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[HTC Aria Android Development] mwielgosz:
I did a full wipe before flashing the ROM. He doesn't use any apps besides maps, yahoo mail, and one other google product, along with Titanium Backup (which I installed and he doesn't use). Since there were only a few apps, I just installed them from the market, therefore everything is fresh. Using TB, I restored basic things like WiFi access points and the SMS/Dialer database. I didn't restore any other system settings or anything, this usually causes issues on my Evo so I figured I'd stick to the same restore model.

I would love to see a normal operation mA reading from Battery Monitor Widget. After he noticed the battery issue, I installed that app so I could monitor the usage. With just sitting on the home screen with the screen on, he averages around 180mA, which is comparable to my Evo (which I find very strange). The phone sleeps very well around 30-50mA, so it's not a sleep issue. It seems to be a problem when it's awake.

Thanks for any advice.
[HTC Aria Android Development] scottusa2008:
So far so good... everything works great and the instructions posted were extremely helpful for first time owner of an HTC Aria.

As a matter of curiosity (and hopes to make my aria run as fast as it can) I am unsure if this was ever discussed before with this rom (I looked but haven't seen it mentioned in this thread)... there seems to be a way to increase the speed of SD card transfers, and before I go monkeying around I was wondering if this rom is capable of using (or compatible with using) that fix.

The fix I am referring to is the one mentioned in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=921530
[HTC Aria Android Development] mosamjc:
The fix works on liberated and makes read speeds twice as fast. I tested using the gscript version mentioned on the forum.
[HTC Aria Android Development] attn1:
get a Developer that can read Arabic to build a flashable add-on.

I have no idea how to add Arabic.
[HTC Aria Android Development] lateral18:
battery life

i have the same battery life issue. the only thing it seems to work so far is to manually connect/disconnect the data connection, and only use it when is necessary. which i believe it makes sense do to the phone's use oh the hspa+ network. i would think that draws more power. but at&t does have a crappy service. I've got speeds of 3.8 mbps, that depends in the locations. so if this one is the best, i don't even want to think how is the service of the other ones. which it seems like a hassle, but that depends in the person. i also put the brightness to 15%. this way i can crank out a full day of battery life.

i need help or some description between the differences between the two version of the ROM. one is normal and the other is ddx. i install the ddx one

Thanks.
[HTC Aria Android Development] attn1:
Wifi uses much less power than 3g. use that whenever it's available.
[HTC Aria Android Development] dy57:
I had the same issue.....

I was getting < 12 hours per charge with an overclock to 806 MHz.

I diagnosed the problem be just turning off Wifi and Mobile for a day , the battery lasted much longer (> 24 hours).

I now use an app call Green Power Free (https://market.android.com/details?id=org.gpo.greenpower) to manage the wireless activity. The schedule I use is on 1 min every 30 mins. and I'm getting ~ 50% drain with normal activity

Hope this helps :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] dr.saad:
well , how can i find one ?

http://ardoid.com/?page_id=5
[HTC Aria Android Development] mwielgosz:
While turning off mobile data isn't an issue as he has a limited data plan (and is used to shutting it off) having to turn off wifi as well sucks. When he is home that is his solid data connection, and used to get fine battery with it on before rooting.

Was it necessary for you to turn off mobile data and wifi before you rooted as well?
[HTC Aria Android Development] vesperwillow:
attn1, any chance you will include this mod in any upcoming releases/roms? -- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=921530&highlight=init.d

* Change the default value of /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb from 4 to 128

I tried it on mine and was able to get reliable 3x performance from my Kingston chip.
[HTC Aria Android Development] brswattt:
This was included in CM7, I dont know if he will update liberated.
[HTC Aria Android Development] mircony:
Flashed hong kong kernal and got 16 + hours on battery life... Any other kernal I get maybe 6 hours., cant use hk kernal due to wifi instbility.... Any ideas why?
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
'Wifi instability' is a pretty random term. Could you give us more information? What kind of problem are you actually having with the Wifi? Will it not connect to your access point? Does it connect but you never get an IP address? Give us an idea what you are experiencing and then maybe we can give you some useful information.

