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[Hero CDMA Android Development] tadses:
Please advise - battery issue

Please advise me , i am having battery drain issues with Vanilla mod with 27SEP and 04OCT dates. Phone running great with 2.1 without any battery drains .. I appreciate any tweaks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kingdazy:
+1 here too.

EDIT: able to sign in over wifi, for what it's worth.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
Yeah i am noticing that as well. Aug 22 Build was way better battery. been away from my desk. No Texts, No phone calls. Played a game for about 5 minutes.

over 1.5 hours I was at 70% battery.. There is defiantly an issue.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
I can't join this particular bandwagon, sorry. Battery life is freakin' stellar on this rom for me. I 'use' my phone normally all day and coming off of a full charge yesterday morning I went to bed with 48% of my juice left, very nice. Make sure you don't have a lot of widgets constantly checking for updates. I set all mine (Facebook, Twitter, Weatherbug etc.) to an hour each.

Oh, I also flashed this over 9/24 with only a Dalvik wipe and am running BFS #12 kernel OC'd to 729 with SetCPU - no other changes made.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tadses:
I forgot to mention one thing was, i didn't even install any widgets. I just installed ROM with 70% on by the time i woke up cell phone was turned off with LOW Battery, happened with 27SEP & 04OCT ROMs. I agree that this may not be issue with ROM, i am just looking for any pointer where i can tweak my cell phone to hold battery longer.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
I only have Power widget and fancy widget!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zeau2004:
NEED HELP!

Does anyone know how I can get rid of the Keyboard Lag?

Im using the Blue theme, BrainFuct Kernal, JIT Enable, and the modded Collin Tweet on the BrainFuct post! Thank u
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kingdazy:
just to be clear, i wiped three times, did a clean install of new BM Oct4th, latest gapps, Sprint VVM.

thank golly for nandroid, went back a ver. and everything is fine. :-) @ work today, no time to **** around with things, or I would have gone into "test the hell out this new ver" mode.

back to the 27th release, everything is just peachy. and batt life? just about fantastic, can go all day, being a pretty heavy user (games, talk, sms, gps) and still go out to the bar after work, get in touch with me pals.

waiting for a new gapps w/ new carhome, mayhaps?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] feefeeboomboom:
Do you toggle data with power widget?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] igtheactt1:
Oct04 update is actually better on the battery for me also.. I made the switch from ebuddy to trillian beta and my battery life automatically got better.. I'm running fancy widget set CPU to 768/619 and latest stable kernel.

Sent from my dope ass Hero...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
No i don't I only use it to turn on bluetooth
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
Battery Drain Issues

I was going to work on fixing the battery drain issue once and for all, but decided to take on some easier goals like world peace and eliminating poverty. :)

Seriously, there are a lot of factors that play into this, and I don't think there is much I can do to address the issue that some people are having. Personally, with normal use, I usually average a drop of between 2-4% per hour during the day. If I fully charge overnight, I can easily make it through the day without needing to charge again.

Some of the things that can negatively impact your battery include: Weak signal; Screen on when not in use; Widgets with frequent updates; Task killers, and related programs that try to monitor and "Help" OS performance; and a number of things that others have mentioned.

Some of the things that have helped me in the past: Reducing "active" widgets; Setting end key behavior to sleep (and turning the screen off instead of letting the display time out); Limiting the number of apps installed to ones that I actually use, etc. (admittedly some of these may be personal superstition)

When I have been in locations with weak signal, running JuiceDefender has proven helpful. I don't run it all the time, but it has come in handy at times.

Some people swear by calibration, while others claim no impact. I tried it once long ago, but didn't seem to see much difference except that the drop "appeared" to be more linear rather than discontinous. I haven't done it in months, and I have lost count of how many times I have flashed both with and without wiping, so whatever battery status data I accumulated has long been overwritten.

I would also suggest that Spare Parts > Battery History is another place to look for clues for the source of the drain.

Other than that, I have found a reboot or wipe dalvik-cache to occasionally straighten things out when I have been in app experimentation mode.

Sorry I can't provide a definitive solution, but there are so many factors involved, and running the same builds, my battery life is excellent.

Net net, unfortunately, at the end of the day, the only thing I can say about the death of your battery is that I am sorry for your loss.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
Fine. Soooooo....... when will you have the world peace and poverty things done? :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
I rebuilt the kernel with that patch to hw3d.c, and rebuilt Gallery3D to add the camera button back. Early indications are that it does appear to fix the camera freeze coming from Gallery3D. After updating Gallery3D on my phone, I could consistently cause a freeze with the old kernel. After updating the kernel, I have not yet been able to generate a lockup. Performance seems to be the same. I will install this on another phone or two, and if there are no issues, I will post an AnyKernel update with the patched kernel.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Decad3nce:
I'll cherry-pick it from erasmux if it works well. I'll keep an eye here.

