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Idea to speed up Rosie

When developers first started skinning the G1 themes I remember there was something about compressing the images with photoshop, has anyone tried this yet and does anyone think it might have an effect?
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amphillips822 said:
I have found the below QUITE helpful with regard to Rosie being MUCH MUCH faster......
in terminal
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk /data/app
# rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk
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Then manually reboot system

but the hero rom runs off the rosi.apk
if the apk is the problem i dont think theres anyways of fixing it
and the rosi apk is still in alpha release
its not a legitimate rom yet
wait till htc works on it a little more and i bet itll be blazing fast

Then wouldn't compressing the images in the Rosie APK effect the amount of memory it takes to use the UI?

jusplainmike said:
Then wouldn't compressing the images in the Rosie APK effect the amount of memory it takes to use the UI?
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the images are really not the huge Space hog it is the little file like the keyboard app uses.. seriously 5 MB for a keyboard? the images alone are only 500k total the rest are DB type files which are 4 megs

I did this, compressed pngs in every drawable folder and only saved around 200kb, didn't really speed up performance, so I didn't worry about it. PNG files were compressed on themes to save some space in /system back when there wasn't a lot of available space.

Thanks for answering my questions =)
That was all I wondered

I have found the below QUITE helpful with regard to Rosie being MUCH MUCH faster......
in terminal
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk /data/app
# rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk
# reboot

How about using pngcrush? It's a great tool and compresses PNGs much better than Photoshop can.

G1 just wasn't built for something like this imo. I can imagine the HTC Hero (device) having much more ram to work with and perhaps a better CPU in order to work this thing better. I mean, all things considered, the G1 can get sluggish just running Cupcake.

amphillips822 said:
I have found the below QUITE helpful with regard to Rosie being MUCH MUCH faster......
in terminal
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk /data/app
# rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk
# reboot
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Has anyone tried this?

AGx-07_162 said:
G1 just wasn't built for something like this imo. I can imagine the HTC Hero (device) having much more ram to work with and perhaps a better CPU in order to work this thing better. I mean, all things considered, the G1 can get sluggish just running Cupcake.
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I doubt it. All their upcoming devices use the same or a similar CPU as the G1. It may have more RAM, though. I think the issue comes from the fact that it's an early preproduction ROM that was leaked and it's not perfect, even on the Hero. Or maybe the Hero has hardware acceleration turned on? Does the G1 have hardware acceleration turned on? (I know it has the ability, but I wonder if it's like Kaiser where HTC never bothered using a driver that had the ability to use its hardware acceleration...) Again, this is pure speculation.

amphillips822 said:
I have found the below QUITE helpful with regard to Rosie being MUCH MUCH faster......
in terminal
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk /data/app
# rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk
# reboot
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This will not work for anyone who had /data/app to sd. this does work very well if you just have the normal install tho!

ivanmmj said:
I doubt it. All their upcoming devices use the same or a similar CPU as the G1. It may have more RAM, though. I think the issue comes from the fact that it's an early preproduction ROM that was leaked and it's not perfect, even on the Hero. Or maybe the Hero has hardware acceleration turned on? Does the G1 have hardware acceleration turned on? (I know it has the ability, but I wonder if it's like Kaiser where HTC never bothered using a driver that had the ability to use its hardware acceleration...) Again, this is pure speculation.
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Im not sure where i read it but i think the Hero had an 800 mhz processor (clocked down i suppose) but more ram does help a lot! if you adb logcat the g1 with hero and rosie on it 90% of the time its looking for more ram and running out of ram (thats why the home screen takes so long to load, and widgets too)

surj08 said:
Im not sure where i read it but i think the Hero had an 800 mhz processor (clocked down i suppose) but more ram does help a lot! if you adb logcat the g1 with hero and rosie on it 90% of the time its looking for more ram and running out of ram (thats why the home screen takes so long to load, and widgets too)
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hmm... the memory, I can see. A lot of the other HTC phones have 288mb of RAM. This COULD be part of the problem. Maybe this would benefit from a swap file.

surj08 said:
This will not work for anyone who had /data/app to sd. this does work very well if you just have the normal install tho!
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theses are the instructions for pushing rosie to the internal memory. it does work and make rosie faster.

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amphillips822 said:
I have found the below QUITE helpful with regard to Rosie being MUCH MUCH faster......
in terminal
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk /data/app
# rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk
# reboot
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this def seems to work. 2 little things line 3 should be #cp /system....
and the reboot in terminal command doesn't work on the hero rom.
Thanks amphillips822!
suggestion jusplainmike edit those commands into your original post so ppl see it right away...(maybe after a few more people try it.)

amphillips822 said:
I have found the below QUITE helpful with regard to Rosie being MUCH MUCH faster......
in terminal
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk /data/app
# rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk
# reboot
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i read about doing that somewhere
and i dont know if it really did help increase speed
it is working off internal memory but EVERYTHING else in app_s is still running from your sd card
but i think it would help a little
im too lazy to install hero and set everythign else up again

kylelipp said:
this def seems to work. 2 little things line 3 should be #cp /system....
and the reboot in terminal command doesn't work on the hero rom.
Thanks amphillips822!
suggestion jusplainmike edit those commands into your original post so ppl see it right away...(maybe after a few more people try it.)
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how much faster did it become?
do u use an overclocking app also?
any scenarios you could let us know?

actually....
Actually, I think I may have been a bit hasty.
I loaded the browser, switched back to home, market back to home, i tried to have a couple of things running and then see how responsive it was. At first it was damn fast, no lag, straight to the home screen. but... I have the retro clock, tcal and a weather widget on my home screen and I started to notice some hanging and gradual slow down. I have the open overclocker from the market installed I wanna see if it helps speed up noticeably if I put it to 527ish... I'll try and report back.
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Oh, I may also not be the best test case for this, because I'm not sure what class my 2gig micro sd card is...

bigballa said:
how much faster did it become?
do u use an overclocking app also?
any scenarios you could let us know?
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When I installed the original unoptimized haykuro it was slow as hell (Everything on app_s)after transfering rosie to internal it ran blazing fast. but I have the stock 1gb sd card. I never used appz2sd before so I didnt care about a card. (4gb Class 6 ordered) lol
I use no widgets.
I dont mind rosie crashing every 5 secs, I hate it when the messaging app crashes!!!
I really see no difference if I overclock or not, so I dont even bother.

4/27-DConfig 1.2-NEED TESTERS! GUI for custom Apps2SD,New Dalvik Tweaks,JIT,Swap,more

I decided to start a new thread for sanity purposes, the last one is already getting too big to scroll through. Here is the first release of my GUI + updated script that easily configs rom options. I tried to write this as generic as possible so we have the most room for upgrade in the future. Right now its pretty ugly but alot works. I need testers to play around with this, theres no way i can test every possible rom and every possible switch.
This should work with any kernel that runs app2sd, just needs a slight tweak to the init.rc to make sure apps2sd directorys are setup before launching the rom. This takes alittle bit more time to do it properly. Ill be posting a few different flavors for various roms out there. If you have a bug, please adb logcat _really_ helps. Also rom version you are on, and a copy of your /data/data/com.treve.dconfig/dc.conf & dcbannedapp.conf, i also have started to implement logging, /data/dcboot.log will help. sorry for files all around next version will fix alot. This requires toolbox (needs getprop/setprop) everything else should be included.
pretty much flash the right version over your rom, set your options, save, reboot & enjoy. shouldnt be much more to it. if you get forcecloses upgrading or after restoring apps wipe your /data/app-private/* some apps dont play nice. first boot will take _forevor_
Defaults are apps2sd with apps & app-private moved, dalvik on phone, swap to SD, JIT off. **it does not read back options saved so use other methods to tell if its working till next build **
Contact me if you want to put this in your rom or help me out!
Downloads:
v1.2 -
-Adds in dalvik VM heapsize settings
-fixes permissions a bit
-backend work for audio move underway
v1.2 downloads-
Damage/Fresh2.0d/Sushi/Aloysis kernel - http://www.4shared.com/file/d2UVEYLJ/treveDConfigDCKERNELv12.html
v1.1 -
Adds in restoring of configs capability. Need to manually hit the button to restore for now.
sets by default to "safe" settings. Should increase compatibility. Users of previous versions once you save your settings once they should stick on upgrades until you wipe the device
V1.1 Download (tested flashing ontop of damagecontrol & pancake 0.1)
Damage/Fresh2.0d/Aloysis (2.6.29-d30020a8) - http://www.4shared.com/file/vFIOghLT/treveDConfigDCKERNELv11.html
v1.5 gumbo (2.6.27GK-0.32) - http://www.4shared.com/file/4KolEQTJ/treveDConfiggumbo15ckernelv11.html
v1- first release
-newer a2sd then previous release
-set config options in gui
-initial configs write to /system/etc/ for now my GUI writes to /data/data/com.treve.dconfig/ a2sd will prefer the ones in data/data/ if they exist. this should allow for rom cookers to put in there recommended settings, but if your flashing over a existing rom without a wipe it will keep all your preferences. This is nice because we get stuff like auto remove of apps we dont use without romcookers putting out over 9000 roms.
-GUI DOES NOT READ BACK CONFIGS YET. This will come next version. For now once you exit form it will revert to defaults so you will not beable to see what you have set once you exit. (main settings & banned apps are on 2 different configs, you do not need to save both pages when making changes.)
-No icon or package name. Deal with it - you get functional or pretty. Ill clean stuff up later.
v1 downloads-
Damage kernel(2.6.29-d30020a8) - http://www.4shared.com/file/P_IlAvUs/treveDConfigDCKERNEL.html
Fresh kernel from 2.0d (untested by me) http://www.4shared.com/file/FQYFsuJa/treveDConfigfresh20dkernel.html
Gumbo 1.5c (realllly untested) http://www.4shared.com/file/hK9k7g-Q/treveDConfiggumbo15ckernel.html
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Here is the backend settings that are possible. This stuff might be jibberish to most but with gui now it shouldnt matter to more than rom cookers or people who like to tinker.
**NOTE COMMENTS STILL HAVE 0 AND 1 NEW VERSION USES TRUE/FALSE**
/system/etc/dc.conf is the heart of this mod now. Dont try to delete variables or the conf file, scripts not smart enuf to check for that yet.
Code:
#DC Config file
#Hacked up by TrevE @ xda for damagedrom
#
#dc.a2sd.active - disables all a2sd
#dc.a2sd.apps.active - 0 moves all files to /data/ - 1 moves to /sdcard/data/ can be controlled seperate from a2sd.active
#dc.a2sd.dalvikcache.active - 0 keeps files on /data/ - 1 moves to /sdcard/dalvik-cache/
#
#dc.swap.active - 1 auto mounts sd card partition mmcblk0p3 for swapping. 0 keeeps it at mtdblock4
#dc.swap.swappiness - Range: 0 - 100, larger number = more likely to swap
#dc.jit.active - 1 to enable JIT next boot (make sure to switch to lancher as a defalt home first) 0 to disable.
#dc.bannedapp.active - 1 enables ban list (renames .apks to .dcbanned) defaults are set to programs that interfere with JIT
#dc.firstboot.active - check for firsboot script in /data/ on boot
#dc.zipalign.active - zipalign anything that needs it in /data/ on boot
#
# scaling_governor has 2 settings with HTC Perflock "ondemand" or "performance"
# lowmemkiller default rom settings - 1536,2048,4096,5120,5632,6144
# lowmemkiller less agressive settings - 1536,2048,4096,5120,15360,23040
# lowmemkiller more agressive setting - 1536,3072,4096,21000,23000,25000
#A2SD specific stuff script
setprop dc.a2sd.active true;
setprop dc.a2sd.apps.active true;
setprop dc.a2sd.dalvikcache.active true;
#Other system parms
setprop dc.swap.active false;
setprop dc.swap.swappiness 30;
setprop dc.jit.active false;
setprop dc.bannedapp.active false;
setprop dc.firstboot.active true;
setprop dc.zipalign.active true;
#Former gumbo.sh settings
echo "ondemand" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo "1536,3072,4096,21000,23000,25000" > /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree
==================="Basic" Options===================
Apps2SD
-Default is dalvik & apps are moved to sd. (Does not hurt to leave enabled if you are not using it.)
-if you have a slower SD card it might be better moving dalvik back to internal memory.
You can enable/disable dalvik & app move separately. To move dalvik back to SD:
Changing any options are easy. For example - To turn just dalvik sd cache off:
start -> run -> cmd
defaults are in:
adb pull /system/etc/dc.conf .
if you used dc tool use the one in data data:
adb pull /data/data/com.treve.dconfig/dc.conf .
open up dc.conf in notepad. Change the one line
setprop dc.a2sd.dalvikcache.active false;
to
setprop dc.a2sd.dalvikcache.active true;
push it back to phone
adb remount
adb push dc.conf /system/etc/
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-New users any time just format ext(2 or 3) in recovery to enable. Next boot it will automatically move your apps. If you get any FC after a new enable of a2sd try Fix apk UUID option in recovery
AutoZipalign
-On by default.
anything written with newer dev kits should do this automatically, but there are still a buncha market apps that arent. This just goes through /data/app/ on boot and checks that everythings aligned and fixes what it needs to. Fixes some of the rosie lag loading the icons.
more here http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/zipalign.html
scaling_governor
-Set to ondemand by default
Just change word in quotes. With HTCs 2.6.29 kernel we have two options (until someone gets us source)
-performance
-ondemand
lowmemkiller
-Set to more aggressive by default.
To change just edit numbers in double quotes on the lowmemkiller line in dc.conf.
Common values: (included at top of conf but here again for reference)
Code:
# lowmemkiller default rom settings - 1536,2048,4096,5120,5632,6144
# lowmemkiller less agressive settings - 1536,2048,4096,5120,15360,23040
# lowmemkiller more agressive setting - 1536,3072,4096,21000,23000,25000
DCBannedapp.conf
-default is off
*If this "banned app" flag is set it will rename any file in /system/etc/dcbannedapp.conf to .banned. When its set back to 0 it will "re-enable" them. Right now dcbannedapp.conf cannot have anything but a full filename (/system/app/Rosie.apk), one per line.
*if the delete banned app flag is on anything in this list will be deleted instead of renamed. No going back.
This is useful in a few ways-
-if you enable JIT we can put a list of banned apps (htc stuff) to increase stability. If you want to disable JIT just flip to flags and you have sense again.
-rom cookers can just post config files to have several different versions of a rom from one download (for ex: sense/no sense version)
Here is an example of dcbannedapp.conf I have been playing with. This strips sense out & gets you down pretty bare bones. (Yes there is more we can remove, i trimmed this list up a bit when we were having issues. now that things seem stable its time to cut out more )
Code:
/system/app/com.htc.MusicWidget.apk
/system/app/com.htc.TwitterWidget.apk
/system/app/com.htc.StockWidget.apk
/system/app/com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk
/system/app/DCSStock.apk
/system/app/Facebook.apk
/system/app/Flickr.apk
/system/app/HtcAddProgramWidget.apk
/system/app/htccalendarwidgets.apk
/system/app/htccontactwidgets.apk
/system/app/HtcClockWidget.apk
/system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk
/system/app/htcmailwidgets.apk
/system/app/htcmsgwidgets.apk
/system/app/HtcNaviPanel.apk
/system/app/HtcRingtoneTrimmer.apk
/system/app/htcsearchwiddgets.apk
/system/app/HtcSoundRecorder.apk
/system/app/HtcTwitter.apk
/system/app/IM.apk
/system/app/IQRD.apk
/system/app/OMADM.apk
/system/app/Rosie.apk
/system/app/SDSA.apk
/system/app/Sprint_Core.apk
/system/app/Sprint_NFL.apk
/system/app/Sprint_Nscar.apk
/system/app/Sprint_TV.apk
/system/app/Sprint_TVWidget.apk
/system/app/Stock.apk
/system/app/VoiceSearch.apk
/system/app/WidgetDownloadManager.apk
/system/app/WorldClock.apk
firstboot
-default is on
script in /data/firstboot.sh will run automatically on nextboot if it exists. Auto deletes when done right now (new flag soon)
===================Advanced Options===================
Handle with care
Swapping
-Swap is disabled by default.
-If you have a fast card you can turn it on by pulling /system/etc/dc.conf and changing
setprop dc.swap.active false;
to
setprop dc.swap.active true;
More about swapping here (in same article as compcahe, not the same) http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Compcache
If you look at benchmarks below my guess is the lower swap is better with quick burst reads but when you swap moree and more out the card (or the bus) hits a limit a starts to choke. Went back down to 30 an result were right around 4.6 for copy mb again.
JIT
**JIT does not play nice with rosie or HTC lockscreen**
Enable bannedapp flag & put any conflicting files in /system/etc/dcbannedapp.conf This will let you switch between JIT compatible stuff/ non JIT on the fly.
To enable JIT:
-first use homeswitcher to switch to anything becides rosie and make it default (included lancher.apk in update).
-Now you must adb shell rm /system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk
-Now pull /etc/dc.conf and change
setprop dc.jit.active false;
to
setprop dc.jit.active true;
reboot & enjoy

===================Fixes===================
-Avaulaunches modded AudioRC fix to work with this. Flash the latest mod above then this ontop of it right after.
http://www.4shared.com/file/9mEpJR-0/AvalaunchRCFix_ForTrevEMod.html
-If you get bootloops upgrading try whacking private apps
Code:
adb remount
adb shell rm /data/app-private/*
adb shell reboot
-If you want to stick with JIT & have no use to ever enable the banned apps again you can delete em
Code:
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/*.dcbanned
===================Benchmarks===================
linkpack/membench seem relevant here, neocore doesnt really fluxuate in fps doesnt seem worth it.
(post yours & any tweaks you make!)
Here is with a2sd app & dalvik moved
Swap off, Swap @30, Swap @ 60(in order left-> right, yes 60 is worst.)
A2sd app/Dalvik/[email protected]/JIT on
JIT off /on:

finally a aps2sd I understand! This us amazing. Testing....

apps2sd working great on aloysis! You rock

Do I flash this over my Rom now. I am using Regaw.

redram38 said:
Do I flash this over my Rom now. I am using Regaw.
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the damage control should flash over regaw fine. once you flash go into the app & tweak things how you want, then save & reboot for it to take effect. If you have a fast SD card the most common mods are moving dalvik to SD and swapping. JIT adds a nice speed boost as you can see by the benchmarks but isn't quite working in sense yet so make sure to disable sense in banned apps.
Going without sense is a bit weird at first but theres a buncha nice apps out there. check out helix launcher, beautiful widgets and bookmarks2. That with the android power widget & genie weather widget im pretty happy.

redram38 said:
Do I flash this over my Rom now. I am using Regaw.
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That's what I'm about to do
I'm pretty sure he built this to run with "any" sprint based release
THANKS TrevE!!!
This is amazing. It's been awesome watching this come together, I can't believe you built this into an app. You sir are officially THE MAN

been playing around tweaking my settings. cant wait for it to save settings its wierd without it.
I appreaciate the work and all but it really needs an icon lawlz
thanx

sorry for the app being a bit crude still i wanted features to work rather than look good. Itll get better in time remember this is only a few days work i got alot more planned
Hopefully later on well have some kinda icon. Im close to being done with restoring states from a config now, probably wont see something till later tongiht though. Unless anyone finds bugs with the actual script itself it will ust be a new APK to push. Keep the reports coming in of successes or any issues!

TrevE said:
Going without sense is a bit weird at first
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Do you know of any mobile data toggle widgets that actually work as a toggle and don't just take you to the mobile data settings when launched? I spent a few hours last night trying to find one.

Have you tried the htc settings widgets?
Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

"fixes some of the rosie lag loading the icons.."
When I flash some ROMS, and my phone 'falls asleep', when I wake it back up, i get a black screen for a second, and then everything loads, is this what your talking about?

jAm-0 said:
Have you tried the htc settings widgets?
Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
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that's the widget i'd like to have emulated in helix

so how is this working out for people? Is everything working ok or are we crashing and burning? i got a new version that should keep your settings displayed even if you close out of the program. its looking like it will just be an APK because i havent had any bug reports (yet) dunno i thats a good thing or not...

HarveyStyles said:
"fixes some of the rosie lag loading the icons.."
When I flash some ROMS, and my phone 'falls asleep', when I wake it back up, i get a black screen for a second, and then everything loads, is this what your talking about?
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the rosie lag i was talking about is if you pull up an app tray and quickly scroll down. I can usually tell you the non zipaligned apps because it pauses for a second loading their icons usually. everything feels generally faster though JIT makes a nice difference. Try it and see

aiwetir said:
that's the widget i'd like to have emulated in helix
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652626&highlight=manup+widgets

Gregalous said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652626&highlight=manup+widgets
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those are a pretty damn close match to HTCs good find im sure some people will like that. JIT is def worth ditching sense, the phone feels so much faster senseless anyway and the added megaflop JIT gives is always nice. I went with the android power widget, kinda like having it all one one strip saves some space.

thanks for the link!!
i like the 1x5 power widget but it's not got every toggle i want.

why am I getting reboots?
Everything appears to be working, then I plug my phone into the PC vis usb and that screen freezes on me then reboots. Or I'm checking space on the phone and my sdcard, and that screen freezes and reboots on me.
I partioned my card to ext2 -- ext3... with 32swap and 512...
Help, not really sure what is going on, just keeps rebooting on me over and over again now.
Ok, this sucks! I did a nandroid back to before I had my sd card partioned, and now I get constant reboots (phone goes asleep, then will not awake right away, but instead awakes in a reboot).
How do I unpartition my card?

Which one of these would I use on Aloysius 2.0.5b?

Fonts & Readability on GTablet

I somehow find fonts rendering and readability is poor on Gtablet. I have been using Gtabcomb and now Flashback. I tried installing Segoe WP (WP& font), Roboto & Halvetica as suggested in other forums but still not upto the mark.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Yusuf

yusufmotiwala said:
I somehow find fonts rendering and readability is poor on Gtablet. I have been using Gtabcomb and now Flashback. I tried installing Segoe WP (WP& font), Roboto & Halvetica as suggested in other forums but still not upto the mark.
Any suggestions?
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Try this; see if you notice any difference. Download and install both the Terminal and Superuser apps from Market (if not already installed), then open a terminal window and type (only the commands in bold):
Code:
$ [B]su[/B]
# [B]echo -n 1 > /data/misc/font-hack[/B]
# [B]chmod 666 /data/misc/font-hack[/B]
This will turn on "Medium Hinting" in Apps > Dev Tools > Development Settings. A "0" in that file corresponds to "Light Hinting" in Dev Tools. (You can also try 2 for "Full Hinting", but, this will crash the Dev Tools app if you try to change the setting later as it supports only the Light and Medium hinting settings.) Reboot the system (this is not needed on Linux, not sure abt. Android) after you've changed the settings.

Thanks Rajeev, does this work on Honeycomb, I thought hinting was already enabled.
Anyway, I tried but it doesn't seems to show the Hinting option in apps->development

yusufmotiwala said:
Anyway, I tried but it doesn't seems to show the Hinting option in apps->development
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It's an app--not something in Settings. Look for the Dev Tools app in Apps.
All the custom ROMs that I've looked at have this app, so presumably, changing the hinting might improve font appearance--but, it's no guarantee. Whether hinting helps depends on a lot of variables: does the font have hints? Are the hints good? Does the font renderer understand and use those hints? Does the renderer understand hints but is hinting support not enabled (because of patents)?...
Try it, and tell me if it makes a difference.

[Q] Feature Question

Is there a way to add 1X1 widgets to a folder? I don't want to bog down my homescreen with a scriptmanager script to run my vacuum/reindex script because I think it'll look ugly.
Also is there a way to get the ICS style recent apps, I'm using task changer pro right now but whenever I set that as my setting nothing happens so i'm just sticking to the default for now. (don't really use it much but it looks cool)
Thanks
P2K

I don't think so for the first question.
I also don't think so for the second, however I do like fast5 task switcher...it puts the last five icons in a row in your notification bar for quick switching.

p2kmafia said:
I don't want to bog down my homescreen with a scriptmanager script to run my vacuum/reindex script because I think it'll look ugly.
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Why not just put the vacuum/reindex commands in an init.d script so that it does it on boot and you never have to think of it again? For reference, the code in my init.d script is:
Code:
#db cleanup
for i in `find /data -iname "*.db"; do
sqlite3 $i 'VACUUM;';
sqlite3 $i 'REINDEX;';
done;

I rarely reboot my phone and I set the scheduler in SM and I'm never sure whether or not it has run.

[Port] Sony™ BRAVIA™ Engine for LG P920/SU760

Sony Ericsson Bravia Engine display technology: the
ability to multiply the sharpness of the display,
On the phone to provide users with a clear and bright
image quality. Also provides users with a better visual
body
Screen display technology is Sony Mobile BRAVIA
Engine. Allows image display finer
Greasy, more accurate color reproduction
20120711lgp920Bravia Engine Files.zip
Extracting the phone comes RootExplorer (re)
2, open / system / build.prop file, and then the final
surface by adding the following code,
# Additional Tweaks by XxXPachaXxX
The # BRAVIAENGINE Service
ro.service.swiqi.supported = true
persist.service.swiqi.enable = 1
3, download and install terminal emulator
(HyperTerminal)
su
busybox chmod 0755 / system / etc / be_photo
busybox chmod 0755 / system / etc / be_movie
busybox chown 0.0 / system / etc / be_photo
busybox chown 0.0 / system / etc / be_movie
This is no my work. Credits from the author japanese
This is translated in english..
After input, fully activate the phone, enjoy it

link for dl
http://www.androidonlines.com/down.php?20120711lgp920Bravia Engine Files.zip

Our screen has amazing contrast already but good to have. Not tested thought.

IMO it does nothing swiqi is a service which is most likely in services.jar and tied to a bin + surface flinger to actually take effect on the display you would need sony framework therefore making this a placebo

Worked on my old X10 but not on this.

i think even if it work, Sony Album (gallery ) is the only place which can be seen..!

Plus, what's the point in having Bravia service? The phone already have IPS LCD, which have freaking fine pixels so image's already sharp as-is. Again, if it does nothing but throwing out errors in logcat, it's a nasty placebo.
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