yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire S] onlyankush_s:
The point is that every one has different taste and requirements.

For me I feel sense is more organised and all in one package.

If u see the contact app of sense it has a beautiful feature of linking all the contacts of the same person. That I always miss in aosp. Even the keyboard is so good. I have tried swype , also and sense keyboard but couldn't find anything better then sense. Friendstream is another good example...

As of now I am using this rom just for a change but will switch to cm9 soon. Interface of android 4 is a bit better then gb.
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Your right, but as sidenote, cm9 is also AOSP :P^^

Only about keyboard (I know it's annoying, I just can't shut up, sry for that ^^) , no matter if it's swype, SwiftKey or touchpal, every keyboard is better than standard sense with word completion only, even if it's not looking as sweet, for my opinion.

But we should stop it now, sry for the whole ot to lowveld and any other who wants to follow this thread and not our "fight" about taste.

If someone wants to go on with this pm me or open a thread at the general section :)

Swifted from my Desire S far away from my PC
[HTC Desire S] masterl1983:
Just flashed this ROM and it is definitely the fastest android experience i have ever had so far.

---------- Post added at 11:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:32 PM ----------

As I am used to Sense ROMs I have some questions:

1.) I am missing some widgets like: contacts and calender (which would you guys recommend?)

2.) I would like to use a different "Design" for my homescreen (other colours)... is this possible?

3.) Where do I get gmail app
[HTC Desire S] kozopulo:
2.) I'd recommend you to download the Ntsense theme from here https://www.dropbox.com/s/ijwdk0t2xsti1mo/NTSense-battery.apk and apply it in theme chooser

3.) You can simply download it from market
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
1) try android pro widgets from market

Swifted from my Desire S far away from my PC
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Answers

1) read the previous two pages these items are all covered.

2) these are called Themes.....again read the previous pages

3) The android market GMAIL app
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
:)

Welcome back mate!
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Ahhh! you hit the nail on the head. This is exactly why after my brief foree into a non Sense ROM, I'm now back to Endy! The lovely widgets recommended have certainly taken Reaper close, but the phone feels somehow naked, albeit fast and naked, in that its parts don't quite fit together to create the whole experience that I'm after and feel that Sense still gives me. Although whether I'd still be as happy with Sense if it wasn't for the slickness of Endy I'm not so sure.... Sense also gives me familiarity as I've had under my fingers for over five years!
[HTC Desire S] chrisrudolf:
I'm interessted to see all your screens on thread Euthanasie named of the widgeds and apps you use ..... maybee we can do this in this or another new thread

Sent from outa space
[HTC Desire S] outsidetown:
You can do this on AOSP - just download Go Contacts and use the merge function. You can even uninstall Go Contacts then (I don't use it as a contacts app, only to merge now and then!)
[HTC Desire S] masterl1983:
Thanks for the tips regarding widgets... Android Pro widgets and Fancy Widgets will do their job.

But how about themes? I have installed NTSense and it looks "OK". But if I want to download other themes what do I need to search for? There are many themes in the market for "ADW Launcher" and others but we are using FTL Launcher :-)

Thanks for your help.
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Look for "tmbobile themes", which are general themes, not launcher specific. Then apply with "theme chooser" which is on your app drawer.

FTL will use whatever icons are on the current system theme. But you have to restart the launcher for the icons on the dock to update.

Cheers!
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
It uses the built in functionality of cyanogen using t-mobile themes.

Swifted from my Desire S far away from my PC
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Sorry for the Off-Topic, but I have experienced exactly the same feeling when restoring my Reaper backup yesterday compared to CM9 (which is AOSP too) and switched back
[HTC Desire S] Mr. Death:
You can also try ROM Toolbox, there is list of themes with links. Some are on Market some are not. You can also filter to HDPI, free themes,...
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Naked is gooooood! And naked and fast is even better! :D:D:D

Just kidding...i agree with you on the Sense functionality supremacy... but the problem is that once you've tasted the lightspeed nakedness of Reaper, it makes it very difficult to actually stay on Sense for very long. You guys know me for close to a year now, and i'm still one of the most outspoken advocates of Sense....but Reaper's spoilt it all for me. It's not the same anymore...it's like a long standing relationship gone bad after a one night stand with a stranger... you can still live together, but the magic is gone!

