Hey guys, first off sorry if this is in the wrong section, but i REALLY need help and apparently im more booby than i thought.
So i flashed the bionix 1.3 rom back when i first saw it, and i flashed the voodoo version, so now i want to upgrade to 1.5 voodoo. The thing is, i cant disable the lagfix!
What i do is place the folder called ONLY " disable lagfix " and reboot, and i hear the robot lady SAY that it successfully converted back to rfs! so it WORKS.
But then when i boot into recovery to flash bionix 1.5, EVERYTIME, it says converting back to ext4 -_-
PLEASE HELP ME!
place the folder...?
it's supposed to be "disable-lagfix" in /sdcard/Voodoo and reboot.
zephiK said:
place the folder...?
it's supposed to be "disable-lagfix" in /sdcard/Voodoo and reboot.
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JAC himself said for it to be "disable lagfix" and ya i put in in /sdcard/Voodoo
but ill try the dash in disable-lagfix
Weird.. I remembered it said "disable-lagfix" in the past. Guess he must of changed it, but I did name it disable-lagfix yesterday prior to flashing Frankin-Twiz Update4 and it has never done me wrong with uninstalling Voodoo.
I just took a blank text file named Disable lagfix (taking out the .txt of course) and dumped it in the Voodoo folder, worked just fine for me.
Could it possibly be a Bionix bug?
zephiK said:
Weird.. I remembered it said "disable-lagfix" in the past. Guess he must of changed it, but I did name it disable-lagfix yesterday prior to flashing Frankin-Twiz Update4 and it has never done me wrong with uninstalling Voodoo.
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I tried the dash in disable lagfix and it said succeffully reverted back to rfs like it dos without the dash. now, do i DELETE the folder called voodoo b4 booting into recovery to flash bionix 1.5 or do i leave it there?
holysmokesbatty said:
I just took a blank text file named Disable lagfix (taking out the .txt of course) and dumped it in the Voodoo folder, worked just fine for me.
Could it possibly be a Bionix bug?
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im not sure, but i just did a folder and the robot lady SAID it was converting to rfs... but it said it last time too and once i boot into recovery it says going back to ext4. so do i DELETE anything b4 going to recovery? do i leave the voodoo folder there?
skateral271 said:
I tried the dash in disable lagfix and it said succeffully reverted back to rfs like it dos without the dash. now, do i DELETE the folder called voodoo b4 booting into recovery to flash bionix 1.5 or do i leave it there?
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No it doesnt matter.. you can leave the folder there, if you leave the file "disable-lagfix" (or "disable lagfix").. it will still work. Just Voodoo won't be activated. I don't use Bionix so I don't know if he included a version with VOODOO pre-installed. But if voodoo is pre-installed and disable-lagfix or disable lagfix is present then the lagfix wont be activated until you remove that file.
skateral271 said:
But then when i boot into recovery to flash bionix 1.5, EVERYTIME, it says converting back to ext4 -_-
PLEASE HELP ME!
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If you are flashing bionix 1.5 voodoo, then it will continue to convert to ext4 no matter if you have the disable-lagfix in the Voodoo folder.
You need to flash bionix 1.5 that doesn't have the voodoo kernel.
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If you are flashing bionix 1.5 voodoo, then it will continue to convert to ext4 no matter if you have the disable-lagfix in the Voodoo folder.
You need to flash bionix 1.5 that doesn't have the voodoo kernel.
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so i should disable the lagfix, flash the original version of 1.3, then upgrade to the voodoo version of 1.5?
You need to Download: Bionix 1.5 w/JACs OC/UV Kernel
Then disable lagfix
Then flash Bionix 1.5 w/JACs OC/UV Kernel
Do not flash Bionix 1.5 w/JACs OC/UV VOODOO Kernel, if you flash this it will continue to convert it to ext4
Lakers3408 said:
You need to Download: Bionix 1.5 w/JACs OC/UV Kernel
Then disable lagfix
Then flash Bionix 1.5 w/JACs OC/UV Kernel
Do not flash Bionix 1.5 w/JACs OC/UV VOODOO Kernel, if you flash this it will continue to convert it to ext4
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wait but then i CANT use voodoo anymore?
skateral271 said:
so i should disable the lagfix, flash the original version of 1.3, then upgrade to the voodoo version of 1.5?
