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Me and few of my friends having Spica, we are experiencing problems with really bad sound quality - each mp3 played by system player or other players like meridian or cubed has some pops, or cracks in different moment of playing.
It sound very simillar to cracks on old vinyl/LP records.
Also on the speaker i have those cracks not only on headphones.
I had this issue on 1.6 on 2.1 clean software, and also on LeshaKs custom kernels.
I think its an software problem(maybe driver?) because more of those sounds appear when Spica is using 3G or Wifi or if its heavy loaded. Some of my friends get rid of this by installing new kernel but for me it doesnt work, also in one case two of my pals get rid of it doing nothing on the phone - it just disappeared one day..
Any ideas whats wrong with this phone? Maybe some1 found the solution already?
Because its really annoying and i cant listen to music
Not had that problem with mine. Running original 1.5 the phone shipped with
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I noticed this as well, the weird thing is that the blips increase in frequency when i use my regular headphones instead of my in-ear headphones...
maybe it doesn't have enough power to drive the big speakers... I really wouldn't know, but using in-ear headphones drastically decreased the cracks and blips.
see if it works out for you.
My brother and GF both owns a spica and they don't have this problem. bring it back to where you bought it from before the warranty expires.
Blu Algae - Hmm maybe ask them if when they turn off the phone that crack sound appears from speaker? Even if that happened just once?
Cause I have it quite often..
I have three days to change my G2x for the Nexus S.
I need to know whether putting ANY custom ROM/root/whatever can fix every single problem with this phone:
Battery life drain
Software bugs
MOST IMPORTANTLY (why doesn't anyone care/notice?!): NOISY HEADPHONE JACK OUTPUT
Is this problem entirely software, or partly hardware? I have such minimal LCD bleed that its not noticeable.
Please chime in and check my thread on noisy output and take my FIVE SECOND test with your modded device to tell all of us whether it is fixed or not.
nevermind.
Using CM7 + Faux's EXT4 undervolt Kernel + GPS fix pretty much makes this phone perfect for me. I have absolutely no issues at all EXCEPT for screen bleed. That cant really be fixed with software though. Battery life is great. Yesterday I didn't use my phone much but I went OVER 24 hours on one charge. Didn't plug it in once. Woke up this morning and it still had about 15%. Of course I turned off data while I slept though so that probably helped a lot.
voodoo takes care of the headphone jack noise. in fact i've never ever experienced music with low of a noise floor below
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voodoo takes care of the headphone jack noise. in fact i've never ever experienced music with low of a noise floor below
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Can you please elaborate and confirm that you noticed the exact same noise as I described (for a second after any sound stops, or during a completely silent track playing?) And voodoo took care of it? So it is software causing the noise and not hardware?
I'm finally at peace with my G2X and it is solid reliable. ****ty battery life but what can you expect.
In my case my phone did have reboots and freeze while charging. I still don't trust having this phone charging overnight because it might crash.
Also went and deleted both Internal/External SD and properly WIPE like 5 times. Flashed CM7 RC1 + Google apps and fixed permissions. I had issues where email syncs failed after 8+ hours but after doing this full clean flush and Wipe, this piece of **** phone finally is reliable.
Its solid and finally enjoying the phone. Just need CM7 out of RC and I'm golden.
However, every time I went to stock I had issues. If you don't plan on Rooting/Flash don't bother with this phone. Its a piece of crap and LG sucks at making ROMS.
I love my phone but I reccimend you get the nexus S. I'm sorry, its just a better phone.
Ps....Please don't ostracise me from this forum lol.
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I love my phone but I reccimend you get the nexus S. I'm sorry, its just a better phone.
Ps....Please don't ostracise me from this forum lol.
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Software-wise, yes. It's a better phone... Hardware-wise, HELL NO!
CM7 with Trinity kernel gets 24 hours of battery and no reboots from my experience.
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youd be a fool to trade for that phone... yes every problem fixed.. no problems for awhile for me... love my phone..
I have to agree. The G2x is a million time better then the Nexus S. The Nexus doesn't even do 4G.
The Nexus S is last generation, the only competition for the g2x is the htc sensation and the samsung galaxy s2.
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youd be a fool to trade for that phone... yes every problem fixed.. no problems for awhile for me... love my phone..
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Long live the King!
G2x - July baseband/radio, Cm7 Nightlies, Faux OC/uv Kernel, Launcher Pro, Straight Beast Status! No Bugs! Smooth as my ps3 or 360 on gaming... gameloft is making some killer gamez... I love this phone... It's a sense or no sense issue if you ask me... I like both.. My last phone was the htc glacier i gave to my momma, it was a good phone... I wanted a senseless device and im glad i got this one.. not another 6-8 months down the road when the next 1.3+ Ghz batch of phones comes out i might go back to sense, but im completely content where im at right now with the g2x with the games and now netflix... dont get no better.. maybe the sgs2 but that's the most powerful phone in the world as far as buyin out the store... but the sensation.... NO!
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Can you please elaborate and confirm that you noticed the exact same noise as I described (for a second after any sound stops, or during a completely silent track playing?) And voodoo took care of it? So it is software causing the noise and not hardware?
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I've never had a noise issue with the Jack and I use my g2x like an iPod. Battery life sucks but with Google music its been awesome. I've also been using the leaked gb off LG the only thing with that is now I can't seem to root my phone.
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I don't notice noise. I plug my G2x into my surround and crank it. Sounds like any other device I've owned (ipad2 being one of them)
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So after getting CM7 and Faux's OC/UV/etc/Voodoo kernel I still have noise with the sound. Do I need the Voodoo app to enable a different kind of processing or something? I cleared 3x caches/data, installed .zips: CM7 b89, gapps, and Faux [2.6.32.41] (v0.3.4) before restarting.
This makes the sound even more apparent: Go to a silent place and turn the volume on the phone all the way down to vibrate. Put the speaker at the bottom right into your ear and push volume up once. You'll hear the quiet boop tone and a second of very loud hiss before it cuts out. Wait until the sound disappears after two seconds to notice that it was even there in the first place, before pushing the volume button again. It even turns the amp on when you set it to vibrate and there is no tone played. Two new units fresh out of the box have had this same noise. I can't believe users, especially devs don't notice this or see it as irregular, so I must be doing something wrong with Voodoo, and every unit in Canada is the same hardware-faulty. I've got three hours to swap it for the nexus; a primary use for this phone would be monitoring detailed music, and this is an unacceptable level of noise. Please try this and let me know if it's every unit or just every one in Canada, and if the 3 dollar Voodoo app is necessary to fix it!
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So after getting CM7 and Faux's OC/UV/etc/Voodoo kernel I still have noise with the sound. Do I need the Voodoo app to enable a different kind of processing or something? I cleared 3x caches/data, installed .zips: CM7 b89, gapps, and Faux [2.6.32.41] (v0.3.4) before restarting.
This makes the sound even more apparent: Go to a silent place and turn the volume on the phone all the way down to vibrate. Put the speaker at the bottom right into your ear and push volume up once. You'll hear the quiet boop tone and a second of very loud hiss before it cuts out. Two new units fresh out of the box have had this same noise. I can't believe users, especially devs don't notice this or see it as irregular, so I must be doing something wrong with Voodoo, and every unit in Canada is the same hardware-faulty. I've got three hours to swap it for the nexus; a primary use for this phone would be monitoring detailed music, and this is an unacceptable level of noise. Please try this and let me know if it's every unit or just this one, and if the 3 dollar Voodoo app is necessary to fix it!
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I had never noticed the issue before, but when performing your test I hear it. This isn't a precisely calibrated, professional audio-phile level piece of equipment. For most people, this would not be an issue. If it is for you, then this is likely not the device for you.
hi everybody,
I bought htc sensation, though its a good phone, but i am really pissed off by its poor volume and low battery life. In this forum i read alot about these issues, generally the mixed opinions. So my question is: is it really possible to get rid of these issues by using the custom ROMs? Also there is a lot talk about sensation update 2.3.4. Anyone felt some improvement with respect to these issues after the OTA updte? Or i just have to live with these issues and keep on regretting why i didnt go for GS2 or Iphone4.
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I'm on a 2.3.4 ROM (CoreDroid), and I haven't felt like either battery life or speaker volume changed at all. That said, I think some ROMs include mods to the speaker volume (or include a kernel that allows that or something), and a number of people have been saying that their battery life is better on 2.3.4.
Battery life seems much better on 2.3.4 roms.
What kernels supporting sound boosting currently available? I'm using ARHD as it looks like the only rom worth using that dosen't include graphics that look like they are made by a 5 year old.
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What kernels supporting sound boosting currently available? I'm using ARHD as it looks like the only rom worth using that dosen't include graphics that look like they are made by a 5 year old.
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I would love to know this as well
Try using Juice defender it actually helps alot
there are a few really effective apps on the market that are available in both free and paid versions, i have used Volume + as well as Equalizer. They are both very effective, however i noticed that Volume + while greatly increasing volume across the device, it often induced bugs when my phone connected to my BT stereo. Equalizer has worked awesome so far,although not as loud, it really seems to have effectively improved speaker output and quality both headset and BT.
No matter what anyone on here tells you, these two aspects of the phone suck, and there is no real fix for either issue. ROM's help the battery life here and there, but short of turning all connections off, turning down the brightness to zero, and never making any calls, there is no real fix. Large screen smartphones suck up power, it's something you'll have to just deal with. The Sensation's speaker volume and quality is just terrible, one of the worse ones I've used yet. You'd think such a high-end phone would have a high-end speaker, and be able to push that speaker accordingly. No app or ROM is going to solve this either. Don't get me wrong, I love my Sensation (for now), but those two issues are it's biggest downfall. I just put up with it honestly. Just waiting for next big thing to come out so I can eBay this one.
Quoting from another thread, apparently I'm not the only one with this issue so I'd like to dedicate this thread to finding a possible fix (PS, if someone can suggest a better title let me know).
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Hmm maybe it's just me but I think I discovered the oddest bug ever. For some reason, the first sound I hear after like 30 seconds of idle is quieter than what I'm set to in the volume settings and then if I keep using the device without idle all the sounds are loud like normal after that first sound.
For example, I have the device locked with screen off for a while, I unlock the device and the unlock sound is really quiet, then I immediately lock it and unlock it again and now the sound is loud like normal. I keep doing that and it sounds fine each time after that, but as soon as I lock it and leave it idle for like 30 seconds or more and unlock it again, the unlock sound is quiet again.
Also this doesn't only affect the unlock sound, it affects everything, notifications, alarm, ringer, etc....and all my volume is set to maximum I even checked with a 3rd party app. The same thing happened on the previous 2.07 and 2.10 leaks, it's almost like Gingerbread introduced this weird "automatically lower master volume after idle mode". I can't seem to find any option that would affect it.
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So basically the first sound you hear after a short or long idle time will always be quieter than your actual setting and then keep using the device and everything sounds normal. I almost overslept and missed calls several times cause my alarm and ringtones are so quiet now.
Anyone have any ideas what could be done or taken a look at here?
EDIT: FYI, someone else claimed they had it since MR1 update but I had no issues on Froyo whatsoever. This only became introduced to me with the first 2.07 leak.
I've noticed this as well. I didn't find it to be a big deal, but thought I'd share.
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all i know is even with volume+ the volume sucks on this phone. my wife's lg vortex is 5x louder. we need a dev to look into this.
I honestly thought I was alone on this one. I miss texts and calls all the time because the volume is so quiet after idle.
It is easy to see this with gingeritis all you have to do is turn the volume up to max for your ringer, and then turn the screen off and let it sit for a minute or two. Then turn the screen back on and push the volume up key, you will notice the first sound it makes is really soft, and if you push it again, it makes the normal loud sound.
I hope someone sheds light on this...I for one would like to stop missing calls
I am about to try the official RUU and see if it still does it, but it's only done it since I started using gingerbread roms.
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I honestly thought I was alone on this one. I miss texts and calls all the time because the volume is so quiet after idle.
It is easy to see this with gingeritis all you have to do is turn the volume up to max for your ringer, and then turn the screen off and let it sit for a minute or two. Then turn the screen back on and push the volume up key, you will notice the first sound it makes is really soft, and if you push it again, it makes the normal loud sound.
I hope someone sheds light on this...I for one would like to stop missing calls
I am about to try the official RUU and see if it still does it, but it's only done it since I started using gingerbread roms.
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aosp roms are louder but not loud enough. we for sure need a volume boost. i cannot imagine it would be that hard to do.
I was just getting ready to start a thread about a possible volume booster.. I can't remember if it was the tb or fascinate i had it on but, adrynalyne had a program called drm i think in his roms that enhanced the volume.. the problem I'm having is the media volume.. I'm trying to listen to MLB at bat here at work but can barely hear the broadcast.
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Hmm volume booster does seem to be a good workaround idea but I think the main issue is the fact that the volume level automatically changes regardless of the volume loudness. If only someone might be able to figure out what this can be caused by.....
Also I noticed something interesting today. On some sounds it actually seems like it starts off quiet and then makes it louder while the sound is playing. It's hard to tell cause it's so fast but it's definitely noticeable in some cases.
On cm7 there is an option to play notifications and ringtone through the speaker (even though I thought they did anyway) but I haven't noticed the problem with that selected.
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someone should look into the lg vortex volume and try to port the mod over. my wifes phone is 10x louder than my tbolt. hers is aosp too.
FYI, I have only tested this on the official leaks. No custom ROMs or AOSP yet. Though I'm quite tempted to find out if this occurs on other ROMs as well (especially AOSP).
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Quoting from another thread, apparently I'm not the only one with this issue so I'd like to dedicate this thread to finding a possible fix (PS, if someone can suggest a better title let me know).
So basically the first sound you hear after a short or long idle time will always be quieter than your actual setting and then keep using the device and everything sounds normal. I almost overslept and missed calls several times cause my alarm and ringtones are so quiet now.
Anyone have any ideas what could be done or taken a look at here?
EDIT: FYI, someone else claimed they had it since MR1 update but I had no issues on Froyo whatsoever. This only became introduced to me with the first 2.07 leak.
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It takes a split second for the audio amplifier to fire up. The kernel is probably not accounting for this. The audio amplifier suspends after usage just like the screen does to prevent battery drain.
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It takes a split second for the audio amplifier to fire up. The kernel is probably not accounting for this. The audio amplifier suspends after usage just like the screen does to prevent battery drain.
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Hmm that's an interesting theory but just FYI, the screen times out later than the volume begins to idle to quiet (if it matters). You think flashing another kernel might fix the issue?
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Hmm that's an interesting theory but just FYI, the screen times out later than the volume begins to idle to quiet (if it matters). You think flashing another kernel might fix the issue?
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Sorry. I didn't mean they time out at the same time. Just meant that it also suspends to save battery. I have a feeling this won't be solved until the gingerbread sense kernel source is released. A really good kernel dev might be able to look into this with their current source. You might also notice a pop or crackle sound due to this same issue. Again it is coming from the amplifier powering up WHILE the audio is playing instead of BEFORE. There could be an underlying latency in the hardware but I doubt that's true since it wasn't really noticeable on Froyo. Android has always had a problem with audio latency although it has been pretty much "worked around".
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Sorry. I didn't mean they time out at the same time. Just meant that it also suspends to save battery. I have a feeling this won't be solved until the gingerbread sense kernel source is released. A really good kernel dev might be able to look into this with their current source. You might also notice a pop or crackle sound due to this same issue. Again it is coming from the amplifier powering up WHILE the audio is playing instead of BEFORE. There could be an underlying latency in the hardware but I doubt that's true since it wasn't really noticeable on Froyo. Android has always had a problem with audio latency although it has been pretty much "worked around".
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Hmm I see. FYI, I also noticed this issue is extremely obvious when opening the phone dialer for the first time and just press like the number 1. You can hear for a split second as if it "boots up" the audio amplifier the dialing sound for the button grows from silent to normal volume. Then as you dial the rest it sounds fine. But cancel out of the phone dialer and back into literally after like as short as 5 seconds press a number on the dialpad again, you hear it making dialing sound quiet to louder and then normal for the rest of the dialing.
Such a bizarre issue, I really don't understand why this problem just occurred in Gingerbread builds if it's been absolutely fine on older Froyo builds. You would think something as obvious as this would be one of the first bugs they try to resolve. And it seems like it wouldn't be that hard also (assuming it's just a setting in the kernel coding or something).
FYI, if it helps anyone willing to look into it I found out the audio amplifier for the Thunderbolt is a TI TPA2051.
I am really hoping some of our higher up guys can take a look at this. I am really curious to know what (if anything) can fix this issue.
i do know the overall volume on sense roms are much quieter than aosp. what a waste of a good speaker. we for sure need a fix here.
It might not be as easy as it sounds. Audio can be handled quite differently from OEM to OEM. I'm not sure if the thunderbolt is using the native Android audio or if HTC is using their own implementation. You also have to throw the audio Codec into the mix. Here is a link that although it doesn't explain our specific problem, you can see the complexity and the inherent issues with Android audio http://groups.google.com/group/android-ndk/browse_thread/thread/1744088af0924ed9/7170773c13aabe2f i'm not sure about now but the general consensus with audio developers used to be that google needed to stop trying to implement fancy bells and whistles in the audio and get a good solid foundation to start with. Gingerbread was supposed to address some of these issues but I don't believe it did.
Anyway, i'm not positive but you may notice the problem more in gingerbread because there were quite a few changes in the native audio implementation.
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Sorry. I didn't mean they time out at the same time. Just meant that it also suspends to save battery. I have a feeling this won't be solved until the gingerbread sense kernel source is released. A really good kernel dev might be able to look into this with their current source. You might also notice a pop or crackle sound due to this same issue. Again it is coming from the amplifier powering up WHILE the audio is playing instead of BEFORE. There could be an underlying latency in the hardware but I doubt that's true since it wasn't really noticeable on Froyo. Android has always had a problem with audio latency although it has been pretty much "worked around".
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Gingerbread Kernel Source for Thunderbolt just released: Link
I know this thread is old, but something i've noticed in regards to this. Im running a semi-stock ROM (xda-bolt), with a stock kernel. I noticed the volume changes don't happen on this ROM, however with a modified kernel such as IMOs 6, the problem arises. Any other non-stock kernel i've used has this problem, but stock kernels do not.
The only thing I really don't like about the Galaxy S4 is that the vibration is fairly weak. Working in an office I need to have my phoen on vibrate as a colorful ringtone is simply not an option. But I miss text messages and phone calls on occasion because I just don't feel the phone vibrating in my pocket.
Heck even if I have it laying on a nearby table sometimes I still don't hear it vibrating.
I have come up with a sollution acceptable work around to this issue!
I made a vibration sound as my ring tone. So now when the phone vibrates it also goes BzzzBzzzBzzz out of the speaker.
It's barely loud enough to be heard by anyone but you if it's in your pocket. If anyone else does hear it, it still just sounds like a normal vibrating phone. No obnoxious ringtone.
If you want to try this out I've included 3 WAV files in the attached zip.
- Base Vibration Sound.wav - This is the sound file I used as a base for the final ringtones I made. I have scoured the internet looking for vibration sounds. This one is the one that sounded most like an actual vibrating phone. Use this file as your source if you want to try this technique out but don't like the final products I created.
