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[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dp42:
Cheers, dzo.

We all really appreciated these juicy updates! :)

Quick question:

Do the new Wifi tweaks apply to both wpa_supplicant and wpa_supplicant_alt?

I use alt, and I've still noticed a few Wifi toggle restarts.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dzo:
It's nothing to do with the supplicant, I've changed the wlan.ko module.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] vlc_marcos:
Thanks for this update. :D I will test right now :D cheers :good:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dp42:
Ahh, OK.

I'll load this new one on and give it a whirl.

Thanks again. :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Mlopik:
Thanks for updates Dzo. Will you also work on battery life?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
Well, the phone already sleeps without a problem. I don't think there's much else to be done, maybe playing with undervoltage, but that, Ezet usually does, so...

Sent from my Huawei U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] hung.ngomanh:
Ezet, will you make a new kernel base on this update20 for the battery life ?, you have done a great job before, hope the same this time :good:.

One more time, thank you dzo, ezet for all things you bring to us. :victory:

Best regards !
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] forumber2:
Hi @dzo,

I'm making a specific ICS device tree for compiling other ICS based ROMs (like ParanoidAndroid) and I need your sources.

I took some product files from Aurora 5.0 (with update 18). But some files incompatible with CyanogenMod 9.

Here is some incompatible files;

libhardware_legacy.so: Your libhardware_legacy.so library hasn't got "wifi_unload_hotspot_module" so the system doesn't boot. I will recompile this with your source but your libhardware_legacy source (at master) is too old. Can you update this?

Camera drivers: I will use your camera sources (at ics_cam branch) but Is it old? Can I use this with lastest kernel?

Thanks in advance

Regards,

Yigit
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] faekplastik3s:
Seems to be working great for now, WiFi does not hang anymore and is quick to connect out of deep sleep. I think this one did the trick.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] JaymzBond:
yiğit can u share your latest atmel driver with dzo? or can you modify aurora to embed it in this rom too?

because i ve been using your tmc rom for about a week and the touchscreen is magnificent. i d love to use that touchscreen with an actual ics rom.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
I love this rom, but I downgraded to v4.1u1a because of battery life. If v5 was better about battery life it would be amazing, but thanks to all developers envolved in this project.

* I still hope there will be skip song with volume keys some day :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] TziMmysGr:
With update 20, everything is working good until now, not one reboot...!! Hope you did it man!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nikeradsn:
Was it really hard to fix? People said that it would take an enormous effort to fix it. Thank you very much dzo
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Djuganight:
I have been testing this rom and all updates and I noticed that my apps are not showing correctly in Market and not contacts are being sync from gmail account.

Something wrong with the google aplications?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] MaRcIuPT:
it seems you have fixed it dzo! thanks a lot. faith in x5 restored : P
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nikeradsn:
+1 :b
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nionik:
hi there!!!

DZO you have a great rom!!! Real thanks from me!

After Update 20 my phone works like a charm!

but i thing i have a problem.

After Clean install of the rom i go to market and i start downloading the usual apps like handcent sms and other stuff but when i try to install facebook it says >>not compatible with your device<< ..

its only me the problem or its facebook problem???

p.s. i have change the lcd.destiny to 190....i revert to default,restart but not works!

p.s. 2. can anyone help me to choose one good kernel or the rom has o good one??

sorry for my English.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] inculto:
i think u should stay in default kernel... but thats my humble opinion :P
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nionik:
and i prefer to stay in default kernel but is not include smartassV2 and i thing (i am not sure but i thing ) its better for keep performance and battery at normal level.

i don't know nothing about cpu scaling :p :o
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jeremysherriff:
There's nothing wrong with battery life in the ROM, you have an app or dirty data that is causing problems. Google or search xda for the betterbatterystats app, there is a free version in an xda threadthat will help you identify the problem. But the phone definitely sleeps ok with this ROM after fresh wipes, so it is something outside of dzo's control.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
Hope you right, but then why battery takes longer to discharge with v4? I didn't did a clean install, I was on v5 and drowngraded directly to v4, only wipe cache and dalvik cache, leaving data and sd card without changes. I'll try your APP, but is normal that battery only lasts for less then 10 hours in v5 with 2G (gprs) data plan always on and some sms in a day, and receiveing emails and maybe 10 minutes of gps?

I'll try that app anyway to find out more abou it.

---------- Post added at 11:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:20 PM ----------

try to delete data from app store, you can use pimp my rom, is has a specific guide to do it, with me works well
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jeremysherriff:
No that's not normal, but it is a sign that the phone isn't sleeping properly. It's not the ROM - if you do full wipes and then install the ROM fresh, that does not happen. So it could be an app you have installed, probably some corrupt app data, or could be a version issue on a system app. We have seen this on other roms, such as moving from android 4.1.2 -> 4.2.1 on my Nexus - the Exchange email client developed an issue and had to have data cleared, and the account deleted and recreated. Going back to Aurora v4 works because the system app version also goes backwards, and the problem between the data version and the app version no longer occurs.

It is not 100% that the above will apply to you, but this ROM has no battery issue if a fresh install is performed, with no data restored.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] be-answer:
good job
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jeremysherriff:
@dzo this is looking pretty damn good so far. No crashes, no problems at all. The system is still sluggish on wake with the default min CPU clock speed, but lifting it to 368mhz resolves that completely.

I would say that this ROM is 100% ready for daily driver status, completely fine for non-technical users. Good work, your dedication to this old device is widely appreciated and appears to have between completely successful!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bdefour:
just to inform,

got my first reboot this morning with aurora_5.0_update20 when toggling wifi on

exported de crash file, but there isn't anything in from this morning
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Djuganight:
hummm ok thank you for your help......
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Booshidu:
Problem with constant reboots (crashes) has been fixed for me aswell, but now i have a problem wich i don't mind very much (but it's there...). In my home, i have 2 wifi spots: my own and a free-everywhere-wifi-network that my router creates to serv other costumers from my ISP. The thing is, my phone never chooses my wifi network, even if i click disconnect from the other one... it allways restarts conecting to the free network spot.

The main difference from the networks is the speed, i can get 6mbps on mine and just 2mbps on the free wifi network. It's nothing too bad, it's just an issue i've been getting.

Anyways, thank you for the update dzo!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dark_vader:
Which network you configure first on welcome screen? Try deleting both and configure your home network as first and then Zon Free.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
This morning I full wiped the phone and installed v5 u20 just changed wpa_suplicant and installed my favourite apps. I remove gallery, default music player, gmail and some other apps that I don't use. I'll leave my feedback tomorrow because with wipings and reinstalling I only have 8% battery after about 5 hours of batery
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] hung.ngomanh:
Your battery is getting old :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
do you think? should I get a new one?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] hung.ngomanh:
Yes, i think so. The ROM should not have the battery issue. I have up to 2 days for normal daily use (2G/Wifi sometimes,...) and enough full 1 day with heavy use.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] vlc_marcos:
get a new one. I had the same problem. After 1 year I need to buy a new one
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
alright I'll think about it, btw, where do you bought yours?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Booshidu:
Nop, that didn't help... I have an app wich automaticaly connects me to a fon zon free network without having to login manually, maybe that's the problem... but i never had any conflict, until the 20 update.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dark_vader:
On these latest versions 18entropy, 19 and 20 i had some problems during phone calls I hear some echo (with or without checking "Use echo cancelling microphone") something that does not occur in previous update of Aurora. Someone of you check this?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
I try your scenario and to me it works without problems. First I connected several times to my private zon wireless network, installed Fon app configure it then I connect to FON_ZON_FREE_INTERNET.

After that it tries to connect itself to fon_zon_free but I force connect to private wifi, then turn off wifi and turn on again and it started to connect to private without problems.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nagato.fm:
Mobile data is working strange, especially after the last update. It's constantly stops working (indicator also goes to grey) and only reboot fixes it. Previously I had such an issue and turning airplane mode on/off solved data connection problem. And now I have to reboot phone every 10 min or so.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dzo:
I've rewritten the wifi memory allocation code and used some preallocation code from the latest prima driver.

I also found a spare 2M of memory.

Attached is an update that should be even better that u20, let me know how it goes.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Metsuki19:
Am I the only one having problems with wifi? i can't connect to any access point, the phone doesn't even seem to try to connect to it o.0
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
Try using the alternate wpa supplicant, or, on the router, change channels and security method

Sent from my Huawei U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Metsuki19:
yep, the alt wpa supplicant worked. Thanks.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] RBwai:
Thank's for that dzo. Till now everything works nice. Wifi connected very fast. The only problem is random reboots, but luckily it is not very comon. Othervise great rom, definitely best for U8800.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jegor011:
Now I can't turn WIFI on. It was on before updating to u21, and when the phone rebooted the WIFI just won't work.

I flashed back u20 and the WIFI is working again.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
Which update did you have reboots? 21?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bassdrum01:
Until now with update 20 i had 2 reboots... but sometimes it loses connection and then reconnects.

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] faekplastik3s:
Are you sure what a reboot is?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bassdrum01:
I explain myself in a bad way, sorry.

The wifi loses connection.

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] LEFTKOYL:
Good morning to all,

Thank you DZO for still around with the X5.

I have few crashes (the device stop responding) when I wifi opens and then in order to continue needs to remove the battery.

With u.20 the wifi turns grey lots of times.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] TziMmysGr:
Second day with update 20, no reboot and connects to network faster. Super OK!!!

I will try update 21 though...

Thank you DZO.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bdefour:
2nd day with update 20 had 3 phone restarts (2 yesterday, one this morning) when turning on wifi, will try u21 and report if all works ok or not.

Thanks for the update!

wifi was on for me 2 before I flashed from u20 to u21, but I don't have any problem with it
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jeremysherriff:
Is there a reason you are turning wifi on and off, other than for testing?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bdefour:
yep, got a crappy battery ( so only turn it on when I need it )
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jegor011:
I've tried it one more time but u21 just kills my WiFi. It's like it isn't there.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jeremysherriff:
It shouldn't make a difference, in fact I find 3g data drains faster so Wi-Fi on gives me better battery.

Screen shot is from idle overnight.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] grabt03:
Having some problems with wifi (phone crashes and reboots when I try to disconnect from a WiFi AP and connect to another, cannot connect to unprotected WiFi networks).

Using Version 5.0 update 21. Should I downgrade to update 20 or should I simply replace wpa_supplicant with the older one? Which is the best solution?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dzo:
Try update 20 first, update 21 is a bit experimental. Can you post a log of the crash (from /dev/block/mmcblk0p7) if possible.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] grabt03:
There are a lot of mmcblk0p files (from mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk0p14), but they all seem to be blank (0 bytes).

When I try to open them it gives me an error -very large file says in Greek (for god's shake)!

I'll try once more update 20, but as far as I had it installed on my U8800, connection to unprotected WiFi networks was impossible.

Same story with update 18 too...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] grabt03:
I noticed that phone reboots when it wakes from sleep mode while wifi is turned on and I try to connect to another access point rather than the one it was connected before it goes to sleep. Does that make any sense? :o

I am still on update 21! :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fleyd:
Hello, i need some help.

I have made

A clean install of version 5 update 20 but for some reason i cant connect to fon wireless networks

When i try it only says saved! But it wont connect. Its not autentication problem like login.... Its realy about cant connect to the networks.

Any others networks works fine.

Can anybody help please?

Thanks
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] rimsilva:
You need to delete the file wpa_suplicant and rename the wpa_suplicant_old to wpa_suplicant in system/bin
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Djuganight:
Don't need to delete just in case.

just rename both files
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] grabt03:
By wpa_suplicant_old do you mean wpa_suplicant_alt?

In my device there is no wpa_suplicant_old, and as I mentioned above, I have the same problem with fleyd!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] rimsilva:
Yes, sorry my mistake. I'm doing it since update 10 (if I'm not wrong).

Of course you can rename files... The goal is to use the file wpa_suplicant_alt!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bdefour:
indeed you right !, forgot to put off my wifi this night, and this morning less battery drain then I thought it would be.

( haven't got any reboots since update u21 ).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
Battery Drain

Following instructions from other users I full wiped my phone and then installed v5u20 to see if battery drain issue goes away. Today i'm waiting from a friend to get me a new battery, until that I'll put here a screenshot with old battery.

Everyday in the morning I use phone to send more or less 10 messages then I see my new emails and then I use gps for 5 minutes, the time I need to go from house to work in my bike (I always register track with sports tracker), before opening sports tracker I disabled auto-sync, data and screen rotation, only had sports tracker and gps running and with screen off. In this time battery goes away very quickly, is this normal? Or one more time it can be a battery problem?

P.S. - I repeat track recording at 12:00, 13:00 and 18:00, always following the same process and I send/receive about 50 messages in a day, this way battery barely gives to 10 hour.

As you can see I remove phone from charger at 8:15 am and at 10:15 it was only at 76%.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Mlopik:
I have it same.

Sent from my U8800 running AOSP 4.0.4
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dzo:
Yes, GPS uses a lot of battery but I don't think I can do anything about that because it's all handled by the modem CPU. Is the stock ROM any better?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fleyd:
Fon connect

Thanks for the help about wpa file and connecting fon networks!!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
Thanks for your answer, for what I remember from huawei stock rom, the time necessary to lock to sattelites without data connection was terrible, with your rom fixing is very quick even without data connection. About battery I don't really remember of battery consumption before. I'm thinking of get a used, low end, android phone to use as gps/track recorder in airplane mode only in my bike.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cokratex:
Sports tracker records your position very frequent, and if mobile data is on, it downloads maps of the area you are in. Try another app like runkeeper, the track is not as smooth but it uses less battery.

Or at least turn of data while tracking.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
I already turn off data, you can read in my early posts I explain all the process I do and I do want to record the track as smooth as possible with all the detail, thats way I use sports tracker. Btw Endomondo drained my battery even faster.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] pSych0bUNny:
on u21 applied over u20, and while wifi does not reboot or crash, twice now the wifi icon has gone grey for about 1 minute - still shows activity and checking the connection details under system settings, I am still connected at 12mbps or 18mbps - and I cannot browse the web or my NAS. It is like I am not connected.

I have attached my log from /dev/block/mmcblk0p7, please note I have restarted the phone before taking this log.

-P
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jeremysherriff:
Unfortunately your apps are going to keep the phone awake because it needs to be awake to achieve what you are asking. You would be better to buy a GPS watch or something but this is not cheap option.

A new battery may help but I think the way you use your device will cause the battery to reduce - these batteries are designed for frequent small charges, not full discharge and then full charge. Are you able to charge it a little bit every few hours?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
Thanks for your help, as you said buying other device isn't cheap and I wanted to use my device to do everything, thats way it is a Smartphone :D About the charging process I always thought that It was the other way, that I should discharge almost until the end and then charge it until is full. About recharging it more times, yes I can do it, because I always have my laptop with me and the usb cable. I'll do as you said, recharge it more times per day.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jeremysherriff:
Older style batteries were better to be charged and discharged, but li-ion batteries are made to be part-charged regularly. This might be why your battery isn't performing well now (maybe!). Good luck, I know that I still got frustrated with my u8800 and that's why I saved for a nexus 4. Now the u8800 is my test/dev phone ;)

Sent from my GT-P7510
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dream4:
I directly installed update 21 on top of update18.What i observe is crashes are highly decreased.(wifi disconnects and connects again itself).

I could observe only 2 during 24 hours.Wifi seems better for me.

There is not a meaningfull change on battery life.It is as same as update 18.

Thanks dzo.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
You still have reboots though, that's strange, I haven't got a single one since update 20. Maybe you could try to raise min free values a bit, that's what I do, maybe it could help. You can use system tuner, from the play store, to do that.

Sent from my Huawei U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] telmosousa:
Thanks for your help. I'll try to properly charge it from now on.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dream4:
Not reboots mate,wifi drops and reconnects itself.Besides,what min.values are u mentioning here?

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] forumber2:
I have very annoying problem. Wifi disconnects if it isn't active connection but it isn't reconnect and Wifi manager says "Connected" when disconnected.When this problem appears, I must re-turn on wifi. Anyway,I don't see any reboots.

I'm using Aurora 5.0 with update 21
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] zazza8:
What is the difference between wpa_supplicant_alt and wpa_supplicant? I know _alt is older, but is there something better in newer one? I tried to search it, but didn't find the answer.

Sent from my Huawei U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
Use the one which let's you connect to your network. There's really no other difference selecting one over another will do to performance.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] zazza8:
I'm just curious :p Only _alt works with my router.

Sent from my Huawei U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dream4:
Guys,

When i reboot phone,few of my apps disappearing.I mean icons.When i check on playstore they seem installed.

All apps are in phone's memory.Not on sdcard.(which is default for Aurora)

What is this?

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Mlopik:
Try other launcher.

Sent from my A500 running CM10.1
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jegor011:
I haven't got any reboots with u20 so far.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nikeradsn:
Try this launcher http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2069008

[App/Theme] Smart Launcher
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] eksuka:
I still have frequent SD Card error upon booting with Update 20 :(
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] valsam:
Me to have seen SD Card error 2 times with Update 20 ,i have also had message that there is not mobile(signal) conection dispite the signal bar showing 2 lines and could not make a single phone call,had to reeboot and after reebooting the phone then i could make a call again!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dark_vader:
Mobile standny - battery used by mobile radio

Phone idle - battery used when phone is idle

I think FM radio is cause of battery drain suddenly so fast.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] j0a0:
I still have a problem in games like angry birds, the touchscreen stop responding properly... Any solution? Thanks.

No reboots on 5u20
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nagato.fm:
I suffer mobile data losses every 2-5 mins, turning airplane mode on/off makes nothing, need to reboot every time it happens. Currently on v5u20, no tweaks or mods.

Also I must add, that memory management is completely awful — sometimes when I make a call and the phone needs more RAM, it just kills phone.apk!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dream4:
I can confirm some part.Nothing is awful in Aurora,but when i wanna call someone and touch the dialer,sometimes menu comes significantly late.(10-20 sec).

If there is something to make this faster,would u pls check it dzo?thanks.

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] MaRcIuPT:
for 2 times, after +/- 35hours of use, It reboots. Don't know if it is wifi related but when did happen I was using it. update21
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
The only solution is a new phone. Remember we have a low memory, crappy CPU phone. 500mb of available RAM simply doesn't cut it anymore. You just have to compare to other devices with same specs to quickly realize our phone performs on the same level.

Despite that, I find Aurora working faster or as fast as any other ROM so far. CM10 seems to improve though, we just have to wait for wifi to be fixed on the available ROM or wait for Blefish.

Sent from my Huawei U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bdefour:
still no reboots with u21, thanks ! :)

( I only have to reboot manually from time to time :), because when switching from wifi to hspda I don't always get internet connection, a lot of the time switching airplain mode on and off, does the trick. But this doesn't always work so I have to reboot then, still amazing rom ! thanks ! :) ( waiting for the new android the buy another phone :) )
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nagato.fm:
You're right, Aurora is the fastest rom available now.

Blefish has problems with his phone now :(