yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Android Development] jaikat:
i know its still early for 1.7.1, but can anyone provide first impressions on battery life?
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I know I am biased now...lol...but my results for today are: unplugged phone at 8am its 646pm now....I have rebooted the phone 2-3 times due to changing settings, I installed apps from market and from APK's. I played Sims3 for like 30 min. checked email, txt messaged, made a few phone calls, looked at google maps (with GPS on) Wifi is on and searching, GPS is always on I have facebook and twitter widgets on with sync on every 2 hours, I got SetCPU set at 576max/min and I have 18% battery life left.

So I am going to say I will get 10-12 hours out of this charge, which was pretty heavy use in my opinion. So lets see what other people say.
[G1 Android Development] cameron.t90:
LOVE the boot animation!

gives me something cool to look at for the next 6 minutes or so lol
[G1 Android Development] Ohsaka:
Battery life has not been a problem for me today.

One thing already mentioned that might be a good option is to somehow mark certain apps to not get moved to EXT. Im not sure how the firerat script is getting called during boot up, but I am guessing it loops through every app and moves it to EXT. Off top of my head for possibilities:

1) text file that lists APK names to not get moved

2) inside APK's directory, create an empty file called .noext

I plan on messing around with it some more tonight. I had some sluggishness today, I want to isolate it. I have been running 128mb swap with compcache off. I also have alot of widgets...
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I will see what I can do, also I had some sluggishness until I turned on Compcache, So try that. Thanks for your input.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
So here is the Million Dollar question, What do you guys want to see in 1.8? Besides speed, I am working on speed stuff right now, do you want me to add anything take anything out, do you want more of a G2 style with G2 style apps. Let me know.
[G1 Android Development] puppetcarl:
G2 apps would be nice. but i had been running your custom rom when you first made it. so now I'll enjoy this one and let the artist create.

also having issues with appmonster and titanium not being able to batch install. not a big deal just takes forever to reinstall all my apps one at a time.lol
[G1 Android Development] nyctrini3:
Royalknight6190 So here is the Million Dollar question, What do you guys want to see in 1.8? Besides speed, I am working on speed stuff right now, do you want me to add anything take anything out, do you want more of a G2 style with G2 style apps. Let me know.

more g2 plzzzzzzz lol
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Go check my twitter, looking for a few good Android Flashers. Just a few. I would like you to have the Gtalk program on your computer, for easy file transfer. Thats not a necessity but it will help. Also a good knowledge of Android. Meaning I dont need to hold your hand. Use of ADB is necessary, so you can report back properly. Well if you fit into that category. Let me know DM me on Twitter not on here. Thank you.
[G1 Android Development] burn317:
1.7 is everything I wanted from a cm6 rc3 ROM! Best birthday gift this year! thanks man, though what if you kept the apps2sd off the Rom so it'd get a quicker load also, in my opinion, anyone who wants apps2sd probably would be an advanced enough user to load firerats apps2sd themselves.

Thanks again :)
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
This is very true. But the fact of the matter most people are not advanced users and most people want things already in the Rom. Also the G1 especially on a Froyo build only offers limited space so the people who like to have there fair share of apps cant without apps2ext. The wait time on boot is so all the scripts have time to work not just apps2ext but renice script, supersettings, performance, and a few others. I am working on making the boot time faster. 1.8 should be out by this weekend, and with some added glory.
[G1 Android Development] pleinx:
hi,

the theme (from first post) work with v1.7.1 ?

i have try it..but i have a while in boot :/ can anyone confirm this?
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
It might but it also might cause so issues. That theme was for BiffMod V1.3 which was a RC1 based Rom, Now we are on V1.7.1 which is based on Stable CM6. But you can try it and report back to us. Good Luck.
[G1 Android Development] pleinx:
doesnt work....while in boot up...
[G1 Android Development] crodgers79:
Hey RoyalKnight!

Great ROM! Loaded 1.7.1 after doing a full wipe and it loaded-up with no problem. I interrupted the setup long enough to invoke apps2sd and then it restored about 44 apps and I had a whopping 80Mb free!! Yeah!!! Major win!

