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[HTC EVO 3D] P.Mobile:
cant wait for the next release!! :D thanks dodava :D
[HTC EVO 3D] Lrod0175:
Take your time bro, its better to make sure issues are minimize, specially the battery drain issue we all hate:thumbup:

Team 420 Special Blends
[HTC EVO 3D] Felnarion:
I really appreciate prioritizing battery issues. Installing this right now since I saw this post. Thanks a lot for your work.
[HTC EVO 3D] dodava:
The 2d clock is not changed. I implemented last night but I think it contributed to a noticeable increase in battery drain. I am looking at implementing a different approach tonight.
[HTC EVO 3D] P.Mobile:
i cant get over battery life with this kernel.. i get less than 1% per hour at nite.. during the day it seems like it never go's down!! the otherday i wasd trying to kill my battery and it was at 47% let me tell u i tryed so hard to kill my battery and it took for ever to get my phone to die.. real talk.. i wish it just had a lil bit more preformance then that would be the best of both worlds.. your kernel game is on smash!! battery life + preformance = kick a$$ shooter.. BANG!! BANG!! :)
[HTC EVO 3D] tommy24:
I was wondering if there could be an sbc version?
[HTC EVO 3D] cas8180:
Does anyone even use SBC anymore? I remember this from the OG EVO 4G does but I dont think I have seen any SBC based kernels for the EVO 3d?
[HTC EVO 3D] P.Mobile:
im on system tuner system tweaks sdcard and my Io scheduler is on sio.. is that normal??? im on mean rom 4.2 i just always thought it was deadline??
[HTC EVO 3D] ACoolGuy:
That would be Mikey who added script in the init.post_boot.sh file to change the scheduler to SIO and the read ahead to 2048kb.
[HTC EVO 3D] dodava:
The kernel default is deadline. MeanROM 4.2 scripts may change it to sio.
[HTC EVO 3D] tommy24:
One guy made one for the original 2.3.3 (forgot who it was, but his thread is still around I think) when the 3d first came out, but that died out. I just hate to see my phone at 99% or less when I charge it overnight and have to leave for school in the morning.
[HTC EVO 3D] xblackvalorx:
+like 1125645364 billion

I HATE THAT SO SO SO MUCH
[HTC EVO 3D] dimebagdan65:
If you followed my guide, that's one of the KAK scripts :D

Just double checked, Mike's init.post_boot.sh file has no io schedule tweaks. Only read ahead cache tweaks. The KAK script that gets made when running Kick Ass Kernelizer ensures the best possible io scheduler your kernel can handle in this order:

sio>deadline>noop

It's pretty much foolproof

:thumbup::D:beer:

Btw Dodava, a million thanks for throwing SIO in there! Now Beats is all that's missing to make this king! Looking forward to the future!
[Motorola Photon 4G] slick69:
I'm the proud owner of a Motorola Photon 4G as of today. This is replacing my Sensation, and will only be used internationally (Asia, so 900/1800 Mhz 2G and 2100Mhz 3G).

Now, I see that there is a way to get rid of the Sprint hands-free activation on every boot, and I presume I can delete some of the Sprint bloatware as well. I noticed that the stock Blur launcher is kinda laggy even scrolling from screen to screen, but the rest of the phone performs very well. So if I do get a different launcher, what should I get?

Otherwise, should I do a custom ROM? I've had every phone of mine all ROM'ed up but I don't know if its worth doing that to a Motorola phone since they usually have encrypted bootloaders. Any stable ROMs that are well-suited for international use?
[Motorola Photon 4G] MadFlava:
Im using Nemus Launcher. Its not too bad.

Good luck with getting rid of the lag tho. My whole phone is laggy even with another launcher.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
If you unlock, try this ROM. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1587770 Sprint bloat is removed, rom is fast, works great. Or you can use Loki's bloat remover. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1575259
[Motorola Photon 4G] bondarun:
I use Launcher Pro with ICON Pack in it..

Its butter smooth and i have 450mb Ram free all time :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] JustSomeDude:
I have no lag at all -- I'm using Go Launcher, and have "DeBlurred" the phone as bricky23 mentioned (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1575259
).

Also just fyi, I've read that some folks feel a daily reboot does wonders to keeping the Photon running smoothly (just opinion, no facts/data to back that up).
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
I'm currently using MX Launcher. It's got some nice features, but shallow customization and some weird quirks. See my list of caveats in the topic about it. I still think it's worth using, but it's nowhere near as polished as some of the others.

I rephrased my issues with it to a more positive light and emailed the developer. I'd like to see this launcher get better as it does a couple things really well.

1. Cover screen. The center icon on the dock (and you can't change it) brings up the cover screen, which has a clock which follows you based on the tilt sensor. There's a power control widget here, the clock is beautiful, and it has some preset launcher icons on it. You can change them (open the clock by long-pressing 12, 3, 6, or 9 to set that icon) but you can only pick from a few and you have to use stock apps.

2. Long-press icons brings up a menu. Other launchers have this, but in MX, you can hit Info to pull up that app's Settings > Applications > Manage Applications page. Good for clearing the cache or force closing it.

Don't bother looking at the skins. Half are incompatible with our phone. The other half cost money. There is one that is free and compatible, but it's just a cover screen. No home screens. Might be a bug but I removed it promptly.
[Motorola Photon 4G] slick69:
Thanks for the advice, y'all. I rooted the phone today and deblurred it already. I'm quite liking ADW Launcher right now. What's a good AOSP icon pack I can download? I'm not familiar with customizing launchers. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] JustSomeDude:
Just search the market ( whoops, "play store" ) for adw icon packs or adw themes -- there's tons of free ones.
[Motorola Photon 4G] slick69:
Thanks, I downloaded a free ICS icon pack/theme. My phone works pretty well now!

However, I'm sad that it doesn't play a bunch of my video files that always used to play on my other devices, mostly HTC ones but some AOSP as well. When I downloaded MX Player to view them, it told me that it is using SW decoding.

Is there a way to get better support for media files? The videos in question are plain old mp4, downloaded from Youtube. Some 480p, some 720p and a couple 1080p which worked on my Sensation, so I thought they'd work on the Photon as well since it has a similar chipset.
[Motorola Photon 4G] 10-Dee-Q:
hi just curious,

which one is better on photon

ADW launcher

or

Go Launcher ?

and if we apply the "deblur" mod, how to get rid of the ADW to replace it with the Go launcher ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
I think GO is better than ADW but if you ask any 2 people, you're liable to get 2 different answers. I can't tall ya why I prefer GO. For one, it's free, but then again it pushes its widgets and locker on you. Two, ADW rubs me the wrong way. I don't know why. So no real, valid reasons. Try both. Use both, use Home Smack to switch.
[Motorola Photon 4G] abrcrmdl23:
I normally use adw ex but i got bored with that recently and have been using launcher 7 which is a windows phone launcher and i love it works great and is a nice change
[Motorola Photon 4G] slick69:
Welp, I did some more reading and found out that since the Photon uses a Tegra 2 chipset, it is very picky about what it can decode in hardware. Luckily for me, a lot of my simple stuff works fine in SW decoding mode with MX Player. However, 720p and 1080p videos will need to be recoded.

I'm gonna try using Handbrake and report back. Too bad I don't have a more powerful CPU to re-encode stuff. Re-encoding stuff is why I was wary of my Zune client (I also have an HTC Titan).
[Motorola Photon 4G] Shad0wguy:
+1 for Nemus launcher. Easily my favorite launcher I've used so far. Tops the heavy hitters ADW, Launcher Pro, and Go Launcher easily.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Juts posted an analysis of a couple popular launchers.
[Motorola Photon 4G] stonesaber:
Just started using mobo launcher yesterday, and after getting used to the different u.i. I really like it.https://play.google.com/store/search?q=mobo+launcher
[Motorola Photon 4G] EggSpawn:
I'd go with the miui rom =) its amazing!
[Motorola Photon 4G] slick69:
I've used MIUI extensively when I had an EVO and a Defy, and I loved it. At this time, I didn't feel like it was the best since I want a stable experience and stock seemed the most stable.

Maybe when there's an ICS MIUI based on a stock Moto ROM. :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] slick69:
Thank you for the analysis. I'll make a comment in that thread since I'm using GO Launcher now. Thank you for your work on Deblurring the Photon! :)

I've found that even though ADW uses less memory, GO Launcher seems to run smoother. Luckily, the Photon has 1GB of RAM.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jeff213:
I would definitely recommend going the custom rom route.

Right now I am using cm7.2[kang] with jokers 1.3 oc kernel and it works great. This is the most stab, much faster than stock although the battery only lasts about 4/5 as long for me. I have tried cm9 but there are still many issues right now and I am waiting for some of these to be ironed out before switching over.

As far as launchers go, cm7.2 came with ADW installed stock, and it is very snappy, especially if tuned to take out extra visual effects etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] niunai08:
Hi guys,

Not a pro here. This is what happened.

Phone was plugged in and charging when a phone call came.

As i was about to answer, i removed it from the charger and my phone auto rebooted.

Now, i got passed the google logo but am stuck at the "android" (Franco Kernel boot logo i assume). I am using AOKP with Franco kernel.

I tried removing my battery and SIM to no avail. Can get into recovery but am not sure what to do and afraid that all my stuffs will be gone.

Appreciate your help on this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] unity04:
I'm a new GNex owner, and having used other Android overlays such as HTC's Sense, I was wondering if it's possible (if there are any mods possibly?) to do:

- Link Facebook status updates with contacts

- Link Facebook pictures with contacts

If the two above are not possible:

- When setting a 256x256 picture that is good quality as a contact picture, is there a way to have it remain good quality? Every picture I assign contacts looks like crap and pixelated

Adding on:

- Is it possible to create folders in the app drawer?

- Is it possible to change the color of a new message in the text messaging application? When you get a new text it's white instead of light grey, and it's hardly noticeable which conversation is the new one.. is there a way to set the new conversation (in the message inbox overview) to say a light blue that matches the rest of the UI? Or even have a notification beside the message (where it displays all the messages) to let you know which one if the new message?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] automaddux:
I'm a new GNex owner, and having used other Android overlays such as HTC's Sense, I was wondering if it's possible (if there are any mods possibly?) to do:

- Link Facebook status updates with contacts

- Link Facebook pictures with contacts

**I believe there is an app called hacksync or haxsync (not sure on the spelling) that lets you link up contact pics through facebook. having never used it I can't tell you if it is in the store or here on XDA. I would do a search and I'm sure you'll find it.

- When setting a 256x256 picture that is good quality as a contact picture, is there a way to have it remain good quality? Every picture I assign contacts looks like crap and pixelated

**Unfortunately this is a problem on Google's end. The servers they use to store contact information on have very low picture resolution. like 96x96 low. Solution: in the account settings, turn off sync google pics or use hacksync

- Is it possible to create folders in the app drawer?

- Is it possible to change the color of a new message in the text messaging application? When you get a new text it's white instead of light grey, and it's hardly noticeable which conversation is the new one.. is there a way to set the new conversation (in the message inbox overview) to say a light blue that matches the rest of the UI? Or even have a notification beside the message (where it displays all the messages) to let you know which one if the new message?

**Neither one of these options are possible unless your rooted. even then I haven't seen a mod for adding folders to the app drawer. It could be out there but I doubt it. There are mods for changing the apperance of the stock msg app but you are limited to whatever the themer wants it to look. (I actually feel the same way about the calender ut so far I haven't seen a good replacement theme for it yet). however, if you want full control to customize your SMS the way you want, you can either download GO SMS or Handcent SMS from the store. Both offer full customization for all aspects of the application.

I hope this helps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
HaxSync (and others) will link photos to contacts from FB.

Not to my knowledge. Definitely not in stock.

Alternate SMS apps can surely configure colors.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] unity04:
Thanks for the responses. :)

I downloaded HaxSync and it's awesome! The pictures are good quality and it shows recent activity from my contacts.

I'm going to try an alternative messaging application. If I have two messaging applications open though at the same time (does the stock messaging app run as a background process all the time?), will it slow my phone down?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
It will run, and is required to fetch the messages. It won't slow anything down.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zolah:
Go launcher EX allows you to make folders in the app drawer i believe.

I havent used it for a while but its a really good replacement launcher and has tons of features.

You might like that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reudyfam:
It'll be fine mate, just remember to turn off the notifications in the stock messaging app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
Not at all. Just disable notifications in the stock app and you're good to go with the replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UnusualSuspect:
I'm on stock yakju 4.04 and yes, I'm able to create a folder and drag it to my app tray.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
And how exactly do you do that?
[HTC One X] limestone:
Hi all:

I just did a test on the maximum charging current of the One X using current measurement equipment, and it shows that the One X does not draw above 460mA of current while charging.

With this value, i suspect that the One X limits max charging current at 500mA, which means 3 things:

1) Using any previous generation USB charger (750mA or 850mA or 1A) is good enough. Attempting to use the iPad's charger (rated at 2A) WILL NOT get you faster charging time.

2) When using battery draining applications, the charging current may not be enough for you to both CHARGE and USE the Phone. Thus it might be a better idea to give your One X some dedicated charging time.

3) Some computer USB ports may specify 500mA of output current, but there are many times the available current is less than that. On my USB port, the charging current is only about 300mA at times. So it is better to use a dedicated charger if you have it available. Having that said, however, it is still ok to charge the One X with a USB port at 300mA, just that charging will take longer.

That's all I have to report. Useful information for all.
[HTC One X] ZeroRilix:
Useful indeed. Thanks
[HTC One X] ArmedandDangerous:
I've had mine charge at 780mAh+ before. 1amp HTC charger. Charge rate slows down at the last 20-30% or so. So from 70%-100% battery, charge rates normally slow to about 450mAh.
[HTC One X] Federic0:
thanks a lot, i can confirm the statement above because my stock charger is broken and i'm using the ipad's one.

bye
[HTC One X] fi3ry_icy:
i tried to use the charger for htc chacha and hd2..

both does not work.. red light will light up but after a while it will go off and the phone does not charge..
[HTC One X] chaps:
Charging my HOX while the phones working hard eventually (after say, 5 mins), causes the charge LED to flash green/red. I've had this twice now, once while playing a 720P HD film, and once when playing Glowball.

Both times the phone was very hot, so i'm not sure if the LED thing was to indicate that the battery was too hot to charge, or that the charger could not supply enough power to charge and power the phone at the same time.
[HTC One X] Foggy79:
I'm using my HD2 charger at work every day. It charges at about 400/500mA.

Original charger gives me 650/750mA (lowers at the end)
[HTC One X] ArmedandDangerous:
If the charger cannot cope with the discharge from the game, a pop up message actually appears. If it's blinking means it's too hot. Try not to do anything intensive the last 20-30% remaining (meaning at 70-100% battery).
[HTC One X] Blackz90:
Nice info thanks
[HTC One X] bl0wf1sh:
Same here... I am using the Atrix 4G (US) charger, it does not charge the phone. The charger gives output of 850mA. It does charge when plugged into the laptop, but I think it will take very long that way.

*edit for posterity*

after a while (I did it when battery had charged to 20%), I could connect the Moto US charger, and it would show as "AC". It would not want to charge through it when the battery was really low (2%), but it would charge via USB in that case. Weird behavior, IMO.
[HTC One X] treebill:
USB limited to 500. AC limited to 1A.
[HTC One X] colin_ktp:
If you want maximum speed of charging (AC charging) you need:

1A charger with shorted D+ and D- pins (eg, original HTC charger).

iPad charger probably doesn't have these pins shorted, so in this case phone will see it as USB charging (you can check it in settings->battery) and will limit charging current to 500mA. Also lot of aftermarket car chargers will work only in USB mode despite they are able to supply 1A.

Here you can find some info on USB Charging Ports (shorted D+- pins):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Charging_ports_and_accessory_charging_adapters
[HTC One X] zvieratko:
When charger is "USB", it will not draw more than 500mA from the charger, and usually it will not charge at all (because the current draw with screen on is higher than 500mA).

When charger is AC, it seems to draw 1000mA - but this is still too low to charge while phone is doing anything, as it will draw 700mA and charge ~250mA top.

I hope this can be tuned in kernel, because it sucks, I also hope that power source can be AC (and not battery - look in dmesg when charger is connected), because battery gets too hot when under load...
[HTC One X] MickyMax:
Can you post a potential list of car charger which are working at 1mA according to you?
[HTC One X] colin_ktp:
I've only tested few devices:

Extrememac external battery for iPhone/iPad (max 2A) had pins not shorted - USB charging mode on One X (500mA).

Some cheap car adapters - max 1A (according to spec) - USB charging mode on One X.

To fox this problem you should prepare a USB extension cable or micro-usb cable with shorted D+ and D- pins and it should be recognized as AC adapter. I think that also some old HTC phone chargers might come with shorted pins in cable already, but don't know which...
[HTC One X] MickyMax:
What about the official HTC car charger?
[HTC One X] Dave Trouser:
Yes, that one will charge at the full rate.

There is no list of known good chargers - it's down to luck or a recommendation from someone who found one. You can be sure that any charger advertised as "iPhone, iPad or iPod" compatible will NOT charge your One X at the full rate.

I found one recently in a local petrol station shop. It was £5. I took it apart to have a look and the D+ and D- pins are correctly connected together (via a low value resistor) so it charges at the full rate.

So, I might suggest you look for the cheapest Chinese car charger you can.
[HTC One X] A380:
USB charging not OK inside a car

Bingo. I also noticed that when I have the screen on at 100% brightness, GPS and Bluetooth on, i.e. in the car, the USB charger cannot even keep up with the battery drain.

On top of that, the battery gets really hot.

I did not have any of these issues with my SGS2, and frankly, I think it's very disappointing. One should at least be able to stay on the same battery level while doing nothing too fancy and on USB inside a car.
[HTC One X] AJerman:
There are a lot of factors in the charging current. When you charge, the battery will heat up during the process, especially towards the end of the charging cycle. If you are using your phone at the same time and cause even more heat and charging may slow down to prevent overheating. Also, as mentioned prior, charging slows down as capacity is reached. 100% brightness, GPS, and Bluetooth all on has always walked the fine line of just barely keeping up on my past phones on a 500 mA USB charger. On top of that, this phone is a lot more powerful than an SGS2 and the T3 and big screen produce more heat which may be slowing your charging more.

The problem is a lot of cheap chargers that the phone thinks are USB chargers, not AC chargers, thus causing them to only charge at 500 mA. If you have a proper charger, or a properly modified charger, you should get more like 1A, assuming conditions are right.

In the past I've used Battery Monitor Widget from the Play store to show my charging current on a widget, as well as track and graph battery use, charging current, temperature, etc. Might want to give it a try if you're more interested in charging details.
[HTC One X] ghori1989:
Im using my htc desire charger and cable (the one that splits in two). It works fine for me but it does take a while to get a full charge. Should i use the charger and cable that came with the phone?
[HTC One X] backfromthestorm:
Its the same. 1 amp. May as well stick with it.
[HTC One X] krepa:
#1

In general LiPo/LiIon/LiFePo (Lixx) batteries are chrged in so called CC/CV mode. That means that drained battery is charged with constant current (CC phase) until the voltage reaches around 4.1V (little bit different for different Lixx). From that moment constant voltage is held (CV phase) and charging current is decreasing. When charging current drops to 1/10 of the rated capacity, the battery is considered charged. So the fatct that your HOX is not charging "full speed" may mean that battery is already in CV phase.

#2

if you want to get max current from your charger in the car and you have 1A charger, check if D+ and D- (middle 2 pins in USB connector) are shorted together. If not modify charger or make your dedicated charging cable or make dome kind of interposer ("USB to USB converter") with D+/D- shorted. Whatch also for good quality of the cable. Poor cable with high resistivity will not help you to charge with high current... Specially long cables!

#3

Apple 2.1A is not detected by shorted D+/D- but they have some divider on each of the pins. I doubt that HTC can use this (patens). They have to find their way or there must be some USB standard specification update. In general Apple doesn't care much about USB standards...

#4

Higher current charging (more than 1A) has some prerequisities...

First, the phone has to somehow detect that it is connected to the charger which can deliver higher current.

Second, each phone have MOS swithch at V+ input on USB connector. This switch has usually some Current limit threshold which may be set to different levels (by logic signals for example). So if the threshold for 2.1A is missing...

Third charging circuit in the phone is limiting the current based on what charge is detected. Therefore if there is no detection scheme for current >1A ...

All three HW conditions must be present before faster charging can be enabled by kernel.

Hope this brings some light into charging darkness :)