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[Q] Nothing but problems with Darky's Roms

Can someone with a Bell issued Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 tell me if they've had success with any of Darky's latest roms?
When I got my phone 3 weeks ago, I installed 8.1. I had a problem where the phone answer app would crash when I received a phone call.
I upgraded to 9.0.1 when it was released and the phone app crash was solved. However, other apps would often crash, and it seemed slightly buggy. At some point, i rebooted the phone and the boot screen would go for 15s, then freeze momentarily, then resume. This would happen over and over again, indefinitely and the phone would never boot.
This morning, I upgraded to 9.1. However, apps are still crashing. For example, I'm unable to open the Market app. It crashes immediately. This is after I added my google and exchange accounts and successfully received all my email.
Not sure what to do at this point. Does anybody have any ideas?

My gf has a Bell i9000m and is running Darky's 9.01 without any problems.
I would suggest you start from scratch by first unmounting the internal SD and format it. Copy Darky's ROM to it. Then boot to recovery mode and do a full reset in CWM recovery, and re-install from ZIP again.
She came from stock 2.1 JG2 to Doc's V8 and Darky's.
The current Darky is kind of buggy, if you could find the 9.01, that is a better version.

hi there...
i have a gs I9000M,running the latest Darky's 9.3 beta1. ive installed it yesterday...running without a glitch,very fast and battery last much longer than it was on froyo.
the only thing is that i had to install jl2 modem for Quebec use after the first install of the ROM.
and for the darn gps fix...with darky's.....wow...in less than 10 secs,its locked on at least 4 sats

now updated to darkys beta 3 via darkys configurator...no wipe and without a glitch...

running voodoo kernel,alternative wifi driver ticked

heres what i have on my GS.
GT-9000
2.2.1
I9000UGJL2
[email protected] Voodoo 5.4.1
Darky's beta 3 xwjs5
quadrant full benchmark test.....
1482

wifi issue
I cant connect to any wifi network can anyone help me?

[Q] Experiences with Kernel Manager or Kernel Manager Lite?

I've been flashing kernels through Clockwork, but I decided to download Kernel Manager Lite and I'm considering trying it. Has anyone had any experiences with it, good or bad? I'd appreciate any feedback before giving it a go. Thanks

it's works flawless for me, i use the free one.

The only problem I've run into was flashing a kernel while on BAMF 1.6, it worked but broke wifi. I flashed the same kernel using clockwork and wifi was back with no problem. I read someone else had the same problem.
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That might have been me and more of a 1.6.1 ROM issue which has Kernel Manger Lite included. My story:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13444295&postcount=351
icesteve said:
The only problem I've run into was flashing a kernel while on BAMF 1.6, it worked but broke wifi. I flashed the same kernel using clockwork and wifi was back with no problem. I read someone else had the same problem.
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I was using kernel manager pro when I attempted, not the one included in the rom. I figured it had to be kernel manager because CWM flashed it perfectly.
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Thanks for the responses. I'll probably give it a try. I guess I can always reflash through Clockwork if anything goes wrong. Or worse case, I can flash a backup if anything gets seriously out of whack.

bunklung said:
That might have been me and more of a 1.6.1 ROM issue which has Kernel Manger Lite included. My story:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13444295&postcount=351
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I had the same problem .. I never considered that it may have been kernel manager .. thanks for that
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For me the issue is this ...
No backup made prior to flashing ... I'm sticking w/ RM for kernel flashing

Based on my experience with BAMF rom and leanKernel, it appears that any customization scripts and/or files that the kernel developer intended for you DO NOT get flashed with Kernel Manager (I have Pro version). The people with broken wifi using KM but working wifi with RM proves the point. My experience was that 4G hotspot didn't work when flashing leanKernel from KM, but works fine with an RM flash. This is actually a common problem across several devices I've used. Many kernel devs modify the wifi driver and/or other things in a manner that they end up only working with their specific ROM. The do this by including the modified files in their zip package along with a script telling the phone what to put where. The issue becomes if you switch to a kernel that's relying on a stock wifi driver, and doesn't put it back on its own, then you've got a busted wifi. The only way around that is to manually push/restore a copy of a wifi driver known to work with the kernel you're using. I kind of regret paying for the pro version after finding this out; hopefully the KM folks can figure it out. The kernel itself is just the boot.img file; the add-ons files that go into the /system partition or where-ever. If you're interested in knowing what a particular kernel is pushing on your phone, just open the zip file and drill down through the folders to find what files are in /system tree. This is also a way to find files you need to go back to stock drivers, just find a stock rom that's flashable in RM and drill down to the files in /system/lib and push them back to the phone via adb or root explorer.

i bought the pro version and i wish i hadn't. i downloaded/flash one of protekks kernels through there and it sent my phone into a bootloop and by the time i'd flashed a nandroid backup the 15 minutes had gone by -_______-

why?
I haven't actually tried this yet, I guess the question for me is why? Does it do something that CW cannot do? I don't know much about the product so I am just trying to understand the benefit of installing it.

turbosrrgood said:
I haven't actually tried this yet, I guess the question for me is why? Does it do something that CW cannot do? I don't know much about the product so I am just trying to understand the benefit of installing it.
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It will notify you of kernel updates, and you can filter kernels based on what you want
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[Q] Boot problem, boots past dual core but not Honeycomb animation.