Now the bad news: I run LauncherPro with 7 screens and a fair amount of widgets. I used SetCPU to downgrade the CPU to 480/245 and set 2G/3G to 2G-only to conserve battery, yet this ROM is taking down my battery at an alarming rate. Fully charged this morning at 7AM and it's now down to 56% at 11AM. The only thing I did _not_ do was invoke AutoKiller in "Aggressive" mode (should I?). I'm also seeing a lot of lag at 480 Mhz but I'm afraid that pumping-up the CPU to 576 is going to only drain my battery that much quicker.

Any tips, ideas?

Thanks again, I love this ROM I just don't know if I can keep it as my Daily Driver given the poor battery performance.
[G1 Android Development] G1ForFun:
Then try 528....no need too go all the way up too 576. Also, why would you set your min to 245? Go lower. 160,000 is known to be a safe low value.
[G1 Android Development] airnique23:
Ive noticed that nothing kills battery more for me than my DISPLAY. Set that to a value anywhere from 0 - 20 and set your Setcpu to on demand, set on boot, Min 345 max 576 or 528 and add a profile for for "Screen off" to min 176, max 352. Also deleted whatever task killer you have and download "Auto Memory Manager" and set it Mild, reboot and see what results you get
[G1 Android Development] kingjehu:
Is Dalvik Cache put on EXT? I know that decreases performance but uses very little system data. I still have a bunch of apps and very little internal space being used. However, my apps are taking a long time to load. Facebook took 15 seconds to open, which never happened before. Maps always takes forever, but I understand that one. I have Swapper 2, but I disabled it. Should I get rid of it, since there's Swap enabled by default?

I have Compcache disabled, because coupled with swap, it slows things down.

JIT is off, surface dithering is off. I have a 8 GB SD card with 512MB EXT and 96MB Swap

I just went into settings and noticed that every time I try to press something it takes a second or two to respond, with no indication of wether it registered the tap. I press it again and by the time it goes to the next settings page (like if I'm trying to see how much internal system space I have), I end up unmounting the SD card. Any reason as to why my G1 is running so much slower now than on any other ROM?

Also, I get the

"SORRY!

Activity _______ (in application _______) is not responding"

message all the time.

Anything that can speed this up? I'd appreciate any help.
[G1 Android Development] Jbazt_katuforzs:
is this normal? after flashing this rom i got 56.mb of available space?
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Yes right now Dalvik Cache is on EXT, I am working on fixing all the performance issues in 1.8. Along with the Dalvik Cache slowing the rom down I think this new way of doing apps2ext slows the ROM down, So I am trying a complete different way to do apps2ext testing it now. so bare with me. 1.7.1 was thrown together pretty quick just to give everybody apps2ext. I have made some major headway in speed and performance (I think) just need to test it out.

Thank you everybody for your support and Patience. :o
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Could be depending on if your using the MTD hacks or not. But if you followed the instructions on the OP and skipped setup and then changed the settings and then restarted, then signed in either via marketplace or accounts/sync then download your apps, then reboot. you should be good.
[G1 Android Development] howardtan:
woe. What happened to AWD? I read in an earlier post that it was removed. Why remove it? I didn't see it in the change log. Maybe I'm stupid. Help?

biffmod is awesome. But now I gotta figure out how to install AWD again. bah.

which is easy.

adb install ADW.Launcher_v113_standalone.apk

reboot
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
AWD was removed and Launcher2 (the basic froyo launcher) was put back cause its a lot nicer causes less lag. Yes ADW has options but regular software is always better. to install ADW just download it off the marketplace or go to his website download the apk and install the apk using a file manager. It is in the change log.
[G1 Android Development] biglo:
Yeah thats pretty normal, I always get the or around that average when flashing CM5.0.8 or CM6.0.0.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I am testing and using 1.8 now, Now that I was able to sit down and play with it instead of doing a sloppy hack to get apps2ext to work, The Rom is being more responsive. Still looking for a few testers who want to try it out for a couple days. DM me on Twitter or here with your Gtalk so I can get you the file.
[G1 Android Development] howardtan:
you're probably right. but I still don't see it in the change log. Am I looking at the wrong one? first page of this thread?

adw - i'm slightly dyslexic.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Thats cool I do the same stuff, yeah is on the first page of the thread 2nd post where the change log is. The first post is just Rom info
[G1 Android Development] skippy214:
if i want to be a tester, how do i get your gtalk, first time ever using gtalk
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I just sent you my gtalk just click add and add me. then I can send you the file right through Gtalk.
[G1 Android Development] howardtan:
ah... I see now it know. It might be nice to see what you remove, instead of saying pick one that you like. You know passive vs active voice... ;-)

Oh, and what happened the 2d gallery? 3d gallery is soooo painfully slow. I found one and installed it. but it doesn't have that cool 2d icon... I only use 3d gallery to impress my friends. But then after about 2 minutes of making small talk, I just switch to 2d gallery...

btw. I think you guys are doing an excellent job, but us small folk like to complain...
[G1 Android Development] Jbazt_katuforzs:
Ok Im so happy I tried this rom. For me its the lightest, fastest and meanest rom for my G1. I install the adw launcher from the market and its working perfectly but how can I make the drawer use the background image of my home tabs?

Oh!!! Want to be a beta tester too. I love flashing roms.
[G1 Android Development] biglo:
Hey thanks for putting the stock launcher back in there, I was trying to find a guide to find out how to push it in there myself but there is so much posts it almost makes it impossible to fins anything. I think I starting to see why new people just post their questions anywhere lol.
[G1 Android Development] Jbazt_katuforzs:
Can you send it to me too? TIA
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Your welcome, I love the stock Launcher (Launcher2) just seems more reliable. It might not have all the features but its fast and stable.

I will send you a PM with the download link.

Ok all followers of BiffMod...V1.8 is out in the wild to Beta Testers, depending on there results it should be out Friday night for everybody else. Thank you all for you patience I know 1.7.1 is a little sluggish but like I said earlier, I just through it together to make apps2ext work. The way I am doing it now is a lot better. I also done a lot of speed tweaks and performance tweaks. One is including a zip-align script that zip-aligns each APK making them better and faster. So get ready for V 1.8
[G1 Android Development] LuckyJ26:
The battery life on 1.7.1 is ridiculous!
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Thats very helpful, ridiculous as...ridiculous good or ridiculous bad. Cause I have had mix on this a few people said its better and a few said its a little worst. lol
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Sorry i didnt get back to you sooner, I took 2D gallery out because I wanted this Rom to be as true and as close to a Real Froyo Build and 2D is not in real Froyo. 3D is a little slow but in V1.8 trust me it speeds up. You need to allow 3D to load the first time fully before touching and messing with it. Open it up and just let it load.

Also thanks, we are trying to do great things here and I am still a small simple folk, just trying to keep this awesome Rom alive.
[G1 Android Development] LuckyJ26:
Hehe, ridiculous as in incredible! I seriously never tried a froyo rom that gave me this much battery life. It has been 6 hours of full use and my phone is still alive! Before it would've died in 3 hours...
[G1 Android Development] kingjehu:
Royalknight, you are a gentleman and a scholar. I will wait for 1.8. I would love to help out and test the beta now, but This is my only phone and my wife gets crazy when she can't reach me.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Ok besides you everybody else including myself said the battery life is a lot better. I think your battery issue is you using Launcher Pro I think aftermarket launchers drain the battery a lot more then stock. The stock launcher yes its simple but its reliable and stable and fast. Also !7 screens! what in the world do you need 7 screens for. That is also the cause for your battery drain. The G1 wasnt supposed to run on more then 3 screens. The OTA donut build only had 3 screen launcher. Also a lot of widgets will destroy battery life.

Now for the sluggishness, I have stated that previously that it was caused do to the time I didnt have to spend on it including the way of the apps2ext. V1.8 will be out soon and it is a lot snappier.

hope this helped.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Thank you, I totally understand about the wife. Mine is the same exact way. If you really want to try it send me a PM and I will send you the link and add you to the beta testers list.
[G1 Android Development] Jbazt_katuforzs:
Flashing 1.8 test 4. ill report the feedback via PM
[G1 Android Development] cameron.t90:
Royalknight could you possibly pm me the beta link please :)

id like to be a tester for you and relay any helpful feedback.

and battery life on this rom is amazing!

and rom is very fast, love it.

also im not sure if anyone else has noticed this, its not a big deal, something id just have to get used to. the "alt" key on the physical keyboard seems to make it stay in the "alt" keymode till you push it again, whereas ive noticed in other roms without the new keyboard apk that youd have to press "alt" twice in order to get in to stay in the "alt" keymod..

is that just how the new keyboard is?

hope that made sense lol
[G1 Android Development] Ohsaka:
Going in for a test run on 1.8...

Hopefully I'll return soon with good news!
[G1 Android Development] kingjehu:
Might try it tomorrow. I have a question about the stock launcher. Is there any way to add anything to the dock bar? I like having four apps down there rather than the dots. That's maybe the only reason I'm using ADW.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
When I get home, I am at work now. I will PM you the beta link so far its getting good reviews. Thanks for offering. And yes that alt and shift key thing is part of that keyboard. Its not hard to get used to it though.
[G1 Android Development] Ohsaka:
Looking good so far. I have not encountered the same sluggishness I was seeing in 1.7.

Looks like the partition swap is set at a higher priority than the compcache swap. You can view it from terminal with: cat /proc/swaps

# cat /proc/swaps
cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority

/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 partition 124744 45972 -1
/dev/block/ramzswap0 partition 24420 0 -2

Quandrant Benchmark score is 366. On CM5.0.8 the score was less than 100! (Quadrant is probably Froyo friendly, but the 3d scenes look smooth)

Have to goto bed, but I will use it at work tomorrow. I usually text, stream music, and make calls. A good real world use scenario which was producing lag on the previous version...
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I guess there would be a way but nothing I want to dab in, I like the stock launcher the way it is....its sorta like that saying "you don't change a good thing" but sorry not trying to be rude or anything but that's why I replaced adw with launcher2 when I took over the rom from biff cause launcher2 (which is stock) I think gives the rom a boast in speed and stabilty.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Thanks bro that's the kind of info I want to see. Maybe if everything looks good maybe a release tomorrow.
[G1 Android Development] philly2va:
Been waiting on this ROM for the longest and so far sooooo good.

Only two issues Im having are:

1. Randomly cuts off... like out of nowhere

2. Lag when using certain apps.

Any ideas what may cause all of this?
[G1 Android Development] Kaos Chase:
I so far have no problems with the rom, flashed last night before I went to bed and since I woke up I have backup'ed all my apps which is about 102. So far so good... And on a side not...

when i was flashing in recovery it said "Welcome to the Thunderdome"... that is in fact BEAST.

And the Transformers Autobots, Decepticons boot animation is straight up Beast....
[G1 Android Development] Jbazt_katuforzs:
Save your comments for 1.8. One nasty mean rom that will rock your device and knock the rest.

Man I trully love this rom!!! Verygood job!!!! Hats and pants off.... lols
[G1 Android Development] Jbazt_katuforzs:
Huh? That's strange.. are you on 1.8? haven't noticing lags and cut off when lunching apps. Infact im typing this reply with my twitter and facebook app on background with their widgets on standby and going so smooth typing.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I want to thank my beta testers who are testing 1.8. You guys rock, and I dont need any more. thanks for all the inquires. To everybody else looks like 1.8 is a go so you should see it either today or tomorrow, huge performance and stability increases.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I forgot to mention that Alan090 has offered his service in building a theme for us. He said it is based on the galaxy s, so it should look very good. The themed version of 1.8 and the basic version will all get posted at the same time. I will also build a black version for the people that like that option. The base will be the same a fast stable rom that is Froyo. So get ready to go BEYOND THE THUNDERDOME!
[G1 Android Development] Jbazt_katuforzs:
Hear it from the man!! All G1 users really will love this rom. Thanks for being 1 of the early who tried. The pleasure was all mine.
[G1 Android Development] Jbazt_katuforzs:
Theme? That would be great!!! It will be like as an icing on a cake!! Go Alan!! Being on thunderdome is like hell yeah!!!! But going beyond now that's a diffrent story. Will wait for the next released untill its ready.. as for now im going to enjoy this beauty.
[G1 Android Development] ryaninc:
Thanks for keeping the basic, un-themed version active. That's what attracted me to this ROM in the first place. :D

And EXCELLENT work keeping it alive. It's good to see an amazing ROM being updated. Keep up the good work, I can't wait to give 1.8 a try.
[G1 Android Development] Ohsaka:
So far so good at work...