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You must be joking!... Voodoo is a kernel that converts rfs to ext4 which = "lagfix" ... So if you continue to flash Bionix 1.5 w/JACs OC/UV VOODOO it will continue to convert to
ext4.
Again you must Download and Flash Bionix 1.5 w/JACs OC/UV Kernel
You are causing a constant loop
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wait but then i CANT use voodoo anymore?
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if you disable the lag fix, then you are not using voodoo
This is what you do....
Flash Bionix 1.5 w/JACs OC/UV VOODOO
Disable lagfix
Reboot
That's it! DO NOT flash it again!!... Every time you flash it you are installing the "lagfix" again which converts to ext4
This has been moved to the Q&A sub-forum. Please post any future questions there and not in the development sub-forum.
As far as your problem goes: When you create the "disable lagfix" file in the Voodoo folder within your SDCard and reboot, after it's finish disabling the lagfix, DO NOT DELETE the "disable lagfix" file until AFTER you have finished flashing the new ROM. After you have done this, THEN you can remove the file and the process will convert the new ROM's /data partition to ext4 (if you flashed another voodoo kernel, that is.)
The file not only converts the EXT4 back to RFS but also PREVENTS the conversion of RFS to EXT4.
Complete newb here... So i just did the disable voodoo thing exactly as it says here and now my screen is stuck on the vibrant screen not doing anything. Should i pull the battery or??? yeah i got nothin.
davemw2 said:
Complete newb here... So i just did the disable voodoo thing exactly as it says here and now my screen is stuck on the vibrant screen not doing anything. Should i pull the battery or??? yeah i got nothin.
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Did you hear Linda say anything? It stays on the Vibrant screen while converting but you should hear a voice letting you know the progress and an ETA
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My T-Mobile Vibrant (launch unit) was flashed to Bionix 1.3 w/ Voodoo. No problems there. I saw some large blue text on a black background that was too big to fit on the screen so I couldn't read it before it quickly rebooted. I hope it wasn't important. I've not applied any lag fixes before now.
Whether I try the Bionix 1.3 with voodoo or Bionix 1.3 w/ stock kernel and try to flash Voodoo separately doesn't seem to matter. The voodoo folder is present and contains logs only. Voodoo is not disabled.
The voodoo update never looks like it takes long enough to perform the file system conversion. When issuing the "mount" command, I see RFS for system, data, etc.
Why won't it convert the RFS to EXT4?
Any ideas?
Can I send these logs somewhere?
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My T-Mobile Vibrant (launch unit) was flashed to Bionix 1.3 w/ Voodoo. No problems there. I saw some large blue text on a black background that was too big to fit on the screen so I couldn't read it before it quickly rebooted. I hope it wasn't important. I've not applied any lag fixes before now.
Whether I try the Bionix 1.3 with voodoo or Bionix 1.3 w/ stock kernel and try to flash Voodoo separately doesn't seem to matter. The voodoo folder is present and contains logs only. Voodoo is not disabled.
The voodoo update never looks like it takes long enough to perform the file system conversion. When issuing the "mount" command, I see RFS for system, data, etc.
Why won't it convert the RFS to EXT4?
Any ideas?
Can I send these logs somewhere?
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Unfortunately it seems like a lot of people are having a problem getting voodoo to install. Personally I've enabled and disabled it plenty of times without any issues. From what I've heard, some people have flashed back to the vibrant stock using odin, then flash a rom with voodoo. Its worth a shot.
Thanks so much for the reply!
However, I recently saw a tweet from justanotherdev that said (as I understand it) that there is a hardware compatibility issue for some TMO Vibrants having a larger NAND chip preventing install due to the config being unsupported. Beta 5 is supposed to fix this and finally allow install.
