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So on the 10th I bought my first Android phone. I picked up a Nexus S, because I like things pure and untouched as far as the OS goes, I didn't want to be required to use a custom rom in order to remove HTC Sense, Motoblur, TouchWiz or whatever.
I also like the fact that the update process is much quicker on Google Nexus phones then on the other branded phones. I have no issues with the base Android 2.3 and Im really getting use to it. But I am curious about some of the issues I have read about with the Nexus S and custom kernels. I am going to root my phone. I did find the how-to on that.
Now I am curious about the custom kernels. I do have linux experience on the back end with some of my workstations I use. But I was thinking about if I could go the route of doing these things without needing to completely reflash a custom kernel.
I would like to switch my phone completely to EXT4 and yes I even mean the 16GB internal for the speed boost and performance. I would like to install a better kernel that allows for the VooDoo Audio (I have noticed a few of the audio issues with my phone) and also the BrainFuckScheduler option as well. Could someone please help point me in the right direction for these or maybe with some how-tos.
As far as mounting my phone's internal SD for storage. I can use it on my linux box for EXT4 support if i need to copy files over. but I am using wireless sync for my music and movies so that shouldn't be a major issue.
You could flash netarchy's kernel in the dev section. It essentially has all that you're asking for: BFS, voodoo sound, and ext4 hack. It comes clocked at stock speed unless you choose to overclock it.
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So what would be the best recommended option, as far as battery and performance goes is the stock ROM great or would a custom ROM really fair me much better performance and battery power.
When I mean stock I mean the stock ROM with the custom kernal with extra additions like ext4.
by the way that ext4 will change all mount points over to ext4 correct? requiring a wipe of the phone and start from stratch
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So what would be the best recommended option, as far as battery and performance goes is the stock ROM great or would a custom ROM really fair me much better performance and battery power.
When I mean stock I mean the stock ROM with the custom kernal with extra additions like ext4.
by the way that ext4 will change all mount points over to ext4 correct? requiring a wipe of the phone and start from stratch
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I'd be interested in hearing everyones opinion as well.
So far, I've installed CM7 (now on RC1) and Netarchy's 1.2.3 CFS kernel. I just installed the kernel from Team Whiskey today and can't tell if it's either faster or better with battery. Would be interested in hearing what the community has to say about that. One difference is that the Team Whiskey kernel can OC up to 1.6 if your phone can handle it.
CM7 does seem to do better than the stock kernel, but I dont' think any of the custom launchers beat the stock launchers in terms of buttery smooth app drawer. I think it's because the stock one is hw accelerated but none of the other launchers are.
Installing the ext4 mod will not wipe your phone. There's a forum in the development section with the mods that you need. You will have to root your phone though (there's also a way to do that without wiping your phone, check the forum).
Hope that helps, and I hope other people weigh in on the kernel question.
I have rooted my phone, I choose to not unlock the bootloader cause after looking it, it doesn't seem like something I really need for what I want to do.
I installed the Trinity Stock kernel which has Voodoo Audio, BFS, and says EXT4 with no overclocking.
I ran a quadrant and my highest scores after 3 runs in a row where:
Stock Kernel: 1660
Trinity Kernel: 1675
Im not sure if there really is a major performance improvement or not or am I missing something here. The audio does sound better and the analog control of the headphone amp is amazing.
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I have rooted my phone, I choose to not unlock the bootloader cause after looking it, it doesn't seem like something I really need for what I want to do.
I installed the Trinity Stock kernel which has Voodoo Audio, BFS, and says EXT4 with no overclocking.
I ran a quadrant and my highest scores after 3 runs in a row where:
Stock Kernel: 1660
Trinity Kernel: 1675
Im not sure if there really is a major performance improvement or not or am I missing something here. The audio does sound better and the analog control of the headphone amp is amazing.
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I get 2100+ with CM7 + Netarchy 1.2.3 CFS; also, benchmarking doesn't really mean much. it doesn't record the performance on a daily basis.
I highly recommend trying out CM7; you could perform a nandroid backup; wipe dalvik/cache/factory and then flash CM7 and gapps. Don't like it? (I seriously doubt it; you wont be disappointed) then just nandroid restore and you're back to where you were before
P.S. I'm not responsible if you get addicted to flashing ROMs
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I get 2100+ with CM7 + Netarchy 1.2.3 CFS; also, benchmarking doesn't really mean much. it doesn't record the performance on a daily basis.
I highly recommend trying out CM7; you could perform a nandroid backup; wipe dalvik/cache/factory and then flash CM7 and gapps. Don't like it? (I seriously doubt it; you wont be disappointed) then just nandroid restore and you're back to where you were before
P.S. I'm not responsible if you get addicted to flashing ROMs
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How is CM7 so much better than the stock ROM as far as increasing the performance? And is there a good how-to to get it flashed to the most recent build and also to return to stock if I'm not happy
I tried the Netarchy kernel and its benching at 2425 on the stock 2.3.2 ROM, and it boots so much faster and feels overall snappier after a bit of use. LOVE THIS!!!
So I got things figured out still working on customization a bit, figured I would try out some launchers and things, right now Im using LauncherPro.
But my main questions now are how do yall encode video for your phones? I have tried a few settings on HandBrake and they seem to crash doubletwist and not play in the default media player. So if someone could help me with the settings yall use, perfer not to get another application cause I use Handbrake for other encoding needs as well.
Does anyone know of any widgets that will show me the cell strength and my data connection type (wifi, 3g, edge) so that I can move those to my home screen and not be required to have the notification bar.
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So I got things figured out still working on customization a bit, figured I would try out some launchers and things, right now Im using LauncherPro.
But my main questions now are how do yall encode video for your phones? I have tried a few settings on HandBrake and they seem to crash doubletwist and not play in the default media player. So if someone could help me with the settings yall use, perfer not to get another application cause I use Handbrake for other encoding needs as well.
Does anyone know of any widgets that will show me the cell strength and my data connection type (wifi, 3g, edge) so that I can move those to my home screen and not be required to have the notification bar.
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Video Player: I recommend RockPlayer, you don't have to encode anything. it plays it natively with the exception of 720p (sadly.. 720p, it lags.. but everything else is fine).
Is there a way to disable the Noise Cancellation during the recording using TB's camcorder? Stock, the audio is barely audible... Stock and rooted, same result... After installing the bamf 1.63 remix ROM, sound level works the way it should... PLENTY loud! I kept the remix ROM on my phone for about a week prior to removing due to excessive battery drain... I'm no expert by no means, but it seems to me that what ever was included in the 1.63 ROM fixed the camcorder audio issue as long as I used that ROM. Without using a ROM, I'm thinking that maybe the noise cancellation software is enabled when using the camcorder. Is there a way to disable this?
Note: I would still be using the 1.63 remix if it wasn't for the battery drain issue and much thanks to the ppl that spent so much time and knowledge that went into making such a fantastic ROM!
Did you try a different kernel? My battery life wasn't terrible with Adrenalyne's but it became great with Imoseyen's.
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Is there a way to disable the Noise Cancellation during the recording using TB's camcorder? Stock, the audio is barely audible... Stock and rooted, same result... After installing the bamf 1.63 remix ROM, sound level works the way it should... PLENTY loud! I kept the remix ROM on my phone for about a week prior to removing due to excessive battery drain... I'm no expert by no means, but it seems to me that what ever was included in the 1.63 ROM fixed the camcorder audio issue as long as I used that ROM. Without using a ROM, I'm thinking that maybe the noise cancellation software is enabled when using the camcorder. Is there a way to disable this?
Note: I would still be using the 1.63 remix if it wasn't for the battery drain issue and much thanks to the ppl that spent so much time and knowledge that went into making such a fantastic ROM!
