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Root [ROM][WIP] BACKside ROM (CM7) + Green Machine Theme

brotherswing said:
That's the first I've heard of that, but then I tend to be a little oblivious.... It would be nice to not need a dedicated task manager.
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I haven't used a task manager in a long time since I realized there wasn't really a difference and also because everyone said not to :D. Jerry mentioned the long press back button on XDA so assuming he uses his own build and not someone elses, there should be this feature.
 
I am really hopeing it works too :) that would be awesome if it did. If you get any errors PM me, i have some .jars all deodexed, that may also be required :) I know swype will work though, its a really cool version too
 
Well, I guess I shouldn't say "need", I know task managers aren't as useful as they once were. I still keep one on hand for apps that hang and such. I use it more like a Windows user would, my phone has plenty of ram. I usually have about 220mb available.
 
brotherswing said:
Well, I guess I shouldn't say "need", I know task managers aren't as useful as they once were. I still keep one on hand for apps that hang and such. I use it more like a Windows user would, my phone has plenty of ram. I usually have about 220mb available.
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Give Watchdog a try. It sits in the background and will alert you if any apps misbehave (eat too much CPU), then it will give you the option to force close the misbehaving app.
 
I used to use Watchdog, but GrooveIP kept setting it off. It would alarm in the middle of phone calls, right in my ear. It had to go. Of course, that was several updates ago (for both Backside and GrooveIP) so it might not be an issue anymore. I prefer task managers that let me switch between running apps and kill apps manually, as opposed to the automatic ones. I'm a little neurotic about being the one in control of my gadgetry.
 
Watch dog let's you set it to only run when tell it to. I open it up then select live when I'm lagging just to see what is doing it. Quick off topic, seeing as your also on backside what do you have your grooveip settings at? I can't seem to get it right.
 
I've enabled audio processing, synchronize voice, audio routing, partial wake lock, and high perf wifi lock. Works great at home (on wifi) and at least passable on 3G. This is one of my MUST haves, 300 minutes isn't a lot with family out of state, and my son due to be born within the next three weeks!
 
brotherswing said:
I've enabled audio processing, synchronize voice, audio routing, partial wake lock, and high perf wifi lock. Works great at home (on wifi) and at least passable on 3G. This is one of my MUST haves, 300 minutes isn't a lot with family out of state, and my son due to be born within the next three weeks!
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Congrats!
 
brotherswing said:
I prefer task managers that let me switch between running apps and kill apps manually, as opposed to the automatic ones. I'm a little neurotic about being the one in control of my gadgetry.
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You sure we're talking about the same app? Watchdog doesn't auto kill apps, and I don't think there's even an option in there to do that. Watchdog will only alert you if an app is eating too much of your phones cpu... which theoretically should allow you to force close an app before it gets to the point of where it would hang or reset your phone. Once that cpu starts getting eaten up like that by an app, the phone's gonna get hot.

Edit: Also keep in mind that if an app repeatedly eats that much of your phones cpu (GrooveIP for example), this is something that should be reported to the misbehaving apps developer. They can't fix it unless you report it. ;)
 
NoNameFace said:
Give Watchdog a try. It sits in the background and will alert you if any apps misbehave (eat too much CPU), then it will give you the option to force close the misbehaving app.
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I would definitely second this recommendation. You can also ignore certain apps (like GrooveIP:D) if you want to use the app, but don't want the alerts. I think that option is called "whitelist".
 
a5pe4 said:
Grrr 100 mb of internal storage and I can't download/update anything from the market
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You probably need to remove the mvdalvik01 file from /etc/init.d/ clear the markets' data/cache reboot into recovery and wipe the dalvik and cache there.
 
brotherswing said:
I've enabled audio processing, synchronize voice, audio routing, partial wake lock, and high perf wifi lock. Works great at home (on wifi) and at least passable on 3G. This is one of my MUST haves, 300 minutes isn't a lot with family out of state, and my son due to be born within the next three weeks!
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if you have a Gmail account you can get free calls anywere in U.S. for free from your PC.
 
My issue with Watchdog is it never told me anything I didn't already know. Groove has since had many updates and performs much better, I just like having something to kill certain apps every now and then conveniently. Watchdog was just the wrong tool for the job I need done. I may go back to GoLauncher, I always liked the "running" tab in the app drawer.
@Andie, GrooveIP is just a front end for Google Voice.
@cammykool, your clock is still there, just rendered in black. Go into settings-CyanogenMod settings-interface-status bar tweaks-clock color. If you want it white set it for ffffff.
 
I think I've found a market fix that is simple and seems to work, need testers. ;)
note- as always, backups are recommended before attempting any fix

Download com.keramidas TitaniumBackup from the market. I do not know if it requires the pro (paid) version, I have the paid version installed, so I need someone with the free version only to test please.

Open it, let it load fully, then press your menu key. Select the more tab, then select "Integrate sys Dalvik into ROM." There is an "Undo sys Dalvik integration" option you can use to undo it should it not work out for you.

Since doing this, I've been able to update everything I had not been able to, and install apps I had not been able to. The messages I had been receiving that were fixed are insufficient space messages. I doubt this will help with any other type of errors. Please let me know if this helps you.
 
cammykool said:
When we seeing a rum updatejerry
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When Captain Morgan gets back into port. ;)

Seriously, hopefully Monday or Tuesday. I've spent the past few days getting my github repository synced with the changes I make to IHO in order to build BACKside. I'm also writing up instructions detailing how I used git to do it. I would love to see more repositories with various changes people could pull in to create their own custom ROM. Sort of a cloud based ROM kitchen. ;)
 
JerryScript said:
I think I've found a market fix that is simple and seems to work, need testers. ;)
note- as always, backups are recommended before attempting any fix

Download com.keramidas TitaniumBackup from the market. I do not know if it requires the pro (paid) version, I have the paid version installed, so I need someone with the free version only to test please.

Open it, let it load fully, then press your menu key. Select the more tab, then select "Integrate sys Dalvik into ROM." There is an "Undo sys Dalvik integration" option you can use to undo it should it not work out for you.

Since doing this, I've been able to update everything I had not been able to, and install apps I had not been able to. The messages I had been receiving that were fixed are insufficient space messages. I doubt this will help with any other type of errors. Please let me know if this helps you.
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Needs paid version.
 
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