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Root Peter Alfonso Gingerbread 2.3.2 ROM

Should this rom auto restore all my apps?

After I install and sign in to Google, all of my apps start downloading from the market. My friend installed this rom and didn't have this happen.

I wiped data and cache, deleted all backups in rom manager, deleted all backed up info in Titanium, and tried installing again, and same thing happened. I wanted a clean install so I could start fresh.

Coming from BB.5 BTW
 
AJ7187 said:
Ready to try out the latest gpa12 but reading a lot of talk about bugs and lag...looking for comments from those who have used it for at least a day and tried other kernels if issues...should I make the switch from bugless beast?
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Buggy: 3G return after calls issue. Proximity sensor issues. First seconds of incoming call go through speakerphone with no way to turn off which is annoying in public. Laggy: very much so after a day or so of use. I switched kernels without any improvement.

Switch from BB? No.
 
AJ7187 said:
Ready to try out the latest gpa12 but reading a lot of talk about bugs and lag...looking for comments from those who have used it for at least a day and tried other kernels if issues...should I make the switch from bugless beast?
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I have been using it since the day it was released as a daily driver with no problems. It works better IMHO than when Verizon released stock froyo. That said if you use it you will probably have to flash a 1ghz kernel as the stock kernel is not fast enough. It does lag a bit and struggle at only 800 but that is more to do with GB needing a minimum of 800. At 1ghz it is smoother and lag free for me. I was running the LV 1ghz Slayher but switched to Pete's 1ghz kernel because it runs smoother and cooler on my phone.

Different ROMs run diffderently on every phone so I would say give it a try.
 
skilaufen said:
Different ROMs run diffderently on every phone so I would say give it a try.
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Agree 100% with this comment. I tried it, was buggy for me, so went back to BB. Others it works like a charm. The beauty of rooting/flashing is the ability to try things!
 
I used GPA10, 11, and 12. All seemed to suffer various degrees of slow return to Home Screen when using LauncherPro or GO Launcher EX. This happened regardless of which kernel I used.

I noticed numerous other bits of odd behavior along the way including market downloads that seemed to start but not finish, problems getting the The Weather Channel App to accept a location setting, the odd force close in the FOX NEWS app (and others), but when the DROID locked up completely with GPA12 and I had to power cycle it in order to get going again, I decided to try a different ROM. (UD 3.0.1)

I had about the same results with UD, only a few more bugs, so I did not run it very long (less than a day.)

I have switched back to BB 6.2 which as we all know is a very smooth and fast build, especially with a Chevy kernel.

I am looking forward (patiently) to an equally good GB build of BB, but until then I am delighted to stay where I am. After all, the point of rooting and ROMing is to have a great and usable DROID, not to just test software, although I am happy to help when it looks like there is a benefit in the end.

The good news is that I have honed and tested all the backup and recovery stuff to the point where it is easy to switch ROMs and not have to spend a lot of time re-customizing my DROID setup. :)
 
Hi guys. I recently (yesterday) rooted and updated my kernels (1 GHz using PA). I love root access, and I'm loving this ROM! Feels like I've got a brand new phone, and it's a lot fun navigating around seeing what's new. My question is as he updates this ROM will I always have to wipe and re load all my contacts/apps back onto my phone?
 
melantus said:
Hi guys. I recently (yesterday) rooted and updated my kernels (1 GHz using PA). I love root access, and I'm loving this ROM! Feels like I've got a brand new phone, and it's a lot fun navigating around seeing what's new. My question is as he updates this ROM will I always have to wipe and re load all my contacts/apps back onto my phone?
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No you won't always have to wipe. Going from GPA10 to 11 to 12 did not require a wipe but going from the Froyo Bugless Beast to the GB GPA did require a wipe. Anytime you switch to different ROMs like going from GPA to UD you need to do a wipe. Most every dev will post if you need to wipe when updating to a new revision of a specific ROM.

That said always do a backup of your current working ROM before flashing anything new whether you wipe data/cache or not. Also back up your ROM before flashing a different kernel.

Glad your enjoying your new ROMs :)
 
My phone has been making me rage hard on it since I put GPA12 on it. It's constantly becoming unresponsive and in the past few days and I've seen several random hard reboots (not just soft reboots where it shows the boot animation and it's back up in 15 secs, all the way back to the Moto logo). On top of that, I've been having absolutely horrible battery life. I would just put my phone in my pocket at 100%, pull it out like 30 mins later and it'll be at like 40% :eek:. I'll sit it down after that and like 10 mins later I'll hear the 15% alarm. Come to find out, there's some process in the background that's using 100% of my CPU constantly. Using the app "OS Monitor", I can see it's the process called "Search Applications Provider". Google hasn't been able to tell me what this is or how to stop it. I had some of these issues before GPA12, but not nearly as often or as bad. I think I'm going to give SS 5.0 a second chance now. If that doesn't work out, then it's back to Froyo. If I'm still not happy with that, then I'm going to get a friggin Thunderbolt here soon :mad:.
 
I haven't had any of those issues with GPA12, and this ROM is my daily driver. I'm also over clocked using his kernels, and don't have any issues with battery life. Sorry hear that, but I don't think the issues your having has anything to do with this ROM. Especially since I did a lot research before I flashed this ROM, and haven't heard any complaints like yours.
 
I beg to differ.

There are too many factors that are involved that will cause issues like this - a person's phone usage habits, the apps they have, the widgets they use, the settings, etc.

Then there is the ROM setup method used - restore from backup versus manually set everything up.

Then there is location - are you in an urban area with lots of cell traffic, or rural and lots of distance to a tower?

Finally, there is the fact that not all DROIDs are the same, even disregarding all the above-mentioned.

Some DROIDs like one ROM over another, whether it be because of hardware issues (or lack of issues) or whether it be because of a combination of issues above plus hardware, or whether it be because of even more factors, like Pete's being a vanilla GB ROM, which will have a bit more bloat and a bit less optimization than other ROMs being produced.

So, yes, it can very well be the ROM that is contributing to the problem.

After I rooted and I became an App Hoar, I found that stock ROms did not play nice with my phone at all. If I was not at leat OCd to 800 MHz (from 550 in the days of Eclair, and 1000 since) my phone lagged. Badly. I had this exact experience with Pete's more than a couple of times - OC'd it worked well enough, but it still never attained the level of superlative experiences I had with other ROMs.

At one point I had over 140 apps installed an was running a bare 15 MB free on my phone at any given moment. You put that into a GB ROM and I' be losing connections left and right as GB would start aggressively killing apps here and there, as it is wont to do, and I'd be in the same boat as him.

Pete is a fabulous dev, no unkind words toward him whatsoever - bu my DROID just doesn't like his ROMs with my habits and settings and such.

To each their own.
 
Well come to find out, it actually wasn't the ROMs fault for the issues I had above. Right after I posted that, I saw an update for my launcher (Go Launcher EX) that solved those exact issues I was having in the changelog (affected the Droid phones only apparently). Then I remembered that the last time it updated was right after I applied the GPA12 update. So it lead me to believe it was the ROM update and not the launcher/app update. So now that that's fixed, I've been going all day today with now issues and good battery life again :). Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself too, heh.
 
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