yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
speedtest.net, its free in the Market.

With that said, If I told you my speed, you would tell me I'm lying because speedtest dont measure that low!:eek: But I'm happy with the way the phone functions for me, not to mention, I have WiFi at work, home, hooters, and another local watering hole.

I think we al agree here, it's not the phone, Sprint wrote checks their ass could not cash!!! i.e. "Mr. Sims, if you come to the now network and give us $499.00, we will give you Evo with 4G speed on our WiMax Network!" I gave them the money and had the Evo a year, only saw 4G if I took the 35 mile trip to NYC. Then, my dumb black a** gave them $630.00 for Photon on the same promise, but Sprint upped the ante on the original lie, they bent me over and rammed it in while stating, "Were getting rid of WiMax and going LTE?"

And though your likely laughing right now, I sold my Evo for $300.00, so It cost me $199.00 and a year of data? Depending on when the Samsung Note is released and how much time Sprint moves on LTE and shutting down WiMax.........I might get $50.00 for Photon, screwing me for $580.00 + data!!!

JMO!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] CharFalco:
Bay Area, CA - 150 kbps (Edge Speeds), 1 bar of coverage, many dropped calls - no hope of 4g.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dbeacon:
Another (simpler perhaps) option is to visit

dslreports.com/mspeed

in the on device browser.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
I wanted to add, in Sprint defense, they did not COMPELETY screw us with the WiMax lie, they gave us GSM, someone in Europe, India, or Asia MIGHT give me $75.00USD for my Photon!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] edgemaster191:
It's amazing to see how inconsistent it is. I live in upstate NY and work just over the border in Bennington, VT. 3G around here is awful, 50 - 100kb/s down and the same up. most day's i can barely check my email without waiting three days for it to respond. I could understand if i had a weak signal, but i have full service everywhere i go with the exception of my house.

Luckily i have WiFi at work and WiFi and an Airave at home, otherwise i would have jumped ship already.

When i go to Boston it's a different story, i get 2 - 2.5 mb/s down on 3G and 8 to 10 on 4G, so i know it's not the phone that's the issue.

More than once i have considered paying the 30 bucks a month difference and going back to Verizon or giving AT&T a shot, both have better 3G speeds where i live (and coverage is about the same) and Verizon at least has LTE in some of the places i go most often.

i really hope sprint comes through on their promise of faster 3G and better 4G coverage with LTE...

The worst part of it is when i signed up for sprint originally was when the Pre first came out, i was getting 1mb/s down on average with 3G and in the last two years it's gone down hill fast. My phone's get better and the network gets worse...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Android 17:
To everyone having horrible speeds, I would suggest trying this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1211157

It's kinda tricky to set up properly at first but doing so you can roam on Verizon for better speeds.

There's a danger of being eliminated from Sprint, but for most people I've noticed it takes over 3 months or more to get noticed, and even then they will send you a warning letter first.

In my case, I've been using it for over 7 months or so (I was using it on the EVO 4G as well), I've gotten 1 warning letter, but when I contacted Sprint I was informed that I was not in danger of being cut off.

Either way, it makes for a good short-term fix and worth it, IMO. Once you receive a warning you can simply switch back to a sprint PRL if you're really worried.
[Motorola Photon 4G] abrcrmdl23:
Here in Columbus Ohio, they are upgrading our towers like crazy, i used to have worthless 3g at about 200-300kbps, and it was so slow. Luckily we have really fast 4g here so i would leave that on and my photon still gets a day out of the battery which is nice. After some tower upgrades around my house and work, i have been getting 3g speeds of 1-1.5 mbps with buyers up in the 2's. And that isn't with the lte upgrade live yet, good things are coming people just hang in there.

Sent from my MoPho!
[Motorola Photon 4G] socos25:
They have been upgrading in Michigan too. Never really been disappointed with speed. As long as I am able to watch my sports highlights without it buffering I'm happy.

Someone please explain to me how you can watch a movie on your phone? You have to be either really hard up, or a complete techy dork doing it just because you can.
[Motorola Photon 4G] TheChronicDroid:
get crackle from the market place, free streaming movies, or learn how to move movies from your computer to phone :D (not that hard)
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
Part of what you say is true, I have sooo much s**t on this phone it confuses me most of the time, BUT, flight from Newark to Stockholm is 9 hours. Going down under, its 5 hours to San Fran, Then 17 hours to Sydney. If Im in Sydney and they want me in Stockholm............... Yes, I rip and burn movies, hence DeedScreen question as to why I need 32Gb SDHC Card!
[Motorola Photon 4G] sndtubes:
You get an hdmi cable and connect to your tv. Then use netflix or other video service. Works great if you have decent 3g or 4g speed which I DO NOT.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
My 60" flat has 160Gb PS3 and I have Gateway i5 Quad with 8Gb and HDMI out for Netflix? I have all my movies on 2Tb External too. Why waste phone data?
[Motorola Photon 4G] TheChronicDroid:
lets put it this way... try packing all that in your suit case :D or skip the hdmi and just watch on ur HD phone :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
No, but read comment I responded to, he is hooking it up to TV anyway, and unless he walks around with HDMI cable in his pocket, it's safe to assume he is home.

My post before that, I justified why SOME might watch movies on the Photon and why my large SDHC card.
[Motorola Photon 4G] LexLuger82:
That's pointless
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
not if you travel allot and don't want to pay for every movie you watch at a hotel.
[Motorola Photon 4G] TheChronicDroid:
if i knew i was going to watch a movie from my phone somewhere else, or play a home video, id remember to bring my hdmi cord :P
[Motorola Photon 4G] sndtubes:
What if I don't have anything else to play netflix with? Think before responding.
[Motorola Photon 4G] LexLuger82:
I have a photon, xoom and a laptop, I will always have something to play netflix.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bearsblack:
I know this isn't where this belongs but maybe one of u awesome devs will see this before its moved and could help me out... I have been wanting this forever! I just want to press my search button and have it pull up the ics recent apps. I would like on screen buttons, but not really on my 4" display... can someone please help :X

I <3 Ice Cream Kangwiches
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
Yeah wrong forum but I would prefer the menu button do that since that's how the galaxy nexus has it setup.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swamp goblin:
So yeah this is the wrong forum but i thought i would help you out..

this thread here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21501238

and for downloads here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1448576

Im not sure what rom you are using, but hope this helps
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bearsblack:
no friggen wayyy! Thanks so much swamp goblin!! U r the man, thanks a ton!

I <3 Ice Cream Kangwiches
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esteway.619:
Hey swamp check your pm
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] befcasr:
Hey guys

I'm having a strange problem with album art displaying incorrectly on my Prime. Basically the album art shows the completely wrong image for all my albums, they're just all mixed up and I can't work out why. The issue has only arisen since I upgraded to ICS and I don't have any problems with the same albums on my Galaxy S2. I've already tried deleting my music and re-copying it back over but this didn't fix it. Has anyone else encountered this issue or found a fix?

Thanks in advance for your help.

befcasr
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theandies:
This might not be the fix for your original problem but I find this app to work well;

Cover Art Downloader

Market.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Same thing happened to me. I now have a bunch of albums presenting random images from all over my Prime as cover art. Annoying...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bendirkss:
It happened to me in the native app. Once I use doubletwist its fine.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jgreen7:
First, I'm assuming that you're using the default Google Music player. I had a similar problem pre-ICS.

I solved it by using Cover Art Downloader and also by clearing the Music cache by going into settings->Apps->All->Media Storage and clearing the data. Music then (eventually) reloaded all of the correct album art. There may have been a reboot and/or a force stop of Media Storage in there too. I can't remember for sure. I do know it took a few minutes before I started seeing the correct album art.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] befcasr:
Thanks for the help. Solved by your suggestions of clearing data and then using Cover Art Downloader (even though it said I had no missing covers!). Thanks again!
[HTC Wildfire S] intel007:
Great idea mate.

I'm well looking forward to the results

Hope all the devs get involved.
[HTC Wildfire S] Aef 101:
It will be good to know how each rom performs :D

Sent via Tapatalk
[HTC Wildfire S] d33ps1x:
Contest entries extended until Sunday, January 22'nd at 11:59 pm GMT-5 (EST)!!!
[HTC Wildfire S] djpc:
Will the roms be tested at their stock clocks or will they be clocked to the same frequency?

I ask because i clock mine to 600MHz because some people have had issues with the often 800MHz default clock used in other roms
[HTC Wildfire S] d33ps1x:
Good poing that I forgot to enter in the criteria.

Clocks will all be set to 806/806 Performance.

Thanks DJPC
[HTC Wildfire S] drsjlazar:
We need a way to thank from the XDA app... Thanks anyway DS. Looking forward to the results.

HTC Wildfire S | CyanogenMod 7.2

Sent from XDA app
[HTC Wildfire S] Aef 101:
Just use tapatalk app instead, the thanks button works on that app.

Sent via Tapatalk
[HTC Wildfire S] SpyMike:
I am looking forward to see the results...

I am using latest m1ndh4x8r's Rom and I am quite satisfied, but I want to see how other roms perform, in compares with the one I use...

good idea mate... keep up...
[HTC Wildfire S] d33ps1x:
Today is the day! Let's get ready to rumble!!!

Time to start testing some ROMs

Everyone else. Just sit back and watch the results! :cool:
[HTC Wildfire S] Lt.Win:
Awesome!

*supports cm7*
[HTC Wildfire S] caxelair:
Haha great! Looking forward the results ;)
[HTC Wildfire S] d33ps1x:
The results are in!...

Come on up to the first post and see the results of this years ROM Drag Race!

Please don't forget to click thanks and also thanks for the developers who put in so much of their time and energy to come up with these ROM's!

Here it is...The results!!!
[HTC Wildfire S] the Doctor:
Read post #24

THIS POST IS JUNK. SEE POST #24 WITH MY CONCLUSIONS BASED ON A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DATA.

Going by the Antutu total score results, there is no reason to chose one ROM over another based on performance. The standard deviation is +/-1%. But, looking at Antutu category-by-category is a different story. Here are the lowlights/highlights:

* HenseMod4 -20% in SD card write

* .sense 1.0 -13% & -14% respectively in Database IO & SD card write

* m1ndh4x8r is as average as could be in all categories

* TurboFire +16% in SD card write

* CM7 +13% in RAM and +18% in SD card write

So, the big story here is variation between the ROMs in SD card write speed. There is a cumulative ~35% improvement in SD card write speed to be gained with the non-Sense ROMs.

Quadrant shows significant variation from mean:

* HenseMod4 -13%

* .sense 1.0 -5%

* m1ndh4x8r -3%

* TurboFire -1%

* Cyanogen7 +23%!!!!!

Now I'm even more glad to be running CM7. Thanks, again d33ps1x and Alquez!
[HTC Wildfire S] benjamingwynn:
Hehe you spelt me name wrong :P
[HTC Wildfire S] Lt.Win:
I knew the boss would win, what I supported! Love ya CM n' Alquez! :D
[HTC Wildfire S] d33ps1x:
Hey I lost my screenshots too! :p

Can you send me your lock screen and main screen?

Thanks dude.

BTW Name fixed!
[HTC Wildfire S] d33ps1x:
You know. I love waking up in the morning crying and wearing my wasted dragon costume and seeing something like this! ;) (Follow another thread for inside joke)

Thanks. Great breakdown.
[HTC Wildfire S] djpc:
Damn, well done to the other devs on their roms. As a tip to those whose roms are suffing on sd card performance, the read ahead values make a huge difference to performance, but leave them as init.d scripts not init.rc as I have had some users reporting issues with higher values.

Looks like I need to get some more tweaks into the rom yet, unfortunately I ran out of time trying to get a wifi fix and could not get some last minute optimization in.
[HTC Wildfire S] the Doctor:
Post a picture of the dragon costume? ;)
[HTC Wildfire S] godmustbcreazy:
USING [ROM]m1ndh4x8r GB2.3.5|OCKernel|Stable|Apps2SD|DATA2SD|Premium Features[1/20/2012]

n m happy with it :p
[HTC Wildfire S] d33ps1x:
LOL...No. hehe
[HTC Wildfire S] johnnyspritz:
I don't really think you can judge a ROM's performance based solely on it's speed. For me, for instance (though it might just be my cursed phone (yes, it really is cursed -.-)), CM7 was a bit choppy on the graphics and m1ndh4x8r's ROM (my fav, btw) was a tad slower than Henry's when flipping through homescreens on ADW Launcher and SPB Shell (probably to do with the ROM being almost twice the size of Hensemod), and also with loading the SD card, yet faster when running applications and games. I also had trouble with the lockring on Henry's ROM, where, for some odd reason, it would stop working on snowy days...

Just my input on this topic =]
[HTC Wildfire S] the Doctor:
I just ran Antutu on my WFS (A510e, Transcend 16GB C4, CM7.2, OC 768) six times and got *HUGE* variability with Database IO, SD card write and SD card read, and not surprisingly, about the same amount of variability d33ps1x found between the various ROMs in his testing. You'd need a *whole bunch* of tests (>30 might do!) to get reliable data. Any data based on 3 runs is probably junk. The variability in those three areas certainly comes from the hardware and not the ROMs since it can be seen testing just one ROM several times. So we're not really seeing an advantage from ROM to ROM in d33ps1x's testing.

All the other scores are within +/- 1 - 2% variability so they are basically believable.

So I'd like to retract my previous conclusions in post #14. The reliable data shows that all the ROMs are pretty even handed, except that CM7.2 has a big 13% advantage in RAM but -6% disadvantage in 3D graphics. And the OVERALL score for all 5 of the ROMs is +/- 1%. I seriously doubt anyone would notice a difference in performance. If they did, it's psychological!

Conclusion: Don't pick your ROM based on performance unless you REALLY need hot RAM performance. Then choose CM7.2. But if you play 3D games a lot (on a WFS? :rolleyes:), avoid CM7.2.

Here's my data from today for those interested:

Run #1	Run #2	Run #3	Run #4	Run #5	Run #6	Mean	SD
RAM	144	145	145	147	146	146	146	1%
CPU Integer	251	254	254	255	248	251	252	1%
CPU float-point	190	190	192	191	187	190	190	1%
2D graphics	280	278	278	269	280	282	278	2%
3D graphics	451	454	458	461	459	463	458	1%
Database IO	160	215	215	220	205	210	204	11%
SD card write	34	49	49	48	49	48	46	13%
SD card read	160	128	168	133	169	167	154	12%
Total score	1670	1713	1759	1724	1743	1757	1728	2%
[HTC Wildfire S] d33ps1x:
Did you do this with a freshly formatted SD card every time?

I should have mentioned if I hadn't that I did format it clean every time so that the variability of working around previous blocks of data on the FAT32 file system wouldn't be a factor from test to test and rom to rom.

This might explain some of your variability as I did not see the same variability in my tests although an average over many more tests would have been nice. :)
[HTC Wildfire S] the Doctor:
I never changed anything. I just ran the test 6 times in a row with no other tasks between runs. My SD card has tons of free space, like >14GB (-1GB for Link2SD partition) so I doubt it was running around trying to find free clusters.

I'd be interested to know what kind of variability you got within each set of three tests. Do you still have the data?
[HTC Wildfire S] vise01:
Thanks for your work. Did you try the latest CM nightly ?
[HTC Wildfire S] dtreelf:
how about JxMatteo_ROM_V1.1?
[HTC Wildfire S] nikhilkaushik:
I use a basic stock Rom 2.3.5 boot loader unlocked with root and kernel by jikantaru over clocked from 200 to 768 mHz for on demand and my antutu score is 1777. This is the best score I've ever achieved on my phone using any of the Rom. I don't go for higher over clock speeds because it reduces battery up time and is unstable in my phone....
[HTC Wildfire S] Tigger31337:
An excellent (and informative) post! Bravo!

In fact, this is what inspired me to collect stats from all the custom ROMs I've thrown on my WFS (about 10-12 of them?) and compile all the results into an .XLS file. Look for it soon, as I will be sharing it on this site once it's all cleaned up.
[HTC Wildfire S] d33ps1x:
Cool. Looking forward to it!

Sent from my cm7.2 Wildfire S
[HTC Wildfire S] the Doctor:
Sounds great just remember to (1) throw out the first run as it's always slow, and (2) do multiple runs per ROM due to the variability of I/O and SD read/write (I'd do 6). Otherwise the data you collect will be relatively meaningless in those areas.
[HTC Wildfire S] Tigger31337:
Couldn't agree more. (I've seen your, and others, posts regarding benchmark speeds -- very informative.)

(Un)fortunately, my XLS is not that type of "benchmarking" sheet. Sorry if you got that impression, but it's more of a side-by-side comparison of many salient features of various custom ROMs

(To cheat, and look ahead a little, you can read my overview here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1488860

Post #10)

I'm not getting into business of performing a thorough benchmark across all the ROMs. While it would be nice, I simply don't have enough time.

Still, I am hoping my table provides some general value to those who are looking to upgrade to some sort of ROM, but just aren't sure which one to pick yet.

Cheers,

- Anthony
[HTC Wildfire S] users.info:
I try a few but this rom stable and best for me (JxMatteov1.1)
[HTC Wildfire S] Tigger31337:
## Custom ROMs: A side-by-side comparison ##

As promised:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1491304

Cheers,

- Anthony
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hxdrummerxc:
Hello,

The title says it all......

I currently am running Android Revolution HD with the transparent soft key mods installed, along with some custom soft key icons that I made...

I can't stand the plain black behind the soft keys (while on the home screen), so I use the transparent soft key mod and then I add a dock to my wallpaper so it makes it look like I have a new background behind my softkeys.

This is my current set-up:

Here is where the problem lies -

I really want to switch to one of these AOSP roms for the addition of all the customization options, and power menus and all of that. But the transparent soft key mods that I was using, won't work with AOSP roms. Ive tried and tried, they just break the SystemUI and make the phone unusable until I restore my backup.

Im not sure why the mod doesn't work on these AOSP roms. I think it has something to do with how they modded the SystemUI to be able to customize colors and stuff right from the new rom, but whatever the reason, I can't use the transparent mod on these roms... but I can't stand the black background behind the softkeys while im on my home screen.

I have done a few mods myself, but mostly image edits/swaps and very basic codes. Im not good enough at it to figure this one out. Somebody should make a transparent soft key mod that works with these AOSP roms, or maybe incorporate a transparency option into the rom's settings. That would be really awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rayhodge02:
I agree i will keep watch on this post!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] idle0095:
I have this on rootzwiki but only for aokp rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stacio88:
I was looking in rootzwiki but couldn't find it. Can you provide a link please.

EDIT: Nvrmind I found it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 6jaipur6:
Nice mod maybe will see soon a cwm zip.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vapotrini:
For GSM or CDMA or does it not matter?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deidein:
can't find =(

EDIT: found 'em, trying now, thanks idle
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hxdrummerxc:
Yea, but we really need this for AOSP roms.....

Its the only thing stopping me from switching roms :(

Not that I don't like Android rev HD, but I like all the customization additions with some of the AOSP roms
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
This is sexy. I like it but what about while in apps or when the keyboards open?

LTE EX Galaxy Nexus - AOSP KANG

Asus Transformer - 3.2.1 OC/UV
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hxdrummerxc:
While your in an app or anything like the like the app drawer etc... it reverts back to the black background... which is perfect for me... the home screen remains transparent and then it goes black on anything else.

It just sucks so bad, because I want a new AOSP rom so bad, but I can't live with the plain black on my home screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
All roms for our phone are AOSP........

BTW nice setup ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hxdrummerxc:
Thanks man

Thats strange, the transparent soft key mods worked on Android Rev Hd, an a few other roms, but every rom that I have tried that said "AOSP" in the title, the transparency mod broke the SystemUI. I wonder why, I really wish I could get this working with some of these newer roms....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mmeidl78:
I think it's not AOKP oder AOSP or something :)

Android Rev HD is based on Android 4.0.2 and nearly every other ROM is based on 4.0.3. Somewhere there is the cause for the problem, I think.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Soulflyer1984:
can you post a link please?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Screwedupsmitty:
I tried both yours and fatsix on rootzwiki and I keep losing both my nav and status bars every time despite me using the correct zip. I even tried to decompile my own systemui and do that and ended with the same result. I'm hoping AOKP can add this soon as an option because I really just cant seem to get this working right.

also above poster, do yourself a favor and please just learn to search forums, its right in plain sight on rootzwiki under galaxy nexus, CDMA, Themes/mods, [MOD] Transparent nav/status bar.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BMWPower06:
lol OT, but thats such a badass wallpaper
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somedude67:
notice theres a 0% battery issue when downgrading from 2.3.4 to 2.3.2. What is the highest fw version which has kernel 2.3.2? So i know which one to avoid.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Sorry, what exactly domyou mean?

If you're on 2.3.4 DO NOT downgrade to 2.3.2
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somedude67:
Which firmware version has the 2.3.2 kernel and whats the highest fw version number that has it i.e. 3.********
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
.146 was the latest 3.0 firmware.

Don't know about the kernel.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somedude67:
aye just wondering which version to avoid that the 2.6.2 kernel.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SharDK:
Got my prime yesterday. Brought in Germany, a lot of the keys on the dock isn't right, since i use Danish language on the prime itself. So when buying, go for one that duit you language.

I havn't seen an update for ICS yet, is it only available in certain countries?

Sendt fra min Transformer Prime TF201 med Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sean is here.:
I have a buddy who wants to buy the dock, in German, but they're sold out. Would you like to sell it?

Or where were you able to find one?