Hi,
It's been quite a while since I tested ROMS. Last one was Logout's 5.03. Have used Ivan's V3 also.
Out of curiousity before I flash my ROM to 2.3/3.0, are any of the beta versions currently available faster than the older non AKU ROMS?
If so, which one is the most stable to install? AKU2.3 or 3.0?
They are miles faster. I'd recommend AKU3.0 or the upcoming AKU3.2 from Helmi_C. AKU3 is preffered over AKU2.3 because it's slightly faster so more work is being done for that.
Thanks Biohead for answering. I'll flash Helmi's AKU3.0 beta soon and see how it goes.
Yes, faster than most...I wouldnt go as far as saying they are miles faster...and the battery life on AKU3.0 is horrible imo. That being said. I am still using it for the moment because it has the best combination of features and stability that I have found so far. this battery thing is killing me though. if battery life does not improve I will become too frustrated and have to go back to a different rom that has better performance in this regard. just my 2 cents.
-wurd
I'd reccommend one of those extended bateries regardless of which ROM you use, they are not that expensive and give you much more juice.
Wurdipus,
Why is the battery draining out fast? Is it due to some kind of self-power-on problem?
Btw, many here recommend to overclock to 520Mhz for BA to run WM5.0. Any recommendations on which software to use to do that?
mambojambo said:
Wurdipus,
Why is the battery draining out fast? Is it due to some kind of self-power-on problem?
Btw, many here recommend to overclock to 520Mhz for BA to run WM5.0. Any recommendations on which software to use to do that?
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I am not sure why battery is draining so fast. I did not have this problem with TuMa 1.4 or Ivan's latest rom. they may not have as many features/functions enabled in those other roms. I am just not sure. i dont use wifi, but i do leave GPRS connection open a lot of the time to sync email in near realtime. I did that with the other roms too though and didnt see this dramatic battery drain.
as far as overclocking goes...i use this overclock tweak that i believe mamaich wrote. if it was someone else who wrote it, forgive me for not remembering =)
edit: just as a note. this overclocking hack runs at 530Mhz when backlight is on. when backlight is off it drops back to whatever the native speed of the CPU is.
mambojambo said:
Wurdipus,
Why is the battery draining out fast? Is it due to some kind of self-power-on problem?
Btw, many here recommend to overclock to 520Mhz for BA to run WM5.0. Any recommendations on which software to use to do that?
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u can use xcpuscalar
Wurdipus
I tried to use that overclock but after installing I can't find it...Can you tell me how to use it ?
Her0 said:
Wurdipus
I tried to use that overclock but after installing I can't find it...Can you tell me how to use it ?
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once it is installed it just resides in the background. I am not sure exactly how it works, but i do know it has no GUI for control. Mamaich wrote it to simply install and run behind the scenes. If you want something you can control and adjust then xpuscalar is probably the way to go.
here is the original thread i got the .rar file from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=27976&highlight=overclock+mamaich
mambojambo said:
Wurdipus,
Why is the battery draining out fast? Is it due to some kind of self-power-on problem?
Btw, many here recommend to overclock to 520Mhz for BA to run WM5.0. Any recommendations on which software to use to do that?
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there is a know bug in all wm5 rom's on this forum and that is the BlueTooth issue. BT randomly looses itself, soft-reset needed. To work-around this someone made a patch that will wake-up your PDA every so much minutes to keep BT alive.
so turn off BT if not used. i've no battery problem.
And for overclocking i use pocket hack master. Made my tomtom to startup in 13 secs. in stead of 35 sec. on wm5. Maybe it makes battery life longer since it underclocks as well when idle.
xdaradar said:
mambojambo said:
Wurdipus,
Why is the battery draining out fast? Is it due to some kind of self-power-on problem?
Btw, many here recommend to overclock to 520Mhz for BA to run WM5.0. Any recommendations on which software to use to do that?
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there is a know bug in all wm5 rom's on this forum and that is the BlueTooth issue. BT randomly looses itself, soft-reset needed. To work-around this someone made a patch that will wake-up your PDA every so much minutes to keep BT alive.
so turn off BT if not used. i've no battery problem.
And for overclocking i use pocket hack master. Made my tomtom to startup in 13 secs. in stead of 35 sec. on wm5. Maybe it makes battery life longer since it underclocks as well when idle.
