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[Defy Android Development] rachit2588:
Green MB525 speed improvement tips?

Its working all fine with MB525 Green,

No major bugs as such which stops you from using as daily rom.

Need some tips regarding speed improvement.

After installation apps, and also disabled HWA for most of the things except system and ui., sometimes it feels like a drag, constant specific timed lag...so things works properly but its like draggy system. not always ( .. seen with google now cards and apollo music player... also when you add new typed words to dictionary its kinda drags system.:eek:

some bugs and missing features (MB525 Green , froyo kernel) (might have been already discovered but just listing)

no included screenshot feature ( oh its there i just found out.. settings/system/power menu)

>no live wallpaper

>something wrong with camera module (esp low light color compression) ... it was good during ICS rel.

>not buttery smooth all the time.

>keyboard typing not as fast as CM7

>got some initial problems with baseband (signal drops) and SD media scan.

>during incoming call ...it vibrates for some 1 or 2 rings and then its starts ringing :confused:
[Defy Android Development] juried:
+1

I also would like to see HWA DISABLED by default. Devs worked hard to get it, it proved to be a negative on phone performance, so how about ditching it again?

Also, why enable just some apps like system UI... is there evidence that this makes a good difference, or is it just parroting?
[Defy Android Development] ktmbikerman:
Not sure if I qualify as a creative tested :) but I removed the sd card as my phone was laggy to the point of unusable this morning. I booted up without the sd card now and the phone is flying. No deep sleep, for some reason, but the normal 20 min of max CPU didn't occur and the phone is super responsive.

I'll put the sd card back in and see what happens.

EDIT: put the sd card back and booted up... took 10min of max CPU but all is fine now, seems to be snappy again.
[Defy Android Development] kvigneshkrish:
CM10 (11/10) Defy (Red Lense): The first boot takes a long time, so are the successive boots. Not as fast as an Codename Android.

Once in, my oh my, the ROM is blazingly fast. I don't see any performance or speed issues right after flashing. I V6-supercharged to 512 HP Super UnLedded and the performance has slightly improved. Other than that I find no issues with the performance. :cool:

Battery life? It has taken a huge beating. Analysed the drops using Battery Drain Analyser (get it here) It shows a tremendous drop of 6.72% per hour after a mild on/off texting with Wi-Fi off and the Data off :eek:. This is very very high battery usage compared to the Quarx CM10 used with Walter's fixed sbf. I've attached the screenshot for my Quarx custom kernel CM10 (11/10)

Cheers.
[Defy Android Development] bharaththeunique:
Without hwa apps like chrome,opera mobile will not work. Even Google is taking an initiative to convince developers to create apps with hw accelerated ui. So if that happens even more apps won't work.

For system ui, disable hwa will remove the gradient backgrounds that we have now. Which I think imho looks really cool.
[Defy Android Development] sebx_g1:
I found interesting thing - fastetest rom for me is CM10 build 10/10 but with latest quarx kernel . My Defy just flies in any job .
[Defy Android Development] bbllaazzee:
Updated to 13-Oct.

Steps:

1. Reboot to Recovery

2. Wipe cache

3. Wipe Dalvik

4. Install - CM10 - 1110 build

5. Install the update_v2

6. Wipe cache

7. Wipe Dalvik

Reboot

Booted within 2-3 mins and up for operation within 5 mins.

Issues:

Live wall paper is missing :( Anyone on how to enable?
[Defy Android Development] pranks1989:
The bug do not comes up every time! It is random.. At least that was until yesterday. Dint check today
[Defy Android Development] Gafanhotz:
To solve any extra issues, i've installed Apex and Notification Toggles by j4velin! If nothing more that annoy me occurs from here to tomorrow this will be my Day-to-Day rom! :D
[Defy Android Development] LeonardoJegigzem:
Jellly Bean is jussst amazingg!!, i'm very very surprised with the 18 build performancee!, Downloading 19! :D

20 KB/s.. patience patience
[Defy Android Development] sixSforever:
try mirror... best server in Romania! :D or magnet link, I seeding
[Defy Android Development] Zenkai86:
In today's build i can start workouts in endomondo pro:-) awesome

Edit:and the GPS gets a fix in endomondo pro too:D
[Defy Android Development] ppero196:
I am downloading this nightly from quarx's site for almost 1 hour and it's only 50% : D

What are you people doing to poor server?
[Defy Android Development] syllogyking:
there's multiple mirror links and torrent links from other people in the thread, which would probably give you faster speeds..:silly:
[Defy Android Development] klovan200:
Try my mirror:

http://acrane.eu/defy/

Hi-speed mirror from Czech Republic, auto-sync every 4 hours, all files have md5. Enjoy! ;)
[Defy Android Development] Sir Flashalot:
Wiped cache/dalvik and upgraded 18 to 19. System FC is gone, pick-up calls ok, ringtone/mp3 ok. Still: laggy boot animation, keylights not burning, et cetera. I know the workarounds. But this rom is fast!

