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Needed help with lagfix

I will try to keep this simple. I was on Altered Beast with the peanut butter jelly kernel. I wanted to get the EE4 update. I disabled lagfix, odin back to E1 and accepted the EE4 UPDATE.
I then flashed the new clock work recovery (the yellow one). I was able to get Gummy Rom installed and running. I went to try to enable voodoo lagfix inside clockwork and it won't re-enable. The weird thing is, I'm getting really high quadrant scores like I am lagfixed. I tried deleting the disable lagfiz file inside the Voodoo folder on my SD card. That file is gone now, but I still can't enable voodoo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Gummy rom doesn't have a kernel. Flash pb and j kernel with CWM.
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My phone says that my kernel is :2.6.32.9 imnuts virtualbox #1. Using the new clockwork mod I still can't enable the voodoo lagfix. It shows as disabled in the clock work menu. Selecting the enable option make it go through the process but doesn't actually change anything.
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omnia38 said:
My phone says that my kernel is :2.6.32.9 imnuts virtualbox #1. Using the new clockwork mod I still can't enable the voodoo lagfix. It shows as disabled in the clock work menu. Selecting the enable option make it winning through the process but doesn't actually change anything.
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I had a similar problem (problem with disabling it). If you are checking CWM Recovery and think Voodoo Lagfix is off because your font is yellow, then check ADB if Voodoo is enabled or disabled.
I know enabled, font should be red. Disabled font should be yellow. But I know I have voodoo enabled but my phone in Recovery is still yellow.
So check via adb.

I am guessing from my quadrant scores that I have the lagfix working (1584} but it still says disabled in the clock work menu.
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[Q] OTB 1.6 on EE19 Mesmerize PnP1

I used ODIN to load stock EE19... Then Odin to load CWM3 ... then flashed zip of EE19 mesmerize PnP1... then i flash the OTB 1.6 kernel.. i get the android logo in the middle of the boot screen.. but when i enable lag fix.. it does not go through the process of (the voodoo lady's voice) it just boots up like normal.. am i forgetting something?
Thank you

Download the voodoo control app from the market (free) and see if says ext4 is active or not.
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scarmon25 said:
Download the voodoo control app from the market (free) and see if says ext4 is active or not.
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no Ext4 conversion...

Check the voodoo folder on your SD card. See if there is a disable_lagfix folder inside of it. If so delete and reboot. If not then on to the next possibility.
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scarmon25 said:
Check the voodoo folder on your SD card. See if there is a disable_lagfix folder inside of it. If so delete and reboot. If not then on to the next possibility.
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Just has a logs folder.... inside of that are just dated folders with logs.

Well ****. Try reflashing the otb kernel and see what that does. If it still doesn't convert. May try a different recovery
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scarmon25 said:
Well ****. Try reflashing the otb kernel and see what that does. If it still doesn't convert. May try a different recovery
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Ok.. i tried that.. still the same issue. its actually worse now.. with gmail FC lol. im using CWM voodoo lagfix recovery 3.0.2.8x.ti from time infinity.

That may be why. I had some hit a miss issues with that recovery. I use the one by nemisses. OTB recovery. I will link it too you. Its possible there may he something else going on. As for the fource closes. Can try clearing app data on those apps and that may fix that. Heres the recovery. This can he flashed the same as the kernel. Flash the recovery. Reboot into recovery and then try flashing the kernel. Also to make sure you did get the voodoo OTB I will link that as well.
OTB 3.0.2.8v2 Recovery
http://db.tt/XSnebw1
OTB v1.6 Voodoo
http://db.tt/m5GWdLX
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Also. I'm not knocking times recovery. He does good work and I do respect him as a dev. Just know I had some issues with it and that may or may not be the case here.
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scarmon25 said:
That may be why. I had some hit a miss issues with that recovery. I use the one by nemisses. OTB recovery. I will link it too you. Its possible there may he something else going on. As for the fource closes. Can try clearing app data on those apps and that may fix that. Heres the recovery. This can he flashed the same as the kernel. Flash the recovery. Reboot into recovery and then try flashing the kernel. Also to make sure you did get the voodoo OTB I will link that as well.
OTB 3.0.2.8v2 Recovery
http://db.tt/XSnebw1
OTB v1.6 Voodoo
http://db.tt/m5GWdLX
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Ok cool, thanx.. im gonna fresh odin ee19, then ill use the two links you provided.

K. Here hoping it works for ya.
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scarmon25 said:
That may be why. I had some hit a miss issues with that recovery. I use the one by nemisses. OTB recovery. I will link it too you. Its possible there may he something else going on. As for the fource closes. Can try clearing app data on those apps and that may fix that. Heres the recovery. This can he flashed the same as the kernel. Flash the recovery. Reboot into recovery and then try flashing the kernel. Also to make sure you did get the voodoo OTB I will link that as well.
OTB 3.0.2.8v2 Recovery
http://db.tt/XSnebw1
OTB v1.6 Voodoo
http://db.tt/m5GWdLX
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OK.. still having issues... once i install ee19 pnp1 i have issues. it allows me to set up gmail ect.. but once i reboot it causes FC on google frame work.. clearing the info on it doesnt fix it. also once i reboot all of the settings i input previously are undone. ok as far as the kernel.. it still doesnt format to ext4.. ive checked with voodoo app to confirm this. my steps were as follows..
I fresh odin EE19.. then odin cwm.. i reboot into cwm.. then flash the cwm version you linked me... then i reboot into cwm and flash pnp1.. then flash otb kernel you linked me. reboot into phone. begin initial set up... gmail ect... i reboot into cwm and enable lagfix.. no response.. also upon rebooting, all my settings are reset from previous boot.
hmmm never had such a difficult time before.. i was on EE10 pnp previously.. never had issues besides my fone not getting phone calls on occasion lol...
i tried to be clear as possible on my steps.. any ideas?

I have had the issue where all my settings and such was undone on reboot before. Don't know what was causing it and it eventually fixed itself. But never had a issue with Voodoo not converting. That is wild. Honestly I don't know at this point. Its like its there but not at the same time. Have you been on anything other than touchwiz based ROMs. MIUI, CM7, or AOSP of any sort? That is the only thing I can think of. I know its the holiday weekend but some of the actual devs should be in and out through out the next few days. They may have some insight as to what's going on. Another option would be to jump on the mesmerize IRC channel and see what they say.
One last thing. Do you have voltage control installed? If so. When you open it does it say incompatible kernel or does it allow you to adjust settings and such?
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I have had the issue where all my settings and such was undone on reboot before. Don't know what was causing it and it eventually fixed itself. But never had a issue with Voodoo not converting. That is wild. Honestly I don't know at this point. Its like its there but not at the same time. Have you been on anything other than touchwiz based ROMs. MIUI, CM7, or AOSP of any sort? That is the only thing I can think of. I know its the holiday weekend but some of the actual devs should be in and out through out the next few days. They may have some insight as to what's going on. Another option would be to jump on the mesmerize IRC channel and see what they say.
One last thing. Do you have voltage control installed? If so. When you open it does it say incompatible kernel or does it allow you to adjust settings and such?
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Always been on a TW rom. just installed voltage control.. no incompatible issues.. hmm should i post in the ee19 pnp1 thread? i guess ill get on irc later lol.. ill just use stock ee19 until then. i appreciate your help.

Well if its letting you adjust settings then your on OTB. I wonder why its saying ext4 isn't active.
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I would hit the IRC. Sorry I couldn't fix your problem. They should be able to though.
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Can't disable voodoo in CWM, what to do?

Hey, I'm having an issue. I followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657 to flash my charge with PBJ Kernal (voodoo) and GummyCharged 1.8.5. Like it but I keep receiving notices saying that the android core closed unexpectedly, with several programs receiving the same errors. I decided I want to go back to the stock rom (just for now) but with voodoo still enabled. I plan to follow this guide to go back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121201.
My problem is that i seem to be unable to disable voodoo in CWM whenever I try. After each try, I never hear the voice and my quadrant score is still around 1600.
How do I proceed, with my end goal being stock with voodoo enabled?

If CWM recovery is not working for you, try the Voodoo Control App by supercurio. There's a free or paid version.
Once you open the app scroll down to voodoo lagfix and you should see if it's active, then go in to lagfix preferences and uncheck everything and it should deactivate it on next boot.

