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[Captivate Android Development] sebas.mf:
Battery

Is it normal, i'am just getting like 13 hours of battery with serendipity 5.12 with paragon kernel? My sleep policy is to turn off when screen off, no notifications and display brightness is like at 1/4 of the bar. Since i bought the phone i have to charge it every night... :S

Edit: I already did the clear battery stats, and all possible steps found in the forums.
[Captivate Android Development] AReynante:
I am running 5.12 with paragon's 1300 kernel, and I get about 30~35 hours with my normal use. I unplug around 6 am, text throughout the day, a few calls, play some games, and then by the time I goto sleep, I usually have 30% or so left.

I dont have wifi on until I get home around 2pm, and my brightness is almost always at the lowest.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Welcome to smartphones.
[Captivate Android Development] rootmepls:
First time I've messed with any kernel settings on this phone. Usually just flash the stock ROM and go with it. Serendipity 5.12 lasts me the day with Speedmod. Tomorrow I'll give this a normal full day test. No benchmarks and such. Just normal usage. Today I think I was tinkering to much with it today trying to push it. Didn't freeze up on me once with these settings.
[Captivate Android Development] sebas.mf:
Wow that a lot of time... I can not play because i will drain like 10% in 10 minutes of game. Do you think i should replace the battery? Or is there another fix?
[Captivate Android Development] salazar44:
Thats about where im at too. about a good half day.
[Captivate Android Development] rootmepls:
I turn off WiFi also when away from home. Found it was a battery hog. You might look into getting one of these. http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Standard-Battery-External-Captivate/dp/B004206TQ8

Its a charger and extra battery/charger. Nice thing about these phones is you can carry around an extra battery if you find you need to.
[Captivate Android Development] meohman1:
Where do we go from here?

So what's next? Where do we go from here (5.12)? What do you think Mikey Mike and the gang are cooking up now?

Mike
[Captivate Android Development] dbaser:
I almost walked out of the AT&T store with the HTC Inspire today.... it seemed faster than the Atrix for some reason.. and the Atrix felt like a plastic toy...

Maybe I am having HTC withdrawl since I switched from the Tilt2. Or maybe I just want working GPS and Sense :P
[Captivate Android Development] AReynante:
Well he is building a new ROM from the ground up? I know he's making a JS5 build, I don't know if its totally new, or serendipity JS5, but yeah. should be awesome. :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] SSJ_Gomike:
Running the 1200 version of Paragon myself and I must say that it is an improvement over speedmod.....snappier and better battery life similar to what I was getting on 4.3 with Glitterball's kernel. Ok now down to the nitty gritty lol...

When I switched to Paragon, I did my standard UV as I was using on 4.3 and started getting random reboots....after playing with it a little I determined that it is the "noop" setting that causes the problem....so I switched to cfq which was the default with GB kernel on 4.3 and the reboots went away completely (haven't had one in 3 days). I don't think everyone's phone is the same, but if your are having the rebooting problem try changing that first and see if it helps.

Now I have been doing this a long time and I normally flash every rom out there just to try it out....well I've been with Mikey since Assonance and let me tell you that using his rom actually quenches my thirst for flashing :D

Sent from my Galaxy S Captivate with Serendipity
[Captivate Android Development] dbaser:
I havent had any reboots with the Paragon 1200 kernel but Firefox and Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta both lock up the phone. Stability Test and Neocore ran fine so I don't know if it's my phone or those browsers...

Time to tinker with stuff I guess :D
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
If you find out, let me know. I'm kind of curious.
[Captivate Android Development] AReynante:
Lol. This is great. :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
The funny part is I'm serious. ;)
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
I'm on Paragon, haven't touched any settings (the 1200 version) and I've had a few random reboots. What is the 'noop' setting?
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I've read that noop is for flash memory, and the others for disk based storage.

