ROMS for EVO Shift?

[DNicolasL]

Are there any ROMS for the EVO Shift yet?

My friend has a EVO Shift and he isn't that happy with the battery life so I figured rooting his phone and flashing a rom/kernel will increase his performance like it did with my OG EVO.

 

[YetAnother]

I rooted and am using SetCPU to lower the CPU when the phone is standing by and see huge improvement. Waiting for a good ROM now.

 

[Scoota]

I rooted and am using SetCPU to lower the CPU when the phone is standing by and see huge improvement. Waiting for a good ROM now.

Thanks for the recommendation, just used SetCPU profile to go the lowest speed when the screen is off.

 

[fifedogg]

Are there any ROMS for the EVO Shift yet?

My friend has a EVO Shift and he isn't that happy with the battery life so I figured rooting his phone and flashing a rom/kernel will increase his performance like it did with my OG EVO.

He must be doing something wrong. I posted a bunch of stuff below that effects battery life. He should look at it and decide if any applies to him.

My shift gets the best battery life of any Android phone I have ever had or personally known someone to have. Either way just get the overclock/undervolt kernel and tweak it the way you want. Over at XDA there are a few ROM's getting worked on. I'm running a deodexed version of the stock rom on the OC/UV kernel and loving it.

A little list of things to do, check and or disable;

1. Use spare parts and find out whats killing your battery ie partial wake usage, cpu etc.
2. Turn your window animations from all to only some animations
3. Turn off automatic display and keep it around 20-30%
4. I have auto sync off on all my appz (E-mail, Gmail, Facebook etc.). I update my E-mail and such manually.
5. Turn off data when not using it. I find data accounts for around 15-25% of juice used and thats just when on idle.
6. Only use widgets on the homescreen if you really have to (Running widgets use a lot of power over time)
7. Use Android Hackers tool from the market and it will break down how long your cpu was in a certain state. ie my cpu spent 65% at 245mhz and 28% at 806mhz.
8. Keep off 4G, Bluetooth, wirless networks for location and GPS if not using it (GPS uses less power than wireless networks and is more accurate anyway) I assigned Quick Settings to open when I hold down the search button. That makes it easy to enable/disable any of these setting within seconds.
9. Turn off google talk and make sure it doesnt sign in automatically (most people dont realise this)
10. Turn screen timeout to 15 or 30 seconds (if longer your phone can keep the display on accidentally while in your pocket if a button is pressed, wasting power)
11. Dont use a task killer unless its to kill an app you know drains your battery and therefore must be closed to save juice
12. Check your apps. Some apps keep using cpu etc because they were not programed correctly. (some appz I've found to drain my battery are; Yahoo Mail, Craigslist, AndTorrent and the market if a download is hung up. There are a few others I cant remember off the top of my head) If your phone is getting hot for no apparent reason this may be the cause.
13. Calibrate your battery by bump charging (charge your phone till its full while on, turn it off and charge till its full again. Then bump charge it around 5-7 times) Wipe battery stats if applicable. If you have a car charger, plug your phone in on the way to work to account for the little bit of drain that occurs once the phone is fully charged yet still on the charger.

 

[Dave Blake]

He must be doing something wrong. I posted a bunch of stuff below that effects battery life. He should look at it and decide if any applies to him.

My shift gets the best battery life of any Android phone I have ever had or personally known someone to have. Either way just get the overclock/undervolt kernel and tweak it the way you want. Over at XDA there are a few ROM's getting worked on. I'm running a deodexed version of the stock rom on the OC/UV kernel and loving it.

Thanks for the heads up on the kernel I was just over there looking aroung and I missed the thread... Downloading now.

 

[kehanra99]

XDA Developers has a custom kernel up that can be overclocked to 1.51GHz with setcpu.
There are currently several roms available already, most of which are very close to complete.

 

[scanline]

the overclock kernel is awsome at 1.5 ghz i get 55.154 on linpack lol this phone kills the og evo when overclocked

 

[Dave Blake]

the overclock kernel is awsome at 1.5 ghz i get 55.154 on linpack lol this phone kills the og evo when overclocked

It kills the OG all the time when OC'd it really flies I'm getting in the 1800 on Quadrant.

 

[fifedogg]

It kills the OG all the time when OC'd it really flies I'm getting in the 1800 on Quadrant.

I'm now running BC's 1.8ghz kernel perfectly stable 2400 Quadrant

 

[herothc]

I'm running the 1.5ghz kernel set at ~1250, and AwesomeRom-WarmEdition v1, but about to update to 2.2 warm edition (with sense) to see whats come about. I completely stopped checking for updates after installing the first one... like it that much.

 

[draztikrhymez]

I am going to OC eventually. Can't imagine how's fast thing is going to be since @ 800 its had no lag

 

[bummer769]

Just rooted my shift, looking for the kernel y'all are talking about. where can I find such kernel? Who's the developer?

 

[Dave Blake]

Here ya go try this link

[Kernel] [GPL] Sense 2.6.32.21 OC/UV 1.51GHZ (CFS-Smartass-TUN) - xda-developers

 

[mikerosa650]

sorry for my ignorance but im new to this, i perma rooted the shift, then downloaded the above kernel, how do i install the new kernel?

 

[Dave Blake]

sorry for my ignorance but im new to this, i perma rooted the shift, then downloaded the above kernel, how do i install the new kernel?

You flash the Kernel the same way you flash a ROM

 

[mikerosa650]

im not really sure how to do that, i followed your instructions to root the device which went smoothly but that seems to be all i was able to acomplish

 

[Dave Blake]

Did you flash the recovery?

http://forum.androidcentral.com/627436-post6.html

After that go to boot loader mode and select recovery. Do a backup you will see it in the list in the Green screen. Use the up/down volume keys to navigate then use the power button to select. Post here if you have more questions.

 

[mikerosa650]

alrighty seems to be the direction i needed to be headed in thanks a bunch!

 

[mikerosa650]

ok so i did this but im pretty sure it deleted everything after the new kernel was installed how to i recover the nandroid file that was created

 

[mikerosa650]

also i previously backed up the wimaxx keys i do not have 4g in my area how so i recheck and or reload the backed up keys
thanks again!