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[HTC Sensation] FreakyDR:
does anybody flashed the official weekly? Is it stable? any bugs? battery life? (as far as you can say for this early point)

I'm sorry for asking, I would test it by myself, but my micro-usb connector in the phone is broken so all the flashing is little more annoying for me and I charge all my batteries with a wall charger :o
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
Yes going good here after dirty flash, seems stable so far and good battery life :good:

I still have the issue with the dialer like in previous build, having to select keypad twice to pop it up and I think keypad is smaller maybe too small.

I also don't know how to bring up the menu for changing the usb connection to MTP, it keeps using the mass storage option. There's no notification for the options anymore just the mass storage one. This happened to me in previous build too.
[HTC Sensation] nasif69:
Will there be any problem if i use 4.4.4 Gapps. Specially this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942

Mirco modular.
[HTC Sensation] jorra:
No, go ahead.

Sent from my HTC Sensation with Tapatalk 2
[HTC Sensation] suiller:
I confirm that also using ART works without issue, just a couple of games gives me error

anyway keep in mind that ART needs about 250-280mb free in your internal memory
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
Just checked USB OTG with power supply and not working either.

I'm not sure if it's integrated in kernel yet or something in ROM is missing for pyramid but if needed I will upload logs.
[HTC Sensation] suiller:
after about 2 days of ART (instead dalvik) I reverted to previous backup (latest with dalvik)

ART gives evidence for example when scrolling, not only the browser but also regular apps such as facebook, gallery, etc...

animations seems smoother and recalling an app it's faster but there isn't much difference, I'd say... noticeable

on the contrary some apps in the playstore aren't still compatible, others... even if very few aren't compatible at 100% (random errors)

and above all, too little free space remains on the internal memory, at least with my configuration, moving massively all big apps/games into SD card slowed a bit all things, so differences compared with "old" dalvik cache aren't so much

in my experience the BIG problem in using ART is that our device misses/needs clearly 300-400Mb (more) of internal space, at least for my setup... a setup considered in my opinion between average and professional (exchange, facebook, office, bank and stock apps, etc...)

if you don't have any games (big games I mean) or don't use wasting memory apps (4 ex facebook) ART works with minor issues
[HTC Sensation] LordNerevar:
Has anyone else noticed problems with internal memory sounds not working (ringtones/notifications/alarms)? I'm guessing it's due to the fact that I have a lot of music on my sdcard and that's growing the media database too large (which would also explain why I haven't seen any other reports of what I'd consider a major bug)? I've had this problem for awhile with slimkat and omni. I just moved my sounds to my sdcard to get around it, but it would be nice to use the internal sounds too.

Also, is there a way to get slimkat and/or omni to sync fb contacts w/o installing a separate app? Carbon is able to do that w/o a separate app. Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] WithAria:
Any app/mod to tweak the kernel? I could see that the phone is in 1.51 ghz or deep sleep..
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
I use Performance Control and using interactive governor now set by script though and I change both up_threshold_any_cpu_freq and up_threshold_any_cpu_load to 80, also using ROW I/O and I'm happy with battery life and performance set like this.
[HTC Sensation] WithAria:
Thanks mate, I'll give it a try..
[HTC Sensation] olly2009:
SlimKat official !

SlimKat official !!!!

http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/1256-pyramid

Yeah !!!!!!
[HTC Sensation] orld:
Nice ROM

Very pleased with this ROM overall.

Vol wake does not work all the time,

once in a while the Vol wake button does wake phone from the sleep (especially after restart)

For right now this ROM is my daily driver.
[HTC Sensation] jorra:
Is that with this ROM (unofficial) or do you use the official?

Sent from my HTC Sensation with Tapatalk 2
[HTC Sensation] orld:
the official one from slimroms.net

actually, it should be in a different thread ... sorry
[HTC Sensation] Sultanxda:
Yeah, the datasheet for our charger says we support USB OTG "boost mode": http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tps65200.pdf

For some reason when people on XDA saw that their Sensation didn't come with self-powered OTG, they made up the rumor that our board doesn't support it. Pretty much everyone including me believed that load of crap instead of looking at the charger driver in the kernel, or the datasheet for our charger.
[HTC Sensation] FreakyDR:
There is a new weekly in official slimrom site, but they say we have "Inactive DM" :(
[HTC Sensation] LordNerevar:
Getting fantastic battery life and speed with the latest official weekly. Not sure if I'm going to update again and that's from a flashaholic. Great job guys!!! :good:
[HTC Sensation] FreakyDR:
I have a problem with the music player, when playing a song and using the phone (pull down notification drawer, pressing menu button in homescreen, etc.) the music lags (stops for a second and continue) all the time. anyone else? :confused::confused:

and also Candy Crush is not compatible o_O

edit: OK, music problem is caused by ok google hotword, disabling it fixed the problem. But Candy Crush is still incompatible :P
[HTC Sensation] LordNerevar:
Play store incompatibilities are due to the non-standard dpi setting of SlimROM to our device. You essentially have 3 options.

