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[Samsung Galaxy Mini] M1hai:
cyanogen is better it has overclock it has a graphic equalizer, it's more customizable and it's not vendor dependent...it's pure android:)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] DavideB94:
Ok, i choose Cyanogen 7.2, but what about RC1/RC2?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] fueart:
CynogenMod7 RC2

For me CM7.0.2 RC2 is the best i've used so far.

Plus 782 OC Kernel

Plus A2SD Darktreamor

Try it. You'll love it
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] DavideB94:
I must flash the kernel and the script via "recovery mode" after installing Cyano7.2, right?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] fueart:
yes. all other kernel and update using recovery (in CWM).
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] DavideB94:
But after flashing the kernel, for changing frequence of the CPU i must use No-Frills CPU Control or the frequence is freezed (at 652,753,782 Mhz)?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] fueart:
yes. use No-Frills. and set it on boot. after reboot, it will set the frequency when it finish loading your home screen
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] dheeraj (dhlalit11):
cyanogen have many advantages over stock original firmware like you can have your mobile prerooted,

can change boot animation from cyanogenmod setting ,

can add status bar widget for quick access to data, wifi 2g/3g brightness etc. ,

can add screen on or screen off animation,

can use different types of lock screen,

enable/disable boot animation and sound,

can use 16 bit tranparency,

can set dalvik vm heap size,

can set cpu frequency,

set sdcard cache size

and the most important things

can apply themes

stock rom didnt have all these things

---------- Post added at 02:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:36 PM ----------

cyanogen have many advantages over stock original firmware like you can have your mobile prerooted,

can change boot animation from cyanogenmod setting ,

can add status bar widget for quick access to data, wifi 2g/3g brightness etc. ,

can add screen on or screen off animation,

can use different types of lock screen,

enable/disable boot animation and sound,

can use 16 bit tranparency,

can set dalvik vm heap size,

can set cpu frequency,

set sdcard cache size

and the most important things

can apply themes

stock rom didnt have all these things
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] DavideB94:
Thanks a lot.

I can't answer in Developement, so i'll post here 2 other questions:

-what are the differences between 7.2 RC1 (Stable) and 7.2 RC2 ?

-What is "swap" partition of the SDcard for?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] distan7:
RC2 has additional CM settings and tweaks not available in RC1. Both are stable enough though, at least for me.

Swap in Linux (Android) is something similar to what paging file is in Windows. Some portions application memory will be reside in swap partition instead of being in RAM. You can google for more info. Anyway it's not something that you must have, so if you're still confused then no need to use swap
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] pshemo:
I'm now on Emanon V3 (2.3.5, baseband: XXKPI, build number: gingerbread.XWKS7) Can I flash cm7.2.0 RC2 now or do I have to flash gingerbread 2.3.4 back first?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kwoski:
Hey guys am having the same dilemma, am still on stock froyo on my sg mini and am thinking of going gingerbread for now until maybe ice cream sandwich becomes possible and stable. Am torn between going for a stock gingerbread rom and a custom rom (most probable one so far is cyanogen). My main fear with custom roms is the very many minute bugs that turn out to be quite critical that show up later when the rom gets proper testing by the masses which is why I have waited. The main points I am looking for is mainly

*improved battery perfomance for my phone

*get rid of stock apps that came with the phone such as opera 5 (since I use 6.5) and quick office etc

*increase flash capabilities on the phone such as being able to play uefa fantasy football and make suba while browsing on opera mobile. Thus eliminating the need to visit internet cyber cafes here everytime I wanna change something (yeah I love my football)

*As much improved performance when it comes to playing videos such as mkv (yeah I know its a stretch but I will take whatever perfomance I little perfomance boost I can get)

*though not such a big gamer but I would love to be able to play atleast one or two 3d games on my phone every once in a while

*ability to overclock for more performance and underclock processor for battery saving gains when the situation is appreciate such as when its in the pocket and all I need is to receive calls and messages

Is that asking too much ;p ? So with most of that in mind which btw cyanogen stock rom should I focus my attention on? which versions are most stable? Is it worth it? Are all or even some of my needs even reflux realistic hence plausible? Thank you

-just got a 32gb class 10 micro sd card for it hence I never have to worry about loosing my flash disk, just carry my cable ;p feels like christmas already
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kmdk:
-For a stable phone i use official 2.3.4 KPI with root acces.

Pro:for official:

-Nice phone call app

-Nice contacts app

-Stable features as sound,wifi,GPS,

Minus for official:

-not many custom features

-low volume of sound

-For tons of custom features use CM7.1 RC1 original by tj_style

-themes

-widgets with quick acces to data on/off etc..

-DSP manager boost your volume.

