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[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
So let me see.... You take CM, then load up a gazillion themes and third party apps and widgets and finally make CM look like....let me guess, SENSE!!!

But it's still CM right? And when you see a slightly better looking Sense-like app or widget, you download and install it, right? To take it that one step closer to actual sense...? Why i'm sayin all this Oly, is because i've already jumped through these hoops a long time ago... There is nothing like SENSE. If you like CM/Stock GB look, you'll never bother to load it up to look like sense. But if you are trying to make and AOSP look like Sense, it means YOU WANT SENSE! And since you are lucky enough to own an HTC device, just use the real damn thing, man!! :p:p:p

CM should look like CM, and Sense should look like the visual orgasm that it is... (just my opinion) - at least for HTC device owners. For the other poor souls out there with the Sammys and LGs and what not, i can understand them trying to shave their balls and get all sense-shiny, but we are the chosen ones with the choice to use the Original thing! Have you ever wondered why everyone wants to port Sense to non-HTC devices, despite epic failures? How practically all launchers in the market have so many Sense-like themes? It's because those who can't have it, want it bad... And it's just not the visual bit...Sense is actually more intuitive than anything i've ever come across on a phone (toughest competition being MIUI)

Of course that's all just a matter of opinion. But it does make Sense. [snicker, snicker]

I just take the short route and just use SENSE itself !! LoL :D:D:D

P.S. : You had mentioned in passing about wanting to get the Vega some time ago... and yesterday on your profile page, it said you were viewing the Advent Vega General forum, so i thought you'd have gotten one by now. :cool: Quite a bit of Sherlock Holmes down the drain!! [facepalm]
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Damn man, haha!!

Your tempting me to go back to Sense!!

Very good point there, that HTC devices are unique with Sense...

Maybe I should go back afterall...?

The Sense UI is just too pretty :p

Here was my CM look a day before loaded the Sense Theme.

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Less Sense like. But after a day on CM7, I went back and installed Sense theme with sense replacement Widgets :p

You made a really good point... damn... decisions.... back to sense or not :p

My real plus for CM though is the inherited speed. My phone feels like its young and reborn. Multitasking is like silk. Sense is very pretty, but unfortunately not as fast as AOSP.

However, I am finding each day I'm missing elements of Sense, particularly the fast boot option! :p

Hehe, yeah I was browsing the Vega forums yesterday, I was checking out some of the new ICS ROMs!

If you love Sense so much, is pure ICS a different story for you? That's why your using it? :p

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[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
I'm using ICS because i like to be on the bleeding edge of things.

It helps me foster my tech hobby and teaches me more about new stuff everyday, and consequently, i can put in more input into the forum. And i like to see the look on my buddies' faces when i show them ICS casually (they're mostly doctors you see....a dumb lot when it comes to all things binary :p:p:p)

I am not averse to trying out new stuff Oly...if you remember, i've always led you (and a couple more unsuspecting buddies like det) into temptation with my vociferous praise and rave reviews of ROMs like the MIUI and early ICS betas. I know i don't like CM because i made that decision after flashing it and running it for a couple of days... As for ICS, i like to keep pace with the development of a new OS on my phone. (It's just too cool to miss!!:p:p). I've even tried Lowveld's nihilistically christened "Reaper" today...and while it's all good and speedy, i don't want to test fire a deep space probe using my phone, so the speed that Endymion offers me is plenty.

All things said and done, no matter how promiscuous i've been all day, in the end I find myself coming home to Sense (Endymion, to be specific)
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Fair enough :D

I guess I'll just stick around with CM7 for a bit longer...

If I ever want to return to Endymion I'm just a NANDroid Restore away :p

And battery life looks to be more promising for me today.

I guess mobile data really is a battery killer.

I'm using WiFi moderately today, and battery seems much better!

How about it CM9 is available...?

Will you ever use that?

It'll be like any other ICS ROM, but with endless amount of tweaks.

