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Root [ROM] MTDEV-CM7 build 2013-03-03

dsmryder said:
If it was software related then more people would have issues. When I'm in Orlando I get terrible 3g service. Outside Orlando, my area mostly, I get 3g all day long. Even with GPS running.
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I've bee getting better 3G in Orlando the last week or so.
 
Chairshot215 said:
I will take another look at the GPS, at one point we had it down to about 10/15 seconds with only modifying the gps,conf. We later added the gps libs used in Sharp and Andro-id and had it down to about 2 seconds regardless of the gps.conf so I took out a bunch of stuff from the gps.conf I had been experimenting with. Later there had been mention that it was eating up extra battery so we removed the gps libs but I did not add everything back into the gps.conf that had been there before. Did a bit of testing but could have just been a good day for gps so at the time figured they had not been needed. Have been looking at other things lately and have not used gps all that often but will add in the old gps.conf at lunch and do some more testing. Otherwise at the time it was reported I did some comparison with Stock and older versions of CM7 and did not find any difference in battery use. Navigation eats up the battery in general. Best thing to do to conserve power is what is mentioned above and turn of the screen if only listening to directions. Would recommend a car charger for anyone who uses Navigation frequently.
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I was doing some research and something that stood out to me was a comment about having the right APNs for AGPS. I was thinking that maybe with all the work you put in that, that may be something that was overlooked. As I was looking at the device files I saw our APN list was just for our mms, I wonder if we pulled the APNs from one of the variant ROMs that it might help. Just thought I should throw that out there before I forget.
 
dsmryder said:
And check your MD5 checksum. It's there to reduce errors that come up.
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Ive reflashed, md5 check, etc etc. I dont know. I mean, i dont use many apps that use location. I did install maps and the gps worked about....once out of 9-10 tries. Doesnt bother me too much. Just when i want to use it.
 
I just want to simply update my MT up from 2.2.2. My phone is Rooted. Someone please help me. I want an update in which EVERYTHING WORKS. I see it useless to update to a better android OS and a list of things don't work...... seems pointless. help me. please.
 
I saw dsmryder release a 1/19 built with improve of battery life? where it is now? My battery s@ck at the 12/28. Is it really improve on the 1/19 built or just the bluetooth/wifi stuff.
 
sugarbear831 said:
I just want to simply update my MT up from 2.2.2. My phone is Rooted. Someone please help me. I want an update in which EVERYTHING WORKS. I see it useless to update to a better android OS and a list of things don't work...... seems pointless. help me. please.
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This isnt the best place to post that but there are many 2.2 customs roms with everything working. If you want 2.3, there is this rom and a few others. The only thing that doesnt work on 2.3 roms is the HDMI. Then there is 4.0, if you can deal with not having a "complete" camera, even though they got it to take pictures with back camera. I dont believe they fixed the ffc yet.
 
TekOne said:
I saw dsmryder release a 1/19 built with improve of battery life? where it is now? My battery s@ck at the 12/28. Is it really improve on the 1/19 built or just the bluetooth/wifi stuff.
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I haven't done any digging into CM7 for a while. chairshot released a tester a page or two back that has a reworked init.triumph.rc file. I think he incorporated the power_profile.xml file that I worked on. What it does is tells the system how much power each component uses so it can better track things in battery usage.
 
BSydz said:
I was doing some research and something that stood out to me was a comment about having the right APNs for AGPS. I was thinking that maybe with all the work you put in that, that may be something that was overlooked. As I was looking at the device files I saw our APN list was just for our mms, I wonder if we pulled the APNs from one of the variant ROMs that it might help. Just thought I should throw that out there before I forget.
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Ill have to take a look, checked a few out a wile back but had only noticed MMS stuff but wasn't really looking at them for gps at the time so will need to take another look. Have been digging around device files like crazy trying to build CM9 for the EVO without Kernel source, pain in the ars but to make a long story short stumbled upon a few commits for AMMS 6225 so decided to check them out. Getting a fix pretty quick using GPS Test without data or wifi turned on if anyone wants to check it out.

MTDEV-CM7-20130224.zip

Otherwise took a look at that 1/19 build I put together why showing a friend how to set up and build and turns out a few things had not been updated in the build like I thought so included them as well. BT & WIFI definitely working well together, finaly picked up a headset and have been streaming Play Music & Pandora just fine with both connected. Wifi also seems to connect about 10 seconds faster then before and have been using BT Transfer to put the update-zips on my SD card from my PC and seems to also be much faster then before.
 
How stable is the 20130224 build?

I ask because I've been using CM7 for a year and a half now, and every build seems to start off with decent battery life, but within a couple months battery life takes a nosedive. The MT that used to get at least 17 hours on a charge can barely limp through 5 or 6 hours before falling below 35%.

In the past I've tried messing with apps and notifications. In fact, I'm running the 20121015 build now with a mere 22 installed apps; notifications for all apps are turned off, excepting FB Messenger and GMail.

Anyway, I've always been able to "fix" the issue by flashing to a newer ROM. Right now it looks like the camera issue in CM9 just might be fixed soon (fingers crossed!). But I don't want to go through the hassle of upgrading to a newer CM7 if a camera-enabled CM9 will be available in 2 weeks.

What do you guys think? Is a "good" CM9 right around the corner? Is the 0224 build good enough for daily use?

Thanks!
 
tunaman2 said:
How stable is the 20130224 build?

I ask because I've been using CM7 for a year and a half now, and every build seems to start off with decent battery life, but within a couple months battery life takes a nosedive. The MT that used to get at least 17 hours on a charge can barely limp through 5 or 6 hours before falling below 35%.

In the past I've tried messing with apps and notifications. In fact, I'm running the 20121015 build now with a mere 22 installed apps; notifications for all apps are turned off, excepting FB Messenger and GMail.

Anyway, I've always been able to "fix" the issue by flashing to a newer ROM. Right now it looks like the camera issue in CM9 just might be fixed soon (fingers crossed!). But I don't want to go through the hassle of upgrading to a newer CM7 if a camera-enabled CM9 will be available in 2 weeks.

What do you guys think? Is a "good" CM9 right around the corner? Is the 0224 build good enough for daily use?

Thanks!
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Befrore you load another ROM can you do me a favor? Add the data widget to your power widget and try to use data when you need it in stead of leaving it on all of the time. This presumes you leave it on all the time of corse.

I normally get around 48 hours on a single charge. About 10 is way too low.
 
dsmryder said:
Befrore you load another ROM can you do me a favor? Add the data widget to your power widget and try to use data when you need it in stead of leaving it on all of the time. This presumes you leave it on all the time of corse.

I normally get around 48 hours on a single charge. About 10 is way too low.
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Well, I'd be happy to, if you would explain exactly which "widgets" you're talking about.

I should probably also point out that I have really good coverage for a half mile around my house, but in the rest of my immediate area it's complete crap. If I leave my house and go east - towards Charlotte, NC - I'll get decent battery life, because coverage is OK. But if I go in the other direction - towards a city of almost 75,000 people split down the middle by I-85 - I get 2 bars on a really, really good day and the battery can run down in just a few hours.

I'm actually almost convinced that it's Sprint\VM's awful coverage in this area that's the real culprit here. I really, really love being on VM's $25/month plan, but it's getting so bad that I'm THIS CLOSE to buying a Nexus 4 on Straight Talk. Paying $20 more a month sucks, but if the phone actually WORKS when I want it to, I guess it's worth it.

Also, while I'm here... am I the only one here on the 1015 build that has a problem with putting the phone in airplane mode? Since my phone has never once worked in a big box store, I've been trying to get in the habit of putting it in airplane mode if I know I'm going to be a store for a while. But on 1015 the phone occasionally refuses to go into airplane mode (go to Settings > Wireless & Networks and select "Airplane Mode". The check mark comes up, and the phone acts like it's "doing something", but then the box unchecks itself. If I reboot the phone it will come up in AP mode; most of the time (but not always) I can then toggle back to normal mode. If not, I have to reboot again and AP mode will be off.
 
tunaman2 said:
Well, I'd be happy to, if you would explain exactly which "widgets" you're talking about.

I should probably also point out that I have really good coverage for a half mile around my house, but in the rest of my immediate area it's complete crap. If I leave my house and go east - towards Charlotte, NC - I'll get decent battery life, because coverage is OK. But if I go in the other direction - towards a city of almost 75,000 people split down the middle by I-85 - I get 2 bars on a really, really good day and the battery can run down in just a few hours.

I'm actually almost convinced that it's Sprint\VM's awful coverage in this area that's the real culprit here. I really, really love being on VM's $25/month plan, but it's getting so bad that I'm THIS CLOSE to buying a Nexus 4 on Straight Talk. Paying $20 more a month sucks, but if the phone actually WORKS when I want it to, I guess it's worth it.

Also, while I'm here... am I the only one here on the 1015 build that has a problem with putting the phone in airplane mode? Since my phone has never once worked in a big box store, I've been trying to get in the habit of putting it in airplane mode if I know I'm going to be a store for a while. But on 1015 the phone occasionally refuses to go into airplane mode (go to Settings > Wireless & Networks and select "Airplane Mode". The check mark comes up, and the phone acts like it's "doing something", but then the box unchecks itself. If I reboot the phone it will come up in AP mode; most of the time (but not always) I can then toggle back to normal mode. If not, I have to reboot again and AP mode will be off.
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Under settings--> CyanogenMod settings--> interface--> Notification power widget--> Widget buttons
Look for Toggle Mobiledata. On the power widget it's a pair of arrows that point up and down. This will turn off your 3G and prevent apps from connecting. On my phone it expands the life two fold.

If you have a poorly written app it will cause a wake lock when trying to connect. I doubt the apps you have are going to be like that, but I'm reading about this stuff. It's pretty easy to make a "data" listener that will stop what ever is requesting data from running continously.
 
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