I take it on and off charger, and change orientation a bunch because i have a paperclip stand for it that keeps it on its side...

Another suggestion, once we get a stable release, we could should hit up dumfuq to help make a working overclock kernel! (assuming none of the "any kernels" work for us)

Cause I am missing my SetCPU overclock... :)

Edit: quick question... Can the stock launcher rotate 360 degrees? Have I forgotten where to find that config setting?
[G1 Android Development] Ohsaka:
Sorry for double post, this deserves its own.

I think this ROM is ready to go.

I was just listening to my Sirius XM streaming music app in the background, and I was sending a text message to someone when I got a phone call. It paused the music, brought up the call screen after about 3 seconds (which isnt bad for a G1). I hit ignore and it jumped back to the text message screen and music started playing again.

<gives stamp of approval> :)
[G1 Android Development] coolbreeze0688:
hey wassup

from what I have been reading I hear that this rom is very good but I wont flash until 1.8 (hopefully its released later today)

Is there anybody running this rom without JIT? if so is it fast? stable?

im afraid to enable it thats why I ask
[G1 Android Development] kingjehu:
I've had JIT off and it's been very slow. I'll try with it on and see if it makes a difference.
[G1 Android Development] MotoMudder77:
Hows everyones battery life on this? with wifi on I can watch the battery drop. I have 2 batteries, and by the end of the day, both have been used, and the phone is needing to be charged.

My batteries should be good, as there only a few months old.
[G1 Android Development] Jbazt_katuforzs:
I configured free openvpn to this rom with no issues. I can finally save a lot of bucks by using a free openvpn server via 3G data for phone's internet access.
[G1 Android Development] Jbazt_katuforzs:
Screenshots uploaded using openvpn via 3G data. See the battery? It came from a full charged. Been using the 3G for nonstop multi tasking browsing activities (forum posting, IMs, social networks, etc..) and its now going 1 hour strait packet data tranfers. You judge the battery. Will report feedback till the last drop.
[G1 Android Development] coolbreeze0688:
yeah let me know plz
[G1 Android Development] kingjehu:
I have had it on for a couple of hours. Only a slight change between JIT on and off aside from the Quadrant benchmark score. My G1 is beating the Droid (about 360) with JIT on and about 320 with it off. Quadrant is definitely too Froyo friendly, because I'm not getting any of the Droid snappiness. On CM 5.0.8, I was getting 208 max. Can't wait for 1.8!
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Yeah right now no OC hacks work, so yes I am planning on getting with dumfuq on this to see if we can come up with a 614 or something. No OC's have worked since RC3.
[G1 Android Development] Ohsaka:
Hopefully he is working one for the generic CM6 final kernel that will also work for us with no changes.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Yes 1.7.1 was slow like I have said before. Trust me and the other beta testers 1.8 is going to rock your world.
[G1 Android Development] burn317:
My battery life has dropped a bit from what I was accustomed to and also drains much faster than I'm used to with WiFi on.

Have you used setcpu? It helps manage your battery life a bit better. I did have the automatic 2g switch app for a little but seemed to keep my phone from getting service and internet when it'd activate.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Your welcome, yes that is also what dragged me to this ROM so yes I will always keep a basic version, alive and well.
[G1 Android Development] cameron.t90:
flashing 1.8test4 now :)

thanks, will reply back with any feedback asap.
[G1 Android Development] MotoMudder77:
Yea got it all, strictly 2g, as Im on at&t, data always off. I went over to CM6, and I turned compcache off, not sure which it was, but battery is a little better, but now Im gonna destroy it again with dumfuq's OC. lol
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Alright all you guys want it and yeah I have only been getting good and positive results from the Testers, so here is it Biff Mod V1.8 is up and Live in the OP go enjoy the speed and stability. Let me know what you think. Once I get the Themed version and I finish the black version I will post them also for now its just the regular non themed white version. Yes its a Full Wipe, you dont have to clear system memory in fastboot though.
[G1 Android Development] skippy214:
doin it now!!!!!!!!!, i love transformers