[Q] ICS Passion v7 - wrong timezone, slow download - help?

[paulidin]

I'm a noob so I can't ask a question in the dev forum on this thread (where it would be more appropriate):

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362961

I've got the ROM installed and I'm not going to complain about the lag because I've read that it clears up. However, I haven't seen any comments about 2 problems I have.

1) I'm on the east coast of the US and I've got the settings to auto-update over the network, but my phone thinks it's 5hrs ahead of my actual time.

2) When I try to download anything through the market or using apps (like SMS Backup +), it just crawls at a tiny fraction of my previous speeds.

Are these more "just wait for it" issues that will clear up or is there something I can do?

I've already installed CWM's Rom Manager and used it to fix permissions and rebooted a couple of times. THANK YOU!

 

[pillowmissile]

For the time, it's better to just select your time zone. I've never had the time be accurate when set to automatic. As for the lag, I believe it just takes time. I'm flashing it now so I'll let you know if I notice the same thing and if it seems unusual.

Edit:
After flashing and letting the phone sit, the biggest thing I noticed was it running slow and the battery dropped from 98% to 30% in the 2 hours it sat. I hadn't tweaked my settings yet and CPU Spy revealed that my system was running at 1200 MHz for the majority of the time. Here's what I've been doing with previous versions of ICS that I feel makes a huge difference. In Rom Toolbox, set CPU from 1200 MHz to 1000. Then go to settings > developer options > Don't keep activities. This seems to kill activities more efficiently than a task killer/manager. I also don't allow any other stuff in the background like google getting my location. I also keep gps off unless I need it. With these settings and v6.5 I was getting an average of 10 hours on a charge with frequent use. I'll keep updating as the rom settles.

 

[paulidin]

I set it manually and that seems to stick fine. As a test, I then set it back to auto-via-network and it's still right after a couple of reboots.

The slow internet downloads are KILLING me.

 

[paulidin]

Prior to following the instructions in the ICS passion v7 OP, I dd a ClockworkMod backup of my CyanogenMod7-Kang setup.

Now, I've done a CWM backup of this ICS setup. Can I use CWM to go back and forth from one backup to the other?

...well, I guess I'll find out as I'm about to give it a shot.

Edit: didn't have any problems going from the clean ICS install back to my CM7-kang backup! (whew)
On the other hand, when I tried to go forward from the CM7-kang backup to the ICS backup, it was craptacular and I had to flash the ICS rom again. Not too awful, I guess.

 

[paulidin]

Also, holy crap it's faster now that I let it sit, turned on, while I slept! Yeehaw!

Even the market-downloading is blazing.

 

[zenshadow]

a fellow noob with a problem on ics v7

for some reason I can't see the external sd on the phone. I CAN access the external sd on my pc and write files to it. I just cant get the phone apps to SEE the external sd. Help? Should I get back to stock then go for ics v7? (I tried a few mods in-between, might not be ics v7 fault - otherwise everything great with it!) Well, I am going to go back to stock via odin now (sigh) and then to v7 to see if that's the problem.

 

[paulidin]

I've had similar problems. I think the fix is to format everything, but I'd rather not so I'm must accepting things as they are for now. Just a layperson guess, though.

 

[kawika]

The time zone needs to be set manually.

The slow 3G connection is the only noticeable problem. Wifi speeds are the same as always. Toggling the wifi on/off seems to help my 3G speeds at first. I used the speedtest app in the market to test.

Good luck!

 

[frecklefacebcb]

update to v8

I had the same snail download speeds on v7 and am not sure why, but now I'm up to v8 and it is back to the crazy fast downloads!