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My guess is that it would be somewhere in the framework, not sure about that though, or how easy it would be to disable it. But as the person above stated, did you try any other kernels? I am running 1.7 remix right now with imoseyon 2.5.1 kernel, OC to 1.4, InteractiveX gov, and i'm getting a full days worth out of the battery. Wouldn't hurt to make a backup, flash 1.7 with the kernel and see if that works better for you, if not, you can just revert back.
Which kernel
I did a search of the xda forum for imoseyon 2.5.1 kernel. I found the official list of roms and kernels. There were several listings for imoseyon kernels. One had six different kernels... Which kernel are you using? Thanks!
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I did a search of the xda forum for imoseyon 2.5.1 kernel. I found the official list of roms and kernels. There were several listings for imoseyon kernels. One had six different kernels... Which kernel are you using? Thanks!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021404
The Special Edition is the one you want. Unless you don't care about in call recording, which is a part of BAMF, then you can just get the lean version.
Be sure to read the rest of the OP about the speedtweak.sh abilities. You basically get to choose how the kernel runs, it's very good.
I use the lean edition with the "extreme" speedtweak.sh "profile". I have it at 245/1222, ondemandx governor.
i'm using battery saver and interactivex on 2.6 and 2.5.1 before that. battery life is good on 3g, i notice slightly less than 10% drain/hour while streaming music, slightly less than 1%/hour standby.
question-which is better for battery life, ondemad or interactivex?
i experienced a long lag once while using 2.5.1, i think because of the undervolting. i wonder if swap would mitigate these cases, but people don't agree about using swap. haven't had a lag yet on 2.6.
Hello World
I am an old-head member from the G1, Mytouch, and Vibrant forums. I have recently switched to Sprint and I'm looking at options for my Nexus S4G. I have a few questions before I get started.
My ideal setup is to stick with the Stock ROM and use and OC Kernel. But I am curious about the file system. I have seen Voodoo mentioned a few times in these forums. Voodoo was a big deal on the original Galaxy S phones because they came stock with their crummy implementation of RFS. Does the Nexus S use the same RFS file system? If so, are you guys enabling Voodoo to improve performance? And if so, is it included on the Kernel side or does it take a complete ROM flash?
I can pretty much figure everything else out by reading the forums, so thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to answer for me.
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Hello World
I am an old-head member from the G1, Mytouch, and Vibrant forums. I have recently switched to Sprint and I'm looking at options for my Nexus S4G. I have a few questions before I get started.
My ideal setup is to stick with the Stock ROM and use and OC Kernel. But I am curious about the file system. I have seen Voodoo mentioned a few times in these forums. Voodoo was a big deal on the original Galaxy S phones because they came stock with their crummy implementation of RFS. Does the Nexus S use the same RFS file system? If so, are you guys enabling Voodoo to improve performance? And if so, is it included on the Kernel side or does it take a complete ROM flash?
I can pretty much figure everything else out by reading the forums, so thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to answer for me.
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To answer your first question, no the NS comes with ext4 and not RFS. The Voodoo fixes you'll see around here deal with the color temperature of the screen (some devices were yellowy before the 2.3.3 patch and some, like mine, were perfect so this fix allows you to adjust the color temperature manually) and to make the sound quality better. These are kernel enhancements so by using a non-stock kernel you'll most likely get them (they're included in pretty much every kernel I've seen).
To answer a question NOT answered, OCing is a blast but it can kill your battery. If you want performance AND amazing battery life try Morfic's TEUV kernel. Its phenomenally fast (considering it is UCed to 880mHz) and can give you massively good battery life.
