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[Q] All Gingerbread/Sense ROM's have the brightness problems?

I have tried a couple of the ROMs based on the Gingerbread/Sense leak and I'm one of those poor souls that has the 100% brightness problem. Is there one that has this fixed? Or do we just have to wait for a working leak?
I'm not willing to sacrifice the camera for the working brightness (kernel flash workaround).

I am in the same boat you are in. You can try programs like screen filter (puts a dark shade over everything, doesn't increase battery life or dim backlight) or the latest beta of Juice Defender Ultimate (which seems to actually dim the backlight, but is sporadic as it uses the light sensor to determine when to dim, which doesn't seem to work on my hw0004 Evo)
I need my camera for work (I'm in retail and use barcode scanner and the Best Buy app with almost every customer) so I can't use the kernel flash method either. I used Juice Defender for a while, but then eventually went back to using other roms. I like the Virus Inspire port because it uses sense 2.1, but is based off from froyo.
I actually just installed CM 7.0.2 stable last night and have been enjoying that as well.

Using Blackout ICS

I'm new to using a rooted device and installing custom ROMS, and I love it!
I've loaded the latest Blackout ICS version 3.0.0, and am really impressed by how well it works. I immediately noticed that battery life is better than anything I've used previously, always different versions of Gingerbread. So that's a big improvement straight away. As others have highlighted, it's a bit laggy at times, but I overclocked the CPU and it runs much more smoothly. Even just 1.2 GHZ produced a noticeable improvement, and I'm now on just under 1.5 GHz, which I gather is a safe setting. I was worried about this affecting battery life, but if it has it's barely noticeable. I suppose it only runs at the fastest speed when it needs to.
The only problem with the ROM is the auto-brightness, which jumps up and down even in fixed light conditions. Not sure if the developers pick these threads up, but that is really the only issue I've found.
As the DHD seems to be the only device not to be getting an official port of ICS, I'd definitely recommend giving this ROM a try.
With all these other devices getting updates, is it likely that more fully working ICS ports for the DHD will be on the horizon?

Really? You get better battery? I suspect i get a little less battery time...

Dbugger said:
Really? You get better battery? I suspect i get a little less battery time...
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Yes its noticeably better. Is this just me or have others found the same?
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I must say I'm getting good battery as well.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium

You should also try AOSPX and Nik Project X. The first one is stock ICS and the second one is ICS with Sense 4.0. I tried both of em and they work flawlessly on my DHD.
Haven't tried Blackout yet because I saw in the thread that there were still quite a few issues to be solved.

Dbugger said:
Really? You get better battery? I suspect i get a little less battery time...
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I was getting excellent battery life as well, but I suspect it might be killing my data connection when the phone is asleep.

Largamelion said:
You should also try AOSPX and Nik Project X. The first one is stock ICS and the second one is ICS with Sense 4.0. I tried both of em and they work flawlessly on my DHD.
Haven't tried Blackout yet because I saw in the thread that there were still quite a few issues to be solved.
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I like the look of Nik Project X, though the final post on the forum raises an issue with not being able to get HSDPA data speed. I'll keep tabs on that forum and maybe give it a try.

Swell6 said:
I like the look of Nik Project X, though the final post on the forum raises an issue with not being able to get HSDPA data speed. I'll keep tabs on that forum and maybe give it a try.
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Hmm, haven't really paid attention to that (I 'm mostly on WIFI). I 'll do a speedtest when I get the chance.
Edit: Did a quick test and I 'm getting 3,6Mb down / 1,6Mb up (inside a server room right now so not the best connection). Seems quite normal for my network (7,2Mb is max speed I can get from my provider). Of course the max HSDPA speed is alot higher but that 's something I cannot test.

Hi,
I've just installed, and recovered my apps, as i've wiped battery calibration i cannot talk about it, but OC is excellent. Even in default frequency the desktop turns without any lags, but as you mentionned, sometime there are some lags (typing on keyboard for instance) but i guess it's linked to the OC profile changing , try in performance instead of on demand, this should solve that.
Regarding the brightness i agree , it seems it change on "i don't know which parameter" from bright to low brightness.. so i've installed Bright day app to set the brightness along the day at low value and i've set on the main desktop the brightness widget to up from system parameters to push it up when i need, then bright day will recover the setting after a while..
Br
Trixo

trixo said:
Hi,
I've just installed, and recovered my apps, as i've wiped battery calibration i cannot talk about it, but OC is excellent. Even in default frequency the desktop turns without any lags, but as you mentionned, sometime there are some lags (typing on keyboard for instance) but i guess it's linked to the OC profile changing , try in performance instead of on demand, this should solve that.
Regarding the brightness i agree , it seems it change on "i don't know which parameter" from bright to low brightness.. so i've installed Bright day app to set the brightness along the day at low value and i've set on the main desktop the brightness widget to up from system parameters to push it up when i need, then bright day will recover the setting after a while..
Br
Trixo
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So after few days of testing here are my feelings :
Takeing account of deamon set to 1,2Ghz, i can still reach 1d and half near 2days without charging , with a light use :
Allways connected to network though HSDPA (as i take train it often check the network to change the connected cell)
Playing 20-30min 3times a days to Pirates of carabean (3D game multiplayer so connecting to the network)
Surfing a bit
no music
no video
With an harder use i reached 1d wake up to sleep:
still same network condition
playing double time at least (1 to 1,5h 3times a days)
Surfing more (1h)
no music an no video
using battery eater apps (windguru) a bit
to resume my feeling on battery is excelent, i've noticed a light improvement on idle battery drop, a bit accelerated over time (due certainly to used app remaining processes.
Let's go now to the issue i've noticed :
-Back tactil button doesn't work on phone screen while it works everywhere else
-Using smoth rosie to supersmooth show a light display trouble when reducing the app drawer windows (doubling the reducing animation)
-Light keyboard trouble doubling the A letter some time (like if the touchscreen has been typed twice when its not the case)
-blackout tweak shortcut from top task bar doesn't linked (need to go through the app drawer to access it)
-Folder creation missing from widget/app shortcut addition screen (or i didn't found it) , i use the moving app on another icon to create it (i don't know if it's the ICS new way of creating folder on desktop)
The plus i've found (don't know if it's an ICS feature) : create a folder in the lower task bar : can jump from 4 shortcut to full app contained in your phone accessible from the locked screen : I loved that !
The overall impression is really great and for an old phone that "doesn't give a good experience of ICS" following HTC, i feel this ROM fullfill my expectation from ICS on my Desire HD !
Many thanks to the Blackout team !
Br
Trixo

Sabsa Prime 4.1 works good too.

GLADS said:
Sabsa Prime 4.1 works good too.
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Haha.. very funny pub..
Btw, testing further again, i've found the sms issue (from my point of view it was linked to transferring sms not to content,) I'll give a try to the 3.1 to chek this out
I confirm the keyboard double "a" in certain text box, particularly in sms typing or web address typing
Lags linked to overclocking
Br
Trixo

Swell6 said:
I'm new to using a rooted device and installing custom ROMS, and I love it!
I've loaded the latest Blackout ICS version 3.0.0, and am really impressed by how well it works. I immediately noticed that battery life is better than anything I've used previously, always different versions of Gingerbread. So that's a big improvement straight away. As others have highlighted, it's a bit laggy at times, but I overclocked the CPU and it runs much more smoothly. Even just 1.2 GHZ produced a noticeable improvement, and I'm now on just under 1.5 GHz, which I gather is a safe setting. I was worried about this affecting battery life, but if it has it's barely noticeable. I suppose it only runs at the fastest speed when it needs to.
The only problem with the ROM is the auto-brightness, which jumps up and down even in fixed light conditions. Not sure if the developers pick these threads up, but that is really the only issue I've found.
As the DHD seems to be the only device not to be getting an official port of ICS, I'd definitely recommend giving this ROM a try.
With all these other devices getting updates, is it likely that more fully working ICS ports for the DHD will be on the horizon?
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For the life of me I cannot find whre to over/underclock or even set govonors

MrAhlefeld said:
For the life of me I cannot find whre to over/underclock or even set govonors
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check for the "deamon" app in your app drawer

Are there any known bugs with mms? I can not send or recieve mms with this Rom..

