yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
Are you sure your APN is setup correctly ? Please verify.

Also after un-installing some APN toggle software, they leave you with disabled APN, could that be the case ?

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Patshad:
I am using this rom and kernel now for a while. When I just flashed the rom, the phone suffered from battery drain while on 3g. I flashed a different baseband but that did not seem to help. I re-flashed the rom and using it now for a week or 2 again. Unfortunately, the batterydrain problem still persists; when on 3g network in idle, the phone uses 20% battery in 8 hours with full reception. When switching to gsm only, the batterydrain is gone. The phone uses less than 1% battery per hour.

I have autosync disabled, mail set to check manually. Only whatsapp is on push, but thats default. Also, I hardly ever see wackelocks (but that is because the rom is so clean).

Does anyone have an idea how to solve this? Much appreciated!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lanege:
3g network in idle, the phone uses 20% battery in 8 hours with full reception (and about 8 - 10% per night with 3g disabled) is very good result I thing ....

by me: i have with this OC kernel litle bit better result than on stock kernel... but diferences is in 1 % per situations.... if i`m using automate switch off data per night i`m in 1,5 - 2 days without charger and it`s ok .... have anyone other (better) result ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
Hi,

well to be honest, my phone has the same drain in 3G, with stock rom+kernel, but also on the 4pda rom+kernel. I do some powersaving by using 'green power' tool, but any 3G toggling tool should save battery by switching on/off 3G in background.

This seems to help a bit, but still I'm not impressed.

It still could be a 'bug' in the phone, still to be discovered by a developer, because my phone only lasts 23 hours by default, which is not good with a 1500maH battery inside. My previous "old" samsung apollo has same battery and lasted much longer on one charge, so it's either a xperia Ray HW issue, or a kernel thing..i assume.

I even put cpu clock on 122-368 mhz when screen-off but it doesn't help much, so It's not the CPU eating our battery here.

My phone is on the charger every night, and sometimes I even need to charge earlier in the evening because the phone starts complaining about low battery.

What also could cause the drain in 3G is that our general phone antenne performance is not good, and the phone needs higher RF output power to send back to the tower.

Well, as there is much development on our phone, maybe some developer is able to re-use code from another xperia family phone to solve this irritation :-)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Patshad:
I think that it is rom related (.58 firmware). I'm from the Netherlands, and when on stock .42 SE rom flashed from xda I did not have such batterydrain. Overnight, maybe 10% was gone when on 3g. This was after I removed bloatware, with location services on and weather app refreshing every hour. Afterwards I flashed your kernel on that rom, and I had a overnight battery drain of 4% on gsm only (with data connection).

I had this problem before with hongkong edition .58; I switched back to .42 and the problem was gone. So first I thought it had to do with basebands, but already tried that. I owned a DHD before, on standby with custom rom 3g idle it was using like 6-8% overnight in 8 hours.

Don't get me wrong, I like this phone and this rom is awesome, so do not think that I don't appreciate your efforts (TS). I am just a bit annoyed that this bug wasn't there in .42 and .58 has it. So I think that I will revert back to original .42, remove as much bloatware as possible and flash your kernel (which made the device a lot smoother, tnx). I will gladly report back with the results then after a couple of days usage.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] chiefy009:
Hi could you develop a kernel for Miui ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] esrom02:
can i try a different kernel for this rom,, the latest one seems draining my battery.. or can some1 provide me with the Kernel Pure Emerald 7.1.4 I'm begging you..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
Then use the modified stock kernel with init.d support. I think it has less drain.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] esrom02:
Where is that magic kernel? :) 4 percent drain after 7hrs of sleeping Wifi off as well as Data, gps, bluetooth, etc.. (name it and its off for sure except of course the phone) I think its bad?

are these for battery saving?

Moreover, I have baseband 66, what can you recommend in overall? Because I have read somewhere in this thread that battery drain issue maybe caused by incompatibility of kernel with the baseband..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
extended build.prop

Hi,

you can also try my extended build.prop.

It looks like google location is partially responsible for battery draining so that's disabled in build.prop.

Furthermore (also written in build.prop) I suggest :

Delete /system/app/networklocation.apk and

/system/framework/com.android.location.provider.jar

With this build.prop and stock kernel (with init.d support and CWM) I get decent batterylife while everything is enabled (BT,WIFI,GPS,sync's etc.)

remove the .txt before placing the file in /system directory.

P.S. I also added the battery friendly stock kernel (which has CWM + init.d support)

Br.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arcatarc:
..don't delete networklocation.apk:many gps based program(like navigon) need it or fc.

Inviato da me!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
Well I don't use google maps, so can't care less if they FC, but I can confirm that navigon still works great without network location.

