[OLD THREAD SUPPORT ONLY] [ATOMICMOD]

[Guest razhas]

The .zip is just installed via ClockworkMod (the same method used to install the ROM).

So just reboot into Recovery and choose the .zip file for whichever add-ons you have downloaded and apply them. Should only take a few seconds!

Sam

Thanks, done.

[Guest nicksoph]

uninstalled link2SD. partitions are the 200mb system blah blah partitions. everything wiped/reinstalled. :/

All I can say is that it might be the instructions but it is not likely to be the rom at fault here, I had similar problems with v3 and can only advise you to try what worked for me - if it is still not working right, redo everything from scratch - check the mac address to ensure the unlocking went right, repartition the SD card and replace CWM with another TPT from a wrongly sized partition reboot and replace with the right TPT partitions, use CWM to fix permissions, reboot and reinstall. I know that it sounds over the top but I dont really know what is wrong with your setup only that Im pretty certain that the rom is good.

Edited January 7, 2012 by nicksoph

[Guest tillaz]

v3.D will be up today it fixes apps force closing after linking with link2sd

[Guest Shahmatt]

I have just unlocked my Orange MC. I am considering installing this custom ROM.

Just to confirm. Though there seem to be some battery complaints over this ROM, would it still be an improvement over the stock Orange ROM?

[Guest]

I have just unlocked my Orange MC. I am considering installing this custom ROM.

Just to confirm. Though there seem to be some battery complaints over this ROM, would it still be an improvement over the stock Orange ROM?

The problem is that there will always be battery complaints even if the battery is good,people need something to moan about :lol:

I for one have no such battery drain,it is all down to how you use the battery.

For example:

1) I do not let apps auto sync

2) my brightness level dos not exceed 50% unless needed,and I never use auto-brightness as this seems to drain battery more than having a set brightness.

3) I never leave 3g or wifi on unless needed,and I use droidwall from market to only allow apps of my choice to gain access to internet when it is switched on

4) I have no widgets on my homescreens,this drains battery too

5) I use adfree from market,as I am sure that blocking adds helps battery(cant prove it,just a theory)

6) I use setcpu to keep my clock speed below 245Mz when screen is off.

7) I set autostarts to stop apps from starting at boot time

8) I use ram manager pro,which greatly improves performance & battery life: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartprojects.RAMOptimization

From here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305060

9) I use airplane mode when sleeping or at the least no data enabled.

And so on......

So I would say go for it,install Atomic rom,its well worth it.

Just remember that battery drain in a rom is usually down to people who expect to much or are not using there battery wisely.

And to your question would atomic be an improvement over stock orange,the answer would be yes,its light years ahead!!!

Edited January 7, 2012 by Guest

[Guest Smash41]

Has No Frills CPU lost the "Smartass V2" option for anyone else?

[Guest philmein]

Has No Frills CPU lost the "Smartass V2" option for anyone else?

the kernal give you the smartass v2 option not set cpu

i think the kernal was changed to avoid the system 7 error people were getting

[Guest C3C0]

Its not the no frills issue. Its kernel issue. No frills sees only what's implemented in kernel.

[Guest Smash41]

Oh right I see. What do people use instead of Smartass?

Ondemand???

[Guest Redstarr1]

Oh right I see. What do people use instead of Smartass?

Ondemand???

Ondemand is the standard governor on all Android-phones. I tried Smartass v2 for a while, but I didn't notice any big difference in battery life, but I don't really use apps that require a lot of performance.

About 3.D, I don't really care about the Link2SD problem, it's just an inconvenience. Will I have to do all wipes again or can I just update? If not I'm just going to skip this one, even with Titanium Backup it's more inconvenient to set all my apps right again.

Edited January 7, 2012 by Redstarr1

[Guest Nozz]

I for one have no such battery drain,it is all down to how you use the battery. For example:

1) I do not let apps auto sync

2) my brightness level dos not exceed 50% unless needed,and I never use auto-brightness as this seems to drain battery more than having a set brightness.

3) I never leave 3g or wifi on unless needed,and I use droidwall from market to only allow apps of my choice to gain access to internet when it is switched on

4) I have no widgets on my homescreens,this drains battery too

5) I use adfree from market,as I am sure that blocking adds helps battery(cant prove it,just a theory)

6) I use setcpu to keep my clock speed below 245Mz when screen is off.

7) I set autostarts to stop apps from starting at boot time

8) I use ram manager pro,which greatly improves performance & battery life: https://market.andro...RAMOptimization

From here: http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1305060

9) I use airplane mode when sleeping or at the least no data enabled.

Thanks. This is useful. Going to try a few of your suggestions in the version I'm using (Atomic v2.5) to see if I can extend battery life. Just a couple of questions though if anyone can please help. Referencing from the above:

3) Not sure if I even get 3g reception. I only ever see "G" or "E" icons. What are the best settings to prolong battery life in "mobile network settings"? Does setting Network Mode to GSM make any difference or keeping Data Enabled switched off when not using the internet? I'd want to keep the phone working so don't use airplane mode.

4) I created a power off widget via extended controls because I find it easier than using the button on the side of the phone. If this is a battery sapper, are they any other options?

6) Is setting the clock speed when screen off something that can be done via the No-frills CPU control app that comes with the ROM? Mine is currently set to 245MHz minimum speed with Governor ondemand but I see there is a powersave option - is this what to try?

7) How do you set autostarts stop apps from starting at boot time? I'm never sure as to what's running or not? I look in Task Manager and there is always lot of stuff there that I'm not using. I also get confused with stuff like Gallery which doesn't appear to have a way to close it down or exit and I always end up just hitting the Home button or the Back button. Am I missing an easy to close down this stuff after I'm finished using it? Edited to say that I just looked in Applications/Running services and there doesn't appear to be much running at all, so is Task Manager just a bit misleading?

Thanks.

Edited January 7, 2012 by Nozz

[Guest Zelych]

I also had a problem with a proximity sensor. But is such that an incoming call, and worked without problems, but when I dialed a call, so the display never gone out. ZTE dailer helped install and calibrate sensor. (v.3C)

Edited January 7, 2012 by Zelych

[Guest mickyman550]

All your market apps - paid and free should reinstall automatically if you have - backup this phone to google, checked on your current system - Havee a look at google market on a desktop web browser - login with your phones google account and see what it shows about your current programs, the worst thing that could happen is that after the upgrade it will see your phone as two phones (before atomic and after) and you have to install the old programs to the new phone from the web browser.

You can probably get away with transfering your data accross using Titanium but almost certainly not all your apps.

My recomendation is to make sure you have a full Titannium backup and a copy of your sd cards contents before you start.

Once you have unlocked and rooted the phone you will be in a position to use Clockwork Mod and this can be used to backup your phone - which you should do. - You should then backup your sd card again - it now has the Clockwork backup on it.

You will then have 3 backups

Titanium - data and programs

SD card - data

SD card - clockwork mods backup

If all goes well then only the Titanium Data is to be restored but the others are there in case it doesnt - and it does go wrong sometimes.

Once the phone is rooted, unlocked from orange and backed up the next stage is decide if you will be using a second partition on the sd card (recomended) - if you do then all the data on the sd card will be overwritten.

Then prepare sd card in clockwork mod

Prepare the phone by installing one of the TPT's with a system partition

Install Atomic

run links2sd and introduce it to the EXT3 partition

reboot

reinstall all programs

use titanium to restore your data but not the sytem data or programs

Thanks alot for your help. It has really helped to clear things up. However, I am still unsure about one thing.

Prepare the phone by installing one of the TPT's with a system partition

What is a TPT, and how do I install it with a system partition?

By the way, I already have rooted and unlocked my phone, and have clockworkmod.

[Guest]

3) Not sure if I even get 3g reception. I only ever see "G" or "E" icons. What are the best settings to prolong battery life in "mobile network settings"? Does setting Network Mode to GSM make any difference or keeping Data Enabled switched off when not using the internet? I'd want to keep the phone working so don't use airplane mode.

4) I created a power off widget via extended controls because I find it easier than using the button on the side of the phone. If this is a battery sapper, are they any other options?

6) Is setting the clock speed when screen off something that can be done via the No-frills CPU control app that comes with the ROM? Mine is currently set to 245MHz minimum speed with Governor ondemand but I see there is a powersave option - is this what to try?

7) How do you set autostarts stop apps from starting at boot time? I'm never sure as to what's running or not? I look in Task Manager and there is always lot of stuff there that I'm not using. I also get confused with stuff like Gallery which doesn't appear to have a way to close it down or exit and I always end up just hitting the Home button or the Back button. Am I missing an easy to close down this stuff after I'm finished using it? Edited to say that I just looked in Applications/Running services and there doesn't appear to be much running at all, so is Task Manager just a bit misleading?

Thanks.

3) Check in settings/wireless & networks/mobile networks to see if it is set to 2g only.The best option would probably be 2g/3g option.

4) you could get quick boot from market that has power off option,reboot,recovery.

6) You need setcpu to set profiles,its a paid app on market(free if your an xda member)

7) Download the app and it will become obvious how you configure it.

Forget task managers,not needed,get ram manager pro,or just the free version.

Edited January 7, 2012 by Guest

[Guest Redstarr1]

Thanks. This is useful. Going to try a few of your suggestions in the version I'm using (Atomic v2.5) to see if I can extend battery life. Just a couple of questions though if anyone can please help. Referencing from the above:

3) Not sure if I even get 3g reception. I only ever see "G" or "E" icons. What are the best settings to prolong battery life in "mobile network settings"? Does setting Network Mode to GSM make any difference or keeping Data Enabled switched off when not using the internet? I'd want to keep the phone working so don't use airplane mode.

4) I created a power off widget via extended controls because I find it easier than using the button on the side of the phone. If this is a battery sapper, are they any other options?

6) Is setting the clock speed when screen off something that can be done via the No-frills CPU control app that comes with the ROM? Mine is currently set to 245MHz minimum speed with Governor ondemand but I see there is a powersave option - is this what to try?

7) How do you set autostarts stop apps from starting at boot time? I'm never sure as to what's running or not? I look in Task Manager and there is always lot of stuff there that I'm not using. I also get confused with stuff like Gallery which doesn't appear to have a way to close it down or exit and I always end up just hitting the Home button or the Back button. Am I missing an easy to close down this stuff after I'm finished using it? Edited to say that I just looked in Applications/Running services and there doesn't appear to be much running at all, so is Task Manager just a bit misleading?

Thanks.

3) If it shows G than you probably have HSDPA connection, which is 3G (E is EDGE, which is 2G, although 3G is H on my phone, but that's probably because we also have HSUPA). You would notice the difference in speed between 2G and 3G anyway, it's like night and day when browsing. Turning off the Data connection when you're not using it also greatly helps your battery life. You don't always have to dive in the menus to switch it on and off, there's an icon in the notification bar to make it easier. It looks like an arrow going up and down, the second one on the left.

4) Well yeah widgets use power, so just use the power button. You'll get used to it. But it's not like widgets make your battery like a leaky bucket. I use Extended Controls and easily get to the end of the day if I don't play games during the day. It's what you prefer, battery life or widgets, but you won't get an hour extra by not using widgets (and making your phone completely bare)

5) There's no 5? :P

6) If I'm correct the "powersave" governor just sets your cpu to the lowest value (which would be 245 in your case), that's waay slow. Ondemand is the governor that's built-in all Android phones. If the cpu needs more power it'll scale up the clock rapidly. I go by that. Conservative is the same as ondemand but doesn't scale up as quickly. Performance keeps the phone on the maximum value you entered. Strangly Atomic v3.C was set to performance at first (which was a huge drain on my battery before I noticed it). You can set the minimum speed even lower by the way, at 122 MHz.

7) Atomic 3 has GO Launcher EX, which has a tab in the app drawer called "active". I just regularly check that tab to see what's running. Autostarts sounds useful though, I'll give that a go, I think the app'll be pretty self-explanatory.

EDIT: by the way jikobutsu: why would you need setcpu, no-frills is good enough for an average user. Nozz doesn't seem like the person who wants to set a profile for every app he uses.

Edited January 7, 2012 by Redstarr1

[Guest tillaz]

smartassv2,lagfree,minmax etc.. are all back in v.3.D, as this version is now configured better to manage battery

v3.D will fix fill all reported bugs, plus slightly better battery

Edited January 7, 2012 by tillaz

[Guest TouchyAndalou]

I was having a problem a few days back and can't remember if I was using v3 or v3c at the time, but either way, I can confirm that the problem is still there on 3c... if I leave my phone in my locker at work (no network coverage) sometimes when I come back to it I can't wake it up or turn it off... I have to pull the battery. It's definitely still on, because it'll vibrate if I hold the power button down and if I have have a new txt, the lcd will flash. But nothing short of a battery pull will wake the phone.

Never had this issue before on any rom, so would be interested in hearing if it's just me or if anybody else has experienced the same. Thanks.

[Guest tillaz]

I was having a problem a few days back and can't remember if I was using v3 or v3c at the time, but either way, I can confirm that the problem is still there on 3c... if I leave my phone in my locker at work (no network coverage) sometimes when I come back to it I can't wake it up or turn it off... I have to pull the battery. It's definitely still on, because it'll vibrate if I hold the power button down and if I have have a new txt, the lcd will flash. But nothing short of a battery pull will wake the phone.

Never had this issue before on any rom, so would be interested in hearing if it's just me or if anybody else has experienced the same. Thanks.

never add this problem, i would try stock for a couple of days to check if its hardware, also have you calibrated censers using the zte dialler?

[Guest H3ROS]

@ tillaz

Is it possible to get/add the messaging app from CM7? It looks almost identical but it has a lot more options which are useful to me. If you don't want to add it then is it still possible for me to get it and replace Atomic's somehow?

Thanks.

6) If I'm correct the "powersave" governor just sets your cpu to the lowest value (which would be 245 in your case), that's waay slow. Ondemand is the governor that's built-in all Android phones. If the cpu needs more power it'll scale up the clock rapidly. I go by that. Conservative is the same as ondemand but doesn't scale up as quickly. Performance keeps the phone on the maximum value you entered. Strangly Atomic v3.C was set to performance at first (which was a huge drain on my battery before I noticed it). You can set the minimum speed even lower by the way, at 122 MHz.

I too noticed that Atomic set the governor to performance by default which would obviously have a rather huge impact on battery life. I changed it to ondemand and using SetCPU I created a profile to underclock to 122MHz when the screens off. It's using ondemand too with the max at 245MHz just in case :) It's not like the phones going to do much apart from retrieve email and messages in the background anyway.

Edited January 7, 2012 by H3ROS

[Guest Shahmatt]

The problem is that there will always be battery complaints even if the battery is good,people need something to moan about :lol:

I for one have no such battery drain,it is all down to how you use the battery.

For example:

1) I do not let apps auto sync

2) my brightness level dos not exceed 50% unless needed,and I never use auto-brightness as this seems to drain battery more than having a set brightness.

3) I never leave 3g or wifi on unless needed,and I use droidwall from market to only allow apps of my choice to gain access to internet when it is switched on

4) I have no widgets on my homescreens,this drains battery too

5) I use adfree from market,as I am sure that blocking adds helps battery(cant prove it,just a theory)

6) I use setcpu to keep my clock speed below 245Mz when screen is off.

7) I set autostarts to stop apps from starting at boot time

8) I use ram manager pro,which greatly improves performance & battery life: https://market.andro...RAMOptimization

From here: http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1305060

9) I use airplane mode when sleeping or at the least no data enabled.

And so on......

So I would say go for it,install Atomic rom,its well worth it.

Just remember that battery drain in a rom is usually down to people who expect to much or are not using there battery wisely.

And to your question would atomic be an improvement over stock orange,the answer would be yes,its light years ahead!!!

Thanks for information. I come from a ZTE Blade background and have some experience installing custom ROMs on this phone. I know that the potential benefits can be huge. I am a huge fan of the Blade.

The OMC is actually not my own. I am helping out the owner in improving its performance. He is not a very tech savvy chap. His concerns would mostly be in the core features of the phone, i.e. calling, messaging and battery life. If these are better than stock ROM then this decision is easy.

I know that calling and messaging are easily fixed even with third party apps. But battery life is a tricky business.

Can you (or anyone here) definitely say that battery life is improved over stock ROM?

If not, can I tweak CPU governors or try undervolting to get better battery performance?

[Guest pky123]

never add this problem, i would try stock for a couple of days to check if its hardware, also have you calibrated censers using the zte dialler?

Just had this problem as well. Phone was still 'on' but the screen would not light up. Battery pull needed. Was overclocked to 902mhz. Just going to leave it stock now. The proximity sensor is working fine on mine so not felt the need to calibrate. Will go calibrate as well.

[Guest nicksoph]

What is a TPT, and how do I install it with a system partition?

By the way, I already have rooted and unlocked my phone, and have clockworkmod.

TPT stands for Total Phone Transfer and was originally a way to create a copy of almost your whole phone and transfer it back again.

In this instance it is used to make a copy of a prety much empty phone which has its partitions set in a particular way and a copy of CWM on.

If you have a look at

there is much more info but basically we want to use a TPT to create partitions and those found at the link above give us a number of choices.

The recomendations I have seen mostly suggest using 200MB sytem, and 35mb cache or 160MB/35mb - but this is not something I have any clear idea about so I really cant advise you - I went for a 150 MB and 2mb cache but cant reccomend this unless you are willing to remove apps from the Atomic rom, (see previous post about my settings)

nicksoph

[Guest nicksoph]

please delete

Edited January 7, 2012 by nicksoph

[Guest nicksoph]

Just had this problem as well. Phone was still 'on' but the screen would not light up. Battery pull needed. Was overclocked to 902mhz. Just going to leave it stock now. The proximity sensor is working fine on mine so not felt the need to calibrate. Will go calibrate as well.

I use the attached ZTE Emode Helper App to do the same thing (I think) it is from the Blade forum but seems to work as well on the Skate.

Just install normally by first renaiming it by taking away the .txt affix, copying it to your sd card and then using Androzip Pro to find and install it.

Once you run it it will have a whole list of things it can do - just select the first item on the first screen and you are taken to a second screen, scrool down that screen and you will see "Sensor" slect that and you are taken to a screen with a button marked "calib" with the phone exposed to light and the front not covered by anything press Calib.

You can then test if it is working by covering the top half of the phone (where you ear goes) and you should see the Proximity read out change between Yes and No as you cover and uncover the semsor.

ZTEEmodeHelper.apk.txt

Edited January 7, 2012 by nicksoph

[Guest nicksoph]

sorry double post - nothing here - please delete

Edited January 7, 2012 by nicksoph