I am a fairly new Vibrant owner. Had the G1 before and I am so happy I got rid of that. Anyway, I decided to root the phone and install some things since I did the same on my G1. I have:
Frankin-Twiz Update 3 Rom with his LagFix
JAC's XMOD OC/UV Kernal
All is well and the phone is super fast but I want to revert back to stock. I kind of fell in love with the modifications that TouchWiz brought and Frankin-Twiz gets rid of most of them in favor of stock.
So my questions: I found the thread that has the stock firmware and I see that I can install it using Nandroid. Easy but do I have to remove Eugene's LagFix first? Is there anything else I should do before flashing it? I just don't want to mess up anything.
My Vibrant is one that cannot use the VooDoo Beta4 so I have to wait til Beta5. Is there anything that I can use in the meantime? I was using the OCLF before but I read that EXT2 isn't very safe to use and could mess up your phone.
Thanks for any help.
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Hi all, I have a few questions about Axura that would help me out a ton if answered.
First thing, I finally just took the plunge to flashing a new ROM for the very first time since I've had an Android phone and am pretty excited to have done it correctly.
I'm currently using Axura 2.1 on my Samsung Vibrant. I love the extra features that come with it as well as just having Froyo finally.
I do have a few concerns though that I'm not sure of:
1) Axura seems a bit laggy. Before this I was simply running Eclair with OCLF and it was *much* faster than this. My question is this: Before flashing Axura I removed the lag fix from my phone because I've seen most people say that you should remove any Voodoo type lag fix before flashing a ROM. Is it possible to re-install the OCLF on top of Axura, or should I stay away from it?
2) When I noticed how laggy it was I opened my task manager and was horrified to see that the amount of RAM I have on my phone is now 304 MB. It is my understanding that these phones come with 512MB of RAM. Did Axura suddenly just remove around 200MB's of RAM on my phone? Is this normal for ROMs, or for Axura itself? Does this really mean my phone has less RAM than it did when running Eclair?
3) Before flashing I made sure to make backups of everything. I have 2 separate Nandroid backups of everything prior to flashing Axura, and I also have a full Titanium backup of all my apps so I can restore them after flashing anything quickly. My question is, if I were to want to go back to Eclair again and simply have my phone run like it was prior to flashing Axura, will all I need to do be simply go to Clockwork Mod, click on "Mangage and Restore Backups", choose my Nandroid backup, and then reboot?
Will I have to do anything else or should a simple reboot to my Nandroid be enough? The reason I ask is because I'm not sure if flashing a ROM that runs Android 2.2 and then wanting to go back to 2.1 will make things more difficult or introduce any more steps.
Any help on what I need to do to go back to 2.1 prior to flashing Axura would be great.
Thank you very much if you can help.
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Hi all, I have a few questions about Axura that would help me out a ton if answered.
First thing, I finally just took the plunge to flashing a new ROM for the very first time since I've had an Android phone and am pretty excited to have done it correctly.
I'm currently using Axura 2.1 on my Samsung Vibrant. I love the extra features that come with it as well as just having Froyo finally.
I do have a few concerns though that I'm not sure of:
1) Axura seems a bit laggy. Before this I was simply running Eclair with OCLF and it was *much* faster than this. My question is this: Before flashing Axura I removed the lag fix from my phone because I've seen most people say that you should remove any Voodoo type lag fix before flashing a ROM. Is it possible to re-install the OCLF on top of Axura, or should I stay away from it?
2) When I noticed how laggy it was I opened my task manager and was horrified to see that the amount of RAM I have on my phone is now 304 MB. It is my understanding that these phones come with 512MB of RAM. Did Axura suddenly just remove around 200MB's of RAM on my phone? Is this normal for ROMs, or for Axura itself? Does this really mean my phone has less RAM than it did when running Eclair?
3) Before flashing I made sure to make backups of everything. I have 2 separate Nandroid backups of everything prior to flashing Axura, and I also have a full Titanium backup of all my apps so I can restore them after flashing anything quickly. My question is, if I were to want to go back to Eclair again and simply have my phone run like it was prior to flashing Axura, will all I need to do be simply go to Clockwork Mod, click on "Mangage and Restore Backups", choose my Nandroid backup, and then reboot?
