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[HTC Desire S] lennshow66:
Just flashed over 1.6 and wiped cache, all Good. :D. WOW its fast.

EDIT:

Homescreen scrolling seems laggy
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Hey! No gestures yet, I did have a go at it, but failed the first couple of times, so left it for later (no guarantees that I'll get it right though, it's not exactly trivial if you think about it).

You can't uninstall directly from the drawer, but you can do something similar. Longpress a app on the drawer, it will change to homescreen for you to add it there, if you then drag it down to where you usually delete shortcuts, and hold it there a bit, it will offer to uninstall the app.

Couldn't reproduce any of the issues. Did you wipe dalvik cache? And had you installed the GB Launcher on V1.6? May be some conflicting leftover...

It's definitely not as smooth as the app drawer, I'll give you that. But I don't think it's actually laggy, maybe it just feels laggy if you play around with the drawer first. :P Anyway, this is all open to optimizations, it's V1.0.0...

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] cpx07:
Thanks for the input! always appreciate your fast response. :)
[HTC Desire S] flyfingersfly:
that might be it. i was running V1.6+GB launcher before upgrading. and I did wipe dalvik cache.

i'll try going back to V1.6 first without the GB launcher first before flashing this.
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
No need. Delete /data/data/com.android.launcher directory, reboot, wipe dalvik, and see if it did the trick.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] flyfingersfly:
yep. that did it.
[HTC Desire S] empirehell:
Awsome rom :)

No bug so far and really stable !

Ultra fast and smooth !

Very good battery life !

Thanks for your work :D
[HTC Desire S] chivas112:
i love this rom :) its fast, lightweight and bugfree. i can confirm that battery life is very good.
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
Just came over from Endymion, never used an aosp rom for more than a day before, but, as this has the desire s greatest developer behind it I thought I would give it a go, so far i am amazed at how quick and responsive it feels in comparison to sense.
[HTC Desire S] lennshow66:
I wasnt knocking it, this is by far the best rom ive used on any device. I was just letting you know :)
[HTC Desire S] ammenRA:
happily confuse between this or endy :rolleyes:

here's what i found

-with both crt animation on, i have to press twice and sometimes hold the power button to turn the screen on and unlock.

-laggy when playing .3gp videos.

other than that...wow!
[HTC Desire S] gefilus:
When you change something in launcher it force close
[HTC Desire S] docertabum:
did you maybe mess with undervolting/underclocking/governor? :)
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Apparently there's an issue with people upgrading when they had already installed the Launcher2 for V1.6 that I posted before.

This is probably the issue, check a page back for the solution.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] DuTY09:
I've found one silly bug it is the bottom dock bar everytime I restart my phone the stopwatch & timer app disappears its no biggie coz all I have to do is replace it but otherwise this rom is so damn quick I don't care lol cheers again lowveld.

Edit: solved it all I done was move the app from SD card to phone and problem gone :)
[HTC Desire S] Mr. Death:
Hi, somebody wrote about ring lag. I've noticed it too.

Phone starts ringing/vibrating and it tooks at least second or two to show something on screen. I'm using SavagedZen governor, but I think it should be faster?
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
to lag or not to lag...

Ok guys, some notes, base on my own experience, and what you can expect from the current setup:

- Ring lags (as mentioned above): I don't experience them. I would suggest that anyone experiencing something similar to switch to Reaper or smartassv2 governors. If you want to keep other governors, make sure you don't set the minimum/maximum frequency too low.

- Homescreen lagging/chopyness: This is subjective, but if you notice something, it's probably if you also use wallpaper scrolling. It seems to make things chopier, which makes sense as there are 2 different surfaces being redrawn. I'll try to come up with something for this.

- Lag when unlocking: Although noone noticed yet, it's there in a very particular case: If you turn on launcher orientation and when unlocking it is in a different orientation than it was on when you locked it. Confusing? Try this: Hold your phone straight, lock, turn it sideways, unlock. There it is. I'll also try to come up with something, but this one is hard. That is not lag, it's the same time that takes when you re-orient your phone when not locked.

So, my tips for optimum launcher performance: Turn off orientation and wallscreen scrolling.

My tips for any other performance issues: stop being cheap with the power usage and use Reaper governor. :)

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] lavier:
Is the gallery image crop issue fixed cause fo some reason i still seem to have it
[HTC Desire S] gsimeonov:
Respect, mate!

lowveld, you have my admirations, everything you've done is awesome and I'll surely be sticking to your ROMs from now on.

Cheers!

P.P. I'll be waiting for the vote on your next device, so I can get the same :)))
[HTC Desire S] riaan0010:
surely agree !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[HTC Desire S] gefilus:
Ye soon desire will be to old for today's standarts so what device next?
[HTC Desire S] cpx07:
I think many of us will follow lowveld when changeing phones....mostly because of the great support and i think if now he has a DS our needs are more or less the same :)
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
It may take a while. After all this time, the "next device fund" is currently at 57,20€... :)

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] gsimeonov:
Hmm... I honestly was not expecting that number to be this low... What you're doing is so much more than just playing with ROMs. Original manufacturers like HTC or Samsung can not even dream of providing such support and regular updates/enhancements as you do...

I would suggest more people here buy you a "beer" and we all contribute to your (and our) next device :)
[HTC Desire S] Mr. Death:
I've tried Reaper governor and ring lag is less than second. It's definitely better. Minimum frequency was 245MHz all the time.
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
i always have my min frequency as the lowest possible, should i change that? And also for the sleep policies, i have the powersave governor and and cpu max speed as 691MHz. Would you recommend reaper for the asleep settings as well?
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Well, basically yes. Reaper governor (and smartassV2) makes sure that the cpu is locked at minimum frequency during sleep, with the ability to jump to maximum frequency when it wakes up.

My personal settings:

Both wake and sleep: Reaper governor, min 245, max 1075, noop IO scheduler, no UV.

Note that during sleep I made sure that Reaper doesn't go above 385MHz, to the maximum value of 1075 doesn't mean a thing.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] gefilus:
I will not change device till I haven't finish paying about it. My desire is on 2 year contract. 1 year and something have left
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Thanks mate. That value just went up a notch with your contribution. :)

I understand that people can't or won't part with their hard won money, specially of their own free will. That's why I appreciate every donation, big or small, it means true appreciation for what I do.

That being said, I won't change what I do or how I do it because of lack of donations. My target was just to not have to sell the DS when the time comes. I've grown attached to the thing after all this tweaking and learning. Kind of like your first girlfriend. Apart from all the life-threatening tweaking, of course.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Fast, clean, optimal.

This is the best software that my phone had so far.

Thanks for the great sense of style lowveld!
[HTC Desire S] apx@dwx:
awwwright - that was the point!

if im not in sleep mode the ring works flawless
[HTC Desire S] gsimeonov:
I actually have a question about the governors - is there any difference if I set "Conservative" for the "Sleep" mode compared to "Reaper"? There should be no lag when unlocking, because the device is already awake... Or am I wrong?
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Well, you sound right. :) If the device wakes up properly (e.g. as soon as the screens light up), it shouldn't really matter what governor you set for sleep. The frequency itself is another issue, there are lots of things going on even on the sleep state, and setting the frequency too low can have an impact.

I don't recommend the Conservative governor because it's too slow both ramping up and down the frequency. It can even be counter-productive for battery consumption. Take the case where you set Conservative for both sleep and wake. When you turn off the screen, the phone will actually take longer to reach minimum frequency, as opposed to Reaper which will just jump there. We're talking peanuts here, but it is different.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] appelsson:
sent +1 beer to your next device :)

and of course thanks for your brilliant work...
[HTC Desire S] banny7000:
Brilliant Rom but I can't leave endy
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
Hi

I love this rom so far, very quick and smooth, I do have one small issue though, when I try to watch flash videos on the BBC website I get audio only with a black screen, I tried a full wipe and reflashed the rom but the issue still exists. I am running v2.0 with no adjustment to the rom in terms of overclocking or undervolting.

That said like both Hyperion and Endymion this rom is awesome.
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
****, forgot the fix for that. Will upload later. Thanks for the heads up!
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
Wow, wasn't expecting a reply so quickly. Superb support Lowveld, thank you very much.
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Flash playing fix vor V2.0 added to post#2

Ok guys,

Sorry about that, I forgot to include it in V2.0 (it was also missing in V1.6). Anyway, it's a simple script that runs at boot, finds flash plugin-related files that needed permission changes and does it. It runs at boot, so if you install any new flash plugins a simple reboot will fix it.

Cheers

P.S. Feel free to use in other roms suffering from the same!
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
Do I just flash the update after wiping dalvik cache?
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
No need to wipe anything, just flash in recovery, boot, and you're done (I hope). :)

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] -Sumsy-:
Any ideas to make the battery last Abit longer am a noob to underclocking and overclocking thing.someone said in one of these threads saying its pointless battery calibrating but my battery shows 103% it happens on a few roms I've been on when I've sorted the battery out and this is by far the best rom I've used goes like sh*t off a stick its much better with your launcher love it
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
Sad to report that I still get the black screen with only audio after flashing the patch. Not a deal breaker though, still think the rom is brilliant :)
[HTC Desire S] cpx07:
Ok here's some advice :

1. Put your screen's brightness at a predefined level (preferably around 30-40% depending on you) - the auto mode uses more battery because when in direct light it uses maximum power.

2. Disable all the proximity sensors (some checks in the sound menu : silent on pick-up, face down for silent....there are 3 checks)

3. Proper CPU clock and governors : ex : awake - conservative - 460Mhz - 1Ghz; Sleep- powersave -245 Mhz - 460 Mhz.

4. Calibrate battery after charging at 100%

5. Enable only vibrate for soft keys (not on every press of the screen)

6. In Phone setting switch to GSM/WCDA Auto PRL mode...it lowers the power drain for the network connectivity.

7.Use Juice Defender for automatic control of your data switches (i only use it for HSDPA/3G but you can use it for Wi-Fi ) - it can really save battery when screen is off.

Depending on your use you can easily reach 2 days of usage.

If i'll think of something else i'll edit the post :)

Good luck.
[HTC Desire S] molchmolch:
Thank you for your great work!

I love this ROM...

Also it is a bit confusing with all the new governors, but with time and experience I got into it.

I use CM7GB-stock launcher, just because I am used to it...

greetings

Molch
[HTC Desire S] docertabum:
Hi lowveld,

great job as always. I like your FTL launcher as well. It's smooth as f... silk :) could you do maybe in next releases a classic drawer - just full of icons without eyecandy "waterfall" and also even without "home" icon - just as simple as possible - full of app icons? (thanks!) I actually used to use Go Launcher, but even there it is an icon of home at the bottom which is not possible to turn off (at least I am not aware of). Thanks!
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Hey,

FTL is on constant development now. Which is a pretentious way of saying I'm trying several tweaks, sometimes failing miserably, sometimes not. :)

It's a nice idea, I'll check it out. It had occurred to me to provide the 2D drawer, but hadn't thought of taking out the home icon.

As for progress, FTL now has configurable homescreen transition speed, and a option to turn on/of screen bouncing when snapping (your version has no bounce). I still want to try a lot more stuff, so no ETA on next version. But it shouldn't be long, I can't seem to be able to leave this thread alone... :P

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
i keep getting severe lag spikes. I upgraded from cm7 only wiping cache. Anyone else getting this?

EDIT: Had to switch to ICS because the lag got too bad. Real shame as this is the only rom I've had the pleasure of calling smooth when it worked for me
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
I am just passing by to say BIG thanks to lowveld for dragging all those Sense maniacs to the AOSP universe. Thanks to you now they can feel the real power of Android without limitations. And I am sure that most of them would have never done this step, if not inspired by the perfect work that was made on Endymion and Hyperion. Keep up the attitude!
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
No worries lowveld! Take your time!

As always, any ROM released by you is always a 100% success ;)

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Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
New version V1.1

Ok guys, new version.

Install as usual, no full wipe needed if coming from CM7 or previous Reaper version.

This addresses immediate issues only: webkit acceleration, and more cpu governors on the kernel. I also synced to the latest source available.

I included a modified version of smartassv2 and called it reaper. I'm still testdriving it, so if someone wants to help out using it and reporting on performance/battery life, it would be great.

