[ROM][NC] Unofficial CM9 Nightly builds - with/without OpenGL

leapinlar · Apr 29, 2012

eyeballer said:
And incremental updates are live! Update Goo Manager in the play store (v2.0.4).

Please note:
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3) This is only for emmc setups not sdcard installs

The incremental update works great on SD installs. The zip was about 38MB instead of the normal 122MB.

Use GooManager to get it for you and download to your device. It is named 'diff_update-cm...' so you need to remove the diff_ from the beginning of the name and place the zip in your boot partition. Then boot to the verygreen recovery like doing any ROM update. It will install perfectly. But make sure you are updating eyeballer's ROM from the day before. (GooManager won't show it as an available update if it is not the right version).

Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk

mateorod · Apr 29, 2012

Does anyone know how to get a look at the incremental updates if you aren't running eyeballer's rom? I have searched goo manager and browsed through techerrata and yet I can't seem to find it.

leapinlar · Apr 29, 2012

mateorod said:
Does anyone know how to get a look at the incremental updates if you aren't running eyeballer's rom? I have searched goo manager and browsed through techerrata and yet I can't seem to find it.

I think they are not on the open public server. You could flash eyeballers ROM from yesterday, then use goo to update it.

It is a pretty simple zip. Just things in /system that have changed. And the install script mounts /system and /boot in emmc and copies things directly there without wiping anything.

Code:

ui_print("Goomanager Incremental Updater");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p5", "/system");
mount("vfat", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1", "/boot");
ui_print("Deleting old files...");
ui_print("Extracting /system files...");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
ui_print("Installing new boot image...");
package_extract_file("MLO", "/boot/MLO");
package_extract_file("kernel", "/boot/uImage");
package_extract_file("ramdisk.img", "/boot/uRamdisk");
unmount("/boot");
unmount("/system");

Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk

eyeballer · Apr 29, 2012

mateorod said:
Does anyone know how to get a look at the incremental updates if you aren't running eyeballer's rom? I have searched goo manager and browsed through techerrata and yet I can't seem to find it.

Haha.. we hid them on purpose so people wouldn't go downloading them and trying to update from a non-compatible rom.

But as leapinlar pointed out when you use goo manager it'll be downloaded into the /goomanager folder.

mateorod · Apr 29, 2012

eyeballer said:
Haha.. we hid them on purpose so people wouldn't go downloading them and trying to update from a non-compatible rom.

But as leapinlar pointed out when you use goo manager it'll be downloaded into the /goomanager folder.

Yeah, I can feel that. I just wanted to see what would change in the install process. I have been building my own and am running a build from today so I was hoping I wouldn't have to flash three times today to try changes I have on the device already.

But I see where you're coming from, safety first.

Edit: and besides, its worth it. This is cool stuff, no mistake.

Quantumrabbit · Apr 30, 2012

So both With and Without open gl... this seems to drain my battery when idling on the order of 4 or 5 days. From 100% to won't turn on dead.

When using CM 7 roms I get more like... over a month of idle time before it's dead.

Is this some kind of massive kernel issue or some kind of terrible settings that won't turn off or what?

gumnaam.sur · Apr 30, 2012

Same here

Quantumrabbit said:
So both With and Without open gl... this seems to drain my battery when idling on the order of 4 or 5 days. From 100% to won't turn on dead.

When using CM 7 roms I get more like... over a month of idle time before it's dead.

Is this some kind of massive kernel issue or some kind of terrible settings that won't turn off or what?

+1, Same here. On some nightlys I've had the battery drain out in < 24 hours.

friedsonjm · Apr 30, 2012

eyeballer said:
And incremental updates are live! Update Goo Manager in the play store (v2.0.4)....

Currently incremental updates will ONLY be offered by the app!

Used it and TWRP today.. worked like a charm...thanks!

freonchill · Apr 30, 2012

Quantumrabbit said:
So both With and Without open gl... this seems to drain my battery when idling on the order of 4 or 5 days. From 100% to won't turn on dead.

When using CM 7 roms I get more like... over a month of idle time before it's dead.

Is this some kind of massive kernel issue or some kind of terrible settings that won't turn off or what?

+1 as well
running non-openGL and i have airplane mode enabled typically, so its no the wifi draining it

DigitalMD · Apr 30, 2012

It may depend on what apps you are running. I packed my NC with CM9 sleeping in a box for 2 weeks and it still had 89% when I turned it on.
Have you checked the battery usage to see what is says is using the bat?

Quantumrabbit · May 1, 2012

DigitalMD said:
It may depend on what apps you are running. I packed my NC with CM9 sleeping in a box for 2 weeks and it still had 89% when I turned it on.
Have you checked the battery usage to see what is says is using the bat?

Android OS 47%
Tablet Idle 21%
Google Play Store 17%
Android System 6%
Wi-Fi 5%
Google Services 4%

I lose a very steady daily incline of about 20% when it isn't being used. (When it is I usually turn Wi-Fi on, then off before re-idling).

On the CM7 series, I was more like 2-3% daily drop. It was CONSIDERABLY better at idling than this seems to be, Open GL or no.

boomn · May 1, 2012

Quantumrabbit said:
Android OS 47%
Tablet Idle 21%
Google Play Store 17%
Android System 6%
Wi-Fi 5%
Google Services 4%

I lose a very steady daily incline of about 20% when it isn't being used. (When it is I usually turn Wi-Fi on, then off before re-idling).

On the CM7 series, I was more like 2-3% daily drop. It was CONSIDERABLY better at idling than this seems to be, Open GL or no.

For a much better picture of what's happening use Better Battery Stats to check for apps that are causing a lot of "partial wakelocks", which is where the app calls for the CPU to stay awake or more importantly to wake up the CPU without turning the screen back on. When a partial wakelock happens the device still looks like it's sleeping but it could be using a lot more power

J515OP · May 1, 2012

Can't put my finger on it but things seem to run better with the portrait kernel. Plus it is only 90' to either landscape orientation. Before you could have an upside down tablet and a 180 reorientation if you use the tablet the other way (which I do because of where the charger goes).

Definitely like the portrait as the default with only a 90' turn to get where you want to be in landscape from there.

DigitalMD · May 1, 2012

J515OP said:
Can't put my finger on it but things seem to run better with the portrait kernel. Plus it is only 90' to either landscape orientation. Before you could have an upside down tablet and a 180 reorientation if you use the tablet the other way (which I do because of where the charger goes).

Definitely like the portrait as the default with only a 90' turn to get where you want to be in landscape from there.

Except, the current kernel is the normal kernel and on the previous, everything had to be flipped to make it work.

J515OP · May 1, 2012

DigitalMD said:
Except, the current kernel is the normal kernel and on the previous, everything had to be flipped to make it work.

Right, the other one was flipped landscape and this one is back to portrait, which has been the standard until very recently works better than the landscape. I am glad that the other issues requiring the landscape rotation have been corrected and the portrait kernel is back

mateorod · May 1, 2012

I've been trying the incremental updates, and just want to say they work great.

Real cool stuff.

My battery doesn't last either. I have better battery stats, buthavent nailed down the problem. It looks like it may be related to the wifi disconnecting on screen shut-down, and the spending the rest of the time searching for a signal.

I randomly have the problem where I have to toggle wifi on/off to reconnect upon waking the device. Looks like it could be related.

But really, I just posted to praise the incremental updates. Thanks, eyeballer.

leapinlar · May 1, 2012

Eyeballer, I was wondering if you could explain a little how the Goo software decides what to include in the incremental update. I'm not complaining, mind you, but it seems to have more apps included than the commit says is changed. Is there some set amount that it always includes regardless of changes?

eyeballer · May 1, 2012

leapinlar said:
Eyeballer, I was wondering if you could explain a little how the Goo software decides what to include in the incremental update. I'm not complaining, mind you, but it seems to have more apps included than the commit says is changed. Is there some set amount that it always includes regardless of changes?

We literally just md5 compare every file in the .zip and serve what's changed along with the custom updater-script. The only thing we decided to override and always include was /boot.

Some files will get included each time probably because they're rebuilt by the build system. Since I do full, clean builds each night something in the file may change.. even a timestamp which would cause it to appear "changed" to the diff system. If I didn't make clean each night, the zips would probably be even smaller, but I think at ~ 1/3 the size of the full update.zip we're already doing pretty well at saving time/bandwidth/flash memory wear/trees/the planet.. etc. :

eyeballer · May 2, 2012

I've seen some discussion here on battery life and it definitely can vary but lately I've been getting some of the best idle battery ever. Definitely comparable to the good days with CM7. This is literally off the whole time - wifi set to sleep when screen off in settings.

incubus26jc · May 2, 2012

It seems my nook has an issue with locking up and wont turn on about once a day. Ive even tried running phiremod the last couple days with the same issue. I stopped over clocking to see if that was it. I guess its software im using? I usually use Go Launcher with widget locker. And i use the stock launcher on ICS. Thats about it. Is it a memory issue?

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