Hello all...hopefully I can get some help...
When I reboot for any reason, my xoom starts and displays the dual core screen then jumps to the honeycomb animation start up screen but never loads..
Setup: 3g Verizon Xoom, running Hammerhead 2.1.0 ROM, Tachi 2.1.0 Kernal.
Events: A week ago I was running Manta Ray and found that rom obsolete and decided to install Hammerhead...this is when I found that I had the wrong recovery...I believe a while back I had rom manager update it to 4.xxx...now I know that was a mistake..went back and flashed 3.2.0.0 and Hammerhead install went fine after that and things seem to be running smooth....until something got hung up and needed to reboot. stuck at honeycomb startup screen. Figured hmm..might be Hammerhead...nope. wiped and reflashed Manta Ray and still had the problem...I will add..that the first boot after wipe and flash of the rom it loads right up with no problems....the problem happens after it's running and after reboot. Now I'm back on Hammerhead...after the install of Hammerhead I did get the little static on the dual core display and I notice that when my xoom doesn't boot I don't get the static, so I am assuming that when I reboot, its not finding something.
Could anyone help me with this? Thanks.
I apologize in advanced if this problem is posted elsewhere, I have search an hour and couldn't find anything.

You might want to go with that question to the IRC chat #Xoom. They will be able to help, I'm sure. Or post your problem in the Hammerhead thread.

I'll try that...thanks..
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[Q] Having issues once flashed to stock via Odin

I flashed to both versions listed on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021 and am seeing the same issues with both.
The time is 4 hours off, I can uncheck auto-time and check it again and the time will be correct for maybe 5-10 min before returning to 4 hours later.
Everytime I try to download apps through the market, I get "Application Name" could not be downloaded due to an error. This is true regardless of wifi vs hspa.
With the pure stock version, superuser is still installed. Should I have unrooted it before attempting this? I simply followed the directions listed on that post.

Flash the original firmware located in Entropy's Ultimate unbrick thread uckd5. That version is pure stock that is not already rooted. To be safe use the included pit file.
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Bronk93 said:
Flash the original firmware located in Entropy's Ultimate unbrick thread uckd5. That version is pure stock that is not already rooted. To be safe use the included pit file.
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i think the time issue is with the modem.......i got the same thing when flashing the new ones.
try another one and see if the issue sticks

glorifiedQA said:
I flashed to both versions listed on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021 and am seeing the same issues with both.
The time is 4 hours off, I can uncheck auto-time and check it again and the time will be correct for maybe 5-10 min before returning to 4 hours later.
Everytime I try to download apps through the market, I get "Application Name" could not be downloaded due to an error. This is true regardless of wifi vs hspa.
With the pure stock version, superuser is still installed. Should I have unrooted it before attempting this? I simply followed the directions listed on that post.
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The time thing is a modem issue. The time worked fine when I used the newer gingerbread leak for a few days.
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Can you clarify what you mean by a modem issue? Sorry I'm a total noob. I tried GTG's ultimate unbrick and the clock is still off. Market works, but it also worked for about 5-10 min after I flashed it last time.
Thanks for the help so far, hopefully I can get this sorted out.
Also if anyone can suggest a solid GB rom with working activesync/SSL I'd be pretty happy. I tried the most recent Infused, but I really need to be able to sync my corporate email and that isn't possible with Infused.
Edit: Fixed time by checking and unchecking automatic time and it looks like the proper time is staying. Also, the market is also working just fine! Thanks for all the help! Still open to some custom rom suggestions
Edit 2: I'm a liar, rebooted the phone to test and it reboots with the improper time :-\ Market still works on reboot though

Installed Infused 1.6.0 just to have something working on my phone, but that also failed to fix the time. (My phone == my alarm clock, so this has been more than a bit annoying)
Thanks for the continued help!

Not sure if bumping is frowned upon, feel free to yell at me if it is, but I could still use some help!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265207
Flashed to KI3 and now the clock works, thanks for the tip on the modem.

[Q] KJ6 Kernel/Simply Simple Beta 1.5 Question

Good Morning XDA!
I've been a lurker on these forums for a while, and I've tried every ROM for the S4G that you incredible devs have released. I haven't had any issues that weren't my fault like forgetting to do something or skipping a step in the flashing process....and I'm sure that's all this issue I'm having now is.
BUT...
I just flashed Somairotevoli's Simply Simple Beta 1.5 and while reading the latest comments in that thread, saw someone had success with bhundven's new KJ6 kernel. I went ahead and flashed that, as well and now everything seems to be running just fine EXCEPT..I keep getting a force close window that says
The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
Can anyone tell me if I did something wrong when flashing through CWM? I was going to post in the Android Dev section, but I don't have enough posts.
Thanks in advance!

That's an issue with my beta. looking into it.
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I really appreciate all your work, man. It's not causing anything major, I don't think..just random popup. But the new update looks and runs GREAT! Thanks again!

Weird thing is I thought it was gone as I can't reproduce it. if I flash version 1.0, set it up, then flash my beta, it doesn't happen. So maybe data/factory wipe will fix it, but will have issue fixed before next final
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I'll reflash and see if that works. Do you suggest flashing the KJ6 kernel again, also, or just your ROM then your beta update?
Last time, I just flashed your ROM, then beta update, then kernel.

Flash ROM, go through setup.flash update, flash kernel. That's what I did
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I get the same message. My phone crashed when I rooted it and began trying to kill unwanted apps by deleting files. I reflashed with the first thing I could find that seemed close to stock, KB5, Kernel 2.6.32.9. My firmware version is 2.2.1 and since the phone is a little buggy and slightly slower under load than the stock froyo software, I'm trying to reinstall the original o.s. This will also restore any hardware acceleration that was disabled by the alternate build.