I noticed a lot of cached processes in Settings --> Apps --> Running. I reduced this in Settings --> Developer options --> Background process limit and set it to 2 or 3. Battery usage was much less in the previous build with this setting but I didn't test it long enough (had to flash 19 :)).
[Defy Android Development] aLeda:
Hey all, I realy wanna install CM10, I'm curently using WhiteRabbit 1.6 on my MB526, is CM10 better or I should wait ?

Sound is now working isn't it ?

Will CM10 crash every day or will be lagging ?

Thanks guys !
[Defy Android Development] sixSforever:
Lol... one more mirror?! :D
[Defy Android Development] Pedro Liberal:
Could you send me a link??

Thanks a lot!
[Defy Android Development] j814wong:
Google Now partially works. I received a notification from it, 1 card, about the local weather. But when I open the card or open Google Now from the home screen, it "has stopped". I am really looking forward to Google Now.
[Defy Android Development] Gafanhotz:
There it is:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28685199&postcount=26

Update: I've made some workarounds using Apex Launcher and Toggle Notifications from the Play Store, a few refinements in Apex and it turned into my dialy use rom. Perfect!

In the next update it should be really more awesome than now! Hope CM team port their tweaks as soon as they can so Quarx can merge it and make it more awesome than ever! Let's just hope that no problem appear to me from now on.
[Defy Android Development] Pekempy:
In addition

Boot animation still jumpy

Screen rotation can't be disabled
[Defy Android Development] Gafanhotz:
Add to the list: No buttons backlight.

But about the jumpy boot anim, flash the Nexus Boot Animation, it's awesome: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28685199&postcount=26

And install Apex and deactivate on it the screen rotation, and you're done. :D
[Defy Android Development] pranks1989:
Worked like a charm for me in 18th build!!
[Defy Android Development] KeinBernd:
Awesome, thanks (díky!) a lot, had max 150 kb/s from Quarx's server.
[Defy Android Development] Pekempy:
Turn auto brightness off for button backlight.

I have apex, and am installing a Portal boot anim
[Defy Android Development] j814wong:
I wiped everything of Cm9 then flashed froyo kernel from the mirror, 19th build, gapps. Then booted up and set up my account. Google Now is still not working. Did you do anything special?

I have a green lens
[Defy Android Development] pawelsz:
some apps is not working at this rom: iPKO and Good Technology, rest i'll check soon (app for banking and secured messaging)
[Defy Android Development] mahenkpatel:
How to use the custom kernel with the older cm10 roms??
[Defy Android Development] vap_66:
[sarcasm]

Well, while we're at it, let's remove also the phone features. You know, to save battery. Also, removing all apps would be a wonderful idea. Let the user install some (but maximum 10, so the phone can be blazing fast).

Actually, wouldn't it be just GREAT if we could all switch back to 1.5 Cupcake? Think about how fast will it run on Defy's hardware. Yay, performance! :D

[/sarcasm]

Really, guys, stop requesting DEFAULT changes. It's CM10, it should stay that way. You have the means to make changes yourself, why do you need to alter the whole concept?
[Defy Android Development] ofmb:
Thanks!

More tests needed - what about unmounting sdcard right after boot? Does it help also?
[Defy Android Development] juried:
That's just plain silly. If something is an almost universal drag, we should keep it just because "it's CM10"?? :rolleyes: Watch out, stupid hurts.
[Defy Android Development] elicor:
wifi instability

good morning

great job with this last update I have used this rom in theese days and I have noted two problem:

the wifi connection is very instable, after few minute of wife return the 3G connection and all data use that, i must switch oin air plane mode and off air plane to review the wifi....

the camera take few photo and go in stop...