Imonol said:
Are there any known bugs with mms? I can not send or recieve mms with this Rom..
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Yes. Some can't send at all. Some have data drop in and out while sending and some have no issues. Seems weird to me since the hardware is supposed to be the same for the most part. I think apn and radio combo has the most to do with it.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium

Love this ROM...
This ROM would be my daily driver if the Wifi hot-spot worked. Has anyone found a work-around or fix? Wifi Tether didn't work either btw. I know it's WIP by the devs but they said it wasn't a major priority for them (Boooooo lol) Fingers crossed for v3.2

As noticed recently in the official thread, i've also noticed the magical battery jumps, i first guessed it was linked to the battery calibration wipe i've done before to flash the Blackout3.0 rom, but i can sometime still see this trouble also.
It happen even phone is in use but every time inbetween 30 and 5 percent of battery left. it goes down to low then readjust it to an higher value without any reason.
The phenomen come back lately less often, but maybe devs can check this out. I'm running on a SFR Desire HD recognized as an incredible S on the 3.0 rom.
BR
Trixo

Jelly MIUI JLM First Edition Q&A section

The Team No Name Presents
Jelly MIUI JLM First Edition Beta 1.0
So I have yet another one for yall. I finished it up today and it is not too bad. Got everything working that can work in a jelly bean rom. Now dont expect the silky smoothness of Dirty Diablo but it is not gutter trash either. The biggest lag is in the lockscreen. This is a rebuilt rom from miui.us build 2.12.28 which had a few too many bugs. The biggest being an fc in messaging everytime you recieved a sms or mms leaving you with no notification that you had one. I have added in tronits latest and greatest BlackDome 2.1r1 sbc plus crossbreeder and some build.prop tweaks to round out the package. Testing is going on and if all is good than it will be posted over the weekend for yall to enjoy. I will be posting screen shots here soon as I get the chance.

Check these out!!! Battery life and jb miui
Team No Name Presents
Jelly MIUI JLM First Edition 1.0
No beta release this is a complete ROM.
The pictures will speak for themself
Peace,​Love, and
Happiness