But in CM7 usual are issue with GPS update position in real time,wifi drop after a wile from some hot-spots,radio difficult to fix.

Personaly i like by far stable 2.3.4 KPI ,but i use CM7 just because i use DSP manager for volume boost ,because i use TTS service with Ivona engine and Voice Notify to read my messages and notifications.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kwoski:
Thats quite an interesting comparison. how would you compare the GUI between the cyanogen rom and stock gingerbread when it comes the contacts,keypad, phone call,messaging apps? I kinda like the swype gestures in my froyo. The gps issue in cyanogen has me worried coz I use gps alot as am in a new city. Once I hook it to the car charger and dashboard mount am able to use it to guide me to drive into unfamiliar places most of the time without fear of getting lost these days so a good and accurate gps lock is essential in my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] roofrider:
I didn actually read all the stuff, no time now(maybe later).

But CyanogenMod is the best. Period.

YMMV.

Edit:

ok, only squadzone's cm7 has overclocking and undervolting possibilities...

i use swype beta, default CM UI will not be any special..the best part is the Tmobile theme chooser...so pick a theme of ur liking and done.

tons of customizations are possible...i dont think there is any prob with gps...except in tj's cm7 u need to flash a gps fix.

give it a try and u'll know.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kwoski:
Take your time, i will be here waiting.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] raven09:
Agreed and it's now already stable. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] HappyLama:
Internet browser in cm7 is amazing no laggs ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kwoski:
Okay. I will. Seeing as it is am still running froyo, apparently I need to be running ginger 2.3.4 before I can go cm7 will start reading up on the flashing procedure soon after xmass n start the year in cm7!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Boss.bhavesh2:
Cyanogenmod 7 RC4

Hey guys, I installed the cyanogenmod 7 ROM by squadzone.. I have a lil problem with it. In the stock ROM when I switched my data network from 2G to 3G the phone didn't restart the packet data but directly switched from EDGE to 3G. But in cyanogenmod the packet data goes away and restarts when switching from 2G to 3G..
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] jp_rocks:
CM obiously... but yeah u r right.. but CM( thats the thing!!! :D: :D :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] jrandroid:
Ya Ya ... Cm7 the best .. :D
[Motorola Droid X2] iCurmudgeon:
I flashed the latest iteration of Eclipse, being sure to do a wipe data first. After reinstalling my apps, I rebooted, and the damned phone started playing this ringtone that I don't even use, and it won't stop!! I don't know what app or service is causing it, I've gone in and killed all the likely apps including DSP manager, and it still plays. Even after several reboots. It's driving me nuts! Help!
[Motorola Droid X2] LordRalh3:
If this happened to me id simply load something like tasker, (id use the widget from golauncher) and kill everything, then watch what starts up and starts the ringtone

from my X2 roaming the north
[Motorola Droid X2] iCurmudgeon:
Okay, I found the perp. It was Volume Locker, an app I use because I tend to hit the volume buttons a lot without noticing. In this case whenever it started up at boot it would start playing that notification tone -- god knows how it picked that one, because it was so awful I'd never pick it myself -- and simply NOT stop. I killed the process and uninstalled the app, and now the phone is blessedly quiet once again. I still need something to lock in the volume, though ...
[Motorola Droid X2] raclimja:
try to use advance task manager if the program hangs

works good for me:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QkSi1ver:
Hi,

I just got an Android Tablet with 1024 x 768 resolution... I tried installing my current games and apps for my HTC phone (480 x 320 ) ... and I thought it would somehow adjust to my screen resolution of the tablet !

Although some apps from the Market supports both my lower res phone and higher res Tablet... So how can i check which games/ apps will support the higher resolution tablet? Is there something specific you need to check before downloading or trying out new games?

I saw a bunch of acronyms Games HD... does this HD mean its' meant for tablet or higher res? Sorry i tried googling and i couldnt find my answer..

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
All apps you browse through on the market (while on your tablet) should be compatible. Many times when an app says HD, it means tablets are supported but not always. Also, in the description of an app, it would usually say if it's compatible with tablets.
[HTC Sensation] ilostchild:
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Sorry guys sale has ended it has changed maybe next time. Thread can be closed/deleted
[General Questions and Answers] mariniellodt:
It says to read the post on XDA. Before installing, where can I find this?
[General Questions and Answers] st@matis:
come on just search throughout XDA
[General Questions and Answers] mariniellodt:
I am and have been for hours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
--------EDIT------------

trying to troubleshoot S2 right now, if you want to help me go to my other thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1375803

------------------------

Been debating for a month or so whether i should buy the SGS2 with a contract for free, or import the Galaxy nexus and sell whatever phone i can make the most profit on to offset the price of the Nexus.

