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Root rmk [OP] - [ROM] Virtuous v2.5 (9/1/10): Stock Sense/Froyo v3.21.605.1 w/Fixes & Enhancements

Just wanted to stop in real quick and give adrynalyne a Thx for the custom kernel for virtuous (and of course to show off my battery life with my set up :p). It seems he is quite the dev and after rmk's virtuous and this new custom kernel I'm somewhat content with my phone....is that even possible!? Well except for changing the cosmetic look of screens that is. This ROM flies it is extraordinary and the only flaw (and it's not an issue for me I'd rather use the app) is youtube through the browser.

With a $14 bidallies ebay OEM HTC 1500mAH battery and virtuous 2.6 with adryn's kernel I'm quite satisfied with my superphone that goes 2 days without a charge. I use setcpu with "ondemand" scaling and a "screen off" profile at 245/384. My dBm signal is average, most of the time 1 bar, and I use wifi when at home. This usage is more than my average, happened to be that kind of day!

95 min on the phone, 30 min internet, 65 texts, polling weather, calender and hotmail every hour, display ON for 80 min, and 12 emails later I have over 50% battery left. This is with a bump charge.

This might not come as a surprise to some, they might get better batt life than this and this whole "battery life thing" is SO user dependent, but I'm giddy over my battery life :D and I firmly believe that it is the result of this ROM with this kernel and setcpu.

I've had this phone since April 29.

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Just wanted to stop in real quick and give adrynalyne a Thx for the custom kernel for virtuous (and of course to show off my battery life with my set up :p). It seems he is quite the dev and after rmk's virtuous and this new custom kernel I'm somewhat content with my phone....is that even possible!? Well except for changing the cosmetic look of screens that is. This ROM flies it is extraordinary and the only flaw (and it's not an issue for me I'd rather use the app) is youtube through the browser.

With a $14 bidallies ebay OEM HTC 1500mAH battery and virtuous 2.6 with adryn's kernel I'm quite satisfied with my superphone that goes 2 days without a charge. I use setcpu with "ondemand" scaling and a "screen off" profile at 245/384. My dBm signal is average, most of the time 1 bar, and I use wifi when at home. This usage is more than my average, happened to be that kind of day!

95 min on the phone, 30 min internet, 65 texts, polling weather, calender and hotmail every hour, display ON for 80 min, and 12 emails later I have over 50% battery left. This is with a bump charge.

This might not come as a surprise to some, they might get better batt life than this and this whole "battery life thing" is SO user dependent, but I'm giddy over my battery life :D and I firmly believe that it is the result of this ROM with this kernel and setcpu.

I've had this phone since April 29.

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Thanks for the tip. I have extreme battery issues even with my seidio! I've already loaded the kernel but was wondering if there was more info posted about this kernel. Thx again.
 
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Just wanted to stop in real quick and give adrynalyne a Thx for the custom kernel for virtuous (and of course to show off my battery life with my set up :p). It seems he is quite the dev and after rmk's virtuous and this new custom kernel I'm somewhat content with my phone....is that even possible!? Well except for changing the cosmetic look of screens that is. This ROM flies it is extraordinary and the only flaw (and it's not an issue for me I'd rather use the app) is youtube through the browser.

With a $14 bidallies ebay OEM HTC 1500mAH battery and virtuous 2.6 with adryn's kernel I'm quite satisfied with my superphone that goes 2 days without a charge. I use setcpu with "ondemand" scaling and a "screen off" profile at 245/384. My dBm signal is average, most of the time 1 bar, and I use wifi when at home. This usage is more than my average, happened to be that kind of day!

95 min on the phone, 30 min internet, 65 texts, polling weather, calender and hotmail every hour, display ON for 80 min, and 12 emails later I have over 50% battery left. This is with a bump charge.

This might not come as a surprise to some, they might get better batt life than this and this whole "battery life thing" is SO user dependent, but I'm giddy over my battery life :D and I firmly believe that it is the result of this ROM with this kernel and setcpu.

I've had this phone since April 29.

Appreciate the feedback. I love the Virtuous ROM. It feels at home. I tried the Virtuous custom kernel and it was just "ok" for me. I am now back to King BFS #1 which has always been the best performer on my phone.

And the fun goes on....

(btw, I didn't want the whole revolution theme, but I like the revolution alternate font so I flashed the font only and it worked great. Just sayin' in case anyone else wants to try it.)
 
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Appreciate the feedback. I love the Virtuous ROM. It feels at home. I tried the Virtuous custom kernel and it was just "ok" for me. I am now back to King BFS #1 which has always been the best performer on my phone.

And the fun goes on....

(btw, I didn't want the whole revolution theme, but I like the revolution alternate font so I flashed the font only and it worked great. Just sayin' in case anyone else wants to try it.)

Yea I had BFS#2 ... it was solid. Battery life was not as good as this custom kernel. I use the alt font as well it looks sharp indeed! King said he's working on a #3 due up soon.
 
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Yea I had BFS#2 ... it was solid. Battery life was not as good as this custom kernel...King said he's working on a #3 due up soon.

BFS #2 was a real battery drain for me for some odd reason, though I notice others having good luck with it.

To be a bit more detailed, for me the Virtuous custom kernel performed very similar to the stock kernel but with some added setcpu settings. With it I was still getting more battery drain with screen off than I do with BFS #1.

I will be looking for the BFS #3, thanks for the heads-up.

Isn't it great to have options? :cool:
 
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BFS #2 was a real battery drain for me for some odd reason, though I notice others having good luck with it.

To be a bit more detailed, for me the Virtuous custom kernel performed very similar to the stock kernel but with some added setcpu settings. With it I was still getting more battery drain with screen off than I do with BFS #1.

I will be looking for the BFS #3, thanks for the heads-up.

Isn't it great to have options? :cool:

It is great to have options! android rocks!
 
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I just finished the install of this rom and want to make sure I did it right. After the phone rebooted, I still have everything I had with my last setup. Same wallpaper, same apps (Ones I deleted added back in though), same everything.

Under software number it says Virtuous v2.6

I guess I did everything right. I didn't wipe my data or anything.
 
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