agentc13
Daleks Über Alles
http://androidforums.com/introductions/394907-kill-apps.html#post3073253
Android uses RAM differently than most other OS's do. Having stuff cached isn't bad, and it actually helps you multitask better.
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Root [ROM] CM7 TG-Reloaded (Final: 03-25)
- Thread starter Whyzor
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http://androidforums.com/introductions/394907-kill-apps.html#post3073253
Android uses RAM differently than most other OS's do. Having stuff cached isn't bad, and it actually helps you multitask better.
RedAnt
Well-Known Member
After doing my 75 hour off power battery test on TG 0.8 + TheOC I wanted to try out Whyzor's work.
Alternate Launchers
The 1/7 version of this ROM was an interesting diversion for me, since I hadn't looked at any other Android Launchers. After a lot of playing with things I was able to get the ADW Launcher (shipped with Reloaded) to a setup that I like. My favorite feature is the ability to control the bottom shelf apps (persistent across all screens). It was also nice to remove the extra home screens I do not use. There are a lot of interesting themes, but without complete icon support (for all the apps I use) most themes are not capable of reaching their full affect.
Once getting ADW working I decided to take a look at GO Launcher EX. Previously I really liked the GO SMS Pro texting app, but found their GO Keyboard to look a lot better than it worked (I found SwiftKey X to be far superior as an input device). GO Launcher EX was a little easier to setup than ADW. To me the GO Launcher EX to looks and performs slightly nicer than ADW. It also has a user changeable shelf area, and without the odd two part scrolling stuff that ADW added to the mix.
Battery drain with 1/7 around 7p/h
The only problem I had with 1/7 during one week of use, was my battery draining about 2-3 times the rate it was (vs TG ROM and effectively the same TheOC kernel). However I changed a lot, including my use of the GO Luancher EX, I couldn't be sure the GO Launcher was not the cause.
Well I over-layed the 1/14 zip yesterday evening. My drain rate is still being reported very high, at 7.7p/h, but the battery percentage is definitely not draining at that rate. I suspect this is just some left over data that I was not able to clear. I will not know for sure for a day or two, but first impressions are that the 1/14 ROM is kinder to my battery.
I have had not experienced any other issues with 1/7 or 1/14 for normal everyday use. No lockups or functional problems (SmartAssV2 61Mhz-1Ghz).
GPS, as good as it gets
I just did a quick GPS test from my home office window. First lock (I hadn't used the GPS in weeks) was the painful multi-minute complaint generating event common to the MT hardware. Without turning OFF the GPS, but leaving the APP, a second fix (only a few minutes later) was only 4seconds. I turned off the GPS, and tried the test again a few minutes later, and it took 11sec. Given our seemingly bad hardware, this ROM seems as good as anything else I've tried.
My favorite part is that all the CM7 based ROMs allow us to try them without having to restore all our user data. I would love to try out the ICS skinned ROM, that I might play with the HDMI output, but I've become accustom to the nice features of CM7, especially the battery life.
Thanks Whyzor for all your hard work!
Alternate Launchers
The 1/7 version of this ROM was an interesting diversion for me, since I hadn't looked at any other Android Launchers. After a lot of playing with things I was able to get the ADW Launcher (shipped with Reloaded) to a setup that I like. My favorite feature is the ability to control the bottom shelf apps (persistent across all screens). It was also nice to remove the extra home screens I do not use. There are a lot of interesting themes, but without complete icon support (for all the apps I use) most themes are not capable of reaching their full affect.
Once getting ADW working I decided to take a look at GO Launcher EX. Previously I really liked the GO SMS Pro texting app, but found their GO Keyboard to look a lot better than it worked (I found SwiftKey X to be far superior as an input device). GO Launcher EX was a little easier to setup than ADW. To me the GO Launcher EX to looks and performs slightly nicer than ADW. It also has a user changeable shelf area, and without the odd two part scrolling stuff that ADW added to the mix.
Battery drain with 1/7 around 7p/h
The only problem I had with 1/7 during one week of use, was my battery draining about 2-3 times the rate it was (vs TG ROM and effectively the same TheOC kernel). However I changed a lot, including my use of the GO Luancher EX, I couldn't be sure the GO Launcher was not the cause.
Well I over-layed the 1/14 zip yesterday evening. My drain rate is still being reported very high, at 7.7p/h, but the battery percentage is definitely not draining at that rate. I suspect this is just some left over data that I was not able to clear. I will not know for sure for a day or two, but first impressions are that the 1/14 ROM is kinder to my battery.
I have had not experienced any other issues with 1/7 or 1/14 for normal everyday use. No lockups or functional problems (SmartAssV2 61Mhz-1Ghz).
