yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Aria Android Development] Darius_bd:
At least in my case, wifi IS a battery saver. I have data and wifi on and it's amazing how fast the phone eats battery when I'm out of range of wifi. And it's on Edge always, I dont wanna imagine how it would be with 3G, darn...

Now, you could say that when I'm out, wifi also eats battery scanning all the time, but I also seen this behavior on trips on train on the city, when I turn wifi for a long time.

Even so, still bugs me that the battery dies so quickly. Last night; Autosync on, wifi on, screen off, all night (8hrs, maybe less) and dropped from 41% to 2%... that's almost like 5% per hour with screen off, 245/480. FB and Twitter sync off, Tweetdeck sycn every 15min, Beautiful Widget Weather every 30, no mail received. Ill keep on testing...
[HTC Aria Android Development] DanGeorges:
I'm hoping you kept wi-fi on just for a test and didn't stay awake the entire time...
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
Does anyone who running 2.3.5 (n148+) experience random force close while scrolling something? or is it just my kang?:confused:
[HTC Aria Android Development] tommyguns818:
I'm running n148/2.3.5 and I'm not getting any fc's when scrolling. Sorry buddy.
[HTC Aria Android Development] boxcar8028:
in wifi settings, if you have network notification checked, turning it off may help with battery life
[HTC Aria Android Development] Nutshell69:
With build 8 , i am now seeing the GPS icon in the notification bar - and the GPS is actively working.

I see the data icons.
[HTC Aria Android Development] mindstate:
I will try build 8
[HTC Aria Android Development] sluzi26:
Running 7 right now, moving to 8 whenever it finishes downloading. I have zero complaints. None of the issues presented ITT are affecting me.

Huzzah for me, I guess.
[HTC Aria Android Development] blakermagee:
quick question, sorry i know its probably buried but its late im a newb, tired and curious, can I flash new builds without wiping anything? or is it necessary to wipe some or all things? thanks.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drowningchild:
Wipe cache & wipe dalvik cache

Sent from my Liberty running CM7
[HTC Aria Android Development] seboj:
CONFIRMED: reflashing CM6 fixed my GPS.

Exact steps taken:

1) NANDroid backup CM7 install

2) Factory Reset

3) Install CM6.1.1 and boot the phone

4) Factory Reset

5) NANDroid restore CM7 installation

My GPS now works like a charm. Thanks guys. Credit to jstiel on CM forums for the find.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DroidRunner:
Just got 9 satellites in 3 seconds on GPS test. Build 8. Balls to the walls.
[HTC Aria Android Development] jun_ng_1208:
n00b question here :P I'm running on build #6 now and thinking of moving to build #7 :) is it like flashing a fresh ROM all over again? Or I can just update and retain all the apps/data?
[HTC Aria Android Development] zervic:
Nandroid. Cache, flash. Simple :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] jevans417:
Those of you having problems with GPS try doing repair permissions from rom manager. I started with build 4 and did repair permissions after everything was set up. Have had no problems with GPS.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DanGeorges:
Sorry if this has been asked and answered, but how what app to you use to check satellites?

My WM device had a nice GPS app that showed this information, but I haven't seen (or found) it on the Aria.

Thanks!

EDIT: I found a couple of apps on the Market for this and am trying them now:

Gps (by Andrea Baccega) and Gps test (which looks like the one I had on WM).

Edit 2: Gps Test wins - very nice application.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DroidRunner:
GPS test, but you already found it.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Nutshell69:
Build 8 - very nice.

Kudos to all the devs who worked on this new ROM.

I have only been using build 8 for a short amount of time - but thus far - no issues to report - GPS, WiFi, HotSpot, Tethering, increased battery performance, .... is a beautiful thing :)

Haven't hit any FCs yet either.

Great Job!

***EDIT***

The only oddity I have noticed is that when I am charging when the percentage is 90% or greater , the LED shows Green instead of Red -is that to be expected?
[HTC Aria Android Development] sd73ta:
Been using GPS Status & Toolbox by EclipSim. Nice app shows sat.s, lat-long, heading, etc..
[HTC Aria Android Development] cb5222:
Battery indicator

The only problem I have had with all the nightly's so far is that the Battery indicator in the notification bar doesn't seem to be accurate. I can be at 50% battery but the indicator shows over 75%. I have been using text battery widget to compare. Otherwise a great Rom I really enjoy using. Thanks.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Darius_bd:
Maybe is just an gingerbread "issue" regarding the icons, as I use the UOT kitchen to change the battery icons and shows up the correct %
[HTC Aria Android Development] KB Smoka:
Yes, that's normal for CM ROM's...
[HTC Aria Android Development] jeebuz:
Question, LED notifications are working; however, aren't they supposed to be green? Or am I missing a setting somewhere?
[HTC Aria Android Development] blakermagee:
Data

I know this may not be a problem for some, or it is, but I have data OFF and it keeps on automatically turning on. What am I missing?

