[Hero CDMA Android Development] LiquidSolstice:
I've managed to get this ROM going ridiculously fast. I tried to move away from the Sense Widgets, and by extension, see if it's possible for me to try and move away from the Sense Launcher. I've switched over to LauncherPro, and after a ton of optimizing, this rom is stupid fast. I get fantastic battery life, the movement and speed of the ROM is just buttery smooth, and best of all, without any Apps2SD I have 110 Megs of free space on the phone itself (probably more if we don't count the apps I already downloaded and installed. I'd say if you didn't count the apps I've installed, I easily have close to 140, maybe 150 megs of free space.

Remember, this is a scenario that doesn't include the Sense Launcher or the Sense Widgets. The Sense apps are still fully functional, however.

Here's how I did it.

1. Wiped/Flashed the ROM. (Duh)

2. Finished all the Google/Facebook contact syncing first.

3. Flashed the 691 Kernel first, then Zen's AnyKernel (NoPerfLock). This elimates the Lockscreen lag completely.

4. Grab and install LauncherPro. You'll love it. (And it's free!)

5. Update the already-installed ES File Manager, and go to work. In the Settings page, go to Root Options. Select "HiAPK", Allow in the Su Prompt, and then tap Mount Filesystem.

6. Navigate to system/app, and now we start deleting. You can click on the Multi-Select tool of ES to make this easier.

~ Remove ALL the HTC Widgets (com.htc.widget.****) and their ODEX files. They do not affect the functionality of the HTC Apps in any way, and since you're not using the Sense Launcher, it won't affect you (Sense Widgets cannot be run in LauncherPro or any other launcher)

~ Remove ANetShare + odex

~ Remove the Twitter Client + odex (Peep does not work with twitter anymore, might as well get rid of it)

~ Remove Sprint Navigation + odex (it's basically the same thing as Google Maps, but takes up a whopping 7 megs of memory)

~ Remove the IQAgent. I don't quite understand what it does, but it is tied into the Sense Launcher and likes to start itself randomly.

~ Do NOT Remove Rosie.apk. Instead, rename it to Rosie.apk.blank. This is because removing it will result in the inability for you to change the Lockscreen wallpaper. I usually change my Lockscreen wallpaper once and forget about it, but if I ever really really wanted to change it, I'd just go back, rename it to apk again, and then change the lockscreen. The reason I do this is so that Rosie has no chance of running at all, reducing ANY potential use of my memory that I don't want.

~ Remove QuickOffice + odex (if it's in there). To me, it's useless, and unneeded.

~ If you don't use the native Mail app (like me) and only use Gmail, remove it and its odex file

~ (Might think of more later)

7. Finally, grab and install FancyWidget.apk (I can link you to it if you need it). It looks and functions exactly like the iconic HTC Clock widget with the only caveat being that it has no weather animations.

The only other thing left that really pisses me off is the fact that GTalk Service keeps starting itself. I don't use Gtalk from my phone, removing the apk doesn't stop the service from running, and removing GTalk Service.apk will cause a lot of FCs. Any help on that would be awesome, because that's 12 megs of ram that sometimes gets chewed up.

Lastly, DON'T use a task killer. Use Watchdog instead, an app that watches for runaway or overusing processes that are taking up memory and alerts you.

The final outcome of all our optimization?

Zero Lockscreen Lag.

Zero Interface Lag.

Current Free RAM as of this Moment: 112. Yes, Available RAM memory, not ROM storage.

Current Free ROM as of this Moment: 140 (not including LauncherPro+Fancy Widget)

Battery Life: Easily 14-15 hours with regular use. Can't even begin to imagine what it may be like if you use the modded Collin_ph Battery Tweak in this thread.

And of course, don't knwo if it's placebo or not, but my phone seems to be much cooler to the touch now. (Probably because it's not working as hard anymore)