Also, see if you can get it merged upstream. Just do a pull request on darch's tree on github.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
I understand I know that battery has been a big issue. Just seemed to have noticed a difference from older build it may just be that I used it more because it's more usable. I am a heavy bluetooth user. I can start turning off bluetooth when not in use. Thank for all the great work
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tadses:
As i mentioned in earlier in this forum, I have just updated with 04AUG ROM @10PM (no WIDGETS) and left it overnight without charge with (61%) and by morning battery drained and phone was off. I believe something was fishy. I am trying to figure it out what it is.. hope will have answer.

My battery works great on STOCK ROM 2.1 with running facebook, twitter and other widgets open all night with data polling is fine.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
Installed the latest build and Gapps and now I can't get signed into GTalk. The log has this error:

10-05 20:47:43.427: WARN/GTalkService(233): [GTalkConnection.17] doConnect: caught XMPPError connecting to mtalk.google.com:5228.: (502)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mrbigvolume:
The Black mod is very confusing to me? I am sorry for the questions but I used the search for this thread and my questions werent on there?

The phone will not sync. I cannot find the sync button. On the old 2.0, when you plugged in the phone, it asked you what you wanted to do and that was one of the options. I have had not luck syncing my contacts. I pulled up the program on the computer and it just says "disconnected"

Where is the widget for email?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jaybob413:
I have very occasionally seen this immediately after flashing. Rebooting has always brought it back for me. I only use it occasionally with a few people, so I am probably not the best person to comment.

It looks like it may be a timeout issue, possibly indicating an issue with your data or wifi connection, depending on how you are connecting.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] whoopingchow:
I'm running the 9/22 version, and have been for about a week or a week and a half. Today, my phone suddenly rebooted on its own, and now, the screen won't lock, and the home key doesn't work. I've tried restarting it and configuring the screen lock again, but no luck. I haven't tried reflashing or restoring a nandroid, but I wanted to see if there was anyone else out there with this issue. I'll probably flash the 10/4 rom when I get home. Any other suggestions?

Thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] AjaxBU:
Do you have it overclocked? If so how high? I've heard of phones randomly rebooting when the frequency is set too high. I had a few random reboots while running @ 768mhz then I set it to 691 and haven't had one since. *Knock on wood*
[Hero CDMA Android Development] whoopingchow:
Nope, it's not overclocked. The only thing I have running on it is Colin's battery tweak (the beta version) set to 691, but I'm pretty sure that's not it. I'll definitely keep that in mind though.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scotteik36:
First of all I want to say this rom is by far the best out there. I have had no issues up until today. I am not a big picture taker. My phone is the only camera I own. I took my phone out to take a few pics then I turned of the sreen then I tried to unlock the screen again and my phone froze for a second then rebooted. This happened 4 times. Is there anything I can do to prevent that?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] diesel joe:
My battery life is fine on this rom.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] twcrosno:
I see one post for the Oct. 4th bluetooth issue. I have tried turning on the bluetooth from a widget and from the settings\wireless & network setting, it begins to turn on then it goes back to red on the widget and back to unchecked under wireless and network settings. is anyone else having this issue? Does anyone know how to fix it?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] twcrosno:
My bad... Pulled battery and it is working fine now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] izoro:
Not such a noob but still learning. I want to know can I remove some of the stock apps like the stock messaging app, Amazon app, etc with out cause a whole mess of issues. I don't use them and they are just taking up memory and run when I don't want them too.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Ezintn:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8320641&postcount=5 this will help with the "bloat".

Or just uninstall w/ Titanium Backup
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Ezintn:
This is by far the fastest rom I've used (with no tweaks), but I got both the BT issue and reboot / batt stat issues, so I'm back on #75. I've had the BT issue with other cm6 builds, total deal breaker for me. May try to re-dl, looking forward to stable-er version. jaybob, you ever consider a SME version?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vrundmc:
I have the 9/22 Version and have had zero issues with Bluetooth. I could not live without it (driving and spending 6 hours a day on work calls).

Maybe try that build? I am scared to update. This version has been very good (a few force closes and freezes). No issues I can't live with.

By far the best ROM.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Psycoboy15:
Has anyone solved the issue with the voicemail notification issue (telling you to dial the configured number when there is no voicemail at all) when you lose/regain service?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ocs111:
Signal Strength - Red Theme

I am using the Red Theme version of the ROM I believe dated 10-04; my signal strength never gets above 2 or 3 bars in an area that was usually maxed out. I read that if you were using a special theme that you didn't have to use the signal patch, is that correct? I have tried to apply patch and get a bad zip error.

Thanks, I have really enjoyed this ROM, I like the Froyo format.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] prattleon:
i've noticed about a 50% decrease in battery life since upgrading to the latest 04AUG ROM, while changing no other settings. not sure what the problem is.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
Do you mean 04Oct? My battery on the 04Oct rom has been as good or better then before.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ItsDon:
Same here. Although I did a complete wipe/flash with the 10/4 version. Battery is sweet on this (for me at least).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Master K:
10/4 Rocks!

Same here again. The 10/4 version of this ROM is the best HERO ROM I have ever installed. Battery is better, there is no lockscreen lag, no dialer lag, no hangup lag.the whole thing just seems to move great. Bluetooh works great including buletooth dialing. I was going to upgrade to a new phone but now I may hold off until after the Holidays and let prices drop a little bit further before I pick up an EVO (or whatever comes next).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] diesel joe:
I have been unplugged for about 10 and a half hours. And still have 27% remaining.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] izoro:
Can any one tell me the stock messaging apk so I can take it off. I use Handcent so I have no use for it unless it needs to be there
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
It does need to be there for message receiving I believe
[Hero CDMA Android Development] clavin78:
I had the same issue. Complete wipe and reinstall no change. I had to flash a stock rooted 2.2 and all my sms messages came flooding in. I then flashed CM6 and the snap kernel again, all is working now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mxl180:
does this rom come OC?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
Yes it does :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Master K:
Nope I remove email.apk and mms.apk so they do not autostart and the phone runs fine. Handcent still gets text messages fine and I only use gmail so no need for the email.apk
[Hero CDMA Android Development] caaznkid:
has anyone found a better contacts/dialer app that can sync to gmail and facebook than the default android one? the default android one....synced one of my friends to another friend even though they have completely different names and won't let me edit it, so it's pissing me off haha. i've done searches for contacts/dialer apps but apparently noone has created a really good one.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dgatlin:
Can you tell me HOW?

Can you tell me how you removed them...

Thanks...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
Thanks for the tip Master K.

Here is what I did

ADB shell to the device:

$ su

# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

may or may not need this:

# CHMOD 777 /SYSTEM

cd to system/app

rm Email.apk

then

rm Mms.apk

I then did a reboot and test Handcent works great.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
I second caaznkid. the HTC Dialer that I that would search as I type was much better... Although I don't use as much as I use to with Bluetooth dialing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
Sorry for the multiple post in a row. Does anyone know where I can get a/the calendar widget that is like the one in HTC Sense where it will give me a whole month on the screen and i tap the the date?

Thanks,

Matt
[Hero CDMA Android Development] prattleon:
yeah, that's what i meant. the latest one. not sure what the problem is, but it dies fast for me. it's telling me that the display is using most of the power, which doesn't make sense...then the OS then the media server. this does seem to match what the previous stats under the same general usage.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] prattleon:
i was getting about 26+ hours with normal use, now i'm only getting about 14.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hotaru:
try dialer one. it's much better than the sense dialer.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LifeInTheGrey:
Pure Calendar Widget has a variety of calendar sizes, one of which is 4x4 XL and covers the entire screen. You can choose either to show the full month or weekly agenda that are hourly (you can make it a scrollable widget to see future weeks in the month). You can also use custom skins, one of which is aptly titled "Sense". It is available for $1.49 in the market.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
I am not 100% sure but this could be related to google talk sign in issue. As I have been using wifi tether today a few 5 minute phone calls and several text unplugged at about 6 am and I am 76%. Thing is google talk is not signed it and I haven't tried... Will try to do most testing and post results.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
Thanks I will give it a try
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
am I just looking for Dialer in the market or an APK?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vandelay007:
Search for dialer one in the market
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ocs111:
I use Calendar Pad; it shows appointments in the squares in month view. It is also freeeee. They have two different sizes for each calendar widget (month, week, day)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] caaznkid:
yeah i am using dialer one. but as for something that can organize my contacts. i havent really been able to find a replacement yet. the only thing i've found is phonebook 2.0, but i heard that isn't really any better than the default android contacts. if anybody finds anything then please let me know. thanks (:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] glen4cindy:
I'm a total newbie when it comes to flashing, so pardon if this is a bad question,

and I am reading thru these pages, but, there are alot of them to read thru.

I've rooted my phone using Regaw's method, and just yesterday flashed the .7 Stock ROM from another thread, and been looking at trying this one, but, I am a little confused about one certain point.

