I flashed a custom rom - axura
unfortunately, the OCLF didn't work so I decided to install voodoo
What a mistake! it's like herpes, one can not uninstall it , it can only be disabled (I think)?
I made a ROM manager backup , before I installed the voodoo.
I found an app in the market that disables the voodoo , it's called "voodoo toggle reboot button" it automatically disables voodoo.
I am not sure if it did it's job. I checked in the voodoo folder , and I saw the folder "disable_lagfix" , isn't it suppose to be "disable voodoo" folder
Does that indicate I can now restore it to my backup before I installed the voodoo?
I heard horrfying stories of phnes bricked because of voodoo
I just want to be sure before I reflash,
thanks in advance
tomasitoc said:
I flashed a custom rom - axura
unfortunately, the OCLF didn't work so I decided to install voodoo
What a mistake! it's like herpes, one can not uninstall it , it can only be disabled (I think)?
I made a ROM manager backup , before I installed the voodoo.
I found an app in the market that disables the voodoo , it's called "voodoo toggle reboot button" it automatically disables voodoo.
I am not sure if it did it's job. I checked in the voodoo folder , and I saw the folder "disable_lagfix" , isn't it suppose to be "disable voodoo" folder
Does that indicate I can now restore it to my backup before I installed the voodoo?
I heard horrfying stories of phnes bricked because of voodoo
I just want to be sure before I reflash,
thanks in advance
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I think you should do your homework on the voodoo...google project voodoo and make sure you have everything set up correctly,i have had to recover after using voodoo through ODIN
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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
My girlfriend has a Vibrant which is not hardware locked. I rooted and installed Bionix w/voodoo on Sept 28. I can't tell in her 'about phone' which version of Bionix she's running, but I believe it's 1.3, as the zip file I downloaded has 1_3 in the filename.
The first big problem I have is that nandroid does not work. If I try to restore to her stock backup I made, it gets an error when trying to mount data. Same error if I try to make a backup of the Bionix ROM. What am I doing wrong? Until I have her phone properly hacked I was just going to keep a backup of her phone and let her use that in the meantime, but can't do that now.
I am familiar with Android and clockwork as I've owned a Droid for half a year and flash new ROMs frequently but I've never encountered that error before. I want to install the new Bionix but without being able to make a backup I don't want to. I don't think it will install properly without being able to mount data anyway. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
You have to remove voodoo in order to use clockwork.
Ok, I think I can handle that. Can someone explain to me why data can't be mounted with voodoo? Can I just delete the folder and flash the new ROM that includes voodoo?
Yeah in the bionix thread it says nandroid doesn't work with voodoo and shows how to disable it.
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Ok, I think I can handle that. Can someone explain to me why data can't be mounted with voodoo? Can I just delete the folder and flash the new ROM that includes voodoo?
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It takes the data, and moves it to a virtual ext4 that it creates, so when nandroid is trying to backup or restore it is looking for the data folders in the wrong place, so it does not work.
You need to follow the voodoo thread, you need to place the file in the voodoo folder, if you delete the folder it may cause you allot more issues, you must install it the way they say in the thread or you can softbrick the phone. And you cannot flash a new ROM with it installed or you again will mess up the phone. The only thing you can do is create the file, put it in your folder and restart the phone, let it do its thing, once it reboots then nandroid will work again.
Thread moved to Q&A.
Noob and hacker in the same sentence...interesting
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Pasted in from the Bionix thread:
How-to Disable the Voodoo Lagfix:
1. Once again, you MUST disable the Voodoo lag fix in order to flash any other rom, kernel, or perform a nandroid backup. If you don't...well....lets just say I warned you.
2. Its simple. Create a folder on the root of your sdcard called 'Voodoo'.
3. Now, open notepad or something similar and save the blank file. Name it 'disable-lagfix'. This file cannot have any file extension, so remove it if it does.
4. Place your blank file into the 'Voodoo' folder you made on your sdcard.
5. In order to disable, simply power down your phone and power it back up.
6. FINISHED! You can now flash anything you'd like!
How-to Confirm Voodoo Lagfix is Disabled:
1. In adb shell or terminal type 'mount'
2. If it is disabled is should read '/dev/block/mmcblk0p2'.
3. If it is not disabled, it will read '/dev/block/mmcblk0p4'.
There is also a flashable .zip file that does this for you, if you care to search around and find it. Otherwise, the above will work fine. Once you disable Voodoo and confirm that it's disabled, you'll be able to backup/restore nandroid backups again.
been searching last 2 hours to no avail..
I appreciate any feedback cause I cant seen to get this.
Started with stock rom, un-rooted.
Installed rom manager per bionix instructions..
Downloaded bionix191_stock.zip
Saved to root sd card.
Selected "Install rom from sd card"
Informed me to unroot.
installed ryanZA's oclf from the market to root.
Re-ran rom manager.
Selected again "Install rom from sd card"
Selected wipe data and cache
Reboot process begins.
stops at "update.zip (bad) error.