Thanks. 10char
I'm sorry about the long post if you want to get straight to my question, skip the first paragraph
I was avoiding this because it is a fairly noob question set (and I've seen a history of new members on XDA being berated for questions that could have been answered by any amount of research and I'm unsure whether my question set will fall into that category), but I just can't do anymore research since most information I'm finding is not in one place and I can't seem to find a full feature list for any of the ROMs and Kernels I research and look into, and on top of that there are SOOO many.... I'm about to pull my hair out of my head and my skull along with it, and every search engine I use is contemplating homicide (google has divorced me and is planning my murder for the life insurance money, and duck-duck-go is biting my heels with its bill) and firefox is planning a suicide bombing taking the 50 or more tabs with it along with my RAM, and I'm not terribly sure any of those actions aren't justified (and also, as you can probably tell, I'm going NUTS!). Just the amount of information and the amount of digging I have to do to find a single answer for the MANY questions I have regarding these ROMs and Kernels is staggering (I remember having similar problems searching to find the right linux distribution for me, but it wasn't this hard and after 2 or more weeks of searching, I didn't find myself not having any substantial answer, nor did it actually take two weeks)
anyways, enough with the crazy intro to the question
My current phone is a Nexus S 4g (sprint) currently running the stock ROM and Kernel, gingerbread 2.3.7 (build GWK74). I have it rooted and I have clockwork mod recovery flashed as well as ROM manager installed. I'm looking for ROM and Kernel recommendations (and combinations, I want to make sure they're compatible) as well as reasons why they might fit my needs
I need a ROM and Kernel that:
1. Won't reduce any of the current features I have on the Stock ROM/Kernel I have (though I don't use NFC so if google wallet isn't applicable, that's not a loss)
2. Will allow more steps in frequencies on my CPU (so CPUtuner won't tell me it can only go between 100Mhz and 1Ghz when I attempt to manually change the frequency, I can get one governor to get me 400mhz, but that only adds one more step to the 2 current steps, and performance and powersave governors don't work with the stock kernel, not that it's a big deal, I prefer conservative and ondemand)
3. will allow voodoo control & voodoo color (or any other feature that might be useful, though BLN isn't a big deal to me)
4. Has better battery life (while in use, use being things similar to internet browsing) than stock ROM/Kernel (so UI flare isn't completely necessary, and underclocking and/or undervolting would be great, as long as it doesn't sacrifice speed)
5. The UI should be less jittery than I'm seeing the stock react half the time (though that might be an effect of the CPU tuner)
6. I would like overclocking (however if that interferes with battery life, then I can live without it as long as it doesn't make the speed worse than stock)
7. this coincides with #1, but I think it should be said anyways: I don't want any connectivity (besides maybe NFC) to be affected adversely, so I want 4g, 3g (given), wifi, tethering, etc...
a few questions I have that I can't seem to clear up:
1. I'm beginning to develop software for android, so I'm wondering if any ROM and/or Kernel will affect ADB or any connection to my PC at all
2. What advantages do CM7.1 nightlies have over the CM7.1 stable, and any disadvantages (because I would prefer stable unless there's something on the nightlies I might want)
3. And any advantages ICS ports might have to anything listed above? and compatible kernels?
well, I have done some research, and the two ROMs I'm currently considering are Oxygen and CM7.1 (stable). I like Oxygen because it's a barebones rom with a few extra features that (from what I've seen thus far) don't interfere with performance or battery life. I like CM7.1 because it seems to be fairly quick and has a good feature set.