I've never seen much of a change to be honest.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Thank you, Mike, now go to sleep - or are you too busy playing with the competition? :D
[Captivate Android Development] SSJ_Gomike:
Noop is your scheduler settings, I've always had problem with freezes running noop....but this is first time I've had reboot problems....cfq seems to be most stable for me....in voltage control next to limit max speed is where you change it...

Sent from my Galaxy S Captivate with Serendipity
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
I was curious about the differences between NOOP, CFQ and BFQ and this helped (a bit):

=====

From Wiki:

"NOOP scheduler is best used with solid state devices such as flash memory or in general with devices that do not depend on mechanical movement to access data (meaning typical "hard disk" drive technology consisting of seek time primarily, plus rotational latency)."

From Voltage Control:

NOOP (simplest, less overhhead) or BFQ. CFQ if BFQ is not supported in kernel.

=====

So, unless I start to have problems using NOOP I'll leave it as my Paragon kernel default.
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
I use the Dolphin and (sometimes) Skyfire browsers.
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
Perhaps a JV1 (Gingerbread) ROM?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=974230

:cool:
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
After 13 hours of minimal usage (I watched a DVD and slept most of the time, LOL), I was pretty impressed with having only a 17% battery drain.

While taking a screenshot and using Wifi File Explorer to transfer it to my PC (without throwing off my charging stats, so I could continue tracking throughout the day), I watched my battery drop. So I figured I'd take another screenshot, and it happened again - and again.

So much for my KF Flames live wallpaper (which looked pretty cool with the Redrom theme). :mad:
[Captivate Android Development] olo567:
Giving this ROM a whirl after it got rave reviews. Was on Cog4.1.1, tried out CM7, but didn't find any of the features really groundbreaking in Gingerbread and lost some important functionality (to me) like headset button support. So far, this is great! Good job Mikey!
[Captivate Android Development] ~Reaper~:
battery problems

hi all here's what i got i recently went from serendipity to the new cognition and then back to serendipity. I reverted to stock everytime before flashing and also made sure my battery was fullly charged before flashing.

well i am getting horrible battery life and i used to get awesome battery life on serendipity and the phone is setup the same way. i did notice this morning that over night in the time of 8 ours of the phone not being touched the battery went from 100% to 66% and when i look at usage it shows cell standby to be 53% of the battery usage

any suggestions

another question i have is while plugged in it shows 100 % charged and as soon as i unplug my charger it drops to 97% instantly WHY???
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
Have you tried entering "standby" or "charge" in the Search This Thread box? :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Toggle airplane mode. It seems to be an issue with the newer SpeedMod kernel.

Sent from a state of Serendipity
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
this seems to be an issue overall with the rom. on perception i would unplug at 100 but this rom only does 97 or 98 at best when unplugged. people have tried saying that it's to keep the battery from exploding/over charging but every other of my 200 electronic devices i own including this laptop say 100% when unplugged. so i don't buy it.

I think the people who made the battery icons just made them super accurate, much more so then other devices, so what my laptop would call 100 on unplug is called 98 by the phone. so in the end, the point is the battery is fully charged and that 2-3% drop after unplugging is just that the set value is calibrated very accurately. that's my 2 cents.

In the end it doesn't make a difference to me but I really can't figure out why it does that! :)
[Captivate Android Development] :
How about reverting the notification bubbles back to 4.3? :)
[Captivate Android Development] Phoenix-Lead:
Mikeys rom runs great on js5. Excellent battery life. What can I say, I got bored:)
[Captivate Android Development] AReynante:
Lol, good to know when Mikey releases his ;)
[Captivate Android Development] dbaser:
Hmm... tease!
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
This has actually been explained over and over again. It is the way 2.2.1 handles batteries, to prevent overcharging. It charges to 100%, stops charging, the battery goes down a bit, then it charges again, rinse, repeat.
[Captivate Android Development] Phoenix-Lead:
No teaser. I just like the look and feel of serendipity so I built one on a js5 base.
[Captivate Android Development] :
Fusiondipity hybrid? Thats like dividing by zero.
[Captivate Android Development] ~Reaper~:
by toggle i assume you mean just turn it on and off

