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[Droid Incredible Android Development] byrong:
Aftermarket batteries, particularly budget ones, often overstate their rated capacity.

This isn't just batteries, really, but any rated electronic good (in my experience). A random example would be high-end flashlights which have their brightness ratings in lumens. Industry leaders (like Surefire) will generally advertise the most conservative rating. So if they know that model X varies between 100 and 120 lumens, unit to unit, they will label it as a 100 lumen flashlight. Cheap knock-off brands, on the other hand, would label the same thing as a 120 lumen light. Actually, to take it further, a lot of them advertise theoretical ratings of what the emitter should be capable of, but don't take real-world factors into account, further inflating their advertised rating.

So going back to batteries, it is not uncommon to find an official HTC battery which is rated for 1,300 mAh, but gives more real-world usage than a knock-off battery advertised as 1,500 mAh.

The screenshot still doesn't provide enough information that I would be comfortable offering much opinion.

What I would recommend, however, is that you install a battery logging utility (there are TONS of them on the market, Current Widget is just one example). Have it log data over a wide chunk of time, then use your data to calculate what usage you're actually getting.

For a very simple example, if the logs show that you are drawing 350 mA, and that one hour of this usage resulted in a 10% battery depletion, you could conclude that you really are getting around 3,500 mAh from the battery. If, however, 350 mA takes 50% of your battery in one hour, then you know that you're getting closer to 700 mAh of usable battery.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] elpeterson:
byrong, what exactly do you do for a living?

you, and i must mention userjf as well, have some of the most through explanations and detailed answers to the questions on these forums. in terms of a real world example and android related.

is this just learned information from being an android enthusiast or what?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mmuzzy:
Agreed. Good stuff.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cuban11182:
Forgive me if I missed it, but I'm getting duplicate notifications up on the notification bar. I'll get the one for the message or email, and then get a duplicate one saying that I have. I have Go Launcher, but for the life of me I can't find where to turn it off. Can someone tell me what to look for? I did a factory restore and found that it would not do it with ADW, but when i restored with Titanium, one of my apps caused this to start again. Any idea what app it is?

Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] elpeterson:
do you use an alternate SMS client?

if so, go into the stock SMS client and uncheck show notifications in status bar
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cuban11182:
No I have the stock one. And if I turn off Notification on it, I still get that damn little mail icon! :mad:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tiny4579:
So, I've been following this thread since January and flashing ROMS since I got my Inc early January and by far CM7 is my favorite. I've been scratching my head the past couple days trying to get /data and /cache to mount as ext4 from ext3. If I get those working I'll try /system and /data/data next. I know there's a lot of smart people on this thread so maybe someone can assist with my question.

My request was if anyone knew how to get this working on CM7. My conclusion is that it's related to the RAMDISK. I already verified that they show as ext4 in recovery.

Oh yeah, my system is

DInc SLCD

AMON_RA 1.81

CM7-RC4

Tiamat 3.3.5

2.15.11.28

HBOOT .92
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Cwoomer:
this was happening to a friend of mine that was using an unpaid version of beautiful widgets. as soon as he un installed it the issue went away. when he bought the beautiful widgets app and installed it. it worked fine.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] GatorsUF:
great post!

Beyond that though, there are a few retailers on Ebay that are actually selling batteries mislabled. I took the stick they placed on the batter I bought, as a "1800mah htc battery" and it was a knockoff battery labeled at 1250mah.

Needless to say I got my money back, but still reported them.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cuban11182:
Thanks bud that was the issue.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Cwoomer:
what was the issue?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] byrong:
Thank you, gents. I appreciate the compliments.

I work in finance; nothing computer-related. Any Android-specific information I share is either from research or experience. Other information I write is generally also just from being a hobbyist/enthusiast in that area (like my mention of flashlights before). I enjoy analytical/technical thinking, which tends to have a heavy influence on my hobbies.

As for the level of explanation, again that's just part of my personality. I love to really explore things, and being able to articulate an explanation enhances my own understanding of the subject. Occasionally I'll actually annoy people by over-explaining, ha!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ollie916:
Turn off text messaging notifications through the stock mms app by opening it and going through options if you have GO mms as well.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Adam_NCNN:
Where do I turn on the Long DTMF Tones? I can't seem to find the setting anywhere.

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rpcallan:
RC4, stock or Chads kernel. Amoled, flashed or clean install.

Gmail, Exchange, Google Talk, Ping Chat, Google Voice, etc. I have to (most the time) force update to get the updates or new messages. Most times a gmail update will allow all to update. Sync times set for either push, or 30 minutes. Any ideas how I can get this auto updating correctly? It was all good stock, been hit and miss since CM7 all the way back to before RC1.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cuban11182:
Beautiful Widgets.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JohnKuczek:
37 is up...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] SynisterWolf:
So no more "nightlies" are they "dailies" now?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] SynisterWolf:
did this come with a new back plate for the phone?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] TheWizKid95:
yep. do you need a picture of that too?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] userjf:
They are nightly somewhere in the world....
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gonzlobo:
Every day has a night.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] k_nivesout:
Thanks a lot for explaining that menu a bit. I think with a bit of tweaking I could probably get it working to my liking. All the custom CM settings are awesome but almost overwhelming sometimes!

The battery drain from 100-90 is pretty weird on all ROMs, I agree. The issue I ran into was that even past that initial bizzare period, the battery would drain really quickly when the screen was on (30-40%brightness). I could watch a battery percentage drop every minute or two.

All in all, it would probably be worthwhile to go back and try it out again, trying some different kernels as well. Any particular nightlies lately that people have been have been having good luck with?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JohnKuczek:
I'm pretty sure that I had the date on the status bar when I pulled down the notification... after flashing 37, its not there. Any ideas?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sabbotage:
Hmmm I don't have it now either since flashing 37. A fix must have broken it. :(
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Cwoomer:
any reason to flash 37? didn't see anything good for dinc in the changelogs
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lioryte:
A new setting to get the notification bar to the bottom of the screen...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] SynisterWolf:
the picture does show size. so i was thinking if it was a 1750 mha with a new sticker on it.... there goes that theory
[Droid Incredible Android Development] SynisterWolf:
i thought they stopped adding new stuff.... i might have to flash this one. :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sabbotage:
That must be the setting that broke the date when you pull down the notification bar.....
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Taebom:
Yea, but i think it's worth it. :cool:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] phaze one:
That'd be dope if you could change notification bar icon colors as well.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] LifTeD_JK:
I'm sold. Downloading now. :-)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] k_flan:
Bumping this.

If you have this happening, star it.

http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=3106
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lafester:
yeah this was made for tablets and is pretty cool.

i have a nook and have been following this development for a couple weeks.

since i got the nook i've been flashing it more then my phone lol.

if you like it stop by the nook development forum and thank mad murdock for all his work :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] SynisterWolf:
Sent from my sexy assistant. (HTC Incredible)

Still haven't seen this
[Droid Incredible Android Development] k_flan:
For me it's always the black screen.

Logcat:

E/qsd8k.gralloc( 166): /dev/pmem: no more pmem available

E/qsd8k.gralloc( 166): couldn't open pmem (No such file or directory)

E/qsd8k.gralloc( 166): gralloc failed err=Out of memory
[Droid Incredible Android Development] LifTeD_JK:
Just set the notification bar to the bottom. Feels so weird! Not sure I can keep it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] TheWizKid95:
screenshots? :D
[Droid Incredible Android Development] LifTeD_JK:
here's a couple of shots for ya.

Not sure why they turned out like crap......
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jbdan:
Ditto

Happens on wifes SLCD Inc as well
[Droid Incredible Android Development] keith.mcintyre26:
They also tweaked compcache related files. I'm very excite!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] userjf:
Yes to flash 37. In my country Kazakhstan we flash much often.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] vwftw:
lol

Sent from a toaster.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] keith.mcintyre26:
Soooo off topic. Forgive me. We need a lolski in this thread once in awhile to keep us regular.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] k_nivesout:
Am I correct in assuming nightly 37 is pretty much the **** then?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] N-Forced:
Where is this option? I've looked in cm settings and it's not there. You are running nightly 37 right?

EDIT: Never-mind found it, it's in tablet options in the cm settings.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] suprafreak1000:
Hahaha that made my night thank you.

Haven't heard anyone say that in a while.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JetBomber117:
I'd probably like the bottom status bar if the toggles weren't hidden.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ollie916:
It has added tablet tweaks such as moving notification bar to the bottom.

QUOTE=k_nivesout;12764249]Am I correct in assuming nightly 37 is pretty much the **** then?[/QUOTE]
[Droid Incredible Android Development] k_nivesout:
Thought I heard something about better battery life and auto brightness. Wait that was on the CM forums and I think they were talking about 35.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sharper4:
Oh cool - All this reading and I don't recall seeing that. Works for me.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sharper4:
Going from 35 to 37 disabled my notification sound for SMS / Handscent. I tried to play with and tweak the settings but it still didn't make a noise (even though everything else worked correctly).

Nandroid back to 35 and the notifications are back.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Taebom:
My toggles show up fine.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] execute_method:
I have found that if I format /system, the phone won't get past the bootloader after flashing. I then have to flash an RUU to get the phone up and running. I have tested this 3x. Once with nightlies #30,36 and RC4.

My phone is Amoled from around end of May last year.

CWM= 3.0.0.8

Not a huge deal, but does anyone know why this might be?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] RobertMaurizio:
Maybe I am just missing something, but not only does the date not appear when you pull down the notification bar, but my swiping gestures don't seem to be working either. Normally I just swipe down on the screen to pull down notifications, but that's broken now. I'm sure they know about it and will fix.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] AdhvanIt:
I'm sick.

This made it worse because I lold so hard.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] scottjb:
Are you talking about the swipe settings in ADW? Same here. Swipe does not open the notification pull down.

On a different subject, I'm not crazy about the status bar on the bottom but it would be nice if the toggles could be on the bottom of the notification pull down instead of on top (like MIUI 2.2 has them). Much easier to use your thumb with them on the bottom.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] MMBosstones86:
Seems to be an issue with 37. I'm on 36 and havnt seen this.

QUOTE=RobertMaurizio;12768106]Maybe I am just missing something, but not only does the date not appear when you pull down the notification bar, but my swiping gestures don't seem to be working either. Normally I just swipe down on the screen to pull down notifications, but that's broken now. I'm sure they know about it and will fix.[/QUOTE]
[Droid Incredible Android Development] userjf:
The CM7 flash script formats system itself everytime you flash, no need to do that manually.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] keith.mcintyre26:
I'm not crazy about the bottom notification either. The "clear" button for notifications would be sweet at the bottom though. But still, CM, even though its free software, absolutely WORKS most of the paid software I've used.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] execute_method:
Yeah, I ended up researching it a little on my own after I posted.

I checked the MD5s of the files, and they were off. So it was bad files to zips.

Sorry for the nonsense, I was just a little frustrated. I don't know why I didn't check the MD5s earlier. I've been prepping vehicles for sale all day.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] burnmatoaka:
Stumbled upon this little recovery script over at the MIUI forums.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ikylelx99c49133

It's suposed to fully wipe what recovery doesn't on the /system partition. Also says to be sure to flash your ROM during the SAME RECOVERY SESSION as performing /system wipe. (thanks again userjf for explaining, as I too have been stumped getting kicked back to bootloader a few times.)

I don't see why performing format /system in recovery on top of a full wipe wouldn't accomplish the same thing as the above linked script, though. Makes sense why wiping/not wiping /system could cause a variety of issues (and why /system format isn't done during factory reset.)

Much better info here:

http://forums.miui-dev.com/showthre...while-minimizing-USER-ERRORS-FC-s-reboots-etc.

Discuss?

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] AdhvanIt:
From the sounds of it, it basically performs a full wipe of all partitions. The only bad thing about it is that people might download without reading the full post, and will be stuck trying to figure out why they have no system to boot into-as we've seen before.

Basically, the partitions do this...

Boot: contains your kernel. If you format this and don't flash a new Rom/kernel, you will not be able to boot into anything but recovery and bootloader.

System: contains the installed ROM/OS. Format this without flashing a new ROM, same as above will happen.

Data: contains all user installed data. Formatting just gets rid of what you've installed (not including system themes-these require a new ROM to be flashed over them).

Cache: image thumbnails, deleted items, etc. This is actually inside the data partition. Formatting data will format cache and dalvik cache as well.

Dalvik cache: contained within the data partition. Someone a little fancier than I should explain this. I believe it contains temp files that the kernel uses and boot files so it doesn't have to build the info at every boot, thus decreasing boot time.

Anything I miss/get wrong?

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] burnmatoaka:
Thanks for that very helpful info. I was not clear on what exactly is contained in each of the partitions. The mystery and terror of rebooting into bootloader and what actually constitutes an actual "full-wipe" all settled. I love this thread! I love you guys!

btw, the script above is outdated (AMEND vs. EDIFY), so most of us are safe. [heh]

On the topic, do you still get random weird ghosts from ROMs past following a fresh install? I seem to get old wallpapers still (though not all the time). Wondering if google isn't doing this. Still doesn't explain that one time I was prompted for CM7 stat-reporting after a fresh Sense ROM install.

Crazy.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ksidirt:
Downloads are slow. Anyone got a mirror for 37 and GApps?

Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] AdhvanIt:
If its wallpapers, apps and settings, its likely Google. Next time you clean install, don't check the "Google backup" box on install. If you're still getting things back, there's a problem.

Edit: what recovery version are you using now? What version were you using then?