now I know that the performance might be more affected by the kernel than the ROM, so the kernels I've been most interested in are Netarchy and Trinity. Netarchy has decent speeds (though I'm unsure of its effect on battery life) and has a great list of features (such as voodoo control). Trinity is fast (depending on which version, I was debating on the overclocked version that doesn't go to the highest clock setting and the undervolted version which stayed at 1ghz but had great powersaving) because of its speed and/or powersaving, but I'm unsure of all of the features it has)
I had read that CM has its own kernel, but I can't find any substantial evidence to it besides a few short forum posts on various forums. I can't find anything on the CM site that backs up those claims (I could have just missed it though)
I was considering MIUI but I had heard that it had some translation problems from chinese into english and I'm not sure if you can get the text to read from left to right (and be alligned that way). Not sure if that has been fixed and if the features on there are necessary and/or make it difficult to use
I'm asking here because I'm sure I've barely scratched the surface on all of the ROMs and Kernels that might be helpful to me (and hope to get info from more knowledgeable people)
I have been referring to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1067813
I'm sure somethings I want aren't possible or if they are, there's negligible gain (I'm starting to thing that about battery life with the more I read)
once again, I apologize for the extremely long post, as you can tell I'm verbose (as it's really the only way I know how to get my point across)
if you need further information, feel free to ask. If any information needs to be cut off (especially if this needs to be cut shorter) let me know
I hate to do this but
BUMP
my main problem with this is that most of these roms and kernels seem to do the same thing but all have different problems
I've also found that some versions are more buggy then others which has thrown yet another curve ball into my research (not as bad as ICS but bad enough). I should have expected it but it's just one more thing to go digging for
an answer at all would be nice, other than just the views with no post. Even if the next person's answer is "this is stupid" or something of the like
even that would help me believe it or not
Honestly, your answer is the same one everyone else gets. Try them out and see. Most of the kernels out there should work with any of the ROMs, even the stock ROM. Personally, I have had no real issues with any ROM/kernel combo I have tried. I use CM because I am so used to the features they add and I dislike the stock GB theme. I'm using the last nightly cm7 had because there was something they didn't have in the stable but I don't recall what that was. But most any ROM or kernel you get for gB is likely done being developed for. The combination in my signature serves me very well. A lot of people do like oxygen. I just missed cm too much. Most of the kernels should allow for all of the wants you have.
I also ran cm9 with the glados kernel and honestly, it ran perfect for me. My only issue was with a few apps i use not wanting to cooperate.
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alright thanks (which the button did for me)
I understand that (and some threads I looked over had answers like that, so I figured someone might say something along the lines of "try it out") I was mostly looking for input from past users about some ROM or kernel
I just don't want to end up with a broken phone before I leave for a week or two (to a rural area for a couple of days)
thanks for the answer, all I really need to know now is have there been any problems with any of them running ADB or transferring files from PC to phone?
EDIT: well I'm going to continue trying to get android SDK working on my linux OS, and I'm going to install and run a few ROMs and Kernels
ROMs I'm going to try: CM7.1 Stable, Oxygen, CM9
Kernels: Netarchy, Trinity, matri1x, and glados (with CM9)
Hi!
Now i`m using Galaxy S 4G Beam. It is really good and fast, i can play new 3d games easy, GPS is much better than on stock 2.3.6, but there are some problems...
First of all Media server uses about 20-25% of battery and i have to charge my SGS every day even if i dont use it hard (only 10 mins of calls and a bit of web serfing and music).
The other problem is that the camera is really bad compared with stock GB 2.3.6.
So can you recommend me ICS or JB Rom for daily use without bugs, with good camera, GPS and battery life?
Thank You!
P. S. Sorry for my bad English. It`s not my native language but i`m learning it.
RuslanUA said:
Hi!
Now i`m using Galaxy S 4G Beam. It is really good and fast, i can play new 3d games easy, GPS is much better than on stock 2.3.6, but there are some problems...
First of all Media server uses about 20-25% of battery and i have to charge my SGS every day even if i dont use it hard (only 10 mins of calls and a bit of web serfing and music).
The other problem is that the camera is really bad compared with stock GB 2.3.6.
So can you recommend me ICS or JB Rom for daily use without bugs, with good camera, GPS and battery life?
Thank You!
P. S. Sorry for my bad English. It`s not my native language but i`m learning it.
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I recommend GB or a test for insanity
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I recommend GB or a test for insanity
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Thank you for your answer. But i really like ICS and i would not like to go back to GB. So there is no good stable version of ICS or JB without bugs for SGS 4g?
Without bugs? No. With minimal bugs that may not affect major usage? Possibly, but that depends entirely on what your requirements are.
We have users for whom the lack of wifi-calling is a dealbreaker. We have users for whom lack of wifi at all is not an issue.
We have users for whom lack of 4G display (rather than H) is a dealbreaker. We have users for whom lack of phone/data connectivity is irrelevant due to no longer having a contract.
If you want to make these nebulous requests, expect an answer that directs you back to where bugs are highly reduced and a maximum of features work, especially when your only specific requirements are that things work like GB. If you want to give specific requests as to what you want... besides the GB camera, GB GPS, and GB battery life without actually using GB... we might be able to help you. Otherwise, no. You're not getting GB features without GB.
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Without bugs? No. With minimal bugs that may not affect major usage? Possibly, but that depends entirely on what your requirements are.
We have users for whom the lack of wifi-calling is a dealbreaker. We have users for whom lack of wifi at all is not an issue.
We have users for whom lack of 4G display (rather than H) is a dealbreaker. We have users for whom lack of phone/data connectivity is irrelevant due to no longer having a contract.
If you want to make these nebulous requests, expect an answer that directs you back to where bugs are highly reduced and a maximum of features work, especially when your only specific requirements are that things work like GB. If you want to give specific requests as to what you want... besides the GB camera, GB GPS, and GB battery life without actually using GB... we might be able to help you. Otherwise, no. You're not getting GB features without GB.
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Thank you for great answer. I really appreciate it. I understand that i can`t get all features working with unofficial Rom. I have found a lot of custom ICS/JB roms on this forum. As i wrote above now i`m using Galaxy S 4G Beam, before it i was on stock GB. I just wonder if there are better roms for my needs. So here is a list of things i need to be working in a rom (the order means priority):
-Calls/SMS
-Wi-fi
-Good battery life
-Good camera/Camcorder
-Good GPS
-Good audio with earphones(i was using Voodoo Sound on GB and sound was great and on my current rom it has some annoying bugs)
-Smooth games
-Bluetooth
Things i dont need:
-Wi-fi calling
-Tethering
-Auto Brightness control
-mkv hardware decoding
Thanks in advance
I'd probably suggest checking out Ultragen then, and flashing the Proton ICS kernel onto it after. From most accounts, it's the ICS with the most combined fixes built into it, and while I don't think it has the auto-brightness, everything else should be there including the DSP manager with Voodoo Sound built in so it doesn't have the "my volume is screwed up after answering a phone call" bug. Also, it already has the AGPS fix baked in, so you won't have to edit your build.prop manually after.
Regarding the rest of it... if you don't like ICS/JB camera, use an app. If you don't think your games are smooth enough, change your governor and scheduler.
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I'd probably suggest checking out Ultragen then, and flashing the Proton ICS kernel onto it after. From most accounts, it's the ICS with the most combined fixes built into it, and while I don't think it has the auto-brightness, everything else should be there including the DSP manager with Voodoo Sound built in so it doesn't have the "my volume is screwed up after answering a phone call" bug. Also, it already has the AGPS fix baked in, so you won't have to edit your build.prop manually after.
Regarding the rest of it... if you don't like ICS/JB camera, use an app. If you don't think your games are smooth enough, change your governor and scheduler.
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Thanks, im going to try it rigth
I`m on Ultragen now with Proton ICS kernel. Btw, auto-brightness works now
Yeah, sounds like ultragen is the rom for you. Although I can never get GPS to work.
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Yeah, sounds like ultragen is the rom for you. Although I can never get GPS to work.
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Testing GPS rigth now with cold start near window. 1 sat in view by now (2 mins).
P. S. Can someone recommend any good camera app for ICS?
P.S.S. Is there a big difference between Galaxy S 4G Beam and Ultragen?
First GPS link takes ~10-15 minutes as it gets all its initial assist data sorted. Getting the free (or at least, guilt-ware) GPS Status app should take care of keeping your AGPS up to date and GPS linking faster. Also, should make GPS not lose its connection when switching apps... at least, not quite as fast.
I personally use Camera ZOOM FX, but I picked it up for 10 cents during one of the market sales. Was SO worth that. Probably worth its regular price too, but... eh, there are free options too. That's what I use though.
You're looking at an August 10th ROM (Galaxy S Beam TUK1) and a December 24th ROM (Ultragen 1.0.1) so... yes, there will be differences in those months. Whether they're ones you notice or care about? Maybe. Also, they each have their own optimizations...
