[EVO 4G Android Development] Graphic Anomaly:
Hey guys...long time Mik follower, first time poster. Mikfroyo was the second rom I installed after rooting (first was Sprintlovers), and I have not looked back since. Don't laugh, but I am still running Mikfroyo 4.2 (: No offense, but I just like the stock look, and haven't felt the need to upgrade cause everything past 4.2 was themed...until now. What aamikam is doing now starting with 4.6 IMO is the best way to be heading it...all stock, tweaked, and flashable everything else...GREAT plan. I haven't installed 4.6 yet cause I would miss the Battery Percentage in the icon, and the stock flip clock. I hope they will be options soon...anyway, that is for another post.

I wanted to let you guys know where I have gotten with this "CarierIQ" situation. I am a computer tech, and LOVE to tweak and optimize everything to the max...which is why I run this rom. I mess with stuff, and delete stuff all the time to test things out. Who care's if I cant boot, that's what Nandroid's are for right? I do not know a lot about the Android OS, but I am learning more and more from reading XDA and now themikmik.com. So...here's where I'm at...I deleted both "IQAgent" & "IQRD" apk's from the "/system/app" dir with Root Explorer, booted into recovery, wiped cache and dalvik, and rebooted. I too noticed AWESOME sleep mA usage (-50's). I also noticed that my awake time was the same as my sleep time...bummer...but actual battery usage felt the same (over night with -50mA's, and same battery percent loss in the morning). I was reading up on things, and came across a post (for the life of me I can no longer find) that said to edit your "init.rc" file to fix the wake-lock issues. So I started snooping around and found no "IQ" references in that file...but I did find references in "init.supersonic.rc". If you open that file in Root Explorer, you will find the 2 "IQ Daemon" references at the bottom of the file. I then noticed that they are referencing "iqd" & "iqfd" files, in the "/system/bin" folder. So, I deleted both of those files, and completely removed the references from the bottom of the "init.supersonic.rc" file. I then cleared cache and dalvik in recovery (cause I'm anal) and rebooted. I noticed all the files I deleted were still gone, but the "init.supersonic.rc" entries somehow added themselves back in there. That file must be getting rewrote on boot up or something. Anyhow...I got good news, and bad news...lol. All files are gone, I tested as much as I possibly could, and everything is still working. Also, guess what?...my wake times are back to normal. The bad news is that the sleep mA usage during sleep is just about up to where it was before all this (-100mA's). My guess is that the half (-50mA) usage during sleep that we were seeing was just some kind of bug, and I fixed it by deleting the other files. Like i said, I wasn't to surprised to see that, because while my phone was reporting -50mA's during sleep all night, I still noticed the same drop in battery percentage in the morning. All in all, I'm happy though...all the pesky tracker files are gone, and my phone is acting normal again. (:

In case anyone is going to try this, here are the steps again:

1 - Use Root Explorer

2 - Go to "/system/app" and delete (or rename) "IQAgent.apk" & "IQRD.apk"

3 - Go to "/system/bin" and delete (or rename) "iqd" & "iqfd"

4 - Boot into recovery, clear cache and dalvik, and reboot.

5 - Done...no Sprint/HTC tracking crap. (:

I will post this on XDA and at themikmik.com, so everyone will get a chance to see it.

As I said, I have tested everything I can...and so far, no issues. I will continue to use my phone as normal, and will update as it goes.

...and thanks again for such a great community for us nerds to hang out in. (: