I recent went to rooted stock (2.1) ... I'm a fan of sense but I was wondering is it possible to flash a new kernal so I can overclock and if so what kernals are available?
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Dahsar said:
I recent went to rooted stock (2.1) ... I'm a fan of sense but I was wondering is it possible to flash a new kernal so I can overclock and if so what kernals are available?
Sent from my Eris using XDA App
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This is probably what you want. FYI I highly recommend the excellent (and oft-recommended by others) xtrSENSE. You don't have to use any of it's advanced features you don't want; it comes like this already:
Default ROM Configuration:
You do not need to run any scripts unless you would like to change the following default configuration:
dalvik.vm.heapsize: 24m
min free memory values: "balanced" (1536,2048,4096,10240,12800,38400)
CPU Overclocked: Min-245760 Max-710400
CPU Governor: Ondemand
Just In Time Compiler (JIT): Off
Cache Location: Cache2cache On
Apps2sd: Off
Userservice and battery tweak: Off
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Cache2Cache is a tweak zach.xtr (the ROM's author) created which moves the Cache to a different internal memory partition, which frees up another 40MB or so of internal memory for apps without using Apps2SD.
It's still Sense and it's identical to Stock in the ways that matter, and it runs beautifully. It's also very user friendly to those new to using some ROM's advanced features and you can change the overclock settings.
Further, back to your original question, IMHO (and at least some people agree) the overclock kernel xtrSENSE and some other 2.1-based ROMs use work better than the CFS I linked to at the top of this post.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
This is probably what you want.
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FWIW, I have tried running the CFS kernel on xtrSENSE (which is close to stock) and it froze hard (battery pull required) after about a day. It did it again after about another day, and I finally went back to the default Zanfur kerne. I would stay away from CFS on stock, xtrSENSE or xtrROM.
Dahsar said:
I recent went to rooted stock (2.1) ... I'm a fan of sense but I was wondering is it possible to flash a new kernal so I can overclock and if so what kernals are available?
Sent from my Eris using XDA App
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Just use the SetCPU app
Just thought I'd throw in another recommendation for xtrSense. Should run great as is but if you want more control I was always pleased with how setCPU worked for me
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Sir_Eagle said:
Just use the SetCPU app
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Merely throwing an overclocking app on a rooted phone won't work unless you have an overclockable kernel.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Merely throwing an overclocking app on a rooted phone won't work unless you have an overclockable kernel.
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Worked for me
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Worked for me
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I just did the following:
1. Flashed [ROM] HTC Eris March 2011 OTA Stock ROM - v2.41.605.6
2. Flashed engtools3.zip referenced in the first post in that thread to re-root.
3. Using QtADB I installed SetCPU for Root Users [2.1.1a] Dual Core Madness 2/27/2011.
4. I ran SetCPU, performed the AutoDetect function after granting it Root Access via the SuperUser prompt, and this is the result (screenshot taken with QtADB):
Then to give further benefit of the doubt, in SetCPU I pressed the Menu soft button, then "Device Selection", "Show Other Frequency Sets" and chose to manually retrieve the Eris' overclocking speeds from the setcpu.txt file (bottom of the list of devices) on the SD card from when I used to run SetCPU eons ago.
As expected, SetCPU then shows the following:
Actually, the max was set to 528 but I tried manually setting it to 767, rebooted, and SetCPU still shows that despite what SetCPU wants to set the CPU at, it's still 528 max and 480 min.
You might not have known it but you're running an overclocking kernel of some sort. Perhaps via whatever rooting method you used. But just the act of rooting itself doesn't give you an overclocking kernel.
Alls I can say is I did it last year with the June OTA, rooted, flashed the engtools, and used whatever version of setCPU that was out then. I know I had it set to 710 and to set on boot. It stayed there, 710 max and 245 min I think. Never flashed a new kernel.
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Alls I can say is I did it last year with the June OTA, rooted, flashed the engtools, and used whatever version of setCPU that was out then. I know I had it set to 710 and to set on boot. It stayed there, 710 max and 245 min I think. Never flashed a new kernel.