any reboot involved?
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
I've also responded to this over and over that on perception, which is 2.2.1, it stayed at 100 on unplug, every time. it's only been on serendipity that i've had the drop. that's my experience.
[Captivate Android Development] AReynante:
Mikey and others have spoken numerous times about the battery %, and regardless of where it stems from, I would rather have it the way it is now. Because I don't want my battery constantly pushing 100% just so that it is "full" when I unplug it. It would be like taking a glass of water, and constantly pouring until you feel ready to drink it. It would overflow and spill everywhere. So whether it is there to protect us (How Mikey, myself, rein, and many others feel), or it is a "flaw", it saves your battery from dying.

So yeah. I didn't want that to sound like an "attack" on any of you who were disputing the battery %, but I had to get that out there.
[Captivate Android Development] xdahgary:
Where is this rom you speak of?
[Captivate Android Development] Phoenix-Lead:
On my device as we speak. I would never release it as this is Mikeys themed apps, framework and lib files. I just didn't want to wait for him to do it and since I know how I went ahead and did it. I just couldn't help myself.
[Captivate Android Development] AReynante:
Probably on his desktop :p
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
Fair enough. In the end, I really don't care and still love the ROM but conceptually, it doesn't make sense. Unplug any other device you have that uses a battery and it will say 100% on it, it's just an issue with calibration. Trickle charging to prevent over charging is definitely true, it's used on every electronic device. So in terms of engineering and implementation of charge cycles, nothing new here. It's just the set point of zero for calibration. My laptop's battery doesn't explode nor does my iphone batter or any other electronic device, yet when unplugged still says 100%.

Either way, this is just a conceptual discussion since the charging mechanism is the same as every other form of electronic device.

:)

Happy Saturday!
[Captivate Android Development] :
Or, ya know, just use the stock gingerbread battery that does not display any numbers, so it looks like 100%. Then you cant see it "drop 3%" as soon as you unplug it.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
The 3.0.3 will not install on my phone. Says the package was not signed correctly.

I've installed the 3.0 you posted here.
[Captivate Android Development] reinbeau:
Nope, just put it into airplane mode for a bit (I count slowly to ten) and then take it back to normal mode.
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Kinda interesting. It is in a [ROM] thread.I couldn't find it either, looking for a Kernel thread. No change notes. Never know if/when it is updated.

I have the 1400 one installed, and it is working great. Linpack over 19. Battery seems pretty good. Been running Kp1 modem. Going to trh the UGJL2 again. I know it had good battery for me in the past too.
[Captivate Android Development] AReynante:
The 3.0 I posted works fine, I personally don't know the difference, but I'm sure stuff was fixed, etc. But both work fine for me.

Also, I finally got around to throwing Mikey and Chance a donation :p Thank you guys for all the amazing work you do :D
[Captivate Android Development] zerkai:
Wanna unpublicly send that my way? ;)
[Captivate Android Development] bigbooty:
You have no shame...lol
[Captivate Android Development] :
We're all thinking it, he just had the balls to actually post it.
[Captivate Android Development] AReynante:
I've never ran a JS5 rom, I came to serendipity right after getting my captivate, so I don't know what it would be like, but I am quite happy with how things are running now, and I really hate re-flashing things, because TiBu never works for me.
[Captivate Android Development] boomerod:
No, did pay attention to see if there was an update. I'll check it out.

Cool! I think between you, Gurgs and D3StRoy I've got a good chance of getting. Man I love this damn forum. I would have chunked my phone back at AT&T had it not been for XDA.
[Captivate Android Development] Gurgs:
PM sent boomer...sorry it took so long I didn't realize xda app didn't notify you when you get a pm...
[Captivate Android Development] Dusky323:
Ive been trying to install the Addons but am having no luck. I notice that they are showing up as .7z files, is this what they should be? Anyway, I tried putting them in the /system/app/ of the .zip file before flashing the ROM but they did not appear. I also tried just placing them in the app folder of my phone but that didnt work either. Any suggestions?
[Captivate Android Development] sixstringsg:
Just sent you a pm Gurgs.
[Captivate Android Development] chisnz:
I didn't have any luck putting them into the main .zip file before flashing - it wouldn't flash for some reason.

