15/May r6.1 - BigBearMDC and Paul's Pulse 2.1 ROM

[Guest Watt25]

Hint:

I've installed SeePU and it show that the CPU is 100% busy in most of the time. Maybe this is the root of all problems? (Reboots and FC's?) (Some process is stuck in an infinite (or almost infinite :) ) loop.) Can anyone confirm this, and maybe investigate this problem?

[Guest eckengucker1]

Damn! it's already been like 10min!!! Still nothing. I really don't know what to do. I wipe the SD partiotions I wipe to factory default and it just doesn't work...Is there anything else I could try?

I know it says the first boot takes a long time but how long??

Flashed my pulse and it still booting after 20 mins :)

search forum4solutions. Question occurs already a couple of times

[Guest andy25hill]

Yea i posted like a newbie then found the solution. :)

[Guest bedevil99]

Yea i posted like a newbie then found the solution. :)

Do you mind sharing the solution with me? I just got the version without A2SD to work but I would be nice to have the other one working too

[Guest dodge-167]

Update soon Paul???

[Guest superbrundlefly]

Hi folks,

I was just wondering whether people would recommend waiting for the T-Mobile release of Android 2.1 for the Pulse (assuming this is going to happen) or using this beta one? Sounds like there are a few issues, particularly the random reboots...

Cheers

[Guest jonathonf]

Hi folks,

I was just wondering whether people would recommend waiting for the T-Mobile release of Android 2.1 for the Pulse (assuming this is going to happen) or using this beta one? Sounds like there are a few issues, particularly the random reboots...

Cheers

Like many others I have found the r6 ROM to be very stable. Simple process of flash, wipe, wipe ext, adb shell to mkdir /system/sd (I also deleted /data/app/RoadSync.apk) Reboot. Installed Autokiller and Zeam. All is good as far as I have tested; it's certainly better than 1.5 (even MCR1.7).

[Guest Tom G]

Hint:

I've installed SeePU and it show that the CPU is 100% busy in most of the time. Maybe this is the root of all problems? (Reboots and FC's?) (Some process is stuck in an infinite (or almost infinite :) ) loop.) Can anyone confirm this, and maybe investigate this problem?

Probably more likely to be the lack of memory. Mine is rebooting a lot, but is totally stable when plugged into usb, anyone else getting that? Its making it hard to see whats going on when it crashes. I might try writing some scripts to log data to the sd card. Does the kernel have swap support? If memory is part of the problem some swap space should help.

Mem: 105984K used, 2024K free, 0K shrd, 300K buff, 21052K cached

CPU:  0.3% usr  1.9% sys  0.0% nic 97.6% idle  0.0% io  0.0% irq  0.0% sirq

Load average: 2.07 2.06 2.01 1/349 8131

  PID  PPID USER	 STAT   VSZ %MEM CPU %CPU COMMAND

 8089  2159 0		R	 1176  1.0   0  0.9 top

 1137  1083 1000	 S	 207m196.6   0  0.2 system_server

 1088	 1 0		S	 6812  6.3   0  0.2 /system/bin/oem_rpc_svc

	1	 0 0		S	  336  0.3   0  0.2 /init

 2021  1083 10024	S	 166m157.8   0  0.0 com.android.inputmethod.voice

 2041  1083 10001	S	 164m155.3   0  0.0 android.process.acore

 1220  1083 10001	S	 160m152.3   0  0.0 android.process.launcher

 1224  1083 1001	 S	 154m146.5   0  0.0 com.android.phone

 2078  1083 10024	S	 149m141.4   0  0.0 com.google.android.voicesearch

 2057  1083 10005	S	 149m141.0   0  0.0 com.google.process.gapps

 6613  1083 10039	S	 132m125.0   0  0.0 com.dataviz.stargate

 6537  1083 10016	S	 130m123.5   0  0.0 com.android.calendar

 2109  1083 10067	S	 129m122.9   0  0.0 com.esmertec.android.jbed

 1331  1083 10056	S	 127m121.1   0  0.0 com.huawei.android.ds

 1226  1083 1000	 S	 126m119.7   0  0.0 android.process.launcherdb

 1432  1083 10038	S	 126m119.6   0  0.0 com.huawei.sfp

 2097  1083 10046	S	 125m119.0   0  0.0 com.huawei.android.calendarwidget

 1579  1083 10047	S	 124m117.9   0  0.0 com.huawei.android.appwidget

 8006  1083 10020	S	 124m117.8   0  0.0 com.android.alarmclock

 1083	 1 0		S	  98m 93.0   0  0.0 zygote /bin/app_process -Xzygote /

# uptime 

 15:13:07 up  8:29, load average: 2.05, 2.04, 2.00

Max uptime when not plugged in is usually around 1 hour. Its been up over 8 now while plugged in.

[Guest Jan M]

I think vibrate only currently works for 8220-6 users. For everyone else it is not working.

by the right steps and a bit of luck Marcus probably meant purchasing the 8220-6 :)

[Guest igor_anta]

Probably more likely to be the lack of memory. Mine is rebooting a lot, but is totally stable when plugged into usb, anyone else getting that? Its making it hard to see whats going on when it crashes. I might try writing some scripts to log data to the sd card. Does the kernel have swap support? If memory is part of the problem some swap space should help.

Max uptime when not plugged in is usually around 1 hour. Its been up over 8 now while plugged in.

Would it be finally possible to get Swap AND apps2sd support for the Pulse? Since it's possible, I've seen it working on some other custom ROM's. It would be a great boost. But I must say I'm really satisfied with the build Paul and Bobo gave us. Using r4 with APPS2SD and even though there are some force closes no real show stoppers. Good job:)

[Guest andy25hill]

Do you mind sharing the solution with me? I just got the version without A2SD to work but I would be nice to have the other one working too

I removed the SD card and it boots up within 3-5 mins and then put the SD back in when loaded BUT found every time i restart the phone it has the same problem again so i have to take out the SD.

Followed the instructions on http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile...-android-v-2-1/

over and over but still get the same issue.

[Guest metallsatanist]

multitouch is possible?

[Guest LeoTheStyler]

Hey...

i just installed the 2.1

Very pleased, but the tasklist in the homescreen shows the incorrect buttons... e.g.When i hit messages: Contact app is loading, or when i hit the Menu icon it also brings me to the contacts... its weird :)

Do only i have this prob?

Thanks for the help

[Guest ogiogi]

Hey...

i just installed the 2.1

Very pleased, but the tasklist in the homescreen shows the incorrect buttons... e.g.When i hit messages: Contact app is loading, or when i hit the Menu icon it also brings me to the contacts... its weird :)

Do only i have this prob?

Thanks for the help

Known Issues

* The system partition on the update is larger than on the original Pulse, so the data partition has less space in my repack, as i've moved /system/lib to data

* When not using a T-Mobile SIM, the 'bottom shortcuts' link to the wrong items

[Guest LeoTheStyler]

Thanks :)

Very fast reply

--> My Phones just restarted for the 4th time...all im doing at the moment is to download apps from the Market.

What could be the cause?

Edited May 15, 2010 by LeoTheStyler

[Guest ogiogi]

Thanks :)

Very fast reply

--> My Phones just restarted for the 4th time...all im doing at the moment is to download apps from the Market.

What could be the cause?

There is no known cause really. Being a prerelease version it has a couple Bugs. Restarting is one of them.

Edited May 15, 2010 by ogiogi

[Guest thisweb]

I also agree that AutoKiller seems to solve the large no. of force closes. (set AK to moderate). Also seems to prevent reboots and freezes.

Another bug (can anyone else confirm this?):

I have noticed is that live wallpapers do not load on reboot. The wallpaper defaults back to previous 'non live' wallpaper. Minor issue, I know, but I am surprised how well the live wallpaper works - its pretty smooth and very pretty!!!!

[Guest ogiogi]

I also agree that AutoKiller seems to solve the large no. of force closes. (set AK to moderate). Also seems to prevent reboots and freezes.

Another bug (can anyone else confirm this?):

I have noticed is that live wallpapers do not load on reboot. The wallpaper defaults back to previous 'non live' wallpaper. Minor issue, I know, but I am surprised how well the live wallpaper works - its pretty smooth and very pretty!!!!

Yes. acore FC unloads Live wallpaper.

Edited May 15, 2010 by ogiogi

[Guest Speckles]

multitouch is possible?

The hardware supports multitouch, kernel of 2.1 supports multitouch. However, I don't think there's any apps which support it yet.

[Guest ogiogi]

Wallpapers are kinda stretched. Tried changing with "wallpaper set and save" and got stretched wall also. Tried 640x480 and 320x480 resolutions. Has anybody tried something else?

Edited May 15, 2010 by ogiogi

[Guest Alex III]

Wallpapers are kinda stretched. Tried changing with "wallpaper set and save" and got stretched wall also. Has anybody tried something else?

I tried to use default one, with leaves. But it is very slow... ;)

Now I using live walls from Market, like a starfield. They are pretty smooth really. But after every FC crash need to set it again :)

[Guest ogiogi]

I tried to use default one, with leaves. But it is very slow... ;)

Now I using live walls from Market, like a starfield. They are pretty smooth really. But after every FC crash need to set it again :)

Live Walls are OK. I meant static walls. Can't find the right resolution.

Edited May 15, 2010 by ogiogi

[Guest Paul]

r6.1 uploaded that includes the missing directory for A2SD. That is the ONLY change.

Hey, it is the weekend. :)

P

[Guest ogiogi]

r6.1 uploaded that includes the missing directory for A2SD. That is the ONLY change.

Hey, it is the weekend. ;)

P

Great. Have a relaxing weekend :)

[Guest Alex III]

Live Walls are OK. I meant static walls. Can't find the right resolution.

When You set some picture as desktop, it asking you to cut it. So maybe through this way can find the exact resolution..