If I can't get it to work after one more try, I may just wait for Beta 5 and try that with the Bionix 1.3 w/ stock kernel or Bionix v1.4 w/ Beta 5.
i just wanted to make a scenario just so i can get this proper procedure down.
lets say, i just installed bionix 1.4 with JAC kernel and the voodoo lag fix.
a month or so later bionix 1.6 has just been released, and i want to upgrade
first thing i do is jump on my file manager and go to the voodoo folder and rename the "disablelagfix" file to "disable lagfix" , this way i can undo voodoo temporarily
then i go into recovery and flash the new rom
after it completely boots i go back to the file manager and rename that "disable lagfix" file to something else
reboot to get new voodoo, and done?
right? or am i missing a few steps?
That's about it. Just make sure you reboot after creating the "disable lagfix" and before flashing. It'll be a long boot while Voodoo is disabled. Then you can upgrade.
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That's about it. Just make sure you reboot after creating the "disable lagfix" and before flashing. It'll be a long boot while Voodoo is disabled. Then you can upgrade.
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Ok thanks
Ready to flash now I appreciate the help
When I installed Bionix Fusion I tried also to install the Voodoo lagfix. When I did I ran Quadrant and my performance didn't improve.
I figured that I did not install it right, I then went right into performing the lagfix found on the Bionix Fusion thread which worked great.
Now, I'm wondering if I still have Voodoo running or installed. I have a Voodoo folder on my internal card and it contains log files and txt files but nothing else. The txt files contain messages like "This model is not supported".
The reason for my question is because I want to flash a new Kernel that requires that you are not running Voodoo. How can I be absolutely sure I am not running it?
Thanks.
Check the website...project voodoo there is flashable "dissablelagfix"zip and instructions do you can be certain thats its off, hope this helps
****'ll buff out
Thanks. Worked great!
You have a Vibrant with a special type of NAND memory that Voodoo is not compatible with, so Voodoo automatically disabled itself on your phone. You're fine to flash anything.
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If your a noob, stay with OCLF
but overall i say VOODO is THE best lagfix.
The latest stock kernels collection with the latest Voodoo from supercurio are the best there are, since the latest Voodoo lag fix concerts not only /data into EXT4 but /system, /cache and /dbdata as well.
Another benefit of Voodoo over the OCLF is the filesystem used, OCLF is EXT2 based, it is faster than EXT4 but less reliable and there are reports that the lag comes back up in a few weeks or even days after the install.
I just Voodoo fixed my Nero V1 install with JL4+latest Voodoo, and the thing flies off the charts. My experience was always good with the Samsung stock RFS, good but not great, and with Voodoo it is great!
P.S. Do not forget to RTFM or you will be a sad panda one day.
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The latest stock kernels collection with the latest Voodoo from supercurio are the best there are, since the latest Voodoo lag fix concerts not only /data into EXT4 but /system, /cache and /dbdata as well.
Another benefit of Voodoo over the OCLF is the filesystem used, OCLF is EXT2 based, it is faster than EXT4 but less reliable and there are reports that the lag comes back up in a few weeks or even days after the install.
I just Voodoo fixed my Nero V1 install with JL4+latest Voodoo, and the thing flies off the charts. My experience was always good with the Samsung stock RFS, good but not great, and with Voodoo it is great!
P.S. Do not forget to RTFM or you will be a sad panda one day.
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whats RTFM?
xriderx66 said:
whats RTFM?
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read the effin manual; basically, just ensure you do your hw with any lagfix and backup with nandroid first
also: get comfortable with odin before embarking on any crazy adventures
Lol especially if u like to flash a new rom every other day like me.
Same here i only used OCLF with my roms, i never used Voodoo. I see some people dont like to use Voodoo, and it can be dangerous if you dont uninstall it. Im assuming to just disable Voodoo you make that folder in the voodoo folder and thats it right?
