[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Howshall:
Thoughts on Energy.XPERIA.23569.Sense2.5.Cookie - May 16 and 28

Energy.XPERIA.23569.Sense2.5.Cookie.May.16

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Previously I was very successfully testing Energy.XPERIA.23569.Sense2.5.Cookie.May.16 for over 2 weeks and this was a very stable, fast, SOD free ROM for me, so is a great ROM if people want a latest WM6.5 fully landscape Sense 2.5 with Cookie! :)

The only issue I found was that once Opera 10 was installed this sometimes caused standby instability if it was left running in the background when an event or alarm tried to trigger. Confirmed it was Opera 10 by running original Opera 9.7 for last 5 days and was rock solid again.

For my more detailed thoughts on May16 see: First Impressions | Minor Bugs

Energy.XPERIA.23569.Sense2.5.Cookie.May.28

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Having said that I couldn't resist flashing to latest Energy.XPERIA.23569.Sense2.5.Cookie.May.28 once I knew Opera 10 had been cooked in, so now been testing that ROM for 48hrs

First Impressions are this is even more visually polished than previous kitchen, love the entire look and feel! Still feels very fast and stable! :)

48hrs in I've pretty much configured the whole phone as I like it using standard included features (See attachment for full install and configure log).

The only extra CAB I've installed is NRG's HTC Messaging from Official Addon's Download to replace 'Bubble' threaded SMS which didn't quite display right and had no 'resend' on fail functionality.

Issues while on 28th CHT:

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02/06/10 6.30pm - Discovered phone had possible SOD'd. Likely trigged by standard alarm that should have sounded at 6.00pm? Opera 10 browser likely only app running in background. Not plugged into power or USB, battery approx 68%

03/06/10 1pm - Had full lockup when in the middle of writing SMS message back via HTC messaging. Lock may have co-incided with arrival of SMS from different contact. Main WM SMS was reset to not threaded day before due to issue of no resend link for failed outgoing SMS

04/06/10 approx 12.40 - Phone wouldn't come out of standby having only been used to check Sense home info 5mins earlier. Opera not believed to have been running. No known alarms, reminders or txts triggering at this time. HTC messaging may or may not have been only thing running.

05/06/10 15:40 - Was looking at Sense SMS and Email tabs and had Sense graphical glitch. Fixed via soft reset.

28 May Feature Suggestions:

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1) Auto and Manual 'Mark as Read' for Sense Email tab (not just SMS tab) - Originally suggested by another poster. Great idea!

2) Action Panel associated with long hold of Power button instead of Slide2Shutdown (as Panel can have both Power off and Reset as options making Slide2Shutdown obsolete)

3) Make Opera 10 uninstallable? - For those minority that don't like Opera 10

4) Need 'Retry resend link' within threaded SMS for when signal lost and text message can't initially be sent - Currently I've installed NRG provided HTC Messaging Addon

5) Default X1 camera to better settings:

--- Use memory card by default

--- Pic and Video to widescreen format

--- Pic to Fine quality

--- Video to higher framerate

--- Flash to Auto

6) Permanent fix for Touch Input soft keyboard format glitches - See Post #5 FAQ for self fix

Will keep you all posted on my progress with testing whether Opera 10 left running in background causes regular or just isolated SOD or other lockups.