That's a fact JACK!!!!!!!
Sent from my V-TECH EVO using xda app-developers app

a run down of Jelly MIUI JLM
So I have been using this ugly stock miui launcher for one reason. I heard from that the jelly bean miui really sucks some juice. These shots were after a 1 1/2 hours of almost constant use. As you can see in the pictures my signal sucks when I am inside, I am using wifi and this phone is active. At the rate I am going the battery will last about 8 hours for an 3500 mA extended battery. Now that might sound steep but under the same conditions other jb roms can be as little as 4 hours. Now for real world life I would say the average stock battery should run 8 or more hours with normal use and decent signal.
Now there are special feature in the MIUI that are not in the normal MIUI that you might want to know about. First off if you remember DND well that has changed to Firewall and for those new to this here is what it does.
You can setup multiple types of filters for calls and text
You have a white list, black list, plus anti-stranger mode (non address book block)
anti-private mode (privite numbers are filtered)
keyword spam filter. All these settings effect call, sms, and mms
Once the filters are set then you can setup a blocking schedule with a start and stop time or all day
You can also manually turn it off and on
There is built in screen capture by a toggle or keystroke combo
You can lock the screen buttons (home, menu, back, search)
There is a guard mode that requires a password to see gallery, sms, mms, call log and some other things
You also have built in 2way call recording with any kernel
You place the call click on the tools option on the dialer and you have multiple options on of which is record
It also comes with network assistant to monitor data usage
You can set a limit and then it will automatically block data usage when that limit is reached along with notifications when you are close to your limit
A built in backup program which saves all your apps/app data, settings, permissions, sms, mms, call logs the works
MIUI's superuser app call permissions managers it allows root access
but also monitors all the apps permissions such as sms, call, phone state, call monitoring, contacts, call logs, positioning (course and fine position), and phone id
You for each thing you can allow, ask, or deny access for each app
Then you have themes which unlike other roms you can mix and match parts such as
lockscreen, wallpapers, icons, status bar, boot animation, sms app, dialer, fonts
With sounds and wallpapers you can even use your own off the sd card or music player.
Oh yeah lets not forget since it is based off an miui.us build there is the miui.us toolbox
Status bar settings
center clock
hide am/pm
single bars (for non fans of having both 1x and 3x signal bars like in the old donut and cupcake days)
Custom carrier label
custom carrier logo (if you dont want a lable how about a picture)
change colors of
clock
carrier lable
signal bars
wifi icon
battery icon
or set all above to one color
also reset back to white
launcher settings (for stock launcher only)
hide status bar
hide icon text
resize widges (custom widget sizes)
There is a cpu tuner with typical features
abd over wifi
battery calibration tool
android id tool
invoke media scaner option
screen dpi
and this thing call fan-nav that i have not figured out yet
oh and this crazy desktop mode thing for the stock launcher you have to see the video of this it is weird
So talk about a feature packed rom. And if your not a fan of that ios style launcher you can just load on your favorite launcher and still get almost every feature of miui.
All this and more coming soon to a server near you!!
Peace,
Love, and
Happiness

Yeah, this is gonna be rally sweet!

I'm curious was there anything done outside of build.prob tweaks and init.d tweaks? Since you can't so anything with framework I'm not trying to diss the rom of anything. Might as well just port the latest miui
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Well evonoob no offense taken. Mostly it is build.prop tweaks but I have also done a few other things. I am not a full fledged developer yet but I dare you to go to miui.us and try to run their 2.12.28 rom. Once you have I will give you a link to mine.
Oh side note on battery life. Ran crap out of it. Take a look at the screen shots of battery life. 7.5 hrs hard use in these shots with almost no signal.
Darn tapatalk not uploading pics. Will upload shortly.

jlmancuso said:
Well evonoob no offense taken. Mostly it is build.prop tweaks but I have also done a few other things. I am not a full fledged developer yet but I dare you to go to miui.us and try to run their 2.12.28 rom. Once you have I will give you a link to mine.
Oh side note on battery life. Ran crap out of it. Take a look at the screen shots of battery life. 7.5 hrs hard use in these shots with almost no signal.
Darn tapatalk not uploading pics. Will upload shortly.
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I stopped using miui us since they're closed source when it comes to certain things. I just port miui android with control panel
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Do you still have an evo? If so just try it out. When I have enough skills I will start building from source but till then it is all about improving what we have. I am just trying to keep the evo useful with what we have.

jlmancuso said:
Do you still have an evo? If so just try it out. When I have enough skills I will start building from source but till then it is all about improving what we have. I am just trying to keep the evo useful with what we have.
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Yea lays on my desk face down with the battery out. Haven't touched it in months
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

Well power that bad boy up and try this out when I release it. It will be worth doing a side by side comparison.
Oh and here is the pics of yesterdays usage. You must take into account that the cpu was set on 245/998 with ondemand plus I get next to no signal as you will see in the screen shots. This is also a good 3500 mA extended battery. I would say the average user with a stock battery, normal usage, and fair signal should average 8-10 hours with little to no changes on cpu settings or battery management.
The phone was on for 7hrs 45mins with real use for 6hrs and 21mins. Not to shabby for a jelly bean rom with almost continues use
Sometimes I even amaze myself!

evo4gnoob said:
Yea lays on my desk face down with the battery out. Haven't touched it in months
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Blashpemy!!!

Alight guys I have started on the TNN toolbox. It is in general discussion and scheduled to be implemented with every TNN ROM project. The rules of custom ROM development are getting rewritten.

[Q] Can we change notification LED behavior or use capacitive buttons instead?

I’m wondering if there is a tool or a mod that I can use to change how the notification LED lights up, specifically to increase the blink rate or increase the switched on time of a blink cycle. The tiny LED buried inside the ear piece grill and the way it blinks makes noticing missed alerts almost impossible unless you look at it very carefully. Ideally I would like for it to blink rapidly or the have the LED lit up for a little longer in each blink cycle, I know this can affect the battery, so it would be nice if the behavior can be customized further i.e Have intensive blinking for the first 30 minutes and then fall back to the regular conservative mode to save battery.
A better alternative would be to use the capacitive buttons (back, home, menu) without turning the screen on. My previous Galaxy S1 had a mod which could do that, wondering if there is something similar for One X. If those buttons can be selectively turned on then I guess that would be more prominent than that tiny green LED.

Flash CM10.1 or ICJ to get button light notification.
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Latest XM kernels also include BLN (backlight notification). It's fully cofigurable, including the light level. :good:
Plus, it has all the governor tweaks you can think of.

I Don't know if there's a standalone tool for this
but I use CM 10.1 ROM that comes with this tool included
anyway the control is limited to 2 colors (red and green) and 2 speeds , or you can use it to disable the whole light
and still be able to use hardware keys backlight as a notification light

Thanks for the replies. :good:
Currently I’m on Viper X custom ROM. Last year I installed CM10 but wasn't impressed with battery life or camera performance.
[email protected]|-|oR said:
Latest XM kernels also include BLN (backlight notification). It's fully cofigurable, including the light level. :good:
Plus, it has all the governor tweaks you can think of.
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Interesting, perhaps I'll try that, seems XM supports Sense ROMs and I found few posts where people have managed to get it working with Viper X. I'm guessing if I managed to get XM kernel working, all I have to do is use BLN app from market ?

Maher88 said:
I Don't know if there's a standalone tool for this
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i think there is a tool for this: light flow app.
i haven't tried it on my hox yet, but i had limited success with it on my desire. htcs are notorious for terrible led notification control and configuration, i think. on my huawei ideos i had it configured exactly how i wanted it, but this is probably impossible on an htc ... actually i found this thread when searching for a solution how to manage my own led problems. but according to the discussion here there is no solution .

PhoenixFx said:
Thanks for the replies. :good:
Currently I’m on Viper X custom ROM. Last year I installed CM10 but wasn't impressed with battery life or camera performance.
Interesting, perhaps I'll try that, seems XM supports Sense ROMs and I found few posts where people have managed to get it working with Viper X. I'm guessing if I managed to get XM kernel working, all I have to do is use BLN app from market ?
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viper x works well with xm kernel without a repack, and bln works without any app, just enable it as instructed by xm

[APP][AutoBrightnessOnSteroids] Amazing!!

For anyone concerned with Auto-Brightness and trying to save battery, I highly suggest Lux Dash.
Basically you tell it what brightness to give it under every lightning circumstance. It takes into affect time of day etc. The more you Link it and tell it what brightness to give it the more accurate it becomes to your exact liking. I've noticed a decent battery gain over the stock Option. As you can set it to only change after Wake, lock, Constantly, etc..
Here is an article about it to better get everyone to understand: http://lifehacker.com/lux-automatica...gets-934245674
I know many don't care about Auto-Brightness much, but neither did I until i tried this program.
Free lite Version
Paid Version

Not compatible with HTC one 4.2.2?
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