BTW, after I flashed the HK kernel I went ahead and backed up all my apps and then did a full wipe data and then reinstalled my apps. I have wifi access points both at home and at work, so I leave wifi on all the time and I do not have any issues with the phone disconnecting and reconnecting with the wifi.
[HTC Aria Android Development] mircony:
With the hk kernal my wifi worked but the range wasn't very good... It just kept scanning.... I had to get really close for it to pick up... But the battery life was great...
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
So you are saying that FR008 with the HK kernel doesn't have the same wifi range as another ROM configuration you were running? What were you running previously that had better wifi range?

I have run the original stock ROM, CM 6.0, CM 6.1 and Liberated FR008 and have never noticed a difference in my wifi reception, so I am very curious which one of these you were running prior to try FR008.
[HTC Aria Android Development] mircony:
I was running FR008, which i think has the cyanogen kernal. I flashed the HK kernal because i read it had a better battery life (17 hours in my case). I have been bouncing back and forth between roms because of the battery life (6 hours tops with heavy usage). I thought i found a solution with the HK kernal untill i noticed that my wifi wouldnt connect...so i flashed back FR008 with the original kernal and the wifi issue was gone.
[HTC Aria Android Development] dy57:
I was still getting a serious battery drain even though I was around Wifi. Since Green Power manages this as well is seems to be a factor in saving power.

Not sure what you mean here....

Since I wiped and reinstalled a new ROM which also includes a root , I don't believe this is a factor.
[HTC Aria Android Development] mwielgosz:
What I meant is, before you rooted, did you have to turn off wifi in order to help save battery? Or were you able to keep wifi on and get the same (or bettery) battery than after rooting?

It seems that once I installed this rom, his battery has been suffering due to wifi where before installation, battery life was excellent.

Normally with my evo, wifi uses less battery than the 3g radio...although it seems the aria is the exact opposite.
[HTC Aria Android Development] zervic:
this is gonna be complete spam but:

lol @ "bettery" :P
[HTC Aria Android Development] sapjunior:
is there any WWW/Asia Region Update for this ROM?
[HTC Aria Android Development] kinggofg:
You are not alone. I get the same issue. I'm in the NY/NJ area. Seems to happen when I am moving (i.e. on the bus). The only things I can think of that might be different from others: 1. we are on AT&T's upgraded network. 2. My IT department just upgraded to exchange 2010 (this caused me other non phone related problems so I now think its the root of any tech issue I have)

FR007 worked, CM6 worked. CM7 builds up to 13 worked. CM7 builds 29-32 have this issue.

Let me know if you figure it out. For now I am going back to CM6

Just to be clear, by drop you mean you have no data connection right? You can still make phone calls (I can)?
[HTC Aria Android Development] kinggofg:
Thanks for the suggestion. I just flashed a frankenrom now with the old libhtc_ril (I used FR007 since that seemed to work for me). I just injected it right into the FR008 zip file.

So far so good. Data connects. Can make calls. Real test will be the bus ride home.

Thanks!
[HTC Aria Android Development] kinggofg:
Oh my, I had forgotten how much I love HTC Sense. I really hope this works. CM6 is ok, but the people that say they can get 99% of the functionality with 3rd party widgets and launcherpro are kidding themselves.
[HTC Aria Android Development] kura808:
Lol I was fooling around with the CM7 nightly for a couple hours last night. I had Sense withdrawals.
[HTC Aria Android Development] BuckMulligan:
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: When I feel like fiddling around with my phone, I flash CM; when I feel like using my phone, I flash FR008.

(Not that I don't enjoy fiddling around with my phone, mind you - as we speak, I'm tweaking a CM7 install!)
[HTC Aria Android Development] kinggofg:
Sadly no dice. About halfway through the tunnel I started dropping connections. By the time I got home data was gone and not coming back. Only way to get it back was to go into airplane mode and then back out of airplane.

attn1, anything else I might try? Is it possible to use most of the components of FR007 but just bring in the bits that allow overclock and google goggles?
[HTC Aria Android Development] shawkes:
If you flashed FR007 and then flashed the kernel from FR008 I think that would work. The kernel is what allows overclocking and fixes google goggles.
[HTC Aria Android Development] kinggofg:
Perplexing. I tried just this. I flashed FR007 and an older CM6 kernel. Data dead as soon as I got near the tunnel. I'm beginning to think this is a Kernel issue? is that possible? Could it be some network problem? Maybe a handoff between towers? Anyone have any other ideas? Now I'm wondering if CM6 had the same problem and I just didn't experience it...