Thanks
Good to know. I will keep that in mind when I get back to tinkering with the phone. I ended up following a link to another forum where a guide to get back to stock exist. I wiped everything from my phone that I could and went back. I was worried about not being able to disable voodoo, but it seems to have worked just fine. I actually prefer many of touchwiz (crazy, I know) so I decided to go that route. Everything seems to be working fine now, no errors every 5 mins and my quadrant score is back to the 900s . I guess what I want now is to just get voodoo and root on this rom, any recommended posts I should read?

So you basically want a rooted stock rom with voodoo. Yes?

That's exactly what I want.
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[Q] Voodoo Question

Is there a way to apply the voodoo tweak to CWM without flashing a kernel or rom?

What do you mean by "apply the voodoo tweak to cwm"?

is there a way to get to Red cwm without flashing a kernel or rom?

Jabrutal said:
is there a way to get to Red cwm without flashing a kernel or rom?
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No you'll need to flash a bali kernel

still getting the /dev/block etc. error that everyone seems to get on orange cwm when i wipe data.
last time this happened, i flashed the stockdeodexed kg2 WITHOUT wiping data and it worked... im not getting lucky this time. when i flash, it 'wipes data' then auto reboots.
super user is on my apps page but i dont have root access, idk if that matters

Use ODIN to restore to stock, use SuperOneClick to root your phone, use my script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15831175&postcount=124 to get into CWM, then flash whatever ROM you want to use. Make sure to check your mounts before and after flashing.

i used your script when you first released it. worked fine, but ever since then it doesn't work. i run it and 'press any key' and the script idles there

womp womppppp

That script should work, if it doesn't do anything when you press keys, then your computer fails. The script isn't trying to trick you. click in the window and then press a key? try redownloading it? the script hasn't changed and works for everyone else?
Oh, do you have USB debugging enabled? Settings> Applications> Development> USB Debugging

the script is totally trying to trick me =|. yes, i've tried all of those. oh well i'll figure out how to get voodoo enabled one way or the other, i've dug myself out of this hole before.

Proper way to format to EXT4?

I have been running Tweaked 2.0 for a week or so, and it's great, but I continue to get hotboots. I'm not running anything else...no tweaks, no other kernels, just plain ROM...and still get a couple of hotboots a day.
I wanted to try the FP1 PBJ kernel, but that requires EXT4 for wifi to work.
I have the ext4_formatter_all.zip utility on my sd card, I booted to recovery, ran the formatter, reflashed Tweaked 2.0, then restarted.
My phone hangs on the Samsung logo.
The only method I found of getting it working again is go back to stock, take the OTA, then put Tweaked back on it.
So, I am doing this wrong? I used to be formatted for EXT4 in other ROMs, but I can't seem to get it to work now.

Not sure where you heard that PBJ requires ext4 for wifi to work because it doesn't.
Running the formatter does exactly what is says. It formats the partitions. There is nothing at all in them when it's done. You have to run the formatter, then reflash the rom and kernel.
FWIW, PBJ will likely do nothing at all to fix your hotboots. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you're running a lockscreen with music controls available. If you run the Circles lockscreen, it will probably fix your hotboot situation.

I must be mixing things up with respect to file system format, pbj kernel and wifi. My bad.
My steps are the same as you listed except I was not flashing the pbj kernel after flashing the ROM. I thought I could do that from Tweaktools. So I was trying to let the phone boot up, was gonna check that everything was EXT4, then install pbj.
But now that I think about it, are you saying the only way to use EXT4 with Tweaked 2.0 is to have the pbj kernel installed? If so, then that's my answer. If not, then I still don't understand why my phone won't boot after I format ext4/flash ROM.

sbradley07 said:
I must be mixing things up with respect to file system format, pbj kernel and wifi. My bad.
My steps are the same as you listed except I was not flashing the pbj kernel after flashing the ROM. I thought I could do that from Tweaktools. So I was trying to let the phone boot up, was gonna check that everything was EXT4, then install pbj.
But now that I think about it, are you saying the only way to use EXT4 with Tweaked 2.0 is to have the pbj kernel installed? If so, then that's my answer. If not, then I still don't understand why my phone won't boot after I format ext4/flash ROM.
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Because running the formatter reformats the filesystem where the kernel is stored as well. Tweaked doesn't ship a kernel at all, so if you just flash it, you don't have a kernel on your phone at all.