Only drawback can be that your GPS lock takes a bit longer than normal, but I see no further side effects besides my battery lasting longer :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] esrom02:
Do I need to manually delete the 2 files? Or the build.prop will do it for me? Sorry SO NOOB :D thanks for answering me :))

One more thing, any init.d tweaks you can share as well?

Edit: I also noticed that there is this "com.sonyericsson.usbux" always running in background when checking Running Services? What is that? Is it fine to remove it? Does it have any impact on my battery?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
To be 100% sure that google location is not used secretly by 3rd party programs you can manually delete those files, as they can always be restored, because the repack4pda .zip file contains those files anyway.

I'm playing with two init.d setups , as attached (remove .txt from them) to test what is does to the phone...but to be honest I see no big difference while the two scripts are each others counterparts.

One scipt has very low/strict values for VM and one script has very high values, but as an end-user I don't feel the difference.

!!! Use 'one' script at a time, don't put two at once in /etc/init.d

Besides that, I think this ROM is so smooth that it's almost impossible to tweak it to perform better.

USBux is only needed when you connect your phone to the computer and want to connect as mass storage to copy files to/from your phone. I think it's not draining battery.

Top4 battery drain on this phone :

1) display

2) 3G data (umts/hsdpa)...2G is less drain (better reception)

3) google location

4) WIFI

If you want to save some additional battery juice, the use "green power" battery saver from market. It toggles 3G and wifi in background.

P.S. if somebody has suggestions/improvements for this ROM, then please go ahead and write it in this thread.

P.S.2 I use baseband 64 now , but never noticed "any" difference between 58,64,72 and 77.

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] esrom02:
Thank you so much !! You're a big help !
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
Thanks i could help.

I expect we will see more and more people back to GB as ics has no added value for our phones.

I see developers struggle with ics but despite their good work,they cannot change the concept of it.

Br. Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jorre2220:
For those who are looking for the old Kernel Pure Emerald 7.1.4

Special thanks to Coolkaas and Aire of course !!!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
RE-odexing is sooo 2012

Hi all,

I have the idea of re-odexing this ROM to make it even faster and also to create more internal storage space .

De-odexed roms are fine for theming (from developer point of view) , but we as end user want performance after all.

The procedure is at : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1500475

Anyone already tried or is willing to give it a try ??

If nobody is interested to do it , I will try when I have time to.

[edit: I tried, but due to failing shell root permissions...the script is not working....Phone is rooted, but not shell rooted? ... anybody out there with some more experience knows how to fix this?]

[edit2:] retried from adb shell itself, as SU. Everything from script went OK, but I'm in a bootloop now :(

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jorre2220:
I'm happy to try that tutorial but i'm rather busy right now so it could take a while....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jorre2220:
In the tutorial "windsor" got it working on his ray

he did it on his ray with ics maybe he knows how to fix it....

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25407433&postcount=26
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jorre2220:
tried the script of windsor and off course it didn't work:

he made the script for ray

ICS

I made a new script for my ray GB and it worked! No Bootloop :victory:

after booting had to reinstall the "AIOMod_hansip-STheme+BattMod"
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
re-odexing rulez !! ;)

Hi all,

today I re-odexed this ROM, it went from 370 MB internal storage to 400 MB.

Now I try to find a way to repack the ZIP file too, so I can flash this re-odexed ROM via CWM.

If anybody knows if there are special actions to do, then please tell me, it could save some time for me.

My approch would be just to repack the APK's + their .dex file into to ZIP again...would that work ?

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arcatarc:
Yes,it works..:good:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jorre2220:
@ Vleutmans:

what addons are you gonna include in the zip ?

i'm currently using the mods from hansip (AIOMod_hansip-Networkmode + AOIMod_hansip-STheme+Battmod), gapps and the Xperia_T_Plasma as bootlogo :)

i'm also using your tweaks for the build.prop.

grts

Jorre2220
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
well I haven't started yet with the zip, but is there a special need for addons ?

My odexed repack4pda ROM currenlty already has the gapps and toolbar items (I added those 2 separate zips from 1st thread already before odexing it) so it's quite complete.

Great to see "evolution" on this ROM as I believe in GB for our phone, as ICS is only a slowdown in all directions for our hardware.

[edit] now uploading odexed rom , will post link soon...

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jorre2220:
With the gapps and toolbars included the rom is complete.

No need for adding something else because its meant to be light, fast and battery friendly.

I really like a no-nonsense ROM.

grts

Jorre2220
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
yes , I agree, and I think in the end 'everybody' wants a no-nonsense and quick ROM.......still uploading :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
odexed repack4pda including gapps and toolbar tweaks

Hi all,

If you have some spare time, please try this ROM, flash from CWM (first factory reset from CWM and format /system from mounts in CWM).

link to rom : https://www.dropbox.com/s/mk3q5mcw1m8bj14/REPACK4PDA_V7_odexed_V1.zip

The rom has an optimized build.prop and a VM optimized init.d script. It will give you 400MB internal storage space.

If you use stock GB kernel with CWM (attachment) then you're ready to rock. Don't flash the kernel with CWM...but unzip as .img and use flashtool.

P.S. I didn't try to flash yet as I need my phone for business purpose...so have to find a maintenance window :) Don't shoot me when it fails ;)

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jorre2220:
Tried to flash your rom but got stuck in bootloop... :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
I re-checked the files, and found some glitches so will soon post a new zip... but this time I will try first...I don't want to put end-users in despair....

So for the others, incl. noobs....don't flash my zip yet...

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
Hi all,

yesterday i re-tried to pack my odexed 4pda v7 ROM into the ZIP, and I almost succeeded.

I repacked the odexed system/app and odexed system/framework into the original .zip, and after flashing the ROM boots up.

After booting I see 412 MB internal storage space, which is very nice !! But I also face a superuser issue in a way that superuser is not working. When I start the superuser app, it FC, and when I run a program which needs su rights, it won't get it.

So I try to solve this issue and if it works I will post this rom in odexed version.

P.S. the bootuv.img kernel (attached) is very nice , cpu scaled between 122 and 1024 Mhz (standard freq grid) with smartassV2 scheduler. It doesn't have init.d support, but you can enable anyway with doomlords init.d enabler script.

I also can confirm the phone goes better into deep sleep with this kernel so saves more battery juice for you then the stock kernel +cwm.

If anyone has suggestions how to resolve the superuser issue, please reply or PM me.

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] whood:
Try using SuperSU instead of Superuser.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32259930&postcount=118
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] esrom02:
:D

When you say first post, you mean the very first post of aire? and that is bootuv5.img right? But it doesn't support init.d, will iridakis tutorial do the trick of init.d support?

I'm waiting for your ROM, I hope it will be finish soon :) Thanks !
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] desirez_pete:
Played with many roms and this is the one I always come back to. Too many unnecessary things going on in those 'modded' (I like to call them butchered) roms, all you need to do is remove bloatware and this rom does exactly that!

Oh and status bar toggles nothing more!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jorre2220:
got the same thing going on... :cool:

i'm using the attached kernel with init.d support
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
same for me....I get tired of flashing all the new ICS bases ROMs...there is not one of them without bugs, and not one of them come close to the performance of this ROM on GB. :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
I tried supersu, but with no luck. First it complains it doesn't have an SU binary. Then when I put new SU binary in /system/xbin then superSU want to update SU binary but fails to do so, and root acces is not there.

So sad I have a working odexed repack4da ROM and I cannot share with others :-S.

Br. Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] esrom02:
HELP ! Let me tell you first why I came out with this conclusion..

In battery use, I noticed that display is always the highest.. But i just ignored it but then it came to a point that the screen is somewhat flickering? Dark then bright? It is happening quite often, so I researched but haven't found any. So I decided to just flash a new kernel as it might solve it. But after scanning this thread, I encounter the words "auto-brightness". So again I researched and I ended up in Dynamic "i forgot". Now I suspect that it is the cause of the flickering thing..

QUESTIONS:

1. Are my findings correct?

2. If yes, how can I disable it?

3. If no, still how can I disable it? Because I conducted a test and I'm positive that the "auto-brightness" mode is running.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
what are your values in /etc/hw_config.sh ?

In my case I have "enabled" dynamic brightness (look at values 3,2,2,0 below).

# LMU AS3676 Configuration

dev=/sys/devices/i2c-0/0-0040/leds/

echo 3,2,2,0 > $dev/lcd-backlight/als/params #[gain],[filter_up],[filter_down],[offset]

echo 1 > $dev/lcd-backlight/als/enable #Sensor on/off. 1 = on, reg 90h

echo 12900 > $dev/torch/max_current

If you don't want that, then change values to 0,0,0,0 instead.

Tell me if this is what you're looking for :)

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] esrom02:
I have checked that values, and it is currently set to 0,0,0,0.. but why dynamic brightness is still working? :/ I don't need that..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arcatarc:
Change: echo 1 > $dev/lcd-backlight/als/enable #Sensor on/off. 1 = on

To echo 0

Inviato da me!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] esrom02:
THANK YOU ! That fixed it.. Is there any other effects of changing it to 0?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arcatarc:
No,only als disabled...

Inviato da me!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
odexing obsession still ongoing

Hi all,

Reason I like odexing is that it makes any ROM faster and you have more internal storage space.

As I failed to re-odex repack4pda V7 I tried another nice GB variant, -> Rayonium V7 (GB) incl. compass fix.

