I don't know if you've noticed or not, but the search here blows balls. I usually go and try to search with Google to find things.
I ain't too keen on the whole Layout of TMO. Pretty crappy for a Linux site....
Ohhh, and after all that, you didn't answer the question...
What's the difference?
That was the question.
I agree that this site is not too user-friendly. Still we have power search on right that is powered by google and I find it quite handy. And about answer. I think that you can find some answers from thread that has been already linked on this thread.
That 5 days of battery life sounds sexy! I did a little thread search for info about "Mathan's Hildon-Desktop Fix" but this thread keeps popping up. What does it do?
click power search
search with terms:
matan hildon-desktop
choose wiki
choose user matan
click link modified-desktop.
That 5 days of battery life sounds sexy! I did a little thread search for info about "Mathan's Hildon-Desktop Fix" but this thread keeps popping up. What does it do?
That fix keeps hildon-desktop CPU usage low. Without it, on my N900 it stays at 4%-5%, reducing battery life from 1/3 to 2/3 (guestimate).
Now, in order to achieve 5 days, you must do some sacrifices. In my case:
I have only two desktop widgets: weather and calendar (only calendar on my default desktop)
No python-based daemons (not sure if it helps) installed
No customizations to N900 menus (except for flashlight)
No 3G (GSM only configuration - blame this on my current plan)
No cellular data transfer (blame it also on my messed up carrier)
Just a few calls a day
Just a few minutes of email, internet browsing, witter a day
I'm not found on any of those "sacrifices", but I've just observed that was what makes the battery last longer.
I just wish the N900 had a monster battery in order to keep it always connected and working for a long time.
it is not mathan's fix, but the fix is in his version of hildon-desktop. I think it is pretty saveto just install his version in PR1.3.
I noticed this fact minutes after upgrading to pr 1.3 and reinstalled my own build of hildon-desktop right away. The pr1.3 version is just a few updates behind on he latest git updates and unfortunately does not have the 'invisible bouncing' fix.
@mirakels Do you know why it wasn't included in PR1.3? People are reporting that the battery performance has improved after PR1.3. I guess this fix would have driven it way further, still...
That fix keeps hildon-desktop CPU usage low. Without it, on my N900 it stays at 4%-5%, reducing battery life from 1/3 to 2/3 (guestimate).
Now, in order to achieve 5 days, you must do some sacrifices. In my case:
I have only two desktop widgets: weather and calendar (only calendar on my default desktop)
No python-based daemons (not sure if it helps) installed
No customizations to N900 menus (except for flashlight)
No 3G (GSM only configuration - blame this on my current plan)
No cellular data transfer (blame it also on my messed up carrier)
Just a few calls a day
Just a few minutes of email, internet browsing, witter a day
I'm not found on any of those "sacrifices", but I've just observed that was what makes the battery last longer.
I just wish the N900 had a monster battery in order to keep it always connected and working for a long time.
I see. Me, 2 widgets (Omwheather & Facebook) no Flashlight, I got T-Mobile USA (3G), heavy internet use, 21 apps total including widgets. I use "Plastic Theme & Auto Disconnect" I've been running this girl stock since day one other then that me and you are the same. I like the transitions speed with "Plastic Theme" and I don't mind getting a fix for the "Hildon Desktop Clogging/Battery Drain." issue. I like speed and efficiency. That's what pulled me to this thread! Need help figure out what's the best " Custom Hildon Desktop Mod" to choose from and how to do it. Thanks!
(...) and I don't mind getting a fix for the "Hildon Desktop Clogging/Battery Drain." issue. I like speed and efficiency. That's what pulled me to this thread! Need help figure out what's the best " Custom Hildon Desktop Mod" to choose from and how to do it. Thanks!
To install that it is just a matter of downloading the deb file (posted on this thread). Then, on terminal:
rootsh dpkg -i filename.deb
You should get the fix. However, I still haven't found time to upgrade to PR1.3 (I need to back up a lot of thigs: file system hacks, to have my ext3-formated-SD card working, Modest gconf customizations, keyboard customizations and a lot other small stuff that I still have to go hunting for them). So I can't say this particular fix will work with PR1.3 (it should, though).
