yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] overhauling:
Also, Forcing GPU Rendering under development options may cause some apps to go crazy and show up super, super small (They won't even fit on 1/3 of the screen). But disabling this option makes them go back to normal.... You could observe these effects on the "WordMate" app (And other similar ones).
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Its an ics android, with slightly hexaedited htc leak ics libs, htc ics framework, and aosp apps built from aosp branch 4.0.1 and tweaked by rmk to work with htc ics framework (rom virtuous inquisition), and after that I have some additional tweaks to work with our device better. So no, its not a classical aosp build at all.

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Yesterday/Today achieved a full 30hours with anker. 1900mah.

But I did setup setcpu with some very very stingy profiles... Although it didn't seem to hinder performance much at all.

Nice.... Battery stats defo detail that screen is taking half of the battery consistantly (across all 4 of my ankers.)

Pyro ICS
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Thanks for the battery input, folks! I've added some info to the original post.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Cool.

So knowing the screen is a battery killer, and seeing that we have '3d' of somesorts incorporated.

Could it be this 3d aspect (whatever it is) is killing our battery?

I only assume this 3d is actually 3d screen render for supported devices??? Maybe wrong on that. But if so, we clearly have no such 3d support... So can't we kill/disengage/turn off this feature?

Brainstorming moment.

Pyro ICS
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
3D here means, that the full rendering is HW accelerated, and it cannot be switched off. Android 3 and 4 is about full HW acceleration in the systemUI.

But optimization or fixing in the kernel driver might help to some extent (I hope kornyone will get around the problem sometime soon). Over the Inquisition thread on sensation they have much better batter lifes with the kernel that shipped with the leaked rom.

Some interesting mods from the Inquisition thread, that might be interesting, and most probably compatible, tho' I recommend a nandroid before trying them (but as long as you don't replace android.policy.jar in framework, you should be okay with these patches):

HTC Dialer and HTC Call screen apks (need renaming, read the post!): http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21030077&postcount=1592

Lock screen with new gfx: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21045531&postcount=1683

And a tip for the lockscreen / caller screen problem (you have to unlock before you see who is calling): http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21046201&postcount=1686
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
I can see clearly now.

I'm trying an App called screen filter (set at 30%), will report back if I sense it reserving battery moreso then stock. (It does seem to have slowed my battery churn down, but need to give it a day to really feel it out.)

Pyro ICS
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
I got some screenshots of my batery life with anker
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Let's see them! :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
:) wait until tommorow so I could get battery stats with an oem (I use anker)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Here it is uploaded... :)

0.3.0

http://www.multiupload.com/KE85LGVPF5

Details quoted below:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Somehow the top three opions in 'Select screen lock' settings menu have been greyed out. I know I'd been using slide & face unlock previously with success. Moved back to traditonal pattern lock. But now the top three have been greyed out each with this subheading:

"Disabled by admin encryption policy or credential storage"

EDIT:

Above happened on 0.2.0.

(Just noticed you'd released 0.3.0)

Pyro ICS
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Well, strange. I've varied with these settings, but so far haven't got something like that :/
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] wiswis:
What app should I use to backup my stuff because titanium doesn't work and I don't wanna redownload stuff
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] sgtmedeiros:
Mybackup root
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] overhauling:
Titanium works just fine as long as you're running the latest version from the Market.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Litesorrows:
You wouldn't happen to know if your Kernel is compatable with CM7? Since its using the Kang Kernel as a base :3

Sent Via Dragon Fire and Burnt Marshmellows.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] CoNsPiRiSiZe:
Omg if it is I'd love to use it in cm 7
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
I just noticed

Carrier billing for tmobile usa is not a market payment option. I've tried wiping, using 4g and nothing works....maybe it doesn't recognize that i have tmobile (tmobile staff pics section turned into an htc section)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1384236

Someone else had a problem with this on a non-rooted doubleshot.

Might find some info in that thread to help.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
How to set a limit in Data Usage?

Pyro ICS
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Whats happening? It happened once to me that I was switching to another app with long home, before it could ask for Root perm, then when I went back to the Titanium app, it said it didnt have root permission. I had to force stop it and clean its app data in Manage apps, restart and then I could fix it.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
I dont know if it should be possible with ICS only...

Well I used to use 3g watchdog app for data usage stats, and there I could set some limits, and it notified me.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Well, in theory it could work, but whats the point?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] CoNsPiRiSiZe:
The CM7 ROM by kornyone has battery drainage issues due to kernel. So this would make CM7 Hella better
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Well, honestly i think it wouldnt be much better. It would be worth a shot maybe, but ATM i dont see that this ROMs battery life would be much better. Or is it now? To try it you just need to do the following: unzip this ROM, grab boot.img, use this perl script to unpack the boot.img: http://files.coralic.nl/unpack-bootimg.pl . Then grab cm7 rom zip, unzip, unpack the boot.img, and combine this roms kernel image and cm7 ramdisk directory to a new boot.img with this script http://files.coralic.nl/repack-bootimg.pl . Then go to Fastboot USB "fastboot flash boot boot-new.img". Reboot and see whats happening.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] d3athb4dishonor:
This ROM is so clean. I really want to mess with it, BUT.... the music trick didn't work for me. I rebooted after install and my SD card doesn't even show up. It tells me how much space and what not but it will not pull up for anything.

Wifi trick worked like a charm though.

EDIT: OK, I'm finding it hard to go back to another ROM after playing with this one a bit. Just need to know a few things. How do you guys drop files between computer and your phone since it doesn't recognize your device when you plug it up?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
I see, thought with such nice data this setting shows us, that we would nativly in ICS set our data boundary/limit..... A little surprised. Thanks

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Surely that doesn't makes sense! CM7 gave me over 24hour usage with it's kernal - no drain on anker1900.

This kernal here will churn more battery then cm7 stock due to the engaged 3d aspect.

Maybe still worth a try however.

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Nice.

Used App Backup & Restore (for apps)

and mybackup root (for data: sms, call logs, bookmarks etc).

All is well... Camera lockring/camera gallery button & volume rocker graphics working very well.

Awesome work.

(P.S. I tried a install over 0.2.0, that went well, but did not resolve the lock settings issue I had with greyed out options - nor did a wipe of cache & dalvik...... a Complete wipe and 0.3.0 install worked everything out to normality.)

Progress is swift and stable which is what really counts!

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Give it a few reboots - I had no problems with music being seen after 2nd reboot. I have over 17gb music on my 32gb sd. Should work dude.

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
You can setup Filezilla FTP server on your pc, and copy over Wifi maybe with ES File or File Expert app from market. Or you can download ROM manager from market, there select to boot into recovery, when its in recovery: Mounts - Mount USB storage, and you can copy to your sd card with usb cable, and reboot. Sorry thats the most we can have now, till USB gadget is fixed in the kernel.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] d3athb4dishonor:
Weird it just randomly started working because before my gallery wouldn't pull up either. Almost reflashed another ROM lol.

Thanks though.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Widgetsoid 2.x from market is quite nifty for Notification bar Quick power settings:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21078453&postcount=1865

You can even hide the widget from the home screen, and just use it on the Notification bar. Im using it now, runs fine.

Note 2: RMK is working on this for the Inquisitions next version...so we will have this as well later... It will resolve the blurred notification texts issue,so even adding some more HTC stuff into the rom worth to resolve the blur issue. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21070931&postcount=1814
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] d3athb4dishonor:
^^^ That'll work. I was using my flash drive but its so bulky it hogs up two usb ports on my laptop
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
That's will be a nice update.

The screenshot in that RMK thread shows Quick Settings in the drop down - is this something we can look forward to as well? Or only the widgetsoid app you've advised?

How to edit the notifications colours for the drop down (widgetoid) controls - the changes in the widget didn't stick for the dop down - plain black and white unlike the slick AOSP like one illustrated in the thread you linked us too.

Also, usability wise it's a little uncomfortable - in that when clicking one of the widgetsoid notification drop down buttons, the notification window stays active rather then dissapearing - maybe that's just my own personnal preference though ;)

And the battery stat button for widgetsoid takes us to the location where battery stats were in gingerbread/honeycombe not the new location here in ICS. Flashlight don't work either.

Finally this notificatons widgetoid placement falls to the bottom of the stack/list in the notifications window - unsure about that - however it does function.

Will give it a little more time, if I find it too much then will uninstall - rather wait for inbuilt native support much like the one in RMK's thread you showed us (however possible I don't know.)

Cheers

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Settings menu in 'Data usage- click 'Restrict background data' - the popup that appears here makes me believe we should be able to set an upper data limit somehwere? No?

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
rmk is adding the htc notification with the htc system UI part, with the notification power buttons, like in sense 3.5 roms, so yes, it will be in the dropdown.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Cannot wait. That's gonna be a killer addition.

Brainstorming on that note:-

If that's possible, then will it not be plausable to port over the TV-Out capabilities from our stock rom and incorporate into this Sensed ICS we have now?

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Litesorrows:
I wanna use CM7, but there's a horrid battery drain bug in the Kernel. It would be epic if the Maintaner of Pyroice could fix. Undead won't, and I don't know where to start.

Sent Via Dragon Fire and Burnt Marshmellows.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
This is off topic, but anker 1900mah always provided ~24hours on CM7.

Forget CM7 for now & rock this rom until CM9 - J.Parker has a new dev machine, where he's able to compile from source in ~19mins, he is finishing night shifts soon & is looking forward to compiling again - I think we will get CM9 very soon (this version here would have inspired him to get it here.)

[Info courtesy of g+]

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Litesorrows:
TV Out is only available in the DS Stock Rom, IDK if the Sensation uses the 3.5MM for TV out.

Sent Via Dragon Fire and Burnt Marshmellows.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
True, Sensation uses MHL and not 3.5 4-pole.

But my theory was if we're able to incorporate HTC Sense parts then why not the TV-Out functionality into this ICS - it being a Sense base itself.... Logically my understanding would deem this possible, but I have little dev experience on our android platform to say either way - would definatly be a desirable 'nice to have feature.'

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Litesorrows:
I belive its possible, but I've rab Sense Roms with TV Out enabled (VU, Bulletproof 1.5) They have the TV Out app from the DS on them. But there a no go, mabey the Dev can port it over if we find a guide. :D

Sent Via Dragon Fire and Burnt Marshmellows.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
which one is the TVout apk? Its worth a try... you can push it to your /system/app with adb. Generally this kernel from cm7 is based on the htcdev.com kernel, so it could work, but probably the underlying libs will make it crash.

i dont have the cables to test it...
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
eh, just found that theres already a flashable for sense notification:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21072521&postcount=1833

gonna give it shot. :D

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EDIT tried: its not ICS themed yet, so not as on RMK's screenshot... It looks odd, sense raster gfx, but the patch works anyway and fixes the fading glitch of notifications. I won't use it for now, but I think the re-themed RMK's version will look ICS... I vote for widgetsoid for now.

Sidenote: room for audio volume modding http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1389756
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Btw, thanks to our dualcore cpu, I can just setcpu profile the whole speed to 700-800mhz, that saves power, and aside gaming, the ui is simply fast enough even with cpu forced down to that speed. The two cpu together will give you ~1200-1300mhz single core's power even downtuned to that speed. I'll try to go further down ...around 500mhz it should be enough for the UI.

Well, ~500mhz conservative it's only lagging when scrolling fast through a list, but otherwise its usable. Going to see how much power that save with moderate use.

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Funny you come to this, yesterday I tried 486max - and it seemd very responsive however yes scrolling UI was on catch up mode. Today been on 648max conservative - and it's as stable and responsive as any ROM we have had on doubleshot (actually as responsive as any rom I've ever tried) - dual core goodness like you say - and in conjuction with the core optimisations that come along with running ICS, I believe it's a good move to dumb down the CPU in this manner ;)

Will savour for the ICS themed notificatons quick settings mod ;)

The beats mod sounds very interesting.

Gonna dig through and find the TV-Out files - believe there were 2 apks to consider for this facility... Blue can confirm these - else I will come back later to confirm what to look at.

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
sensation ICS Sense 3.5 beats mod in this thread, might work easily with pyr-o-ice as well...gonna peek at it later:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19719296#post19719296

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edit: i see a HtcListen.apk in the ICS package, wonder what it is...is it the music player? Might work out as an additional app, but if the HtcListen is just an apk needed by the music apk then it wont do anything i guess...without the music apk...anyone knows?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Litesorrows:
Be warned! Beats is a Biznitch to get working, but since this is a Sensation base it might work. But it almost Always breaks audio playback.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
TVOUT Possible?

Tried pushing TVOUT.apk from Stock DS ROM to /system/app (applying the necessery permissions) - no success - nothing happens/no pop up on phone & the TV goes a shade of blue.

Info re: DS TV OUT

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18118970&highlight=tv+out+root+explorer#post18118970

Info re: CM TV OUT

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/5969-tvout/

TVOUT.apk from DS Stock ROM attached here.

Would be nice if you can work some magic - see if it's a complete fail or a possibility here on HTC ICS?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Litesorrows:
Nova Launcher, The only ICS replacement launcher.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1389071

It's an epic Launcher, Similar to CM9's launcher. But it works on 4.0.1, I say use it! Makes the Rom faster. May get one or two FC's, but that's so Rare (It's a Beta Still). Control Grid Size, Cube transition effect. Up to 8 Icons on Dock, and It's coool :D I'd use the Updatezip to flash the launcher, and still keep Stock if you don't like it. Other methods remove Stock. But! Breaks Menu-Settings compatibility, you'll have to use the Status bar to access Settings, App Drawer, or a Settings Icon on Launcher.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
The ICS package seems incomplete (missing dolby etc.)

Can't we use the 1st one? Or incompatible?

