yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xoom Themes and Apps] corenojoe:
seems like there are tons of requests, but if you get a chance I would really appreciate a Cleveland Browns one. thank you.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kanly23:
miami dolphins please
[Xoom Themes and Apps] dubsjw27:
Hey all...I am obviously behind. I haven't forgotten about this thread though...will try to get these done in the next week or so.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Wapples:
I would love a Minnesota Vikings one, from 1998 (with AP and Percy Harvin included). That would be epic.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] hammer4203:
Auburn Tigers!!!!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] cdw9800:
if you can can you do one for the Oakland RAIDERS!!!!
[Vibrant Accessories] mbanken:
I have official froyo 2.2 running the Samsung Vibrant 2 app. I just recieved the OEM windsheild car dock and I cannot get the audio to work thru the dock. From what I have read, some have gotten it to work successfully. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance!

Matt
[Vibrant Accessories] xcaliburinhand:
On the Captivate side of the fence, the car home app has a button to mute the phones speaker and use the dock audio out jack.

I believe the vibrant car home app has the same button (looks like a speaker) you have to hit it until it looks muted.

I also created an app that automatically redirects to the docks output when you insert the phone into the dock. This is useful if you don't feel like dealing with the Car Home app.

-x
[Vibrant Accessories] mbanken:
That did it! Thank you for the reply!
[Galaxy Tab General] thuanvinhny:
the UK tech support told me that it is nothing to do with the Band Frequencies in the US ?...it is the package coding differently......?

The rest of the world is using GSM...... ? While the US using multiple coding encryption......?

So nothing to do with the Band Frequencies ????? but the CODING itself ???? WTF ??? and regrettably the Tab isn't capable of it......in the US........

So basically they are saying this phone is GSM only.....not UMTS....
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
Whatever you've been told, it's a load of confused nonsense!

T-Mobile and AT&T in the US are GSM networks supporting UMTS. The technology is *exactly* the same as any other GSM network outside the US, but does use different frequencies for 3G. So, it *is* the frequencies that are the problem when it comes to Euro Tabs on T-Mobile.

Verizon and Sprint use CDMA technologies, which stands for Code-Division Multiple Access, and is completely incompatible with GSM.

Regards,

Dave
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
[Q] does anyone know if apex1.4.1 supports the "real hdmi" app? Before I purchase it id like to know cause im not about to give up this rom... I've heard it works with blur gallery but id like to stream jtv and what not to the television.
[Droid X General] DroidTh3ory:
I use it all the time. No issues.
[Droid X General] chaz03:
Yeah but are you able to have full HDMI capabilities, such as viewing your homescreen in like landscape mode. Thats what I'm trying to figure out. Im on Apex 1.4.1 as well and can only view images/video with the blur gallery. As soon as i click out, the screen goes blank.
[Droid X General] btucker2003:
real HDMI will mirror your screen on the X to the TV... its all good!
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
Thanks guys ordered my hdmi cable today and will order real hdmi as soon as I get it
[Droid X General] marculous:
Real hdmi does work on apex 1.4.1, but I can't get full screen like video player. additionally today I discovered that the video player for apex plays divx avi full screen on my tv. Just like movies app does mp4. It was awesome.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ph33zy:
Basically looking for something like Myns Warm Z but with a stock rosie....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesyNutz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=959235
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Themes and apps can help.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Hatef.PR:
Hi

could you tell me how to flash the win phone 7 devices?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Assassin5150:
Are you trying to flash an offical rom? Hold the volume- down and power on the device a multi colored screen should come up. connect the usb and run the RUU.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ulbonado:
Hi All,

I notice that several of the custom ROMs list among their included features "wifi battery drain fix". Can anyone tell me more about what this actually is/does? I recently put the stock 2.2 on my Captivate, and the battery seems to drain quicker than it did before. I'm wondering if there's some known problem here, but I've searched and can't find anything other than this small mention without explanation in the feature lists of certain ROMs.

Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonieryan:
I think it's a wifi sleep policy but I'm not certain. Would like to know the same as well.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrGoodspeed:
the battery drain fix means that the wifi firmware version in the 2.2.1 roms was replaced by the JPA firmware. this is because the JPY version seems to use more power. idk if KB1 for the captivate has this issue tho
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ulbonado:
Thanks Doc, that's good to know.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Test # 1 Video Streaming Over WiFi

ROMS Tested So Far:

Continuum

Serendipity

Precision

Firefly

Cognition

Phoenix

Paragon

Twingerbread

Supernova

Darky's

di11igaf

Dragon

Andromeda

**DISCLAIMER**

Keep in mind that results will vary for each phone and just because I get a certain battery life using the rom's and kernel's listed below does not necessarily mean that you will.

Tired of constantly flashing to find great battery life only to realize the rom didn't meet your expectations; then this thread is for you. Over the next few weeks I will test every rom imaginable and post real world results that will include battery stats, linpack and quadrant results.

**This is not meant to put down any particular ROM. Without our great dev community my captivate would have been returned and thank you all for your hard work.**

[Goal]

To provide the captivate community with real world results from top roms in everyday usage where battery life is the key focal point, but performance is not affected. Hopefully this will help save you time from having to flash multiple ROMS.

[Roms]

*This list will continue to grow*

Stock 2.2 kept fcing so will test it on test 2 this evening 3/28

[Usage]

Each night I will run the exact same VERY LONG documentary using VLC stream and convert and current widget.

[Specs]

*Every rom will run "out of the box" meaning Kernel, Modem, Settings all default to how it was cooked*

° Default clockspeed 1000mhz (as suggested by a smart person listed below)

° 40% Brightness/Screen Timeout Turned Off

° 100% Charge each run (0mV to make ryude get a chubby)

° Auto Sync off

° GPS off

° Zeam launcher

° VLC Steam & Convert used w/ same long documentary used each time

° Phone is placed in exact same spot every test and is unplugged as soon as I hit play

Results So Far
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Test # 2 Web Browsing

Test # 2 Web Browsing on 3g

Roms Tested So Far:

Continuum

Serendipity

Precision

Stock 2.2

Firefly

Phoenix

Paragon

Currently Running:

Twingerbread

Upcoming:

Supernova

Darky's

di11igaf

Dragon

Andromeda

Juiced

Cognition

Goal:

In previous tests I tested on wifi using a vlc stream & convert. With this way of testing I'm hoping to get more realistic real-world results that you can use as a guideline to a roms overall battery performance . Keep in mind your results may vary.

Testing:

Every night I will set tab reload to 15 seconds and it will continuously reload XDA website until the phone dies. It will be placed in the same spot in my house every night and will be ran on phone data, thank god for the unlimited plan.

Applications I will be using:

- Dolphin Browser HD

- Reload tab plug-in

- Current widget

- My Settings

[Specs]

*Every rom will run "out of the box" meaning Kernel, Modem, Settings all default to how it was cooked*

° Default clockspeed 1000mhz

° 40% Brightness/Screen Timeout Turned Off

° 100% Charge each run

° Auto Sync and GPS On (To help give near real world results)

° 3g

° Zeam launcher

° Phone is placed in exact same spot every test and is unplugged as soon as I start Reload Tab Plug-in.

**Will be running all tests on 3g as some ROMs do not have HSPDA**

Results
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Reserved for future use
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
Cool. Any chance you can add stock Froyo to the list as a reference point? It would be interesting to see how much custom rom's are improving over stock...
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Great suggestion only thing is I won't be able to undervolt so numbers will not be accurate to this testing, but I might run the best two roms after I'm done testing at there defaults against stock froyo.
[Captivate General] diablo009:
Since many users are set at the standard 1000, would you consider the testing at standard 1000 speed for a more accurate battery life any user can expect. Just a suggestion :)
[Captivate General] ryude:
Sounds like Precision should be included, with the black theme it easily gets great battery life.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Yes I listed in the specs what they will all be running at. All are uc/uv to 600mhz.
[Captivate General] Enhanced:
I have been waiting for something like this but I assume that the devs would all be up in arms if someone rated their ROMs higher/lower.

