[Q] Voodoo Stock Kernel - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello all
I have tried netarchys new kernels, all versions and I appear to be one of the poor unfortunates who's NS will just not be rushed (overclocked).
I had netarchys 1.1 running for a bit, before the usual freezes and reboots and the sound quality was awesome.
Is there a stock rom for the Nexus S with the voodoo tweaks?

heroheto said:
Hello all
I have tried netarchys new kernels, all versions and I appear to be one of the poor unfortunates who's NS will just not be rushed (overclocked).
I had netarchys 1.1 running for a bit, before the usual freezes and reboots and the sound quality was awesome.
Is there a stock rom for the Nexus S with the voodoo tweaks?
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Supercurio tweeted something about it yesterday or the day before, but I believe it was about one with his new sound improvements.
You're not looking for the original kind of voodoo fixes (aka lag-fix) are you? There is zero lag on this phone, and the filesystem is already ext4 and yaffs2...no RFS (the original reason for voodoo) on this baby.

distortedloop said:
Supercurio tweeted something about it yesterday or the day before, but I believe it was about one with his new sound improvements.
You're not looking for the original kind of voodoo fixes (aka lag-fix) are you? There is zero lag on this phone, and the filesystem is already ext4 and yaffs2...no RFS (the original reason for voodoo) on this baby.
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Hi Distort...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936219
This gives you the details...
Voodoo sound driver

Currently there is no stock Kernel with Voodoo sound. Morfic from Team Whiskey says he's working on adding Voodoo sound to some of his Trinity kernels so you might want to keep your eye on that thread. I believe he currently has an UV1ghz with Voodoo but it's for CM. What rom are you running? You may also want to try Netarchy Nexus - 1.2.1 instead. My phone didn't like 1.1 very much either but seems to work great on 1.2.1.

heroheto said:
Hi Distort...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936219
This gives you the details...
Voodoo sound driver
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Ah, there it is. Voodoo's too big an umbrella now...too many things going on with it and confusion over what is and isn't voodoo any more unless people say like "voodoo sound".
I skimmed over that netarchy post, but missed the sound tweaks part. I'm not interested in overclocking this phone, it's fast enough without the risks/issues, but the voodoo sound will be exciting if it's as good as supercurio says it is. I should probably try one of the i9000 kernels with it on my i9000.

icandy75 said:
Currently there is no stock Kernel with Voodoo sound. Morfic from Team Whiskey says he's working on adding Voodoo sound to some of his Trinity kernels so you might want to keep your eye on that thread. I believe he currently has an UV1ghz with Voodoo but it's for CM. What rom are you running? You may also want to try Netarchy Nexus - 1.2.1 instead. My phone didn't like 1.1 very much either but seems to work great on 1.2.1.
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I'm running the standard nexus s rom 2.3.2, rooted, which I like. But the sound quality of netarchy's rom was so much better than standard
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distortedloop said:
Ah, there it is. Voodoo's too big an umbrella now...too many things going on with it and confusion over what is and isn't voodoo any more unless people say like "voodoo sound".
I skimmed over that netarchy post, but missed the sound tweaks part. I'm not interested in overclocking this phone, it's fast enough without the risks/issues, but the voodoo sound will be exciting if it's as good as supercurio says it is. I should probably try one of the i9000 kernels with it on my i9000.
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I'm the same. Not interested in clocking, its the superior sound quality that I'm after
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heroheto said:
I'm running the standard nexus s rom 2.3.2, rooted, which I like. But the sound quality of netarchy's rom was so much better than standard
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Wow, that's good to know. Looking forward to getting a stock kernel with it.

distortedloop said:
Ah, there it is. Voodoo's too big an umbrella now...too many things going on with it and confusion over what is and isn't voodoo any more unless people say like "voodoo sound".
I skimmed over that netarchy post, but missed the sound tweaks part. I'm not interested in overclocking this phone, it's fast enough without the risks/issues, but the voodoo sound will be exciting if it's as good as supercurio says it is. I should probably try one of the i9000 kernels with it on my i9000.
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Distortedloop I can say it's all that supercurio says plus some. Make sure to download his app from the market to control it as well.

I'll look into adding his patches to a stock kernel in the next few days if that's what you're looking for.
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I'd be very interested in a stock 2.3.2 kernel with the voodoo sound tweak also. My phone dosent like either of the netarchy kernels.

krohnjw said:
I'll look into adding his patches to a stock kernel in the next few days if that's what you're looking for.
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That would be great .. many thanks
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Bronk93 said:
I'd be very interested in a stock 2.3.2 kernel with the voodoo sound tweak also. My phone dosent like either of the netarchy kernels.
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Morfic has now implemented Voodoo sound into a few of his Trinity kernels. You may want to check them out. Maybe your phone will like those better.

