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I have a few issues with my Tilt that maybe some of you could help me with. have flashed more ROMS than I can count. The problem that I am running in to is that 1. I can't find one that really works for me and 2. I can't seem to get my camera back. Let me elaborate on that. I have the camera, it works normally, but there is no zoom anymore. I went back to the straight HTC camera file, but there's no zoom in there. When I first purchased this phone from AT&T, it zoomed in and out, even when I would take a picture in low light conditions, I was getting excellent FPS. Now I installed the "official" HTC camera on here, and there's no zoom, and the low light FPS went straight to crap, maybe .5 to 1.5 if I am really lucky.
Ok, now back to the ROMS. I am having trouble finding a ROM that works good, doesn't lock, and doesn't eat my batteries like a fat kid eats Twinkies. I have tried almost every one of the DuttyThroy ROMS, Death something, Diamond Builds, you name it. I think I have tried just about every one on this website. I have tried almost every single one of the "lite" versions that everyone has put out, and still the same thing on battery life. I have also tried MULTIPLE different radios with different ROMS, and still, the same thing. Prior to purchasing the Tilt, I had a Blackjack. I loved it, I had installed a ROM on it from someone called Ali or Dr_Ali or something like that. Basically it was a VERY slight cook of WM6.1 that was pretty well pulled off of the BJ 2 and cooked for the BJ 1. I guess I would love to find something like that for the Tilt, but I haven't seen anything like it on this site. Anyone have any suggestions? Or perhaps what ROMS works good for you?
Sorry for rambling on. Thank you all for your help!!
On your camera, do you have it set to max resolution? If so, the zoom feature will disable.
As far as battery life? Well, I don't think there is a rom that's going to help. (but I'm no rom expert) The Tilt has proven to be a battery hog, and if your in a 3G area even more so. I think the chip set and proccessor speed has more to to with it than anything. I wish there was a clock speed utility that works on the Samsung proccessor so I can turn the speed down and see if that helps.
Yeah, I really wish I could find a proggie for stepping down the processor like I had with my BJ 1.... And yeah, I didn't even notice that with my camera (I feel like a retard now...)
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(I feel like a retard now...)
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Yea, I hate it when that happens. However, speaking from experience, ya get use to it after a while.
battery usage can vary between both rom and radio. the roms i've noticed with outstanding battery life are dutty and l26. Then you get into radios to go along with these roms. the chefs usually pick the radio set for you to use...so read read read...and flash safely.
I am a Tilt 2 user... I have been playing with alot of the different roms out there and i find them all to be very similar. I dont know what the difference is in Manilla, and Sence. I kinda fingured out what HTC messaging is... Not a big fan of it.
Here is what I am looking for:
SPEED.... when I press a button... i want it to get to that screen fast! I dont use many apps other than basic features. MMS, SMS, EMAIL, PHONE, and Camera. I do sometimes use the GPS. but not often. I could care less about the stocks feautre.
I prefer the windows threaded mesages... not the HTC one.
I do like the Facebook integration on some of the roms but that is not required.
What would you guys say is my best option at this time? Titanium?
I second this. I have never worked with a phone that is so SLOW.
I have no choice but to use this phone as it is supplied by work.
Fast rom needed.
HALP!
yes, go with the energy titanium rom, it's quite zippy if you're looking for that. but realize this phone only has a 528 processor so it still won't be all that fast if you're comparing to other people.
I realize that it wont be as fast as the 1GHz HD2 that is out now... but i just want to squeeze a bit more out of the device i already have.
The phone itself isn't slow... Bad made ROMs make it slow.
Try LBFAR or Simplicity. In my *PERSONAL* opinion they are a lot of faster then any Energy ROM.
Also they aren't bloated with crap...
dragonlord785 said:
yes, go with the energy titanium rom, it's quite zippy if you're looking for that. but realize this phone only has a 528 processor so it still won't be all that fast if you're comparing to other people.
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If speed is your main objective, give overclocking a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698374
Jackos said:
The phone itself isn't slow... Bad made ROMs make it slow.
Try LBFAR or Simplicity. In my *PERSONAL* opinion they are a lot of faster then any Energy ROM.
Also they aren't bloated with crap...
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Massive +1 to this. I use Simplicity myself most of the time. It's pretty light and fast. (Not to say that LBFAR isn't light or fast. It is both. It's just a little bit too psychadelically colored for me.)
Also, Jackos's ROMs are pretty nice as well, and are generally what I'm running if I am not on Simplicity. They're not built specifically for speed, but they're really well crafted and end up being faster than many other ROMs because of it. They're also rock solid. Just tossing that out there, as Jackos seems to have passed on the opportunity to toot his own horn.
