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I bought a touchpad, but love the pocket edge due to size and the eink display.
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Originally Posted by glorfybe
Hi all, first post so be gentle  The first thing I did was install Ermine and root!
Thanks to the forum I now have my pocket edge up and running the market and generally running much better and a much more useable device.
I've seen a few post asking why the performance of our device is poor with games etc, although it is a 1.2 Ghz device. The reason is that the Marvell PXA 168 is based off of arm 5vte archetecture - I haven't been able to find a post clearly stating this, so I'm sorry if it is clearly stated and I'm missing it.
This means that several of my favorite apps plain just won't work, because they have been compiled for arm V6 and v7 (cortex). For instance, PowerAmp will not work (it is clearly stated Arm v5 is the reason why on their forum) so my paid for version is no good to me  So there is no chance of getting full flash working. If you install Mobo Player it will clearly state that it is downloading the Arm v5te library.
In fact, performance in some respects is worse that my 600 Mhz Arm 6 phone - which plays Angry Birds far more smoothly. I have added the Chains3D driver which at least makes it playable.
Another tweak I have done is changed the Device Storage Device to SD card, which moves the library to SD and basically ignores the internal memory. I did edit vold to swap them over, and then decided that for the extra 3GB gained I'd rather just move everything to SD. A lot of apps do not like that internal partition.
For the first few days of ownership battery life was abysmal and it was running extremely hot. This was due to a media wake lock stopping it from hibernating. I'm not sure what I did to fix this, it may be as simple as opening the music app and lettting it finish - although I did kill the process, take out the SD card and reinsert it as well - since then, battery life much better, device cooler and hibernating properly.
Now my pocket edge is running how I want it, I'm very happy, and for the money I paid it is an absolute bargain and suits my particular needs much better than any ipad or HP touchpad or even the Nook Color (which I previously owned) |