[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gregb882:
Found It!!

Note: This has turned out to be a novel with most of the information telling you what I tried that didn't work. If you prefer the Reader’s Digest version, just read the next paragraph and the last two.

I’ve finally found the cause for the unusual rotation delay I always experience when trying to use any of the Energy ROMs with CHT 2.0 cooked in (never happens with CHT 1.8.5, just 2.0). Although I have a work around so that I can use CHT 2.0, I’d like to see if there is a solution so it isn’t necessary; plus I want others to know in case they, too, are experiencing similar unexplained issues.

To bring you up to speed with my problem, I experience up to a 10 second delay when opening the slider keyboard to type an email, a text, to fill in information on a web page I am accessing, or simply opening from the vertical home page to the horizontal. It never starts out that way, but eventually it gets there. (It starts off at 2 seconds or less – very livable!) I always use Task29 and I’ve done the one-app-at-a-time thing to try to isolate things. Then it seems like suddenly the delay is there without me adding any other apps.

Well… as always I tried the latest Energy ROM with CHT 2.0, I like the Touch of Glass’ versions, and it started off at the usual 2 second or less rotation delay. This time I decided to not load ANYTHING onto the storage card nor configure it to be the default location for pictures, music, cookies, IE history, etc like I usually do. My thought was that maybe something with the card and Sense trying to access it could be a problem. So far, so good… no additional delay. Then I performed my normal Sync (I use USB and Sync to Outlook) for Contacts, Calendar, Favorites, and Notes. All went well and still no additional delay.

Up until now, I left all of the preconfigured Widgets and Quick Links alone and I did not move anything around – I wanted to leave the pages completely as set up by NRG. Now I started setting up Quick Links to my preference and noticed that I was experiencing some of the lost and moving Quick Links issues others have reported. I used the very handy CAB that JVH3 wrote (Thanks!!!) and it seemed to fix that issue, but still no impact on the delay.

Finally, I set up my 3 bookmarks as Quick Links (ESPN mobile, a weather/events website at my cottage, and Weather Radar). Before actually using them I checked the rotational delay – it was still at 2 seconds or less. However, after using just one of the bookmarks where the thumbnail of the website would then appear with the bookmark, the delay increased to about 6 seconds. After using the other 2 bookmarks, the delay went up to nearly 10 seconds! Using ‘Edit Quick Links’, I removed the 3 bookmarks and the delay dropped back to 2 seconds or less. Eureka!!! My work around is simply not to use bookmarks at all in Quick Links. I found that if I set then up under Favorites on the Internet Tab, it works fine with no added delay.

I thought perhaps reiterating my problem and what I found could spark an idea to solve a problem someone else may be having. But if anyone has any thoughts as to how I can eliminate it, I would be grateful.

Edit: BTW, since I’ve only discussed this here even though it is obviously a CHT issue and not a ROM issue (not that I ever thought it was), I posted my find here to close the loop.