I understand that I have to load this zip onto my SD card, wipe and then flash, but, I'm confused as how to flash gapps after I do this. I want the google stuff, so I have to do that part of it.

If someone could give me a step by step on how to flash gapps after I flash the ROM from the zip which I know I do from the recovery menu, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vandelay007:
Boot into recovery and flash the gapps zip file just as you would flash a rom....just be sure to put it on the root of your SD card....let me know if you need more help
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Vandelay007:
Is there much of a difference between the 10.4 blackmod release and cm6 and flashing the blackmod afterwards? I only ask because I am having trouble downloading the 10.4 release and would stop trying if its basically the same...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
I believe it's basically the same
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mxl180:
I have the OCT 04 version... the only version i've tried. This the screen frozed on me 4 times and I have to pull the battery.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Ezintn:
"Originally Posted by jaybob413 View Post

They are built from the same source. The biggest difference other than the blue and black themes are a slightly different kernel build (you can load others if you wish), and changes to the Camera app to call 2D gallery from the thumbnail, removing the button that called the Camera app from Gallery3D, and the VoiceDialer change to support BT Voice Dialing. Other than that they are built from a different point in time as far as updates go. The nightly builds are automatically started at a certain point in time (I think it is at midnight UTC). I try to look for a point when updates are not so fast and furious and things are not changing on a minute by minute basis. The rate of source updates seems to have been slower since CM got to stable releasees. Net net, not much difference from a functional perspective."
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kingdazy:
Anyone get Adobe air yet on this ROM? or any hero rom?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stefan.on.pc:
OK, so I've been running the old vanilla cm6 for a while now, but just discovered this new version. (Didn't realize how fast it get updated haha)

Anyway, I'm wondering what style to get this time. Is vanilla fastest? And what exactly is the "Blackmod" version? Is it just a dark theme?

PS. I'd be interested in AIR aswell, although I don't think Adobe supports our Hero hardware...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
Air won't wok with the hero :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kingdazy:
bah! humbug! as much as I love my HackedUpHero, those Epics are starting to look sweet... ;) (jk, i'll likely play Rom-shuffling with this hero 'til it dies, regardless of what phone I actually use.)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] elhpro:
BlackMod version, drain battery any real solution :mad:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] glen4cindy:
Just flashed the Blue version with Gapps, and I'm really liking it so far.

Nobody has mentioned this yet, but, I found it rather interesting that not long after I had my phone set up, I had a welcome email from Google, saying "Welcome to Android, your New Nexus One phone has many great features......"

Thought that was cool.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ahager88:
Haven't gotten that with froyo but I did get that with Fresh and F1N1SH3R once a piece. I thought it was pretty hilarious myself.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Master K:
I use Android Commander. It give a nice Windows Gui interface to moving and removing files on your android device. I love it because I never have to mount or unmount the sdcard. It works with the Android SDK and ADB but is much easier than command line commands. You can find it at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=597098

Once installed go to /system/apps on your phone and you can rename/remove and apps you want. If I am not sure I will rename the .apk to .old so i rename it back if need be or i will copy the file to my PC and then delete it. In the case of MMS.apk and email.apk I have done it so many times I am sure it is fine.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cozkramer:
Sorry here.. But where are the roaming options and such? I like CM6 but have some issues still beyond the roaming stuff, but we'll see what a few days does... tia
[Hero CDMA Android Development] glen4cindy:
I am really loving this ROM, my phone has never ran faster!

One app I am looking for is Quick office. Just want to see what it is, and what it does, and how it works.

Titanium Backup says it's there, Manage Applications says it's there, I flashed the Full Gapps file after flashing this ROM, but, it is NOT in my App launcher!

Where can I find the icon for Quick office? I had the same issue with Goggles as well. The icon was not there, so I just installed it from the Market.

Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dgatlin:
It is not on my phone either...however when I open a document like an excel file Quick Office opens the excel file...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dgatlin:
This program is awesome...worked like a charm...

Thanks...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
Omg... last I tried 2.2, I failed misurably for not being able to text (not on sprint) extreme random laggs and ending it with reboots making me go back to 2.1. I can now happily saw that 2.2 is not only stable for us now but ass kickin fast! I know its not their thread but I wanna take a second and say thanks to everyone who worked on cm6 and to the themers as well. Great job!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
I can confirm also that Quickoffice opens Word, Excel and Powerpoint 2003 and 2007 file formats. But there is no Icon in the App Drawer.

I was also able to install and use Google Goggles just fine on OCT 4th BlackMod.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] izoro:
I tried this and it is telling me there is no such directory
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mattynealo:
make sure you are in /

then cd system

then cd app

hope that helps