Damn you lowveld!, for creating Reaper out of nowhere...damn you for making me betray my allegiance to Sense!! :p

P.S. : Don't stop.
[HTC Desire S] Andy3105:
Guys,

I love Reaper and have themed Cyanogen with Sonny's ICS theme and also currently am using ADW Launcher themed to ICS with WidgetLocker ICS as well and it's the closest to ICS I can get short of CM9 or VQRC3 however I have a couple of questions:

I prefer the drawer options in ADW compared to FTL which only seems to allow the 3D vertical effect , are there any plans to add the Card effect for scrolling in the dock? FTL will be my go to launcher if this can be done.

Also, having used VQ and CM9 for a quite a while and using Pwall to switch my wallpaper automatically, I love the zoom effect that I got on the ICS builds, can this be replicated in Reaper / ADW / FTL insted of just a straight swap?

PS: any tips on settings for Reaper Control regarding OC Speeds etc, just want to make sure I have it set to full on beast mode........

Cheers,

Andy.
[HTC Desire S] e2zippo:
Haha, that was awesome!
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
One more doomed, keep on going lowveld, you will get all of their souls with your blazing scythe of reaper :D

Too sinister? Can't be^^
[HTC Desire S] gefilus:
Notice one little bug with new louncher when I want to put wallowed I will take menu and then wallpapers from homescreen and when I select gallery I can see only camera album and scrapbook pictures and only a name of wallpapers map, but I can't open it I can't even see it, but in galley all is ok. I use zedge wallpapers. Mby some 1 else have notice that
[HTC Desire S] Andy3105:
Anyone Help???
[HTC Desire S] apx@dwx:
245-1017600mhz reaper gov | awake and sleep the same settings

batterylife = perfect

performance = perfect

what kind of zoom effect do u mean?
[HTC Desire S] Andy3105:
I use Pwall to automatically change my wallpaper every 15 minutes, on CM7 (Reaper or otherwise) when it changes it just well, changes....but on the ICS builds when it changes the new wallpaper has this kind of zoom in effect.

It looks really good so was wondering if it can be replicated on CM7 and derivates as I happens on both Virtuous Quattro and CM9 (although I suspect it may be an ICS feature).

Also, by 1007mhz do you mean 1017600 or 1075200?

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This one's for Lowveld if he's reading........

Is there any way that you could implement the horizontal card stack transition for the app drawer instead of the vertical one?

Also, will FTL allow themeing of it's icons any time soon?

These things are all that's stopping me switching from ADW EX.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
You can see this only on ICS ROMs... this occurs when there is an automated wallpaper change, where the new wallpaper is zoomed in, over the existing wallpaper, and replaces it. In GB, this transition is abrupt, and doesn't look as good...

EDIT : Just saw that this has already been clarified above.
[HTC Desire S] apx@dwx:
this one: 1017600
[HTC Desire S] onlyankush_s:
+1 for this...
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Hi there,

Well, as for wallpaper transition animations, that falls in the "do you have any idea onw much I would have to change, and how many people would complain if I did it" category. So, no, I have no plans for it. Also I have no idea on how I would do it it. :)

As for FTL, you (and other people) need to understand some things:

- It won't ever be a Go Launcher clone or whatever

- The reason it's so fast is because I use open GL direct access

- The line above means animations are not as straightforward as they would with "normal" rendering

- I will add stuff, but I focus on usability. Looks are quite frankly secondary, as they vary to much from one guy to the other. Although my good taste is absolute, I know.

That being said, I did consider icon theming, and it's not out of the picture yet. What put it on old is that you already have that system-wide with the global theme settings. What prevented the idea from getting killed is that on non-CM7 derivatives, you're stuck with the default icons. So, let's see how it goes...

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] Silenti91:
no he has not! new kernel will be up soon, i have tiamat saga 2.0.0 on my phone cuz he was nice enough to give it to me :)
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
That's very nice news, I was wondering if Canyarb stopped development on the 7x30 platforms.

But the kernel you're showing is for ICS, do not try it on this rom.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Ya... i read this on your other thread... we'll have a better idea of its performance once its released in the wild... :)
[HTC Desire S] Andy3105:
Thanks for the reply Lowveld,

Not too fussed on the wallpaper effect now that I know it's ICS specific however............

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give me the card stack and icon theming :)

And for the record, thank god it'll never be a Go Launcher clone, I cannot abide it.