Also, if the dev didn't include the script to wipe system for the sense ROM that you flashed, CM statistics would have still been there along with any other CM/AOSP specific apps.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] mmuzzy:
When I read your posts I never fail to learn something even though I thought I knew about it. Thanks again for taking the time to explain things so clearly.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lioryte:
In Depth and better phrased from what I could explain ;)

by Andrizoid:

dalvik cache is a program cache area for the program dalvik. Dalvik is a java based virtual machine that is the bases for running your programs (the ones that have the .apk extension). In order to make access times faster (because there's not JIT (just in time) compiler installed by default), the dalvik-cache is the result of dalvik doing a optimization of the running program. Sounds confusing. It's similar to the prefetch files in Windows.

erisuser1:

is wiping the dalvik cahce the same as doing a 'wipe cache partition' when in ClockworkMod Recovery mode?

Simply put: no, not in every case; it depends a great deal on the ROM you are using.

There are circumstances where it would have the same effect - for custom ROMs which are using cache2cache, it would have the effect of wiping the dalvik-cache for market apps only - and if it is a CyanogenMod6 ROM (e.g. many of the Eris "Froyo" ROMs), then it would wipe the dalvik-cache for the pre-installed or "system" apps.

I'm not trying to confuse you - it's just that your question, as posed - doesn't have a "one size fits all" answer.

The most general piece of advice that can be given is this: try to wipe as much as possible prior to installing a new ROM and avoid doing "upgrade" installs. If you want to be more clever than that (to avoid the hassles of re-configuring a new ROM), then you ought to understand how each of the ROMs (both the "before" and "after") are using /cache to see what you can "get away with".

Hope that helps.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jesssiii:
++1, AdhvaIt, thanks!

BTW, what are "mock locations"? Been meaning to ask for months.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] userjf:
Allows developers to test their programs that use gps by manually feeding in false (mock) gps information to the phone instead of having to travel all over the place for testing purposes. An end user should leave it unchecked. Some gps games won't run if it is checked to prevent cheating.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] AdhvanIt:
They need to make a thanks button on the app.

Thanks, lioryte for the dalvik explanation. :-)

That's all I can do right now. Lol

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] JetBomber117:
Has anyone been able to get facebook push notifications working on CM7? I can get chat to work somewhat alright, but everything else doesn't push. Any ideas?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] KelchM:
fwiw, I've never seen Facebook push notifications work for anything other than chat on any of my devices.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] AdhvanIt:
I've never seen it work either...

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] dieselhomey:
Have you guys experianced complete lag and or slowness on your dinc cm7 #37 if it has been on for a few days or hours...with no reboot?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cheez99:
Didn't know if anyone else had seen this yet, but stable release tomorrow (or today now).

http://twitter.com/cyanogen/status/56815444786544640
[Droid Incredible Android Development] burnmatoaka:
The weird Sense thing trying to report CM7 stats was on a version of Incredibly ReEngineered from not too long ago. No idea if /system format was baked-in, but the dev said "wipe scripts" were included. I was either using 3xx5 or 3xx8, whichever was the most recent. I also was greeted by my old wallpaper on that install. Needless to say after I saw the BlueMan in the status bar I NANDed back pretty quick. I think I flashed one of Lou's that day and had no problems (but he has pretty tight recovery scripts).

When doing a freshy of CM7 I usually let Google do it's restore b/c I'm getting lazy. I might try a fresh on the next build sans Google's restore, just to know for sure.

I feel like I understand all of this much better after today. Thanks again everybody :D

[I for one welcome our new Android overlords ::: DInc::SLDC::x.7.28::CWM3.0.0.8::CM7::chad's]
[Droid Incredible Android Development] MedleHed:
Mine work fine. Try clearing data and cache for your facebook app.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] burnmatoaka:
My facebook notifications seem okay. Do as MedleHed suggests, then you might as well un/reinstall from market, just in the very off chance you have a little corruption in the apk. Since you have to restore settings anyway, it's an ready variable to knock out.

btw... downloading #38 now

EDIT: if stable gonna be out tomorrow(today) this build should have margin fix maybe?

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] JetBomber117:
I tried that real fast, I've tried removing the file, both manually and using the installers, and even used root explorer to delete the settings files, but it just doesn't seem to work. :/
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JetBomber117:
Same here, those and chat are all that makes it through. I feel like it has something to do with how Facebook determines whether or not our phones are compatible with push. The tech is there, but the support isn't.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jesssiii:
A guy in the stock rom thread just quoted a letter from HTC or Verizon saying DInc will for sure be getting updated to gingerbread 2.3 by summer!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JohnKuczek:
CM Update Notifications can now be enabled again!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Smabbage:
Shoot! Is a transfer speed of 1.08 MB/sec normal?! Seems a tad bit slow for a USB 2.0 device. Don't remember it being this slow on other ROMs I've used before. Maybe it's just my imagination. Encoded Tron Legacy for my Incredible and now I'm transferring 1.2 Gigs to my SD via USB and it's taking 20 Minutes. :P