Please try to make sure you're on the getochkn 1.0.1 Ultragen (post 4) though, not the original 1.0 from daothanhduy1996 which needed the hotfix. The original had various GPS and other little issues... the 1.0.1 edition fixed, well:
Fixes include
-working and update-able Youtube
-GPS with fast lock fixes from HERE
-Camera records video in 720p
-DSP Manager added from Audiophile ROM with voodoo sound that doesn't seem to screw up headphone playback after phone calls with PooP kernel, Thanks RaverX and let me know if I shouldn't have taken your DSP manager and used it in this ROM. (scroll to the right in the DSP manager to get the analog boost and other voodoo controls).
-Integrated Hotfix, no longer needed to flash afterwards
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Theraze said:
First GPS link takes ~10-15 minutes as it gets all its initial assist data sorted. Getting the free (or at least, guilt-ware) GPS Status app should take care of keeping your AGPS up to date and GPS linking faster. Also, should make GPS not lose its connection when switching apps... at least, not quite as fast.
I personally use Camera ZOOM FX, but I picked it up for 10 cents during one of the market sales. Was SO worth that. Probably worth its regular price too, but... eh, there are free options too. That's what I use though.
You're looking at an August 10th ROM (Galaxy S Beam TUK1) and a December 24th ROM (Ultragen 1.0.1) so... yes, there will be differences in those months. Whether they're ones you notice or care about? Maybe. Also, they each have their own optimizations...
Please try to make sure you're on the getochkn 1.0.1 Ultragen (post 4) though, not the original 1.0 from daothanhduy1996 which needed the hotfix. The original had various GPS and other little issues... the 1.0.1 edition fixed, well:
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GPS works fine (locked in like 15 mins indoor near window). And yes, im on 1.0.1 Ultragen. Speaking about camera i should say that i have tried a few of camera app (including Camera ZOOM FX) and i must say that the quality of pictures is poor... So i can make a conclusion that on official roms sumsung uses some camera driver or something like that to make photos look really good and sharp.
But i got another problem. Voodoo sound still got call bug. In the Ultraget thread is said "DSP Manager added from Audiophile ROM with voodoo sound that doesn't seem to screw up headphone playback after phone calls with PooP kernel". But i flashed Proton ICS kernel, so voodoo didnt work properly. So i reflashed Ultragen to have Poop kernel but voodoo sound doesnt work anyway... I didnt find anything helpful in the Ultragen Q&A thread. Thanks.
Did you install the Voodoo Sound app? If so, remove it again. The Ultragen DSP Manager has Voodoo Sound built in.
Theraze said:
Did you install the Voodoo Sound app? If so, remove it again. The Ultragen DSP Manager has Voodoo Sound built in.
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Yes, i had Voodoo Sound app instaled, but then i removed it. But DSP manager voodoo sound works only until first call (same as Voodoo Sound app does). By the way, Voodoo Sound app is much better for me as it can automatically control the amplifier level. Is it ok that i can change CPU governor on the PooP kernel?
Well, with the Voodoo Sound app, your volume is always +15 (max) and the amplifier goes from -65 to +2 (or +5, if you want potential distortion). With DSP Manager, you set the amplifier level on the WM8994 page (I like +2 when I'm planning on needing volume) and then the normal volume sets the actual volume level. Half of one, six dozen of the other. In both cases, you're dealing with some volume change being set... you just have ~35 steps (it moves in steps of 2db) through the Voodoo Sound app and ~15 through the stock volume control. But if you see the Voodoo Sound volume pop-up instead of the stock, ever, you're still stuck in current buggy Voodoo Sound-ness.
And yes, you can change governors and schedulers. Just make sure if you change them and switch up kernels that you either don't have it set to go on boot or you make sure you use something that will be available on the new one. That's one of the best ways to lock up a phone I've found... set a nifty option in SetCPU, switch kernels, and every time SetCPU tries to set it after boot, the phone locks up because it can't control its clock anymore. On a positive note, popping the SD card and rebooting appears to confuse SetCPU enough to break the auto-config.