...and regarding the hotboots, yeah I didn't expect the new kernel would help there. I figured if I'm gonna continue to get hotboots, I might as well see if I can get better performance out of it.
I don't use any lockscreens. I have it disabled entirely. And I rarely play music on my phone...Pandora once in a while. Maybe disabling lockscreens contributes to hotboots too?

sbradley07 said:
...and regarding the hotboots, yeah I didn't expect the new kernel would help there. I figured if I'm gonna continue to get hotboots, I might as well see if I can get better performance out of it.
I don't use any lockscreens. I have it disabled entirely. And I rarely play music on my phone...Pandora once in a while. Maybe disabling lockscreens contributes to hotboots too?
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have you seen dwitherell's hotboot fix in the TS 2.0 thread? there are several posts about hotboots there (mostly about changing the heapsize from 64 to 80 or 96 I believe).
I read on another forum that it could be attributed to an app or two that you are running (maybe even have that app installed on your SDCard - trying moving them to your phone's internal memory one by one and see if the problem persists).
regarding re-partitioning:
so here's what I think you need to do:
- download and install terminal emulater
- find out if you are RFS or EXT4 (if RFS, proceed to next step)
- download and CWM IMO's kernel (after mounting, wiping cache/dalvik)
- re-boot
- re-install the dirty PBJ kernel via CWM (after mounting, wiping cache/dalvik)
I have not tested this yet - as I have no real need to outside of just curiousity. so if you want to take the plunge, go for it. but I'm not responsible for what happens....

I tried the heapsize tweaks, stepping up the heapsize over the course of a few days. I think it might have reduced the hotboots a little (like 3-4 boots over a 2 day period instead of 4-5 boots.) I will start investigating my apps, though most are already installed on the sd card.
I'm formatting to EXT4 right now...fingers crossed!
Update: all good now! Thanks Shrike!!

Here's what I did when I moved to FP1:
1. Flash FP1 ROM of choice, and then flash imoseyon's Voodoo kernel (the fact that wifi breaks on this kernel doesn't matter)
2. Boot phone. Wait as the phone reformats as ext4 (saves your data too!)
3. Once phone starts up, boot back into CWM and then flash the FP1 PBJ. This will fix your wifi.
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Thanks for the suggestion kv. I was hoping my question would result in the documentation in one place of the the methods to correctly format to ext4. Now we have that (assuming yours is correct LOL!) Of course it was my own dumb oversight that Tweaked 2.0 didn't come with a kernel that caused all my problems in the first place.
I opted for the ext4 formatter route mainly because of the hotboots I get with this ROM. I figured, if I'm gonna make changes, make the ones with as clean an install as possible...and the formatter wipes everything.

Fyi, switched over to ext4. Worked great except that my phone was stuck at the boot screen for 40 minutes. A simple power off and power back on and I was good. So the steps I outlined above worked (for me). But curious to see if anyone else got stuck at the boot screen after the repartitioning.
tappin' that....

Yep, same thing happened to me. Got stuck on the first boot after flashing. Powered off, restarted, good to go.
And on a side note, I've had zero hotboots since going to EXT4 and PBJ FP1. Was getting 3-4 a day before that.

actually just got my first hotboot - tried taking a pic with the Camera Zoom FX, and when saving the pic, it did a hotboot.... tried it again, and it was fine - so I don't think it was a direct result of the ROM or anything else...

Help - rfs or EXT4
answer found!

jco23 said:
Fyi, switched over to ext4. Worked great except that my phone was stuck at the boot screen for 40 minutes. A simple power off and power back on and I was good. So the steps I outlined above worked (for me). But curious to see if anyone else got stuck at the boot screen after the repartitioning.
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I got stuck too on the reboot. I didn't wait 40 minutes though. Restarted after 5 minutes. Sometimes you just know when to pull the plug.

sbradley07 said:
I must be mixing things up with respect to file system format, pbj kernel and wifi. My bad.
My steps are the same as you listed except I was not flashing the pbj kernel after flashing the ROM. I thought I could do that from Tweaktools. So I was trying to let the phone boot up, was gonna check that everything was EXT4, then install pbj.
But now that I think about it, are you saying the only way to use EXT4 with Tweaked 2.0 is to have thezsweee pbj kernel installed? If so, then thdat's my answer. If not, then I still don't understand why my phone won't boot after I format ext4/flash ROM.
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What?
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