Pyramid_Beats_Mod_v3.1_Sense3.5.zip - (3.75 MB, 1331 views)

Pyramid_ICS_Beats_Mod_v1.0_Sense3.5.zip - (1.79 MB, 137 views)

Pyramid_ICS_Beats_Mod_v1.1_Sense3.5.zip - (1.79 MB, 267 views)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Litesorrows:
Just remembers something! Extended Power Off Menu! I use Terminal to reboot into Recovery, but an extended would be Nice. I'll see if I can get the old method of doing it on a Sense Rom working.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] infernodemon2005:
Had to back to my previous rom for one reason. I found a bug. I have limited vision, so I need the accessibility framework but when it is active in this rom, I can't change the ringtone or notification sounds. A part of the sence framework fcs. Great work though. Glad to see ics at least running on the mt4gs.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Litesorrows:
Could a DPI Change along side Larger Font Help? Same issue with the Wife. I use PropModder, or RomToolbox. Along side Spareparts.

---------- Post added at 11:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:25 AM ----------

Here's a Link to the ICS Gapps.

http://www.multiupload.com/RBW0U20G4Q\

Maybe they can come in handy :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Ut explans why it is missing. He couldn't make beat notification for choosing that to work.

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] infernodemon2005:
Unfortunately, the larger font, while barely big enough, is a little strenuous on me. Won't be able to switch to ics till that is resolved.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
You can change the font size of the ui without accessibility iirc.

Settings /display/font size extra large

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Hopefully cm9 will resolve that.thanks for giving feedback and trying it. :)

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] infernodemon2005:
Not a problem. Glad to try it. Been following it since launch but didn't try until the camera worked. Can't wait for cm9, I'll be on that as soon as it comes out.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Think I've just noticed something, which I hope will help you perhaps resolve the Keyboard & frontface h/w key backlights from working appropriately according to light levels.

Reason I didn't notice it previously because either I've been indoors (good light) OR most likely that I have my screen set to very dim (1sf click on the Power Widget screen brightness button - somtimes 2nd click for the extra bit of brightness.)

Ok soooo, I'm outside shmoking now (night in London), and went through the brightness levels.. behold when you select Auto Brigthness either in widget or screen brightness settings generally then and only then all h/w keys light up appropriately!!!

Unsure if they were just stuck I went inside and the keys lights turned off appropriately.

Hope this can help debug the general h/w key light issue.

One thing I've noticed which is why I never used the inbuilt Auto Brightness feature was that it did a bad job in my opinion of actually adjusting the screen brightness appropiately.

(Potentially if we cannot extract the working h/w backlit feature inbuilt into Auto Brightness to work in general.. then perhaps a secondary fixup could be to get the Auto Brightness feature to adjust our screen brightness BETTER... Incorporating a much more stringent level of screen brightness perhaps... as of now the adjusted levels are way too bright.)

Thinking out aloud ;)

Thanks for a great ROM dude

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EDIT:

Further noticed having Auto Brightnes active for a few mins then coming back to 1st click widget brightness level (my general preference)... then the H/w backlit facility stayed functional!!

Maybe this is something I've completely missed, but I've never had the h/w keys working like this outside on dimmest screen settings! A first for me either way if it helps anyone else out.

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EDIT 2:

It seems h/w backlit now only to function correctly when in Auto Brightness Mode :(

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Final EDIT:

It seems soft press power button to sleep then awaken reactivates the h/w backlit functionality even in dimmest screen setting... perhaps still required to cycle through to Auto Brighness Mode to initially activate the sensor/backlights... However the light sensor for this is still very strict - but it works according to light levels to a somewhat decent/workable degree.

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Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] wiswis:
So does the beatsaudio work
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dung8604:
Interesting. Based on your info, it seems that toggling auto brightness also toggles the sensor. Have you tried leaving it at the low brightness setting and then holding your finger over the light sensor?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
I have to no effect.

I recall finger hover over the sensor on stock & bulletpoof engaged the h/w keys instantly, on this ROM however no effectn.

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
I've been trying to hack the usb storage to life...with the usb gadget enabled and some hacking of the PSClient i could get as far as the volume daemon tries to do something, but in the end the storage doesnt mount on the pc, and only a "Connected as camera" notification appear, although on the logcat I can see that the sdcard volume is unmounted and something like "share" is happening, but to no avail. :(

Edit:

Unfortunately this patch made it unstable, reboots...reverting to previous kernel..
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Tried to flash this, failed due to asset cert or something (build prop looking for Pyramid.) So tried to push to system manually setting necesarry permissions. No effect. HTCListen.apk seems not to be invoked anywhere in our ROM... Conisdering we didn't have this app in the first place and it doesn't show as an app itself it will not get invoked by anything on our setup. We must be missing something.

Cheers.

P.s. in daylight now & hovering finger over sensor now activates my h/w key backlights. On dimmest screen levels. Who knows what's going on, tempremental but somewhat funtional.

Pyro ICS 4.0.1/0.3.0
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
New leak is out for sensation, android 4.0.3. Rmk tweeted hes on it this weekend... Gonna check it when hes done if i can apply the doubleshot tweaks to it. He reported that the new original rom is snappier and with fewer bugs. :)

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced