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[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matkam:
For those who have tried, is the CM7 alpha worth replacing the stock Glacier ROM? What are the benefits over the current stock HTC Sense ROM? What's missing or not quite there?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geoi1006:
Wrong Section, good question though
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cu_ninja:
Definitely worth a flash to try yourself. I mean it's CyanogenMod so how could it not be good?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
You would be very surprised at how extremely stable these roms are. I've been running them for a few weeks now and they're definitely stable enough to be your daily driver.

The main thing to consider is that Sense is a highly customized ROM while CyanogenMod is based on Pure Google with some additional configurations available.

Try it out, it's pretty easy to go back if you don't like it. For a while there I was nandroiding back and forth between Sense and CM6 about twice a week, lol.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuralboy:
CM7 some after thoughts

Continuing from my earlier post, I thought I would head off a few questions about observable differences in gingerbread - well the CM7 incarnation:

Android market loads and populates faster.

The wireless radio picks up signals/networks faster and connects gracefully and quickly.

All aspects of the functionality of the whole system and each individual app seems to be smoother and more efficient.

Youtube no longer has that annoying glitch coming out of landscape.

My new 16bg class 6 mini sdhc card finally works and no longer gives me the blank card or damaged card bull crap every time I unmount or remount from usb mode – didn’t expect that one and had resigned myself to going back to the stock 8gb card it shipped with.

The app drawer pops out at you in what seems like 3d while leaving the background wallpaper intact. – so the app drawer just floats while you scroll through it.

Every aspect of the device and systems are customizable – I mean everything – probably in part due to the efforts of the CM7 team.

The stock gingerbread phone dialer app is changed for the better and is obviously one of many enhancements including the ability to program your sip (voip) settings straight into the phone doing away with third party apps altogether to make or receive calls (if you’re into voip)

You’ll have to dig around to find the .apk for the stock car/navigation mode app and I solved that riddle by downloading the free android app(car home) from the market and also installing a third party app (car mode control) which is used to launch it – I’ve been lazy and haven’t investigated yet whether it’s actually necessary to have the go between, but it works.

and swype, if you want it, can be downloaded direct from the guys that developed it at the beta.swype page (wasn't allowed to post the link) - by simply registering to test the latest beta, which is better than in the stock MT4G rom.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whosdaman:
Someone report the first post to have this moved.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Didn't realize it had to be reported. I always assumed that because you're a mod you can do whatever the hell you want.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STHNS:
Well in your case just pick current RC fork from repository and use it normally you don't have to wait for the SR fork. Unless you are dev I don't see why you would want to flash it every night unless you understand basic and even in that case weekly might be fine. I been there done that as flashing new rom everyday as it came down the pipe :P I tried few CM7A few times let the dev do more work as ill make that my rom when SR is out, ATM have IGv1.1.6 as I flashed it this afternoon.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroSX:
If you thought your phone was fast out of the box, this is faster. If you thought it was a bit laggy (like me), it's like getting a brand new phone.

Also, having better experiences with CM7 GB on MT4G than I ever did on my Nexus S. This is saying a lot.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cu_ninja:
Same for me. Such a smoother experience all around.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mac33:
I just flashed & I must say it is a much smoother expericence. I love it & its not even a stable build.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Is this your first Android phone? Have you ever played with a Pure Google Experience Android phone? If you're nervous about the CM7 builds, try CM6. Easier to flash since you don't need to manually flash the recovery and it will give you a feel for CyanogenMod and the Pure Android feel.

Think of the G2, that comes with plain Android right out of the box. Go to a T-mobile store and poke around with it to see if you like it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Q.Entity:
I simply cannot stand the HTC Sense stuff... Personal preference.

I had CM6.1 for a couple weeks and I am VERY happy with it. I am waiting another week or so to start using the CM7 builds just because I have been too busy with other stuff.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojo7972:
Where did you see a link for an official CM7 release for this phone?!?!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
You know that's how I felt when I bought the phone. I kept thinking about returning it for a G2 just to get plain Android. Ironically, by the time I finally rooted my phone and flashed CM6, Sense had grown on me to the point that I kept nandroiding back and using it by choice. Ha!