One more thing, what is the camera app you put into Reaper? it's not one I remember seeing before as it's very similar in looks to the ICS one.....can you change the save path in it by the way?
[HTC Desire S] Silenti91:
well aware of that :) just stating that he havent stopped working on saga :)
[HTC Desire S] kozopulo:
Does anybody notice that storage mod on cyanogen probably limits the speed of the storage card?

I used my card in the cardreader and toggles usb mode in recovery: files are copying 2x faster than using android usb storage mode. Maybe it's Cyanogen problem, because on Sense roms it's ok =(
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Yeah, noticed that while copying Nandroid backups to-and-from the PC... The CM in-ROM USB data transfer speed sucks big time...just like you posted above.
[HTC Desire S] Andy3105:
Can anyone help with the Camera app in Reaper?

It looks a lot like the ICS camera, not an app I've come across before any ideas where it orginates from, also I can't see an option to change the save path for the pictures.
[HTC Desire S] kozalak:
lowveld

is it possible to add some features to camera app like panorama mode? in endymion, camera app has this features.
[HTC Desire S] gefilus:
I better preferred a dynamic auto focus in pictures and dynamic auto focus in video recorder
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
It's the stock cyanogen camera.

It saves the pictures to /sdcard/DCIM/Camera, afaik there is no possibility to change this, but I'm not sure.

Why not downloading a third party app if you don't like it?

Swifted from my Desire S far away from my PC
[HTC Desire S] jo mateix:
The best keyboard for me is Messagease :-) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.exideas.mekb
[HTC Desire S] Fastrite:
Not one for fancy transitions or animations here, I just love the speed of Reaper/Ftl. A couple of features that I would find useful is to be able to increase the number of home screen icons - I currently use 5 columns x 7 rows on Adw ex,and the ability to hide the icon text.

Would this slow down Ftl?

Splashed from a puddle in Devon
[HTC Desire S] Fastrite:
Splashed from a puddle in Devon
[HTC Desire S] Mr. Death:
I agree, I don't need fancy effects but I'd like to have lot of customizations. :)
[HTC Desire S] kozalak:
I have a problem.

when listening to fm radio, if I open youtube from browser and try to watch a video, radio pauses but no sound comes from the video. is there a fix or setting about this? I couldn't find a setting for this.

also when I open a game, no sound comes from the game although radio is paussed.
[HTC Desire S] ammenRA:
Hi lowveld

if you have any spare time, can you do a test for me. it seems when i turn the screen-on animation, i got problem when try to unlock, i have to press the power button twice and hold it so the screen stays on so i can unlock it. i posted this while ago when i'm on reaper v2.0, back then i didn't know what might causing this problem. is this the reason why by default the screen-on animation turned off?
[HTC Desire S] Andy3105:
Regarding the camera app being stock, which would you say is the better of these:

Stock, Camera360 Ultimate or LG Camera (paid)

?
[HTC Desire S] cpx07:
Hi guys,

Just had one sudden restart of the phone during a call.

No log i'm afraid :(

CPU setting : Reaper Gov 245 - 1075 awake, and PowerSave 245 - 460 Mhz Sleep.

No UV

Supercharger balanced mode.

ADW Launcher EX

Juice Defender on in background

i don't have an explanation, any of you faced the same issue?
[HTC Desire S] Andy3105:
I am running almost the same as you but I am set at 245-1017 awake and asleep using reaper gov with Supercharger set to Aggressive.

Also running ADW EX with Juice Defender but no reboots.......
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
I really wouldn't worry if it only happened the once.....

Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium
[HTC Desire S] cpx07:
Let's hope it won't happen again :) i'm a huge fan of reaper :)
[HTC Desire S] flyfingersfly:
which pdroid patch have you guys tried? the one i tried from the CM nightly thread and my phone got stuck on the white HTC boot screen.

this is the patch i'm talking about
[HTC Desire S] Andy3105:
I've done some reading up one the Cyanogen Camera app as some of the photos I took were very grainy and not as good as C360 or LGC and I wondered why this was the case.

I found a few threads where people were complaining about the app and had replaced the APK with one from Miui, I tried to do it but the file would not install, this is what I did:

Downloaded miuicamera.apk from a thread off of these forums, used Root Explorer to move the file to system/app and pasted then attempted to install by selecting the file.