I'm going to try just a plain old FR007 with no fancy kernels tonight. Then if that works I will try CM6 or CM7d13. All of those owrked for me in the past.

I guess another option I hadn't concidered it my phone may be going bad. It just strange that the issue happens almost every day at the same spot. Also that I am not the only one having the issue.

Other than the things you can wipe with CWM, is there anything else I can do to try and better clean up the phone? Maybe with all the flashing there is some lingering data or setting or somehting somewhere that CM7 caused? I formatted everything in the partitions menu and cleared the delvck cache on advanced.
[HTC Aria Android Development] GroovyGeek:
A question for attn1:

Does the CM-derived kernel for FR008 support direct 2G-3G toggling? The CM kernel is supposed to allow that.
[HTC Aria Android Development] attn1:
The method has to be supported in the firmware. I don't believe the kernel has a lot to do with it. It's dependent on radio, radio firmware, RIL and other Android firmware.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Ricparr:
I'm sorry if this has been answered, I searched but came up empty. Is there a fix for the weather animation bug or whatever where the sun/moon gets another tiny sun/moon on the bottom left corner during animation? Again, sorry if I just failed at searching.
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
No there is no fix because HTC does not publish the source code to HTC Sense. Without the source code there is no way to modify the Sense UI and its widgets.
[HTC Aria Android Development] enewman17:
I have a question I want to try f008 and want to know if I need to flash darktremmers to use the a2sd or is it already built in to use the ext3 if the card is already setup

XDA app on CM7
[HTC Aria Android Development] themacman1000:
HELP

Today as I was browsing the Market, I ran across Super User. I decided to update it.SU also prompted me to download a new binary that was updatable through ClockWork. After I updated I had no more root access (no titanium backup or root explorer). So I un-installed the update and that didn't work. Now I have no root access. I need help so I can backup my apps and install a larger sd card. Any advice???:(

Help me ASAP, please

Edit: I upgraded to the newest rom version.
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
A version is already built into FR008, but it is not the latest. There are instructions on the DT thread on upgrading to the most current.
[HTC Aria Android Development] themacman1000:
Hey attn1, I just upgraded to the newest version of the rom and now nothing will sync. Not even Gmail. Do you have a fix or should I downgrade?

Sent from my HTC Intruder using my finger, no, not that one, the other one

Edit: I just deleted some apps since I only had 5mb free space and after that it immediatly synced.
[HTC Aria Android Development] kinggofg:
FR007 flashed with the FR008 kernel (listed in the first post) seems to be the magic combination for me.

Everything seems to work and I havn't gotten the perplexing data drops and refusal to come back. (I have only taken 3 trips through the "dead zone", it hickuped a little but didn't die.)

So if you are getting data dropouts that you can't recover from without turning the radio on and off, you might try this combination.

attn1, can you weigh in on any disadvantages to this combination?

Thanks for all the hard work!
[HTC Aria Android Development] shawkes:
What did you do differently from about 4 days ago when I suggested that and you said it did not work?
[HTC Aria Android Development] fealloy:
I am currently running CM6-6.1.1 and I would like to try this rom as well.

Unfortunately however, whenever I install this rom (fr008), I always get the following message (immediately after trying to unlock the screen):

"Sorry! the application Settings (process com.android.settings) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. Force close"

I do every step adviced for uninstalling and (re)installing a new rom - wipe data/ cache/ dalvic. I have no problems when (re)installing CM6, but with FR008, I always get the mentioned message. I did try to redownload the rom (129mb) and reinstall it, maybe 9-10 times, without having any luck.

Did anyone else faced this issue? Is there a way to overcome it?
[HTC Aria Android Development] kinggofg:
I used the FR008 kernel from the 1st post. What didn't work was some old CM6 kernel that I found in another thread from several weeks ago.

