I reformatted my sd card becauce I jumped around so many roms that I wanted to get any crap off that may be there.
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Root condemned cm7
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I reformatted my sd card becauce I jumped around so many roms that I wanted to get any crap off that may be there.
It could be that the launcher is crashing or something. Are you running ADW or LP? Do you have settings->cyanogenmod settings->performance->lock home in memory set?
What do you think of Green Power? I tried JuiceDefender on xtrSENSE this week, and found that things got laggy when I powered on. I may try JD on this, just for the heck of it, but was wondering about Green Power.
(By the way, you may want to try running without Green Power to see if it fixes your problem above...)
The major benefit - I think - is that it clears out the .android_secure folder. This is the location that Froyo and GB uses for apps2sd, and the thought is that it gets corrupted and may affect performance.
knitpurlgurl
Android Enthusiast
I'm using ADW. I didn't have Lock Home in Memory enabled, I just now switched that.
I like it. It does help a little. I haven't found any lagginess.
I may try this. However, I didn't have this prob with v5 while running Green Power.
I'm still hesitant to repartition because I've heard it can cause performance issues. I manually delete the .android_secure folder via USB before flashing any new ROM.
You definitely don't want to partition - just format. That said, you are probably all set. There is a chance that apps store data on your SD card that could be corrupted, I suppose, but that would be the only other benefit. You'd obviously want to save all of your Nandroids, your Titanium Backup folder if you use that, and your DCIM folder for photos, plus any media (music, wallpaper, ringtones, etc.) before you formatted, to copy back later.
Ok, weird thing just happened. I received a call just now from a number not in my contacts list, and the phone just sat there, never showing the lockscreen for the received call. When I manually powered on it went to the normal lockscreen, then it flashed briefly to the number calling - less than a quarter second - before the call stopped.
scotty85
Extreme Android User
I haven't used juice defender,or any other task killer or auto killer with any 2.3 rom. GB is so much smarter and better at killing background apps than froyo I haven't found any need to. I keep a shortcut to "running services" on my homescreen,and therrs hardly anything ever runnning when I check it. On 2.2 roms there will be a bunch of stuff. The phones radio is what sucks down the battery. My Eris will stay on for 3 days with moderate use on wifi 
this is the same battery that wouldn't get me thru a whole day when it was an active phone.
this is the same battery that wouldn't get me thru a whole day when it was an active phone.
Hey CS where art thou? You cookin sumpton up.
I haven't used juice defender,or any other task killer or auto killer with any 2.3 rom. GB is so much smarter and better at killing background apps than froyo I haven't found any need to. I keep a shortcut to "running services" on my homescreen,and therrs hardly anything ever runnning when I check it. On 2.2 roms there will be a bunch of stuff. The phones radio is what sucks down the battery. My Eris will stay on for 3 days with moderate use on wifi
Juice Defender and Green Power are not task killers - they are basically radio managers. This is a simplified explanation of what they can do, but, by default, JuiceDefender will shut off your data connection and WiFi for 15 minutes, then turn them on to let and data synchronizations to complete, then turn them off again. It can also use location services to figure out where you have active WiFi connections and keep the radio turned off when you are not in range. I just found it laggy on xtrSENSE because when you power on with the radios off, it wil turn them on as the display lights, and I think that takes up a lot of CPU while WiFi reconnects, etc.
Cool products.
As some of you know, I've been a big fan of GingerShedBread up to this point (though frustrated at times with its little quirks). I've noticed a lot of activity over here recently and I was hoping someone could give a good summary of the differences between this and GSB (I don't have time to read all the pages to catch up right now).
Do you guys like this one more? I'm wondering why someone might want to make the transition.
Thanks.
Do you guys like this one more? I'm wondering why someone might want to make the transition.
Thanks.
scotty85
Extreme Android User
for me its just the lack of lag. this is by far the smoothest rom ive run on my eris. plus its pretty cool that the developer actually posts in the thread and answers our questions and concerns directly
unless you chose the ghost rider edition,you wont notice much of a difference in the UI,or the way it looks once youve got everything set with your walpapers and launcher of choice. its just smooth,fast,and it works
dont get me wrong,i have alot of respect and appreciation for workshed and i liked GSB alot as well. give it a try... youre a nandroid away from where you are if you dont like it for some reason
scotty85
Extreme Android User
ooooh,gotcha. ive never heard of green power,and i could have sworn juice defender was basically another form of task manager,but obviously its been awhile since i looked at it or read anything about it. sounds interesting
From a performance point of view, there is nothing different. There are really only two things different of note:
- I do not get "insufficient space" errors in the market
- it uses ADW as the default launcher. In that respect, this ROM is more pure CyanogenMod. (You can always install LP from the market.)
That's it.
CondemnedSoul
Android Enthusiast
Hey CS where art thou? You cookin sumpton up.
I will be... had a wedding yesterday so been a little busy but hope to be trying to finish up GRE soon. The framework hasn't been fully cooperative on V6 making the GRE version of it. Keeps giving me bootloops or FC's lol. I think I know why though so I should have it soon.
CondemnedSoul
Android Enthusiast
If you're coming from GSB you can probably get away with not touching anything on the SD Card before flashing but it wouldn't hurt to delete the android secure folder. Some have been fine without deleting it but I would still suggest doing so. It's up to you
. If you flash it without doing so and have market issues you might want to try redoing it and deleting the folder is all. As far as C2C goes.. I've not heard of it causing any issues at all. I used it for the first couple of releases but have not used it since V3. I did find though that I thought I was better to set up everything and then after the initial sync going back and flashing C2C seemed to make things go a little smoother instead of flashing it with the rom and gapps. I believe I've also read some other people thinking it worked better that way as well.
If you're coming from GSB you can probably get away with not touching anything on the SD Card before flashing but it wouldn't hurt to delete the android secure folder. Some have been fine without deleting it but I would still suggest doing so. It's up to you
I don't use c2c and have never deleted android secure folder.
What are the major changes between v3 and v6. I may go back to v3. That version ran so fast I thought I'd have to chain it down. And it will handle 787mhz without skipping a beat.
scotty85
Extreme Android User
i havent used cache to cache in awhile,either. i deleted the android_secure folder when i first flashed it,but havent since. its easy enuff to,however,so id suggest doing it.
also im happy to report that i was able to flash v6 the "normal" way
(rom+gapps at the same time) i have not had any market or app install errors.
what are ya cookin up,CS? sumpin cool? give us a hint
also im happy to report that i was able to flash v6 the "normal" way
(rom+gapps at the same time) i have not had any market or app install errors.what are ya cookin up,CS? sumpin cool? give us a hint
CondemnedSoul
Android Enthusiast
What are the major changes between v3 and v6. I may go back to v3. That version ran so fast I thought I'd have to chain it down. And it will handle 787mhz without skipping a beat.
The baiggest difference is the nightlies and V3 is CM7 where V6 is CM7.1 other than that there isn't anything major that I've done different besides some build prop changes but you should be able to use that test prop on V3 as well. V6 basically has that prop in it with a couple small adjustments.
i havent used cache to cache in awhile,either. i deleted the android_secure folder when i first flashed it,but havent since. its easy enuff to,however,so id suggest doing it.
also im happy to report that i was able to flash v6 the "normal" way
what are ya cookin up,CS? sumpin cool? give us a hint
Once I get V6 themed to GRE I'm going to start testing my CM7 Condemned and Stripped Rom and see how it looks. I think theres still a few things I can still take out of it yet too
It's the spot where apps are stored when you use apps2sd on Froyo and GB.
I know that you guys don't love it, but one huge advantage to Clockwork is that when you wipe data, it also wipes .android_secure. You can always start in Clockwork from ROM Manager, do the data wipes, then restart Amon_RA recovery if you wish. Oh, also the Nandroid backup and restore does the .android_secure folder. As long as you are careful to check MD5 hashes of ROM downloads, Clockwork is just fine if you use it from ROM Manager on the phone (which installs Clockwork by creating an update.zip file on your SD card, which you can flash from Amon_RA to start Clockwork manually.)
I have used cache2cache on every version of this ROM that I have tried and it works perfectly - though I always flash it after I do the initial setup and before I reinstall most of my apps. It's probably fine to flash right after flashing gapps and before the first restart, though.
CondemnedSoul
Android Enthusiast
It came about with froyo and its actually where your apps that you move to the SD card get stored. However, it seems to cause some issues with the market even if you don't use a2sd.
Once I get V6 themed to GRE I'm going to start testing my CM7 Condemned and Stripped Rom and see how it looks. I think theres still a few things I can still take out of it yet too
Before I do anything then I might wait for your trimmed down version. I just know that with v3 (with my phone anyway) my phone was smokin. There was no hesitation at all with anything. I would be glad to help you test something. I have a spare phone I use for that very purpose.
scotty85
Extreme Android User
if a person wants to use clockwork,there is a setting to toggle signiture verification on. tho i still prolly wouldnt reccomend using it
its not hard to toggle usb on in Amon_Ra and delete on the pc, or to simply navigate to android_secure with a file manager and delete prior to powering off to boot into recovery.if for some reaosn you do want to use clockwork,id toggle the sig verification on,and make sure to follow doogalds advice about verifying md5 hashes. if you dont know what these are,just dont use clockwork
if you do try and it and want to go back to Amon,its easy to do so simply by deleting the aforementioned "update.zip" file from your SD card. you wont have to reflash your recovery,re-root,or anything complex,just delete the file
also be aware that there is not a "tracball optional" version of clockwork 2.5.0.7.
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after re-reading your post,i have a question about this:
i know how to flash clockwork from rom manager. after that ,when you power of and enter recovery,or "boot into recovery for manual management" from rom manager,youre now in clockwork so you can use it to do wipes.
at this point,how do you restart Amons without deleteing the update.zip file?
scotty85
Extreme Android User
Once I get V6 themed to GRE I'm going to start testing my CM7 Condemned and Stripped Rom and see how it looks. I think theres still a few things I can still take out of it yet too
awsome! im defiantely lookin forward to that.