I've been running this kernel since last night. Here's some feedback if you want it:
- Had one reset to WM this morning. I think it was when a text came in, probably RIL related.
- Keyboard backlighting seems to be perfect. Same for front 4 keys.
- Keyboard stuck key problem still occurs - happened on the very first test sentence I typed.
- This kernel is recognizing stylus events (removing / inserting stylus) which is good, but unfortunately the behavior is bad. When the stylus is removed it switches the device to landscape, and when inserted switches to portrait. Perhaps it is triggering the same routine as opening the keyboard? If removing the stylus merely turned the device on (which it already does, but it also switches to landscape) then it'd be perfect.
- Auto backlight behavior seems to be better. The screen would not brighten nearly enough on auto with FRX05, but it does with this new kernel. So that seems to be an improvement.
- Sleeping has been working good.
- Anecdotally, battery life seems to be a little less, but that is impossible to judge without actual tests.
Seeing the flashing LED really makes me wish normal LED notifications were working. Perhaps a hybrid sleep indicator / message indicator could be implemented? Like if the device is in deep sleep, then no LED is on at all. If it is trying to enter deep sleep then it flashes red. Messages would flash green.
Now for a rant. Why in the world did HTC stick a crappy bicolor LED in this phone instead of a tricolor RGB LED????? That must have saved them all of 5 cents to skimp on that. If we had an RGB LED then there would be many options available for kernel / sleep debugging because so many other colors would be available.
04-03-2011, 12:54 PM
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