Guest Richard_Arkless Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) Hi I have found a bug in Nightly 241 where the gui for barcode scanner and google goggles is rendering strangely, ive disabled 16bit transparency and rebooted but still the same problem occurs Is anyone else having this problem and if so has it been fixed in 242 Ive taken some screenshots but everytime it comes out black EDIT: works fine under Sej's 24th october build Edited October 31, 2011 by Richard_Arkless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LorianNod Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 it is how you use the rom that makes it good or bad on battery. I'm saying it will perform pretty much exactly as any other rom when you don't have apps getting upto mischievous behavior (such as using data) and lots of cm7 annimations and features running the whole time. Sure how you use your phone and what apps you run and how much data you use will all effect the battery drain. BUT if you consider for those of us whos usage profile and installed apps remain close to constant, the OS can be seen to make a difference from time to time. For example based on my experience nightlies from around 206 (IIRC) are especialy good for drain. 210* was not so good, 227 was better 241 appears not so special. These issues (for me at least) don't releate to screen brightness, or partial wakelocks, or anything else very obvious, otherwise we could give the devs the info to fix the problem. Someone will come up with the reason soon I'm sure, they usually do, as we've had similar discussions a few times in this thread already....... *Kang build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Isidorosis Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Isn't SIM lock embedded into your SIM card instead of phone settings? Probably tablet tweaks is not right option to disable SIM-PIN. I 'll say it again from the beginning. I want to have the lock-screen disabled and any password for the device (tablet tweaks > disable lock-screen does that) But the problem is when I go on flight mode and then off, it never asks for the sim-pin code This means no mobile network connected and I have to manually enable lock-screen > put the sim-pin code > then disable lock-screen again A possible solution is to turn off sim-pin code.. but I don't want to do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShahinTehShiz Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Just flashed Nightly 241 yesterday (After moving from CM7 Stable 7.1) SO much better battery, I haven't calibrated it yet, and I have Whatsapp, Kik, Maps, Evernote, Facebook and Seesmic syncing in the background periodically. Oh and I still have 42% Left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rockstarszzzz Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I 'll say it again from the beginning. I want to have the lock-screen disabled and any password for the device (tablet tweaks > disable lock-screen does that) But the problem is when I go on flight mode and then off, it never asks for the sim-pin code This means no mobile network connected and I have to manually enable lock-screen > put the sim-pin code > then disable lock-screen again A possible solution is to turn off sim-pin code.. but I don't want to do that I'm pretty sure CM7 doesn't have an option to keep that sim-pin on while toggling air plane mode. As you rightly said, disabling lock screen, will disable all kinds of locks - pin, phone, SIM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smiff2 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) yes i found interactive to be pretty bad as far as battery life goes, ondemand is still the best - better than smartass2 even i think. try my 24oct build (mirrored somewhere in this thread) its got all the bling of n220+ and some newer updates. note that you will probably have to reconfigure a lot of the power applet settings though (brightness etc.) and miui battery bar. found your 24Oct build here thanks http://www.multiupload.com/MIGJSDGY9W Edited October 31, 2011 by Smiff2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ty_hot Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 people seem to have this general assumption that cm7 is crap on battery. which is wrong. it is how you use the rom that makes it good or bad on battery. I'm saying it will perform pretty much exactly as any other rom when you don't have apps getting upto mischievous behavior (such as using data) and lots of cm7 annimations and features running the whole time. But different CM7 builds have way different batter eating rate. The last one was terrible for me, i went back to N22X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest popoyaya Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 lol! I've been drinking :D 3 or 4. :D OK, here goes my list of frozen apps which I either don't use or have alternatives of: Android Live Wallpaper Books Calculator Calendar Calendar Storage Car Home Clock CM Stats both tmobile themes CM Update Notifications CM Wallpapers Dev Tools Downloads DSP Manager Email File manager FM radio FOTA Kill Google Calendar Sync Google One Time Init Google Partner Setup Home Screen Tips HTML Viewer Latin Input Method Tutorial Live Wallpaper Picker Magic Smoke Wallpaper Market Apps Installer Market Updater Music Music Visualization Wallpaper My Uploads New & Weather Search Search Apps Provider Setup Wizard SIM Toolkit Sound Recorder Talk Theme Chooser Themes Provider Voice Dialler VPN Services I use GAPPS package from June (I like the old market) and only other GAPP I add is Maps. Which I have removed all startup events for using Autostarts so it only runs when I tell it to. I also stop the