[G1 Android Development] Janis:
Flashing from fresh, or as close as my tired brain could get

Thu July 24,

I loaded RC29 then I flashed JF1.5 Reformatted ext4, sized it down to 528, cleaned it, got everything that wasn't my personal stuff (mp3's jif's, wav's yada) off my fat32. (I also added a swap partition. BTW, if I can do it, anyone can.) That was as clean as I could muster.

Loaded up 3.9, and after all that, I realized I hadn't wiped. I booted in 3.9 and messaging immediatetely fc'd, then googleapps fc'd. (Just needed to write it down in case the same thing happens again.)

I wiped, then reran the 3.9 update.zip.

Fri, July 24:

Battery seems to charge as fast as ever. I did "lose" more than I thought I would (like 10%, but I can't be sure) when I flashed. Since I had the chance to try RC29 for a bit not too long before flashing this, the empty RC29 seemed, frankly, just a bit snappier; barely noticeable, but I'm a nit pick). This is smooth, and faster than anything else besides empty stock ROMs. The Wifi is faster by far on this, so that definitely makes up for a less-than-hyperanxious feel going from app to app.

I'm extra glad I didn't make a data commitment to any software that doesn't sync or save to a standard file format on SD (that I back up regularly). I think I'll stick with that. I want to keep this clean, so I'm doing a fresh install of my apps. Whew.

After the day, I got:

- 3 fc/w on Call Recorder. (I don't use speaker, so it's legal anywhere, and I can say "no, that's not what I said." Very Handy.)

- 1 fc on google.process.acore

- lost 2 of my 5 Home screens and changed back to 5, opened keyboard and it applied. It seems to stick better when I also change the default screen. I thought it was getting laggy, becuse the page wouldn't turn, so, there's a little caveat regarding assuming.

- I think my Menu button might be questionable, harder to press by design or something, but I found I was pressing it once like I would hit the other buttons, but had to press again, and of course I pressed it harder & longer the second time. (Surprise, I prefer a natural feel to harder and longer....)

Successfully enabled compcache using the instruction in the link in the next post. And thanks to bkmo who wrote them for adding a way to check it!

Sat. July 25, 4:50pm

I added a few wallpapers to my personalized folder. A few of them were big pics, so I wonder if that's why (I meant to resize them....) In trying to assign them to a Locale profile, I got a fc/w on goggle.process.acore, Gallery and Locale. I FC'd Locale, and everything seemed to move through.

Got hit with another barrage of fc/w from Handcent, something else (I forgot), Useful Switchers while browsing in Market (you know, browsing, then looking up and seeing Wfi is off). They seem to nearly freeze the phone if I'm not terribly patient (minutes). I may be trying to run too much at once.

I don't know if it's what I'm installing, but what started as 6mb internal memory used on the fresh ROM is now 14mb. I have no idea where 8 mb would go. Update: Doh! Compcache.

I've been unplugged for about 2.5 hours, moderate use, compcache, Wfi, GPS enabled, Backlight at 10%, 2 minute timeout, and battery is at 79%, but I've got the 1700mAh from Fommy.com (like, overnight). 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

Just as proof of concept, the AniWidget (which I know is really taxing, and doesn't work under certain but fairly prevalent circumstances), updated with the calendar info, weather, and RSS virtually instantaneously, and zero lag monkeying around with it.

8:50 p.m.

I rebooted at battery 26%, and after reboot, and it said 37, but 2 minutes later its saying 31.

I got and android.process.acore fc/w after getting a Home fc/w. Right after this I figured out how to get a Logcat into a txt file, so there it is.

*****

I looked. Looks like I've got too much trying to run at once for the device's memory capacity, especially on boot, but correct me if I'm wrong. Can I have maxed out Compcache, or does swapping work that way? I'm going to try expanding with Swapper and see if I get sparks.

Swapper with partition working and being used, no pop up errors. That is, I guess if I wait a minute or two to let everything get started after boot. There are 2 Low Memory errors in the logcat, the first is after starting mms. Another while trying to fill up NewsRob.

Have a abused the ROM and this poor tome of a post too much?

Well, HTH, anyway.