Will I have to do anything else or should a simple reboot to my Nandroid be enough? The reason I ask is because I'm not sure if flashing a ROM that runs Android 2.2 and then wanting to go back to 2.1 will make things more difficult or introduce any more steps.
Any help on what I need to do to go back to 2.1 prior to flashing Axura would be great.
Thank you very much if you can help.
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ok i have this rom and its the fastest to me what u have to do is get the voodoo beta 5 from team Whiskeys and install that u will notice a big diff in how it runs and i also have the black froyo theam too on mine it works fine and fast thats all u need u can get the modem from 2.3 its called the jl1 modem u can find all theam iteams in the forms i dont no how to post any zip files on here but i have all of them it u cant find just email me and ill send them to u [email protected]
ceoesquad said:
ok i have this rom and its the fastest to me what u have to do is get the voodoo beta 5 from team Whiskeys and install that u will notice a big diff in how it runs and i also have the black froyo theam too on mine it works fine and fast thats all u need u can get the modem from 2.3 its called the jl1 modem u can find all theam iteams in the forms i dont no how to post any zip files on here but i have all of them it u cant find just email me and ill send them to u [email protected]
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Just one more thing. JL1 might work, might not work. I went back to JK6 just because I got better GPS signal. This might be different for your device and area though
Overall, Axura 2.1 is plain great. Just my personal thing... but keep your phone idle for about 1 hour after the first boot. Don't change themes, fonts or applications.
nooneisperfect said:
Just one more thing. JL1 might work, might not work. I went back to JK6 just because I got better GPS signal. This might be different for your device and area though
Overall, Axura 2.1 is plain great. Just my personal thing... but keep your phone idle for about 1 hour after the first boot. Don't change themes, fonts or applications.
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Uh oh. I definitely did not keep it idle at all. As soon as it was running I loaded up my Titanium backup and and went to work restoring everything.
Would that cause any kind of permanent performance issues?
Also, can anyone explain to me this whole RAM thing?
okay, right now I'm running the EB01 stock kernel. I'm hoping to go to the EB01 voodoo, or EC10 voodoo kernel. my question is, I want to be able to go back to stock so I can take advantage of any warranty issues that may pop up in the next 6 months that are left on it. I have read you can't flash a non voodoo kernel over a voodoo kernel? if this is true, how can you get it back to stock?
Odin DI01 stock.
thanks, is there a stock dl01 rom out there, somewhere? I don't have any stock roms left after my hard drive corrupted (stupid sandy bridge)
Make sure not to install by CWM, just to remind you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
great thread, no working links. the story of this forum. I still have yet to even find a working cwr.
Did you actually click it? First link in the thread works for me.
aarg, I think something's going on with this installation of linux/firefox, I can't wait until ubuntu 11.04. I got it, thanks.
Hey, I just had a quick question on the lag fixes. I was using the OCLF for a while, and I've heard of the Voodoo fix. I recently tried to uninstall the OCLF, and it wouldnt undo the changes correctly. I ended up having to restore to a super old backup, which was a pain, but worked (I think). I'm pretty much a noob at rooting etc, I barely managed to do it with one of the various one click methods. I haven't messed with any of the modems or kernels etc, still running the stock 2.2 firmware. So my question is, are the lagfixes still helpful for vibrants running 2.2? Will installing any of them do more damage than not? I ask this because I know theres a fair amount of controversy with task killers (which I don't use). I know they are all different, but as a general thing, is it better to just not mess with it? I looked around for a thread like this in the Q&A forum, but I didn't find any. If its already here, sorry for an entirely new thread. Thanks in advance.
easiest way to do this is to go back to stock 2.1 with odin and root and then upgrade to 2.2 with kies. Oclf is old news the lag fixes are built into the roms now a days. Then flash clockwork recovery and pick a rom and ur phone will be flying with the built in lag fixes!
I actually have it back to normal right now, I was just wondering if lag fixes were useful with 2.2. So what you are saying is that its best to just flash a custom ROM with a fix in it already, rather than installing any of the standalone fixes?
Lucky Duck said:
I actually have it back to normal right now, I was just wondering if lag fixes were useful with 2.2. So what you are saying is that its best to just flash a custom ROM with a fix in it already, rather than installing any of the standalone fixes?
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The Voodoo lagfix seemed to work very well. Just be sure to read up on it before doing anything. Make sure you read about how to repair it in-case it breaks, and be sure to read about how to disable it in case you want/need to flash a rom that doesn't come with a voodoo enabled kernel. OCLF is old, and will only boost your quadrant numbers.
Will do. Thanks much!
hi,
im trying to flash a custom rom onto my vibrant.
but i've got a question regarding the phone starting stage.
i got the phone from craigslist and it seems the phone is slightly modded:
-it's got a "overstock" logo when you first start up the phone.
-when i boot the phone using the pressing of two volume keys and power button, i get "clockworkmod recovery v2.5.1.3- voodoo lagfix" in red color.
What i want to ask is do I have to get rid of these mods first before i flash custom roms to prevent future problems? If so, how do i get rid of these mods?
if i dont have to get rid of these mods first, do i just follow this guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
also, i can flash custom roms without rooting right?
thanks
the phone is already rooted for you, to verify you should see the superuser app in your app drawer. Its a skulled android head. You can install any custom rom that already had voodoo enabled without disabling it. If you like you can disable it by going to the voodoo option and disabling it on the next boot. I wouldn't worry about it because most of these current roms have voodoo. What rom were you planning to flash?
hi thanks for the reply.
but i don't think my phone was rooted cuz there was no superuser logo.
so i did root it using the superoneclick method.
however, im in trouble now cause i accidentally formatted the internal sd thinking that'd disable the voodoo lagfix. (the guy i bought it from said he applied the lag fix- i wanted to disable it cause i'm trying to flash the team whiskey 1.3.1 and the site guideline said it'd brick my phone unelss i disable the lagfix- stupid i know)
But i did the phone backup using the rom manager and i restored, but my pics are still not there?
am i screwed here or can i recover somehow the pics from my phone using the backup file?
thanks!
convotutor said:
hi thanks for the reply.
but i don't think my phone was rooted cuz there was no superuser logo.
so i did root it using the superoneclick method.
however, im in trouble now cause i accidentally formatted the internal sd thinking that'd disable the voodoo lagfix. (the guy i bought it from said he applied the lag fix- i wanted to disable it cause i'm trying to flash the team whiskey 1.3.1 and the site guideline said it'd brick my phone unelss i disable the lagfix- stupid i know)
But i did the phone backup using the rom manager and i restored, but my pics are still not there?
am i screwed here or can i recover somehow the pics from my phone using the backup file?
thanks!
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Find Vibrant Bible in the forum. Download stock rom, use ODIN to revert back to stock, Root, Install Rom manager, Clockwork Mod, Install Bionix 1.3 enjoy..
Hello,
I'm new to rooting hence I'm asking this question just to be safe.
I had Installed passion 10.6 through this route. Stock-2.1>CM7 Gingerbread>10.6. Every time I just wiped cached and installed the ROM form the zip.
What I want to know is if I changed my kernel?
I was reading on the instructions to install bionix and it was mentioned that one would have to disable the lag fix etc or disable vodoo. Do I need to worry about this or should I just flash bionix rom using the zip?
I'm not even sure my question makes sense. Thanks.
If you're thinking of going from passion to bionix then you should odin back to stock just be safe. If you odin back to stock you shouldn't have worry about the lagfix.
You can check what kernel you have by going to settings->About phone->Kernel Version. (i.e. mine is 3.0.1.5-ICUP ICS-Streamline #1). But if you odin to stock, this won't make a difference as flashing bionix will also flash the new kernel they have with the ROM.
Hope I helped a little.
You have to odin to jfd with re partion checked coming from ics, miui, or cm7. The partions are different on non touch whiz roms
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Thanks so much. Learning something new everyday.
Can't help but wonder, why are you flashing back to 2.2?
I so wish I did not have to. My battery wouldn't last on passion 10.6 and GPS wouldn't work. So for the time being I'm trying something else. Will try passion again next week(now that I'm hooked ) but I need a working phone in the next week