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seems to be a lot of disconnect between threads and rom makers here. when i was using TuMa1.4 and the BT patch .dll from big mike, I didnt have this battery issue and TuMa had many many features like AKU roms have. I only wish Tuatara had gotten the time to finish 1.5 and work out the few remaining bugs. TuMa rom was best one ever imo even with all the little problems in 1.4 i still used it longer than any other....hoping they would get fixed one day. Now AKU rom is out and re introduced a lot of the old issues I had before TuMa 1.4. oh well.
its all from people volunteering time and effort to make these roms so I am not complaining! just thinking somewhere along the lines it would have been great for more interaction between rom makers to know what worked in one or the other. awesome work on all the roms and I will keep trying to help as much as I can with reports about what works and what doesnt.
on that note....one problem I have again now with the latest AKU is the phone rings for the person calling me 3 or more times before I hear a ring on my phone. by the time I can answer it has gone to voice mail. this problem was gone for awhile but now its back.
I can't agree more. IMHO this devices are sold with a tiny battery just for the sake that you'll must buy an extended one. Before I got mine, I had just a day of runup. Now I have 3, even 4 days. So, I clearly recommend buying the extended battery as a must for this devices..
Brazilian Joe said:
I'd reccommend one of those extended bateries regardless of which ROM you use, they are not that expensive and give you much more juice.
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I would be thankful, though, that the following issue would be solved:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=59477&highlight=
I give you my support, shall our gurus need hands for testing or something else.. don't hesitate on asking! 8)
Biohead said:
They are miles faster. I'd recommend AKU3.0 or the upcoming AKU3.2 from Helmi_C. AKU3 is preffered over AKU2.3 because it's slightly faster so more work is being done for that.
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I would be thankful, though, that the following issue would be solved:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=59477&highlight=
I give you my support, shall our gurus need hands for testing or something else.. don't hesitate on asking! 8)
Biohead said:
They are miles faster. I'd recommend AKU3.0 or the upcoming AKU3.2 from Helmi_C. AKU3 is preffered over AKU2.3 because it's slightly faster so more work is being done for that.
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Related
I've beat the learning curve and i think i'm now ready to move up to wm5. But first i was wondering if, besides the bluetooth, there are any reasons, for me NOT to move up to wm5?
thanks.
it is a little slower than 2003 but it is more stable than 2003, if bluetooth is not an issue for you try wm5 you will like it, if you not like it you can always downgrade
Its slower than 2003SE, and sometimes you feel like throwing it against a wall....more so than 2003se.
I used my friends HP ipaq, boy that thing flew (2003se) it was responsive with hardware and software buttons..must be using a faster cpu.
so a reason not to is the speed.
do you guys have yours overclocked?
Overclocking?
I do, well, techincally it's vary-clocked. I use Power Hacker which automaticly adjusts the CPU speed as needs be. In idle the CPU sits at 100Mhz and on load it jumps up to 554Mhz with various overclocking on the RAM and such like.
The fact it idles at such a low CPU seems to give me a bit more battery power to make up for the higher drain when in use.
There is a topic about overclocking on the main "Blue Angle" Forum.
As for reasons to upgrade to WM5, to be honest I've forgotten! I think it was just because of a few annoying bugs, like the BT and Wi-Fi connection issues (having to soft-reset the stupid thing everytime I want to reconnect to my home wireless.) and also just because it has a nicer layout.
You know, before my next WM5 flash I might just go back to WM2003SE for a couple of days just to remind myself what's so great about WM5....
the only problem i have w/ WM5 is the keyboard problem. lags sometimes and keys lock
Try this is rock solid and fast
http://tofclock33.free.fr/rom/XDA_WM2k5_2.01a64WWE.rar
more info here:
http://buzzdev.net/component/option...view/id,14557/catid,26/limit,15/limitstart,0/
toxicro said:
Try this is rock solid and fast
http://tofclock33.free.fr/rom/XDA_WM2k5_2.01a64WWE.rar
more info here:
http://buzzdev.net/component/option...view/id,14557/catid,26/limit,15/limitstart,0/
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Unfortunately that is for Himalaya 8)
Sorry !!! My mistake.
But is very goood !!!
A speed question.
So i've been playing around with emulators. Mainly morphgear, pocket snes, and pocket nester. To get the best performance out of the blue angel while playing very resource intensive games like legend of zelda link to the past or super mario world, (both with sound), i'm having to overclock.
So i started using pocket hack master, ( phm for the searchers).
The highest i can put my settings without it crashing and to make these games run decent looks like this.
SDRAM clock: 147.50 mhz
pxbus (internal bus) clock: 148.00 mhz
run to turbo multiplier: 2.00
Mem to run multiplier: 2.00
Turbo is 592.00 Mhz
Run is 296.00 Mhz
Now. After looking at all this information my question is how much more resource intensive is wm5 going to be? Will these roms not be able to run reliably? I'm assuming i'm just about topped out, and i'm also assuming that wm5 is going to take more juice. But i'm wondering how significant of a difference i'm facing?
Does wm5 run slower because it's more resource intensive or just slower by defualt? as in the way it's coded?
go back to 2003 these roms are a disgrace to microsoft haha go billy gates!
Well if you can't use it - do not use it.
The main point (if you did not notice) is tath there is no official release of WM5 for BA. Thus, saying something about Microsoft's OS that was not designed/adjusted for a given hardware is the same as complaining about stupid Ferrari engine that cannot be installed into a regular Renault.
Ive only had my Blue Angel for a couple of weeks (converted from Symbian UIQ)
I decided to try the lastest Helmi 1.3 and so far it's been great
OK there are a couple of issues but so far i've been happy.
I now no longer backup the phone on a daily basis and have not needed to soft reset for ages , with 2003 it was getting to be a pain in the neck.
Also my bluetooth headset has much better quality on WM5 with no static
So i for one am happy
Explain what problems you're having!!
The AKU ROM's are the best of the lot I say - and I will go as far as saying Helmi's AKU3.2 is as fast as 2003SE (and prettier!). It's stable, most programs work and still being improved!
machmandp said:
I now no longer backup the phone on a daily basis
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<aol>me too!!</aol>
Knowing that running down the battery isn't going to zap your phone is great. Thanks again to all those who helped bring WM5 to the blue angel!!
Personally, I'm still on helmi 1.2 and I find it to be just as reliable or moreso than WM2003.
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machmandp said:
I now no longer backup the phone on a daily basis
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<aol>me too!!</aol>
Knowing that running down the battery isn't going to zap your phone is great. Thanks again to all those who helped bring WM5 to the blue angel!!
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yeah, can anyone tell me what is the lifespan of the backup battery? 2 nights ago, before i slept i plugged my BA with only 3hrs remaining battery life... woke up 9 hrs after to see that i forgot to plug the charger to the wall outlet! immediately plugged it in and the BA soft resetted, but lo and behold, everything is still there!
and here's the twist, all my most often used apps are installed in the ramdisk!
can 2003se beat that?
I suggest you first research and review WM5 on BA before complaining, because if you complain without first knowing what you are talking about you, you'll easily turn to an IDIOT in the forums (pun not intended)
Um....why all the replies to a 12 year old proving he's cool?
Indeed. I wonder why he even has the brains to be able to know how to use a browser... or even plug in his computer
I have also converted to Helmi 1.3 and although WM5 was alittle slow, this is no fault of the Rom but the fact that the OS was desgined for faster CPU's. installed XCPUScalar and pumped up the cpu speed from 400 to 530, and yeah sure i do get less battery life, but for me that is not an issue, as I charge while at work.
I am alot happier and although the odd lock up happens, it a helava-lot better than 2003SE
Are you guys F..... crazy
Whay dont you use some programs like Destinator 6 or Tomtom Navigator 5, and check the performance while navigate on maps.
This versions of WM5 are too slow, compared with 2003SE.
I have tested all the versions with no lucky, all GPS programs on WM5 for BlueAngel has a lot of lag on maps.
I have no problems with TomTom... No lags (except long start-up), no hangs, etc...
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cyberbit said:
Whay dont you use some programs like Destinator 6 or Tomtom Navigator 5, and check the performance while navigate on maps.
This versions of WM5 are too slow, compared with 2003SE.
I have tested all the versions with no lucky, all GPS programs on WM5 for BlueAngel has a lot of lag on maps.
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I dont have a problem with TomTom5 as well. True slightly slow start but never any lags or problems. i think ur problem maybe that your cpu is still set to 400mhz and that where tomtom is suffering. pump up ur cpu and see if that helps.
fa147 said:
I have also converted to Helmi 1.3 and although WM5 was alittle slow, this is no fault of the Rom but the fact that the OS was desgined for faster CPU's. installed XCPUScalar and pumped up the cpu speed from 400 to 530, and yeah sure i do get less battery life, but for me that is not an issue, as I charge while at work.
I am alot happier and although the odd lock up happens, it a helava-lot better than 2003SE
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The speed of the CPU isn't the problem, its the type of flash memory used on older pre-WM5 devices.. sure upping the clock helps as I run mine at 590 all the time, but fact of the matter is this is about the fastest we'll ever see WM5 on our BAs because of this hardware problem
Installing to the RAM disk reduces this problem, that's why it's there. The RAM storage is much faster than the ROM areas.
fraser said:
Installing to the RAM disk reduces this problem, that's why it's there. The RAM storage is much faster than the ROM areas.
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Is this 'RAM' the one which zeros itself after battery fully drains?
Yes, but I've had that happen once in 18 months of having the BA. If you only install accessory software to the ramdisk, a reset won't cause you much hastle other than having to reinstall a couple of applications.
I detest the PC installation of apps over activesync now as it unnessarilly clutters up your PC. I just keep all of the cab files a directory on the sdcard. I can hard reset and get everything installed really quickly this way.
So under normal conditions a softreset won't erase data on RAM disk?
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So under normal conditions a softreset won't erase data on RAM disk?
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That's correct. You'd need to either drain the backup battery completely or hard-reset to lose it. It could still happen, which is why I only install apps there. Don't keep any personal docs etc. just in case.
Thnx Fraser
Hello
I test rom´s with and without battery status, and with battery status my wizard working for one day and without it is my wizard working for three days.
I dont think so, that battery status is good application. What are you thinking about it?
SpeedyTuning said:
Hello
I test rom´s with and without battery status, and with battery status my wizard working for one day and without it is my wizard working for three days.
I dont think so, that battery status is good application. What are you thinking about it?
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There are numerous versions of batterystatus and there are numerous parameters you can set. I don't think you can make a blanket statement like this. What version did you install? What are all the parameters you have set in the OMAP tab?
I ran BatteryStatus .04.200 on WM6 MBE for many days with no problems at all (but I did have lockups with 1.04.200 Beta 2). I'm now running 1.04.201 Beta 3 on mUn's rom since this morning. We'll see how it does.
I only overclock to 260 (and Faria in his post recommends only doing 247 on his rom to be safe). I've seen people claim to run 299 with no problems (I haven't had the guts to try that ). With CPUscaler then bringing the clock back down (BTW: if you are on a 1.x version of BatteryStatus then you should really turn on CPUscaler it appears, as that seems to clear a lock/freeze issue I had).
Lastly, you also don't mention what phone you have, and what your IPL/SPL are at (or your Radio version for that matter). All of these things play into this. Plus any other apps you load on your phone could impact / conflict with BatteryStatus or cause an unstable environment. To make the statement you are making, you'd need to load a ROM and not do any other tweaks or anything other than running BatteryStatus...
I have just run the omapclock prog and upped my processor speed from 195mhz to 240mhz and the speed difference is really great... the only problem I have is that i have to reset the clock everytime the wizard goes into standby, has anyone remedied this issue yet and if so what do I do?
Gently does it boyz I am a newbie here so no high tech speak please.
Timax47 said:
I have just run the omapclock prog and upped my processor speed from 195mhz to 240mhz and the speed difference is really great... the only problem I have is that i have to reset the clock everytime the wizard goes into standby, has anyone remedied this issue yet and if so what do I do?
Gently does it boyz I am a newbie here so no high tech speak please.
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there are separate programs that usually help with this. common ones would be omapclockplus, smartskeys, or batterystatus.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=271012
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=270751
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=256525
Thx, I used omapclockplus and I now have the speed locked at 240mhz.. it works great
Hello all =D
I'm despaired by seeing people running nice Android on there Touch Diamond...
I'm explaining to you :
I tryed a lot of android rom (2.x) from XDA, CONNECT-UTB & NeoPeek...
The result is always the same : BATTERY DRAIN --'
I tryed many kernel, modules etc,etc on glemsom.users.anapnea.net/android2/htc-msm-linux/
I don't know what to do ... WM makes me beeing crazy, like all of Microsoft products...
I really need your help...
demonroro said:
Hello all =D
I'm despaired by seeing people running nice Android on there Touch Diamond...
I'm explaining to you :
I tryed a lot of android rom (2.x) from XDA, CONNECT-UTB & NeoPeek...
The result is always the same : BATTERY DRAIN --'
I tryed many kernel, modules etc,etc on glemsom.users.anapnea.net/android2/htc-msm-linux/
I don't know what to do ... WM makes me beeing crazy, like all of Microsoft products...
I really need your help...
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You should go on ebay and buy a new battery
pretty cheap
For me, its seems coming from android drivers, because WM runs for 3days without plugging AC Power ...
demonroro said:
For me, its seems coming from android drivers, because WM runs for 3days without plugging AC Power ...
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Oh haha, I have the same problem, your not the only one. But in the android porting of the DIAM, this has been known as a issue, and this point everything is being done. The battery is just PART of a list of bugs and issues.
What you can do to limit battery drain
1] Lower settings on android -Screen brightness, -Use Data when needed otherwise keep it off, also with internet.
2]I have gone through many kernels and it all of them vary, but ill let you know what kernel i have [because its ok with the battery]
3]Be patient because this is a project in the making so fixes will come as they are found [camera, video etc]
ALL this is mentioned through the massive thread [I would hate to read it all]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=711692
stay tune
Adjust your backlight (for me, the maximum brightness is too strong - I'm photophobic- so I use the backlight on its 30~40%), or turn off connections like GPS, BT or Wi-Fi, just turn on when it's necessary...
It'll save some batt...
If the problem continues, grab a new batt on ebay...
I did it, it seems to be better, after 12h with a low utilization, the battery is at 60%.
But it's long to wait for a good release x)