[G1 Android Development] Janis:
First impressions (with likely updates)

I flashed from 3.6.7 with the Black Hero theme on it, never enabled compcache, was using Swapper file, have apps2SD on ext3 that's too big but I haven't gotten around to shrinking it.

1. My battery reading dropped 10% in the 20 minutes or so it took me to flash.

2. The native Home customization rocks. I retained the old shortcuts & widgets from my 3.6.7 Home screen once I upped my screen count. I had to try to increase the number of screens twice. The first time changed it and I rebooted it didn't take. (BTW, I think customizations, like Android Home, are what will make any OS thrive sales-wise.)

3. Maybe I need to wipe. My boot seems to be getting crusty. It took me 52 seconds on the G1 screen, and oddly enough, 52 seconds on the Android screen, then 59 before I could use my Home screen. Scary, but it takes me twice as long now to boot up my G1 as it does my WiMo 6.1 Advantage/x7501, but I have to do it 1/4 the number of times, or likely fewer.

This is the biggest jump in boot time I've seen in all my flashes. I'd love some advice on this. Anyone? A PM would be great.

4. I like Sherpa, alot. It comes up with businesses that people are running out of their homes and a tiny, brand new Middle Eastern grocery that Goggle and other localization apps missed, but it didn't show that the Boston Market is now a LeeAnn Chin. I have never gotten such instantaneous search results, either. Wow.

5. Camcorder works, and the mic seems? to pick up better. It made my PC sound like a rainstorm.

6. In the 40 minutes I've been writing, testing, snacking and putzing, my phone has been on and plugged into my PC with Wifi, GPS, autoupdate & all that on (backlight at 10%), my battery reading has gone from 26% to 61%. I'll calibrate over the next couple of days and update this post.

7. I miss one thing from my last ROM, and thats the tab graphic from the Hero theme. I think given the nature of this ROM series, a completely transparent tab would fit. It's not as if anyone who's saavy enough to even follow Cyanogen wouldn't know it's there. I think it would make a great little signature "graphic."

It's markedly faster. I can't blow it up, either.

The next morning:

I had one instance where I tried to power up, but couldn't that resembled comatose, but there wasn't a notification light lit to tell me what the state of the unit was as there was on former ROMs. I got out of it with a three key salute.

I've been using it for about three hours heavily, one good long-ish phone call (18 min), Wifi & GPS on, backlight at 10%, market, trying things with Swapper, calendaring. Battery reading is at 57%.

Also new in this ROM, my Bettercut shortcuts to aContacts activities aren't working. Call history goes to blank screen, and Apha search brings up the alphabet, but shuts down when a letter is selected. AContacts, afaik, is the only app that tells you the exact time of all calls (none of the "2 days ago" BS. For criminy sakes, I can do the math.) If I use the native aContacts shortcut all the tabs work. This will add several clicks to my day. Bummer.

I deleted and replaced all my widgets : Search, Moon Phase, My Days, Calendar, Analog Clock (although I like photo clock & have a Monday face, Tues face, etc.), BatteryLife, Advanced Task Manager, nothing terrbly fancy like I'd like (Weatherpanel on Winmo), but Home screen takes 30 seconds or more to load often enough. I thought 20 sec on the last ROM was slow.

After a couple of boots, I ended up with 3 Home screens again. I'm getting lots of fc/waits on Home, but a few days into any ROM and that happens to me (I'm holding out for Locale, and am still lamely trying to use it, BeyondPod is also a memory hog). I got them back by resetting the number of Home screens.

More to come.

BTW, this aging lesbian has no interest in hearing about anyone's erections for any reason. Hint, hint.

This afternoon:

I think I might be having some other issues. I've got some major Home screen lag.

Giving my phone a break this afternoon, but with GPS and Wifi on, my battery reading is at 18%. Backlight still @ 10%, since that's fine for me inside a building.

QUESTION: Things seem to run faster with Swapper enabled. Is compcache initially enabled on this one, or do I need to enable it?