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[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
I've looked way too deep into these tweaks, lol. Some are redundant, some aren't, and some are worse IMO. For instance, our kernels already mount partitions with noatime so the "partitions" is unnecessary. "SD tweaks" is the sd readahead tweak, which made my media skip (I no longer use it fwiw). The "IO scheduler" from what I could find basically tells the phone it's flash storage and not disc storage, again redundant. "Mem mgmt." and "scheduler" are NOT redundant and changes the values for min free mem and some other VM values and some granularity schedules in ns. These MAY help, but I can't tell a difference yet. "Battery" is not redundant (changes writeback and expire in cs), but when enabled I noticed some lag, which could've been placebo, but I disabled it anyway. "Sleeper" I have no idea, couldn't find the values it changed, but again I noticed some lag blah blah blah. "Network" and "UI" as you (24601) stated are not only redundant, but the events per sec are actually LOWERED by the tweak so likely that would create lag, again I disabled.

Anyway, upon such info, I am trying the "memory management" and "scheduler" to see if anything cool happens, but so far the changes aren't noticable to me. Further, this ROM is so killer I doubt it really needs any tweaking whatsoever, but I can't help myself and enjoy trying new things. YMMV.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nashmarkt:
How do I uninstall setup Wizard? I have the phone booting into a continued force close of setup Wizard. At this point how do I uninstall it?

PS: I have tried installing from Recovery only and same results. I think the trick is to get rid of setup wizard but I just do not know how?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
I initially tried it and can't say I felt a difference. However, I've developed a new battery issue since last Friday when I d/l s0be's .35 #5 kernel and the AK advance system tweaks. My Phone Signal stays on constantly now, regardless of how many bars I have. Not sure which one of these (or combination) is the culprit. I d/l CM7 final and am gonna flash it later today to see what's up, and maybe that will jog the signal issue.

Awesome post duce. Thank you. I couldn't find anything instructive on sleeper, either. I did find this article. Scheduler and sleepers discussed on pp 7-8. But still not clear to me the benefits of disabling normalized sleeper.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
NP, lol I could've been WAY more specific about the files/values that were changed, but opted for generalizaton. Thanks for that link - now I am no kernel dev, but IF that tweak messes with CFS/BFS it is possible that's your issue with signal -somehow. I know s0be was having issues getting BFS to play nicely in the ap4/5 - so I would disable that if I were you and reboot, see if it helps. What of those tweaks do you still have enabled? Also, the CM7 stable crowd was complaining of lagginess, which could be ROM, or user error. Good luck sir.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
****, sorry. Don't delete that, I was thinking of a totally different app. You are talking about the thing "touch android to begin" right? That's pretty important. I would suggest either starting the process over and try again (follow the wiki), or install a different gapps package and see if that helps.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] peteytang:
So I thought I bricked my phone yesterday when upgrading to the latest version of ClockworkMod via Terminal Emulater, but was finally able to recover after hours of searching by Fastboot flashing a signed RUU. Finally, after lots of work, I have gotten back on my feet and am running aosp3/26 with the latest gapps and firerats (116/10). I can't say for sure, as I haven't spent any time on the phone yet, but the signal appears to be significantly lower than my past experiences... is there any chance I missed any steps throughout my process that would have any affect on my phones signal performance? I realize this is a vague statement/question, but thought it would be a start... I'm not sure if there are any stats in the phone that I could include to make clearer...

P.S. - I love aosp.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
The ROM shouldn't affect your signal, I don't even think it CAN... I know Sprint has been having signal/data issues lately, so that's probably it. Also if you came from a different ROM it could just be displaying the bars differently, while the signal is same. For real though it's probably just Sprint.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] peteytang:
Agreed. I figured it was probably just the carrier, but wanted to be sure and throw it out there... not afraid of asking stupid questions :)

Speaking of which, anyone have a fairly simple link to a process to get S-OFF? (I hadn't even heard of this "S" business until all my phone would do is boot into bootloader/hboot and I couldn't do anything!)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
I've disabled all the advanced tweaks in AK. I didn't see any real world benefit, and after seeing aosp had already included the ones he feels important, I say no reason to hang on. In researching some of the other tweaks, I see they have been around for a few months, so if they were very beneficial I think CM7 or aosp would have incorporated already. The only thing additional I saw in CM7 build.prop was the ro.ril.fast.dormancy settings. I saw the lag comments, will probably flash anyway (ORD overpowers the risk of bad karma).