GPS, as good as it gets
I just did a quick GPS test from my home office window. First lock (I hadn't used the GPS in weeks) was the painful multi-minute complaint generating event common to the MT hardware. Without turning OFF the GPS, but leaving the APP, a second fix (only a few minutes later) was only 4seconds. I turned off the GPS, and tried the test again a few minutes later, and it took 11sec. Given our seemingly bad hardware, this ROM seems as good as anything else I've tried.
My favorite part is that all the CM7 based ROMs allow us to try them without having to restore all our user data. I would love to try out the ICS skinned ROM, that I might play with the HDMI output, but I've become accustom to the nice features of CM7, especially the battery life.
Thanks Whyzor for all your hard work!
frdmspoplr
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the link. I usually let the system handle every thing, but quite often apps that I don't use very much (but are too important/wanted to uninstall) are cached, while resource-heavy apps I use multiple times a day get killed when I try to multitask because the cache is full of all these other apps.
agentc13
Daleks Über Alles
frdmspoplr
Well-Known Member
Often its a game or miscellaneous app i don't use much. Maps and Gmail always start on boot, and I only use Maps if I need GPS, and I almost exclusively use Yahoo mail, so I'm not sure what activities those would be necessary for.
frdmspoplr
Well-Known Member
If you're not aware, there is are some nice ICS themes for CM7 and ADW/Go Launcher. I'm currently using the ICS theme for CM7/ADW and other than the fact that I'm not actually running ICS, I feel like I am :-D
Also, I'd highly recommend the ICS theme for Go SMS. It's awesome.
Mobstergunz
Android Expert
whats the new ringlock feature?
source - [CM7.1 LOCK] Ice Cream Sandwich Ring Lock MOD [12/10/11] - xda-developers
This ROM is amazing. I am so happy with CM7-reloaded. Very nice.
This newest mod 01-14 seems to have introduced a couple little oddities. Sometimes it takes a couple of clicks of the power button for it to come on. Sometimes the resistive keys at the bottom will light up but the screen will not come on. I turn it "off" again and then back on and it all works.
Only other thing in this new mod is the screen seems just a little less responsive. Hard to quantify or measure but touching buttons on the screen seems just a little laggy.
But, the battery life on my phone is great now. I have it on wifi and am dropping only about 6% per hour or so. Feels good compared to normal.
Thank you all so much for working on this. Please keep up the good work.
This newest mod 01-14 seems to have introduced a couple little oddities. Sometimes it takes a couple of clicks of the power button for it to come on. Sometimes the resistive keys at the bottom will light up but the screen will not come on. I turn it "off" again and then back on and it all works.
Only other thing in this new mod is the screen seems just a little less responsive. Hard to quantify or measure but touching buttons on the screen seems just a little laggy.
But, the battery life on my phone is great now. I have it on wifi and am dropping only about 6% per hour or so. Feels good compared to normal.
Thank you all so much for working on this. Please keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for all the hard work. If it was not for you I would have returned my phone. I use BT a lot and hope this will keep it from loosing connection. I am going to install this ROM in a few minutes and will LYK how she is running. Once again, thank you so much and keep up the great work. BTW, I hate that Virgin mobile lady screaming her lungs out LOL, it will be nice to see her go away once I flash this ROM 
Whyzor
Android Expert
Both Isaac & Tickerguy have looked into HDMI problem and haven't fixed it yet (& they know their way around the source code better than me). So I would say the probability is pretty low. CM9/ICS may have a higher chance since it has a generic HDMI support feature.
Yes, NOT having a wifi hotspot to connect to and searching will drain it pretty quickly.
Chairshot215
Android Expert
Just wanted to say, as far as hotspots goes. My Kindle fire has been. Basically married to my Triumph for weeks now without any issue.
I'd also recommend the ICS launcher (just search the market for it) it's fairly simple and doesn't kill my RAM like other launchers seem to do. I like it a lot.
This bad boy works my man, keep up the great work. I use BT all the time and no other ROM could make it stick. My BT is keeping perfect connection and the GPS locked without any glitch at all. Thank you again so much for all the hard work, I can now keep my MT LOL. Have a great day and keep it up...
tlopez1973
Well-Known Member
put in data folder it has (simple mobile) already change to what ever you want
hotalings
Android Enthusiast
ahhhhh hahahahahaha.
hotalings
Android Enthusiast
hey guys heres my phone running this rom!
for those of you who what to make your screenshots the way i did, download THIS then use a photo editor to place your screenshot within the transparent area of the screen.
Bloop lol I thought that maybe it was a pic of your surprise ROM lol