[3-9-09] KK's Loaded ROM v1.8 Sprint and Others [OS 5.2.21015 Build 21015] [UC]

[chadman]

Well my phone is only a few days old and I seem to really like this ROM. I was using a Mogul this last year with a ROM I build with the PPCKitchen. I started to use some of the available kitchens for my new phone, but could never come close to anything like this! Nice to have someone do all the work for me Thanks for the great work!!!!

Anyway something I noticed about the battery life on my phone with this ROM and others I have tried. I have been monitoring “Battery Monitor” and notice the discharge rate and when it changes. At home or where I have a great signal I seem to get ~57ma discharge almost all the time. I work in a building where I am lucky to get 1 bar signal strength at my desk and many places in the building do not get any signal. When I sit at my desk the phone is always a little warm and using about ~375ma. It takes forever for my phone to charge at my desk with the usb cable because of the high drain. Does the phone go into a higher radio power setting when the signal strength is low? I have not looked at task mgr yet to see if anything is using high cpu at this time, but will check that out next week at work.

Anyway, thanks for the great ROM and keep up the nice work.

Chad

[Rusty Duck]

Originally Posted by kevank

Can you guys test your battery performance with and without Exchange configured? I need to see if the data connector and/or if ActiveSync is the problem.

Kevan - Went back to V1.3 and battery life is much better. I will go back to v1.4 tonight (or v1.5 if released) to confirm the issue is still there.

I sync with an exchange server too so i will test with and without syncing with exchange. Or would you prefer not to have the server configured at all?

[housinit]

Originally Posted by tsousan

Kevan - Went back to V1.3 and battery life is much better. I will go back to v1.4 tonight (or v1.5 if released) to confirm the issue is still there.

I sync with an exchange server too so i will test with and without syncing with exchange. Or would you prefer not to have the server configured at all?

Kev,

I sync with Exchange also. I am using 1.4 right now and do not have issues with battery life because of it. So I don't think that is an issue. Who knows though. My discharge rate is 93mA with Exchange up and running with direct push on. It jumps back and forth from 93mA to 54mA and then up to 195mA, but its mostly sitting at 93mA with the backlight on.

--housinit

[GoodGets]

Anyway we can get a teaser of 1.5? Like what's gonna be included/changed? just a super quick summery, or what you're thinking

In Mighty's new rom (v4.9.4) he touts a lot of improvements. Specifically:
[ # ] Complete Manila Overhaul By Lil Rico!
[ # ] Manila CFC Patched (Improves Manila Speed + Reduces Files By 6MB)

And in his 4.9.3 he said
[ # ] Massive OS Speed Improvements


Just wondering if you knew what those are? and if they are needed? Don't know if they are, or can be applied, since he is using a different version of tf3d.
A lot of the "new" things he's including in his rom were things you already had (people tab, black s2a, etc). I'll look more into those things that I listed in white above, but didn't know if you already had em, or knew about them, (or if they even mattered) since his 4.9.4 was just put up today. I was just wondering.

As always, keep up the great work.

[kevank]

v1.5 is up. Link is in the first post.

[+] Upgrade Google Maps to 3.0.0.2
[+] Show more of the email messages in TF3D
[+] Move alarm idicator to the top curtain on TF3D home screen.
[+] Added TF3D HD People Tab
[+] Removed duplicate Camera and Calc Icons (There are 2 calc icons. Pointing to differnt calcs)
[+] Wolf Translator
[+] Mobile Manager for Netflix
[+] GPS Tweaks (Eliminates some of the GPS lag)
[+] Upgrade to MS Live Search 4.1.2029.1
[+] Move Opera from a cab to and OEM. This will speed up customizations.
[+] HTC Weather Master
[+] FootPrints Update
[+] SecondToday (Is not configured just available.)
[+] OZ IM
[+] Pocket Video Poker
[ ] Fix the ability to open .txt files from main storage. (Please test this.)
[ ] Fix the fact that T9 Keeps turning off
[ ] Changed some more color from Green to Grey.

Tried the IPC Clock and did not like how it interacts with TF3D. I will keep looking at it for the future.
Items still need work: Facebook Application (Any suggestions?), Smooth HTC Volume Control (Link?), States CallerID and Updated Sprint Navigation (link?).

[jwinvest]

Originally Posted by jwinvest

Will do, I will have to let you know on Sunday how it went with exchange disabled. I will do a hard reset and not set up active sync with exchange server. Maybe I will get my first thanks.

Thanks,

Justin

Hi Kevan,

I did a hard reset and did not setup exchange or my personal email and my battery lasted all day which is amazing. I will setup my personal email tomorrow and see how long the battery lasts. If it still lasts all day long we know that for me anyway exchange is affecting my battery. I don't want to jump the gun, but if it is indeed exchange, how do we change the settings for exchange?

Thanks,

Justin

[kevank]

Originally Posted by jwinvest

Hi Kevan,

I did a hard reset and did not setup exchange or my personal email and my battery lasted all day which is amazing. I will setup my personal email tomorrow and see how long the battery lasts. If it still lasts all day long we know that for me anyway exchange is affecting my battery. I don't want to jump the gun, but if it is indeed exchange, how do we change the settings for exchange?

We will have to dig in and see what it happening. I sync with exchange at work and I don't have an issue. It sounds like ActiveSync is keeping the data connection open...

[GoodGets]

Originally Posted by GoodGets

Anyway we can get a teaser of 1.5? Like what's gonna be included/changed? just a super quick summery, or what you're thinking

Originally Posted by kevank

v1.5 is up. Link is in the first post.

[+] Upgrade Google Maps to 3.0.0.2
[+] Show more of the email messages in TF3D
[+] Move alarm idicator to the top curtain on TF3D home screen.
[+] Added TF3D HD People Tab
[+] Removed duplicate Camera and Calc Icons (There are 2 calc icons. Pointing to differnt calcs)
[+] Wolf Translator
[+] Mobile Manager for Netflix
[+] GPS Tweaks (Eliminates some of the GPS lag)
[+] Upgrade to MS Live Search 4.1.2029.1
[+] Move Opera from a cab to and OEM. This will speed up customizations.
[+] HTC Weather Master
[+] FootPrints Update
[+] SecondToday (Is not configured just available.)
[+] OZ IM
[+] Pocket Video Poker
[ ] Fix the ability to open .txt files from main storage. (Please test this.)
[ ] Fix the fact that T9 Keeps turning off
[ ] Changed some more color from Green to Grey.

Tried the IPC Clock and did not like how it interacts with TF3D. I will keep looking at it for the future.
Items still need work: Facebook Application (Any suggestions?), Smooth HTC Volume Control (Link?), States CallerID and Updated Sprint Navigation (link?).

I ask for a teaser and I get a whole new version, lol. That's what I like about you, keep up the great work (but not quite as fast, i'm sick of flashing every other day Actually, I don't mind as long as you know your hard work it greatly apprecited.)

[kevank]

Originally Posted by GoodGets

I(but not quite as fast, i'm sick of flashing every other day

We went 4 days bettween 1.4 and 1.5...

[copland]

downloading 1.5 right now to see if I still have a power leak. With 1.4 battery monitor was showing a discharge of 170 - 200mA with only exchange and push running. After a hard reset and reconfiguring exchange, that dropped to a steady state around 56 with spikes into the 150 range. With both, task mamager only showed that active sync was running, so I think you might be on the right track that in some cases, activesync is not releasing the connection properly.

Other than this issue on 1.4, I've been overly impressed with your roms and have flashed 4 versions of them in the 1 week I've had my phone. Keep up the great work!