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It's impossible unless HTC accidentally put an overclocking kernel on your phone, which is ludicrous. Do I believe you that you believe that's all that happened? Yes. Do I believe you overclocked with the default kernel? No. You would've been the only person to have ever done this.
There are people here who are smarter than me about these things, and the only way they have found to overclock is by flashing a custom kernel.
Ask the author of SetCPU if that was possible; I'm sure he will tell you the same thing.
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Here is a step by step of how I originally rooted.
Sir_Eagle said:
Here is a step by step of how I originally rooted.
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I tried downloading that three times and got this:
I figured it out, though. The file extension should just be the old Microsoft Office .doc instead of the newer .docx. Amazing that Microsoft Word 2010 doesn't automatically handle this just because of the file extension.
The document says:
[FONT="]Prerequisites:
- Eris w/ any HTC/VZW release (including 1.5, all leaks V1-V3, & root-ROM)
- Install free Market app Gscript Lite (PinkVenture)
- Install free Market app EStrongs File Explorer
- Download gscript.zip (MD5 92796a8c6e61e8f1ee36e315c0acae7d)
- The ROM of your choice downloaded onto your SD card in the root folder. (T2noob's PlainJaneT2 V2.0 looks good - includes the July 2010 updates.)[/FONT]
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PlainJane's thread says:
This rom uses Zanfurs OC path which can be found Here
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That's the overclocking kernel. So my question is, did you use PlainJane? If so, you didn't "only" root the stock ROM. You rooted and then you installed a CUSTOM version of an otherwise stock ROM. That custom ROM had an overclocking kernel, therefore you were able to overclock.
That's in the document as an example but I didn't flash any ROM just the engtools.
Fixed the attached file in case anyone else wants to look at it.
Time Machine!!!
Sir_Eagle,
Gonna have to weigh-in with roirraW "edor" ehT re. this, lol.
Check out this thread back over on AF: http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/132652-rooting-question.html
See post #20 (http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/132652-rooting-question.html#post1236881).
I remember when we did this, lol, so you must have flashed Zanfur's overclock patch that we referenced.
Been a while, eh? Man, that seems like an eternity ago...
Cheers!
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That's in the document as an example but I didn't flash any ROM just the engtools.
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Sir_Eagle said:
Fixed the attached file in case anyone else wants to look at it.
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Good idea. Some user will find this thread and start asking you questions if they couldn't get your document open.
I just checked and the engtools3.zip that I used in my proof several posts back has the exact same hash as the hash provided in that Word document "ba944bbb80c8e1290f237429b8130f83".
The engtools3.zip doesn't touch the kernel on the phone. If you don't want to believe me, or all the other people in these and other forums that merely rooting doesn't enable the ability to overclock, then that is your issue and I'm no longer going to allow it to be mine. I have humored you as far as I am capable, I have shown you physical proof of what I have said, I even started to read the document you sent me in hopes I could find what tiny step you didn't realize you did even though you swear you didn't. If you didn't even do everything in the instructions of the document I don't know why you bothered to send it to me.
I have nothing against you, but if you're not going to show me any proof then I'm done here.
The whole point of my statement was because noone else in the Eris rooting world can overclock their phone without installing a custom kernel, and I just wanted to let you know that since you didn't seem to realize that. It's useless for you to advise people who aren't running a custom ROM to just install SetCPU (or any other oc app), so I thought I should let you know so that you don't misinform people in the future.
The burden of proof is on you, not me. I have bent over backwards to show you that what you said couldn't be the full truth.
Take care, and good luck, and see you in the other threads in more productive circumstances, I hope.
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Sir_Eagle,
Gonna have to weigh-in with roirraW "edor" ehT re. this, lol.
Check out this thread back over on AF: http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/132652-rooting-question.html
See post #20 (http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/132652-rooting-question.html#post1236881).
I remember when we did this, lol, so you must have flashed Zanfur's overclock patch that we referenced.
Been a while, eh? Man, that seems like an eternity ago...
Cheers!
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Thanks, scary alien!
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Sir_Eagle,
Gonna have to weigh-in with roirraW "edor" ehT re. this, lol.
Check out this thread back over on AF: http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/132652-rooting-question.html
See post #20 (http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/132652-rooting-question.html#post1236881).