Edit: So I use extended controls and have a data enabled/disabled button there as well as an icon in the notifications pull down. When one is off the other is on. I go to settings and turn off there but still on stays on and the other off and data is still coming in. Dont know what to do...
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
My notifications have always been red on both Liberated and CM 6.x
[HTC Aria Android Development] boxcar8028:
I think I've solved my battery draining issue. after clearing cache, data, logging out and logging back into my yahoo app, I did noticed that in the yahoo app, sync contacts was checked. but I remember that a while back I have deleted my yahoo account from my aria and started to sync my contacts to my google account. that was about the same time I started to have battery draining issues.

now after 7hrs with wifi and background data on, my battery went from 78 to 67% that's about 1.2% per hour. that's perfect and exactly about what it used to be.

just guessing but I think the app was in conflict and even in deep sleep it was constantly trying to sync, but the account was deleted. I hope this information can help people with similar issue. :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] DroidRunner:
Yeah, I do. It just restarts the app right away
[HTC Aria Android Development] dandrumheller:
None yet for me, been on 148 with drowning 8.9.1 kernel since last night.
[HTC Aria Android Development] lsusparky621:
They have to be close to releasing a stable, right?
[HTC Aria Android Development] loursonbrun:
Same over here; a bit too annoying to my taste, specially while texting ...
[HTC Aria Android Development] CallMeAria:
having wifi off and 3G on sucks the living life out of my battery when at home. Poor signal here, and it does the same to my wifes captivate. So in my case having wifi on at home is a definite battery saver. However, I use Tasker to automatically shut off my wifi if it remains disconnected from my home network more than 5 mins, and I get no extra noticeable battery drain while out and about. I also have Tasker set to turn my data to 2g only during the hours Im at work, that also helps with battery.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Darius_bd:
You mean you hope the phone didnt stay awake all the time? No, just randomly awake, still for more time than I think it would be necessary for apps to sync, so there must be one bugging the phone.

I also have Traffic Counter installed and it shows me weird apps using internet data, like the Theme Chooser, Settings and SIM Toolkit. wth?

EDIT: Interestingly, widgets that uses internet data dont show up... Damn I wish there was an easy and powerful monitor app like the official monitor for symbian^1 phones...
[HTC Aria Android Development] loursonbrun:
BTW, I've been logcat-ing for a while and found out that libskia.so (- or something related to it -) may be implicated in this ... just saying, may be worth for someone with more experience ...

scr 20000012

#00 pc 000543f8 /system/lib/libskia.so (_ZN17SkBitmapProcState11chooseProcsERK8SkMatrixRK7SkPaint)

#01 pc 00052c5c /system/lib/libskia.so (_ZN18SkBitmapProcShader10setContextERK8SkBitmapRK7SkPaintRK8SkMatrix)

#02 pc 0005f5b4 /system/lib/libskia.so (_ZN9SkBlitter6ChooseERK8SkBitmapRK8SkMatrixRK7SkPaintPvj)

#03 pc 00073004 /system/lib/libskia.so (_ZNK6SkDraw8drawRectERK6SkRectRK7SkPaint)
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
The skia repo has not changed since days before the merge of 2.3.5. The scrolling issue might be caused by something else, eg. frameworks, other libs. libskia would be the starting point of debug, though.

EDIT:

Learning about binary utilities (They are so cool, btw)

I think I can translate those address into filename and line number.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DanGeorges:
I actually meant did YOU stay awake all the time :o)
[HTC Aria Android Development] loursonbrun:
Yup, I read a bit about those tools, pretty powerful indeed, sadly I don't have the time to invest in extensive learning and troubleshooting/fixes ... I still have the tombstones, if you think they may help you...

....wait....2.3.5 already ? ... wow, this is definitely the way to go -- thank you devs ;)
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
Thanks, but I've got a lot of tombstones already.
[HTC Aria Android Development] jacobas92:
Lol. was listening to music while doing some yard work, and i got bombarded with randomly skipping song segments after about 10 minutes of music. Then it went haywire. Unplugged the headset and it started back up.

