[Captivate Android Development] waslost1:
As promised, I am just checking in with my results after a few days with CP4 loaded.

After running this over the weekend and just keeping the install to a minimum of apps, I have to say, this is the smoothest ROM I have ever had on my Captivate. I am coming form a Gingerbread ROM. I had tried ICS and chickened out when the EU bug appeared. ICS was ok, but JB is the way to go hands down. It has the everything ICS had, but made it smoother. faster, and cleaner in my opinion.

First thing I noticed was that there was no lag. I mean NO lag! Even the boot screen is fast and smooth! Outstanding! Screen motion is so smooth and fluid, I can't believe this is the same phone.

GPS works as good as I have seen on a Captivate. It's usable anyway and I have noticed that the phone does not get as warm as it did with other Gingerbread or ICS ROMS. I always thought there was wasted processor usage on GPS, the reduced heat kinda confirms that someone was able to streamline the GPS processes and that probably made it hold a lock better than before. In any case, I can use it now without screaming profanities every time it lost it's lock at a crucial moment while driving. Funny how it never lost it's lock when I didn't need it. :confused:

Battery Life, what the heck did you do? I went two days on a single charge and used actually the phone a lot! WOW! My typical use would normally eat my battery up by the time I got home at night. I ran two days on this ROM and still had about 20% left when I finally put it back on the charger. Maybe the jump to JB or maybe just this ROM. All I know is that I am very happy about the battery life.

Screen sharpness seems better than on Gingerbread. I think I read somewhere that JB had done something to improve this, but this is also a very welcome improvement. It is much easier to read emails and web pages now. I'm in my 40's and I am beginning to understand what happens to your eyes as you age. Contrast is key!

Much wider range of brightness adjustment. I like that I can get the screen very dim for use at night indoors in a dark room. I often use this phone as a remote control form my Roku player. I hate it when the screen is so bright is blinds you from the movie. It is also nice to know I can squeeze more battery life out if I need to.

Aspire Launcher???? This is a new launcher to me. Is this the same launcher as the 99cent one on the play store? Is it the battery saver? While I like the launcher, I miss some of the features of APEX, ADW Nova, Go and others. I'd like to try some of the other launchers but I fear that I might mess up the wonderful battery life I am getting. If the launcher is responsible, then I will keep it and live without the other options. It is a worthwhile trade. If this launcher is not saving the battery, then I might give the others a try and see if I can get the features back.

Now, with all that good news, I have also noted that this ROM is STABLE! I have not had any fc issues or misbehaving apps. In fact It seems that many of the apps I have run faster. Bluetooth and WiFi are crisp and responsive. Transitions from WiFi to cellular networks seems flawless. Streaming audio via Bluetooth in my truck works perfectly including the radio controls operating the media player.

Now for what I have noticed wrong...

Not much really. Actually, only one thing I have noticed thus far and this is probably not ROM related. Enabling the Weather in the notification bar is nice, however the updates do not seem to work all the time. I have tried setting the update times to all different settings but it seems to make littler difference. I woke this morning and it said it was 70F outside when in fact it was 45F. The update was set for 30 minutes and temp 30 minutes earlier was actually 42F. I have never had much luck with weather apps being accurate anyway, so I will jst watch this for a while and see if it is just a network related issue or maybe someone will have a suggestion on this to improve it.

Thanks to the entire Collective and all the people beyond the Collective that have made this ROM possible. This ROM is an example of what a solid team of talented people can accomplish. While I am not a developer of Linux based software, I design and code industrial machinery (very different languages) so I do comprehend the hours of work, frustration and endless obstacles you have to overcome to pull together something like this. All I can do is applaud all of you and your talents. Thanks again.