Jackos
I am downloading Jackos right now... if the silly file host didnt limit me to 1 file per hour i would have already had it.. but its going now. I am going to try a couple of differnt ones... as well as over clocking app.
Jackos said:
The phone itself isn't slow... Bad made ROMs make it slow.
Try LBFAR or Simplicity. In my *PERSONAL* opinion they are a lot of faster then any Energy ROM.
Also they aren't bloated with crap...
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yes, if your looking for speed improvement with lack of visual effects this is true
Use the standard ROM and disable HTC sense, it won't get any faster or stable.
Mirror in my sig.
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Jackos, I just downloaded the rom from your previous post on this thread... once I installed it, It did not apear to be in english? did I download the wrong one? it also did not apear to include the radio from the rom... but that is easy enough to fix.
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Jackos, I just downloaded the rom from your previous post on this thread... once I installed it, It did not apear to be in english? did I download the wrong one? it also did not apear to include the radio from the rom... but that is easy enough to fix.
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you may have downloaded the polish version. Make sure the name of the file has WWE in it and not PLK. Im using Jackos S2 ROM WWE JackFULL v1.7 right now and it is flawless. Also the ROM download includes the Radio 4.49.25.91 and task29. Hope this helps
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If speed is your main objective, give overclocking a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698374
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+1 to that
Shouldn't a new user first choose a RELIABLE ROM and later try some extreme tools like overclock?!
I disagree with this.
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Shouldn't a new user first choose a RELIABLE ROM and later try some extreme tools like overclock?!
I disagree with this.
-1 to that
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I didn't say that he shouldn't perhaps pick a new ROM that he likes, first. But I also wouldn't call overclocking an "extreme" tool - OCT seems to work very well and my phone is 100% stable, without dynamic overclocking.
I would never recommended an overclocking tool for a new user.
Firstly, how can you be sure that the tool doesn't deal damage to the processor? It's out for just around 2 months.
Secondly, it does shorten the battery life (it may does dmg to the battery too).
Thirdly, it may cause lockups, power management problems, SoD etc.
Yes I would call the current OCT1.5 tool stable enough running at 710Mhz and yes it does speedup our devices, but I still wouldn't recommend it.
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Shouldn't a new user first choose a RELIABLE ROM and later try some extreme tools like overclock?!
I disagree with this.
-1 to that
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Jackos said:
I would never recommended an overclocking tool for a new user.
Firstly, how can you be sure that the tool doesn't deal damage to the processor? It's out for just around 2 months.
Secondly, it does shorten the battery life (it may does dmg to the battery too).
Thirdly, it may cause lockups, power management problems, SoD etc.
Yes I would call the current OCT1.5 tool stable enough running at 710Mhz and yes it does speedup our devices, but I still wouldn't recommend it.
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Yeah, totally valid points. I kinda fired that suggestion out off-the-cuff right before class started last night, and very obviously didn't flesh it out appropriately.
Overclocking IS an advanced tool and it does impact the stability of a device. Some handsets tolerate it much better than others, but without first having a good working understanding and feel for both the hardware and the ROM you're using, it can cause no end of frustration trying to figure out what settings work for a setup individually (it's like voodoo magic; all settings very much have been found NOT to work for all people).
The first step should be to find a stable ROM and become familiar with how it works, and then start dabbling carefully only AFTER reading the bejeezus out of the OC thread (seriously, RTFM), should a person still be interested.
That being said, in my experience the settings that work seem to be more hardware-dependent than ROM-dependent. After pretty thorough experimentation to find the settings that work well for my TP2, I've been able to carry those settings across several different ROMs without issue. Of course, that being said, I will fully admit that I believe that no amount of care will cause an overclock setup to be as stable as a non-overclocked setup.
Also, yes, overclocking definitely burns through battery life, just like turbocharging burns through gasoline, and this almost assuredly decreases the useful lifespan of your battery. While I'm less certain about the potential for processor damage, that does very possibly exist as well.
That being said, I'm a reckless jerk and always load OCT as one of the first steps on a new flash. However, I do so after having taken all of the above into consideration. It was hasty and ill-advised to recommend that a new user jump in uninformed. My bad.
I haven't noticed a big difference with overclock, so I decided not to use it... The truth is that the phone is perfectly fine. The biggest culprit in all of the slowness is HTC "Bloatware" Sense. I'm seriously considering paying for SPB mobile shell or something similiar and scrapping Sense completely right now, it just doesn't make up for how demanding it is.
/rant off.
I am open to the possibility that at least some of what I perceive could be a placebo affect, but I definitely feel that there is a difference when my TP2 is overclocked to 787mhz, and I currently feel no compulsion to discontinue doing so.
Thing is, I have to admit that the perception is primarily felt when trying to feed the Sense 2.5/CHT resource devourer combo, and even then the TP2 falls noticeably short. It is painfully obvious that Sense was not meant for the TP2, and OC is really just the slap-patch that allows it to limp along at an arguably acceptable pace.
I've been internally debating about going back to SPB MS myself. The amount of functionality that it has is incredible considering the scant resources it uses. I actually meant to drop it back in this past weekend before I got swept up in other nonsense, as I found a little app/toggle somewhere here on xda that claims to switch between manila and SPB MS. I've got CHT on right now, because it is oh-so-pretty, and I am quite fond of my current layout's aesthetics, but it is a total dog, even on Simplicity.
Well First off I gotta say some of the things here are pretty damn super.
But the thing I find is most of these roms take up too much battery all too quickly, even when i barely use my phone.
So which rom should i try and stick in order to maximise my battery life?
Quick response would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
j41 said:
Well First off I gotta say some of the things here are pretty damn super.
But the thing I find is most of these roms take up too much battery all too quickly, even when i barely use my phone.
So which rom should i try and stick in order to maximise my battery life?
Quick response would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Well, the question is what you really want to have in your ROM and what is obsolete for you. Eye-candy needs power....
Switch of all automatic Facebook, email, weather, stock, twitter etc. updates, switch off 3G, dim the light and use wifi only when necessary - this will increase your battery life significantly.
And you might try the link in my signature as well.
I'm not an expert but according to my experience for cooked ROMs,
- Xara & Vision and (this ROM is similar to Jeperlea's) is very good bettery drainage but the HTC Calculator annoy me very much. Anyway, -Jeperlea has been back to continue his ROM, but I really feel boring of his ROM's inconsistence
- Russell Eclair's, his ROM is also very impressive for me, unfortunately his Final ROM has some trouble in the first usage. Over all, like it.
- SGXU XPERIA UNOFF, like this ROM too, unfortunately some program isn't working properly.
- 826X-peria, some version is great in battery drainage and performance but some isn't. This ROM is also stopped due to stolen willyung's gadget.
The worst; Energy ROM, I dunno know why people flash this **** to their phone because it's the worst ROM I've ever used. Good interface (Kinda boring), but really poor performance, u can't use this for daily used.
Sorry to the OP for slightly drifting off topic.
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Energy ROM, I dunno know why people flash this **** to their phone because it's the worst ROM I've ever used.
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Well, maybe because not everybody acts according to your standards.
I won't go through all the "fantastic" ROMs you listed above just to verify whether Energy ROMs are that bad or not. It's just strange that you kind of recommend ROMs which obviously have problems running at all and contain annoying software.
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I am happy with Energy, it is way more performant than others I tried before - and it just works out of the box.
Hello,
I have Desire Z now and I'm searching for a new device. Well, HD7 is one of my choices... But I'm really scared of battery life, is it really low? I had Desire and that one was horrible... Also, does it have other problems that I should know? :]
My main reason why I want to get a WP7 powered device is Android. I hate that guy. I loved it, but now... I can't stand it...
I really like the phone want to buy one but no wifi sharing that sucks. that is big reason hold me .don't know will upgrade it??
paullu said:
I really like the phone want to buy one but no wifi sharing that sucks. that is big reason hold me .don't know will upgrade it??
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Well, I don't need that feature... ;D
If you are coming from android, you might feel a bit dissapointed due to some OS limitations. but the battery life is actually ok, lasts about 1.5 days with moderate usage for me (wifi, but no data connection)
If you get the tmous one, you might get a better battery life since it comes with a 1300mAh battery (instead of 1230) but im not really sure if it really makes a difference : -D
Shu. said:
If you are coming from android, you might feel a bit dissapointed due to some OS limitations. but the battery life is actually ok, lasts about 1.5 days with moderate usage for me (wifi, but no data connection)
If you get the tmous one, you might get a better battery life since it comes with a 1300mAh battery (instead of 1230) but im not really sure if it really makes a difference : -D
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Well, I have seen how WP7 works and I have used a little HD7. Android sucks with that "customization", with fragmentation..
Niiceg said:
Hello,
I have Desire Z now and I'm searching for a new device. Well, HD7 is one of my choices... But I'm really scared of battery life, is it really low? I had Desire and that one was horrible... Also, does it have other problems that I should know? :]
My main reason why I want to get a WP7 powered device is Android. I hate that guy. I loved it, but now... I can't stand it...
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Battery life is better than most Androids I have had. Standby is far better than Android.
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Battery life is better than most Androids I have had. Standby is far better than Android.
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What Android phones you had? )) Well, I'm really intrigued by this phone...
Niiceg said:
What Android phones you had? )) Well, I'm really intrigued by this phone...
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G1, MT3G, Nexus One, HD2 w/Android, Vibrant, MT4G
You will like the refinement of the OS, smooth and precise! What I do not like about WP7 right now is the apps do not perform like the rest of the OS does. I am not worried however as this is the best first generation OS I have used and am sure these type of bugs will be ironed out with future updates. The first update is rumored to hit this month.
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You will like the refinement of the OS, smooth and precise! What I do not like about WP7 right now is the apps do not perform like the rest of the OS does. I am not worried however as this is the best first generation OS I have used and am sure these type of bugs will be ironed out with future updates. The first update is rumored to hit this month.
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Wow and all your Android phones had worse battery than this one? Well, I watched a lot vids and reviews about WP7... I like it. I like the conception. I like that every phone will get updates
T-Mobile HD7 here also. Great battery usage. 1.5 days is a good estimate for heavy text usage with moderate internet using. Get a full day with gaming here and there, and normal texting/internet usage.
T-Mobile HD7 here x2.
I'm returning my phone due to a dead pixel in the middle of the screen that just really bothers me because I have major OCD. Other than that, I love the phone and I get about a day and a half with moderate internet/texting and gaming. I hope my replacement gets a perfect screen.
Hi guys
Basically I've been a windows mobile user for ages now, had the omnia i900 for quite some time now, and i think its time to move on.
I've been thinking allot of buying this phone because it has an excellent value for money. Simplyelectronics.com has it listed for like 300 euros and here in my country(Cyprus) its 550 or something, which is ALLOT. So I've read allot of reviews and everything, but I would like to know what YOU guys think, how it is for everyday use.
Any problems or annoying stuff about it, and also if it's easy to use and easy to carry around, although is that big.
I really appreciate it.
Cheers
I changed to a custom rom almost immediately after I got my phone, so not sure about the stock software. I am using DJDroid rom atm, and I like the battery life and have no problem with everyday use.
It should be the best value for money phone until xiaomi phone arrives.
Hardware good, software bad, customize it and it's a goodun.
I'm also very interested in this phone. This is mainly because of it's killer hardware as well as the poor software as this has caused the price to fall to a reasonable level. Poor software can easily be fixed by flashing a custom Rom/kernel.
I also think it looks very nice
Thanks guys.
You're great.
How bout the feel of the thing. Does it feel bulky, or thick?
What do u think
It is 10.9mm which is slim, even to todays standards.
Just placed my order.
Really great value for money.
You guys have been really helpful, cause i read allot of threads about random reboots and stuff, and i thought they were hardware issues or smthn.
Anyway
Thanks a bunch
Cheers
I would buy the 2x. With the latest stock rom, it's smooth and stable.
I love it!
I dunno what anyone has agaisnt the stock rom with the exception of the bloatware crap that lg bundle in with it i havnt had any issues, no overheating, no random shutdowns or restarts, its been fast and responsive.
Maybe some people just dont know how to use their phone and have to get cyanogen to handle it for them.
Its a good Handy.
You can buy it.
I also think it's a great phone when you look at its price. I am really happy with it
its great if you dont use bluetooth audio and radio. otherwise dont buy it!
deff_ins said:
its great if you dont use bluetooth audio and radio. otherwise dont buy it!
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BT Audio? Really? Just A2DP or other audio-related profiles?
I was aware of A2DP issues with certain ROMs, but are you aware of any issues with the HSP (headset profile)?
good
im satisfied with my O2X and many developers are supporting this device now including extending battery life and camera quality. I'll say you should go and place the order
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Thanks guys.
You're great.
How bout the feel of the thing. Does it feel bulky, or thick?
What do u think
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Feels good actually, not sure what others are about, been using mine with the rom it came with, has 2.2.2 on it and gets 3 days per charge easy (still over 50% battery at end of 3rd day), and have not had any issues with it.
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Feels good actually, not sure what others are about, been using mine with the rom it came with, has 2.2.2 on it and gets 3 days per charge easy (still over 50% battery at end of 3rd day), and have not had any issues with it.
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Do you turn off your phone when you don't use it?
I have no idea you get 3 days out of it. I play 3 hours on mine, and battery is gone. What ril, baseband, rom, settings you use?
it's one of the best phone out there.. those said this phone s*cks must never tried to fix, so they given up this phone.. all you need is root, custom ROMs, and there you go.
dmandn said:
Feels good actually, not sure what others are about, been using mine with the rom it came with, has 2.2.2 on it and gets 3 days per charge easy (still over 50% battery at end of 3rd day), and have not had any issues with it.
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what ROM? what RIL? what Baseband? Data Connection Disabled?? Airplane Mode?? Turn-off at night???
can't hardly believe that goes 3 days with 50% lasting battery.. aw..
No offense, but I dont believe it
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