Well i finally decided that the SGS2 would be a better choice, and was also cheaper, so i bought it about a week ago.

I love the phone except for these two huge deal breakers:

the first is battery life when im on a AOSP rom.

Im on CM7 KANG from 11-29. Battery life is pretty awful. When im home its decent about 3% standby drain per hour. I was at school where the service isnt that great and this is what happened:

I dont see how anyone is getting decent battery life from this ROM.

Personally, one of my favorite things about android is being able to run different kinds of roms, particularly CM and MIUI. I really feel that if thats what you like then this is the wrong phone for it.

I have no doubt that i wouldnt be having these issues with a nexus phone. So im starting to come to the conclusion that maybe i should sell it, and import the SGS2, or try to get the nexus S for cheap, and then wait until the price drops a bit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] raduque:
Do whatever you feel is right for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rhost:
It took me about a week to identify and tune my gs2. I wasn't getting more than 14 to 16 hours before. I'm getting 24+ now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
what rom/setup are you using?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
I'm getting fantastic battery life with Siyah and KJ4. Easily 20+.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
Should i try out that kernel with cm7?

i have no doubts that other roms will have good battery life, (the ones designed for i777) but i get awful life when using cm7 and other aosp roms. This is my biggest problem.

And I'm getting better battery today than the other day. I'm down to 75% after 7 hours. But this is with minimal use and full service, and connected to wifi.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 21cdb:
I get 20+ hours easily with MIUI. When I first got the phone I was getting about 12 hours. Took me a while to tune it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
Please explain your "tuning"

Are you changing voltages? Apps? Breaking the battery in? Etc? This would help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yahoowizard:
What the hell is Dogg Catcher...seems to be taking a lot of your battery away xD
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
Podcast player. And 8% is negligible. Non-issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 21cdb:
No voltage changes. Removed widgets that were causing some battery strain, switched email from push to poll, prevented some stuff from auto starting, froze some system stuff with Titanium Backup. I tested the drain last night, went to bed with 100%, woke up 6 hours later with 99%.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
As far as 'tuning' to stop apps from starting I give a huge +1 for autostarts! Can't remember who recommended it first on this forum but noticeably added to my battery. I have at least 150 apps on my phone and there was a good number set to start 'after boot'.

Not too often does one change make a difference you can feel. I can't really give a number as I've just set it up yesterday and usually go through a full charge with an extended battery, 9+ screen on hours in one day, kinda sad when I think about it. It'll take a few more days before I can really tell the difference it's making. But it 'seemed' like it added a full hour more of screen on time yesterday. It'll blow me away if that's true. Hope the numbers repeat.

As a note I tried stopping 'camera' from auto starting and it did a hard reboot of the phone. Guess that was it's way of saying don't touch.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jank4AU:
Similar to everyone else I had to play with my settings and apps. I would also recommend checking out the thread on known apps that are battery hogs. I'm using CM7 with the latest Kang build and the battery life is MUCH improved. Running siyah 2.3 kernal oc'd 200-1600 ondemand. Try turning down the screen brightness some or put it on auto if you haven't. Also, I may be wrong but I bet the battery does get conditioned after a few drain/charge cycles and improves.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
Im coming from a captivate with a similar steup, so ive got everything almost down to a science.

Brightness has been another gripe ive had with this device. Auto brightness is way too low, and is also unresponsive. Auto on both my phones side by side shows the flaws (IMO) of the SGS2. When its dark, both are the same, when i shine light on it, the captivate reacts accordingly. As a result, I keep the phone at half brightness.

Ive had battery problems with both phones when running AOSP roms. My captivate would last for 36-48hours with minimal use on a captivate based rom, and then 10-14 hours on CM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
15 hrs. mostly in standby with some light web surfing and constant txt messaging. running at 200mhz-1200mhz on conservative with entropy's DD 12/01/11 release battery is at 72%
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylerdurdin:
Not to mention you cant possibly believe you are going to get a brand new phone that already has similar battery life or maybe a little worse to this phone and flash brand new roms on it and get better battery life. I dont believe the cards are going to fall in your favor. Although the Nexus is a nice phone and would be pretty sweet to own...if battery issues like this are your reason for jumping ship....it may be a long swim to shore.;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
Lol ^^ very well said

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
sorry i read this a few times. I dont get it lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] harrishanifa:
I'm not sure if this will help u, but try check ur google maps's setting and sign out of google latitude. My gs2 has been draining battery so fast lately, n now it seems back to 17+ hrs average.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wade7919:
just get another battery or keep more chargers around
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sportsinger75:
I'm getting some pretty fantastic battery life even on stock. I average about 14 hours with moderate usage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] F2a:
My battery life at stock was terrible, I would have sold it for sure. I rooted and flashed with unnamed and installed NO APPS for a few days just to test it out. Battery life is much improved. Give it a try.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
Just went in and signed out. Pretty sure i wasn't in in the first place, but well see.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
Not the point of the thread. Inconvenient and unnecessary.