Thanks a lot

Lisa
[Defy Android Development] matiasrey:
I agree with Vap, although he may have been a little too sarcastic, but i like to keep things as default as possible, if you want changes you can always perform them yourself in a matter of minutes. Also, HWA is one of the main features of ICS/JB and some apps need it in order to perform as they should. Plus, the OS makes a pretty good job handling things on its own, including HWA.
[Defy Android Development] Bé Yêu:
Updated to 13-Oct.

Steps:

1. Reboot to Recovery

2. Wipe DATA / cache

3. Wipe Dalvik

4. Install - CM10 - 1110 build

5. Install the update_v2

Install Battery Fix for Defy+???

6. Wipe cache

7. Wipe Dalvik

Reboot

Issues:

Live wall paper is missing Anyone on how to enable?
[Defy Android Development] FcukBloat:
I never disable hwa on my phone, i keep it enabled for all apps.. and i like how the phone works, so why disable hwa for all users by default?

Disable it by yourself if you don't like it.
[Defy Android Development] sebx_g1:
Agree :good: Let CM10 be CM10 , more features we have @ CNA builds , less in SlimBean - anyone has greate choice now :)
[Defy Android Development] ofmb:
To fix laggyness pls try:

pull battery and sdcard out and boot phone.

helps?
[Defy Android Development] elyashiv1994:
My battery drain when it not active....in 2 hours 12% battery fot nothing....

Its happened to anyone else?

sent from my cm10 defy
[Defy Android Development] ppero196:
Yeah... I don't know what are you people doing with your phones but with hwa on for all apps and 0 tweaks (zram..memory management...) my phone flies...

I always have 8 apps running side by side.
[Defy Android Development] ktmbikerman:
Deep sleep Issue?

I, correction, my phone was having serious deep sleep issues until I uninstalled CPU Spy Plus. Using the old CPU Spy again and deep sleep happens as it should.

---------- Post added at 10:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:40 AM ----------

Is there still an option to unmount the SD card? Can't find it under Settings > Storage...
[Defy Android Development] JustinBacle:
I totally agree on this point. Latest cm10 works great w/o any tweaks. Those who want to disable hwa are just stupid, if you want ICS/JB keep hwa and default apps. If you do not, revert to cm7. :D
[Defy Android Development] :
actually I will switch to cm7 till next release, data drops are very frequent from time to time, the fact of the 2nd boot option stuff means I can flash froyo kernel and cm7 rom and im ready to go? or I have to change something from 2nd init (switch it from 2nd boot to 2nd init?)

ty for your awnser, rom is really great but data drops and reboots are too frequent!
[Defy Android Development] FcukBloat:
here too, hwa on, no overclock, and 0 changes in the performance settings after flashing the build.. I like how it goes pretty smooth just sometime a little laggy or maybe some apps take some time to open but I can live with that! :)

only one problem (but I don't think it is related to the build..) zynga poker is not working anymore :( :D (can't enter any table.. :| )

and...........with panorama working (and maybe some fps less in camera recording preview to avoid laggings), that would be the perfect rom for me!! ;)

byeeeeee
[Defy Android Development] Alka-Seltzer PLUS:
My battery drains to fast too: just for test I charged it to 100% and removed the wall charger from the defy, turned on airplane mode and went to sleep.

Tomorrow morning it was 65% charged and CPUspy showed 6 hours of deep sleep and 3 hours on 300MHz.

My governor is BOOSTED and my Vsel values are 300@33 48@600 58@1000 62@1100.

I came from the MIG rom installing this way:

1 wipe data/factory reset

2 wipe cache

3 wipe dalvik cache

4 install zip from sd card -> nightly 11.10

5 wipe cache

6 wipe dalvik cache

7 install zip from sd card -> update v2

8 wipe cache

9 wipe dalvik cache

10 reboot

I am a green lens defy user.

I noticed right now that my phone hangs on boot if I reboot it while plugged in the wall charger.

Boot requires a minute and th system is smooth after a very little while, HWA is enabled only for systemUI.

Thank you aLL.

EDIT: I should be on BL4
[Defy Android Development] iRegistry:
So, I tried to install the new 2ndboot builds on my Defy multiple times without any success. So I after reading and searching trough like 50-100 pages of this thread, I thought to ask in this thread.

I have a Defy with green lense, BL6 (China ROM).

I have tried the following steps:

1. Full wipe (data, cache, dalvik)

2. Installed 10.11 build

3. Full wipe again (tried with and without that wipe)

4. Installed update v2

5. again full wipe (like before tried with and without wiping)

6. Reboot

Now the phone reboots, the red led turns on for like 30 seconds and then it reboots again.

anyone an idea what I could try next?

Thank you!
[Defy Android Development] aLeda:
hi all, i overclocked to 1.3 ghz (see my signature)

i enabled all about RAM in "performance"..

i use boosted governor and noop scheduler

is my config good or useless, any advices ?? thanks :) !!
[Defy Android Development] oSandmaNo:
1.3 is too much. 1GHz itself is quite enough.
[Defy Android Development] FcukBloat:
update your signature.. you are on 4.1.2 JB! :D
[Defy Android Development] kvigneshkrish:
Hmmm... Yeah. I've noticed it too but my VSEL4 value is at 1 GHz. I've tried to change the governor to 'SMARTASS' and I'm testing how much battery life I can get using that ...
[Defy Android Development] aLeda:
Ok thanks I'll set it back to 1ghz then :)

Mmmm.. I don't remember, it was 300; 600; 800; 1000 ? thanks

oh yes i forgot thanks xD

thanks, no advices about ram, scheduler, governor etc... ? :)
[Defy Android Development] _ossie_:
First 2 VSels seem very high and may account for your poor battery performance. Try 17@300 and 32@600
[Defy Android Development] aLeda:
Thanks but i use vsel calculator for that, i forgot the order ^^
[Defy Android Development] jayanth1255:
Notification background color and transparency not changing

I tried applying many CM10 themes, even after restarting notification background color and transparency is not changing.
[Defy Android Development] jayanth1255:
I tried applying many CM10 themes, even after restarting notification background color and transparency is not changing.
[Defy Android Development] Deonix:
Why in the lord's name would you do Full Wipe over and over again. Of course it does not work... If you delete Data.. it's like deleting the C partition in your PC (where Windows and all the programs are installed). I am only replaying because this made me laugh... there are so many Install tutorials in these forums...

So try this:

1. Full wipe (data, cache, dalvik)

2. Installed 10.11 build

4. Installed update v2

6. Reboot. if it hangs with Red Light LED on pull battery and Reboot again

7. You can try step 6 a few times while waiting 2-3 minutes in between.

Now it will work ;).
[Defy Android Development] cyrusct82:
I have booted without SD CARD and yes is true the lag at boot dissapeared.
[Defy Android Development] diogo.sena:
are you sure? tried that too, lag at boot persists... must be something else
[Defy Android Development] cyrusct82:
yes i'm sure

watch the proessor and you will see that the freqv. will not stay at maximum

and there is no need to put the device in sleep mode after boot
[Defy Android Development] corrinti:
Well, would you try to flash any other full BL6 sbf (not chinese one) and report?

I had similar problem with chinese BL5 and couldn't boot untill changed my parent ROM
[Defy Android Development] sebx_g1:
I've just noticed battery drop ~10% just after 4 min call , that is not normal . Rom 10/10 + latest kernel .
[Defy Android Development] diogo.sena:
trying again just to make sure, without sd really makes thing a little faster,

but just because the lagging phone have one less thing to do (scan for contents), the lag still there!

when the phone deepsleeps for just one milisecond, the lag is gone and the phone is fast as hell..
[Defy Android Development] kvigneshkrish:
Have you tried tinkering with the Governor. I find that setting it on "SmartAss" helps it a bit but it still is high. Also tinker with the VSELs... It might help.:good:
[Defy Android Development] mandhir.s.bajwa:
Ok, So I had 11th Oct version running for 2 days. Loved it to the core.

Noticed high battery usage and encountered huge battery drops for the first time ever.

Also, did not let my phone to run out of batter as I was afraid that I might get the same issue as reported by many other people here.

So today I tried to update the v2.zip and realised my phone is no longer getting into recovery from shutdown option, niether i was able to get into bootmenu from there.

was getting a red led for few seconds, then all buttons would light up and then red led for few more seconds and the rom would load up/

So tried taking battery off, rebooted, got blue Led, pressed volume down> Got the bootmenu.

went to custom recovery and was able to update the v2.zip after clearing cache and delvik.

restarted, it updated all of my apps. and I tried again to get int Bootmenu or recovery from shutdown options, But it never gets into it and the device simply restarts.
[Defy Android Development] dk0108:
slight problem here guys. after flashing 11.10 and the 13.10 kernel update it's showing only 3 clks under cpu settings in the boot menu. :/ but cpu spy shows 4. will reflashing the rom and kernel update fix this?
[Defy Android Development] evertjr:
It not working yet, just restart phone and press volume down on blue led. I recomend using ondemand governor and CFC scaling over performance setting, it helps in battery life.
[Defy Android Development] ishansharma21:
need to know some settings...my freq settings are

smartass

300@17

600@32

800@54

1100@58

modules are DISABLED...

are these settings are fine n if not plz tell me the settings..
[Defy Android Development] ansontyl96:
How to get a transparent background in the notification like galaxy nexus??
[Defy Android Development] tnsantos:
I tried everything to boot this build but without luck. The last JB build I can flash successfull is 1209, 2409 gives me black screen and bootloops as 1010 and 1110. Idk if this is it but once I have flashed a SBF (shadow-128) with these SMG versions:

CG31.smg version is 5

CG32.smg version is 1

CG33.smg version is 1

CG34.smg version is 1

CG35.smg version is 2

CG39.smg version is 5

CG42.smg: signature not found!

CG45.smg version is 0

CG47.smg version is 2

CG61.smg version is 1

CG64.smg version is 1

CG65.smg version is 1

RAMDLD.smg: signature not found!

I can't go back to stock since it have lower smg version.
[Defy Android Development] vic160890:
Serious stuff

People you need to stay on topic and only request

serious

stuff.

Things like transparency or other themes or apps or whatever are not related to the development of the ROM nor the kernel.

And among others, reporting massive, huge battery drain is not needed from all of you out there with this problem. You might want to consider that your battery has gotten problematic, or there are apps that keep your phone awake.

So if you have large battery drain, try the following:

- make a clean install of your ROM and try not installing anything unnecessary for a few days (or charging cycles). If you still have battery drops then it might be a problem with the ROM/kernel, but as not everyone has reported high usage, it's more probably not ROM/kernel related.

- make sure you do not kill your battery by letting it charge through the whole night. (it does not require so much time.. so you are wasting charge cycles)

Wifi, or 3G internet use a huge amount of mA if you need them always on, then expect a maximum of 17 hours/ charge

I for one have only some battery drops caused by awakening of the phone during the night for an hour or 2 and it brings the battery down by 10-12 % I am still trying to figure out what app is causing this, but I'm considering battery adaption for one.

Another thing I noticed. If I charged my phone to 90% and then I went to recovery it shows 100% and if I flash new sbf and get the stock rom it shows over 95% too even with the battery used because of the flashing. This seems curious and should be looked into (You might have noticed that the battery charges up to 90% then slowly to 92% and then it jumps tu 100% and the Charging led shows that the battery is charged when it reaches 90%)

Keep up the good work and try solving your problems first and then asking about them without having any idea about anything.
[Defy Android Development] ppero196:
Well said.

Might I add something regarding higher battery drain.

Quarx himself said that kernel has battery usage issues.

And to make things worse...there is noticeably higher battery drain in deepsleep
[Defy Android Development] diogo.sena:
People here tend to forget that majority of defys around have 2 years old battery, and will NEVER have new battery performance..

Also, when you are flashing things in recovery, android is not running and doesn't know that you're wasting charge.. so, you have to charge to 100% before making any statement related to battery life..
[Defy Android Development] thiagobaur:
Faster than ever

Well...

I had reported here somedays ago, just after the release of the new kerne.

My phone was a little laggy until yeasterday night.

I update the kernel and the phone was laggy again but than i went to the performance options and the maximum frequency was set to 0 mhz. I had never change anythong related to the cpu clock.. after that I went to the CPU settings in bootmenu and guess what?!

My phone is faster than ever...really...its amazing how fast it is... maybe as fast as cm7.

For who have problems with laggy, just check your performance settings. I think that something has confused the phone since now we "open" the 1100 Mhz option.

To end the post.

Should I change some settings to enable the CRT animation? because in my phone it doesn't return like reported!

Thanks a lot quarx
[Defy Android Development] corrinti:
I had exactly the same problem. The workaround I've found was flashing BL6 sbf.

It might be rather not CG versions problem but the kernel in the build you flashed.

You may also try other BL5 sbfs, though in my case they were unrootable with SuperOneClick.
[Defy Android Development] fudger:
vSel calc says

42@800 others ok.
[Defy Android Development] bhupatib:
Change window transition animation in development settings to 1 to enable CRT and 0.5 to disable.