following from loading on startup. These are apps I use but don't have the need to have loaded all the time: Rom Manager Gallery (note this app doesn't work well if its events are disabled! I just use it only very rarely) Bluetooth Share My startup process on a clean boot are: Swype com.google.process.gapps dialler android system tasker android.process.acore adw ex widgestoid settings market titanium backup gallery (huh. I guess breaking it by disabling its events is kinda pointless if it finds a way to load anyway. :D ) cerberus android.process.media samba filesharing adaway superuser messaging status bar I typically run 2g with data off and manually switch to 3g and data on when I'm away from wifi and need data. My tasker profiles that affect power are to airplane it at a set time over night and turn the wifi on and off with the screen. On Demand CPU Governor overclocked to 729Mhz Good info here. How precisely would you go about modifying a rom to this state before flashing it? I tried deleting lots of system apps, wallpapers, sounds, etc from an update.zip but it wouldn't boot, got stuck in boot animation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sandriderman Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 (edited) My battery usage on N241. 3g left on overnight, phone not used at all other than to check the battery life 2 or 3 times. ROM installed with full wipe, the only apps that were installed are K9 mail, drop box, battery calibration, launcher pro, CPU spy and a theme. Only 1 widget added to home screen (Fancy Widget Pro). Today, after another full charge I have had similar performance. Not sure why the CPU Spy screen shot, the total hours don't add up to 12 Hours 24 minutes. For some reason on the graph for awake, the phone keeps showing as awake. WIFI was off. No over clock. As I have previously stated I can manage my phone with tasker to get better performance, just having a play with my phone to get to the bottom of the battery problems. Cheers I installed N242 last night, full wipe including battary stats in clockwork, no GAPPS, no accounts linked to phone, nothing installed and background data not ticked. 3g left on. Went from 100% to 78% in 10 hours 13 minutes (which is very good for me) (left image). The right image was from the previous night (see quoted text). Edited November 1, 2011 by sandriderman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emc02 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Phone on airplane mode (not mine). well, you can get the best battery drain with blade turned off, I think then it would be possible for years... but does this make sense?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest targetbsp Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Good info here. How precisely would you go about modifying a rom to this state before flashing it? I tried deleting lots of system apps, wallpapers, sounds, etc from an update.zip but it wouldn't boot, got stuck in boot animation. You're best doing it using apps because then you only have to do it once. The fact they are frozen and/or disabled in autostarts is remembered across rom updates (as long as you don't wipe data!). If you do it in the zip, you'd have to do it every update. If you do want to do it in a zip then you should be able to by just opening the zip and deleting the files (not unzipping, then rezipping) If it's then not booting, I can only assume you;ve deleted something you shouldn't have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dibbles Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 For a while both me and my wife leave 3G switched off on our phones and we have found that the battery life is quite good. We tend to get up to four days usage before needing a recharge. However if the 3G is left on, we only use it for MMS, the battery drain is horrendous. Even just leaving the phone on standby with 3G still enabled you can count the hours of usage on the phones rather than days. No big deal, as such, for us as we both use 3G very little but I can imagine it to be a big problem for some who do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MidaMilunk Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Hi I have found a bug in Nightly 241 where the gui for barcode scanner and google goggles is rendering strangely, ive disabled 16bit transparency and rebooted but still the same problem occurs Is anyone else having this problem and if so has it been fixed in 242 Ive taken some screenshots but everytime it comes out black EDIT: works fine under Sej's 24th october build hmmm... barcode reader is OK for me, I do not use googles... but, I have tried two dialers (go dialer, and DW dialer), both have had artifacts with 16 bit transparency, so I have turned it off, and reboot - all artifacts has gone! I think I return to dialer one, and 16 bit, these work fine together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZTR Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I installed N242 last night, full wipe including battary stats in clockwork, no GAPPS, no accounts linked to phone, nothing installed and background data not ticked. 3g left on. Went from 100% to 78% in 10 hours 13 minutes (which is very good for me) (left image). The right image was from the previous night (see quoted text). Right image is of which nightly? 241? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richard_Arkless Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 hmmm... barcode reader is OK for me, I do not use googles... but, I have tried two dialers (go dialer, and DW dialer), both have had artifacts with 16 bit transparency, so I have turned it off, and reboot - all artifacts has gone! I think I return to dialer one, and 16 bit, these work fine together! Are you running Nightly 241 or later (assuming the problem is still in 242) because thats when it shows up, any previous builds and sej's 24th october rom is fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wishmasterf Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Best setting for low battery usage: * Use 2G instead of 3G * Use data-connection only when needed * Set Brightness to low * Search for apps with "Partial Wake usage" (Use spare parts to see) I do have about 15 % browser usage (with 3G) and 3% Phone usage. Overall usage is about 20% of the time. I get a battery life about 25 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steeperton Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 For a while both me and my wife leave 3G switched off on our phones and we have found that the battery life is quite good. We tend to get up to four days usage before needing a recharge. However if the 3G is left on, we only use it for MMS, the battery drain is horrendous. Even just leaving the phone on standby with 3G still enabled you can count the hours of usage on the phones rather than days. No big deal, as such, for us as we both use 3G very little but I can imagine it to be a big problem for some who do. Could it be related to your 3g signal strength? AS mentioned, I get several days worth with 3g switched on all the time, but I do have the antenna at the end of my road, so the signal is strong. If you're in a poor signal strength area, then I suspect it'll use more juice to connect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wishmasterf Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Could it be related to your 3g signal strength? AS mentioned, I get several days worth with 3g switched on all the time, but I do have the antenna at the end of my road, so the signal is strong. If you're in a poor signal strength area, then I suspect it'll use more juice to connect? Is do have the same "problem". The phone shows me full signal.Is there a way to see more data about the signal strength? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest downloader50 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 (edited) Is do have the same "problem". The phone shows me full signal.Is there a way to see more data about the signal strength? Cyanogen setting you can change the battery symbol to show db goto settings / cyanogen settings / interface / staus bar tweaks / alternative signal display / signal text Edited November 1, 2011 by downloader50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brickornot Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Best setting for low battery usage: * Use 2G instead of 3G * Use data-connection only when needed * Set Brightness to low * Search for apps with "Partial Wake usage" (Use spare parts to see) I do have about 15 % browser usage (with 3G) and 3% Phone usage. Overall usage is about 20% of the time. I get a battery life about 25 hours. no, doing all of this does not help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jackal-sk Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I can't seem to find wifi sleep policy settings, they've been removed ? When I'm connected to wifi the phone sleeps, when I start pinging it, it wakes up (can wake up by buttons) for the time communicating . Does this mean when there's no network activity the wifi won't drain the battery ? I liked Turn wifi off when screen goes off. I'm on n241, properly calibrated, 3rd cycle and so far the battery seems -very- promising with my usual usage (I never use 3g, it probably still drains very fast). I will post stats later. Also it's a shame that many people posting here just write how terrible is the battery life etc. but in the same post they write they "measure" it in their 1st cycle right after flashing, some not even wiping batt. stats and some posting 20 posts later that in fact their phone wasn't sleeping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hedgepigdaniel Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 anyone else got random reboot on N241? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest targetbsp Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I can't seem to find wifi sleep policy settings, they've been removed ? When I'm connected to wifi the phone sleeps, when I start pinging it, it wakes up (can wake up by buttons) for the time communicating . Does this mean when there's no network activity the wifi won't drain the battery ? I liked Turn wifi off when screen goes off. Just checking you know the correct procedure to get to it because it is (and always has been) cryptic! Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Wi-fi Settings. Here's where it gets weird... press menu and hit advanced. When set to screen off, it actually disconnects 15 minutes after the screen off. Not immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lordofangels Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 someone living quite close to a cell tower will use a lot less power/battery for radio/data than someone living far from one. so if you are comparing battery levels the cell tower distance with 3g must be taken in to consideration. 2g not so bad but 3g is a power monster. and folks are looking forward to LTE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BurgerZ Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I have strange "double screen" effect on 241/242 nightly with "Barcode Scanner" app. It looks like asyncronous pictures on old Tvs (text is placing both on top and bottom of screen). Can somebody test this app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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