Reason for failure on repack4pda (i think) is that I re-odexed "after" loading the other 2 zips (gapps, and custom pack). When you then put the new system and framework folder back to the zip, it doesn't match the manifest I think....

Rayonium is only 1 zip file (all-in) so I had the idea that it could work.

Yes I succeeded, Rom boots and I see "390 MB" internal storage space available (was 340MB before odexing).

I'm now using the ROM, and it's very smooth I can tell.

Anyone interested then I will post a link so you can fetch it.

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] coolkaas:
Why not? I think you can post a link to your odexed repack7. This is a direct derivative from original and let it will be in this topic. There can be somebody will want to use such compilation.

U R welcome :)

Thanks for your work!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] esrom02:
How long does your battery last? Mine is 1 day and a half just texting and some calls, is it good?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
1 day and a half is OK.... Most people need to re-charge their Xperia Ray every night....

Enjoy the fastest OS for the Ray...Currently I'm on ICS (best ROM, odexed)..but soon I will make the step forward to GB again :)

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] trojan01:
i am back to GB :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] babicka:
supercharged?

Is this ROM supercharged? If not did someone try to make it supercharged?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] esrom02:
As what vleutman said, this ROM and kernel are almost perfect that you don't even need to supercharged it. I supercharged this, but in the end I reverted it. Supercharging made my battery drains fast, and almost always made my phone heat up..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] babicka:
Thanks. After using it for a day now I see your point. This is really the best ROM for Ray I've seen. Can't understand how I missed it. Finally something responsive and stable.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] rllineses:
Hi,

Can I try Rayonium v7 odex?

Thanks
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
yes you can try...uploading now to my dropbox...will post link as soon as upload is finished ....

[edit]

Link to odexed rayonium: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rt2b98243sfut2i/RayOnium.v7_odexed.zip?m
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jorre2220:
I'm currently on NXT Bread 1.0.

After making a few calls and some texting my battery level is on 51% after 2days and 8 hour.

It's a bit slower than the Repack by 4pda and has some minor bugs but i really like the interface :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
Battery usage is influenced heavily by your settings, but here is a top 4 list of drainers.

Main drains :

1) display enabled

2) 3G/UMTS (data) enabled

3 WIFI enabled

4) BT enabled

When you enable all, then because of battery limitation it can happen, the phone lasts less than 15 hours.

When you heavily use the phone, the display can be one for about 6 hours, and your battery is empty.

On the other side when you disable all, phone can last for about 2 days ....to my opinion.

I would like to believe that the Ray could last for 24+24+8 = 56 hours and battery is still at 50%... (so 112 hours in total?) ...but I never came even close to this number, and I tried a lot of stock and custom roms :)......but miracles happen?

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] aire:
Glad to see that the subject is alive. :) By popular demand, build a kernel based on the latest source.

View attachment boot_uv7.1.587.img
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arcatarc:
Tnx Aire,any informations?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] aire:
All as previously only used the latest (587) source.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arcatarc:
.....then it is perfect!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ksmuthucv:
Thanks Aire...You have made us addicted to your kernel magic, hence you didn't give us any other choice(s).
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
Hi aire,

Now I'm a bit confused as you mention your new kernel in this GB thread....

Don't shoot me for this noob question :)

As your kernel is based on 587 source, should it only be used for ICS , or is this kernel (based on 587 source) for GB ..or "any" ROM ?

[edit] my assumption is that it's purely for ICS

Thanks in advance

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] aire:
No. It`s only for ICS.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ksmuthucv:
Aire: mount USB stroage using cwm throws an error saying "E: unable to open ums lunfile (No such file or directory)".:confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
Now testing the aire kernel on SuperleggeraV3 ICS...

I see default governor is smartassV2 (122-1402 Mhz) with deadline scheduler, which should be fine.

No init.d support in the kernel (yet ?), but no issues found.

I'm curious about battery drain of this kernel on ICS, and soon will also test out NXT bread 1.0 (GB) as someone wrote this ROM drains little.....we'll see.

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mathewgx:
Great kernel.

Can you add usb support ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sheppii:
Thanks for new kernel, aire. I think, it's the best one for Ray.

Just one question, it is possible to include latest CWM Recovery (v6) to this kernel?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] radzix27:
Is any chance to use this kernel on Stock GB firmware (ROM: GB 2.3.4 | 4.0.2.A.0.62, Baseband -64)? Can I flash only kernel and stay with ROM which I use?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vleutmans:
If you mean the new aire kernel.....it's only for ICS, not for GB .62

Br.

Michel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Jorre2220:
You can flash an aire

Gingerbread

kernel with your stock firmware. It shouldnt be a problem.