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I've had my NS for over 2 months now - love it. Since I bought it, I've been running completely stock android 2.3.3
Like most on this forum, I like to tweak settings and make improvements.
I just want to know if that if I were to root and load CM7 rom on the NS would it improve the speed/battery? (they are the most important factors to me)
Yes it would improve your battery life. Especially when you flash a custom kernel. With this combination, I currently get 24 hours+ with maybe ~30% remaining.
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/about/features are some of the highlights of the features.
Some benefits on top of my head:
Flashing custom kernel (I suggest you do, its easy)
- Voodoo Sound (Better sound quality, you'd be amazed)
- Voodoo Color (Don't like 2.3.3 colors? Change it back to <2.3.3)
- Overclock (If you're into that) or Underclock
- CFS or BFS
Kernel.. i'd go with Netarchy's 1.2.8 CFS
CM7 Benefits
- Widget Folders (When you add a widget, no more 5 widgets showing Beautiful Widgets.. instead its in a folder; better organization)
- Power Widgets (Notification Pulldown)
- If you use your NS as a music player, it adds a lot of features such as lock screen controls. Using volume rocker to adjust volume while phone screen not on.
- Custom Boot Screens
- Sync with Facebook
Rest are here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=CyanogenMod_Settings
Thanks for your tips. Before I had my NS I had modded my Hero beyond belief!
Would it be easy to send the phone back to a stock ROM and stock kernel? Lets say I had to send the phone back to Samsung to get warranty repaired.
Following on to that question, which is the best way to root?
How's the stability of CM7 on the NS. I just upgraded from my G1 to the NS yesterday, and I was thinking of just running stock until CM7 goes final.
JTopaz said:
Thanks for your tips. Before I had my NS I had modded my Hero beyond belief!
Would it be easy to send the phone back to a stock ROM and stock kernel? Lets say I had to send the phone back to Samsung to get warranty repaired.
Following on to that question, which is the best way to root?
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Yes all you have to do is download a nandroid backup of 2.3.3 or whatever that is stock unrooted. And thats it.
Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
@Apre: It's stable. The latest nightly (#19) is more stable than RC2 itself. And dang G1 lol, I upgraded from a G1 last year in Juneish. Looking back on that phone now, the screens so small.
I have CM7 RC2 and i find that my battery drains faster. How do I flash Netarchy kernel?
Put it in SD and update it? or do I do it the ADB way by putting the kernel in the tools folder and with command prompt?
I ran stock for quite awhile after buying this phone because I didn't see any need for custom ROMs with vanilla Android. But I finally decided to give it a shot, and I'd never go back. Vanilla is great, but CM7 and all the other Custom Roms for the Nexus S (Axura, Modaco, etc) all bring more great features and customizations. If nothing else, however, I'd at least root and flash a custom kernel with stock - so you can have some overclock goodness
Edit: In specific reference to your post's questions, I run Axura, and I get both better battery life AND what seems to be a snappier phone (Axura has Netarchy 1.2.5 kernel baked right in). On CM7 I didn't notice much of a speed boost, and I think my battery life might have actually been a little worse, but CM7 packs in a lot of extra features. So it all comes down to preference.
apreichner said:
How's the stability of CM7 on the NS. I just upgraded from my G1 to the NS yesterday, and I was thinking of just running stock until CM7 goes final.
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CM7 will never go final, until its time for CM8. its always being inproved.
cyberdentist said:
I have CM7 RC2 and i find that my battery drains faster. How do I flash Netarchy kernel?
Put it in SD and update it? or do I do it the ADB way by putting the kernel in the tools folder and with command prompt?
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yes. put it in SD, boot into CWR
flash .zip
and you're done.. its the same as flashing a ROM
and as far as battery life.. make sure you disabled latitude (automatic and that other feature) in CM7.. not sure if its still working even though if latitude is disabled, id disable it anyway
apreichner said:
How's the stability of CM7 on the NS. I just upgraded from my G1 to the NS yesterday, and I was thinking of just running stock until CM7 goes final.
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I was so happy with my stock NS that I'd not bothered with CM (my ROM of choice on Nexus 1) until just two days ago. In the first 24 hours I had two issues that I've not had, or at least not seen in a very long time.