Install and run through the OP setup of the multi-DPI store from here.

Set your build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density variable to the standard 240 for our device (SlimROM defaults to 182). This can be done with a root file explorer, kernel tuner or by a number of other means.

Ask the developers of the app in question to remove the DPI play store restrictions from their app.

Personally, I install the multi-DPI play store after installing gapps on a clean install and then use a root file explorer to set my build.prop variable to 213. 213 is the Nexus 7 default and it seems to work pretty well for our device other than the play store incompatibilities.
[HTC Sensation] FreakyDR:
I already changed the dpi in build.prop to 240, but it didn't help... thanks for the playstore link but i don't like the idea of installing custom playstore :(
[HTC Sensation] LordNerevar:
Try running through the setup mentioned in the OP of that multi-DPI play store link (without installing the multi-DPI play store). That may be required when going back to the standard 240 dpi as well. Also, are you sure that the app works with our device at all? Some games require Tegra 2/3 processors.
[HTC Sensation] FreakyDR:
heh yes of course :) I played it all the time with other ROM's... I changed dpi to 186 and again to 240 and now the app is installing so i guess problem solved :cowboy: Thanks.
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
You can use a Xposed Module for this called 'Play Store Fixes', works good for me. Playstore is meant to be moded for DPI I thought but I guess only for the default one set in ROM.
[HTC Sensation] gemer45a:
Can I use it to download any free app in play store?
[HTC Sensation] orld:
?need kernel tweaks to decrease battery consumption

seems like battery consumption is mostly due to kernel activity.

In my case, with cellular connectivity turned off

lcd_density is changed to 240

Under the same circumstances my phone can go without recharging for couple of days on vendor based ROMs.

EDIT:

after few days, battery consumption is much better compare even to sense based roms.

i kept same apps, but disabled wifi when not in range.

well done job, thanks a lot!
[HTC Sensation] FreakyDR:
strange, I have the same build and the battery life is great (10-12 hours with 2-3 hours of screen on time with moderate\heavy usage). Did you dirty flashed the latest nightly? maybe try reflashing the kernel...
[HTC Sensation] orld:
It was clean install. As you can see - there is still >12 hours and some charge to go, but that's not enough ...

Dirty flash does not work for me, since I heavily replace/add apps to system, and apps are the same, but battery consumption is different.
[HTC Sensation] LordNerevar:
You need to find out why you phone is always awake. 5.5hrs awake with only 41mins screen on time is way too high. Install BetterBatteryStats and see what rogue app(s) is causing that.
[HTC Sensation] FreakyDR:
Anyone knows what causing this Wakelock and what can I do about it?
[HTC Sensation] nasif69:
How can I change the DPI to normal?. It so small for me to view.
[HTC Sensation] FreakyDR:
Open build.prop with file Explorer and change lcd_density to 240 or easier download textdroider_dpi from playstore, grant it superuser and change DPI to 240
[HTC Sensation] GALLA_4:
Updates been kinda quiet lately..

Is there a specific issue. Reason I ask is that is said weekly updates in initial posting..
[HTC Sensation] LordNerevar:
The work done here has been made official. Get weeklies now at the SlimROM site here.
[HTC Sensation] GALLA_4:
Much appreciated for the info...
[HTC Sensation] suiller:
I know that this isn't the right place where to post this kind of question... but I searched a lot and didn't find any exhaustive asnwer... instead I thought that here could be possible for someone to have encountered my "issue"

as you know from 4.4.x we can safely enable ART, the new cache compiler

apart that as I mentioned before there isn't much difference but must be prepared because I read that from L (android version 5) dalvik will be definitively abandoned...

the problem, is that... we need to repartitioning our internal memory... we have a lot of waste space into /system and too little, in comparison of course, under /data

in fact enabling ART right now will be in few days a issue... our /data partition will be full very soon, while the /system one is still under-used...

working suggestions/scripts or whatever? thank you
[HTC Sensation] FreakyDR:
man we are not going to get android L soon, if at all... no need to be worried :p
[HTC Sensation] suiller:
are you sure? ART is yet working without issues (not big ones at least) and above all L sources are yet available and L works without issues on nexus tree by weeks :cool:

I would like to keep ART enabled but my /data space isn't enough... if only I could resize my partitions... as I mentioned /system is a "waste" of (free) space
[HTC Sensation] FreakyDR:
we won't get android L at least until cyanogenmod start working on it (which they didn't), the nexus line have android L because google released "developer preview" for them which is not a full source CM can work with...
[HTC Sensation] suiller:
yep I know... I know... but soon or late it will arrive... anyway I'm asking now if it is possible to resize our partitions
[HTC Sensation] Sgt-Obst:
Install Failure?!