Nightly 148
[HTC Aria Android Development] ra4013:
I installed CM7 nightly 145 last week. Do I have to wipe anything to install 152?
[HTC Aria Android Development] Divino:
LOL, wipe TimeMachine.apk, last nightly is 151! ;-)
[HTC Aria Android Development] ra4013:
Sorry, bad memory
[HTC Aria Android Development] cHarley04:
Wipe cache & dalvik cache, as always.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Divino:
I've a lot of FC, maybe we need new Goggle Apps for android 2.3.5?
[HTC Aria Android Development] dandrumheller:
Fix permissions in RomManager?
[HTC Aria Android Development] Divino:
Yes, same problem on 148, 149 and 151.

Could be S2E (some applications are ready after 1-2 minutes), waiting 4-5 minutes after reset solve many problem...
[HTC Aria Android Development] dandrumheller:
Gotcha - thought you meant ongoing FC's. I am also seeing a lot of ADW EX and System FC's until things stabilize after a reboot (on 151 with DC 8.9.1 and running apps and dalvik on Ext3 via S2E). Having minimal issues after that though - like you said, waiting a few minutes after reboot and I am running smoothly.
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
Most force-closes in n148+ were caused by skia (2D graphic library). I still can't see why it crashes, or what keeps crashing it.
[HTC Aria Android Development] loursonbrun:
Not necessarily; for example I am running GMail 2.3.5 and it just crashes as soon as I open up the application and try to do some scrolling, be that gentle slow or abrupt scrolling gestures.

I noticed libskia is the one involved in the FC, at least from what I can see in the tombstones; Ladios is looking into that, but hasn't found the actual bug yet ... hopefully it'll be soon :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] loursonbrun:
I noticed something interesting: it seems like over-clocking with the default kernel is also involved in the symptoms.

I just went to the CyanogenMod settings->Performance->CPU settings->Max CPU frequency: set it to 600MHz; governors: ONDEMAND.

I tried scrolling again in GMail, both gentle and crazy-like gestures for almost 30 consecutive seconds: no issues whatsoever.

Then I set the Max CPU frequency 787MHz; governors: still ONDEMAND; I tried GMail again and the issue was reproduced at once!

Now that I think about this, at some point I was also having a similar issue with random FC's with Angry Birds when over-clocking at 806MHz. I haven't tested with other kernels, maybe someone else can help us there.

For the sake of the testing with a Max CPU frequency of 768MHz there are no issues. So for now I will just keep it at 768MHz and wait until this is figured out.
[HTC Aria Android Development] dandrumheller:
Just switched to 120/787 smartass on n151 with drownings 8.9.1 kernel. 30 seconds of continuous scrolling in each of gmail, app drawer, and a scrolling widget

Resulted in no FCs for me.

To be fair, I have not seen the scrolling fc on my device, ever.
[HTC Aria Android Development] cHarley04:
I was on 148 for several days and am now on 152, on 2 Aria's. I've had no FC problems at all.

I am however running DC's 8-9-1 kernel and DT a2sd.

Edit: Governor is Interactive 200-787
[HTC Aria Android Development] SoCalHTCFuze:
I have had countless Force closes since the change from 2.3.4 to 2.3.5 as well as diminishing battery life ( fully drained in 5 hours/ usually lasts 12). With so many past updates over each other my internal memory was also almost full so I formatted all partitions including the sdcard but excluding boot updated to latest nightly as well as Google apps and let it restore all my settings and apps. Now working flawlessly, lots more room for more apps even without moving any to the SD card (before it was mandatory) and battery life is back to normal. It seems I need to do this at every point release and all is well. Hope this helps others.
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
You are right about the CPU frequency. No more FC if I set the max freq to 806. My Aria used to run at 825 fine, before the merge of 2.3.5.
[HTC Aria Android Development] dh4645:
just back after a weeks vacation. still have N141. should i update to N152 or just wait? seems like some are having issues.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DroidRunner:
Try it out. If you get fc's just reflash 141. Strong chance you will get force closes though. Some people get them,, some don't.

Edit: I've been using 145 and nothing is wrong with it. No force closes.
[HTC Aria Android Development] tommyguns818:
Did a full wipe and installed n152 with drownings 8.9.1 and haven't. Had any fc's. Took a couple reboots and fix permissions and everything is running smoothly.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Divino:
No way, my max freq is 600 and I've a lot of FC using the phone on the first 5 minutes from reboot and sometime FC on google apps like navigator...

...please, investigate skia (maybe it detect wrong omap?), there was a lot of change from nightly 141...
[HTC Aria Android Development] dh4645:
dont have whatever drownings is, but n152 has been working fine so far for me (few hrs)
[HTC Aria Android Development] mtnlion:
Drowningchild's kernel. Which is damn good btw.
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
Did your FCs occur while something's scrolling? If not, then it's probably not skia.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Divino:
Yes, especially in the first minutes after the restart, even just scrolling settings or applications list.
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
first minutes? How many minutes? System needs some time to be settle. I think 3~5 minutes is acceptable. Does it still has FC afterward?
[HTC Aria Android Development] cease:
No button lights on Nightly 152

Noticed it after installing; I suspect it happened on an earlier Nightly, just not sure which one. Any ideas why no button lights when screen is on or screen activated? Kinda hard to see buttons without the lights.
[HTC Aria Android Development] boxcar8028:
I thought it was just me. I also noticed this awhile back. its not all the time, sometimes it will come on when waking up and sometimes it won't turn on at all. it would turn on for a while and then goes off, even if you're still using the phone.

cm7 n146
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
Button lights are controlled by light-sensor, even when auto-brightness disabled. It's supposed to be on for lux value 0 and 33 only.
[HTC Aria Android Development] dandrumheller:
When the button lights are on or not is adjustable in the custom levels settings.
[HTC Aria Android Development] tedkunich:
That may be a problem - my phone, for example, never sees anything lower than 44, even with the sensor taped over and in a dark room. Don't think there is much by the way on consistency on those cheap sensors. I've been looking at them for a project at work and there are huge variability between parts.

T
[HTC Aria Android Development] Divino:
Yes, a lot in the first minutes and sometime after hours (1-2 FC today), never happen before nightly 141.

Reverting to 141 it goes well...
[HTC Aria Android Development] Theonew:
No fc's on n146 either.
[HTC Aria Android Development] SoCalHTCFuze:
So glad I formatted all partitions. 2.3.5 is the best yet for speed, stability and battery life! Thank you dev's!!!
[HTC Aria Android Development] shotta35:
Ok, i did a quick search in this thread and saw people were having MMS sending issues butI ca't find any in the recent builds. I can receive MMS just fine but they never send.

Anyone still having those kinda issues?

I'm gonna do a clean install again but just wanted to check.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Moh_Jay:
Is it all messages or picture/video messages?

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria Android Development] shotta35:
Just MMS, sms and internet works just fine as well. I had a captivate and that works fine but i don't got a spare phone now to test to see if it's just H2o Wireless or the phone.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Moh_Jay:
If its picture/video messages you have to turn on mobile data for them to send or else they just hang even if connected to wifi.

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria Android Development] shotta35:
Well that I know, this is why i mentioned that Internet is working (as APN settings and enable data is checked)
[HTC Aria Android Development] Moh_Jay:
Sorry I missed that lol

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DanGeorges:
HTC Fast Boot

I read that CM7 was incorporating the HTC Fast Boot feature.

I used this in the Salsa ROM - but wasn't seeing it in any CM versions.

Anyone have any ideas?
[HTC Aria Android Development] tommyguns818:
Can't wait for the next nightly. Its lookin very juicy :p
[HTC Aria Android Development] hi2u2:
Well this recent commit is supposed to reduce the boot time. Don't know if this is what you are referring to. Look at the comment by Terry Hau.

http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,6886

Will be included in tonight's nightly.
[HTC Aria Android Development] kaboose01:
i think a while back att1 said that fastboot would not be incorporated in to cm7. Simply due to the fact that it is HTC's proprietary code and not open sourced.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DanGeorges:
This makes sense. I did read a blurb somewhere that it would be included, but attn1 must have re-evaluated the issue.

Thanks
[HTC Aria Android Development] DanGeorges:
I saw this as well, but I'm referring to a real option to enter a suspend mode so that the phone boots to its prior state.
[HTC Aria Android Development] dh4645:
flashing N157. hope it doesnt suck. ha
[HTC Aria Android Development] tommyguns818:
Flashed n157 and so far so good. :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] cHarley04:
+1 - No problems here so far.
[HTC Aria Android Development] boxcar8028:
yeah, the new fast boot is totally awesome! reboot in less then a minute :D
[HTC Aria Android Development] :
Flashed n157 everything is running smooth so far.

