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Any lagfixes or speedmods to improve my congition rom?

I have just flashed to latest cognition, this is my first flash. I noticed in the 3 step videos on youtube, that when he was done and swtiching thru some of the apps, phone, contacts, espn scorecenter, etc. that the apps loading almost instantly! Now when i use my phone it does not, didn't notice any speed difference. I was hoping for a speed increase when flashing a rom, ok to my question, is there any apps, tricks, or anything i can do to achieve this? Also i hear about kernels, what are these and how do i use these to speed up the phone? Any help would be appreciated. I downloading speedmod from app store but haven't installed it yet, comments were mixed with some of the stating serious problems, any thoughts on this also? Thanks

Cognition, especially the latest, has the Voodoo lagfix installed. You can download Quadrant, even though the scores are complete crap, from the market and see if you score is above 1100+ then it is enabled.
If Voodoo didn't install correctly, then a reflash could help.

harleydad82 said:
I noticed in the 3 step videos on youtube, that when he was done and swtiching thru some of the apps, phone, contacts, espn scorecenter, etc. that the apps loading almost instantly! Now when i use my phone it does not, didn't notice any speed difference. I was hoping for a speed increase when flashing a rom
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I noticed the exact same thing with froyo 2.2 roms, the phone kind of slows down after a few days. Install a rom that is based on froyo 2.2.1 jpy, there's a couple in the dev section. These jpy based roms completely get rid of that lag and are as smooth as butter.

Thanks for the advice, any names for these jpy. roms? I just ran quadrant, and scored 1300, so i take it voodoo is working, but....I used to score a 2099 with OCLF, i know that these scores don't all mean that much. What about speedmod in the app store, all the good comments say that it speeds up the phone dramatically, but the bad comments say it messes up the phone.

Docs v7 is 2.2.1 over clocked to 1200 ghz with voodoo. Quad score 1800+. Stable with great battery life. 18 hours of good use.
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OK, so this might be a dumb question, but i just did my first flash so is the process the same except when i copy the rom of Cognition into my root menu, this time i would just copy the docs file? Do i need to also flash back to stock and clear the phone then flash the new rom? Also is there a link to a list of roms and possibly pics of the rom home screen or benefits? Thanks

harleydad82 said:
OK, so this might be a dumb question, but i just did my first flash so is the process the same except when i copy the rom of Cognition into my root menu, this time i would just copy the docs file? Do i need to also flash back to stock and clear the phone then flash the new rom? Also is there a link to a list of roms and possibly pics of the rom home screen or benefits? Thanks
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I would flash stock and master clear to be safe. You are switching base and kernel.
Couple of things, backup all user apps with titanium, no system apps.
Have you saved your android id before?
Backup the update zip on your sd. This gets you into clockwork recovery so you can flash without needing to root once on stock.
Yes, you save the rom to the root if you're sd. Get into clockwork recovery and install zip from sd.
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harleydad82 said:
Thanks for the advice, any names for these jpy. roms? I just ran quadrant, and scored 1300, so i take it voodoo is working, but....I used to score a 2099 with OCLF, i know that these scores don't all mean that much. What about speedmod in the app store, all the good comments say that it speeds up the phone dramatically, but the bad comments say it messes up the phone.
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Forget about quadrant scores or oclf or anything from the market to speed up the phone, just pick any of these roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890429
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880151
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882397

Thanks for the links, I will check them out and reply back if any questions, which ones do most of you like or have now?
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harleydad82 said:
Thanks for the links, I will check them out and reply back if any questions, which ones do most of you like or have now?
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Read the threads and see which one you are comfortable with. All are good
I am running docs and love it
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Help this is from my other thread, thought you might be able to help
I unrooted my phone click "unroot" using original OCLF thinking i didn't need this app anymore being i rooted the phone using usb and one click root when i flashed the cognition rom. Now i actually unrooted the phone and i uninstalled the original oclf and the new version does not let you root. How do i reroot my device? When i follow steps to reroot it has a red screen when im in reboot menu, i believe it is voodoo lag fix gives me many option but i use the power button to select reboot phone since i do not know what to do. Please help thanks!!

Help this is from my other thread, thought you might be able to help
I unrooted my phone click "unroot" using original OCLF thinking i didn't need this app anymore being i rooted the phone using usb and one click root when i flashed the cognition rom. Now i actually unrooted the phone and i uninstalled the original oclf and the new version does not let you root. How do i reroot my device? When i follow steps to reroot it has a red screen when im in reboot menu, i believe it is voodoo lag fix gives me many option but i use the power button to select reboot phone since i do not know what to do. Please help thanks!!

It may be a pain in the ass, but you may just want to trial the rom. Disable lagfix, get into recovery, install zip from sd.
You will have to restore everything again. Or you can search captivate forum for 2.2 root
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[Q] Gas Screwed My Phone Up?

Hello everyone -
I installed the GAS EC10 PNP based rom through CWM after clearing my Dalvik cache. Now my home screen button doesn't work, my search key doesn't work, and I cannot download anything from the market (just says "starting download").
What should I try next? I can go back to Heinz 57 but I was looking for something FAST and my Task Killer still had me running at <130MB on H57 as installed.
Appreciate it. And check it out: this is my FIRST post EVER!

Happy first post! As for your problem have you tried a reflashed of that rom? Also did you do the prerequisite data wiping? And a note about your task killer and the memory being used....Android leaves applications in the ram even when not in use so they start up faster. That will not make a big difference in the speed of your phone. What will is your kernel, processor speed and what type of file system you are on. (rfs-stock, ext4-voodoo, mtd-latest aosp file system) Have you tried a voodoo kernel with lagfix enabled? Or one of nemesis's kernels that you can overclock?
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Thanks for the feedback!
I have now flashed 3 ROM's and I am kind of freaking out because the home softkey and the search softkey no longer work in the ROM's. through CWM, I ran a "keytest" and they all gave me numbers so they did seem to work (whether or not the numbers were correct, I don't know).
Re: your comments on the speed and kernel, etc: I don't know! I followed this newbie guide and in my CWM it says "CwM Voodoo Lagfix Recovery". Does that imply I have the voodoo kernel? Is the lagfix enabled by default or do I need to do that as well?
ANY help would really be appreciated! I am hoping I don't need to flash back to the USCellular standard and take my phone into the store for service...

mslock said:
my Task Killer still had me running at <130MB on H57 as installed.
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That doesn't mean anything necessarily. How the phone is actually running for you is what to pay attention to. RAM numbers can be misleading.
mslock said:
and in my CWM it says "CwM Voodoo Lagfix Recovery". Does that imply I have the voodoo kernel? Is the lagfix enabled by default or do I need to do that as well?
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The text doesn't mean anything, they all say Voodoo Lagfix Recovery. To check if lagfix is enable just go to the Voodoo portion of recovery and it should show some text at the bottom saying if lagfix is enabled. And no it is not enabled by default. You would know if it was enabled because the phone will take a good 5 minutes or so to boot up during the initial filesystem conversion and the voodoo lady talks you through the process. You'd know if it happened.

How do I completely reset my rooted phone to stock?

So I found a trader who's looking for a Droid Charge, but he wants the phone to be completely stock, no root, CWM, or roms of any kind. I am currently running a rooted, lagfix enabled, EE2 rom from imnuts and I want to know the proper steps to fully get the phone back to stock settings with no root, CWM, or anything loaded. Can anyone link me to a guide or just tell me in what order to do things? Thanks!

Before I start I'd just like to say I haven't personally tested this yet, this is just what I've heard on these forums.
First you should disable Voodoo(you always want to do that before flashing) and then flash this
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?481-LEAK-STOCK-ED2-Droid-Charge-FULL-ODIN!
OR this
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-full-factory-tar-flashing-software.html
Again, I haven't personally done this so if I were you I would wait for another response to confirm this before doing anything.

Tried it
I tried the method from the mydroid forum. It worked great despite me being unable to diasble the voodoo for whatever reason (I just wiped everything I could through CWM). I am still a bit worried but I have't received one error or hiccup since reflashing to stock last night. Go for it, super easy.

braveally said:
I tried the method from the mydroid forum. It worked great despite me being unable to diasble the voodoo for whatever reason (I just wiped everything I could through CWM). I am still a bit worried but I have't received one error or hiccup since reflashing to stock last night. Go for it, super easy.
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So when you re-flashed to stock, CWM was removed as well?

http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-full-factory-tar-flashing-software.html
I used the my droid world link referenced in the post above. I tried the gingerbread leak and wanted to go back to the old baseband due to bugs. It worked perfectly, it took me back to the way the phone was shipped.

I believe it was. But I haven't tried too load it up since I got the tom back up. Well try in a bit
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Any way to root w/o ODIN + wipe?

Before you flame, I did read this and was still a bit confused.
Basically, I've been using my Verizon-ROM'd Charge (with the latest updates) for about a month now. I'm ready to ODIN over to a new ROM (probably the 8/3/11 HumbleComb ROM), but without a one-click root, I'm not sure how I can install/run/backup all my data with TB if I don't have root access.
So right now, I'm looking for any way to root my Charge, backup all the apps/data before I flash a ROM that seems (from my reading) to do a full wipe.
The other problem I'm having is in regards to my wife's Charge. We both came from Vibrants and she had quite a few important apps (with critical data) she'd like to bring over. However, she could care less about going to a rooted/aftermarket ROM. She just wants her old apps to work.
I've searched fellas... I'd really like some help on this. Please throw me a line... even if it's a link to a thread I missed.
Thanks in advance.

Wrong section but just odin this kernel, it doesnt wipe any of your data. Then you can use Titanium Backup or whatever you use to backup your apps. Dont restore system apps unless you want force closes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092114

Nevermind...

mbh87 said:
Wrong section but just odin this kernel, it doesnt wipe any of your data. Then you can use Titanium Backup or whatever you use to backup your apps. Dont restore system apps unless you want force closes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092114
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Awesome! I'll give it a try and see how it goes. I appreciate the helps.
**EDIT**
That worked perfectly. Thanks! Backing up everything with TB now in preparation for flash a real ROM.
Mods, please move as necessary.

most roms nowadays will root you when flashed/odined so yeah just back everything up and load up the rom of your choice
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G

Things were going so well, I decided to flash HumbleComb 1.5 using Odin. Now I'm stuck at the Samsung logo. I'm guessing it was because the tool originally recommended here enabled the lagfix. Funny thing is, if I reflash HC 1.5 from Odin, the first thing I get is the recovery screen. Inside the voodoo settings there, it says Voodoo is disabled and not scheduled to be enabled on the next boot (this was after the 2nd flash, though). Voodoo had to be enabled. I got a 1400+ quadrant score...
Gotta read the "fix your phone" thread now. Was too tired to fart around with it last night. At least I got everything backed up.

Flapjack said:
Things were going so well, I decided to flash HumbleComb 1.5 using Odin. Now I'm stuck at the Samsung logo. I'm guessing it was because the tool originally recommended here enabled the lagfix. Funny thing is, if I reflash HC 1.5 from Odin, the first thing I get is the recovery screen. Inside the voodoo settings there, it says Voodoo is disabled and not scheduled to be enabled on the next boot (this was after the 2nd flash, though). Voodoo had to be enabled. I got a 1400+ quadrant score...
Gotta read the "fix your phone" thread now. Was too tired to fart around with it last night. At least I got everything backed up.
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Wipe everything in recovery (data/cache/dalvik) and then plug into Odin and flash. That works every time for me when it sticks on the Samsung logo...

[Q] issues, rebooting

I had flash multiple roms on the sgs4g and eventually flashed back to kg4 stock after having random shut offs and other issues with those roms and now consistent reboots right after it turns on. I wiped caches fixed permissions All I can do is get her into download mode and cwm voodoo red screen. At one point during the reboot it went on to AT&T network
The kg4 i have is a stock leaked version with ext4 installed on it. After a day of flashing the phone usually goes into a reboot loop. Has anyone experiences these issues before? Could my motherboard be fubar?

I wonder if your bootloaders aren't hosed? If you can get into CWM, I'd suggest turning off voodoo, get it into download mode, and ODIN chadster214's KG4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183413
I've found that ROM to be a good starting point for GB ROMs. Let me know how it goes.

