactly what I'm talkin about I have the same theme as u on this rom and I've seen cm7 and its nice but this is better this rom is perfect to me with this theme and battery is amazingg I love it lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] tps70:
Possibly...maybe?

Random,

I don't know if you're keeping a count or if any number of people have mentioned it, but I'd like to voice my support for moving RandomROM ThunderHawk to the MTD/yaffs2 file system. :D

This is by far the most trouble-free ROM I've used so far on my Epic. I'd just like to see it on a file system that afforded the end-user more room for apps on the /data partition.

Just my $0.02 worth.... ;)

Keep up the awesome work!
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
My understanding is that there's not a lot to do on my end. A few scripting changes here and there, some cache changes. Mostly a good kernel is needed, so I'm in talks with bbelos of shadowkernel.

-Sent from my Random Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Trident:
I was seeing #2 on the 3.3Release with Shadow 1.0.3+. #1 also, but didn't try BT.

What I did was try a different ROM [Sleeper] and had the same results with the same kernel. When I went back to Shadow v1.0.2, everything worked beautifully and continues to do so. My next experiment is to come back to this ROM and use Shadow 1.0.2. I'm optimistic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] honourbound68:
No reboots + no loss of signal bug = winner!!

I love love love this rom. I was getting despondent with the Los bug I've been experiencing on regardless of modem/rom but then I tried this one and voila! No more issues! I feel like my phone has a new lease on life.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tps70:
Great to hear.

I tried CM7 to see what progress had been made and have to say I'm not sold. No one thing in particular, just not happy with it. The one thing I did like - having almost 400MB free on my /data partition after installing my usual apps.

I'd love to see the reliability & battery life of your ROM married with the extra space so I could use all my apps! I'm pretty sure I'm not alone!

:cool:
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Fyi you can very easily do this yourself... if you. Have a good nandroid of this rom then flash an mtd rom and then change your backup of this roms system, data, and cache file system from ext4 to yaffs2... then go into the md5 and change all those also... now go into your cwm and do an advanced restore of system... reboot... now do the same with data... reboot... and now cache... good to go randomrom thunderhawk on mtd!

Edit- I have done this with this rom and legendary and it works flawlessly...

Edit-2 seems someone has posted a DETAILED instruction to do this here > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20872836
[Epic 4G Android Development] ebroker:
Battery Life Issues

I’m not getting anywhere near the battery life described by RandomKing and wanted to appeal to this thread for ideas and/or recommended tools to identify setup issues.

I’m on 3.3 full, no lock mod and the phone generally has run pretty well… no random reboots that I can recall. (and no wifi/blue tooth or alarm issues etc.)

And, I’ve followed RandomKing’s battery saving tips

-	Locations settings are off

-	Auto sync is off

-	Screen brightness is all the way down and not on Auto

-	I’m using a black background

-	Offending applications have been removed (Rhapsody etc) – running

services (image attached) are pretty minimal

-	Widgets have largely been removed except for the Adao Task Manager

widget

Yet after approx 2hrs (on a 1yr old original 1500mAh battery) I am down 12% and the Android system has consumed a whopping 54% of battery life!? This is with the phone sitting idle for the whole time except to ck the battery at 1 and 2 hrs. No calls, txts, browsing etc. The experience has been similar with an extended (and lightly used) 3500mAh battery – i.e. the rate of decline vs specific %s so its not just an old battery issue.

I should note that I turned off Wifi 1 hr into this test, but didn’t use any apps asking for data, so the 3g shouldn’t have made a big diff. I’m also on an Airave (which shouldn’t make a difference – you’ll see from the screen shots that I’m at full bars)

Whats wrong with this picture?? Something must not be set right…

Ideas, thoughts, suggestions?
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
My phone generally has android system, cell standby, phone idle, and wifi as about 24%. Android system should not be that much higher. Can't say much more at the moment, I'm on the go.

For anyone with a Sprint Tab 7, I've begun my first edition rom. Not too many huge modifications yet, but I did just build in the 1% battery mod. Been bothering me since I bought it!

-Sent from my Random Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JeffATL:
I am having an issue with the lockscreen. I am not using the maddogin mod. I am using the scrollable toggles.

I am trying to use the stock pattern lock however, when I enable it on the notification toggle it does nothing.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
ditto ... android system @ 28%, I have and extended battery I am at 1d 22 hours and have 72% left. I have done most but not all the memory tweaks recommended.

I have the normal TH background; I still have SNS and DRM running. I use 3G most all the time. When I bought my DIR-855 router WiFi began to eat my phone battery (on the old router I stayed on wifi all the time) for lunch. Sounds weird but it is true. I do have my display turned down (love the trick of swiping your finger along the status bar to brighten and darken the display!!)

Obviously you want to make sure you dont have any social site software running, frequent email checking, blue tooth or gps on constantly.

4G can use more battery as well.

You can load better battery stats

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

it can help identify scitziod embolisms.

It might be worth starting from scratch; as it also could be a corrupted file.

Are you running a theme besides the TH theme?

Good luck.
[Epic 4G Android Development] qstarin:
I had this problem one day, but after simply rebooting it worked again.
[Epic 4G Android Development] TexasLTE:
Thank You 4 at least considering making a MTD-RandomRom :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Get betterbatterystats off the market. Sounds like something is keeping your phone awake and not letting it go into deep sleep
[Epic 4G Android Development] Marvlet:
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj291/marvlet/1325395155_picsay-1325395155.jpg

I did it by following this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1420584
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
I am able to switch between 4G and WiFi, but I am a bit anal when it comes to both; I compulsively "turn off" WiFi when I am about to leave coverage, and turn it back on again when I need it. Same with 4G. The one issue I had was if I was connected to WiFi and made a phone call, my call dropped if I lost my WiFi signal. (Say if I was at home on wifi, made a call, then got in my car and drove away still talking). Other than that, no issues.
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Check your battery itself. Is it a stock battery from August 2010? It may need replacing. I just went through the same scenario with two HTC Evo 4G's on my account. One of them had a battery that looked like a pumpkin...
[Epic 4G Android Development] tps70:
Appreciate the reply! The only issue I would have with doing this is having to redo it again with every BML update. Otherwise, it's a great idea! I may only have another month with this phone, so I might just give it a shot! Maybe..... :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] ebroker:
Thanks - yes per earlier suggestion I am running betterbatterystats now, and over an hour, having run Adao Task manager to close out any obvious offending apps, but not otherwise using the phone, the awake time was 20min! The only thing that jumped out at me was this stat. There didn't see to be obvious wakelock issues (as far as I could tell from interpreting the data).

And no process had used very much time... so I'm unsure how to zero in on the bad app(s) other that start removing the apps that Adao found running in the background and see if I can ID the problem. Is the a better way?

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Thanks - running that app now and per response to another reply below, am seeing significant awake time. I'm on the standard TH no-lock theme. But wrt the corrupted file comment, was wondering if a modem issue could be part of the problem? I don't have any connection issues, but the modem - standard S:D700.0.5S.EI22 is the one thing that I didn't change coming from TH 3.2

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Interesting, I am on a stock 8/13/10 battery, but per orig comment, see similar drain rates using a newer 3500 mAh extended battery, so I think for the moment, that its something running deep in the background... I just have to find out what!

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Wanted to post one more reply on my experience.... I'm swinging back towards the corrupted file theory, but LOL with a surprise outcome!

I did a clean install of full TH3.3 to see how the battery would fare and to isolate any hardware/battery/modem issues. Battery did well losing about 2% per hr. But then wen I did a reinstall of my TH3.3 environment from a CWM backup (made the same day) - complete with multiple email accounts, widgets, etc etc. and tested the battery - it did MUCH better!?

So - problem solved. But weird that a CWM restore could resolve something!?

I think, long-term, for those days when I'm going to need to really push the battery I'm going to create a minimal environment stripped of widgets and (work required) battery hogging apps and switch back and forth with CWM together with a set backup routine. Sorta a super SprintID concept.

There's a development idea that could generate some $$... anyone?
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Yes, it probably is. I was made aware of the physical properties of the battery last week on a Sprint Mobile Hotspot device where the battery almost exploded, and then again on my daughter's Evo 4G. If your battery is still as flat as Earth then it is undoubtedly something running that should not be. Is that app you mention; Batterystats? - good to use? I would like to keep it myself for the occasional drain...
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Do you still use the "superfreeze" command?

Love & Tolerate
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
Out of hate for DRM and SNS, yes. Whether its ever contributed to battery, I don't know. I consider these processes malicious, though regardless.

-Sent from my Random Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Trident:
I just did a fresh install of 3.3 today. So far so good. One issue I am having is that Skype won't load. And I don't see how to uninstall it so that I can install the beta. I'm sure this has been covered, but I'd appreciate a fix if possible.

UPDATE: I was able to remove Swype with a System Tools app. Install of the Beta was easy after that.
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
I live by the app betterbatterystats... its amazing and will allow you to see which apps are keeping your phone "awake" when it should be "sleeping". Any app I see running that shouldn't be I remove it until I figure out what's running the battery down... probably a more efficient way to do it but that is my method
[Epic 4G Android Development] epic_image:
anyone notices that sometimes 4G would not work or wifi would not work until a reboot to the phone?

Also sometimes I call a person and I can not hear the ringtone and they can not hear me also, again until I reset the phone everything is fine.