Hi Folks,

im getting a partition error before installing on TWRP 2.6.3.0. with the latest, now I'am loading the earlier one.

Which recoveries are you using?

best wishes

Obst
[HTC Sensation] LordNerevar:
4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.6 RC2 from here.
[HTC Sensation] Sgt-Obst:
thank you, I'll give it a try ;)
[HTC Sensation] groovepeppy:
hi suiller

i know that can be done cause i once had the legend , hTC Desire, and i got mine partitioned so i can use aosp based rom with perfect partition table size.

check THIS and This out.

i hope Sensation developers will glad to see this post, i just hope...
[HTC Sensation] jorra:
This ROM (or the official) gives crazy good battery life if you follow the guides from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2357417

I had about one hour on screen time with the attached picture.

Sent from my HTC Sensation with Tapatalk 2
[HTC Sensation] Corvo007:
WoW, that's impressive. Will try.
[HTC Sensation] pbazw:
mute

mute button is broken during call
[HTC Sensation] earlgrey_44:
Greetings Sensationites

I sold my rooted, S-off Sensation last September, and the person who bought it wants me to help him upgrade his ROM. He's on a half-finished version of JB that is no longer supported, and he's not very android literate.

I'd like to help but I'm feeling pretty out of touch after 10 months.

I'd like to put in the latest Slimkat, but I'm not sure about what to think about version compatibility with 4ext and what radio is needed. Would anyone care to coach me on what I'll need to bring up the Slimkat coolness?
[HTC Sensation] LordNerevar:
You'll definitely need to update 4ext to 1.0.0.6 RC2 at least from here.

As for radio/fw, what's best for you will depend on location/service provider. I find that the TMOUS 3.32.531.14 fw and radio combination works best. You can try that if you like from here. I think most ROMs need a fw version of 3.32 or 3.33 now.

I find the official version of Slimkat to be very stable. Thank you dexter93 for making that happen!

Good luck!
[HTC Sensation] earlgrey_44:
Many thanks, much appreciated.
[HTC Sensation] suiller:
testing 21 july (weekly): http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/1256-pyramid

and I must say this release is almost perfect... very fast, clean and above all stable

not a single FC or random crash, highly satisfied

anyway I use my own script to regulate cpu freq/timings and lowmem parameters, nothing special of course, but I think due to our limited amount of ram we should necessary stay "light" as possible (less app installed)

tested ART for some time but even if apps open faster I felt a performance degradation after some hours of regular usage, some I came back to dalvik :cool:
[HTC Sensation] orld:
+batt, -VoIP

and excellent battery life, almost like in ICS ROM's

my only inconvenience is VoIP support - stock based ROM's functionality is out of the box, and on Cyanogen - still a problem
[HTC Sensation] suiller:
You are right. . Anyway if you use some finarea services like me you could use mobilevoip app... it works pretty well
[HTC Sensation] suiller:
on latest weekly I noticed that facebook app has inverted white/black, seems a negative effect... just me?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
seems to be an fb app issue with trds. What's wrong with VOIP? SIP should be working..

btw guys, I need a few testers today. anyone up?
[HTC Sensation] lutyjj:
Hey, maybe you should rename thread to official status?
[HTC Sensation] suiller:
no... no FB issue... tried with the buggy classic cyano and it works... so the problem is in the latest slim weekly, previous one was OK

with latest cyano FB works without issues... all the rest is a pain :laugh:
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Yeah, long delayed. OP cleaned up a bit ;)
[HTC Sensation] orld:
VoIP

Native VoIP client on Sense based ROMs works flawless.

On CM builds I could not get any sound incoming or outgoing.

Could be a codecs issue or their priorities, not sure about that.
[HTC Sensation] luipaard:
Downloading build 5.10
[HTC Sensation] Alcatraze:
What's the remaining bugs? Want to try this , I can't stand the lag of sense.... What about the battery life?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Mind testing with slimkat? Logs are appreciated

Remaining bugs are the ones listed in the OP, plus a new one I've just confirmed, mute button in call not working. I'll get to ironing them out soon I hope. Battery life is close to that of ICS sense builds, if not better. I got an anker last week and can easily do 2 days.. but it's not my daily driver
[HTC Sensation] Alcatraze:
OK,THX for the fast replying.