Thats actually the kg4 rom I am on and have always used for bootloaders. I factory restored it in cwm and it stays on chad's kg4 the rebooting has stopped for now. As for voodoo linda cant convert due to sd card even though shes done it before and its already partitioned to do so.I think the kg4 bootloaders are fine since they lasted this long until now. Can launchers and voodoo cause this rebooting and shut off problems? I'm going to odin it to chadster's again so it can erase everything.Ill give it a day before problems occur again and report back. Thanks for the response.
Firmware: 2.3.4
Baseband:t959vuvkg4
kernel 2.6.35.7-t959vuvkg4-CL385158
Build GBvuvkg4

1.So I flashed chadsters kg4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1392615 with odin.
2.Then I successfully rooted it following the instructions from the link. Phone works fine no reboots after about 8 hours of use. (I fresh reinstalled apps from market no Titanium restore)
3.Next I flash the kernel stock+Voodoo-T959VKG4.tar from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194032 which gives me red CWM with voodoo ext4 lagfix. After flashing that kernel I start experiencing the random shut off when screens locked, and rebooting issue. Also I get the "can't access the system/tmb/csc error" everytime when flashing in cwm and reg recovery, and im wondering if thats normal.
So I guess its the voodoo kernel thats causing the issues for my phone. Before I started flashing other roms it was fine, now its acting up

Sounds like lagfix is enabled but is causing you troubles. Get into cwm and disable ext4 lagfix, that should keep your phone from reboots.
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I no longer have voodoo installed since I i flashed Kg4 again and left it rooted. The rebooting has stopped. Now the issue is the phone shuts of silently on occasions when the Screen is locked and turned off in m. Then I have to hold on power to to turn it on again. Are there any other recommended stable roms?
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KI3 seems to be the "newest" and most stable leak. I personally find the KJ1/3 leaks to be very unstable.
Do you use a task killer? If you do, remove that and never touch anything like it again. That definitely causes random reboots.

Vicious89 said:
I no longer have voodoo installed since I i flashed Kg4 again and left it rooted. The rebooting has stopped. Now the issue is the phone shuts of silently on occasions when the Screen is locked and turned off in m. Then I have to hold on power to to turn it on again. Are there any other recommended stable roms?
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I believe you have to disable voodoo before flashing, else you may be stuck with some parts of the file system in ext4. I'm wanting to say I had problems after going from a voodoo kernel to a new ROM when I forgot to disable. I ended up flashing chadster's KG4 ROM, drhonk's KG4 kernel, going into recovery, disabling voodoo on everything, then re-flashing to a non-voodoo ROM/kernel.

bkoon1218 said:
KI3 seems to be the "newest" and most stable leak. I personally find the KJ1/3 leaks to be very unstable.
Do you use a task killer? If you do, remove that and never touch anything like it again. That definitely causes random reboots.
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I have advanced task killer but I don't use it (probably running in background). The only KI3 i can find on this forum is valhallas KI3 and that comes packaged with voodoo. As of right now I'm following stephens tip on flashing dr honks voodoo back and disabling system lag fix and voodoo lagfix, then reflashing to non voodoo rom.
I will report back on results and thanks a lot for the help guys I really appreciate it.

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I have advanced task killer but I don't use it (probably running in background). The only KI3 i can find on this forum is valhallas KI3 and that comes packaged with voodoo. As of right now I'm following stephens tip on flashing dr honks voodoo back and disabling system lag fix and voodoo lagfix, then reflashing to non voodoo rom.
I will report back on results and thanks a lot for the help guys I really appreciate it.
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Stock KI3 is out there. I'm running KJ3 which is the latest. It seems your mileage may vary as others find the KI series more stable. Stock KI3 is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282455
Good luck

Alright thanks Ill try the ki3. I just did the recooked gb and put froyo back on and i still have the random shut offs while its in sleep mode. I noticed the more I use it or the phone is active it doesn't shut off. Chances increase when phone is put away or not in use.Its like a chuck norris powersave mode, turns itself off when im not using it.
When phone is charging it doesn't happen. Its very hard to duplicate the issue, and my heart races every time i click the power/wake button. Ill do some more research if not ill deal with it. Thanks again.

Vicious89 said:
Alright thanks Ill try the ki3. I just did the recooked gb and put froyo back on and i still have the random shut offs while its in sleep mode. I noticed the more I use it or the phone is active it doesn't shut off. Chances increase when phone is put away or not in use.Its like a chuck norris powersave mode, turns itself off when im not using it.
When phone is charging it doesn't happen. Its very hard to duplicate the issue, and my heart races every time i click the power/wake button. Ill do some more research if not ill deal with it. Thanks again.
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Sorry, I just lol'd when I read "Chuck Norris powersave mode", LOL! :x
Anyways, I would suggest you to remove your task killer anyways. In the worst case scenario, it might actually be faulty hardware. :/