Sent from my CM7 HTC Aria
[HTC Aria Android Development] kaboose01:
On latest nightly and everything is great. The faster reboot is nice. Remember guys this not fastboot. It's just a speeder booting rom.
[HTC Aria Android Development] zervic:
Weird, tried to flash latest nightly, received an abort...using the phone off charging clockwork recovery ...I'm sure the answer is here somewhere but I'm on my phone =\

Edit: weird, redownloaded, reflashed rom, kernel, dt, boot loops :( reflashed rom and dt then no boot loops, went back and flashed kernel no boot loops...up and running SMOOTH
[HTC Aria Android Development] kaboose01:
Dt is notorious for causing boot loops on first startup... Since you're using CM7 just make the simple switch to S2E makes dt look like a chore.

I'm running currently:

N-157

Dc891

Ram script

Miui camera

S2E...

Smoother than smooooth
[HTC Aria Android Development] cHarley04:
I've found updates work more reliably and go smoother, if I flash the nightly and DT, boot the phone and let it settle for a couple of minutes, then go back and flash the kernel.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Moh_Jay:
Well guys I got an inspire so it was nice working with this forum.

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria Android Development] tommyguns818:
^^^^Thanks for your help and input around here. Enjoy your phone. Aria 4 life! Jk
[HTC Aria Android Development] Moh_Jay:
Haha no prob

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DroidRunner:
Wait!! What does your username mean?
[HTC Aria Android Development] shotta35:
Anyone got the latest 159 stashed somewhere, seems the servers are down.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Moh_Jay:
Moh is the first 3 letters of my name and jay is a nickname for my last name.

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria Android Development] jeebuz:
No notification icon or vibration happening when receiving SMS messages. Works fine for any other notification (GMail, school EMail, calls, etc.)

I turned on all the vibration settings that have to do with SMS in Profiles, Sound, and the Messaging app. But nothing... still no notification icon or vibration. Any ideas? :\

This started happening after I flashed nightly 154. (On 157 right now)
[HTC Aria Android Development] kabell4:
Why am I getting an error message loading n158 to my phone? Seems like the phone is disconnecting from the computer for some reason. Tried on two different computers.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DroidRunner:
Putting the nightly on SD card from computer? Are you moving around the cable? Possible bad connection. SD card full?
[HTC Aria Android Development] zervic:
just download it from your phone...so much easier...or get swiftp for your phone and filezilla for your computer...again, so much easier...
[HTC Aria Android Development] kabell4:
Zervic, are you downloading straight from the internet on your phone or using ROM Manager?

Thanks...
[HTC Aria Android Development] DroidRunner:
Never use ROM manager, it blows. Download from phone using browser.
[HTC Aria Android Development] kabell4:
Thank you.
[HTC Aria Android Development] kabell4:
On n160 using DC 8.9.1. Lightening fast and smooth. Love the "fast" boot. Great job!
[HTC Aria Android Development] zervic:
I always download from phone browser...
[HTC Aria Android Development] hunkyn:
where can I find DC 8.9.1

Thanks
[HTC Aria Android Development] lsusparky621:
Here. Post #671.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Nutshell69:
Also got 160 - very nice

All though I havent noticed any fast boot - perhaps a setting I missed.?
[HTC Aria Android Development] :
I think they are referring to this

Sent from my CM7 HTC Aria
[HTC Aria Android Development] Nutshell69:
Thanks - would be nice if that worked in IE :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] kaboose01:
IE? Ewwwww chrome or fire fox man
[HTC Aria Android Development] kaboose01:
And by the way... Battery life is kick ass with heavy ish use...
[HTC Aria Android Development] hi2u2:
what's the screen on time?
[HTC Aria Android Development] kaboose01:
3 and a half hours
[HTC Aria Android Development] Darius_bd:
Happened the same to be, just to to settings in SMS, notifications and choose the vibration pattern you like the mostly
[HTC Aria Android Development] jeebuz:
^ Second half of my post.

Anyways, I reset my phone. Works now. Thanks though.
[HTC Aria Android Development] hunkyn:
thank you
[HTC Aria Android Development] Darius_bd:
I'm seeing something a bit disturbing... I had only 14% of battery left, I rebooted the phone and after it was showing 49%

How there can be such amount of difference in the readings? Is this a battery problem or phone's hardware or software?

PS: running 157