[Wing, P4350 ROM development] quicksite:
If I understand then: it isn't a "false reporting" bug (where the process incorrectly reports that it is using 80% or more of CPU); rather, it actually IS spinning useless cycles of processor time, almost constantly.. is that correct?

If so this must be relevant to :

I can't now correlate when, which version, etc, but in the course of the past 4 or 5 ROM flashes, my device heated up more than I'd ever experienced before...

Meaning, if I may: "it's more than a simple annoyance; it really IS churning processor time, draining the battery... But, during the course of this happening, it's not clear that the hogging of the CPU is a culprit in the lag and slowdown of the ROM's performance, immediately, or over time" ?

:confused: :confused:

But if I am seeing this, as I am seeing it now, and I saw in previous flash version for sure as well, even if simply for battery endurance issues only, I should reflash, correct? And by that I mean run the RUU.exe from PC, not simply hard reset, is that correct?

It's very interesting to see the different psyches of over-messaged chefs here at XDA: There's the "zero tolerance" type: "Read the Frikkin FAQ", there's the "stern parental" type:"Normally I don;t help with things that are clearly written and you're just too lazy to read the thread. Learn to use SEARCH in the future. But I'll help this time. Set the parameter to xyz.". Then there's the "passive aggressive" helpful type: "You might consider spending a little time reading, or perhaps taking up cooking as well; see this: (link to 5 posts back in thread). Then there's the "guilt-free merit-based" type who simply ignore all unreasonale, demanding, redundant, lazy, unappreciative comments and questions, and hits "Delete", moving on to useful & productive tasks... And then there's Ivan: "I pledge to answer all communication, be they complaints, be they long winded piles of words like this author's, be they lazy, unappreciative, complainers, over-entitled, super-busy and don't have time to read anything, or legitimate q's and comments not otherwise covered in the public comments".

No wonder you don't get enough sleep. But honestly, this trait is what made me instantly donate to you, because you answer inquiries, even when they are lame from newbies like me in certain areas.

Do you clock your hours? I would like to know the approximate cumulative time expended on this ROM series alone.

Amazing. Generous. Well-thought out.

ANd if you do, i think it's impt that it be presented/marketed here as "Donation Ware", including visible licensing terms stating this, as is best illustrated by A_C's initial installation process for S2U2, etc. Look, the ground is shifting, whether one likes it or not. YouTube is going to premiere this Thursday in a redesign that positions the service as more of a Hulu type network that featyres movies and TV shows, and relegates "user generated content" to a little "tab" in YouTube "Siberia" because advertisers can monetize such content easier than obscure but unique animal pet tricks and other user-created content. This is true. It can be argued as good or bad, ruining YouTube or enabling its survival (they bleed great sums of cash)...

Similarly, the nice, cozy, kum-by-ya "we all help each other out of the common good and experience for this community" model of XDA is shifting too, due to a new reality that cannot be just whisked away: the coming app stores all over WindowsMobile land in response to the iphone explosion. The trick and difficulty with ROMS of course, as opposed to complete authorship of all code (such as S2U2 or iFonz), is that ROM chefs use, as part of their ingredients, underlying copyrighted software elements from MS, which legally cannot be sold or repackaged as a reconstituted work of original art, even for $1. But the amount of work put into these packages is extraordinary.

This collectivism feeling of the goodness of contributing to the building of things people use that improves their lives --- it's all a great thing. Except that over time, as with most large communities, the ratio of contributors to consumers-only gets really skewed. You feel this all over XDA now. People write mini-manifestos about the good old days of XDA etc... But the sad truth is, once this ratio gets too out of skew, as it is now, the floodwalls are overturned by those who come to get things for nothing, and rarely if ever even donate a dollar to the cause. It is awesomely distirbing that you will see, for certain works assembled by authors here, 10,000 or more downloads... yet the "Donantions List" reads 10 people. That is way out of skew and actually disgusts me as a human being. There are many many people who indeed do not have the wherewithal to donate and that is cool, and the whole sprit of enabling those in those situations to partake and enjoy the software is amazingly positive and cooperative.. a greater model for life.

But once it gets so skewed that even the people who CAN afford $1, $5, $10, $20 never make those donations, that is an inequitable societal arrangement, and one I do not admire.

So, this is a long way of saying, invasively: Your time needs to be valued.

You're a good and generous man and everyone who writes on these threads knows that and appreciates it. But those who pester with PMs because they can't get everything they want placed right into their hands? At a certain point why should they be deserving of your EXTRA time above and beyond the publicly seen contributions.

ooooh look, maw, I wrote me an editorial!

Nope, you were completely on-subject -- and it's a smart swiss-army knife tool. :)