Cheers mate! :)

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[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
We shall see....!! ;)

Always a pleasure talking to you buddy. Ciao.
[HTC Desire S] sadsac:
Cm7 has variable battery life depending on kernel n governor. With the same use pattern I've had best battery out of 7.1 with tiamet n smartass v2.

But even with 7.2 and interactive then ondemand governors I get better life than sense. I've used stock, endy, lbc etc
[HTC Desire S] talktoraj83:
Please help enigmaamit for the right selection between ics (Quattro) or miui weekly or sense(endymion v3.3). Thanks in advance
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Cheers!

Yeah, I'm using stable CM7.1, tiamat kernel, and smartass2 :)

Seems better than when I first made this thread now. Ibthink the battery has calibrated itself now and is getting slightly better.

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[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Yeah, agree with you there!

Although you forgot to mention that CM is for power users with endless customizations with the powerful CM7 settings. Seriously. The possibilities aare endless

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[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Alrighty sir... post edited and your new-found love for all things AOSP put up for a grand display!! :D:D:D
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Hehe, thanks :D

Its true though ;)

Aren't you currently using ReaperMod ATM anyway? :D (CM based)

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[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Yeah, i am...but i'm schizophrenic man!! I keep jumping all over the ROM scene. It's my drug, my poison...and i enjoy the choice!! :D:D:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HelloThere1:
Hello, Do ROM's like CM7 and Darky's ROM etc improve gaming and CPU performance? because im playing Shadow Gun and it's lagging like hell... will installing custom ROM fix this?

P.S sorry for being noob I'm just looking for reasons to flash custom ROM :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcinr:
You won't see a massive difference between ROMs but there is a slight difference. Chainfire from market impacts on performance if used correctly. also I do recommend ICS ROMs. I feel that games run more smoothly on them :-).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bedo1987:
I think that in any ICS ported rom there's a little bit of increase in graphic performance.

Difference in performance is very high to me, but if you want a STABLE ROM I suggest to use Darkyy's one or CM7 stable release...

I'm on ICS by teamhacksung now but I agree with bugs anounced! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HelloThere1:
If i install darky's rom for example will that stop lag in shadow gun?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bedo1987:
I don't now, but I can post my results in Qaudrant and you can see if they are better or not...

I remeber you that I'm on ICS 4.0.3 now, therefore I can only suggest you to give a try to Darkyy's or CM7 and try your game performances...

I only use fruitninja and works like a charm.

If I can help you in flashing other rom just tell me something.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcinr:
Shadow gun is a very demanding game and the galaxy s has lacking hardware for optimal game play. Software can only do some optimization. You will not get a totally smooth experience with any rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bedo1987:
Sorry I have never played that game...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adslee:
Quadrant scores mean absolutely nothing.

For a game like ShadowGun to run as smoothly as possible, I suggest a Froyo ROM and RAM optimization scripts such as ThunderBolt or SuperCharger.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burakgon:
Give up froyo. Go for latest rom and midnight kernel. No ext4! And use agressive lmk settings. And delete all bloatware (you can use my huge list) and use adw launcher with no widgets. Only search and 4 shortcuts. Overclock a little bit. You can't believe your eyes.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burakgon:
Lolz you're sooo wrong. I will put a video for you. It will contain dungeon defenders, shadowgun, blood glory, gta 3, modern combat 3, dungeon hunter 2, nfs shift, asphalt 6 I'm playing all without microlags. Even smoother than most of dual core htc phones. We have a secret weapon that is sgx540 but you must know how to use it
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcinr:
Using your technique described above essentially strips the phone to a minimal and restricts how one would normally go about with an android device. For me that shows sgs lacks hardware for hardcore games.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adslee:
Let me see this video. I'm calling you out on this, so post a link. I want to see gameplay from ALL of the games you just listed, and if I see absolutely no lag at all then you'd have proved your point. I'm not expecting 60 fps on each of those games, but if you can even achieve 35+ constantly, then it's definitely lag free.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HelloThere1:
It doesn't, I'm on darky's 10.2.2 now and shadow gun plays smooth as hell, with default it was at like 10fps, now just seems standard 30+fps...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lo4eath:
I'd recommend flashing an ICS rom, as the UI is awesome and I also feel like the games/apps run smoother.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HelloThere1:
Naa, It's only on build #13 at the moment and isn't final release so it won't be super-stable like darky's rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcinr:
It is actually very stable :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burakgon:
Darkcore just sucks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burakgon:
FPS will be higher but ram will hang phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LDKnight:
When its booting prior to going to lock screen it vibrates 2 times ( like a fc) and then when i go in and check my apps the apps set to be on sd are gone...any suggestions?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JettyLife:
Flash back to v10, 10.6 has been buggy.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LDKnight:
i did then tried again 10.6 still same issue i eneded up reinstalling the apps that got messed and now its been working fine so far...thanks for replying
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeej:
Personally, when I have issues with a ROM:

I download the zip again (put it on in the sdcard folder)

reboot into CWR

wipe the cache

go to advanced and wipe the dalvik cache

wipe the system

go into format and ensure the wipe /system

install the rom

let the phone boot, don't touch anything, just go watch a tv show or something, (15m+ to be super nice)

reboot the phone, enter your information/basic settings, when it's done with all that, i let it settle again and reboot it before installing any apps or playing with the market

i've found that this is the "safest" way to install a ROM.

do you need to be this anal retentive? no.

will skipping these require you to re-install the rom again? occasionally, but not always

as always: most ROMs have their own installation instructions that should be followed!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nblackst:
Multi-Quote didn't work for me for some reason, but I was referring to @Zeej's instructions.

I agree here! This always get's the job done for me! I haven't had ANY 10.6 bugs, but I do like that it can be flashed right over top of previous v10 versions instead of having to worry about titaniumbackup etc... to reinstall everything!
[Android General] olyloh6696:
Just wondering how all of you are finding battery life on CM7 (or possibly other AOSP based ROMs)

One of the main reasons I decided to ditch Sense 3.5 and use CM7 was the battery gain (as Sense is known to be a heavy resource hog)

The speed is amazing. Much faster than Sense, no doubt.

But I'll be honest. I'm not too impressed so far. Battery seems to be more or less the same for me on CM7 as on Sense ROMs. I thought many people said it was better?!

What about everyone else? Is battery life for you good or bad on CM7?

Cheers!

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[Android General] zelendel:
In the end it really depends on how you use the device. Most do see better battery, but to be honest I see the same battery life on a sense based rom that I removed most of sense from that I saw on CM based roms
[Android General] olyloh6696:
Thanks for the reply mate!

Yeah, I'm talking about using the phone both In the same way I do on a daily basis.

On either ROM, they both require me to charge it everynight.

I don't see much of a difference... I was hoping for the promised great battery life on CM7!

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[Android General] Kannibalism:
CM7 is great it really does save battery just find the right settings for your phone mate

i can easily recharge my phone everyday but with good settings i easily make a 2-3 days battery life time using cm7 with usage of my phone
[Android General] olyloh6696:
Thanks for the input mate :)

Care to share your settings?

I'm usually a very careful user with monitoring my battery

I have CPU profiles to Underclock, I switch of radios when I don't meed them etc

But my battery life is the same as Sense.

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[Android General] HenryJe:
i havent use any kind of CM7 before for my GS, but with CM9 i found it good :D
[Android General] rosenbs:
My battery life improved when I froze

DSPManager
[Android General] olyloh6696:
Are you implying that DSP manager is the source that drains battery?

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[Android General] Serial Thrilla:
For my LG GT540 the battery life increased with CM 7.1.0.

I think it is depending on battery type and device.
[Android General] olyloh6696:
Well I've got a HTC Desire S . Before, I was using Sense ROMs which were known to drain battery quicker.

Quite impressed so far today though. Battery seems to be lasting longer than the past dew days for some reason.
[Android General] zelendel:
Battery life takes a few days to even out after a rom flash. Normally run a rom for about a week to get a real feel for the battery life
[Android General] dpp_04:
I found the battery life to be about the same as sense when i installed CM7 on my HTC Desire GSM. But that was a non-issue for me since I have a charger in the office and at home.
[Android General] ooie:
When I had an HTC Desire, I always got much better battery life from AOSP roms such as CM7.

On the other hand, others reported that they got better battery life from Sense roms.

Try it out and see.
[Android General] olyloh6696:
Thanks for the additional replies! Yeah, I think my battery has improved more since i sstarted this thread, as the phone has settled down more...

I had 83% battery when I unplugged my phone at 7AM this morming.

Now its 11:35PM and I got 8% left

I've been using the phone moderately for web browsing, texts, calls, installing apps, arond 1hr aand a half music. Also managed to do 2 NANDroid backups and 1 restore! :eek: pretty impressed so far!

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[Android General] ramiro.f:
I find pretty similar battery life, on my desire S. haven't really found any mod providing better life than any other.

have you tried the battery extending tip here (can't post link, stupid new poster restrictions):

http(colon slash slash) myhtcdesire.com/tag/battery-life

works on desire s also, I don't have any scientific measure but battery life certainly feels improved since I did it :)
[Android General] nevrlow:
Getting about 18-20 hrs. Cm7 sensation

sent from my Sensation
[Android General] olyloh6696:
Is that better than on Sense for you?

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[Android General] nkusen:
My battery life has been much better on ASOP roms like CM7 than sense roms. Plus you can't beat the extra storage room that ASOP roms provide.
[Android General] tetrahedonism:
The battery life on my Optimus 2X grew by probably about 20%, then using vadonka's kernel, it increased it a bit more. I haven't really tracked it but it can go for a few days if I turn off data, 3G and just leave it though!
[Android General] olyloh6696:
Yeah I know! :D one of the advantahes of AOSP, I have much more ROM storage space!

On Sense, with all my apps, I had 860mb free

On CM7 with all my usual apps, plus a bunch of themes and games I have 0.95GB free! Amazing!

I also have at least 150-200mb more RAM ttoo

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[Android General] nevrlow:
Yea

sent from my Sensation
[Android General] anstaendig:
I just recently installed CM7 and Siyah kernel and my battery life increased a fair amount. I did not change any settings with undervolting whatsoever because I'm just not enough into this topic but even with the settings coming with the rom and kernel the battery life is much better than with stock rom.
[Android General] Flow-Wolf:
you maybe can try to change your rom Radio.

And why not use a cpu tuner to slow the cpu when your phone screen is turn off
[HTC Rezound] trekkiemogul:
So, I know CDMA shouldn't support this.. but I have it. Huh?

Sent from my 4G LTE HTC Rezound
[HTC Rezound] con247:
The Rezound and Tbolt support it
[HTC Rezound] antispiral:
Yep rezound has svdo so it works
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
Yes, kind of cool. I was using it the otherday while on speakerphone . :)
[HTC Rezound] joshnichols189:
The 3G the thunderbolt and rezound use is eHRPD which is what allows it
[HTC Rezound] PokerMunkee:
Amazing we lived without it so long eh? LOL
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
So does it only work on 3g or also on 4g? If you're in an area with good 4g would you have to go through settings while on phone to turn off LTE to then use the 3g?
[HTC Rezound] slim6596:
Whether in 3g or 4g, the Rezound and Thunderbolt can do both voice and data at the same time. Other 4g devices must be connected to 4g to do it.
[HTC Rezound] zim2704:
Can anybody confirm if wifi tether continues to push data when talking and in a 3g zone.
[HTC Rezound] fabier:
I was using Verizon's tethering the other day and pushed an email through while on the phone. Thats why I came looking for this thread. Holy crap this is the happiest day of my life!!!

So, yes, I can confirm that tethering continues in 3g while on the phone.

Why is this not listed as front page news? Or one of the phone's top benefits?
[HTC Rezound] THE-COPS:
That explains why I was getting IM's in Facebook while I was on the phone and 4G is turned off. Hah.. Good phone. :D thanks all. Suck it iphone! lol
[HTC Rezound] PokerMunkee:
Just confirmed WiFi Tether (rooted) works while talking at the same time, in 3G.
[HTC Rezound] RagManX:
Noticed last night that one of my game asset downloads made significant progress while I was on a long call. Wondered why that was. Glad to hear that's a feature we got with our new toys.
[HTC Rezound] Bubbled:
gotta love it!

i <3 Rezound
[HTC Rezound] Easton999GS:
We have dual CDMA antennas, one is 1x and 3G the other is 3G and 4G LTE
[General Questions and Answers] olyloh6696:
Just wondering how all of you are finding battery life on CM7 (or possibly other AOSP based ROMs)

One of the main reasons I decided to ditch Sense 3.5 and use CM7 was the battery gain (as Sense is known to be a heavy resource hog)

The speed is amazing. Much faster than Sense, no doubt.

But I'll be honest. I'm not too impressed so far. Battery seems to be more or less the same for me on CM7 as on Sense ROMs. I thought many people said it was better?!

What about everyone else? Is battery life for you good or bad on CM7?

Cheers!

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[General Questions and Answers] ibjelot:
My battery life with CM7 has never been better than standard. In fact: I am now back on rooted stock and my battery life is Amazing!

So, it depends...
[General Questions and Answers] Jesushaxyou:
I personally found it better than that of stock battery life. Then again, stock Droid2 is HORRIBLE in every aspect.
[General Questions and Answers] olyloh6696:
Many thanks for the replies fellas, I appreciate it

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[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kobak.org:
I have a European 3G Xoom, which ICS version shall I flash, if I'd like to get some 4.0 fun? I know that 3G won't work, but I don't want to brick my Xoom, better ask before. :-)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arrtoodeetoo:
I have a US 3G XOOM that hasn't been upgraded to 4G and I flashed the 4G ROM which caused an issue with the radio staying awake non stop searching for a signal. This ate battery like crazy. The EOS dev suggested that I flash the WiFi version of the ROM and it worked like a charm. That is, of course, if you don't use your 3G and run WiFi only all the time like I do. Otherwise, you're out of luck for now until someone cooks up a ROM specifically for 3G devices. Also, you need to make sure it would even work for non US XOOMs first, obviously.

I'm not sure if the devs even read this section, but if you don't get an answer from one here, you should PM them or ask in one of their threads. They've been very helpful to me and answered every question I needed help with. I hope you get it worked out. It's an excellent ROM.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kobak.org:
Thanks, I was thinking about trying the wifi version. But I better ask before. I had some bad luck recently flashing 4.0 on my Nexus S. So I prefer asking before doing. :)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowwar99:
I have been running the EOS wingray rom and so far everything is stable and working except the faceunlock and silly faces effect. Check it out.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustALittleNoob:
this Rom is realy good :) but you need fastboot to install it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1443220

and you have to use a alternate recovery.img,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074979

zip the universal xoom root

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1242241

and zip the G-Apps (if you want to use the Market and other Google Apps)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1400958

It runs on my 601 like Hell ;)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .cruiser:
I flashed ICS (WiFi only) on my MZ601. While all run wells, I am unable to go back to Honeycomb. My tablet model (in About Tablet) is now Xoom instead of MZ601. Unable to flash the system.img file using Fastboot.

So in case you'd like to go back to Honeycomb to collect an OTA update to ICS, it might be an issue.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigkris74:
It has arrived ... work VERY well. :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459641
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l3lazin:
Running the ICS build but can't seem to play any videos correctly....
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustALittleNoob:
The rom from Team EOS ins great, i flashed it yesterday as well and it is really fast...