If this thread will be allowed to continue, totally looking forward to the results.

And you should totally throw Precision into the mix as it seems like the de facto battery saving ROM as it skimps on a few services.
[Captivate General] goob1284:
Personally, if I was a dev and saw that my rom wasn't too good, I would try to make something better. So who knows how it turns out. A little competition wont hurt anyone, and hopefully have better roms! Btw, good idea with this
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Just finished di11i on to paragon. The theme on di11i is very nice too almost a carbon fiber look.
[Captivate General] bravomail:
add Torch 1.5

Also try Torch 1.5. So far been outstanding in battery department.
[Captivate General] byteme2008:
I know this doesn't help as far as battery life, but just for a reference as far as stock 2.2:

1. Linpack - around the 14 mflops (sometime in the 13 range, sometimes in the 14)

2. Quadrant - 1050 or so

3. Nenamark1 - 51 fps (not sure if anyone uses that one much, but thought I would throw it in as I had it available lol)

I would estimate the battery life if I didn't use the phone at all (just left it sitting in standby) would be at 60hours plus, as I get up to around 40 with light usage on 2.2 with battery to spare (haven't run it dead yet to be honest on 2.2) Still a little early though as the phone hasn't been drained and recharged full thus far.

I just checked my phone, and I have had it on for over eight hours, and I am at 92% battery left. I have hardly used the phone today (just a few texts is all), but going on that I should get around 80 hours on a single charge if I just leave it sitting there.
[Captivate General] james.roddy:
Great idea. I'm a huge continuum fan
[Captivate General] illmatic90:
good info to know...thanks alot!
[Captivate General] Ikonomi:
This sounds like quite an undertaking. Good luck with the project. I'm looking forward to the comparisons. Thank you for your hard work to benefit Captivate owners out there.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Charge drain charge drain lol gonna get online now and buy a new battery just incase i destroy this one.
[Captivate General] stigFX:
LOcation matters

I am using JuicePlotter to monitor my battery usage closely. From what I see, different locations give dramatically different battery life. At home my battery drops 1% per hour. At work 20 miles away it drops 2% on captivate modems but 4-5% on i9000 modems. So the signal strength, cell tower type make big difference.

I have tried multiple Cog ROMs and Paragons ROMs, currently on Twingerbread 3.2. The best ROM in terms of battery life is cog 3.2 for me.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Yea but most people throughout the day are on the move and all I'm trying to achieve are results based on that. The constant will be the kernel in this test that way any thing I log can be directly attributed to the rom/modem. This by no means is the end all, but it will give the community a great idea of where each rom sits.
[Captivate General] Burstaholic:
Interesting kernel choice. I've heard Suckerpunch lauded, but that ignores the fact that most of these roms flash with a different kernel by default. Is it a better test to run them all with the same kernel, or with the one they chose?

I dunno. Might be interesting to test and formally see how much kernel choice affects things.
[Captivate General] randyyy:
Nou, nou... Darky's first :D
[Captivate General] stinkynoon:
This is an awesome thread! We rookie flashers (that sure sounds dirty out of context...) really appreciate this.
[Captivate General] mmarquis:
Oh well. I can see them from home. Must be my server at work.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Twingerbread results up :P
[Captivate General] watsa:
jeez people are reporting best battery life from the last 4 on ur list twinger, paragon, precision and continuum :D
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Well I'll be testing on data/website browsing come monday so see how they fair that way. Could also be the placebo affect. See come monday
[Captivate General] watsa:
and this will be on latest version? btw this is not the first exam where i am last :D
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Only problem testing a version newer than I've already tested won't give accurate stats comparative to originally tested rom. I'm up for whatever the majority would prefer though as either way I test won't suffice for everyone.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Also most people don't run roms "out of the box".meaning they usually swap kernels or uv/uc or flash various tweaks so that could be why as well.
[Captivate General] watsa:
agreed but the latest versions would also contain new fixes/bugs :D and it may not be right to continue reporting based on older versions
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Have 6 days left of testing so I'll have it figured out by then lol. Also taking off cm7 gb ran it this morning and it's still buggy.

Also Twingerbread I tested was 4.3 not 2.1.1 no idea why I typed that this morning, but I will fix it when I get home from work.
[Captivate General] Beny The Kid:
This seems to be extremely useful to all users. Mods, please sticky.
[Captivate General] ryude:
I still think the battery charge is varying, it's almost impossible to calibrate these batteries the same way every time.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
I'm charging going off of mV not % but I am sure it still might vary.
[Captivate General] ryude:
The battery itself has a microchip inside it that prevents overcharging. Sometimes the chip lets you charge 98% sometimes 97%, it's never the same.
[Captivate General] randyyy:
That's true, today I started with 97% after charging it all night powered off.
[Captivate General] ryude:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...eries-have-overcharge-protection-chip-inside/

Most if not all modern smartphone batteries use that now, has nothing to do with the software or kernel.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Blasphemer!:D
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
BTW, you're showing Cog 4.1.1 as having a stock kernel. This is incorrect as it is a lagfixed kernel.
[Captivate General] etewald:
I'd be interested how Juiced 1.2 stacks up. I'm running it and think it does pretty well.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Supernova results posted

Also fixed twingerbread and cognition naming errors :p
[Captivate General] diablo009:
dilli's 7.0 please
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Im curious as to where 6.2 would stack up... I'll take second place in battery and highest performance scores though. ;)

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate General] jivy26:
It will be tested when I start running a different test next week where I set browser to reload page every 15 seconds to simulate, best I can, real world use. I need to goto china and steal a robot lol.

Dilli is being tested tomorrow night
[Captivate General] etewald:
Cool. Thanks.
[Captivate General] watsa:
my quadrant scores will improve now at least lol
[Captivate General] jivy26:
These are also based on constant video streaming so I'm interested to see if there is a disperity on roms when I do a web browsing test vice constant video stream.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
When you say "video streaming" do you mean actual streaming like from YouTube or playing back a file stored on the phone? The latter is not that processor intensive, while the former can be if it has to be decoded.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Neither in the first post I lay out what I'm using, but streaming a long documentary to phone using vlc
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Again, not very descriptive. VLC is just a player. Is the file being streamed over the network/wifi or played locally? Not trying to bust your balls, just want more info on your methodology.
[Captivate General] ryude:
I believe he is streaming a file from his local server/laptop, which is being played in vlc app.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Using app called vlc stream & convert on my phone and vlc player on pc over wifi.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gmail.traveldevel.android.vlc.license
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
That would be via wifi or BT? I'm just curious because, as I said, one method is more processor intensive than another. I can play more than 6 hours of locally stored MKV movies in airplane mode and still have over 30% battery remaining because they require little CPU overhead to play. Actual streaming would be less efficient as it involves either wifi, network or BT and could also involve CPU decoding on-the-fly. Getting 5+ hours of display-on streaming in that situation would be pretty impressive.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Ok, thanks for that. Looks like the PC is doing the heavy lifting of decoding and just streaming the converted video to the phone. That would put less burden on the phone's CPU.
[Captivate General] kimchi0400:
Requesting Continuum 3.5 testing! :)
[Captivate General] sofia-captivate:
Omg this new rom I downloaded gives me 11hours 28 mins and still 42% left. Rom is called juice by bugity and I am very heavy user as some of the guys knows here lol. Give it a try fast and stable and amazing battery
[Captivate General] jetdite:
Keep up the good work man! CM7 is pretty stable now, may be you want to test it, too.
[Captivate General] sanderswm:
Would you mind testing the "Juiced" Rom? It's claim to fame is battery life, so a good comparison would be great.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Darkys results posted will test dilli tonight

Once they(cm7 gb) get out of beta I will test it but I don't want it to get terrible results because they are not finished fixing things.
[Captivate General] psycho2097:
Hmmm.....y don't u try continuum 3.5? Out has jl2 instead of jk4 and is uc/uved to 800mhz, and -100mv. It shows pretty decent battery. Just a suggestion, though I guess u r running all roms at stock 1000mhz.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
All the updated roms will be tested when I start running a different battery test.
[Captivate General] scooter14000:
New Battery Test Idea

I know we aren't all in the same boat, but for me a lot of my phones time is spent sitting at idle in my pocket or on my desk. Because of that an important thing for me to consider is how much battery my phone consumes when I'm NOT using it.

I think it would be interesting if a test was done to see how different ROMs perform at an idle state for 8 or 10 hours, then give a report on how much battery is consumed every hour.
[Captivate General] randyyy:
That's intresting method of testing.
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Once I get thru my next way of testing I may very well do that form as well. Trying to talk my wife into letting me buy an extra captivate just so i can have one for testing lol. Wish me luck
[Captivate General] randyyy:
I really apreciate your work and I also thank you a lot... good luck!
[Captivate General] scooter14000:
Good luck and thanks for taking time to do all of this!
[Captivate General] garringm:
I had thought about doing this a while back but with this being my only mode of everything I really can't, so I appreciate what is being done here, it may very well sway me towrds a new ROM since my phone is in constant use, I would like to find a good ROM that I don't have to hurry back to a charger while on the road.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
To be fair, battery life is totally subjective depending on an individual's own usage. It's good to know, from a clinical standpoint, what ROM might get better battery performance, but I wouldn't use it to determine which ROM to flash to. Along with usage, there are just too many variables with ROM performance and features to let battery life be a guiding criteria. For me, I'm on Andromeda because it just plain works. Everything is functional, including the GPS, and I have no issues with anything. That is worth a few less minutes of battery life in my book. Of course, a ROM that proves to be a battery killer might be one to be avoided, so this test does have some merit.:cool:
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Agree but if through the different ways I will be testing you see a particular rom continuously at the to and another at the bottom then if it's a 40 minute difference to some that matters alot. Either way this is by no means a compete review of the rom only battery life and performance. And is all subjective to a certain preference. I can say that going through this many roms in a short period of time I have found a favorite or two that I have preferred over the others lol.
[Captivate General] chasesavestheday:
im way late to respond to this post and im sure as i continue reading ill learn more. but what was the bug with the 3.5 jack on torch 1.5? really wont change my mind as i dont use the phone for music and have never plugged the headphones in, still stand by the fact its my favorite modified stock rom. when im sick of custom and want to go back to something stock with amazing battery and gps its my choice. i appreciate the effort man, i loved it.
[Captivate General] ryude:
Audio doesn't work when 3.5mm is plugged in. Other than that, from what I can tell the ROM functions as intended. It's either related to the kernel or maybe it relies on an apk that I removed, I never got a chance to do testing to find out which.
[Captivate General] mirotvorets:
here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12210547 i wrote some thoughts how we can compare power consumption of our devices in different state. it's very important not only for you :)
[Captivate General] jivy26:
Added di11i's results. Feels like the fastest rom i've messed with thus far and tested that way too.
[Captivate General] di11igaf:
I'll take fastest.lol
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Sorry, Jivy, but I again have to wonder about the methodology being used. We all know that there is some calibrating of the battery going on with these phones and that some ROMs (like the latest Cog 4.x) take 3 or more charge cycles to stabilize. If you're simply flashing the new ROM and then starting the tests, even with a battery that was fully charged on the last ROM, the results might be skewed somewhat. Even if you clear the battery stats each time, without that calibration info from previous chargings, these ROMs might not be reading optimal or even correct levels. Again, I'm curious to see more testing and to weigh the outcomes, but I'm just not sure of the methodology and protocols being used. It does appear, so far that you've proved one thing: ROMs designed for speed do indeed use more power.:cool: