Can someone tell me about this please.
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Voodoo is a lag fix. It moves some stuff to your memory card to make your phone run faster.
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speoples20 said:
Voodoo is a lag fix. It moves some stuff to your memory card to make your phone run faster.
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No, it definitely hasn't moved my stuff to my memory card...
It converts the /data partition on your phone to EXT4, which is a far superior file system than RFS, which the phone would otherwise use. This increases your disc I/O speed and makes the phone run smoother.
So is it better then the lag fix that I have now which is the Ryan lag fix from the app that's on the market. The voodoo is on that app but I'm not sure if its a better one especially that its found in the settings under kernal. And I don't have any knowledge about changing rge kernal.
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So is it better then the lag fix that I have now which is the Ryan lag fix from the app that's on the market. The voodoo is on that app but I'm not sure if its a better one especially that its found in the settings under kernal. And I don't have any knowledge about changing rge kernal.
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In order to use the Voodoo lagfix you must have a kernel that is compatible with Voodoo. Voodoo is something that you must read about and research before toying with it. I would suggest you go here and read about it. The OCLF app you are using gives you the option to update your kernel to a Voodoo compatible one and installs the Voodoo lagfix; it will also back up your current Kernel. Hope this helped a little. The only downside of Voodoo is that anytime you want to flash a new ROM or kernel or any flashable zip folder you pretty much need to disable it to prevent damage from occurring.
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In order to use the Voodoo lagfix you must have a kernel that is compatible with Voodoo. Voodoo is something that you must read about and research before toying with it. I would suggest you go here and read about it. The OCLF app you are using gives you the option to update your kernel to a Voodoo compatible one and installs the Voodoo lagfix; it will also back up your current Kernel. Hope this helped a little. The only downside of Voodoo is that anytime you want to flash a new ROM or kernel or any flashable zip folder you pretty much need to disable it to prevent damage from occurring.
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You have to disable any lagfix before flashing not only vodoo
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You have to disable any lagfix before flashing not only vodoo
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Aww, yes; I don't use any other lagfix methods besides Voodoo. Touche.
I think I will stick with what I have. Thanks for the help.
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I think I will stick with what I have. Thanks for the help.
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wise decision. if you're satisfied with it, stay with it. i tried voodoo and despite flashing the disable file, i still bricked my phone. not trying voodoo anytime soon.
Lag Fix, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Hey guys,
Im fairly noob
This is my issue
Bought samsung vibrant i9000m
Unlocked it
Rooted it
NOW i want to lag fix.
So, i update the firmware to froyo 2.2 using kies, everything went fine. Then i installed OCLF, but i always get an error saying that there is not enough space in /data to complete this fix
So, i now know that it is talking about the internal sd. Tried to erase as much as i could, but i could only get to around 815megs free, and according to other posts, i would need at least 1.5 gigs.
Erased everything i could ( apps, samsung default apps that come with 2.2 etc)
Still not enough space
SO.....
Tried to use voodoo
The install process says to simply download the file, put it in the internel sd card`s root and rename it 'update.zip' ( yes made sure it was not update.zip.zip) then reboot in recovery and select ' apply update.zip'.
So i did.
I ALWAYS get this ANNOYING error 'signature verification failed, installation aborted'
At this point i want to smash my phone on the ground...but i didn't, cuz i know someone can help
CONCLUSION: im on froyo 2.2, i want to lag fix with either OCLF OR VOODOO, witch ever can work. Please remember i am still a noob, so i cant really try to flash anything using odin yet...
Baseband: JL2.
PLEASE HELP ME FINALLY LAG FIX THIS PHONE!!!!
A way to get around the signature failing is to download rom manager and boot into recovery mode with clockwork mod. It has an option to not validate the signature and should let you finish.
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i downloaded and installed rom manager, reboot using clockwork mod but it still says that it failed because of signature... what gives!!!
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A way to get around the signature failing is to download rom manager and boot into recovery mode with clockwork mod. It has an option to not validate the signature and should let you finish.
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tried to reboot from rom manager, but still says the same error as before. it cant boot because of signature
ive read sooo many posts and nothing seems to work!
Make sure you move up to toggle the signature
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Just flash Nero V3 it comes with voodoo. Once u flashed the ROM just enable voodoo.
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Agreed with post before mine. Not only do you get voodoo but also ana amazing fast and stable rom to make your vibrant that much better.