First issue - I was at 84% battery after about 4 hours. Put the phone to the side of my desk and 3 hours later it was 100% drained to 0 battery juice. Status graph showed nothing unusual, not long wakelocks, no time without cell signal, screen on only 1.5 hours.
Second issue - 24 hours after install, while listening to a podcast with my long time app for those that's not given crash issues, the playback goes into a constant stutter loop for about 30 seconds, then the phone rebooted.
EDIT: a third issue, happening right as I type this. I'm happily tethered away on my laptop via the NS with CM7, but I just went to check something on the screen and the phone is locked up...won't respond to power button. Screen is black, menu buttons are lit. Still tethering me, though.
Seems there are still some slight issues. I did full wipe/format before installing and am on the stock CM7 kernel still.
cyberdentist said:
I have CM7 RC2 and i find that my battery drains faster. How do I flash Netarchy kernel?
Put it in SD and update it? or do I do it the ADB way by putting the kernel in the tools folder and with command prompt?
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It's an update.zip file you flash from CW recovery. I agree CM7 appears to be harder on the battery.
simms22 said:
CM7 will never go final, until its time for CM8. its always being inproved.
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I suppose that you're technically correct that CM mods never go final because they're always improved, but all prior iterations of CM at least got out of BETA/ReleaseCandidate status at some point.
I fully expect that CM7 will eventually see a version that doesn't have a beta, nightly or RC tacked on to the end of it. Then we'll see all the .x releases with their betas/rc, etc.
I was going to hold off on CM7 until it was past RC stage because I feared it would have some issues, despite all the glowing reports, and it does, but not enough for me to go back to stock. Probably time to flash netarchy on top of this.
zephiK said:
yes. put it in SD, boot into CWR
flash .zip
and you're done.. its the same as flashing a ROM
and as far as battery life.. make sure you disabled latitude (automatic and that other feature) in CM7.. not sure if its still working even though if latitude is disabled, id disable it anyway
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I haven't even activated latitude . I don't have background data enabled either. Not sure what is killing the battery life in CM7 ..
Also, if you're interested. Check out frank707's "NS Collab" ROM. It's basically CM7 without ADW launcher, which is good if you like using CM7 but miss the stock launcher or just frankly don't like ADW.
cyberdentist said:
I haven't even activated latitude . I don't have background data enabled either. Not sure what is killing the battery life in CM7 ..
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hence why i said.. not sure if its still working even though if latitude is disabled, id disable it anyway
I have tried CM7 and felt that its bugs and constant state of upgrading and updating to fix things caused me too many issues for daily use.
I do think that CM7 does perform a bit better than the other ROMS due to it being AOSP based but i feel thats why there are also some of these bugs.
I have been using AXURA by Master and its been flawless for me, the one issue I had with a reboot was due to testing a new overclock, but now I keep it at 1200 max ondemand and it hasn't gave me any issues, The lack of full easy theme support like CM7 is a con but the performance is up there with CM7 and the stability is sooo much better for me, I feel this is because its the Stock 2.3.3 ROM that has been decomplied and tweaked and then compiled again.
Its worth looking at some of the other options as well.
Update-Solutions added
This thread kinda rambles, and covers a couple different issues.
I'll try to summarize the solutions to each to time and eliminate extra reading for those who might end up here later.
Issue #1: My Mesmerize was not recording sound with videos
Solution: Go into Voodoo Sound Control app (download from market if you don't have it) and under [recording profile], select "Original". Solved!
Issue #2: I was having various minor issues that sounded as thought they might be fixed by flashing a new kernel.
scarmon25 suggested that I try out OTB-Reloaded. He was right, this is a great kernel! It allows overclocking and undervolting at the same time. I'm hoping this will give me both better performance and greater battery life.
Solution: Backup everything (Nandroid and TiBackup suggested), Flash the new kernel from recovery (you can use ROM manager to boot into Clockwork Mod Recovery) and reboot.
I'm not about to get into a discussion of backups, recovery, flashing, which kernel you need, etc... This is just a plug/endorsement for the OTB-reloaded kernel, period.
Issue #3: At some point while updating to 2.2 Froyo and flashing new kernels, ROMs, etc... my home screen started rotating along with my apps. I could turn rotation on/off from the notification tray, but that disabled it for apps also.
Solution: It was pointed out by add144 that it's the home screen launcher that controls home screen rotation.