With respect to phone signal I am a little concerned I may have tweaked the radio somehow. I am s-off and enough of a hack to RUU back and start over, but if I messed with my radio I may not get that change back. I have rebooted a dozen or so times since Saturday with no booting issues (s0be .35 actually boots like a race car), so I don't think I've borked my radio. Anyway, thx for your input. I may just RUU back and wax nostalgia of the good ol' eclair days and then start from scratch with 3/26.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
S-off is here. READ CAREFULLY.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
I should create an ETA app. It'd just wipe the battery stats after some false pretences and have a timer that says ETA to your phone dying and not ever charge the same. Malicious I know but its better than the other idea I have of making it flash a corrupted radio to give them a nice paper weight to use.

Yes all that just because some one is ignorant enough to ask.

But then ya know someone's gonna ask an ETA for my ETA app!!! Oh God please make it STOP!!!

sent from my HTC 800% SuperHero
[Hero CDMA Android Development] AjaxBU:
Im surprised he got a signal. I put my phone into airplane mode because it nukes my battery when i forget. There is a small chance it could mess with the instruments, but even though it is small its a rather important system to risk toying with. The annoying clicks over the head phones are another reason i turn it off.

On a side note, my swype stopped working yesterday. I've tried changibg inputs, uninstalling, reinstalling, and reboots but still get the blue box. Anyone know of another fix? The swype forums have let me down thus far...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dpeeps74:
Lol well he got a signal during the ascending and descending parts at least. As to clicks on headphones when in airplane mode I haven't experienced that at all ever with any phone.

~dpeeps74
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Might not be a quick fix for that. Maybe a fresh install of the rom all over again.

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oostah:
i read some where a year ago that sprint was testing wimax with a air line co. so people could use there lao tops and smart phones. that phone dont have a frequency any where close to what air plains use. they started no cell phones in the first place because they had no idea what they would do and never changed it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Just hit 50% ;)

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero
[Hero CDMA Android Development] spleef:
everytime I tried to update maps said was incompatible am on 3/26 aospcmod data2extext2 latest Dh theme Dh gapps stock kernel. so after a full wipe I flashed rom and gapps let it run it's sync course I went into market with wifi and was able to update just fine.this was yesterday(the11th) so then I backed it up with TB flashed the rest of my goodies listed earlier. today maps updated again was able to update without any problems. so basicly a fresh flash works freaking wonders :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
Trying to edit my bp. Can someone save me some time and inform me if my stock is at 160 is it lower or higher to increase the font size. Thanks

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] jneg123:
Higher decreases density so things will look bigger, but less will fit on a screen.

Before editing the build prop, open up Spare Parts. Toward the bottom you'll see an option to adjust font size. See if that works for you.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
Yea spare parts only last until you rotate your phone. Its a pain when I have it on large and I'm on xda and make the mistake of rotating the phone then the apps freaks out. And I haven't figured out how to disable the auto rotate on this rom. Thanks.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] wesssider:
Sending you and 24601 a 'Thanks' for posting your findings. Just what I was looking for.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jneg123:
Auto rotate can be disabled under Settings>Display and also under Settings>CyanogenMod Settings>Display. You may need to disable under both to keep it from rotating. Also, whichever launcher you are using likely has a rotate option as well. If you are using Zeam you'll need to hit the Menu button>Preferences>General and disable sensor rotation.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
higher number = bigger stuff, lower number = smaller stuff. You could also grab a pair of reading glasses at walmart for a few dollars, lol. Auto rotate? What do you mean you can't disable it?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kurtosterhage:
How are you guys getting ridiculous battery life like that? I'm running CM7-final (3/26 AOSP before last night) with the s0be #5 kernel and I'm lucky to get 12 hrs. Today I made it 5 hrs 31 min before it died (wiped battery stats this morning).

I have background data/auto-sync on, auto backlight, TweetDeck updates hourly, Beautiful Widgets updates hourly, Launcher Pro Gmail and calendar widgets, and Tasker switching on and off Wi-Fi, GPS, etc when it's needed. I don't use my phone too heavily, a quick game of Solitaire or Fruit Ninja between classes, a little web browsing (30 minutes at the most), checking TweetDeck and emails occasionally, and a few texts. I stream music with Rdio, Audiogalaxy, and Pandora on the train to school (~40 minutes round trip), and I understand how much that can drain battery but this is absurd. My CM performance settings are 19/691 MHz, ondemand, compcache disabled, surface dithering, allow purging, lock home in memory, and 32m VM heap.

If I had to guess what the main culprit would be I would say it's the terrible signal I have in the area. At home I get one bar if I'm lucky (-102 db is about the average) and at school I get about 2 bars (~-89 db). Everywhere else around town I get 3 or 4 bars.