I tried several times and each time it simply said "application not installed"

Any ideas or suggestions?
[HTC Desire S] jorgen2009:
PDroid patches are made specific for a single ROM, they are not interchangeable between ROMs, especially when another kernel is used
[HTC Desire S] docertabum:
pdroid is already a part of Reaper ROM, you do not need to apply any other patch. You can enable/dsable PDroid in Settings > Reaper control.
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Correct! Enable pdroid on Reaper Control, reboot, you're done.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] Andy3105:
Lowveld,

Any pointers regarding my post above about the Camera app?
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Hey,

Well, the shipped camera app is the stock CM7 one. But as with almost everything in android, there are alternatives out there, but mostly it's a personal choice.

What I can do is check the compression settings used by the camera app and try to improve it.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] kozalak:
Lowveld ,

any info about this?

edit: this problem occurs only when fm radio is on. when listening to music with poweramp, it doesn't happen. I think miui fm radio has some issues.

can anyone suggest an fm radio app?(not internet radio)
[HTC Desire S] apx@dwx:
so, just reflash the rom (to restore the original files) and enable pdroid via reaper control
[HTC Desire S] :
what is pdroid patch?
[HTC Desire S] docertabum:
Pdroid is something like firewall. It can control an access of any app to specific information in your phone. For example you can restrict an access to contact list, SIM info, IMEA NUMBER, sms inbox, etc etc...
[HTC Desire S] x24:
Desire S should have 768MB of RAM according to the spec from HTC, right?

I've just noticed when checking running service, on the bottom part when I sum up the used and available RAM they're only 512MB (on Reaper v2.1).

Anybody can confirm this? Or is it just my phone...

Thanks.
[HTC Desire S] :
ah so it restricts apps from accessing phone book etc etc, so how to i make it work just tick the box and reboot and that's it?
[HTC Desire S] apx@dwx:
and install/update the pdroid app via market

thats right! :D i don't know, SystemPanel and settings/memory/internal memory shows me 710mb RAM

$ free
[B]total[/B] used free shared buffers
Mem: [B]610952[/B] 583484 27468 0 39432
-/+ buffers: 544052 66900
Swap: 0 0 0
[HTC Desire S] :
ah brilliant I got it, pretty cool
[HTC Desire S] molchmolch:
Hello all ..

Switched from Endy to Reaper to see if the drain persists. (See post in Endy3.4)

Did a full wipe and format everything twice. Flashed the ROM without problems.

But I lost during this night about 12% battery power :-(

Autosync off, no apps installed, only BatMonWidget & BetterBatStat...

What is the problem? One week before my DesireS was running great with Reaper, drain was constant around 10-12. But now it jumps everything half hour to 30-40.

I tested Endy and After a Standby I could not wake my phone. After this problem I checked with a clean install Endy, CM9 and Reaper. On All ROMs the batterydrain was the Same.

Strange behavior, someone hast a resolution to help me? What can I try?

Thx Molch
[HTC Desire S] croesus:
Yes i have the same problem too. I am very pleasent from the speed and stability but battery life is not good.
[HTC Desire S] molchmolch:
I dont know if the problem is ROM-related.

Battery with Reaper is great just before my test-switch to Endy.

Now back on Reaper the phone acts strange. As something remained somewhere (in the cache which survived the wipe? (If this is possible?))
[HTC Desire S] Mr. Death:
No cache survives full wipe.

But maybe all battery drain problems are connected with old radio?
[HTC Desire S] tankos:
Have you tried wiping battery stats in recovery and using battery calibration app from the market? Definitely worth a try...
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
An old radio will not start draining battery all of a sudden for no reason!

What i would suggest is, to boot into recovery, go to wipe/format, and then after a full wipe, additionally select the option to Format all partitions (except sd card).

Once done, restore your old Reaper backup. This should timeshift you back to when you had your problem-free reaper before you flashed Endymion. If this fails, then a fresh install is in order.
[HTC Desire S] molchmolch:
I did not changed my Radio.

Before my testing I had the same Radio and everything was fine...

Settungs:

Awake &Asleep : 248-768 reaper-gov...

V6 balanced, no OC/UC...

Autosync off

WiFi off

G2/G3 on (As always)
[HTC Desire S] molchmolch:
I wiped and formated everything twice. Problem remained :-(

Even with Endy, CM9 and Reaper!!!
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Can you post screenshots of your battery drain rate?

I recommend you use battery monitor widget, set to update battery history every 60 seconds.
[HTC Desire S] molchmolch:
Thanks for your reply. I am off to work now and will post a screenshot at least on Sunday, when I have INet again...
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Alright. I won't hold my breath! :p:p:p
[HTC Desire S] croesus:
I will try this, thanks.
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
That's odd... Try to run it without sd card and maybe try to change sim card for some time to rule those out.
[HTC Desire S] molchmolch:
Brezzze :-)

Clean install with full wipe and format everything ...
[HTC Desire S] chrisrudolf:
what a up and down oO on my phone it switches between -9mA to -40 mA wenn is start a call or some apps, only @ downloads with wifi it goes down to -200 mA
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Maybe try where's my droid power and check what it shows.

Swifted from my Desire S far away from my PC
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
Do you know Google?? It answers questions many people have asked before...you may give it a try.

Pdroid gives the feature to manage the permissions of each application..
[HTC Desire S] kozopulo:
In the latest version sometimes when launching apps they can hang on the black screen and only reboot is the way to start this particular app. Also after some using, interface elements feels like a bit laggy (laucher, scroll)... I think that 1.6 version was the best cause it was very very smooth... Maybe it's nightly source?
[HTC Desire S] noytexz:
I dont have this problems at all, rather, it is going even faster and faster.

Did you think about a full wipe?

Written with bad english on my Desire S.
[HTC Desire S] kozopulo:
If "Full wipe" is equivalent to the choice "format all partitions(except sd card)" in 4ext Recovery then yeah, I make it all the time I flash new rom.
[HTC Desire S] molchmolch:
Ok, I did a BatteryCalibration and I checked my Desire S over night.

The batterydrain remains :(

I attached some screenshots...

I have no clue what I can do about it...
[HTC Desire S] gefilus:
Before I went back to s-on stock latest rom, I got like 1-3 mAh
[HTC Desire S] apx@dwx:
apps drain your battery, NOT the rom
[HTC Desire S] molchmolch:
Yess, but what app if no app is installed?

Except BatteryMonitorWidget and Titanium!
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Your right, that's why i recommended wheres my android power to track the app down, but looks like he don't want to.
[HTC Desire S] molchmolch:
Did it, but nothing useful :(
[HTC Desire S] peters.:
Try to look on partial wakeloks and alarms in betterbatterystats...
[HTC Desire S] kozopulo:
Force disabling scrolling cache and not using v6supercharger makes rom very smooth and responsive :) But on the 1.6 i have 7-8 a battery drain, now it is 10-11 ma...
[HTC Desire S] SANGER_A2:
Has anyone had an issue with sound not working during calls? I had it with v2.0 with tiamat kernel. Restarting would fix the problem temporarily. Just upgraded to 2.1 and hopefully that will fix it.
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
That's tiamat kernel's fault, and ti will also happen on other nightlies code based roms if you use it there also.

So, if you want a fully functional Reaper, either you stay with reaper kernel, or with the latest stock CM7 kernel, that you can find for instance on Jorgen's nightly builds.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] noytexz:
Hey lowveld, what changes can we expect with a New update except of a new update of the ftl launcher?

Written with bad english on my Desire S.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Lovely read. Made my morning. Keep going lowveld... Maybe you don't know it yet, but there's a fan club brewing silently waiting for the first real "lowveld"ified ICS...

You do know you are a premium brand now, don't you...?

Beamed from the Dark Side using xda premium.
[HTC Desire S] e2zippo:
Great post lowveld! Just wanted to chip in again by saying that I can't seem to free myself from reaper (not that I really want to). I tried IceColdSandwich yesterday and while it's not bad it's not even close to reaper in terms of responsiveness. I've never stayed this long on one rom. It's the "little things" like being able to turn up the animation speed that brings me such joy. And I couldn't agree more with enigmaamit regarding a lowveldafied ICS rom, that would be the only thing right now that could draw me from reaper.

Huge thanks once again for taking the time to bring all this awesomeness to our phones!
[HTC Desire S] first_damned:
+1 I always come back to reaper its everything I want in a rom
[HTC Desire S] chrisrudolf:
Damn right a premium brand ;) I tried also aome ROM's in the last month, but no one can mess with the Reaper for my personal opinion.
[HTC Desire S] noytexz:
I wanted to say that im very happy to have you in the ds community, and its people like you who make it awesome! !

Written with bad english on my Desire S.