Edit: My bad, what I was trying to say was, when I installed 2.8 I got orange CWM and not red. Why?
it doesn't come that way. Either you installed the new 3.0 Orange CWM before and didn't do a proper wipe before installing 2.8SC or you installed Rom Manager afterwards and clicked the "Flash Clockwork Recovery" within Rom Manager. DO NOT DO THAT. You no longer need Rom Manager at all honestly. 2.8SC if installed properly will have the correct Red 2.5.1.X CWR pre-integrated into the kernel so when you choose "recovery" from the power down menu it will boot into the proper Recovery for the 2.8SC Rom
When installing 2.8SC you need to boot into CWR, wipe data, wipe cache, go to advanced and wipe Dalvik cache, back on screen, choose "install zip from sd card" and then "choose zip" on the next screen, choose the 2.8SC Franken whatever file...let it do its thing, go back to the other screen and wipe Dalvik cache again for good measure then reboot. That will install 2.8SC clean and will already have the proper Red CWR 2.5.1.X installed. DO NOT INSTALL ROM MANAGER AFTERWARDS. That is how you get Orange 3.0 CWR on your phone with 2.8SC installed already. Many people are doing this because they are used to installing Rom Manager and then telling it to "Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery" which is what we used to do....stop doing that with Superclean Roms until something changes.
I'm with Karib, I haven't researched this much either, but I haven't used the Orange CWR yet. Anyone who can explain when it is needed, what purpose it serves, when it was developed, etc. would be helpful.
Also, with 2.8, whenever I miss a call my phone stays turned on. I like my screen timeout set to 10 minutes so I think my missed calls are keeping my phone on for 10 minutes every time. Anyone else having a problem with this?
As far as what 3.0 Orange CWR does differently i dont really know, all I know is it has something to do with Edify scripts and the Superclean Roms are not yet compatible with Edify scripts, so if you install the Orange 3.0 CWR you will only be able to use the backup features, the other necessary and useful features wont work, and Adrenalyne recommends not using it so just don't for now. I imagine he is working on making the next Rom "Edify compatible".
No, not here, might do a clean re-install to be safe making sure to wipe data/cache/Dalvik
Thought I would stop by and update my battery results, my phone has been off of the charger for 23 hours now and the battery is at 47%. Wifi, and gps have been on the entire time, and a half hour trip to the store with wifi still on. I believe the keys for my phone are 1. run the bstats script and let the battery fully cycle to empty and re-charge; 2. Every reboot switch to airplane mode before turning off; 3. Use wifi when able; 4. I have Account and sync settings frozen.
While running all roms prior to 2.8 I was lucky to get 12-15 hours on a full charge with the same amount of use. Tomorrow will be a good test since I do not have reliable wifi at work.
and if battery life seems wrong for anyone after installing 2.8SC you should do a full charge and reset by:
A. charge overnight so you know its fully charged
B. Open Terminal Emulator (free from Market), and type
su (give terminal Root Access if it prompts you then hit enter)
bstats (hit enter)
the phone will reboot after a couple seconds
that resets the battery stats so it will report correctly, otherwise it will think it is fully charged when its not or other screwy things that will make it seem like battery life is terrible or stellar....
i use mine as am mp3 player all day, sometimes streaming Pandora all day on Wifi or 3G both....also some browsing and also have two email accounts that are push (instant notification) and i get maybe 10 good hours out of mine, but i am a heavy user