Any ideas what the problem could be?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Bad signal is the #1culprit. Hourly syncing doesn't help either. Games and streaming music are also killers. You pretty much toold us why you only get 12 hours. ;)

I easily get 24 hours with moderate/heavy use, 36 with typical use.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] RVDigital:
He speaks with Truth Torpedos..

With normal use, not heavy (no games or movies)

Performance Settings

176/691 OnDemand

Disabled (but will be 18% at next boot)

JIT OFF

Enabled Surface

Allow Purging of assets

Lock Home in Memory

VM Heap Size 32m

#Winning
[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
Phone still rotates with it unchecked if your inside an app.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
Lol. Sup duce.

Nope my eyes are extremely light sensitive accompanied by a stigmatisum in both eyes. So your local Walmart glasses wont do. Thanks though. Tried 180 ,165, & 170 all look like grabage. So I'm gonna try the lcd app from the market if that doesn't work its back to spare parts thanks

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Lol winning... gotta change my sig with tiger blood

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero powered by tiger blood
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Because we all lie here ;) we all benefit from lying here don't we boys?

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero powered by tiger blood
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pstevep:
Lying is the best.. when is your eta app coming out btw???

EDIT:my battery stays @ 100% forever when my phone is off..

Sent from.. wait.. What????
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
FYI some apps override the phone settings, like youtube, zeam, *some* browsers, etc. SO if auto rotate is off, it's off, you should try an alternative app to whatever it is that rotates.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Lmao :D the eta on the eta app is undetermined.

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero powered by tiger blood
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Was going to point that out also duce good point

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero powered by tiger blood
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jneg123:
Sorry that's not working out for you. You may also want to experiment with different fonts that may be more legible for you. Here's a link to a whole bunch of fonts to check out. Make sure to grab the edify version if you're on CWM 3.x. There are also apps in the market that allow you to change fonts. Good luck.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=801160
[Hero CDMA Android Development] laie1472:
One of the other xda members already gave me that link. But thanks. I installed the montone font a while ago from that thread. Its a little better than before but not by much. Those fonts don't really change the size only the lettering. But thanks.

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
I don't know what you guys are talking about calling people liars about their battery life. I get great battery life, check this out
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonmaloney:
To be fair, it's a bit misleading to show battery time when you've charged your phone within the duration.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
To be fair you can see I used a freehand brush on the numbers ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Lmfao!!! I only really said it to get a reaction from ranger lol

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero powered by tiger blood
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
Now here's a properly photoshopped version

edit: ok fixed
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
I'm saving that one!! Lol that's good

Or when you get the proper one up

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero powered by tiger blood
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
I noticed the times didn't match but then I noticed I charged it for a bit which would account for the discrepancy.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Gotta make sure ranger sees this since he was the accused original liar lol

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero powered by tiger blood
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
I should make it 100% awake time too.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Then it's totally not believeable IMO I'd keep it

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero powered by tiger blood
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nashmarkt:
I even tried another ROM and got same results. I even deleted everything from the SD card (except the ROM zip file). Same results. I am stuck and had to revert back to the backup.

I am pretty disappointed that after all this work and learning I ended up with the same.

No one seems to know why this force quit happens.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] AjaxBU:
I generally lose signal around 1,500ft. There are parts when I may get a signal for a moment or two higher, but above 1,500 I'd consider the signal unreliable. Those clicks are heard when the phone isn't in airplane mode, it seems to come in when a phone is about to get a call or text message.

That will only be available during the times the plane is above 10,000ft. I don't know off the top of my head what frequencies those work off of but I know that the most important frequencies for an airplane is in between 108mhz to 136mhz and 330-335mhz. I'm not too sure if interference is very likely, but the 330-335mhz and 108-112mhz ranges are especially important and even mild interference could be very dangerous.

Back to the swype thing, I'm going to search around at the swype forums and see what I can find out. If anyone has experienced the blue box and the typical fix didn't work please let me know how you got it working again. If/when I figure it out I'll let others know how to do it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
I just came from a RUU and full wipe reinstall of 3/26. I reinstalled swype installer from TiB and logged in and it ran fine. Installed the swype keyboard and it works fine.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
What ROM is your nand backup?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
I told him earlier a fresh install was needed. All the more proof I was right.