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flash v3
im still a noob lol can some one give me a step by step on how to flash with nero v3 that includes voodoo??
Heres what i have
vibrant i9000m
froyo 2.2
build: JL2
PLEASE HELP!! im sooo tired of trying soooo many different things and it doesnt seem to work...
If this actually works and someone can give me a step by step, it would be the best x-mas gift!! haha
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Whats goin on! New here as you can see... Just wanted to know if someone can drop some knowledge on me about the vibrant as far as flashing to a new rom and what I would need to do. Or you could just direct me to a guide. Been reading the forums and been hearing about Odin (no idea what it is or how I would access it on my vibrant) and I tried to boot into download and recovery mode for testing purposes and failed miserably . Anyone care to drop some knowledge.
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First thing first.. congralutations on the Vibrant.. now lets get craking.. What do you want to do? Ther are so many update/upgrade so can do but you will need to let us know what you want so we can direct you to the correct threads..
Well, here's my recommendations:
Whoops, forgot this part, see if you can get into recovery through hardware buttons.
Turn off phone, hold down both volume buttons, then press power button until phone turns on. Keep holding volume buttons until you see the green text (I guess you could also let go when it says Vibrant on the screen). Either rejoice that your handset doesn't have it locked, or be slightly disappointed, but now you know.
1. Root (You can download an app to root you automatically, or root through a pc/mac app, or manually if you'd like.
2. Install rom manager from the market and have it install the clockwork recovery.
3. Create backup!
Now you're pretty much ready to do anything, check out some roms, unlock your phone to work with other carriers, install some lag fixes if you want.
Well looking foward to froyo and knowing samsungs rep on promises I think I might just want to use a custom froyo rom
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Update: just installed clockwork. Did a backup and also applied lag fix. Now my question is will this effect my ota updates... And if I do flash a rom by a dev do I need to uninstall lagfix first ?
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Depends on the rom, just read the first post, should have all the information.
Ok. Thanks for the info . This also shouldnt effect any OTA update I would get from tmobile right? All ive done is rooy, install clockwork, did a backup with clockwork, and lagfixed. Wouldnt think it should seeing as im not running a custom rom.. Correct me if im wrong.. Lol
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Ok. Thanks for the info . This also shouldnt effect any OTA update I would get from tmobile right? All ive done is rooy, install clockwork, did a backup with clockwork, and lagfixed. Wouldnt think it should seeing as im not running a custom rom.. Correct me if im wrong.. Lol
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You should be fine for OTA , since you are not using a custom ROM, not sure how the lagfix will affect the OTA install though(I am sure if anyway it will be negative), might be best to remove that before you install any OTA upgrades ....
Hey guys I. Was gunna ask yall. How can I. Get the voodoo lag fix. On my. Fone with out using a pc.... if yall no plzz help
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Download Astro file manager from the market then on your phone go to the link I've provided. Download the kernel and make sure it's on the root directory of your sd card using the file manager. Reboot into recovery and flash away.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480
Tanx. Man do I need to get da. Voodoo app from the market?
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Using one of the kernels on the page I pointed you to will let you toggle the lag fix on or off using cwm recovery so you don't need one of the apps on the market. I will tell you that the easiest lag fix to use is the One Click Lag Fix available from the market. Using Voodoo and messing with the kernel of your phone can be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. I've bricked my phone several times because of Voodoo.
I'm asking kuz. I tried the one click... and it says unavailable. Because I have another lag fix installd. But I don't... and da Rom I have is aura 2. 2
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I'm running Axura 2.2 as well. One Click doesn't work with it. Use the JL1 plus voodoo kernel on the page I pointed you to in the previous post. Make sure it's the Clockworkmod recovery .zip file and flash it just like you would a rom. When you boot into recovery it has options to enable or disable the lag fix. Just make sure before you flash a new ROM you disable it otherwise your phone will soft brick.
Also make sure you give it time after flashing. On your first reboot it will hang on the vibrant screen for about 10 min. while it re writes the file system. You'll hear a voice from your phone during this time that'll let you know what's happening.
Ok so way I do is download the voodoo from da link... den I go to Rom manager and flash it threw clockwork?
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Yup. Just like flashing a ROM. Remember to be patient on the first boot. If you interrupt the process in the middle you will brick your phone then we'll be having a whole different conversation
Lol ok ok.. let me just make sure.. I downloaded jl1 voodoo unsigned zip or sum like dat.. ima. Move it to the main rooting ting on my memory card... I open Rom manager... click install Rom from SD... den flash it?