FR007 with FR008 Kernel is still working BTW. Thanks for the suggestion!
[HTC Aria Android Development] MikeDevenney:
THX!

Just rooted my Aria and installed the FR008 ROM. Everything seems to be working fine. Thanks for the step by step instructions! :D
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
The only other suggestion I can offer is that once you have flashed FR008 in clockworkmod, before you reboot the phone, try doing another wipe data and then reboot.

From your description, the error occurs on FR008 before you even attempt to reload or restore any of apps, correct?
[HTC Aria Android Development] lateral18:
thanks and question for attn1

i been running the rom for over a week now, first i have the issue installing the deodex one. i don't know why i did that. now i have the regular one, it runs flawlessly. i have no issues, just the glitch in the weather animations. thanks,

the questions is why the battery runs out so fast? is there anhthing i can do?

i been using green power, but that wasn't as effective as i thought it would be. then i got a hold a this app called CPU Monitor, i have to adjust the frequencies of the cpu and that process has slow it down. it seems to be doing a good job but still the drainage is noticeable, i don't have apps in the background or running live wallpapers.

thanks again for the great rom
[HTC Aria Android Development] Ricparr:
Maybe I'm just lucky, but I get excellent battery life. I can use it easily all day and not worry too much. It absolutely trounces my captivate as far as battery goes, and is my preffered phone to carry now. This little phone rocks, especially with this rom, I've decided to sell my captivate and maybe check out the inspire. Htc ftw. :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] fealloy:
Yes, the error occurs before me trying to do anything. I flash the rom, I reboot and when the time comes to unlock the screen, the message appears

I ll try your suggestion and let you know. Fingers crossed
[HTC Aria Android Development] fealloy:
Unfortunately I had no luck even after trying your suggestion :(
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
Here's one last thing you could try:

1. Wipe data/factory reset

2. Wipe cache

3. Wipe Dalvik

4. Partitions menu > Format System

This will reformat the System partition completely as opposed to deleting like wipe data does. This was recommended when the first CM 7 nightly builds came out. If that doesn't work, I would drop into the IRC chatroom and see if they can help.
[HTC Aria Android Development] SPD387:
@fealloy, have you tried to "Fix Permissios" in ROM Manager (download free version from the Market)? That has gotten rid of any pesky little "Force Close" dialog boxes I've run in to with any ROM. If you run it, it may ask if you want to update your Clockwork. If you have Clockwork 2.5.0.1, disregard the update (to 2.5.0.7) unless you've read other people having success with it. I've read of a few others updating it and having problems, so apparently there is some type of glitch in the newer Clockwork version. But the ROM Manager itself is good to go.
[HTC Aria Android Development] fealloy:
Tried formating system, I did fix permissions previously but I redid it just in case, and I upgraded to 2.5.0.7 since using 2.5.0.1 i was getting the error, but still no luck :(

Now however, after unlocking the screen the white background together with the green HTC logo appears, and in a few seconds i get the same odd error :confused:
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
One more thing I thought of last night. You said you have redownloaded the zip file multiple times. Have you tried downloading it directly to your SD card using your phone's browser? The zip file might be getting corrupted when you copy it from your PC to the SD card.
[HTC Aria Android Development] themacman1000:
Sense 2.0

Attn1, if the Aria/Liberty/Gratia ever gets HTC Sense 2.0 will you update the ROM with it?:D
[HTC Aria Android Development] HTCscout:
After install, HTC Quietly brilliant screen loops

Hello, installed the DDX_FR008 version of this ROM today, and now the above screen loops for a long, long time. Any suggestions?

Thank you
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
How many times have you tried pulling the battery and then trying to boot?

Which ROM are you coming from and what steps did you take to prepare your Aria before you flashed DDX_FR008?
[HTC Aria Android Development] HTCscout:
5x now. I came from the stock ROM. I rooted the phone with no issues, followed all instructions. To install this ROM, booted into clockwork recovery without the USB cable, installed the rom from sd card.
[HTC Aria Android Development] HTCscout:
Wiped all the cache etc, phone booted up.
[HTC Aria Android Development] dandrumheller:
just to clarify, you wiped data/factory reset, cleared cache and cleared dalvik before flashing the new rom?

edit: you beat me to it.
[HTC Aria Android Development] HTCscout:
All is well now. Wish I had backed up my contacts and pictures properly.. .oh well. ROM works flawlessly at this time.
[HTC Aria Android Development] hadezee:
Random Reboot

First let me say, Love the work... thank you!