14 hours is good? what phone are you coming from where that is considered good?

Again, not the point of the thread. I have ran this phone stock with great battery life. (after 8 hours of light to moderate use, i was at 85%) i agree i would probably get even better battery life than that with unnamed or a different i777 based rom.

The point I'm trying to make is that when running an AOSP rom, battery life sucks.

I know people are going to say "why use them then?" And the answer is pretty simple. Features and having the newest version of Android.

Yea it's great you can get good battery on i777 roms now, but what happens when you don't get an ics build for another 8 months. You will be forced to use a rom like cm, and will have issues and crappy battery life.

This is why google phones are better. Because they just work. Hopefully I'm wrong about this phone and i hope they figure out what's killing the battery on this device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 21cdb:
Like I said, I'm on MIUI, which is an AOSP ROM, and my battery life is fine. Many people with CM7 report good battery life, so chances are you have something else draining your battery. 3% idle drain per hour seems really high.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
Last night went to bed with the phone at 90%, 7 hours later the phone was at 63%, so i think there definitely is a problem, because i usually get the best battery life at my house - where i have the best service.

i am determined to find out what it is. I will do whatever i have to in order to get this rom working like it should. I dont care about installing anything and will use the phone bare for the time being. Im starting a new thread to try and figure this out. please help me there if you want to help me. Thanks!

-----------EDIT---------------

and i still want to know what this is supposed to mean....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
new thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1375803
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
He is saying the Nexus is very likely going to have similar battery life. To give up this phone, only to get the new nexus, 'solely' for battery life, would likely not give you what you're looking for. As their batteries are similarly sized and there's 'relatively' few hardware differences that would account for a noticeable jump in battery life.

The main thing that might change that is ics. If you can't wait for it, then the Nexus maybe the phone for you.

But as has been posted here and in cm7 thread and miui threads, good battery life is definitely possible with this phone.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylerdurdin:
Simple it means if you think your going to get a Nexus and flash a brand new CM or any custom AOSP rom and get better battery life or even the same......it may not happen. You are obviously experiencing things with YOUR battery that does not hold true across the board. As I am sure you learned with your Captivate....these devices sometimes react differently to the same exact environment. Its crazy to believe ANY rom should be keeping your phone as stable as it was from the factory....let alone expect it to improve on anything. CMs and MIUIs have never been the most stable or the most functional.....most of them have had issues that are to me not even usable....every nightly fixes something broken and breaks something else....a awesome rom for flashaholics. I am running CM on this HD2 as I write this.....coming from a Captivate I am blown away to see you posting this....you're running a WIP rom and expecting any part of it to be stable and or can't understand why you're having any issue. I am not trying to flame you or offend you.....but to me this is the same as creating a topic as "I flashed CM on my phone and now my camera don't work"

sent from a HTC HyperDroid2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
i get what your saying now, the wording had me thrown off.

And yes i agree i know it will have issues, but i see so many people having good battery life, and im just trying to figure out whats the cause of it.

And in no way am i expecting better battery life from this rom, just something more useable than it is for me in its current state. Since the nexus runs a AOSP rom anyway, they for sure will handle cm and other aosp roms better, with less obvious issues.

Coming from a captivate, i was under the impression that there were some proprietary drivers that caused bad battery life, and that CM on other devices ran much better(not including nexus devices). I was hoping the GS2 would be a different story, but i guess time will tell.

Going from a ~1% drain per hour to a 5% drain seems a little much, and i think its more than i should expect.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Are you sure you're running the latest CM7 release? Some of the nightlies had a battery drain issue due to an NFC bug.

If you had read through the CM7 thread you would know this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PizzaAmerican23:
I'm on a Kang build that was released on 11-29. (mentioned in first post)

If you read you would have noted that that build was released after nightly 20 or 21 when they identified and fixed the issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SoCaliTrojan:
I posted my response in your other thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19984527&postcount=7
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[HTC Rezound] phillybizzle:


I see how to lock each individual message

but I need everything saved
[HTC Rezound] NilsP:
Use the backup sms option in message app
[HTC Rezound] AtLemacks:
For what purpose? You could always just take screenshots.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] draztikrhymez:
Which do you all prefer?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Definitely stock. On every rom always. It just works better in my experience
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Girn:
Chomp sms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mariol66:
Go SMS pro
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] GalaxySkyrocket500:
Love Handcent