I'm running LauncherPro, be he mentioned that most other launchers (ADW, GO Launcher, etc...) also have the ability to allow or lock home screen rotation.
In my case (LauncherPro), here's the process for locking your homescreen rotation while still allowing auto-rotation in other apps:
1) From home screen, go to Menu (button) -> Preferences
2) Select Behavior Settings
3) Uncheck "Enable Auto-rotation"
4) Done!
I hope this summary saves someone some time and fruitless searching.
Cheers!
-Mike
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Hi all,
I apologize for this question being a bit light on useful details, but my memory isn't so great.
I have a Mez, running 2.2 Froyo (updated from USCC), a custom ROM (I think), and a custom kernel (not sure which one).
I know that sounds insane, but there was a time a while back when I was flashing different things trying to find something that worked to my liking, and honestly just can't remember what combination I settled on.
It doesn't help that I'm still fuzzy on the whole ROM vs Kernel thing.
Anyway, here's the issue...
The videos I record on the phone have no sound.
You can hear a little background hiss, but no actual sound from the mic.
I can't remember if it worked before I updated to 2.2, but I suspect it did or I think I'd have noticed it before.
I guess I could flash everything back to stock and see if that fixes it, but I'd REALLY rather not do that, since it would take me so long to get it back sorted.
Is there a way to figure out exactly what I currently have installed on the phone?
Also, can anyone think of things I can do to troubleshoot the no audio issue?
Thanks in advance,
-Mike
This sounds like a issue I had on one of the earlier voodoo kernels. The fix was to download the voodoo control appear from the market and set recording preset to normal. This was fixed in the later releases of voodoo. Do you know which kernel your are on. That would help us narrow it down for you.
Edit. If you download the cpu spy app from the market you can pull your info up and see which kernel your on. It won't say exactly which one but should have the authors name in it so we can know which one your on to an extent.
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Thanks for the quick reply scarmon.
I checked my voodoo sound options (already had the app) and I don't have a 'normal' recording preset.
My choices are:
Original
Balanced (new default) - with DRC
High Sensitivity - with DRC
Loud Environment - with DRC
I assume this means I have one of the newer versions of voodoo sound?
I'll get that cpu spy app and see what it says about my kernel.
Thanks!
-Mike
Elmojo said:
Thanks for the quick reply scarmon.
I checked my voodoo sound options (already had the app) and I don't have a 'normal' recording preset.
My choices are:
Original
Balanced (new default) - with DRC
High Sensitivity - with DRC
Loud Environment - with DRC
I assume this means I have one of the newer versions of voodoo sound?
I'll get that cpu spy app and see what it says about my kernel.
Thanks!
-Mike
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Use original
Switched to Original, audio works now, thanks!
I wonder why the "new" profiles don't work?
Is it a limitation of this phone or a problem with voodoo?
The newer voodoo kernels have that issue fixed. I believe it was just a issue with the first few ec10 voodoo kernels. May wanna try one of the new OTB or imnuts kernels. The recording works on those as I have tried both.
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scarmon25 said:
The newer voodoo kernels have that issue fixed. I believe it was just a issue with the first few ec10 voodoo kernels. May wanna try one of the new OTB or imnuts kernels. The recording works on those as I have tried both.
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Good to know, thanks.
Is updating to one of those kernels you mentioned a simple 'boot to recovery and flash zip from SD card' or something more?
Here's a screenshot of my current kernel info from cpu spy...
Does that help any? I don't recognize that author.
EDIT: That OTB kernel sounds really interesting.
Please refer to my above question about the simplicity or complexity of flashing that kernel over the one I have now.
Yeah u flash in CWM. If your on voodoo and 2.2 then you shouldn't have any issues. If u go with OTB make sure to get the voltage control app. So u can adjust it. Just go easy on the over clock and undervolting till u see how your phone reacts. If u go with OTB let me know and I will post my settings. Been running them for a while and they seem pretty stable.
Edit. Switched to PC to correct my spelling.
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The above is what I'd try first. If you still find that you're having issues even with a new kernel, I'd consider flashing a new ROM as well.
scarmon25 said:
If u go with OTB let me know and I will post my settings. Been running them for a while and they seem pretty stable.
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I'll be flashing OTB shortly and would love to get your settings.