Cheers

Download V1.1

http://www.multiupload.com/PM10KUEOEY

MD5SUM: 9769684efdf6346b2014b2e6f88fa197

V1.1 Changelog

- Synced to latest CM7 source (@10 JAN 2012)

- Added builtin webkit hardware acceleration

- New kernel V1.1:

.....Added smartass cpufreq governor

.....Added SavagedZen cpufreq governor

.....Added Scary cpufreq governor

.....Added Reaper cpufreq governor (modified smartassv2)
[HTC Desire S] riaan0010:
Thanks Lowveld.

Please create a signature banner for this Rom. Will be proud to show it off.

Regards
[HTC Desire S] Patrick-Mav:
moved over

Wow, this a great piece of rom. I played around with it a bit and now finally moved over from Endy.

Very happy:D

edit: and while I was writing this, the 1.1 update materialized. How great is that?
[HTC Desire S] Naff:
Thanks alot, works perfect.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Already on it!! :D:D:D
[HTC Desire S] e2zippo:
Yay! With reaper governor do I need a screen of cpu profile?
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
eheh... Thanks mate, I know I could count on you. By the way, regarding your PM, my phone is sleeping properly. It may be that the battery stats got confused, it happened to me before. Try deleting batterystats.bin, or whatever is called.

Hey! If the phone is behaving properly, e.g., if it's going to sleep when the screen turns off, you don't need a screen off profile with reaper or smartass governor. It will limit the frequency itself when it detect sleep.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Thanks buddy. Will try that.
[HTC Desire S] neoliviu:
what's the difference between governors?

e.g. which is most power saver?

anyway very good ROM!
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
+1

a brief description of the aim of each will be nice. Not obligatory though :)
[HTC Desire S] Bewinxed:
ondemand – Available in most kernels, and the default governor in most kernels. When the CPU load reaches a certain point (see “up threshold” in Advanced Settings), ondemand will rapidly scale the CPU up to meet demand, then gradually scale the CPU down when it isn't needed.

interactive – Available in newer kernels, and becoming the default scaling option in some official Android kernels.

The interactive governor is functionally similar to the ondemand governor with an even greater focus on responsiveness.

conservative – Available in some kernels. It is similar to the ondemand governor, but will scale the CPU up more gradually to better fit demand. Conservative provides a less responsive experience than ondemand, but can save battery.

performance – Available in most kernels. It will keep the CPU running at the “max” set value at all times. This is a bit more efficient than simply setting “max” and “min” to the same value and using ondemand because the system will not waste resources scanning for CPU load.

powersave – Available in some kernels. It will keep the CPU running at the “min” set value at all times.

userspace – A method for controlling the CPU speed that isn't currently used by SetCPU. For best results, do not use the userspace governor.

smartass – Included in some custom kernels. The smartass governor effectively gives the phone an automatic Screen Off profile, keeping speeds at a minimum when the phone is idle.

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snatched from SetCPU website ouo, smartass is perfect for me, refer to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17440149 for the Purrfect battery life.
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Thank you for this :) I used CM7 for more than 3 months before and I consider myself as an advanced user in Android.

So my interest is mainly on these two:

SavagedZen cpufreq governor

Scary cpufreq governor

I saw that they orignate from custom Kernels, but I thought that it will be nice to have a brief description...
[HTC Desire S] Bewinxed:
More than welcome ^w^

+ savagedzen (By jsseidel@XDA)

SavagedZen is a governor based on the Smartass governor. With tweaks to paramaters which control how much and how fast cpu ramps up/down. Main difference versus Smartass is that cpu ramps down not in fixed steps, but based on cpu load heuristics, i.e. when cpu load falls below threshold (min_cpu_load), cpu immediately ramps down to a frequency derived from the measured load.

+ interactiveX (By imoseyon@XDA)

Modified version of interactive with suspend code which locks at lowest clock speed when screen is off. Has a sleep+awake profile, meaning you don't need to set up manual profiles, it will lock at your minimum frequency during screen off

+ Scary

A new governor wrote based on conservative with some smartass features, it scales accordingly to conservatives laws. So it will start from the bottom, take a load sample, if it's above the upthreshold, ramp up only one speed at a time, and ramp down one at a time. It will automatically cap the off screen speeds to 245Mhz, and if your min freq is higher than 245mhz, it will reset the min to 120mhz while screen is off and restore it upon screen awakening, and still scale accordingly to conservatives laws. So it spends most of its time at lower frequencies. The goal of this is to get the best battery life with decent performance. It will give the same performance as conservative right now, it will get tweaked over time.
[HTC Desire S] riaan0010:
thanks for all the kernel updates

Question is : Which one delivers best batt and performance simultaneously ?