I read the op , um~this rom seems to be really stable and I will try it.:p But such bug"Occasional shutdown on led flash burst when taking pics in low battery"is not actually a bug. It is due to the low voltage of battery and it is hardware related,not a bug. So you should remove the sentence:D
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
It's either hardware or kernel bug. I just didn't have the time to take a proper look at it, so listed it anyway
[HTC Sensation] luipaard:
Works like a charm. 9 hours of pure stability. Thank you! :3
[HTC Sensation] nickbaron:
Battery performance ?
[HTC Sensation] orld:
VoIP

I can not hear any sound on VoIP calls.

Volume is maxed, yes I checked it.

VoIP server reporting no errors

18:32:25	вх.	4925	dmitrio@talk37.ru	ANSWERED	00:00:06

18:28:49	вх.	4925	dmitrio@talk37.ru	ANSWERED	00:00:07

18:28:33	вх.	4925	dmitrio@talk37.ru	ANSWERED	00:00:06

18:27:59	вх.	4925	dmitrio@talk37.ru	ANSWERED	00:00:06

18:24:25	вх.	4925	dmitrio@talk37.ru	ANSWERED	00:00:07

18:23:29	=> Вход в сервис. Сервер dmitrio. IP: 198.52.29.152. SIP-Агент: SIPAUA/0.1.001

18:20:55	вх.	4925	dmitrio@talk37.ru	ANSWERED	00:00:05

18:08:49	вх.	4925	dmitrio@talk37.ru	ANSWERED	00:03:53

17:45:32	вх.	4925	dmitrio@talk37.ru	ANSWERED	00:00:13

(18:23:29	=> Service login. Server dmitrio ....) translation from Russian

service line 0201 for local time check, echo service is available as well for future testing.

4925 is my voip # on this server.

see attached logcat for client side

Current ROM: Slim-pyramid-4.4.4.build.6.8-WEEKLY-5784

Please let me know how else I can help.
[HTC Sensation] orld:
battery friendly

so far, best for my use, even in comparison to Sense based ROMs

initially big drain, but after couple of days - just sipping.
[HTC Sensation] luipaard:
After 2 days three total freeze of the system. Two of them with the Stock browser (Browser.apk). Last one with a scanner app (CamScanner.apk)

After all, good work.
[HTC Sensation] RBwai:
How can I resize my screen - everything looks like it is made for much smaller screen size?
[HTC Sensation] jorra:
Search the thread for 'change dpi'.

Sent from my HTC Sensation with Tapatalk 2
[HTC Sensation] Pirkeman:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi

Change to 240 DPI

sent from space
[HTC Sensation] RBwai:
Thanks, this apk solve my problem.
[HTC Sensation] luipaard:
I quit. I do use my three batteries in 1 day only. The drain is excessive (No wifi usage, data usage, games usage)

Thanks for the attempt.
[HTC Sensation] ardeleanadrian:
holly sh..t

i bought my senstion with a not working camera, ive changed lots of roms and on this one it works!!!

well it worked for 10 sec now it dosent anymore :(
[HTC Sensation] MaratabHashmi:
I think it's hardware problem:(
[HTC Sensation] croccodillo:
Well, this is by far the best ROM in terms of battery consumption; my battery is lasting forever, even more than with Viper ROM!!!

REMEMBER: by default, your prorcessors run ALWAYS at full speed (even when the screen is off), at 1512 Mhz, so consume a lot; you MUST install a CPU throttle application.

I've installed SetCPU, set the minimum frequency to 192 Mhz, and lowered the maximum frequency when the screen is off to 384Mhz.

This way my phone runs at 384Mhz when not in use, and scales up to 1512 Mhz only when needed.

In this condition battery life is amazing!

Ciao,

Giovanni

EDIT: There's also a free version of SetCPU for XDA members, really old but perfectly working.

Here is the thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=505419
[HTC Sensation] zzieluuu:
can you send me a config of your settings in setCPU ? some screen's or smth ?? THANKS! ;)
[HTC Sensation] croccodillo:
I have no idea on how to take screenshots with this ROM, so here the description of what I did:

Main screen:

- Max frequency = 1512000

- Min Frequency = 192000

- Scaling = Interactive

- Set on Boot = true

Profile screen:

Add a new profile, select "Screen Off" under "Profile", set 384000 as max frequency, 192000 as min frequency, leave the rest as per defualt.

Save and you're done!

You can add as many profiles you like, but the one above is the only one that is important, from my oint of view.

Ciao,

Giovanni
[HTC Sensation] zzieluuu:
I think the good Governor to battery life is Conservative and about the screen off option you dont have any "freezes" when you want to unlock phone ? I mean you must check some 5sec or smth or you unlock your phone immediately..:confused:
[HTC Sensation] croccodillo:
"Conservative" gives me too much lag, I don't like it, I do prefer "Interactive" cause is way faster, at the expenses of a little more battery consumption, I think.

With my configuration, no lag when unlocking phone; I'm using Start as the lock screen, and it appears (and responds) almost immediately when I press the power button to unlock the phone.

Couldn't be happier.
[HTC Sensation] zzieluuu:
okay, I'll try your config and say smth about it when i test it ;))

thanks !:laugh:
[HTC Sensation] GALLA_4:
You could also up the CPU min freq from 192 to 384
[HTC Sensation] zzieluuu:
and what scheduler you prefer ? CFG or NOOP ?

I read a lot about Best Governor And I / O Scheduler to save battery and say that the best solution available to us Governors is On- demand and Use Noop or Deadline. Unfortunately, we do not have much choices and the best is supposedly SmartassV2 .. <--- translate.google.com

Here is some REF about battery saving... Best Governor and I/O Scheduler
[HTC Sensation] jorra:
What? No it doesn't, at least not with my phone. The governor is set to performance which is a bit unnecessary but it's not at full all the time...

Sent from my HTC Sensation with Tapatalk 2
[HTC Sensation] lutyjj:
It is a bug of shantur's/flemmard's kernel tree. [MENTION=2709464]dexter93[/MENTION] you should change kernel tree to ivanich's instead of shantur's because ivanich fixed this issue.
[HTC Sensation] Lynxen:
Ok mate!

Which kernel should I choose?

There are sevral I am just confused. Link me plz : - )
[HTC Sensation] lutyjj:
You should take boot.img from latest ivanich's nightly and flash it via fastboot/flashable zip. It will solve your problem.
[HTC Sensation] Lynxen:
Thing is I see noone with name ivanich making Sensation's ROM threads :confused: . Can't you just link me?
[HTC Sensation] lutyjj:
Latest ivanich's CM nightlies - https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByQSZtXbeaVpQzFuS2NCRkdZU1E&usp=sharing
[HTC Sensation] GALLA_4:
Are there other Kernels out there that folks are using with this ROM?
[HTC Sensation] zzieluuu:
I'm testing for a few days the new Slim

link

-->> build 7.0 weekly and I can say it's perfect ROM for me even it's not the "STABLE" . This ROM has got a great performance, battery life, very smooth and good signal everywhere I'm...
[HTC Sensation] Lynxen:
I can't understound why ppl keep posting screens with deep sleep stastic = D

Want great battery life? First of all buy new battery.

Install SetCPU, chose Ondemand/Intelidemand with cfg/noop (if supported) and set brightness @ 50%.

(Profiles)

Frq: 484-1080 Screen ON

Frq: 194-484 Screen OFF

Great battery life, no overheating (up to 40*C), deep sleep included and performance.

You can always get higher thou but is fluent animation even worth it?
[HTC Sensation] GALLA_4:
+1. What he said ^^^^^^^
[HTC Sensation] zzieluuu:
[MENTION=4329165]ivanich[/MENTION] can you tell me about the 11.08 build ? logs please.
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Anyone on ivanich's kernel. How's usb OTG?
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
I am but using CM at the moment but usb otg not working.

Also my previous issue/post about dialer keypad was due to animation setting set to 0, my bad :o
[HTC Sensation] zzieluuu:
but you're using the last build by ivanich ? here you've the latest builds... ivanich builds 4.4.4
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
I'm on the 5th of August build, just realized there is a 11th :)

But by looking at GitHub it's a linux update, nothing else kernel side. Link > https://github.com/ivanich/akh8960_cm/commits/cm-11.0-pyramid
[HTC Sensation] ivanich:
Only upstream updates.
[HTC Sensation] zzieluuu:
kk. thanks ;)
[HTC Sensation] francesco totti:
i flashed 0812 Rom!! and it gets stuck on slimkat logo?! anybody has this problem?
[HTC Sensation] LordNerevar:
How long did you wait? First boot can take awhile to build dalvik-cache (especially if you didn't do a clean install and it has to build it for all of your installed apps).
[HTC Sensation] francesco totti:
I waited for 15-20 mins!! And I did a clean install!!
[HTC Sensation] suiller:
Dirty install and not a single issue here... almost perfect!
[HTC Sensation] der_laufer:
there is a possibility to increase volume without ViPER4Android ?