I did a clean install of 3.3 for a week or so now, and just started to experience these issues.

any thoughts? I dont know if the OP is aware of this or do i need to reinstall again.
[Epic 4G Android Development] phdeez:
Others suspect a possible kernel issue... Personally, I think it has to do with the fact we don't have a way to flash the EI22 modem directly (can only upgrade from EC05 -> EI22)... I'm probably wrong though...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Patrickst1987:
issue with thunderhawk3.3

Just coming from Froyo to Gingerbread. Decided to make your ROM my first choice to try. Not sure what im doing wrong but getting a force close on the setup wizard and cant get into the rom any further. Ive installed it several times. Updated my kernel to ShadowKernel 1.0.4 +OC. Anyone have any ideas of what im missing. Its probably something simple. Thanks for the help in advance.
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Try odin back to ec05 and accepting the ota to ei22... it will come with the ei22 modem... then root from there and restore your backup or reflash the rom... I accepted the ota and have not had one problem with 4g or wifi...
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
I've seen that when the data folder of the ROM doesn't get flashed and there are no launchers as system apps. But that shouldn't happen with this ROM if everything was done correctly. Maybe a bad download?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Jed Dignazio:
I had the same issue, but I found this little tool and it worked perfectly. Just flash this before flashing the rom.

This will wipe it clean but will not BACKUP. Just have a nandroid backup first.

If you just odin'ed from Stock EI22, or if you want to be totally sure your install will go cleanly

download the attachment in that post and flash BEFORE flashing the new ROM
[Epic 4G Android Development] Patrickst1987:
Did as you said. Coming from stock ei22 rooted with clockwork. installed the tool from above. then the rom. Rebooted system and still getting a sorry! error message. it states "the application setup wizard (process com.android.setupwizard) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. i click force close and im left with a blank screen. only the notification bar at the top. what am i doing wrong here?
[Epic 4G Android Development] jeffro18:
Did you wipe data, cache, and dalvik before flashing? I don't think you should even be seeing the setup wizzard.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Patrickst1987:
yes ive done this before. i wiped all 3 times including cache. it seems without going through the setup wizard i cant do anything with the rom. it gives me a black screen. home button menu button dont do anything

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ok i redownloaded and reinstalled everything. i think i got it to work this time. thanks everyone for your help
[Epic 4G Android Development] jeffro18:
Edit: NVM, I see you got it. Good deal.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tps70:
Just wanted to post a couple screenshots of my battery life today to see how it compares to others' experiences with this ROM.

I took it off the charger at 6am and haven't plugged it back in yet.

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G Android Development] Kutty:
As you can see from my post count and join date, I am a long time lurker who seldom comments. I just wanted to login and let you know that your ROM is the best that I've tested on my Epic! It rocks my socks! keep up the good work! Will definitely buy you a beer on payday :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] ebroker:
What size battery is that on? Stock 1500??
[Epic 4G Android Development] qstarin:
Here's a couple snaps of my battery usage. Granted, I don't do too much surfing etc on it, but as u can see the battery lasts foorrreevveerrr... stock battery

I could probably go another 24 hours if I wanted before plugging it in.
[Epic 4G Android Development] saramon:
How is your Android System so low, is that common on this rom, if so I think I will be making a switch...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Det0natoR:
That is quite common with this rom. I had an issue with auto brightness apps causing it to jump abnormally high, but once I figured that out I see that percentage quite commonly under light use.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tps70:
Yes, stock battery; about a year old. Also, the majority of my day was spent in an area where I only get 1-2 bars of 3G signal - not the best.

I haven't taken the time to figure out why my Android System is still higher than others' in this forum. I've done the "superfreeze" command and frozen a few other items in Titanium Backup, so it's definitely helped, but I know it could be better.

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
Just a thanks!

I love how you don't go jumping head first into the new "stuff". I've been reading about MTD restore issues and black screen of death issues.

I appreciate your measured approach :)

Thank you for your continuing efforts and for making my phone so much better than it was.

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I'll echo this; I've experienced high android system % on other ROMS, this is the only GB ROM where it seems more normal.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rivas123:
I can't seem to get my Android system to drop under 85% I've read this forum but still don't know why it's so high.
[Epic 4G Android Development] andrewt328:
Hey. I have had some problems with the dialer. When a call comes in it is really sluggish to respond and last time a call came in it totally froze then I had to force close it and then there was a soft reboot. Then when I tried to call someone from the call log it force closed and soft rebooted again. I decided to dl another dialer from the market but i like the stock one better. I had flashed the acs blue theme to the dialer. Any those thoughts why its messing up? Anyone else have this problem?
[Epic 4G Android Development] mad1111:
Check to see what your "Min" frequency is at. If it's set to 100...try bumping it up to 200 and test a call. Your phone might not like the "Min" that low. I know some can do it and others can't.

Any UVing done to your "Min" frequencies? if so, set them back to normal.

Keep us posted on your outcome!

Hope this helps.