Thanks!
-Mike
K, This is what I have been running and it seems pretty stable for me. Keep in mind each phone is different and yours may not respond as well, or it may do even better then mine. I would suggest using the apply for now option in voltage control for a few days and once you know there good, you can apply at boot. Also nemisses included and great feature in CWM that allows you to remove boot settings in the event that you set something at boot and it doesn't work. You will get this once you flash the OTB v1.3 kernel. This will update CWM and the feature is under the advanced section of CWM if you need it. Here's the settings I have been using.
For the Scheduler I use BFQ
I set the Max Clock to 1200mhz
I have the following step and voltage drops enabled
200 mhz -100
400 mhz -100
600 mhz -75
800 mhz -75
1000 mhz -75
1200 mhz -50
With theses settings I am getting about a day of moderate use from my battery and great performance. You may play around with it and may get better results. Hope this helps.
OTB 1.3?
The thread I was watching only goes to v1.2 for OTB-reloaded.
What am I missing?
I also noticed that is was technically a Fascinate kernel, is that a problem?
It works on the mesmerize too. That's what I'm on. There should be a link in the OP that's has v 1.3. Its he second link at the bottom of the OP
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Okay, I think I see the issue.
I was looking at this thread, whereas I think you're referring to this thread, right?
What's the difference between those 2 kernels, other than the OTB version?
one is Touch wiz and one is AOSP. If you are on stock Froyo you need touchwiz. AOSP will not work on stock ROM. You posted in the right one for OTB. This is the one you need for Stock Froyo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011626
The 1.3 link is towards the bottom of the first post.
scarmon25 said:
one is Touch wiz and one is AOSP. If you are on stock Froyo you need touchwiz. AOSP will not work on stock ROM. You posted in the right one for OTB. This is the one you need for Stock Froyo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011626
The 1.3 link is towards the bottom of the first post.
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I don't think I'm on stock froyo, though.
As far as I can tell, I'm running SuperFrankenClean 0.292.
I base this on the files I found on my SD card while I was moving some stuff around just now.
In any case, it sounds like the touchwiz kernel is the one I need.
I'm downloading it now and will flash in a few.
Let me know if it looks like I'm about to frag something and I'll wait.
-Mike
OOPS! That should be SuperFrankenClean 2.9.2 ROM and EC10_ulv_voodoo kernel....I think.
Does that change anything?
Wait. Let me pull that ROM and I can tell you.
K this is showing to be used with touchwiz based kernels so u should be good to go.
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Yeah your good man flash away. As long as its a touch wizard kernel you good to go. If u used the one I linked u too then u will be fine.
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Awesome, flashing now....
If you hear a scream, it means it didn't work. lol
-Mike
Well I'm here all night so if it does go wrong we will fix it. But honestly you shouldn't have any issues
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Hello, I have a Samsung Charge running 2.2. As everyone knows, the stock version of this phone has a tone of pre-installed apps that can't be removed.
I'm thinking about rooting the phone and flashing with a custom ROM that lacks whoreware and possibly improves battery life.
I'm currently getting around 10 hours on battery with light to moderate usage. On average, I'm probably around 30 minutes talk time and the occasional MMS. I'm set up for Exchange push, I keeep my data radio set to CDMA even though I'm in a 4G area, I have GPS and WiFi turned off unless I have a demand for them, and my screen brightness is set almost as low as it will go.
I would like to hopefully get 10 to 15 percent improvement on battery life and removal of unwated apps.
I had the original Droid for around 2 years and I have only had the Charge for a few days. I have never rooted a phone, but I've tried to do as much reading as possible to understand the benefits, risks and procedures.
I've read a few threads on calibrating the battery and volting (both of which require rooting I'm guessing), but have read conflicting posts about the actual benefit of battery calibration on these devices.
If anyone out there has tweaked this thing and realized a significant benefit while maintaing stability, I would most appreciate any guidence
Thx,
You should definitely get better battery life. I send a lot of texts and will do some gaming and such during the day, I would call it moderate use.
With Gummy 2.0 I'm getting around 24 hours of batter life, sometimes longer depending on how much texting I do.
GummyCharged 2.0 (and by extension imoseyon's LeanKernel), PROPER battery calibration, undervolting, and 3G only, will all help.