Now I've been on cm7 for a few days and I'm pretty happy with it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuralboy:
CM7 official nightlies

I can't post a link out but the link to the CM7 builds is usually towards the top of the mytouch 4G Android Developement forum page.

It's constantly being updated and it looks like the latest build takes care of a number of little issues including swype, google car home and maybe the apps pack too
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matkam:
To those voting not to flash, have you tried CM7? What's keeping you from being happy with it?

I just flashed it myself and am pretty happy with it. The experience is much more consistent than the stock Sense ROM, gingerbread is really fast/smooth, and CM7 adds a lot of options for customization. Wifi isn't working though.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phaino00:
Reboot for wifi to work.

BTW, CM7 is slick as an iced glacier.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
This has got to be the biggest fanboism i've every heard on any forum. Gingerbread is not that different from FroYo. It looks the same it feels. it acts the same.

To the OP If you want to flash the most current baked variant of Android then by all means flash away. If not FroYo will serve your needs just fine.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sn0warmy:
I rooted for the CM7/Gingerbread rom within 1 day of using the stock Sense UI and haven't looked back.

The stock sense UI seemed slugish and was missing some key features that I really missed about the Froyo/Gingerbread UI on my Nexus One, such as:

- Ability to switch between vibrate/full audio modes with one swipe on the lockscreen

- Power controls located in the drop down menu

- Ability to use Launcher pro to house many more icons on the dock

I couldn't live without these features so Im extremely happy I made the switch. The only bug I found in CM7 is that I can no longer use the Quick Video app to video chat. It seems to force close every time it's opened.

Aside from that one hickup I've found absolutely nothing wrong with the CM7 nightly build.

Give it a try, you can always go back to the stock rom...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HarderDrive:
Good post neuralboy,

I just started playing with CM6 and I have the same experience! Cyanogen is awesome!

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammondnav:
People have pointed out most of the advantages of CM7. I've been using it since folks on these forums started posting unofficial builds compiled from CM code, and they've all been very stable.

One of the most important advantages is that you get Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread with CM7. The stock HTC ROM is Android 2.2 aka FroYo. Gingerbread improves your phone's performance by a noticeable margin. Your phone will run smoother and snappier. In my case, I've seen a ~400-point jump in Quadrant results (from 1900s to 2300s) with no overclocking. That's when Quadrant is working anyway...

Going back and forth between ROMs is a lot easier than it used to be. So I, like others, suggest that you check it out for yourself. If it's not your cup o' tea, then you can always revert to the stock Sense ROM.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Q.Entity:
Yep, it happens to some folks LOL I am too much of a minimalist so Sense is too "heavy" for me.

I am mostly doing Windows Phone 7 for work and playing with MeeGo on the N900 so time for Android is not available.

However, I managed to play a bit with ADW so I can customize things to my taste. I wish I could design the cool icons I see :(
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Yeah, I feel you on minimalist, lol. Even on my mt3g I wondered why people were worried about app2sd, I never ran out of space. I'm thinking I might try a more traditional Sense rom as opposed to MySense. Even Ice Glacier is bloatware free so I'll give that a try too.

I'm pretty sure it's possible to design your own .png files for icons, but I don't know how. Do some searching and post a link if you find it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Q.Entity:
Someone t work told me this is a good product http://www.axialis.com/iconworkshop/index.html

I am not sure about my artistic skills... Actually, I am sure I suck at graphics of any kind LOL
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salman.a:
Has anyone did a battery usage test and seen battery improvements with using cm7 versus stock?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] novanosis85:
can anyone make a boot animation from the movie the ring.

I was thinking of having the video of the well being shown and that creepy background sound. Ilk try and get a youtube link if what I'm thinking about
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] novanosis85:
Here is the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlhZCDlEmh0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Let me know if you can do it. Much appreciated.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] novanosis85:
Daily bump
[EVO 4G Accessories] conflikt:
Paid $70 two days ago, The first day using the battery without charging i got almost 7 hours use out of the battery. The second day of using the battery after calibrating the battery i ened up getting a complete day of heavy useage without any charging. Today i have been heavily using my phone with the newest Myn rom & Netarchys no-havs kernel with thecollin_ph battery tweak i am at 10 hours of usage and still sitting at 75%. To me the $70 was well worth it, a little high on the price but overall a great product. I have GPS enabled, and auto sync enabled.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Chronzy:
Interesting, thanks for the review. I've been thinking about buying the Seido extended battery. Believe you can get that one online somewhere, case & batt, for like $60. But it's good to see there's options. I just checked bb.com and couldn't find it under Evo accessories. :confused:
[EVO 4G Accessories] conflikt:
It's there, just Google 3500 mah Evo battery best buy. Or something to those terms. It comes with the back cover, I believe it is made by seidio because the one from best buy looks exactly like the one from seidio, as the price is the same as well. Only thing is, no case. But a zagg invisible sheild kit will do just fine for that.
[EVO 4G Accessories] shogun26:
Isn't Platinum just a re-branding of Seidio?
[EVO 4G Accessories] conflikt:
I'm pretty sure.

Here's some screen shots.
[EVO 4G Accessories] blackroseMD1:
Yeah, Platinum is just Seidio in disguise. I'm running the same Platinum battery, and I love it. I'm on my phone almost constantly, and I've never had it run all the way down on me in less than a day and a half. I would highly recommend it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Bigjim1488:
I have the same battery and it works great. I decided to spend the extra couple of bucks and go to best buy just in case I had any issues I could just go back to the store instead of dealing with shipping the battery back
[EVO 4G Accessories] 2k4mach:
yup, if you look on the bottom of the packaging at best buy it will say seidio inc. along with there website addy
[EVO 4G Accessories] taaronb:
Do you have any pictures of how the extended rear cover sits?
[EVO 4G Accessories] snowboardb86:
Amazon has pictures and it's only $58 there. Search 'seidio evo' on Amazon and it's the first one there.
[EVO 4G Accessories] shoobshoober:
the awake time is pretty low so I'm not too surprised with your stats. I think you can still get better. is this with display brightness on high/auto as well?
[EVO 4G Accessories] ceg1792:
I've got this battery as well and I went through the process of calibrating the battery yesterday. With data off and WiFi on I went from 3:30pm to 8:01 am with using just 22%. From 12:24 (around the time I fell asleep) to 8:01 (after my alarm went off for a second time) it only used 1%.

Sent from the key to my world.
[EVO 4G Accessories] conflikt:
That was earlier in the day. I ended up getting 26 hours of usage. Screen is set to the max for brightness with auto sync and gps on.
[EVO 4G Accessories] klquicksall:
I have the seido and I use my phone with 4g all day long and my batt will last about 16 hours without charging. If I dont use my phone much over a day and a half with no charge. The down side your phone is bigger.
[EVO 4G Accessories] gpz1100:
http://www.amazon.com/Seidio-Innocell-Extended-Battery-Droid/dp/B003602HIE direct link $54 as of right now, free shipping. Get it from newegg for the same price and get 1.5% or 2% back through fatwallet cashback.

The back cover is not intrusive at all; in fact it protects the lense better than stock cover and snaps on tighter.
[EVO 4G Accessories] shoobshoober:
haha nice nice. i'm going home from school next week and i'll pick up my extended batteries at the same time. can't wait!
[EVO 4G Accessories] ryanleafasaurus:
Picked one up today, calibrating it now

actually not as bulky as I thought it would be
[EVO 4G Accessories] jamesbrm@gmail.com:
I thought i might add in on the comments to say i purchased a 3500mah battery from amazon.com, i got the one from dailypc and paid 35 bucks for it. I know it may be an off brand but so far it has stood up and is holding its ground. I got a full day without charge after first discharge down to 0. Will get a better review of it in actual time stamp from full to 0 when i get the chance. So far it is well worth the money!!!
[EVO 4G Accessories] iitreatedii:
I payed 40 dollars shipped for my 3500 seidio brand new in box with cover off a guy on ebay, love it, called him up and made a deal, he said okay, nice to know right sellers online :), just a thought though, i understand the bb and seidio are "the same", but for the same price why wouldn't you just get the seidio lol.
[EVO 4G Accessories] conflikt:
Because id rather not have to deal with shipping stuff back. And I have 30 days to decide. Plus I like dealing directly with a company. Although I use to sell a lot on ebay and I do trust ebay on some stuff but not electronics. ;]
[EVO 4G Accessories] Rakeesh_j:
Don't you have to have an external charger for this thing to charge fully?

Same with me, I'm more of a B&M person.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Goonzy:
Great battery . Hands down a winner, oc'd to 1190 smartass and using mike 4.4 with partition swap96mb and god modes N. 4.3.2 kernel . Getting 34+ hours... crazy!
[EVO 4G Accessories] Rakeesh_j:
Bueller? Bueller?
[EVO 4G Accessories] zeek40:
Seidio is offering 20% off orders from their website over $50 till the end of January with coupon code JAN2011.
[EVO 4G Accessories] eventer289:
Or an SBC kernel. I spent 5 hours at 100%.
[EVO 4G Accessories] wingzfan:
Ive got a brand new one of these batteries as well as the holster that fits these if anyones interested. I decided to go back to my 1800 battery and dont need this setup. I work at Best Buy so Ill exchange the one I have for a brand new one before shipping it out. Looking for $40 which includes UPS shipping.

On discount I paid $33 for the battery and after shipping I paid $7 for the case. Not looking to make anything, just recoup my money.
[EVO 4G Accessories] subcypher:
Are you kidding me? That case makes it look like your phone ate an Evo! I'd much rather have 3 normal sized batteries and an external charger laying around. You can buy 3 batteries and an external charger on Ebay for $12 and have it shipped here for free! I have an Otterbox Commuter and I still don't mind removing the case to swap batteries. Why anyone would want to carry a pregnant phone is beyond me.
[EVO 4G Accessories] wingzfan:
Different strokes for different folks. I could ask you the same in terms of why would anyone want to have to carry around 3 batteries and have to keep track of them everyday.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Rakeesh_j:
What's an SBC kernel?
[EVO 4G Accessories] Lurkerdownbelow:
Superior battery charging. Check out the kernel info link in my sig,

On another note, what are you people using for cases with that monster battery?
[EVO 4G Accessories] blackroseMD1:
I'm using the Seidio Rugged extended case. It's a hard shell with a soft shell and skeleton on top of it. Lots of protection which is good since I have a bad habit of dropping my phone.

Sent from my CM7 Supersonic 4G
[EVO 4G Accessories] Rakeesh_j:
The first post in the netarchy thread alludes to SBC being bad, why is that? Also are there any SBC kernels compatible with CM7?
[EVO 4G Accessories] Lurkerdownbelow:
There's some question on how safe they are for charging, and whether it will shorten your battery life.

CM7 is a ASOP ROM and should use an ASOP kernel. ASOP = Android Open Source Platform. I'm using Mikfroyo which is based on Sense. Sence ROMs use only Sense kernels.
[EVO 4G Accessories] eventer289:
The savaged-zen SBC kernels give me the best performance of any kernel I've ever tried. When I was using my seidio 3500 I was getting phenemonal battery life. One day I can remember, I had 40% left after 1d 4h. It is so good it got me to switch back to the stock battery since I don't need that kind of performance for daily use.
[EVO 4G Accessories] thenewone:
What is the process to calibrate this battery?
[EVO 4G Accessories] blackroseMD1:
Other that just letting it run down a bit and charging it, I didn't do much to calibrate it. You usually start seeing the best results after the 4th or 5th charge cycle.
[EVO 4G Accessories] kegacide:
what sucks is i bought a chinese 3000 MAH battery with the case which works great, and i was using it for a while... but then i got the Seido car dock, and it says it fit with the Seido extended batteries so i assumed it would fit with the knockoff extended, but it didn't... :-/ so i switched back to my smaller batteries...

i would love to be using the large battery and still be able to use the car dock, so maybe i'll have to pony up the dough and get the official Seido joint...
[EVO 4G Accessories] Rakeesh_j:
Should this battery have more capacity than the official sprint 2600 or would they both be roughly the same? (Batteryboss says the seidio 3500mah one is really 2600ish mah)
[EVO 4G Accessories] blackroseMD1:
Actually they say it's around 2800. Either way, the Seidio will last longer as the Sprint 2600 is most likely less than rated mAh also.

Sent from my CM7 Supersonic 4G
[EVO 4G Accessories] SouthernEvo:
For ****s and giggles I unrooted my phone and set it back to stock . Stock software you name it lock stock and barrel . I reinstalled my standard 1500mah battery in the phone . All I can say is after running Myn's with one of Net's kernels and a 3500 seidio battery . Holy hell the stock stuff sucks totally . Tonight I will be rooting my phone and reinstalling my seidio LOL . *gets off soap box*
[EVO 4G Accessories] bionic1ball:
i got 13 hours on use with this on cyanogenmod 4g
[EVO 4G Accessories] tb87:
I bought the cheaper one from quick shippers on Amazon its half the price and I get the same usage time from it. Definitely worth it. I like the back piece more then the best buy and sedio one. Either way the added size isn't really noticeable and again 100% worth it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] BIGWORM:
I bought this one:

Laza Sprint 3500MaH EVO battery $28 shipped from Georgia. Just ran through my first charge (not full depletion, then charge, mind you), and I managed to get about 32 hours with moderate usage out of it. No setcpu, no juicedefender, screen brightness at half, auto sync was on about half of the time (forgot to turn it off). That usage was on the latest MIUI release (1.1.28) with Savaged Zen v0.0.5 HAVS CFS NoSBC WiMax kernel. I'm doing the full charge now and gonna let it charge for another 3 hours or so to make sure it's at capacity, then will post up results and screenshots when its dead. =)
[EVO 4G Accessories] WINKSTER:
Anybody had the extended batttery running for a while. Ive had mine nearly a year and I think its starting to lose charge faster. Anyone else notice this?

:confused:
[EVO 4G Accessories] augoza:
It fits in the phone just like the normal battery right? i don't want to buy some bigger case for my phone. I'm asking because i have noooo clue, sorry if i sound dumb.
[EVO 4G Accessories] qipengart:
Just got this important accessory for free by trading in all of my old video games yesterday and so far, so awesome! A must have and I will need to order that case soon.
[EVO 4G Accessories] inifekt:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0042TY68C

Just ordered this and hoping to test it out by mid week. I know it's <$10, but I figured even if it's a dud it will be worth a shot to try!

The seller's Amazong profile has 4.9 stars over the past 12 months (22725 ratings). So may not be too terrible hopefully haha.
[EVO 4G Accessories] GeneralSky2004:
The battery fits in the phone the same way the old one does, however, due to it being 3500mAh, it is a bigger batter and does require a larger case on the back of the phone. The stock back will not fit with the bigger battery.
[EVO 4G Accessories] sinnedone:
Post your results when u get it. Might try it myself if it works.
[EVO 4G Accessories] churro7:
i have one and it drains as fast as stock

wipe battery stats? but not rooted help
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] gryphynwing:
anyone know where you can get the "original" htc sense live wallpapers? because now that wildfire can support live wall paper with wildpuzzle i'd like to have the sense lwp
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] 3xeno:
They don't work as far as I know. Only market downloaded one's does.
[Wildfire General] theorion:
I recently aquired this phone, brand new too! Bought unbranded of course, and fully unlocked etc etc..

Problem is, when i sit in my couch at night, with my light turned on, bout 50-80cm away, that light is bright enough to fool the sensor to think im outside in full sunlight or something, cuz the "white light" in the home, menu, back, search button lights up for 1 second about, then shuts off, and dont come back on, unless i turn off the light, or hold my fingers above the top part of the screen, then it turns on, and stays on, untill i remove my hand or turn on the light, and then it shuts off after 1-2 seconds again...

Is there a way to either disable this ambient light sensor, or change its sensitivity to light... Cuz this is crazy!
[Wildfire General] argeoff:
Is it supposed to do that ? I think it's broken.

I have no such problem with my phone.
[Wildfire General] sQeeZ:
Go to Menu -> Settings -> Display -> Brightness -> uncheck the automatic brightness! this should fix your problem!
[Wildfire General] theorion:
I dont think its actually broken though... I just realised that my HTC Desire is acting the same after the latest update, well, maybe the wildfire is just a tad more sensitive.. But if i fx just have one of the lamps on, then it activates after 1 second... :| Stupid sensitivity!!