- Ringer Vibration.wav - I added some bass and increased the volume, and extended the length of the original source file so make a loud, long, steady vibration sound that is roughly the length of a normal incoming call vibration.
- SMS Vibration.wav - Same bass and volume changes as the Ringer Vibration, but it's 3 short bursts insead of one long steady vibration. I did this because 3 short burts is how I've always set my my SMS vibration sequence. There are pauses between each vibration in the squence so you can hack up he file and change the vibration pattern as needed easily enough.
Hopefully this idea helps someone else.
Note, I still have the phone vibrate and ring in settings so it still vibrates. The vibration sound is jus in addition.
This is still a work in progress for me. So if you can improve on it please do and share your version here! If there are any real audiophile geeks out there who can make this sound really good, please share your talents! I am NOT an audio guy by any means. I just found a vibration sound file online and modded it with a little cutting and pasting and enhancement options using a free program called Audacity on Ubuntu. So if someone has and knows how to use high quality audio modification software to do this properly, by all means please show us what youv'e got!
Wow, thinking "out of the box"! Good sh*t! Another way to strengthen ur vibrate is through ktoonesz kernel, in the extras menu (ktweaker, comes with the kernel), you can change the strength.
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Wow, thinking "out of the box"! Good sh*t! Another way to strengthen ur vibrate is through ktoonesz kernel, in the extras menu (ktweaker, comes with the kernel), you can change the strength.
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I use CyanogenMod for the T Mobile variant (I have a 919) and it has a feature to let you increase the strength of the vibration. But even at it's max it's not that powerful.
Does hat ktoonesz kernel make a significant difference for your variant? I don't have access to the kernel but I can certainly get devs to port that mod to 919 kernels if it works.
I think the problem isn't how much power that is sent to the vibration motor. It's that the unit itself doesn't vibrate much.
If you've never seen one, all a vibration unit is is a small electric motor with a lopsided weight on the end so it wobbles when it spins. When it spins fast the wobble becomes a vibration.
The S4 vibration unit (I'm trying REALLY hard not to call it a vibrator....haha) simply doesn't have a very lopsided weight on the end of the motor. So it doesn't wobble much.
I never messed with it, I just use his recomended settings (except for oc)...it ranges from 15-125. I'll mess with it and see for you. As far as a kernel goes, it's the best imo, never fc my phones unless I oc it to the max, which is 2.3 I think, I can oc to 2.1 with no problems. The incredible part is that it is great on the battery, even oc'd, i get better battery life than stock, weird imo, but I'm still very new to all this.
VIBRATOR check, LOL, didn't seem to change at ALL, felt the same, I have seen a lot of ppl commenting on it though, on how it works. You mentioned you don't have axx to it? You mean to work on it?
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I never messed with it, I just use his recomended settings (except for oc)...it ranges from 15-125. I'll mess with it and see for you. As far as a kernel goes, it's the best imo, never fc my phones unless I oc it to the max, which is 2.3 I think, I can oc to 2.1 with no problems. The incredible part is that it is great on the battery, even oc'd, i get better battery life than stock, weird imo, but I'm still very new to all this.
VIBRATOR check, LOL, didn't seem to change at ALL, felt the same, I have seen a lot of ppl commenting on it though, on how it works. You mentioned you don't have axx to it? You mean to work on it?
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No I mean that kernel just runs TW roms, doesn't it? Or am I thinking of a different one?
I always run CM/AOSP ROMs and never use TW
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No I mean that kernel just runs TW roms, doesn't it? Or am I thinking of a different one?
I always run CM/AOSP ROMs and never use TW
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He has Touchjizz and AOSP. NEW ver got rls'd today as a matter of fact.
file link http://goo.gl/AWZK5
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He has Touchjizz and AOSP. NEW ver got rls'd today as a matter of fact.
file link http://goo.gl/AWZK5
OG thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289140
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I've been using Albino's ChronicKernel. Its also really good if you want to try that out.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.