Looks like morfic put out a stock kernel with these modifications already: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893851

krohnjw said:
Looks like morfic put out a stock kernel with these modifications already: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893851
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Got it. Thanks
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krohnjw said:
Looks like morfic put out a stock kernel with these modifications already: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893851
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I had problems with it. Backlights wouldnt turn on until i starte tapping away at them, and anytime i tried to install a 3rd party APK it would revert me to rom manager asking if i wanted to install the zip/clear the data/etc

robstunner said:
I had problems with it. Backlights wouldnt turn on until i starte tapping away at them, and anytime i tried to install a 3rd party APK it would revert me to rom manager asking if i wanted to install the zip/clear the data/etc
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Did you try the Trinity Max Kernel with just the normal safe boot level(no overclock there)?

Matr1x
Hey all,
i have just found the perfect kernel.
Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100448

Or this one by Supercurio, but this one has no bln-support
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876132

Hey guys,
Why don't you try my kernel? This seems to be exactly what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100448
Thanks!
p.s. Thanks for spreading the word jorim!

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Bass Boost options? like CM7 for 2.2.1

Anyone know of any kernels or options for 2.2.1 to have an awesome bass boost option, similar to CM7? I love CM7 but want to wait for more fixes until a daily driver so an optimized 2.2.1 is perfectly fine with me.
I liked a scalable menue- light, moderate or heavy or something of the like.
Thanks all!
Baltix said:
Anyone know of any kernels or options for 2.2.1 to have an awesome bass boost option, similar to CM7? I love CM7 but want to wait for more fixes until a daily driver so an optimized 2.2.1 is perfectly fine with me.
I liked a scalable menue- light, moderate or heavy or something of the like.
Thanks all!
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If you are running custom rom, try Voodoo control app from supercurio if you haven't tried already. I'm sure you won't disappointed. Also, what music app you are using? If it's stock, you won't get great sound, try Power Amp from the market.
I hope that helps you.
I agree regarding Power Amp. Good equalizer and bass & treble options.
Yah, I am running Power Amp off the eXistZ Cappy Kernel #7, and it helps the sound/bass out alot.
If your going from stock to this start low on yer volume.. I forgot and almost blew my ears apart
Fiin said:
Yah, I am running Power Amp off the eXistZ Cappy Kernel #7, and it helps the sound/bass out alot.
If your going from stock to this start low on yer volume.. I forgot and almost blew my ears apart
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Add voodoo sound to it and your music will be on drug and you too, ;-)
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krips2003 said:
Add voodoo sound to it and your music will be on drug and you too, ;-)
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Yep its on there The existz cappy kernel 7 is the fisrt voodoo kernel I got to work on my i896. What a difference.
byteme2008 said:
I agree regarding Power Amp. Good equalizer and bass & treble options.
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+1
Much more intuitive than stock app.
If you run a custom rom, the kernel will most likely have voodoo sound patch included.
All you need to do is install Galaxy tuner from the market. That will let you customize varios parameters of your phone including bass boost and 3D sound.

Which custom oc kernal is best for stock rooted g2x

I'm having issues figuring out which oc kernel to flash I need some opinions please
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im pretty sure theres only one its morfics eb froyo 1.04 kernel im almost positive that will work for stock someone correct me if im wrong u also need the app pimp my cpu to oc it and uv it
sarni84 said:
im pretty sure theres only one its morfics eb froyo 1.04 kernel im almost positive that will work for stock someone correct me if im wrong u also need the app pimp my cpu to oc it and uv it
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Right, there are two from morfic, excellent kernels one is regular froyo, the other is maxmem which gives you 48mb extra of memory, both are great but for me they both gave me minor problems, sleep of death and browser lockups...
G2X
fcisco13 said:
Right, there are two from morfic, excellent kernels one is regular froyo, the other is maxmem which gives you 48mb extra of memory, both are great but for me they both gave me minor problems, sleep of death and browser lockups...
G2X
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how did either one of these work with EB froyo 1.0.4 rom?
tackleberry said:
how did either one of these work with EB froyo 1.0.4 rom?
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They are excellent, fast smooth battery lasts a year, but i had lockups and a couple of times my phone did not wake from sleep untill i pulled battery...
G2X
I say faux kernel is best
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Can these kernels work on stock I tried to use morific eb oc overclock and couldn't get past boot screen
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Voodoo?