I also say Voodoo. I used to use OCLF but I like voodoo a lot better. And voodoo is as easy as pie to install these days. Just flash a voodoo enabled Kernel.
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Same here i only used OCLF with my roms, i never used Voodoo. I see some people dont like to use Voodoo, and it can be dangerous if you dont uninstall it. Im assuming to just disable Voodoo you make that folder in the voodoo folder and thats it right?
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Very close, it is a file rather than a folder. Basically that is it though. There is even a flashable version you can do from Clockwork Recovery.
It is just absolutely imperative that you disable it before doing anything that will change these file systems (/system, /data, /dbdata, or /cache) outside of the running OS. Things that might do this will include: flash a new ROM, flash a mod that will write to any of those file systems, or clear the dalvik cache.
I'm new and not quite sure about lots of things.
I flashed the Simply Galaxy 2.8 (from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973208) and everything looks fine.
But in Quadrant Advanced I got only 970~1000.....
in the system info, it shows the "current frequency" is 800 (400 in the last test)....is it supposed to be like that?
How can I be sure that the voodoo lagfix is working?
and what other possibilities might be relavant?
thanks guys
go into the voodoo app in ur app drawer and it will say in the app under voodoo lagfix status ext4 lagfix active. Plus did u hear lindas voice telling u how long it was going to take for the reboot and the ext4 conversion?? In my opinion i dont think ur voodoo lagfix is active because i have never scored that low ever with that lagfix active!!
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go into the voodoo app in ur app drawer and it will say in the app under voodoo lagfix status ext4 lagfix active. Plus did u hear lindas voice telling u how long it was going to take for the reboot and the ext4 conversion?? In my opinion i dont think ur voodoo lagfix is active because i have never scored that low ever with that lagfix active!!
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sorry there is a voodoo Control app 0.8.6, and it is all about sound set-up......so where can I get the voodoo lagfix control?
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sorry there is a voodoo Control app 0.8.6, and it is all about sound set-up......so where can I get the voodoo lagfix control?
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It's all in one app, if you don't see it at the very end of the App (after all the sound options), then it means you are not running a Voodoo kernel. If you want to enable voodoo, you will need a voodoo supporting kernel, like OverStock, Bali, or DragonMod.
so in the voodoo app theres no lagfix status saying ext4 is active?? if thats not there then its not active and u have to enable it. To enable it go into my files or astro file viewer and look for voodoo and click on that file and inside that file there should be a disable lagfix folder/file. Delete that folder only delete the disable lagfix file/folder not the whole voodoo folder. Now after thats done reboot phone and it u did it correctly u will have a longer then normal reboot process and lindas voice will come on and tell u that the etx4 lagfix is being done and she will tell u how much timeis left too its done. Ihope this helps!!!!!
didnt even think to ask even if u had a voodoo kernel running?? yah make sure u have a voodoo kernel first
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so in the voodoo app theres no lagfix status saying ext4 is active?? if thats not there then its not active and u have to enable it. To enable it go into my files or astro file viewer and look for voodoo and click on that file and inside that file there should be a disable lagfix folder/file. Delete that folder only delete the disable lagfix file/folder not the whole voodoo folder. Now after thats done reboot phone and it u did it correctly u will have a longer then normal reboot process and lindas voice will come on and tell u that the etx4 lagfix is being done and she will tell u how much timeis left too its done. Ihope this helps!!!!!
didnt even think to ask even if u had a voodoo kernel running?? yah make sure u have a voodoo kernel first
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the simply galaxy I'm running comes with overstock 1.5, so I'm assuming that the voodoo kernel is running.....I tried to manually install voodoo lagfix app from project-voodoo.org, now i get 1172 in Quadrant...better, but is it still lower than the normal range?
and why the Quadrant shows my current cpu frequency is 400?
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and why the Quadrant shows my current cpu frequency is 400?
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sounds like you have the wrong profiles enabled :/...reset setcpu and then overclock or leave it at stock