I'm running this with the HK Kernal... wasn't into the OC, I personally prefer the extended battery, and not a fan of the track wake. Personal preference..... anyhow, I'm having an issue where the phone randomly reboots about once a day, randomly, at a random time.

I'm not seeing any correlation to any one app running. Anyone else have this issue? Any tips for what I should look for?
[HTC Aria Android Development] Nutshell69:
I too was running with the FR008 with HK Kernal due to other issues - and it was running very well - very smooth - very fast.

I would leave my phone on all the time - rarely booted it - and I never had an issue like you are describing at all.

Recently been running LPP (launcher pro plus) with minimal text, folder organizer - and its running great.

Used the HTC Sense on it for a little while - it was great!

i would check what apps you have running and turn them off one by one till you narrow it down.
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
You could try booting into ClockworkMod and Clear Cache and Clear Dalvik. Also how much of internal phone storage are you using or do you have free?

I too am running FR008 with the HK kernel and I haven't had any random reboots either.
[HTC Aria Android Development] hadezee:
I'll try clearing the caches from clockwork. I generally average about 22MB Internal free. To me doesn't seem like i should be using that much... I even had an App2SD manager to help me see which apps can go to SD... but thats what it is.
[HTC Aria Android Development] hadezee:
Cleared the caches, freed up some space, but the restarts happened twice already :-\
[HTC Aria Android Development] jeebuz:
Do you use set cpu
[HTC Aria Android Development] hadezee:
No. Using the HK kernal, not interested in OCing the CPU.
[HTC Aria Android Development] jeebuz:
Oh ok, my bad, didn't read your previous post where you mentioned that. Lol /)_-

Hmm..
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
I think you are running out of internal storage. I think you probably need to make an EXT3 partition on your SD card and enable DT A2SD. For me that moved a lot more apps to the SD card than just using the Froyo 2.2 method.
[HTC Aria Android Development] themacman1000:
Or you could download Titanium Backup for free and long press on an app and tap "Move to SD". No EXT3 partition required.

Sent from my HTC Intruder using my finger, no, not that one, the other one
[HTC Aria Android Development] hadezee:
No worries. Always best to have all the facts when troubleshooting. :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] hadezee:
Trying out Titanium, very cool app. Thanks!

I always believe that while there may be a "point and click" work around, I should understand a proper process. If you don't mind, tpbklake, how does one make the EXT3 Partition and enable DT A2SD?
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
You can use ROM Manager to create the EXT partition. DT Apps2SD is built-in to Liberated FR008 and will automatically support the EXT partition. You can open a terminal emulator and type "su" to get a # prompt and then type "a2sd check" to check the status.
[HTC Aria Android Development] hadezee:
Already had the ext3 setup it seems. Ran the a2sd check, it recommened some changes (a2sd reinstall) to have apps run from the sd, it doubled my internal free space :-)

Hoping this all does the trick.
[HTC Aria Android Development] fealloy:
It is not the file

I downloaded FR008 directly to the sd card, installed it as advised but i am still getting the same error at the start up :(

One question though... As I said, I am currently running CM6,1.

Is it normal that:

1. after I wipe data/cache/dalvik,

2. and without installing anything,

3. and do a reboot

.......to get the CM6,1 on the phone? (not the one I have with my apps and everything, but the pure one, that is, like I installed it the first time).

I hope it makes sense what i wrote above :D
[HTC Aria Android Development] dandrumheller:
yes, as you haven't replaced your rom. have you always done a reboot after wiping but before installing the new rom? that may be your problem...wipe data/cache/dalvik, flash fr008 (via install zip) then reboot.
[HTC Aria Android Development] barisahmet:
attn, what is the difference new kernel which HTC published source code lately if you did take a look?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=965715
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
This was discussed on another thread. The source that was released yesterday is the kernel source for the Hong Kong kernel that is available to install on the FR series ROMs.