[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] innovativedishcloth:
1.3 report

Ok, I have been using JB-DS 1.3 for about 5 days straight, here is my report:

First, how I got there:

I was on Factory Stock Rom before. I happen to have the older Hboot, so I went Revolution Unlocked and S-off easily.

I booted into whatever version of Clockmod Recovery that came with the Revolution package, I wiped everything necessary including all the caches, etc, and then just flashed the JB-DS 1.3 ROM and Gapps from there.

It booted fine but seemed a little laggy so I immediately got Seeder (which helps to an amazing extent!).

I also got Kernel Tuner Root, and made some educated guesses.

The result:

This is basically the perfect ROM for me. I plan to continue to use this as my Daily even with the minor flaws.

But here are the problems/potential improvements, some of which other have also reported:

(If any of this can be solved/changed on my end or if there already exists a patch or anything, let me know!)

1. No Keyboard Backlight!

This is the only really annoying thing. I like to text, email, kik, etc. in the dark. This is now only possible with the virtual keyboard, which defeats the biggest advantage of this phone. However, I will live with this until the fix comes out. Again, I like everything else so much and it works so well and cleanly with the tweaks I mentioned above.

2. Alt and Shift Keys in Native Browser.

I was surprised that all the hardware keys worked and were preassigned well. I was happy to see the special keys like [menu

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key] and [.com] working 100%. The Alt and Shift keys work 100% with the little LEDs except in one instance. For some reason, in the native browser, the Alt and Shift keys just don't work at all. Makes capitalization impossible, etc. Fortunately, the biggest reason I wanted a 4.x operating system was to use Chrome. And all the hardware buttons and even alt/shift LEDs work great in Chrome. So this is not a problem I really care about since I will never use the native browser, but others might care if they prefer that native browser for some odd reason.

3. Wake Up Options.

I was happy to see that the phone wakes when the keyboard is slided out. I wish I didn't have to also then do the touchscreen drag unlock, but not the end of the world. Similarly, when the phone screens-off while the hardware keyboard is out, it would be nice if any keyboard key would wake the phone up and just resume. Maybe this is merely something I am used to from the Stock Rom, but it would be nice and save some steps.

4. Camera.

Most of the time, when I press the camera button, Focal will try to load, and then gives a message about how it can't find the camera, and then it boots the native camera app instead. Sometimes Focal will actually load and show image in the viewfinder as it should, but it can't take a picture. Fortunately, the native camera app seems to work 100%, all features (both cameras, video, focus, flash, etc.) so I can't complain too much. It would be nice to get Focal or any more advanced (hdr, etc) camera going on here, however the native app works fairly well and takes decent pictures.

5. Battery Life

I know this is probably hard to get around with any 4.x ROM on this phone, but it seems this ROM eats way more battery than needed. (And yes, I have a new-ish battery, I have 4 total actually and it seems to be about the same on each.) I know about Deep Sleep Battery Saver and the like, but if I am writing emails for an hour, my battery is already significantly drained and Deep Sleep can't help with that. I shifted to some darker screen settings on the auto-brightness, might help a little. Maybe turning down some setting in Kernel Tuner will help? This is one of those things I expect to be a challenge on all fronts.

Other Notes

I have heard that the sound can be quiet on Jelly Bean, but the sound with this Rom on this phone is Loud! It is probably the first time I don't have everything set to max. When the volume is maxed out, it seems to expectantly distort the speaker a bit; but in the end, I like to have the headroom even with the blowout. I mean, I am not listening to stuff on my phone for fidelity anyhow. But I should also note, the headphone jack works great and puts out great sound, loud and clean, if i really need fidelity.

Again, this is already my Daily Driver, and if the keyboard backlight gets resolved, I will be super stoked and not look back.

I see "Wifi Wakelock" is listed as a known bug, but I don't really know exactly what that is. I assume it has something to do with the wifi waking the phone from sleep or something. I usually keep the wifi off when I am not using it, so I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the battery-life issue I am having. I use the phone as a Portable Wifi Hotspot all the time (works great) but I know that is always a battery drainer, so usually keep it plugged in for that.

Question for everyone here:

1. What settings are you guys using for Kernel Tuner on this phone for a ROM like this. I am mostly curious about the most stable settings for the CPU max, but any advice would be appreciated to optimize this setup. I assume there is a sweet-spot that doesn't lag too much but also is nice-enough on the battery. I really have only played with the CPUmax and thermal gates, so if there are other settings to explore (like voltages?) please let me know what works for you guys.

And lastly, I want to really and truly thank everyone who made this ROM possible. I know there are several steps and it goes through several people/organizations, but seriously, this is really badass and the first 4.x ROM I really like on this phone. If there is an appropriate person or group to donate to in order to encourage the final tweaks on this thing, please let me know!

I will report here if I find or remember other issues, but seriously great work!