I just wanted to know what is voodoo?
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wetrabbit444 said:
I just wanted to know what is voodoo?
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http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-voodoo.htm
just kidding, voodoo is tweak that brings many improviments to sound and colors (samoled version)!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=806195
wetrabbit444 said:
I just wanted to know what is voodoo?
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you can get sone information out of the original website! project-voodoo.com
voodoo is made by supercurio amd this a very talented guy, so try the tweaks and choose what you like! to use voodoo you need a kernel that support it (like netarchy or trinity) and the voodoo control app from the market"
Borky_16 said:
you can get sone information out of the original website! project-voodoo.com
voodoo is made by supercurio amd this a very talented guy, so try the tweaks and choose what you like! to use voodoo you need a kernel that support it (like netarchy or trinity) and the voodoo control app from the market"
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Or you could buy his paid App which you can continue using the stock kernel if you like. Much easier if you flash a kernel with support though. Using the kernel that supports it and free App works well.
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i'm using CM7. do i need to disable DSPmanager while using voodoo?
thanks~
earthmon said:
i'm using CM7. do i need to disable DSPmanager while using voodoo?
thanks~
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no
10char
ic. one more thing. both DSP and voodoo have bass boost function. does it matter to enable both? or just use either one? thanks~
earthmon said:
ic. one more thing. both DSP and voodoo have bass boost function. does it matter to enable both? or just use either one? thanks~
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No idea but I wouldn't want to use both. It could mess some things up.
earthmon said:
ic. one more thing. both DSP and voodoo have bass boost function. does it matter to enable both? or just use either one? thanks~
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when you use both your music quality will not as good as you use only the voodoo, because voodoo change the hardware register and dsp is only like a serial interface!
Will certain display setting options in voodoo help save battery life? If so, which ones?
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infernosoft said:
Will certain display setting options in voodoo help save battery life? If so, which ones?
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No. Voodoo is not designed to save battery life. It only makes sound and color (SAMOLED) better. But flashing a kernel does help you save battery.
I use Netarchy's 1.3.7-CFS Kernel. Use that with Proton Voltage Control and undervolt with suggested (-20 across board) and you'll conserve some battery by doing that.
earthmon said:
ic. one more thing. both DSP and voodoo have bass boost function. does it matter to enable both? or just use either one? thanks~
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i use both.. love the bass
simms22 said:
i use both.. love the bass
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you love the kind both **** your brain! ^^ what type of music do you hear? something like Dubstep?
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Is there any advantage to using a kernel with voodoo built in vs. stock kernel w/ root? eg. battery life, performance.
cheesiepoof said:
Is there any advantage to using a kernel with voodoo built in vs. stock kernel w/ root? eg. battery life, performance.
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Well, most custom kernels will yield better battery life and performance than stock kernel based on how you set up your device.
For example, if you overclock, you would obviously get lesser battery life but better performance. But you can also underclock and tweak the voltages in order to get better battery life.
You just have to play with the setting - you may actually find that you will get both battery life and performance improvement with right setting.
With Voodoo color, you get to modify screen RGB colors to your flavor. You can try out some of the RGB values on the link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002090
Voodoo sound modifies the built-in sound codec and makes your Nexus a great MP3 player!
However, you can't modify any setting with stock kernel.
You won't regret it. Go for it

Voodoo Sound fixed for Gingerbread update

Supercurio has fixed voodoo sound to work with Infused v2! Look for the update in the market in the next several hours
Cheers!
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wats necessary? paid or free voodoo control?
from Sams inFuse... inFused GB
Both versions will be updated. Either will work. But I bought it to thank him for just efforts
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Still not updated
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Voodoo sound has to be added to the kernel. So unless we see a rom update that supports voodoo sound, it isn't coming.
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halfnelson117 said:
Voodoo sound has to be added to the kernel. So unless we see a rom update that supports voodoo sound, it isn't coming.
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The paid version (Voodoo Control Plus) supports stock kernels actually
I have the beta he emailed me.. works flawlessly. Still waiting on am email back for a release time.
Patience
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Paid version can inject a module. Free version requires kernel support.
We're fairly close to kernel support I think. bedwa reimplemented the Froyo patches but there's some stuff in the commits that just looks a little... funky to LinuxBozo and I. (Not a problem Bedwa created, but actually indications that Voodoo Sound may not have been fully working in Froyo either...)
I'm testing it now, unfortunately I used that feature so rarely that other than the app indicating it's presence I don't know how well it's actually working.
Entropy512 said:
Paid version can inject a module. Free version requires kernel support.
We're fairly close to kernel support I think. bedwa reimplemented the Froyo patches but there's some stuff in the commits that just looks a little... funky to LinuxBozo and I. (Not a problem Bedwa created, but actually indications that Voodoo Sound may not have been fully working in Froyo either...)
I'm testing it now, unfortunately I used that feature so rarely that other than the app indicating it's presence I don't know how well it's actually working.
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If you need any beta testing.... shoot me a pm I'm always willing to help out the dev community.
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Entropy512 said:
Paid version can inject a module. Free version requires kernel support.
We're fairly close to kernel support I think. bedwa reimplemented the Froyo patches but there's some stuff in the commits that just looks a little... funky to LinuxBozo and I. (Not a problem Bedwa created, but actually indications that Voodoo Sound may not have been fully working in Froyo either...)
I'm testing it now, unfortunately I used that feature so rarely that other than the app indicating it's presence I don't know how well it's actually working.
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Voodoo sound was only partially working on our original froyo port.... can't remember who did it, but compare to the Voodoo sound code in my froyo kernel source. Supercurio did the port himself and that one was fully working I think.
gtg465x said:
Voodoo sound was only partially working on our original froyo port.... can't remember who did it, but compare to the Voodoo sound code in my froyo kernel source. Supercurio did the port himself and that one was fully working I think.
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I'm 90% certain bedwa's commits were based on your v9 commit and bozo's v10 update commit.
And the "funkiness" LinuxBozo pointed out to me does exist in your tree - see https://github.com/gtg465x/linux_sgh-i997-hacked/blob/master/sound/soc/codecs/wm8994_voodoo.h - note that the #if defined stuff that causes NEXUS_S to get defined won't catch anything on our device - we're not sure if this is problematic or not.
I just tested it and it seems to be working, other than the "hack volume keys to change analog gain" thing seems a little funky, but this would be a userspace thing anyway.
At this point it seems as good as it was on the Froyo Defuse kernels which were based off of yours, so I've pushed it as a branch to the reference repo.
They volume keys hack seems a bit glitchy like you said. Other than that, I haven't had any issues. The beta version I got was from supercurio and seems to work fairly well... again I haven't written any sort of coding in years so I don't know about the details under the hood
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What's the best ROM and kernel combination?

I have the nexus s 4G. I'm most worried about speed and battery life!
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I think i'll be getting the TUV Trinity kernel... now which rom?
GPA17 with the included kernel. Pete's stuff is always amazing and this is no exception.
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exzacklyright said:
I have the nexus s 4G. I'm most worried about speed and battery life!
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this will give you a good idea
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1251669&highlight=short+review+cm7
heavy games from gameloft where used as test base
All ROMS and Kernel work differently on every phone ... some people have problems running Trinity and some people have problems running Ma1trix(I hope i spelt it correctly) anyways i don't mean to offend any of the devs but it depends on phone to phone
My Nexus runs smoothly with Nscollab .41 with TrinityEUV kernel (0.88 GHz) =]
Also Bugless Pete's GPA17 with the stock kernel which is btw Pete's own =]
and finally MIUI with TrinityUV android flavored kernel (1.0 Ghz) =]
to find out which one works best on your device you have to install and check them yourself
Hope i helped
There are no "problems" with Matr1x.
You just need to tweak the voltages and find something that works for you....
As a fresh NS user, I wanted something similar to stock + added notification bar toggle + kernel with BLN & Voodoo sound. Found this combo with TSM Pool party 1.3 ROM, which is based on Pete's work and his kernel. Works excellent:]
CM7 RC1 + T144 or TEUV if I feel like saving battery
mathkid95 said:
There are no "problems" with Matr1x.
You just need to tweak the voltages and find something that works for you....
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Very true, I initially thought my phone doesnt work with matrix, Then i figured how to undervolt my phone and change profiles in set CPU, Now phone works great with matrix.
Really like TEUV though, but found it lagging a bit in high graphics games,.
Yeah Haha, have you tried version 7.5?
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saranyan said:
Very true, I initially thought my phone doesnt work with matrix, Then i figured how to undervolt my phone and change profiles in set CPU, Now phone works great with matrix.
Really like TEUV though, but found it lagging a bit in high graphics games,.
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idk, it feels sluggish sometimes, even when i find good settings, when i update it kinda goes back to being sluggish. sluggish is good tho. better than stock
What do you mean? What governor r u using? Try changing governors
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mathkid95 said:
There are no "problems" with Matr1x.
You just need to tweak the voltages and find something that works for you....
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:| I didn't mean any disrespect i just meant to say that every ROM and Kernel combination works differently ...
True!
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