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Hello everyone this is my first post. Can someone help me about my HTC Wildfire battery life? I charge my phone for 8 hours and lasts barely a day. I use Cyanogenmod 7.1.0.1
Here's a few ways I save battery.
1. Edit your build prop change the wifi scan interval, which is by default 45 seconds I think. Mine is set to 600 seconds.
2. Don't overclock too much, and use setcpu to undervolt to 352mhz when the screen is off.
3. Use an automation app such as tasker/automate it/llama etc to switch off wifi, mobile network, GPS etc when you don't need it. I use llama its free from the market and does the job perfectly.
4. An app called autostarts which will keep unwanted apps from running in the background, its not a task killer, it just prevents app from starting until you start the app manually.
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And how long your battery lasts ? Can this work on cyanogenmod 7.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857249
If I don't use it much I'll get around 3-4 days, sadly though I use it a lot so am lucky if I get through the day still. And yes all the things I mentioned will work on any rom.
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Any recommendations? I switched from CM 7.2 stable to CM 9 RC2 (both with V6 Supercharge) and while I love the new ICS UI, it's definitely a lot slower/more power hungry/unstable. I frequently get ANRs, FCs random hangs and reboots. Also, text display corruption and 720p video recording isn't working either.
Is there anything better in terms of stability and speed? Would prefer a stock ICS look.
Aokp then..its good enough..
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try elitemod ics, or mimicry
these are the best in my opinion
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Best ICS rom
Hy everyone,
In april leaved the Virtuous team ROM (what was the name? Oh, Unity 2.05) to install the Sensewich beta 6 with ICS.
IMHO it was very fast, with Sense 4.0, ICS 4.0.3., simply faboulous. The drawback was that the hot spot wifi doesn't work, the camera doesn't work, usb tethering does not work and sometime became a little bit slowly, just for some seconds/minutes.
Now, since yesterday, I use the Sensewich beta 8. Same features of beta 6, but now the camera is ok (w/o AF), but still no camcorder, hot spot wifi works after several reboot, no usb tethering but, the worst issue is that the bluetooth now doesn't work!
I discovered this just this evening when I entered in my car: I turn on the bluetooth but no connection, the phone crash, it needed to tear down the battery to restart it. When arrived at home, I saw on the thread that the bluetooth is not available.
So, next weeks I will be on holiday without car, so I can accept this issue, but I hope (and I guess) who xT4Z1N4TRx is working yet to solve this issue. Not acceptable issue!
My favorite is in my sig. Its super fast, havent had any glitches or force closes. In fact each day I still cant believe how fast it is and that I am using ICS on a G2!! I'd highly recommend it and the dev is constantly updating it; he just released an update last week..
I havent had any issues with text distortion and actually know that you mention it I havent tried the video recorder yet. But its beautiful with everything else
I would recommend mimicry. It's unbelievably smooth.
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Thanks. Will probably try mimicry. Since they're both based on CM9, do I need to do a full wipe if I'm coming from CM9 RC2? Or will a dalvik wipe suffice?
Thanks.
goister said:
Thanks. Will probably try mimicry. Since they're both based on CM9, do I need to do a full wipe if I'm coming from CM9 RC2? Or will a dalvik wipe suffice?
Thanks.
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Neither, read the Mimicry OP FAQ
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Thanks. On Mimicry 1.3.1 with Apex launcher now. So far so good...
The mimicry ROM is a Senseless ROM?
If would be possible to use locations also with no Sense, I will try this ROM too.
Someone know how could I install Locations, in order to use the GPS navigation? I've bought the Europe navigation perpetual license!
barrazzi said:
The mimicry ROM is a Senseless ROM?
If would be possible to use locations also with no Sense, I will try this ROM too.
Someone know how could I install Locations, in order to use the GPS navigation? I've bought the Europe navigation perpetual license!
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I'm not familiar enough with sense locations. From searching the forums I saw a post by a member that it wouldn't work without sense. You can try backing it up titanium backup and restoring and hopefully it'll work. My understanding is that it'll probably need some htc sense frameworks that are most likely missing in any aosp based rom
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Thank you for the suggestion!
I've just download the Virtuous Infinity 1.31.0 Alpha 2 which has all the main features working (camera, wifi, bluetooth). Reading some posts in the specific thread, I saw this ROM seems slow, lazy (a post say"Slow is an understatement!").
Has someone install this ROM?
Mimicry
Mimicry is working great for me. Really surprised at how fast and smooth it is. Only thing is that it appears to drain battery faster than gingerbread (tmobile).
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Mimicry is working great for me. Really surprised at how fast and smooth it is. Only thing is that it appears to drain battery faster than gingerbread (tmobile).
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Yes, it drains my battery QUITE fast the second I turn on the display, and I haven't really found a fix for it in any way. Clocking my CPU back down, different CPU governors, forcing (or not forcing) hardware acceleration... none of it works. My phone doesn't use much battery at all, until I actually use it, and then I can literally sit there and watch my battery counter count down.
Would anything help this?
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Yes, it drains my battery QUITE fast the second I turn on the display, and I haven't really found a fix for it in any way. Clocking my CPU back down, different CPU governors, forcing (or not forcing) hardware acceleration... none of it works. My phone doesn't use much battery at all, until I actually use it, and then I can literally sit there and watch my battery counter count down.
Would anything help this?
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Over the span of 20h I get 4-4.5 hours of screen on. That said though, ICS will use more juice than GB.
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It definitely uses more juice than CM 7.2. There are also a couple of problems, particularly using Chrome. Sometimes when I click on a link on facebook and choose Chrome to open it, the page will load halfway and just hang there, becoming unresponsive to everything, including hardware buttons. I will then have to pull the battery out, or just wait for it to heat up and then auto-reboot. I haven't noticed this when I start Chrome manually and surf, but that could be just a coincidence.
Also, unlike CM 7.x, there's no way of specifying an additional timeout after screen off before screen lock(PIN/password/pattern) activates. It's quite irritating to always have to authenticate myself when I turn my screen off and on again, even if it's just 2s later.
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It definitely uses more juice than CM 7.2. There are also a couple of problems, particularly using Chrome. Sometimes when I click on a link on facebook and choose Chrome to open it, the page will load halfway and just hang there, becoming unresponsive to everything, including hardware buttons. I will then have to pull the battery out, or just wait for it to heat up and then auto-reboot. I haven't noticed this when I start Chrome manually and surf, but that could be just a coincidence.
Also, unlike CM 7.x, there's no way of specifying an additional timeout after screen off before screen lock(PIN/password/pattern) activates. It's quite irritating to always have to authenticate myself when I turn my screen off and on again, even if it's just 2s later.
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Chrome has numerous bugs on our device when using any ICS rom, a number of them are filed in the chrome bug tracker so all you can do is wait for Google to address those issues.
As for delayed lock, it of course works perfectly in ICS. I don't know where you're looking but it's under Settings - Lock screen - Screen Security.
Also, FYI, the Facebook app on ICS is also prone to issues with lag and wakelock abuse amongst some of the reported problems. Until they fix those, it's recommended that you use an alternative client.
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I've combed through Settings->Lock Screen->Screen Security numerous times, but I've yet to find a way to achieve what I want, which is to set a delay n such that my screen lock will only activate n seconds after I press the power button to turn my screen off. My "Automatically lock" is set to "1 minute after sleep", my "Power button instantly locks" is disabled and my "Screen lock" is "Secured with pattern". How exactly can I get it to "work perfectly"? Right now it's simply not working.
Also, I'm using Friendcaster most of the time, though I do also have Facebook installed, but notifications disabled though.
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I've combed through Settings->Lock Screen->Screen Security numerous times, but I've yet to find a way to achieve what I want, which is to set a delay n such that my screen lock will only activate n seconds after I press the power button to turn my screen off. My "Automatically lock" is set to "1 minute after sleep", my "Power button instantly locks" is disabled and my "Screen lock" is "Secured with pattern". How exactly can I get it to "work perfectly"? Right now it's simply not working.
Also, I'm using Friendcaster most of the time, though I do also have Facebook installed, but notifications disabled though.
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Hm I dunno, I just tested it & it seemed to work for me. Maybe try setting your lockscreen to slide or off, then resetting your pin? I don't normally use a secure lock though.
Good on you for using friendcaster!
Just wanted to post my experience with battery life and Mimicry. On GB I had great battery life; no complaints. I easily got a full day with moderate use (3-4 hours screen time). But I was pleasantly surprised with the extended life I saw with Mimicry. In fact, I was prepared to see a decrease. I'm quite careful to not use apps/settings which demand resources if they are not absolutely necessary. That said, without much different in the way of apps/settings, Mimicry provides slightly better battery life than ILWT (based on CM7). Obviously, results do vary...
Just continuing the old Nitro tradition of having a discussion thread for each new set of Cyanogenmod Nightlies that come out.
A request, please post your screen on time when bragging/complaining about battery life
WIPE EVERYTHING ONLY IF COMING FROM AN UNOFFICIAL BUILD OF CM10.1 (which I don't think there are any of...yet.)
Download!
GAPPS
^Note: Download the 121212 gapps package, it's more updated than the 113012 ones.
Changelogs:
http://10.1.cmxlog.com/?device=p930 http://changelog.bbqdroid.org/#p930/cm10/1360323818
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_lge_p930
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WIPE EVERYTHING if coming from CM10, or CM9, or infact, any ROM except an older CM10.1.
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That's completely unnecessary. My Nitro hasn't been wiped since CM9, and generally CM does NOT need wipes when upgrading itself. If you're coming from other software or third-party ("UNOFFICIAL") builds of CM, do wipe.
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That's completely unnecessary. My Nitro hasn't been wiped since CM9, and generally CM does NOT need wipes when upgrading itself. If you're coming from other software or third-party ("UNOFFICIAL") builds of CM, do wipe.
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What's your recommended way to update GApps?
I originally updated through CMUpdater, then flashed GApps (perceived I had some issues, but not sure now). So I reverted to backup and flashed the CM10.1 Zip and GApps Zip in CWM Recovery at the same time.
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Did absolutely not know that. Thanks dude. Updating OP.
can anyone running latest nightly check if MHL is working?
Just checking in on this new thread. Installed the first CM10.1 nightly the other day, and it was flawless. No reboots or anything yet. Everything is smooth as can be, even on conservative governor. Somehow significantly better than CM10 stable . Also, the 4G toggle sticks now. Have updated to the latest nightly, and it's just as good.
Only complaint I have is of the new homescreen widget format. They now leave a lot of blank space, making the widgets themselves smaller while taking more space. I'm not sure why they did that.
Edit: Never mind the 4G toggle still malfunctions randomly. But I have finally found a workaround! Just turn off mobile data, change it to LTE/GSM/WCDMA, and then turn data back on. The thing is smooth as anything though.
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Just checking in on this new thread. Installed the first CM10.1 nightly the other day, and it was flawless. No reboots or anything yet. Everything is smooth as can be, even on conservative governor. Somehow significantly better than CM10 stable . Also, the 4G toggle sticks now. Have updated to the latest nightly, and it's just as good.
Only complaint I have is of the new homescreen widget format. They now leave a lot of blank space, making the widgets themselves smaller while taking more space. I'm not sure why they did that.
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To fix the space issue: go to setting, launcher, homescreen and check stretch screens.
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Everything works well except Bluetooth. Randomly disconnects from my car and can't turn Bluetooth off. It hangs turning off.
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Everything works well except Bluetooth. Randomly disconnects from my car and can't turn Bluetooth off. It hangs turning off.
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Same here
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So what's the idea on battery life? I know it's relative to each individual's use, but CM10 w/ light to moderate use had a 7-8% drain/hr and when using the phone you could watch the battery life just drop.. Is it still the same w/ 4.2.1 (CM10.1)? TIA
Has anyone had a problem syncing their exchange calendar using the 02-10 build (perhaps others too) after a fresh wipe? My Google calendar syncs properly, but no work events.
Also, I noticed if I use more than 5 rows of home screen icons, that I lose the text/titles below them.
Any tips appreciated!
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In case anyone runs into the same issue: I found a solution: if you turn on automatic syncing in email for the account, the calendar app will update itself. Seems to be working fine now.
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X0dus said:
So what's the idea on battery life? I know it's relative to each individual's use, but CM10 w/ light to moderate use had a 7-8% drain/hr and when using the phone you could watch the battery life just drop.. Is it still the same w/ 4.2.1 (CM10.1)? TIA
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Battery life is pretty damn good, and this is coming from a Galaxy S3 user
rani9990 said:
Battery life is pretty damn good, and this is coming from a Galaxy S3 user
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Are you using the kernel it is bundled with or Wind?
rani9990 said:
Battery life is pretty damn good, and this is coming from a Galaxy S3 user
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Not so for me, see battery dropping 1-2% per minute even only being used moderately, it seems that Quattrimus with Wind kernel gives EXCELLENT battery life but it's LTE doesn't work for Canada and GPS doesn't work. Now I'm suspecting LTE might be an issue for battery problem in Canada, even when I'm connecting only at 2G and 3G, need to do more test.
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Are you using the kernel it is bundled with or Wind?
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Bundled kernel. I hardly use the device but i can push about 3 - 4 hours screen on time. Standby is good to... About 5 days on standby with an hour of screen on.
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I switched the governor to smartassv2 and clock speed to 192/1404. I'll run it like this for a few days and see how it does, I'll post results. I run GreenPower Premium (similar to Juice Defender).
Installed on a P936, but cannot connect to LTE network. Only HSPA is connected. Returned to CM10 and LTE is ok.
Anyone having the same issue?
Edits: just found out I forgot to set APN. Now it is ok.
Noticed steady battery drain even when idle... BetteryBatteryStats showed "AudioOut_2" causing partial wakelock. I disabled every app that I thought could be causing it and it was still there. Finally I unchecked 'Settings > Sounds > Touch Sounds' and the pw disappeared. So far so good- battery drain seems to have slowed. I'll continue to test.
What kernels are you guys using to get governors?
its finally stabalized with bluetooth working, it gets decent battery, great performance, great features, you can add wind kernel 2.0 RC1 to improve battery life if you want.
so far no bugs, haven't tried mhl yet it has never worked on CM for this phone as far as i know though so prob still down, will report back later when i get a chance to try it.
with the said setup above i'm getting roughly 3 hours of video playback on 200 brightness (with wind kernel) when the test is done i can post exact numbers
3h 13m on 200 brightness running video playback
the results are posted on page 46 of wind kernel thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119976&page=46
It is incredibly stable too. I haven't had a crash, reboot, SoD or BSOD yet.
What is the best configuration kernel for this rom with wind 2.0rc1?
my phone is P936
Just stopping by to agree, since the RC2 release (I'm running nightly 5/11, day after RC2 release), my Bluetooth connections are working, my battery life is better and I haven't had to pull the battery to reset since.
ive had the odd random reboot now, not horrible though. the only other issue i'm getting is oddly high battery pull from WIFI but if i turn off wifi it's it's fine, i'm trying to figure out how to fix it now will report back, i can currently get 7-10 hours out of the phone with moderate use if i turn off wifi, i still think the battery can be better but it's workable for now.
the wifi issue worked itself out after some time, i'm getting 9-14 hours of use right now once i get a good setup i'll post it with some stats
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the wifi issue worked itself out after some time, i'm getting 9-14 hours of use right now once i get a good setup i'll post it with some stats
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Flashing fresh from RC1+Wind2.01 today. Hoping to get similar results. Thanks for the results. :thumbup:
+Thanks
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KronicSkillz said:
the wifi issue worked itself out after some time, i'm getting 9-14 hours of use right now once i get a good setup i'll post it with some stats
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I can tell you that on the 5/15 nightly and wind 2.0.1 I am getting that WiFi wake lock issue again. I reverted back to 5/14 and it went away.
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Swetnes said:
I can tell you that on the 5/15 nightly and wind 2.0.1 I am getting that WiFi wake lock issue again. I reverted back to 5/14 and it went away.
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have u tried 16?
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have u tried 16?
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Not yet I will try tonight
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im getting good battery life on 16/17 nightlies, yesterday i got 14 hours out of a battery and i even did a few extra things like 1 hour of gps navigation (had screen off) but it still used 25% of my battery (google maps said that in battery info)
anything over 12 hours i consider good.
There is a weird bug onde the CM kernel for RC2 that may prevent charging when the battery is depleted and the phone is off.
Installing the latest wind kernel fixes that problem
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i actually learned about this today it happened to me, and it doesn't prevent charging, just the battery screen doesn't show up so you think its not charging, also you have to let it charge for 5-15 min then pull the battery, then power up the phone unplugged to get it to turn back on. i learned the hard way.
Maybe it was a coincidence and my battery just died, but I left the phone charging for 2h and the battery just didn't work.
I will check with another one to make sure
pull the battery, put the battery back in, plug it in for 15 minutes, then unplug, pull the battery again, put it back in, then boot ur phone and charge it while on.
it was probably already frozen when u left it charging, if the above doesn't work then u might have to look into more serious methods like trying other batteries or seeing if you can get into download mode to flash a new kdz and start from scratch (if u think the rom is causing it)
Can confirm good behavior of CM10.1 RC2 and Wind Kernel 2.0.1. BT is working.
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Can confirm good behavior of CM10.1 RC2 and Wind Kernel 2.0.1. BT is working.
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No battery issues here either
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it's been a long wait but finally working =D only thing im still waiting for is MHL vote on the bug fix if you want mhl to get fixed
https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-1101
The problem was the battery got to a very low voltage level, that it needed external charging, having it jolted from another source it started working again
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http://get.cm/?device=p930
Having issues of never finishing booting (stuck on cm logo) after I install apps and restart. Works flawlessly on a full wipe/install until I restart my phone.
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No major issues for me so far. One reboot, but not a big deal. So far so good.
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What about performance?
How's battery life on this rom? I'm getting very little drain when the phone is in sleep mode with Avatar and wind kernel. In daily use (wifi and 3g data), battery seems worse than HoNo roms.
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What about performance?
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audit13 said:
How's battery life on this rom?
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Guys this is the first release so i don't think it will be on par with a mature 10.1. But seriously try it, its pretty stable and the more people running it providing feedback, the quicker its going to get better.
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This ROM is pretty stable. I have had it for about 24 hours. I have had 2 reboots. First it was when I enabled Developer Options. The second was when I was trying to restore from Titanium, listen to music, and browse the internet at the same time. That should have probably been expected.
The battery life actually seems okay, but I am testing that today. I'll report back.
I will report more as I use it today.
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It also freezes for a few seconds when I enable settings some times. Nothing consistent. I just wait a few seconds and everything catches up.
Couple things: First of all 8/27 appears to be broken. When I installed from 8/26 - 8/27 my mobile network stopped working. My phone showed a red x under signal strength and under signal status my imei showed as unknown as was my APN. In fact it wouldn't even save my APN when I tried to manually install, but WiFi worked. I went back to 8/26 and everything worked again. Has anyone else tried 8/27?
2nd: on 8/26 WiFi bug seems to be back, turned on or off it constantly drains my battery, and the battery stats shows it on continuously.
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I had tested Nightly from 08.26.
It is mostly stable. I hadn't any reboot. But i had used device as phone and to get some mails. Didn't launch gaames and etc.
Interface speed is better than 10.1. But overal benchmark score is lower( antutu with 10.1 - 7500, antutu with 10.2 - 6300)
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Couple things: First of all 8/27 appears to be broken. When I installed from 8/26 - 8/27 my mobile network stopped working. My phone showed a red x under signal strength and under signal status my imei showed as unknown as was my APN. In fact it wouldn't even save my APN when I tried to manually install, but WiFi worked. I went back to 8/26 and everything worked again. Has anyone else tried 8/27?
2nd: on 8/26 WiFi bug seems to be back, turned on or off it constantly drains my battery, and the battery stats shows it on continuously.
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Me to！8/27 NO data and NO signal
No USB connection with 8/27???
Sorry. I got it now. It was placed on Storage menu.
Can someone test MHL on 10.2? It was very finicky on 10.1, is it dependable/stable on 10.2?
P.S. Official nightly discussion thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2424804
has anyone else noticed an issue with using QR scanning apps or any app that calls on the camera? The device I am working with stops responding and has to be powercycled any time I try using a QR scanning app.