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one thing i've been curious about and haven't seen a thing on in any of the numerous impression/review articles i've read is a note on the the speed of the handset's boot up time.
i've got a droid now, and i absolutely hate how long it takes to transition from powered-off to operational. i go off and do something else, and it takes long enough where i've forgotten about it by the time it turns fully on.
so how long is the EVO's?
Probably because almost everybody leaves their phone on...and don't care how long it takes really...
1 minute or 5 minutes really don't bother most people including me, so thats why it isn't really said in reviews.
I think I saw somewhere where they said it was kind of long. I assume because of the startup animations. I don't know anything about rooting but from what i've gathered you might be able to disable some of those.
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Probably because almost everybody leaves their phone on...and don't care how long it takes really...
1 minute or 5 minutes really don't bother most people including me, so thats why it isn't really said in reviews.
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ok?
...and your point posting in this thread was? i don't care how many people leave their phone on, or the time frame that a phone needs to turn on in so not to bother people; i was asking how long the EVO takes to boot up. so thanks a lot.
In answer to your question... fast! Most boots seem to take about 20 to 30 seconds for me but one boot did take a minute. Regardless, it's faster than any Sense phone I have ever seen. throw AOSP on here and it should boot even faster.
awesome - appreciate the answer.
and yeah, i could imagine it powering up a bit faster with some tuning from xda.
I seen one IO user say his boot time on the Evo was less than a minute but I assume it also is a bare, non-custom, no extra apps device.
Boot time is definitely less than a minute, I'm using the HelixLauncher2 so everything comes up real fast after boot.
It's night and day compared to my old Hero.
I was just going to ask about this...
From fully OFF to the second I can see my lock screen(note, not fully operational yet, but can see the lockscreen), takes 1 minute and 20 seconds. Thats running Fresh 3.3 with whatever kernel comes with that Rom. A kid I go to school with, he has the same rom and kernel, his boots up to fully operational in about 45 seconds.
Just wondering if I can shorten that somehow.
Also, wondering if music and pictures have anything to do with it? Having to load all of that from the sd card might cause the delay?
Holy thread resurrection, Batman!
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Holy thread resurrection, Batman!
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Quick, to the archives Robin!!
Alright, I'm sorry lol. But you cant be THAT upset with me, I searched before posting. Just didnt take note of the dates. sorry!
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Alright, I'm sorry lol. But you cant be THAT upset with me, I searched before posting. Just didnt take note of the dates. sorry!
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I was just having fun and not neccessarily really teasing. At least you searched and this was the result so nothing too serious really
Same here...I wasn't busting your chops...just thought it was funny that you searched that deep...kudos on the search!
It's all good.
That, my lads, may have been epic.
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Mine takes around....a minute and a half. This is with a 32GB microSD card, Apps2SD (with virtually every app I use, including most of the stock apps installed on my microSD, and dalvik on the cache partition.)
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That, my lads, may have been epic.
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ok... lad.. lol
freeza said:
Mine takes around....a minute and a half. This is with a 32GB microSD card, Apps2SD (with virtually every app I use, including most of the stock apps installed on my microSD, and dalvik on the cache partition.)
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Where did yoou get your 32GB card from?
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Where did yoou get your 32GB card from?
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Hey guys. i've had it with Froyo. i have a list of complaints, but that kind of post has been done too many times.
basically i'm wondering how to "downgrade" back to a 2.1 rom. i started with OMJ's 2.1 "eclair" rom and now i'm running his 2.2 froyoized rom. i'd like to revert back to the latter. can someone clue me in on how best to accomplish this?
thanks!
I should expect it to be as simple as clearing data/cache/davlik and flashing the rom you want to use.
Don't think you can but I'm not 100% sure Idk what problems ur having but 2.2. Has been a beast for me
from the apple store loling
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That's what I assumed. i just wanted to make sure before i screw something up.
@SporkMan, basically it seems slower, the battery life is awful and recently, i've noticed the phone itself is HOTTER. i carry it in a holster on my belt and this morning(while in court) i had it on airplane mode without GPS, wifi, etc on and it went from 85% battery to 42% batter in less then two hours and was hotter then it gets when i charge it off the wall adapter. i've NEVER gotten that bad of battery life. not even before i rooted it. thats just unacceptable.
plus, i haven't seen the talked-about speed gains in the applications, so it doesn't really provide me with anything new(correction, there is one thing i absolutely LOVE and that is the mass update in the Market. that just rules!)
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That's what I assumed. i just wanted to make sure before i screw something up.
@SporkMan, basically it seems slower, the battery life is awful and recently, i've noticed the phone itself is HOTTER. i carry it in a holster on my belt and this morning(while in court) i had it on airplane mode without GPS, wifi, etc on and it went from 85% battery to 42% batter in less then two hours and was hotter then it gets when i charge it off the wall adapter. i've NEVER gotten that bad of battery life. not even before i rooted it. thats just unacceptable.
plus, i haven't seen the talked-about speed gains in the applications, so it doesn't really provide me with anything new(correction, there is one thing i absolutely LOVE and that is the mass update in the Market. that just rules!)
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maybe its the rom youre using. froyo battery life has been pretty much the same with me. try fresh or something!
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maybe its the rom youre using. froyo battery life has been pretty much the same with me. try fresh or something!
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i suppose i could try that. i'm some what hesitant to move away from OMJ. i've been happy with his last rom, but this....ugh....
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i suppose i could try that. i'm some what hesitant to move away from OMJ. i've been happy with his last rom, but this....ugh....
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you'll probably get a bunch of suggested roms to try, but my vote goes to BakedSnack and his Bkaed1 kernel. Hero tweaks the kernels to give killer battery - I've been raving about it ever since I switched over. I used to have to struggle to get over 13 hours battery - now I get over 20, without setcpu. You should nand and try it. If you don't like it, you can always nand back.
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i suppose i could try that. i'm some what hesitant to move away from OMJ. i've been happy with his last rom, but this....ugh....
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try a new ROM slow has to be the rom ! battery life search this board LOADS of tips and tweaks for improved battery
i bought 2 battery's and a wall charger from ebay for 10$ with free shipping
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you'll probably get a bunch of suggested roms to try, but my vote goes to BakedSnack and his Bkaed1 kernel. Hero tweaks the kernels to give killer battery - I've been raving about it ever since I switched over. I used to have to struggle to get over 13 hours battery - now I get over 20, without setcpu. You should nand and try it. If you don't like it, you can always nand back.
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do you know if his kernel supports HDMI? or is that broken in all modified kernels?
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do you know if his kernel supports HDMI? or is that broken in all modified kernels?
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pretty sure it's broken in all modded kernels. Are you really one of the few that use/need hdmi? I'm curious - what do you use it for?
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pretty sure it's broken in all modded kernels. Are you really one of the few that use/need hdmi? I'm curious - what do you use it for?
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Netarchy's does it all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719763
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Netarchy's does it all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719763
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right! forgot he fixed that when he hit version 4 - I stopped using his kernel around 3.7ish when i went with Baked1. Sorry for the mis-info!
I would have to agree with the others. I use Fresh 3.1.0.1 and run Netarchy's 4.0.2 kernel, and my phone has never been faster, smoother, nor have I ever had better battery life as I do now. I took my phone off of the charger at 8:00 AM today, surfed the net, answered a few phone calls, did emails and messages for a total screen on time of about two hours so far. I also did 15 minutes of FM radio, and half hour of streaming Pandora on the way to work, and my battery is at 76% at 2:00 PM.
The other thing you might consider is that, it wouldn't surprise me if in a few months, aps compatible with the evo running 2.1 won't even show up for you in the market any more. I may be wrong, but something to consider.
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The other thing you might consider is that, it wouldn't surprise me if in a few months, aps compatible with the evo running 2.1 won't even show up for you in the market any more. I may be wrong, but something to consider.
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thats a good point. i hadn't thought of that.
Okay, i'm sticking with 2.2. i have to learn all about Baked Snack and figure out how to properly implement it.
@mikevillarroel i didn't realize netarchy had released a new version! i'm still rocking one of the 3 versions. sweeet!!
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thats a good point. i hadn't thought of that.
Okay, i'm sticking with 2.2. i have to learn all about Baked Snack and figure out how to properly implement it.
@mikevillarroel i didn't realize netarchy had released a new version! i'm still rocking one of the 3 versions. sweeet!!
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I did a pretty thorogh write-up on how I set myself up with BakedSnack over here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7600787&postcount=3617
You may find it useful
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I did a pretty thorogh write-up on how I set myself up with BakedSnack over here
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Thanks! the part i'm MOST confused about is when i download the latest Baked Snack rom from that thread in development i only get a 318kb file. every other rom i've downloaded has been 125mb +. i don't really know what thats about
If you're talking about 1.2.5, the reason its so small is because its not a Rom. Check my link again. You have to wipe and flash 1.2 first, then 1.2.5 over that without wiping, unless you want the themed version (which I highly recommend) in which case you wipe, flash 1.2, then 1.2 themed without wiping, then 1.2.5 themed without wiping. It sounds like more of a pita than it is, and its worth it in the end.
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thats exactly the info i needed. thanks!
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thats exactly the info i needed. thanks!
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Awesome! Let us know the results.
And just because I gotta say it (I think its a law), that info was mentioned many times in the BS thread.
Good luck!
Edit- looks like hero just posted a new 1.3, so ignore my steps above and just wipe (dont forget dalvic) and install the 1.3 full version.
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is there any order that i should follow with a new Rom and kernel? i.e. kernel first then rom or vice versa?
Everything has been perfect with this phone except now I've had two reboots in the past two days and I'm considering swapping it for a new handset (could be indicative of a larger problem). Yesterday it rebooted when I was browsing the internet, it had 70% battery before the reboot and then the phone was reporting 15% right after. I did a battery pull and it came up to 40% after. Weird. Anyone else have any issues like this?
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No issues here. Phone works flawlessly for me under heavy use.
sent from my DAMN phone!
never happened to me either...fully stock, never rooted
If it happens to you again, if you are within the return window, you may want to exchange it
Yep... watch this youtube.com/watch?v=8pMLxyThxEk
what a piece. And sprint is no help. Not in person. Not "Dan Hesse's Office"
That doesn't sound right at all. I haven't had a single one..not even when messing around overclocked to 1.6
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Happened to me every time I tried to uninstall/go into parts of the phone. Happened a Month ago, dida format stock...all okay like nothing happened.
-jr
Ps, it was after phone got easy too hot using hdmi out for over 3 hours...I believe the phone was well above the 125°, as o could not touch it.
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Never had the problem when it was stock...if anything, it did drain the battery a bit. But that's expected.
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Happened to me every time I tried to uninstall/go into parts of the phone. Happened a Month ago, dida format stock...all okay like nothing happened.
-jr
Ps, it was after phone got easy too hot using hdmi out for over 3 hours...I believe the phone was well above the 125°, as o could not touch it.
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I have been told that the phone will shut itself down to prevent heat damage.
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I havent had a single one since I posted this thread. I'm thinking it was a fluke. My phone runs like a champ now, especially since I rooted and used autostarts and titanium to get all the bloat under control.
Wait... people on here that don't root? I'm confused...
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Wait... people on here that don't root? I'm confused...
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At the time I posted this thread I was still waiting for a way to root my current ROM, with no flashing involved. With all the problems that people were having with LOS I didn't want to risk flashing a new kernel and potentially starting to get LOS when I never had it before. I still haven't had a single one and I got this phone on release day
Well, thanks to a FUBAR with the CIQ removal script and no backup, I moved away from stock. I'm now running Calkulin's and haven't had any LOS or random reboots. At least, that's what I'm running while I patiently wait for CM9. That being said, I recommend it.
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Well, thanks to a FUBAR with the CIQ removal script and no backup, I moved away from stock. I'm now running Calkulin's and haven't had any LOS or random reboots. At least, that's what I'm running while I patiently wait for CM9. That being said, I recommend it.
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Yeah I had the same FUBAR lol. I ended up using odin to go the EG31 route. I really feel no desire to go with a custom ROM. Back in the EVO days the stock ROM was always so bloated even with just Sense that you HAD to go custom to get any performance or decent battery life out of it. The stock ROM on our E4GTs just blazes and is damn near perfect already. The only thing left for me to do is get rid of CiQ and then it will be absolutely perfect. I have the odexed version of the noCiQ mod waiting to be flashed but I'm 1000 miles from home for the next few weeks and can't risk screwing up my phone. I only brought my macbook with me so using odin in case of a fowl up is not an option right now.
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Yeah I had the same FUBAR lol. I ended up using odin to go the EG31 route. I really feel no desire to go with a custom ROM. Back in the EVO days the stock ROM was always so bloated even with just Sense that you HAD to go custom to get any performance or decent battery life out of it. The stock ROM on our E4GTs just blazes and is damn near perfect already. The only thing left for me to do is get rid of CiQ and then it will be absolutely perfect. I have the odexed version of the noCiQ mod waiting to be flashed but I'm 1000 miles from home for the next few weeks and can't risk screwing up my phone. I only brought my macbook with me so using odin in case of a fowl up is not an option right now.
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I know what you mean, man. But once you're rooted and have Clockwork on there, you can do Nandroid backups and flash right from your SD card! But, hey, safe journeys.
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I know what you mean, man. But once you're rooted and have Clockwork on there, you can do Nandroid backups and flash right from your SD card! But, hey, safe journeys.
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Oh I'm aware. I still do nandroids just in case now but honestly, stock ROM+removed bloat + autostarts is awesome.
I used to be flash happy when I had my EVO, I flashed new ROMs all the time (and always ended up back at MIUI). With my E4GT I just want it to work with no problems and I'm happy.
I'm stock too. I did the whole flash everything under the sun with my evolution and evo 3d and other phones. Ill root and flash when cm9 is stable. I had one radom reboot once but I think it was an app issue.
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I rooted my phone about half a year ago, and now, finally I got back to the stock ROM. You may ask why, so here is why I initially rooted it, and then why I got back to the stock ROM.
My main reason for rooting was the extremly small sized internal storage. Even with the "stock" app2sd it was hell like fast full. Of course customizen played also a role, and I liked the ability to change like everything the way I like, but moving nearly the whole apps was the main reason.
So I finally decided to root my phone. The process was (in opposite of what I thought) really easy, especially with the help of this awesome guide and I chose "MIUI" as the first OS to try out. I really liked it, but I had some occasional crashes which I wasn't able to solve. But that wasn't the reason I got back to the stock ROM. After about 2-3 months with "MIUI" my complete phone got stock in a bootloop. Flashing the zip again wasn't succesfull, so I finally tried an older backup. This worked, but sadly all my SMS data and else got lost.
After some searching I tried out cyanogenMod. I liked it quite well, but I also got the crashes and freezes I got with MIUI, but I was able to live with it. But then, about a week ago, my phone got completly stuck in a bootloop, and instead of throwing it straight ahead into a wall, I flashed back to the stock ROM.
At first I was quite surprised how fluidly it runs, in comparision to cyanogenMod. Then I noticed, that you can't really switch between 3G and 2G data, and was afraid of getting out of energy much sooner. But the opposite happened, the battery lasts much longer than with the other two ROMs, and I hadn't had any crashes or complete freezes till yet. Also, I haven't got the great warning "Battery level 0% or lower (how is this even f*ing possible?), please connect to power source" I got on cyanogenMod, with the addition of my phone shutting down immediately afterwards.
So, long story, short: I really like the ability to root my phone and everything, and I do not regret having done it. It was a great experience, I now I know the "true" capability of android. But after all this trying out, I have to say, that I think I will now stick with the stock ROM, since it's more stable. Probably it was a hardware issue with my device, probably some kind of software bug. Maybe something of both.
just my quick thoughts, and sorry for my bad english, but it's not my native language
To each his own.
I've been using Cyanogenmod more often than any other rom and never experienced bootloops that is caused by the rom itself. It's always something I did with the rom. LOL
Well, that's also a possibility, but since I wasn't able to find the cause of it, I gave up. It was not only the bootloop, but also the quick battery draining and the complete freezes.
I understand where you are coming from... You just want it to work properly.
As for the battery, the default cm7 kernel isn't really that good compared with ManU kernel. That's the first thing I change when I flash.
Now I'm taking my stopwatch to count how long will it take for loons to start Runnymede or ICS recommendations.
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Long story short??
Maybe you should publish the unedited version...could be a few volumes in that.
Also, will never go back to stock. I unrooted last year, so I could set up for S-Off, and couldn't wait to get back to a custom ROM. Slow, boring, low storage and boring.
You should use Runnymede, it's the best ROM ever!
Annddd there you have it Erklat.
haha. Funny. And necessarily runnymede
You have luck with the Battery, my phone say 15% or Lower and shutdown, if yours work down to 0%
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Annddd there you have it Erklat.
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I was being facetious
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You have luck with the Battery, my phone say 15% or Lower and shutdown, if yours work down to 0%
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Well, that was the problem with it...the battery showed 20 percent when it happened...
btw, the stock rom didn't solve that problem either, but at least the crashes are gone...it's still pretty weird, the battery level showed like 20% or more when it suddenly shut down...
Battery life has always been dreadful on the Desire no matter what ROM you use.
Now on the bootloop, Sandvold ICS Beta 0.4.4 ROM seems to be getting on well.
No bootloops whatsoever!
(Some lags and bugs may occure, but nothing you can't handle with a little bit of patience! )
What was I saying -.-'
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What was I saying -.-'
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Page 2... not a bad prediction man. LOL
erklat said:
What was I saying -.-'
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Page 2... not a bad prediction man. LOL
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erklat, what will be the numbers in tomorrow nights Lottery draw??
O, I'm in Australia, btw.
kthxbai
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erklat, what will be the numbers in tomorrow nights Lottery draw??
O, I'm in Australia, btw.
kthxbai
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You are welcome!!
I am so gonna try those!!
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My main reason for rooting was the extremly small sized internal storage. Even with the "stock" app2sd it was hell like fast full.
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So, how did you resolve the issue with the storage now?
I'm using MIUI too and it runs rock solid for me since months. Next time I will switch, I will switch to a new phone...
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So, how did you resolve the issue with the storage now?
I'm using MIUI too and it runs rock solid for me since months. Next time I will switch, I will switch to a new phone...
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well, since my new Transformer Prime is now my primary mobile gaming device, I just put the most necessary apps on my phone (like facebook, twitter, maps and stuff like that)
Thanks Nascor, Its very important the information.
hello folks,
does anybody hav an idea of how many times a ROM or a custom ROM can be flashed on a device(HTC wildfire s)
thanks in advance
Good topic.. i was searching for the answer of this queation. Hope i will get it now.
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I have no idea. I've reflashed my phone so many times I thought my phone would stop working, but apparently it can take it There was a time I flashed a new ROM every two days or so, but these last two week I haven't really flashed anything new. But I must have flashed something new around 30 times or so, so far.
stil no answer..?
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hello folks,
does anybody hav an idea of how many times a ROM or a custom ROM can be flashed on a device(HTC wildfire s)
thanks in advance
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Good topic.. i was searching for the answer of this queation. Hope i will get it now.
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I have no idea. I've reflashed my phone so many times I thought my phone would stop working, but apparently it can take it There was a time I flashed a new ROM every two days or so, but these last two week I haven't really flashed anything new. But I must have flashed something new around 30 times or so, so far.
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Its like this: average NAND flash chip will take over 1000 cycles,so no worries there.
When i say over 1000 i mean like 10000
Also important to know that life of a flash memory is beyond your capability to destroy it with flashing roms every day-so...no worries there too.
Now i would have to type whole night,or to copy/paste a bunch of tech stuff here to explain...YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST ME
Another thing-VERY IMPORTANT-Constant overclocking WILL shorten the life of your CPU if not fry it like an egg....so avoid that if you dont really need it.
For OC you need to understand how much is safe,and then you can play all you want.
Hope i helped....answer in the end is-FLASH AS MUCH AS YOU WANT WITHOUT FEAR...
CHEERS!!!
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Its like this: average NAND flash chip will take over 1000 cycles,so no worries there.
When i say over 1000 i mean like 10000
Also important to know that life of a flash memory is beyond your capability to destroy it with flashing roms every day-so...no worries there too.
Now i would have to type whole night,or to copy/paste a bunch of tech stuff here to explain...YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST ME
Another thing-VERY IMPORTANT-Constant overclocking WILL shorten the life of your CPU if not fry it like an egg....so avoid that if you dont really need it.
For OC you need to understand how much is safe,and then you can play all you want.
Hope i helped....answer in the end is-FLASH AS MUCH AS YOU WANT WITHOUT FEAR...
CHEERS!!!
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thank you so much for your answer... i have no fear now for flashing roms...
am i the only one who flashed his phone over 300 times in 3 months ? God i probably shoulda asked same question long time ago. Well no harm no foul
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am i the only one who flashed his phone over 300 times in 3 months ? God i probably shoulda asked same question long time ago. Well no harm no foul
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Same here, probably more I switch between 3 roms, each have different strenghs eg. Cm7 for flash player, cm9 beauty, stock for sat nav & battery. I too did wonder how many flashes I would be able to safely accomplish. Sometimes I flash twice a day.
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am i the only one who flashed his phone over 300 times in 3 months ? God i probably shoulda asked same question long time ago. Well no harm no foul
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me too, but more out of necessity than curiosity....i'm still trying to find a reliable, stable rom that gives me plenty of storage room for apps.
it seems to me that with this phone you basically have to choose whether you want a "smart" phone that will totally die out on you every few days, or a "basic" phone which will not allow you to have really any personal apps, but which will then last for a good couple of weeks before giving you the dreaded "low storage" messages and start lagging like hell.
but yeah, i've had to flash mine literally hundreds of times in the last 6 months, and it's still going (well....just about, as i said, this phone has never been "reliable" as such)
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me too, but more out of necessity than curiosity....i'm still trying to find a reliable, stable rom that gives me plenty of storage room for apps.
it seems to me that with this phone you basically have to choose whether you want a "smart" phone that will totally die out on you every few days, or a "basic" phone which will not allow you to have really any personal apps, but which will then last for a good couple of weeks before giving you the dreaded "low storage" messages and start lagging like hell.
but yeah, i've had to flash mine literally hundreds of times in the last 6 months, and it's still going (well....just about, as i said, this phone has never been "reliable" as such)
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thank u so much..!
Well this isn't technically true. You can do no serious damage to your phone via flashing but every flash you do has the possibility of corrupting your phones internal storage due to it formatting the /system partition. This could create bad sectors on your phones internal mtd - this slowly eats away your internal memory by about 8bytes each time. That's about 8 ANSII characters (letters/numbers/symbols) so there isn't anything to worry about really.
From all the constant file transfers, installations and wipes I do each day I have about 6 bad sectors.
This is ABSOLUTELY nothing to worry about by the way, I just thought it would be interesting.
You would need around 500000 corrupted MTD sectors to lose the equivalent to ONE MP3 SONG on your internal memory.
Please note that its late at night here so my math may not be totally correct, but it'll be pretty close.
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benjamingwynn said:
Well this isn't technically true. You can do no serious damage to your phone via flashing but every flash you do has the possibility of corrupting your phones internal storage due to it formatting the /system partition. This could create bad sectors on your phones internal mtd - this slowly eats away your internal memory by about 8bytes each time. That's about 8 ANSII characters (letters/numbers/symbols) so there isn't anything to worry about really.
From all the constant file transfers, installations and wipes I do each day I have about 6 bad sectors.
This is ABSOLUTELY nothing to worry about by the way, I just thought it would be interesting.
You would need around 500000 corrupted MTD sectors to lose the equivalent to ONE MP3 SONG on your internal memory.
Please note that its late at night here so my math may not be totally correct, but it'll be pretty close.
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thank u so much...but is there a way to wipe those bad sectors..??
thanks in advance...!