What am I doing wrong?
try redownloading it.
Thanks for the reply...
I already tried downloading the zip again.
The zip file matches the proper size from
The link as stated on the install info...
I have the copy on my sd card in the root folder
as well as my download folder.
do I have to do something in the OCLF app?
try rooting withouth OCLF, using a normal update.zip
also, did you rename the bionix file?
I didn't know I had to rename the zip.
What do I rename it to?
The rom manager wouldn't run without a root,
so I had to use oclf first...
do I have to odin back to stock to install bionix?
no, dont rename it. this is what I did.
1. Odin to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
2. install the update.zip from stock recovery
3. use market to download ROM manager
4. use ROM manager to reboot into recovery (do not use install rom from SD card)
5. you may need to use stock recovery to reinstall packages
6. in clockwork, install zip from sdcard
7. choose zip from sdcard
8. choose your bionix version
9. install
10. reboot twice
thx Brian, worked perfectly. You are a friend an a scholar!
I installed Bionix 1.9.1 Voodoo (OC/UV/Voodoo Kernel)
Benchmarked at 1878
installed OCLF right after..but the 2.1 & 2.2 lagfixes are unavailable...
Trying to fig out how to install OCLF on top of voodoo?
You don't use both the OCLF and Voodoo at the same. Voodoo requires a bit more reading comprehension and user ability than OCLF. For people that want a LagFix without the hassle of Disabling/Enabling Voodoo every time you reflash; OCLF is for you.
I'm on Bionix 1.9.1 with JACs OC/UV Kernel and no Voodoo (don't really feel the need) and I used OCLF to root way back when I had stock TWiz.
Glad you got it working and from here on out if you flash any of the prominent ROMs available you don't have to revert to stock as most of them wipe clean as part of their script. Just boot into ClockWork recovery, install zip from SD and find whichever ROM you want.
Oh and always nandroid before flashing a new ROM and use Titanium Backup to back up your apps and such.
I actually do not use the voodoo lagfix, because you have to disable it every time you want to flash something. I have had to repartition my phone so many times because of it I finally just stopped using it. Bionix is so fast I don't really see a need for the lagfix anyway.
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I actually do not use the voodoo lagfix, because you have to disable it every time you want to flash something. I have had to repartition my phone so many times because of it I finally just stopped using it. Bionix is so fast I don't really see a need for the lagfix anyway.
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I second this post. Bionix is fast enough comming from Stock. I do not think I need the lag fix.
Fusion is even better now!!!
Sorry if this has been answered (I know its frowned upon), but I'm a bit pressed for time. I installed Voodoo V3 a little while back on JFD, but disabled it for JI6 using the 'disable lagfix' file in Voodoo folder method.
Last night, I flashed Obsidian v3 with VooDoo, but the new version will not install (I'm assuming that Voodoo was not completely uninstalled), and I can't use any of the OCLF methods pre-installed with the ROM (says: You already appear to have another lag fix intalled! (/system/bin/playlogos1 less than 5kb).
I am still running Obsidian v3.
I'd appreciate the help and a walkthrough if possible!
Thanks in advance and sorry for the trouble.
Try to flash sombionix voodoo disable.zip file into clockwork recovery. You should hear voice now converting to rfs. Once done, and it boots up. Go back to clockworkmod, flash another rom without voodoo. Than you should be okay from there on.
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Flashing the disable_lagfix.zip simply places a disable lagfix file in the voodoo directory (i think). I had that done before I flashed JI6 and obsidian...and the issue never went away.
Look in files folder, you see anything labeled voodoo?
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Create disable-voodoo empty text file but save as disable-voodoo file and place it in your voodoo folder and reboot. See what happens.
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at the root of my internal SD is the Voodoo folder. Within it is a folder labeled logs, and also the disable_lagfix file i put in there to disable it. However, if i delete this folder, Voodoo will reinstall itself automatically when i reboot.
when i place the disable_lagfix file within that directory...it disables Voodoo, but does not completely rid the system of it. When I installed Obsidian v3 with Voodoo, it did not install the new version of VooDoo because the old one still existed. Also, OCLF also will not install and i think its also because of this.
Try pushing the disable voodoo via adb.
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Or try to to do a factory restore first from clockwork. See what hapoens. I had that same issue too while back.
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Swing by the project-voodoo dot org site and go to documentation (i would give you a link if i could post one but...). Follow the first set of instructions on there and you'll get voodoo out in no time. Now, I'm not entirely sure if the vibrant devs accept this as the proper method of removal for our phones but I just tried this a couple of nights ago to get Soniqu3's theme on Onyx R4. Hope this helps.
Use terminal emulator and type mount. If it says data/ rfs in there, voodoo is disabled. Are you using the oclf included in the rom? Sombionix said the one in the market will not work.
Last option for you. Do this...
http://www.teamwhiskey.com/installation-guide/rfs-lag-fix-and-you
Its the same thing oclf does, just not one click.