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Yup. If you use Astro it will be in a file labeled download. Copy it into the same directory your Axura.zip file is in boot into recovery and flash it just like you did your ROM and then reboot.
Ok ima try it lol... ill b bak. In 20 if success lol
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Yay it works lol.... but for. Sum resean my vibrant doesn't vibrate anymore???
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I just realized that mine doesn't either. These roms and kernels are rarely perfect. Small price to pay for the increased speed though.
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I just realized that mine doesn't either. These roms and kernels are rarely perfect. Small price to pay for the increased speed though.
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It's because you selected the JL1 kernel. It has a know issue of no vibration/feedback. JK6 is wonderful, go with that one.
so kan i just flash it or do i gotta take the other one off first??? den flash it??
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so kan i just flash it or do i gotta take the other one off first??? den flash it??
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You can flash it right on top. A word of general warning, however. If you ever want to go back to something that is not a Voodoo kernel, you will need to disable the lagfix first. If you don't, expect serious issues.
Hello guys. I'm new to the forums. I bought a samsung vibrant couple of days ago and read about this whole rooting and flashing thing. As a PC Enthusiast i figured this would not be to hard at all to learn.
I finished rooting and backing up my phone and i flashed to the Eugene Gingerbread clone R2 and it's quite fantastic, getting 1200 in quadrant score.
Now i guess my question is, is there anything else i can do to the phone to make it even better as far as quadrant scores go?
Honestly quadrant scores dont really mean anything. I wouldnt even worry about it. High score doesnt mean high performance. I would suggest trying out a couple of different roms and see which one feels the best to you. Some roms run differently on phones. If you havent got to know how to use odin I would look it up and have it ready to go incase something goes wrong.
Yes flash voodoo lagfix
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Im using eugenes ginger clone also... and i also flashed DOW (destroyer of worlds kernel +voodoo 5) and plus the downloaded the oclf app and did another lagfix... quadrants dont matter really, but in ur case, my quadrant is 2600
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Learn how to ODIN, make a copy of your internal SD card on your computer in case you exactly screw up your sd card or partition it incorrectly. Then you'll be free to play with it.
But go flash Nero v3 and enable voodoo, best decision you can make.
Honestly, stick with ginger clone R2 or Nero 3, BUT, I would encourage flashing the voodoo kernel. It helps tremendously having the system converted to EXT4.
The DOW kernel is nice if you want to OC your phone and kill battery though.
Yeh i don't really care about Overclock. I just want it to be very stable and smooth and also save some battery life . Thanks for the info guys.
So voodoo lag fix? Do i just flash the voodoo over what i have now?
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Yeh i don't really care about Overclock. I just want it to be very stable and smooth and also save some battery life . Thanks for the info guys.
So voodoo lag fix? Do i just flash the voodoo over what i have now?
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put the VOODOO in your SD Card, boot into Clockwork Recovery, click INSTALL FROM ZIP, find your voodoo file.
After its finished and starts rebooting, the reboot will take longer than usual, because its converting your whole system into ext4, and it WILL tell you how long before completetion theres a voice, Linda, who will tell you whats going on, and the whole process should NOT take more than 10 minutes, i say 10 because once it took my phone 10, but now it takes me 2-3
should be done in atleast 5 minutes, but maximum of 10 minutes.
Enjoy Voodoo. Ask more questions if you need help.
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Yeh i don't really care about Overclock. I just want it to be very stable and smooth and also save some battery life . Thanks for the info guys.
So voodoo lag fix? Do i just flash the voodoo over what i have now?
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I would do some reading up before doing the lagfix. I DO agree adding it to the ROM is fantastic as you can see by my sig but I have also completely messed up an installation by installing Voodoo (got stuck in a never ending app force close). Not by any means the developers faults as I just didn't do all of my research.
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I would do some reading up before doing the lagfix. I DO agree adding it to the ROM is fantastic as you can see by my sig but I have also completely messed up an installation by installing Voodoo (got stuck in a never ending app force close). Not by any means the developers faults as I just didn't do all of my research.
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^ Yes, please do as he says as well.
Lagfixes, SPECIALLY Voodoo and DoW(if you don't know what it is, don't mess with it, it got me soft bricked 3 times on my own fault )
Ginger Clone supports Voodoo, but if you do it wrong, it will put you into a bootloop.