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kvswim said:
GummyCharged 2.0 (and by extension imoseyon's LeanKernel), PROPER battery calibration, undervolting, and 3G only, will all help.
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That.
If you do all of that you can EASILY get a day of heavy usage. Especially the 3g, disabling 4g can double your battery life.
Much appreciated. Now, I've got three good recommendations for GummyCharge, so here come the follow up questions given I've never rooted an android phone.
1. I should CWM for recovery?
2. Is this a flash of only the ROM or will there be a kernel flash also?
3. I would run Odin to perform the flash?
4. Should I expect basic settings for modem to remain in tact (If the flash is successful)?
5. Once flashed, the phone will basically enter setup mode like it's been set to factory default?
6. This is the big one. Can someone post all of the filenames that were used to flash to GummyCharge, i.e., recovery, rom, kernel?
I sincerely appreciate it.
johnnyKville said:
Much appreciated. Now, I've got three good recommendations for GummyCharge, so here come the follow up questions given I've never rooted an android phone.
1. I should CWM for recovery?
2. Is this a flash of only the ROM or will there be a kernel flash also?
3. I would run Odin to perform the flash?
4. Should I expect basic settings for modem to remain in tact (If the flash is successful)?
5. Once flashed, the phone will basically enter setup mode like it's been set to factory default?
6. This is the big one. Can someone post all of the filenames that were used to flash to GummyCharge, i.e., recovery, rom, kernel?
I sincerely appreciate it.
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The whole step by step is in the roll up sticky and the GC thread.
BUUUT, flash GummyCharged 1.9.1 with Odin, then flash 2.0 in CWM. Done. You'll lose all your stuff though, no way around it.
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Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
So I know there has been many threads on EP1W, but for what its worth I figured I would write a quick how to on getting a super fast set up using debloated simple TW4 that NEVER has force closes or reboots and remains outrageously smooth and fast.
So fast in fact when I went to Verizon today to check out the bionic, my EP1W charge felt just as smooth.
For starters I downloaded the EP1W debloated leak from TBH obviously.
I odin the leak and Imo's recovery from this thread (I already had the test voodoo kernel on SD card)
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php...l-(leaked-stock-repacked-v2.0.0voodoo-9-8-11)
I booted phone initially then installed imo's 2.0 test GB kernel. (let the chipmunks do their thing, let the phone fully boot)
EDIT sorry I'm on 1.0.5 kernal I haven't updated, but read imo's post thoroughly to ensure proper flashing!
Next, and this is where the fun begins, go to hazards [how to][script] thread and scroll down to his second post and click the g-script link, follow those directions to get init.d into your system folder. You will need this for v6 supercharger settings to stick and loopy smoothness to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216098
Once you have init.d in your system/etc/ you can start installing these awesome scripts, follow both the v6 and the loopy smoothness how to's on hazards thread.
Once you get to step 5 on loopy how to, you need to make sure to set your launcher value to :
USER LAUNCHER="com.sec.android.app.twlauncher"
This is your TW4 launcher
Also on another note instead of using option 11 in the V6 script, I recommend option 12, it just makes the launcher even more stable
Since doing all this I have been able to multitask with no hesitation, never had a FC of TW4, never had a redraw of any kind. I really recommend trying this and seeing for yourself!
Also, if anyone else has any other suggestions I am always open to hearing them, I'd like to keep this more of a discussion thread then a how to!
msburr87 said:
So I know there has been many threads on EP1W, but for what its worth I figured I would write a quick how to on getting a super fast set up using debloated simple TW4 that NEVER has force closes or reboots and remains outrageously smooth and fast.
So fast in fact when I went to Verizon today to check out the bionic, my EP1W charge felt just as smooth.
For starters I downloaded the EP1W debloated leak from TBH obviously.
I odin the leak and Imo's recovery from this thread (I already had the test voodoo kernel on SD card)
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?3953-KERNEL-GB-imoseyon-kernel-(leaked-stock-repacked-v2.0.0voodoo-9-8-11)
I booted phone initially then installed imo's 2.0 test GB kernel. (let the chipmunks do their thing, let the phone fully boot)
Next, and this is where the fun begins, go to hazards [how to][script] thread and scroll down to his second post and click the g-script link, follow those directions to get init.d into your system folder. You will need this for v6 supercharger settings to stick and loopy smoothness to work.
Once you have init.d in your system/etc/ you can start installing these awesome scripts, follow both the v6 and the loopy smoothness how to's on hazards thread.
Once you get to step 5 on loopy how to, you need to make sure to set your launcher value to :
USER LAUNCHER="com.sec.android.app.twlauncher"
This is your TW4 launcher
Also on another note instead of using option 11 in the V6 script, I recommend option 12, it just makes the launcher even more stable
Since doing all this I have been able to multitask with no hesitation, never had a FC of TW4, never had a redraw of any kind. I really recommend trying this and seeing for yourself!
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Currently you can't go straight to IMoseyON 2.0.0 Voodoo from stock EP1W (both bloated/debloated). You're going to get sdcard errors. Take a look at the discussion in the very thread you posted.
My bad I updated op I'm on 1.0.5, and regardless I am just posting my experience I still assume people will read the other threads to know what they are flashing.
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Can you post a link to hazards thread
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My bad I updated op I'm on 1.0.5, and regardless I am just posting my experience I still assume people will read the other threads to know what they are flashing.
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Yea no worries, just sounded like you were giving a step by step and its a bit more complicated than that.
But on that note, if you're on the old test kernel, you should try out his new true Voodoo kernel (2.0.0) - huge improvement in speeds. If you're already all ext4 u can flash 2.0.0 directly.
Cool thanks ill load try it now
EDIT: Yeah 2.0 kernal is sweet, even faster, which I didn't think was possible!
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Can you post a link to hazards thread
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I put the link in the thread
after i typed that i looked under your thread 2 down and found it and it is quite noticeably faster
What do I have to do in order to see all the apps in the market? I'm on debloated ep1w.
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Wish I could post a video of how fast this thing is, not a big fan of benchmarks but I'm getting 2100+ on this set up, obviously without overclock
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I have a very similar setup. Installed bloated but debloated using TB. Running 2.0 on kernel. Got SuperCharger v6 installed, but can't get loopy to show up in init.d so not running it. Using Go Launcher. Radio is about as fast as ever. Quadrants of 1921, 2122, 2197, 2204 (in order). Got 160 apps installed. No lag anywhere. Haven't encountered an error in the 2 days I've had it. By far the best the phone has ever run.
Frankly prior to this I probably wouldn't have recommended the phone - THIS is what I paid the money for.
BillLee3 said:
I have a very similar setup. Installed bloated but debloated using TB. Running 2.0 on kernel. Got SuperCharger v6 installed, but can't get loopy to show up in init.d so not running it. Using Go Launcher. Radio is about as fast as ever. Quadrants of 1921, 2122, 2197, 2204 (in order). Got 160 apps installed. No lag anywhere. Haven't encountered an error in the 2 days I've had it. By far the best the phone has ever run.
Frankly prior to this I probably wouldn't have recommended the phone - THIS is what I paid the money for.
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Yeah I was set at getting a bionic prior to this set up. Now I'm happy as ever especially cuz I would have hated to give up the AMOLED screen.
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This config is the fastest, most stable setup I've had on any Android device. I was using P3Droid's debloated EP1W. I loved the look and feel, but was getting lots of random reboots. I know this guide doesn't say anything "new" per say, but I appreciate the consolidation of the tweaks.
Thank you!
BillLee3 said:
I have a very similar setup. Installed bloated but debloated using TB. Running 2.0 on kernel. Got SuperCharger v6 installed, but can't get loopy to show up in init.d so not running it. Using Go Launcher. Radio is about as fast as ever. Quadrants of 1921, 2122, 2197, 2204 (in order). Got 160 apps installed. No lag anywhere. Haven't encountered an error in the 2 days I've had it. By far the best the phone has ever run.
Frankly prior to this I probably wouldn't have recommended the phone - THIS is what I paid the money for.
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I did similar install but was having issue with constant buzzing and high pitch noise during every phone calls. As I understand it, I'm not the only one with similar issue. Unless you guys choose to ignore it. I had to take it down.
I just picked up this OEM-condition ATT Captivate today and after playing around with it, installing apps on it, fixing the rear speaker, etc...I decided I want to root it and try out a good/reputable/reliable ROM.
Here's the tricky part...this phone doesn't have service, nor will it ever. That's right. Absolutely no cellular service for this device. I'm using it strictly as a home phone for incoming/outgoing calls on my WiFi using GrooveIP + my google voice number(and maybe some games/radio/etc) and as an emergency phone when I'm away from home and in other WiFi hotspots. Otherwise I've got this crappy little tracfone that I use almost exlusively for texting and the rare phone calls I need to make. Just can't justify wasting money on a contract or any other setup with the way I use phones anymore.
So considering how I use this phone is it worth rooting? If so, what ROM could I go with that will be significantly better than the OEM setup but not require j33t hax to mess around with? If this were my main cell I wouldn't mind going all out on it like I've done with every other phone I've owned, but since I use it this way I can't really justify dumping a ton of time and effort in to it. I just want something clean, cool, and reliable.
If it helps any here's the apps I have/use currently...
-Advanced Task Killer
-Play Store
-Zedge
-Firefox
-Youtube
-GrooveIP
-Gmail
-Facebook
-Words With Friends
-AdAway(Don't use it, but would like to)
Here are my software versions...
Firmware Version - 2.3.5
Baseband Version - I897UCKK4
Kernal Version - 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489
Build Number - GINGERBREAD.UCKK4
which stock os version are you running? eclair, froyo or gingerbread?
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Check the development forum. Someone created a ROM called captivate touch. I think it is what you're looking for.
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laughingT said:
which stock os version are you running? eclair, froyo or gingerbread?
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I'm brand-new to droid phones so I really have no idea what those names beyond being OS versions apparently.
Firmware Version - 2.3.5
Baseband Version - I897UCKK4
Kernal Version - 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489
Build Number - GINGERBREAD.UCKK4
Red_81 said:
Check the development forum. Someone created a ROM called captivate touch. I think it is what you're looking for.
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Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check that one out.
Check out Legend 5. It's the best for KK4 Gingerbread (Tested by me).
The link is on my sig just click it. :good:
takeoutttt said:
Check out Legend 5. It's the best for KK4 Gingerbread (Tested by me).
The link is on my sig just click it. :good:
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Thanks, checking that out now.
The ROM mentioned by a poster above doesn't look to be supported anymore and I don't think it's compatible with my KK4 GB.
Could someone explain to me real quick how this ROM stuff works? To my knowledge this phone has a Firmware and an OS, and if that's the case, does the ROM replace the OS and/or the Firmware? Or is it installed and ran separate from my Firmware and OS? If there's a thread that explains this, a link would be much appreciated.
Answered my own question. I'm going with the Legend 5 ROM + CORN kernel 7.06 using the Odin method. Installed the kernel first, now trying to figure out how to get the pop-up menu when I plug the USB cable in so I can go to mass storage mode in order to put that ROM.zip file on there. I guess it doesn't do that anymore with the new kernel?
Install went without a hitch. Noticing a lot of visual differences, but not much in the way of performance differences.
Does this CORN kernel lock my phone in at 1.60GHz or did I misread something?
Does having this kernel mean my phone is now "rooted?"
johnnyrichter said:
Install went without a hitch. Noticing a lot of visual differences, but not much in the way of performance differences.
Does this CORN kernel lock my phone in at 1.60GHz or did I misread something?
Does having this kernel mean my phone is now "rooted?"
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Corn kernel gives you a ROOTED status, and enables you to use "schedulers and governors" and a 1.2Ghz CPU speed which is confirmed safe. Download CPU Spy and Voltage Control in play store so you can monitor your CPU usage and can adjust between schedulers and governors. I use Legend 5 ICS.
Not sure if I want to go as far as OCing anything. Just looking for a nice ROM that fits my needs.
Legend5 seems nice but it has some issues here and there and the way I use the phone doesn't really benefit from a majority of the changes it offers. I'll keep messing with it and see if I can like it a bit more.
takeoutttt, I got CPU Spy and Voltage control but what I'm seeing on my screen doesn't match any of the walkthroughs I found for VC.
On the main screen I have the Scheduler dropdown, Governor dropdown, and two slider bars...one for minimum speed and one for maximum speed. I see no other dropdowns, no other sliders, no advanced screen, no voltage controls, etc.
Options in scheduler dropdown; noop, deadline, cfq(default).
Options in governor dropdown; conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance.
Settings are default for now until I can figure this out.