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero powered by tiger blood
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Ha guess what I win! change font size, only font size, not dpi:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12050384#post12050384

quoted from d_1000:

Here are 300+ existing flashable Font-Packs which you can use and even modify the size of the .ttf file within and re-insert using 7-zip.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
You can just reinstall it with the installer :confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] AjaxBU:
Just got swype working again. It had a problem generating the license. Uninstalled and reinstalled once again, went through the license thing a few times and got it to work.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
:)

10char..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] cheyennemtn:
Anyone having any sluggishness with 3/24 or 3/26 should try Autokiller from the Market. I noticed a significant improvement in moderate or optimum settings.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
One word...awesome! Now who's the liar? ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jneg123:
I just had a thought. Not sure if it helps. I think AOSP boots into 691 MHz for the CPU. I've heard there are a very few Heros that can go above the 768 MHz, maybe there are some that max out at less than 691. Does anyone know if that's even possible? Maybe flashing a kernel that you can set to less before that first boot?

The other thought I had was trying to start all over. Get the RUU from HTC's site. Start fresh, maybe a mistake was made along the way?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
The autokiller party started a looong time ago...you're a tad late. :D

But yes, on a less sarcastic note, you are right...it works well for memory management, however that translates to each individual phone ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Not too sure but I think majority of users here have no problem booting in 691. So i highly doubt there's any out there that boot lower. I just think people aren't reading enough before they do stuff. Wish the one click root was not out there and we wouldn't have as many new problems that keep showing up. I've seen people grab something from a totally different forum that's not even close to their device, try to flash it and then complain it's not working.

Just like if someone has a bucket of acid and labeled it as such. Out of the millions of people that would pass that bucket one idiot or more will put his hand in and test it out. Suffering burns and questioning why that happened.

Secondly, It's been proven here MANY many many times a fresh install can solve a lot of problems. Even if you have to revert back to the RUU. Sure it sucks and wastes some time but if it solves the problems then what's 20mins then?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Another case of not reading the forum before posting....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] genuser:
Turning on airplane mode and pressing the power button is as close to hibernate as you will get with a phone. If you are a strict rule follower, then enjoy the boot time. What else are you going to do during taxi to gate :-)

I have seen numerous flight attendants using wireless mice with their laptops when on flights.

Newer airplanes are now offering WiFi. The real reason they don't allow phones is the distraction. How would you like to be stuck next to loud mouth Harry for 4 hours straight? He's on every flight!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Agreed :) :)

Two smilies to make 10 char, but now that I typed this little addendum, I am over 10 char anyway ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] genuser:
I use TB to backup and restore the app and installer. Swype was having the blue box issue on first use after a reboot. Solution was to change input method to another keyboard and back.

I started back with Swype again a few days ago and am already sick and tired of it. Forcing myself to stick with it longer to see if it gets better. Absolutely sucks at short words! SwiftKey FTW!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mongolx:
Just started today rendom apps FC need reinstall or randomly apps just wont open. W/ ADW yorks. Orange theme! Any1 else w/ this issue or is it just me that needs reflash. Sorry if double post, 15posts back all almost about battery.

SuperHero w/ XDA App
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nashmarkt:
So if I recap, here is what you suggest.

Reinstall original RUU from HTC. Re-root the phone but do not use 4zroot. basically follow instructions from http://bit.ly/ecG3Ny

I will do so.

Thanks for all your help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NineInchNails:
Z4 is fine.

sent from my 800% HTC SuperHero powered by tiger blood
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jneg123:
Earlier you mentioned having to go back to your backup. If you've nandroided back to your original setup, that setup should already be rooted. You wouldn't have been able to make a nandroid without being rooted. So, I don't think you need to reroot. You may want to skip these next 2 steps and go straight to S-Off and Nand Unlock.

I never used z4 method, when I first rooted I used this first method and it worked well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804296

I had a similar issue to yours that required me to RUU my phone through fastboot. This second time I used this root method and it went very easily.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=909258

After rooting, make sure to get S-Off and Nand Unlock. Follow these steps here. It will give you greater flexibility to fix problems in the future should something go wrong.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=759955

Once at this point, you will want to follow the step by step instructions in the link you posted. Read, reread, and reread each step before you start. Make sure to take every step in order. Also, for your first attempts I wouldn't mess with any tweaks or mods like the circle battery, themes, firerats, etc. I personally use firerats, and would recommend it, but there are extra steps that can cause complications if you aren't already familiar with flashing a custom ROM.

Finally, be careful in the format menu of Clockwork Recovery. The newest version has options for formatting recovery, misc, and sdcard. Those first 2 can really mess your phone up.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
Every version of CWM has the option of formatting /sdcard. However, formatting /recovery and /misc has been taken out.