Just follow my instructions above and it should go well.
Again, if any questions just ask i have nothing else to do over the christmas break...
Well you guys are quite awesome and very helpful . Yeah i will read into it a little more and also think a lot about the directions that you gave me.
I will let you know how it goes when i do decide to install voodoo.
Do NOT do VOODOO +Oclf voodoo changes you to ext4 whereis oclf makes ext2 bind points on your internal SD card choose one or the other, both are easy to use and safe if you follow instructions and read read read
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I was going to boot voodoo using recovery app which i'm more comfortable doing. I will be downloading the 5.0.1 version and making sure it is named update.zip, well in my case since i have windows 7, just "Update".
Boot using recovery mode and select update.zip and let it do its thing, sound correct guys?
Going to do some more reading, nevermind for the time being. there seems to perhaps be different voodoos or something. like Voodoo+ etcs
which voodoo version is working well with Eugene R2?
Nevermind, retard me . i would DL the JL4+Voodoo b/c Eugene Rom is JL4 Based, DUH!
Ok well guys. i flashed Voodoo JL4. Seems to be running more smoother. Hopefully battery life will still be ok. Ill let you guys know.
Im running darkys port w/voodoo. When i try to disable voodoo through red clockwork, linda says " converting data/system partion" then the phone just boots up. It does not actually convert anything, as ive check using "mount" in term.
Any help would be great
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Try to flash another kernel with voodoo and try to disable it again. If you still have no luck, just odin back to stock.
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May not help, but you could try Voodoo Toggle, it is an app in the market.
I did just flash another Voodoo compatible rom and kernel, won't disable. If I odin to get rid of it, I would have to use Eugene's " FROYO that does not brick". Which is a pain in the @ss. The Voodoo toggle no worky. Thanks for the ideas though.
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I remember Eugene saying something about this. Some sort of corruption going from stock to Voodoo or vice versa. I can't find it though.
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are you trying to disable through cwm or manually adding the voodoo_disable file?
^ Read the OP.
You don't have to use eugenes that doesn't brick... you can, but not sure why you think you are limited to just it? ODIN to stock, root, flash... or use the ALT METHOD in the noob guide.
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^ Read the OP.
You don't have to use eugenes that doesn't brick... you can, but not sure why you think you are limited to just it? ODIN to stock, root, flash... or use the ALT METHOD in the noob guide.
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The last time I had a Voodoo issue was w/ jac's kernel from like august. I tried straight jfd odin and no go I got can't mount dev/block error, But I'll try. I guess I should check repartion
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Yes, you should.
So you've had issues with voodoo twice now? That's odd.
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Yes, you should.
So you've had issues with voodoo twice now? That's odd.
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Yeah, the first time was when Voodoo first came out and I forgot to disable before flashing. This current issue, of it refusing to disable, is weird.
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Just use basic jfd stock, check repartition, and make sure its an updated version of odin. Has always worked for me.
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Try using Galaxy Tuner app and running all 3 Bad Block Checks to see if that's part of the problem, cuz even going back to stock via Odin won't fix bad blocks. Good luck!
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Times like this in love xda. Thank you everyone for their suggestions. I finally just flashed from th overstock kernel to tiger blood and it successful disable by manually adding the "disable-lagfix". Apparently the problem is arising from disabling through cwm, atleast for me. Thanks again, and the galxay tuner is really nice.
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I don't know what's wrong.
I've gone into recovery, and used ADB to clear out a ton of stuff, but whenever I reboot, it says there's still not enough space to install busybox (so I can't root).
It may have been from a lagfix, because ever since I had to ODIN back from Eugene's Dead Horse Kernel, it's done that. Does anyone know what to do? I'm stuck on stock (it also soft-bricks whenever I flash a ROM) until I get this fixed.
can you install other apps?
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can you install other apps?
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It allows me to install other apps, but if I try to root, it doesn't root (won't install busybox and says there's no space), and when I try to flash a new ROM, it just soft bricks.
can you try one click root? if not try to install Eugene's froyo that doesn't brick. that might clean things on your phone.
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Question, can I do this through ODIN (not at home so I can't really look), because flashing through CWM doesn't help.
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which one are you talking about?
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Any ROM. Nothing will flash through CWM. I rmemeber seeing that when you flash something, it writes in system. It just doesnt do that anymore.
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