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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
The 2 multi-core kernels I've dealt with so far (GNexus and Note 2), they turn off all but one core by default, and only turn on more cores when needed. So, even the stock kernel does well with this respect, unless the developer is mildly retarded and disabled hot plug. Also, from my own experience, you can't do too much to improve battery life with regards to the kernel either, but it is quite easy to make it worse. I haven't done to much with the Note 2 yet though, so it may be different for the Note 2 compared to the GNex.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gottahavit:
Generally agree, with the exception that all those "bloatware" applications often have broadcast receivers and wake timers and talk to "MotherShip" whether you use them or not, this can easily affect battery life and performance(even if none of them hit the top ten in the battery screen). If it's a simple app with no background service and no receivers then yes they are not affecting performance or battery and it's just about being tidy.

One total exception to this however is the CleanROM avalable for the TF700. The TF700 has some serious Random IO issues on stock ROM, but the Stock Based CleanROM for the TF700 is without question Night and Day superior. That said I won't claim to have insight into what was done to that ROM to make it perform so well, but it's not an AOSP ROM.

I do agree that stock ROM on Note 2 is completely smooth, and i've only removed stuff to tidy up my app list ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1ManWolfePack:
Battery life is all up to the user, might I add. If you have 37 crappy apps set to sync/push constantly, with brightness all the way up, you never reboot, you leave GPS on, BT on, etc - your battery is going to suck whatever ROM you run.

I also don't under volt ever. Never saw any benefit or need.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] moemoney12:
I'm not saying that stock is better than any Rom. Or vice versa. as it pertains to battery life. Scott's Rom is basically stock. I love my phone when it was stock had great battery life and performance. What Scott offers me is better functionally.

I love the multi window app that's included. Before i had to change the script. The same goes for the camera shutter. And the annoying Wi-Fi notification. And I really dislike bloatware.

But it's all based on personal preference. They both run great. I didn't want to start a debate.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sudermatt:
What about benchmarks, like antutu. Isnt that a way of comparing performance between the verious roms?

Are you telling me that doesnt mean anything?

What is the antutu number on a stock rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adrynalyne:
Im telling you benchmarks don't mean a thing in real world performance and again, the rom doesn't so squat, unless they do an sqlite hack. That only inflates and puts your data at risk.

Kernels change performance, zip roms do not!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
No it does not mean anything, it can easily be manipulated. I remember when I had my Droid X, there was a script that would TRIPLE the benchmark scores. The script however had ZERO effect on performance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kimdoocheol:
17.5 seems low for antutu. I'm on cleanrom pulling 18.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sudermatt:
I know they can be manipulated.

However, let's assume for a second that it's not being manipulated.

Aren't they still the best way to measure performance from one ROM to another?

Aren't the benchmarks the only real way to counter the "placebo" effect argument?

Will someone that is on stock please let me know what their Antutu score is.

Thanks,

Matt
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eraursls1984:
I mostly agree, I know that background apps don't effect performance (unless there's not enough free ram which I had a problem with on my Droid X and Thunderbolt) or battery life if they aren't running. The problem is some of these bloat apps do run even though we never use them (blockbuster use to eat up a lot of battery on my Droid X even though I didn't use it) or the memory management didn't work well and bloat apps take up memory while the apps I used every day fought for the rest of the ram. Also on the Droid X and Thunderbolt I had performance issues due to not having enough ram, I had to use an app to set the memory parameters so it wouldn't drop to low and cause lag and freezing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SirVilhelm:
This is exactly why I run his Rom. Nothing to do with performance or battery, simply like the features. You forgot to mention the ability to change the pull down icons:D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1ManWolfePack:
Scott's my dude, but honestly bro: are you talking about which toggles display? If yes, welcome to lidroid and every custom ROM. Unless, you mean the actual icon. That would be different.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adrynalyne:
Assuming they weren't manipulated, my answer wouldn't change.

Stock:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bond32:
While I completely agree with you guys, my phone is stock rooted. I don't even have a google+ profile but Google plus is using battery... Could be considered bloat.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Thats because your signed in on it lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bond32:
I'm signed in an app that I don't have a profile for... I haven't even opened that app. It's obviously draining the battery and I've not used it I would say that would qualify as bloat that drains battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
You do have one, your Gmail... open it then sign out and your worries will be over.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bond32:
Thats pretty ridiculous don't you think? I explicitly said I don't want a Google plus profile yet it automatically signs me in? I actually just froze the app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Yea I said the same exact thing. I was like wth I dont have an account but figured it automatically made one and signed me in. If you sign out it wont run anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eraursls1984:
It doesn't automatically create an account, I can't leave play store feedback because I don't have a G+ account, but I have 4 gmail accounts logged in.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ILMF:
I've found this thread extremely informative. And for what it's worth my score - custom rom with custom kernel that I haven't oc or uv
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
once again placebo pants...the only reason I run beans is for the aosp themeing. it does not offer any performance gains or battery life over stock, nor will clean rom or any other modded stock variant. listen to imnuts and adrynalyne, those two know ther ish!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bond32:
I generally always used clean rom. Once this thread popped up I odin'ed to full stock locked bootloader. Just rooted, blocked update, and put the mods in on my own. For reasons unknown I have zero desire for roms now. I suppose I thought there was much more "programming" involved but suppose I was wrong.

What I did notice is google+ and maps are the only apps so far that actually drained the battery from stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
You can't magically increase performance of the underlying hardware with a custom ROM based on the stock firmware. Sure, you may be able to get it to look a little smoother, but actual performance won't change. The only way to increase performance would be to install a custom kernel and overclock the CPU/GPU, and at that point, you'll hurt battery life. Sure, you can tweak memory management, but this isn't going to do more than just keep more apps in memory, or force them out sooner.

On the same token, you can't magically increase battery life just by installing a custom ROM based on the stock firmware. The major bits of the OS can't be removed or changed really, unless you go to AOSP. Sure, you may get 5-10% at most increased battery life, but you aren't going to get an extra hour of screen time, maybe 10-15 min at most, and even that could just be because you've had better signal strength/quality. At this point, undervolting doesn't even do to much to help with battery life as most processors now are spending 95% of their time in lower power draw states. Running AOSP can potentially get you better battery life, but it can be hit or miss, depending on how well proprietary modules play with the system.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
its nice to read useful posts like this :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
Went to a stock rooted rom and I can say that this is all true. Same as any other "modded", rom. I now see the error of my ways haha probably will Odin root66 and block update as well. Tsf solves my need for custom rom and the green theme I have for it blends nicely with stock touchwiz anyways haha thanks for all this great info guys
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] guthrien:
If you haunt the rom threads you see different times quoted, and they're very impressive. But the battery on this phone is very impressive it gets amazing amounts of play and work time no matter what I put on it. There's no need to scrimp and save to get an extra 45 minutes on this beast.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnchad14:
I suppose one of the downsides of the note 2 is that everything runs so smoothly that we are forced to imagine performance differences in similar roms :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] times_infinity:
Skimmed through about lolramz posts.

So here it goes.

The Linux kernel caches ram.. blah blah blah. What looks like your phwn haz noe ramz is really your phone haz ramz, it's just cached.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adrynalyne:
Oh you!

You can't teach the stubborn.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrmajano13:
Got a question with anybody with a answer. I flashed 4.5 and decided to try the AT&T icons but wanted to go back to the Verizon 4G icons. Any idea on how this could be done. Any help would be great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adrynalyne:
Reflash the rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrmajano13:
Oh ok thanks, didn't want to do that. Guess that's the only way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidx2.3.3:
You dont need to wipe data or anything. Just flash it and when the installer comes up hit the verizon icons.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrmajano13:
Oh really no way, do I need to wipe cache or dalvik cache?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidx2.3.3:
I always wipe cache. But you dont need to. You dont need to wipe dalvik either but again, I always do. You wont lose any data from wiping those two so your good to re flash and get the vzw icons back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrmajano13:
Thank you very much for the help. Hope this helps others as well.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] 24ky:
Well I'm currently back on sence 4.1 but I made an aroma mod for cm10.1. And I need a tester to tell me if it all works
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Temetka:
I had my nook repartitioned at the store to 5.5/7.5GB.

I have a 16GB SD Card in the slot.

So it would appear that is EMMC of 5.5GB and sdcard1 is my 16GB card. There is a usbdisk0 entry though but when I go into the folder it's empty. I tried copying a video into /mnt/usbdisk0 but it failed. Maybe that's a shortcut for USB OTG?

I also hopped into the terminal and ran a df -0 which returned nothing. So I tried to cd /mnt/usbdisk0 and received a permission denied response. I then ran su inside the terminal followed again by cd /mnt/usbdisk0 which let me in. Then I tried a very simple touch test.fil command. No file was created even with root permissions.

Anyway where is my 7.5GB partition and how do I use it?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
If you browse the root file-system with a File Manager (e.g., like ES File Manager) with root permission, your internal user storage should appear mounted as /emmc or /mnt/emmc.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Temetka:
Yes. /mnt/emmc is my 5.5GB partition.

I am trying to find the 7.5GB partition so I can use it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] asawi:
Depending how your storage is set up in CM10 the Tablet is either acting as a WMTP device or you'll get prompt to enable USB storage or something along those lines when you connect it to your computer. Either way, it will show your 8GB partition as My Nook.

Edit: mnt /emmc really should be your 8GB partition!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Your SD card storage should show up as /sdcard and /mnt/sdcard.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptesmoke:
hi, wondering if anyone else here is using their N7 with dodge uconnect. Finally took my n7 on a trip last weekend...and while it paired fine it would not stream music. I am running cm10.1 nightlies .

wondering if its the tablet/kernel/rom or uconnect. I also use a Nexus 4 regularly to stream BT audio and it works fine. also on cm10.1 nightlies.

ideas?
[Nook Color Accessories] jeff.p:
so, i've read at several places online that b&n will replace a broken charger for free.. my 2nd charger just died (i've bought two) and when i called, they said they wouldn't replace it bc the nook is out of warranty :/
[Nook Color Accessories] dbeedle:
My understanding is that they were replacing the cable (which I need) if under warranty. I don't know that they have been replacing the whole charger buy YMMV. Meanwhile it looks like $15 for a cheap cable or $25 for the charger and cable.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitWasHere:
Anybody found a way to get a JellyBean based ROM to connect to a 2wire router? I'm new to rooting and haven't gone through with it yet as this is a big deal for me. I'm looking for a JB rom that just works all around and is pretty stable. Customization isn't really important, I'll probably keep using Nova Launcher anyways. Being incompatible with a 2wire router seems to be the common problem on the JB roms I've read up on.

Any help appreciated
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
CleanROM JellyBean is probably your best bet. Use that and the 3.17 wireless radio.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Deleted member 3452239:
I think only AOSP roms have this issue.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitWasHere:
I haven't heard the term "radio" yet, I guess I've got some more reading to do haha
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Just think of it as a driver for your wireless/wifi on your phone.

Sent from my HTC One XL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
I've been plagued with WiFi issues so much I went to sense roms for the last few months. Until h8 came along with CM10.1, it seems as though the WiFi issues are better. Not perfect, but a damn big improvement
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitWasHere:
Oh okay. I found a thread with a bunch of download links for radios for our phone. You said 3.17, so I'm to assume that the ATT 2.20 radio isn't referring to the firmware number the phones running on? Just trying to make sense of all of this haha, I thought the drivers for everything was the kernel.

So it's non Sense based roms that have the wifi issues? I don't mind Sense all that much, and I'll end up using Nova Launcher anyhow so I guess it's just wasted space on the phone which is fine. A rom will save me all the bloatware which will be nice.

Which ROM/Kernal/radio are you running?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
Its only aosp ROMs on 4.1.2 that are having the 2wire WiFi problems. Sense ROMs connect instantly no matter which base your running
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Give me one second to go write this on the computer. Find out what bootloader you have in the meantime. Turn phone off, press power button and hold it while holding volume down until a screen loads up.

On that screen it should say hboot 1.09 or something to that effect.

Sent from my HTC One XL

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I use CleanROM JB Beta 1, this radio 3.17 Radio for Sense (thanks jac0b) and ElementalX-JB for my kernel. :good::)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitWasHere:
I'm running on hboot 1.14 it says
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] a box of kittens:
No matter which radio I'm on I always have the worst time trying to connect tomy 2 wire ..always takes 30 mins
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitWasHere:
Which roms (if any) have you had success with for getting your 2wire to connect in a reasonable time? I'm assuming a Rom has to be designed for certain radios or the other way around?

I've definitely got some googling ahead of me, I always thought that AOSP was like android it self, so everything would be AOSP based?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
The 4.2 ROMs work well will 2wire
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitWasHere:
So the latest CleanRom won't work for me? CM 10.1 seems to be my best bet if that's the case
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] area51avenger:
Cleanrom is sense based so you're fine. Only aosp roms are affected.

Sent from my VENOMized HoxL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitWasHere:
So I've decided to go ahead and root my phone and apply the setup you are running. Just wondering, will CleanRom work out of the box without flashing new radios and kernels? I'm new to this so was hoping I could do it it steps rather than all at once so I could pin point were I went wrong easier.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
If you have hboot 1.14 you won't be able to flash a radio anyway... But yea every rom works right out the box
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitWasHere:
Oh okay, sort of comforting knowing it's out of my hands haha. I just finishing installing CleanRom, phone is still rebooting. Wish me luck!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Yep CleanROM should work out of the box. Those other 2 items I mentioned are just nice tweaks.

Sent from my HTC One XL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitWasHere:
So far so good with CleanRom, wifi and everything seem to work great. Thanks to everyone who helped me get the courage to get started with this. Time to learn through experimentation!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
Ask first before you experiment too much lol.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
And remember to make a backup in Twrp before you make any significant changes.

Sent from my HTC One XL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitWasHere:
Thank you guys for the concern. This forum really is the best, hopefully one day I find my niche and can contribute something useful.

Starting to get the hang of things with flashing and what not. Switched over to CM 10.1 yesterday and am liking it so far, 2wire works great!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshuaXedos:
Yes i know. I ****ed up. But somehow i was tinkering and managed to delete the entire internal storage. I can still get into fast boot and.twrp. Can someone please help me?

What was i trying to fix? Check my other thread about the headphone jack.

Edit:Also. Twrp says i dont have an os above every swipe screen...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mihahn:
AW: [Q] Nexus 7 stuck on google screen boot

Have you tried reflashing stock? :)

Sent from my Nexus 7 running Android 4.2.1
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
If you have an OTG cable and a USB key you should be able to make ROMs or other backups which you preserved OFF THE TABLET available to TWRP.

If not, take the above poster's advice and install pure stock to copy stuff (ROMs, recovery images, etc) back on to the tab via MTP.

I too blew away all of /data once with that "format data" button in the touch version of TWRP; I feel your pain.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshuaXedos:
Um.....I may have made a mistake and swiped on all the clear screens...including internal memory...so...T_T Am i screwed???
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarioES:
You're not really screwed, you should be able to flash another ROM from recovery.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Broooooook:
As long as you can get into fastboot, you'll be fine. The easiest way is to download and install Nexus Root Toolkit, then use the "back to stock" part to flash the factory image following the instruction.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gloftking:
I have got something even worse

My nexus 7 tab started freezing during use and then after booting in safe mode and wiping cache in recovery mode it now doesn't even go past the google screen. I haven't even flashed anything to it at all and it's showing these crazy symptoms (The bootloader is still locked and the device is not even rooted). I still have access to the adb sideload mode and fastboot but I am confused af as to what has happened

Any ideas guys?
[HTC Butterfly] DamBadz:
My home screen for to day:)
[HTC Butterfly] mccmjoon76:
Code Name : Red Beats

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2149013
[HTC Butterfly] ici:
That is mine
[HTC Butterfly] Michael77500:
How did you get % battery mod please ?

Envoyé depuis mon HTC Butterfly avec Tapatalk
[HTC Butterfly] webdepp:
Et voilá ... My homescreen
[HTC Butterfly] Blacklighter11:
Nice screens
[HTC Butterfly] v-b-n:
Here is mine..

View attachment 1795946
[HTC Butterfly] jessietwf:
How to do print the home screen using HTC Butterfly?
[HTC Butterfly] v-b-n:
Print? LOL

Press power button, keep it pressed then home button and leave both ;)
[HTC Butterfly] jaytecson:


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3 homescreens only with the help of apex launcher and zooper widgets..i dnt have lock screen..i also have unity launcher for the side apps..heres pic

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Notification bar is hidden but u can swipe down from the top and get..thank to

smart status bar app
[HTC Butterfly] An69:
x920E
[HTC Butterfly] MertDogan:
Here is my X920D :)
[HTC Butterfly] jaytecson:
1 home screen

Hidden notification

Toggle widget if u swipe a lil bit on thebside using sidebar

Customized wallpaper

NO root!

Thanks!

-iamnotjaytecson

HTC butterfly user
[HTC Butterfly] annaharris:
Check mine is here.
[HTC Butterfly] therazrguy:
Therazrguy's screen

Enjoy

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Therazrguy's homescreen incoming!

Enjoy
[HTC Butterfly] webdepp:
I love this clean arrangement of app shortcuts! How did you write text next to the icons? Is it APEX Launcher or Zooper Widget?

How to do this?
[HTC Butterfly] jaytecson:
This was my old homescreen and theres a lot of new better homescreens now.

Anyway it was zooper widget.just use static text there.

Heres a pro version of the app.

Zooper widget pro - http://db.tt/uLyeXeoy

Check this channel for more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPZaV4cAHo4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thanks!

-iamnotjaytecson

HTC butterfly user

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Heres a new one for me.

1 page set up.

Nova launcher prime-minimal miui theme

Grid is 12x7

Toggles on the side(hidden but cn just swipe sidewards to reveal it)

The circle with pix are my kids and by touching it will open all apps.

Same as the tree image-it will open gallery app..used desktop visualizer there.

Hidden notification bar but again can swipe down a bit to reveal-used smart status bar app

Clock on the top is zooper widget

Clean minimal look

Thanks!

-iamnotjaytecson

HTC butterfly user

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To show the hidden shortcuts

Thanks!

-iamnotjaytecson

HTC butterfly user
[HTC Butterfly] nicorottye:
shame, because ordinary course accompanied my daughter photo

View attachment 2057161
[HTC Butterfly] therazrguy:
New ones incoming
[HTC Butterfly] jaytecson:
Theme from theme like a boss in youtube.

Thanks!

-iamnotjaytecson

HTC butterfly user
[HTC Butterfly] therazrguy:
Yeah for now I am using that, but I will try to change this and then post my new homescreen ..
[HTC Butterfly] therazrguy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42875009
[HTC Butterfly] maxxreds:
My home X920D
[HTC Butterfly] David_Junior:
Sense 5 based rom and theme made by myself