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Im on my way to flash Axura 2.2.5.7 on my rooted vibrant . I titanium backed up all my system data and all apps using ‘back up all apps + system data’ feature of titanium. I, then, downloaded Rom Manager *free version… and flashed clockworkmod recovery…then rebooted into recovery and made a nandroid back.
I have now downloaded ODIN 3 v 1.70 on my computer.
I have been reading various guides (including vibrant wiki and bible) on how to root and flash roms.
Since I did ‘flash clockworkmod recovery’ yesterday..do I need to do it again?
Can any one direct me to a step by step process on flashing the Axura Rom.
I guess it’s the fear of the unknown while flashing for the very first time.
Thanks
EDIT: I have copied the titanium folder from internal memory to my pc just in case. I also would like to make a back up of rom manager (nandroid backup or whatever it is caleld) onto my computer... How do I do that? I wasn't ablt to locate the folder.
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Im on my way to flash Axura 2.2.5.7 on my rooted vibrant . I titanium backed up all my system data and all apps using ‘back up all apps + system data’ feature of titanium. I, then, downloaded Rom Manager *free version… and flashed clockworkmod recovery…then rebooted into recovery and made a nandroid back.
I have now downloaded ODIN 3 v 1.70 on my computer.
I have been reading various guides (including vibrant wiki and bible) on how to root and flash roms.
Since I did ‘flash clockworkmod recovery’ yesterday..do I need to do it again?
Can any one direct me to a step by step process on flashing the Axura Rom.
I guess it’s the fear of the unknown while flashing for the very first time.
Thanks
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The only other thing you need to do, is put the Axura2257.zip (Or whatever it's name is) on the INTERNAL memory card & flash via clockwork Mod or Rom Manager
sorry..a noob here and it might be a stupid question: Can I also use ODIN to flash the rom? I feel I would be more comfortable working through ODIN.
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sorry..a noob here and it might be a stupid question: Can I also use ODIN to flash the rom? I feel I would be more comfortable working through ODIN.
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Im telling you!, its less the hassle and way easier to do it through Clockwork Mod
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Just make sure you have two files on your 16g internal memory - Update.zip and the Axura.zip(can be named anything other than Update.zip for obvious reasons) file.
Reboot the phone into recovery. If it's blue then hit reinstall packages until it turns green with more options. This may take two times so don't freak if it's still blue after the first, just do it again.
Once in the green recovery go to install file from SD and select the Axura.zip file. Agree to everything and let it run it's course. Once done hit reboot now and enjoy.
thanks guys. just flashed Axura 2.2.5.7 ROM without any hiccups for the first time
Now need to restore apps and settings
Now one more question: What is voodoo and what is the benefit of enabling it on Axura 2.2.5.7?
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thanks guys. just flashed Axura 2.2.5.7 ROM without any hiccups for the first time
Now need to restore apps and settings
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Woah.. Were you on Android 2.1? Don't restore settings if you were.
Voodoo just converts to EXT4 (Which is faster)
Yes i was on 2.1. I read your post after i had started restoring all apps and data. i turned off my phone when i read this post. how can i get my data stored if not settings?
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Yes i was on 2.1. I read your post after i had started restoring all apps and data. i turned off my phone when i read this post. how can i get my data stored if not settings?
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You can't to my knowlege... 2.1 & 2.2 are very different, and if you restore the settings & apps then there are going to be allot of problems.. I would just reflash it and manually setup the settings this time, and then backup everything up for the next ROM you choose..
that sucks. I have alot of apps (around 70/80). I had customized settings on them. Its sad not being able to restore those apps and their settings. I can do with system settings.
But overall thanks alot for a great phone experiences. its extremely snappy now and im loving my phone again hehe...
Two things from my experience.
1. You should be able to restore all your apps you backed up in Titanium Backup as it seems to be able to tell what apps won't work with Froyo. You'll see them with a line through them in Titanium. Just restore missing apps with data using the batch feature. Do not restore the one with + all system data.
Then go to Backup/Restore at the top and scroll down to green [SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage and click that and restore it too (this is your text messages). You must restart your phone now for it all to take effect.
2. After you complete #1 - Hit up the market for Voodoo Toggle Reboot app (free). Once it's open you can Enable/Disable Voodoo with it. Click it if it's not green and then hit Reboot Now to activate it. You'll hear Linda talking to you while voodoo installs which may take a bit so don't worry.
Voodoo changes the file system to ext4 which is way faster and very stable. Your phone will fly with it.
You will have to setup new settings for everything else this time, but if you use Launcher Pro you'll be able to backup your desktop settings for next time. Once you get everything the way you like it, backup with Launcher Pro and then with Titanium Backup for next time.
Make sure you don't flash anything else through clockwork with voodoo active unless the Dev says it's ok to do so. An example would be when Axura 2.2.5.8 comes out it'll probably be ok to flash without messing with voodoo (crosses fingers).