I flashed Serendipity without the add-ons, then later just pushed them in using the info from Mikey and adb:

adb push %userprofile%\desktop\FileName.apk /sdcard/

adb shell

su

busybox mount -o rw,remount /system

cd sdcard

cp FileName.apk /system/app

exit

exit

exit

A reboot later and all the apps just appeared.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
You have to turn on notifications...
[Captivate Android Development] Dusky323:
wow, thats all foreign to me, I'll keep playing around with it and see if I can make something work.
[Captivate Android Development] Gurgs:
The downloads in the OP are not thr apks themselves but are zips containing the apks...you have to unzip them and push the files inside into system/app...that is why they are .7z files instead of apk files...
[Captivate Android Development] Gurgs:
How about that...learn something new everyday...lol. Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] boomerod:
Dude, ADB can be intimidating for the first time...I'm too damn lazy to use it at all. I like SU File Manager & Terminal. It's in the Market and it's free. Works great.

Just dl that app and move the files to /system/app
[Captivate Android Development] boomerod:
You're a start too bro. I appreciate that.

MM01, I'm changing my signature line...I've become a true follower. No other dev has been as responsive as you (won't mention names cause, well, you know) and I've PM'd at least 3 over the past few months and all 3 of them just flat out ignored me. (Could be they were very busy, but yeah, ok...I digress).
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I try.

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
While it may be intimidating, it's far faster than the on-phone options.

I adb pull/push files constantly.

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] Gurgs:
Can you use adb with a mac or is it windows only like odin?
[Captivate Android Development] Dusky323:
well one of my problems was my unzip program was recognizing .7z files, anyway that has been fixed. So, I tried un-zipping them straight into the system/apps folder of my phone but no go. Ive tried leaving them un-zipped in the pre-flash 1.9 system/app folder and then flashing it all together but no go. So I should just install the files to my phone and them move them with the SU File Manager? should they remain zipped or unzip them? I'm gonna try both ways while I refresh for reply :)
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
They should be un-archived into .apk files.

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] gregoor:
I have tried many roms on XDA . This one rocks
[Captivate Android Development] boomerod:
Mikey, get some sleep man. I'll pick up the support for a bit if you want a 15 min power nap. :eek:
[Captivate Android Development] gregoor:
Is there a way to turn off bln?
[Captivate Android Development] boomerod:
Yes. It's a Linux thing...just need the SDK platform

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
That's hilarious coming from someone with the ID "bigbooty". :cool:
[Captivate Android Development] Jack45:
I've found TiBu to be wonky at times so I also back up with MyBackup Pro. It's alot slower during the backup phase and doesn't have TiBu's bells and whistles, but has proven to be a great Plan B when needed.
[Captivate Android Development] bigbooty:
Currently running 5.12 with the paragon 1200, 1 hour and 20 minutes screen time and currently @ 80%. Best I've ever gotten.
[Captivate Android Development] joey_xda:
What doesn't make sense to me is when i charge the battery in an

external

battery charger to full and place it back into the phone without the charger connected it still says 98%.
[Captivate Android Development] Minced:
Trying out cyan7 currently. Feels ehh. Although, I do love the cm settings though and screen on / off animations I will be switching back when Mikey throws 6.0 in our faces.
[Captivate Android Development] elghouchd:
What are you talking about? Does anyone have a screenshot of these notification bubbles from 4.3? (probably not)
[Captivate Android Development] elghouchd:
I know this was posted before, but I forgot what JS5 was? Can anyone please tell me? Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] rootmepls:
Probably a modem.
[Captivate Android Development] watsa:
XWJS5 is the newest 2.2.1 Froyo edition for I9000
[Captivate Android Development] halfsoul:
All chargers work this way. 2.2.1 is just more honest by telling you the accurate percentage.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
As soon as we have source, you bet.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
The red bubbles are in every ROM I've ever used, including Cyanogenmod.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] xdahgary:
Mikey, How's cm7?
[Captivate Android Development] rootmepls:
For all the Battery People. Saw this on the CM7 FAQ list.

Q: My battery never charges to 100%

A: Li-Ion batteries don't charge up to 100% and CM7 is showing you what the hardware is charged up to. We haven't modified the battery stats app to tell you that it is at 100% when it is "fully charged", and it isn't going to suddenly get more charge if you flash another ROM and that shows 100%.
[Captivate Android Development] H3llstorm:
From: http://source.android.com/

Source Code Available for Android 2.3

The source code for the Android 2.3 platform and software stack has been released! This release allows OEMs to begin preparing Android 2.3 for installation on new and existing devices, and allows hobbyists, enthusiasts, and researchers to develop custom builds.

:cool:
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
Exactly as I had mentioned -- it's just a set point issue of where the zero (or in this case 100) is set. In the end, it doesn't matter, it's all fully charged! :)

Thanks for finding this.
[Captivate Android Development] xdahgary:
also need sumsung source...
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Battery life was putrid the first day. Changed modem, and continuing testing. More options in the settings than you know what to do with.

Theres a lot I don't like. I think I'll likely end up on a Samsung ROM again. The contacts and camera app on CM are almost worthless.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
glad you were the guinea pig and not me.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
The performance is improved but not earth shattering. An OC/UV kernel might be nice.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] llobak:
i've flash the lastest serendipity.. i encountered a problem. i could not change the date and time... any1 encounter this? thanks
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Yes... Theres a fix posted in the i9000 thread.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Flashing your ROM. Any ideas which themes will work with this beside the one posted on the site??
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
I think the hardware is lacking on the Captivate to realize the major changes of 2.3

BTW is your ROM JPY or JS5?
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
steelblue v3 works fine, except swype, which i had to install from elsewhere.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Cyanogenmod is about much, much more than just going from Froyo to Gingerbread.

JPY

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] TheBassman369:
I find that I actually miss Samsung stuff now... o_O

Sent from my CM7 Inspire
[Captivate Android Development] :
I have never seen the red bubbles in the notification bar until yesterday, and Ive been running Serendipity since 2.0

Im almost tempted to flash back to 4.3 and take some screenshots...
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
From what I understand about CM from the Aria is really that it's a take on spinning off it's own android based mini-os. DOn't really see how it's any different then your or DG's rom. A work in continuous progress huh? Still would rather run your rom anyday... :)
[Captivate Android Development] AReynante:
Has anyone else had their contacts wiped ?
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
It's about AOSP. Which means when Samsung no longer cares to update our phones, they're not useless dust collectors.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] majinzen:
Not to knock anybody, because a lot of people have really nice roms, and put a lot of effort into their work. But cm7 is very different than a Samsung based rom. The work those guys did is amazing. That said, I still go back to Serendipity when I want something more stable right now.
[Captivate Android Development] caleb4992:
I really don't see much interesting about Gingerbread except the look which we already have. I see the jump to 2.4 will be more interesting. for now i'm happy with my nearly flawless Serendipity 5.12 (hopefully 6.0 soon *wink* *wink*). Good work Mikey and Chance
[Captivate Android Development] rvt1000:
So does that mean that as android keeps updating, say to 2.4 or something and Sammy doesn't update the rom (which I'm sure they wont) cyanogemod will upgrade itself from 2.3 to 2.4?

Trying to figure out the point of cm overall. I have of on my aria but haven't followed any updates.
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Theoretically, yes.

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod
[Captivate Android Development] tbong777:
Doenloaded ROM...Gmail FCing.......

Installed Gmail.apk from previous ROM Supernova...still Fcing...
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Things to try:

Clear data for gmail

Clear dalvik cache

Remove google account and add it again

Captivate, XDA Premium, Cyanogenmod