Thank You All
[HTC Desire S] Bewinxed:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17440149 go to this thread if you want the best battery life on CyanogenMod

and as the writer suggests, Smartass is the best imo, no lag + good battery life, plus if you use SetCPU you can switch them based on the phone's state, the above thread is a really good read if you have the time :D cheers <3
[HTC Desire S] e2zippo:
I'm interested in what changes lowveld has made to smartass with his reaper governor :)
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
This is quite outdated, when it was written there were no smartassv2 . It is from my CM7 days. Nevertheless it has some usefull stuff but the priorities are really messed up

Edit: with the stable CM7 I had more than 5 days between charges back then
[HTC Desire S] gsimeonov:
I seem to be hitting F5 a lot more now than before :D This thread is addictive!
[HTC Desire S] e2zippo:
Running 2.0 and it's AWESOME! Though I'm using Go Launcher because of gestures and some other stuff like the ability to hide apps in the drawer.

A question as well, whenever i upgrade Reaper my "Music" application disappears and i have to reinstall it, I've linked it to google music, don't know if that has something to do with it?

Cheers!
[HTC Desire S] caki25:
True, though I don't have all of the features enabled, with moderate use after 1d 2hrs i'm still 56% of battery :)

Simply amazing :)
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Am I the only one with Facebook problems? Right now the app is refusing to open and when it does it just closes while scrolling. No errors or anything
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
No issues here. Tried uninstalling and installing again?

Anyway, send me a logcat of the crash if you want to, ill take a look at it.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] DP4:
Having tried practically every other rom in the past apart from a CM7 one (Sense 3.5 , MIUI and ICS), thought I would give this one a try as I liked ICS but wanted a working camera/camcorder.

First thing I noticed is F**K me it's so fast :-) , everything seems to respond as soon as I touch the screen.

Installed it last night and have ran it all day, I use the phone a lot for running/cycling with Adidas MI-Coach with GPS and music turned on for a couple of hours most days which usually drains the battery on my phone but it's still going strong on this one at 42% , never had that off any other Rom I've tried out.

Will be keeping this on the phone for the forseeable future if it keeps performing like this.
[HTC Desire S] Bewinxed:
Amazing but...

Love love love this ROM, hanging onto this until i get my new battery :)

however, after installing, the gps locks within 1 second with NO satellite showing up on GPS test whatsoever, that's with the patch, NO patch gives me just 2 sats, i used to get 9-12 on endymion 3.4 O.O

looked up in the thread, i just want updated info on this if you please ^^ i'm re-flashing this anyways just to make sure <3

Update : wiped and superwiped the heck out of this, installed again, went to locations and checked wireless sats and GPS as well as the option to use the internal GPS, GPS locks in 1 second and apparently i live in the south pacific ocean :D the weather is awesome here xD

Got the solution for this :

1 - Go to settings >> location & security

2 - Tick "use wireless networks"

3 - Tick "use gps satellites"

4 - Click on "GPS source" and select "internal GPS" from the pop-up menu.

5 - Go to reaper settings >> GPS patch

6 - Choose your desired patch (i use 3.1 google build)

7 - get >7 sats in 3 seconds

8 - ??????

9 - PROFIT

P.S - you should name that launcher "FTW launcher" because you know, it's for the WIN.
[HTC Desire S] veef13:
Really like this, a nice change from miui and more stable. I have only one minor issue, and I think this maybe a cm issue not this rom. But when setting an alarm, cannot use any files apart from the default ones... tried to copy to the folder in system/media/audio/alarms using root explorer, but can't recognise... any solutions?
[HTC Desire S] freaksamael:
RomManager - Fix Permissions. Reboot. Media files should be ogg, mp3 or mid.
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Probably a CM7 bug, but will share it anyway.

To reproduce:

Open Dialer

Dial a random number

Select "Add to contacts" option

Add to Google account

Type a random name and select OK

After that the Dialer will appear again and will look like this:

Nice, uh :)