who has used it and how do you like it? lookin for some input before i use it.
Along with many others, I participated in the beta testing of Smoked Glass v6.0 ESE53. I'd already been using another 2.1 ESE53 ROM and tried a couple others, as well. From my vantage point (this is just my 2 cents...if that's worth anything) my impression of Smoked Glass v6.0 ESE53 is WOW!
So WOW doesn't mean a lot, but let me try to put it in some concrete terms. Compared to other 2.1 ESE53 ROMs I've found Smoked Glass v6.0 to run very smooth and fast. It also runs cool as well. Whereas other ESE53 ROMs might run 100F+ on some tasks, it seems I have a hard time getting it to go up into the 90F range and seldom over 100F. Last night after I had my Droid sitting on idle for a while, I picked it up and noticed that the CPU temp was 59F which is lower than I've ever seen it at idle.
In fact, I've found it to run to fast and smooth that I reinstalled with 250-800 overclock (instead of 1000) ... and then finally decided to reinstall and clock it to 250-600.
Battery life has also improved, as well. Yesterday at the end of the day it was still showing 50%. And now today after having unplugged it 4 hours ago (only briefly connected via USB to transfer some files) I've yet to drop to 80%. So I'm very happy in that regard.
I've been a long-time user of Bugless Beast and didn't think any other ROM could pull me away ... until I met Smoked Glass v6.0.
AdamZ has also done an outstanding job at giving you a LOT of choices during the install process. If you don't want to include some stock apps in the install, you can choose to delete them (i.e. Amazon MP3, CorpCal, etc.). But you do need to read the menu choices carefully to be sure you * for those you want included or * for those you want deleted ... based on the menu heading directions.
The only 'hitch' I and some others had was with Maps. Some folks have found uninstalling (Google) Maps before loading SG 6 to work better (if you are running Maps as a Market installation...meaning that from the Market you can choose Uninstall).
Now, your mileage may vary. If anything, it seems no two Droids are exactly alike. So this is just my personal experience based on my Droid with the apps I have installed.
Ok, I've installed 2-3 ROMS since rooting, considering putting this one on, however, I have only done the update.zip method.
What is the difference in how to install something with rom.tgz?
I think Needsdecaf pretty well covered the bases on this, however, one thing that seemed to pop up multiple times during the beta version testing of SG was that some people were putting the rom.tgz file in the root of /sdcard with the wrong file extension. Why? If your computer isn't set-up to show file extensions, browsers will sometime tinker with that and you don't see the change when your file extensions are 'invisible'.What is the difference in how to install something with rom.tgz?
what lockscreen does this version include? the new 2.1 or old 2.0.1? this is what decides if i use this or not so I really appreciate feedback
yes i no, but in 5.0.x adamZ posted a screenshot of the newer lockscreen but the actual rom had the old one. so I was hoping a user could tell me.You can easily check out all the info from the source for a question like that: [ROM.tgz] Smoked Glass v6.0.1 *03/15* (Android 2.1 - ESE53))
few questions:
1) what is the low brightness feature and where is it i can find it after loading rom?
2) What is audio toggle and where is it?
3)What are shells? You have an option at install of the rom to install one of 3 shells.
4)Another option is to set how many mb/s you want for the video recorder on the phone. stock is 3mb/s and you can choose up to 9mb/s. Why wouldnt you want to go with the highest 9mb/s? Does it lag?
I have been hearing alot of this. Anyone that has also noticed this, what are you overclocked to?i just want to say that battery life is outstanding now. with SG 5.0.1 i used to have to keep my phone in plugged whenever possible throughout the day- now with 6.0.1 it literally feels like i have a brand new extended battery!
working great
but I don't really love the SG theme, just what he's done with the ese53 rom
where is this patch? got a link?Just a head's up that the SG6 ROM (at least 6.0) doesn't automatically block the OTA updates (see the SG thread for details). My understanding is that SPRecovery would still ask for permission but it would be easy to select the wrong one. AdamZ created a patch to block the OTAs in that thread.
ok found the patch and downloaded it to my computer now what how do i make it work on my phone, where do i put it on my sd and anything else i need to do with it?
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