yup,it was either the rom,or the install process. ive been on 4.03.605.1 for several days now and havent had any issues... the battery,while still crappy,is actually better than most stock roms. i get better than i did on the old ICS builds,and GB.
my solution to crappy battery life is an external cahrger and more batteries. i just go till the phone dies then pop in a new one
2 usually get me thru the day
i personally think s-off is the best scenario for any phone what folks want to mod. s-on htcdev is a pain,but does have one big advantage:
its next to impossible to brick an htcdev unlocked,s-on phone with software flashed beyond recovering.
s-off has many more advantges,but with much greater responsability. you need to always understand wha your flashing and use caution. always use md5s to check the integrity of downloaded files. dont use a file the poster wont provide an md5 for. a bad hboot or radio flash can,and will,brick your phone beyond recovery,so you have a much greater sense of responsability.
for the above reasons,and the fact that the procedure is a lil scary to some,i try and not push my s-off beliefs on to others. despite the fact that its much,much better IMO.
my advice if you want to try it:
-first and foremost,use a small spare sd card. the process wipes your card,and its possible the backup the program makes wont get properly restored. all you need i s a cheap 1gb card to keep your good sd and all its info safe.
-the wire isnt really that important. i used a piece of thin wire i had on a roll i the shop,im not sure what the gauge is,or what its intended use is. the biggest issue with the wire,is make sure when you stick it in the hole(pin 1) that it goes straight down and makes contact with the little dot underneath. its easy to get the wire crooked,so its not making a contact. no matter how many times you do the wire trick,it wont work if one of the points isnt making contact
i would also personally avoid anything thats hard,or sharp,to avoid scratching up the board underneath.
-the count is supposed to be 1 3//4 seconds "one onethousand" sounds about right,tho i believe i did it a lil quicker
after becoming s-off,i strongely recomend,to avoid issue:
-run an ruu containing whatever firmware you want to run.(make a backup if youre on something you want to return to)
-with the stock recovery on the phone, chose "clear storage" in hboot
-give the phone a few minutes after boot
-reboot
once yovue rebooted a second time,you can reinstall recovery and install root files,or restore your backup,or flash a rom,or whatever. but doing those things,along with not using your normal sd will help ensure that
1)your sd doesnt disapear in recovery
2)your sd and internal storage dont disapear from the booted OS
3)you dont experience flaky,unstable data
just rermember that if your backup was of a rom that was using the "old firmware patch" it will no longer work as is. after restoring the backup,simply reflash the rom without wiping data,so it will work with the newer firmware.
holler if you have further questions