I remember when we did this, lol, so you must have flashed Zanfur's overclock patch that we referenced.
Been a while, eh? Man, that seems like an eternity ago...
Cheers!
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Not trying to complicate things, but I see in that thread that you say:
You'll still have some other work to do regarding overclocking (you'll need to get the setCPU app from the Market; if you want to o/c higher than 710MHz, you have to flash Zanfur's OC patch).
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Does that mean that with SetCPU that you can overclock at least some with the stock kernel? If so then I eat my words and apologize to Sir Eagle!
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Not trying to complicate things, but I see in that thread that you say:
Does that mean that with SetCPU that you can overclock at least some with the stock kernel? If so then I eat my words and apologize to Sir Eagle!
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No, you are/were spot-on... I think the confusion here is that I was trying to tell people to get (and pay for) setCPU from the Market (vs. getting it for free somewhere (unless they were XDA members)). I was just trying to bolster what the setCPU author was saying at the time (telling various ROM devs to stop distributing his app without permission and that folks should either become XDA members or pay for it on the Market).
I didn't separate the thoughts re. setCPU and having to flash Zanfur's kernel very well (I was, admittedly, very green in the gills back then...not saying I'm still not, mind you ).
But I'm pretty sure SirEagle flashed the overclock patch since we discussed that in the thread and its in his original .pdf document he posted. Since it really was/is easy to do, I'm sure its easy to forget that one did it too.
I just came across this thread tonight and it rang a little bell...so, I hopped in my "time machine" and found the old thread (I actually remember that night very well, I *think* it was a very hot Sunday and I had played soccer earlier that evening and was a little fuzzy-brained, lol (all I really wanted to do was chill-out instead of writing-up those instructions...but I was glad I did afterwards--it was fun ).
Cheers!
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No, you are/were spot-on... I think the confusion here is that I was trying to tell people to get (and pay for) setCPU from the Market (vs. getting it for free somewhere (unless they were XDA members)). I was just trying to bolster what the setCPU author was saying at the time (telling various ROM devs to stop distributing his app without permission and that folks should either become XDA members or pay for it on the Market).
I didn't separate the thoughts re. setCPU and having to flash Zanfur's kernel very well (I was, admittedly, very green in the gills back then...not saying I'm still not, mind you ).
But I'm pretty sure SirEagle flashed the overclock patch since we discussed that in the thread and its in his original .pdf document he posted. Since it really was/is easy to do, I'm sure its easy to forget that one did it too.
I just came across this thread tonight and it rang a little bell...so, I hopped in my "time machine" and found the old thread (I actually remember that night very well, I *think* it was a very hot Sunday and I had played soccer earlier that evening and was a little fuzzy-brained, lol (all I really wanted to do was chill-out instead of writing-up those instructions...but I was glad I did afterwards--it was fun ).
Cheers!
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Oh, okay, I understand. Thanks, again!
It's funny how we can remember all sorts of details. I remember a lot of details like that, too.
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UPDATE
Due to unforeseen issues with this build and a plethora of people incapable of reading even simple notes, this release is being pulled while we work out some issues with our own internal testers.
Thank you.
Kernels. The final pain in the arse. These are the voyages of the dev team Ninphetamine. Our continuing mission, to break strange new code. To seek out new bugs and strange implementations. To boldly go where no phone has gone...before.
*cue musical score*
It's been some time since I last graced the Android community. Draped in the success of FroydVillain 1.5, empowered from my victories over Froyo's poor (and non existent) AOSP implementation for the HTC Hero, onward I charged into the task of dragging the ancient kernel of the Hero into the 21st century. However, after seeing how HTC are as likely to stick to recommended kernel practices as I am likely to win a Miss Universe contest, (This is highly unlikely and the least significant reason is that I am not female.) I buckled like a jet fighter made from tin foil and surrendered faster than an agoraphobic Frenchman. There has been some advances into more modern kernels for the Hero but as I predicted they're still plagued with issues, all of which can be blamed squarely on HTC.
It took some major rehabilitation to get me back into the Android development scene, a key factor in that rehab being the ownership of a Samsung Galaxy S. A delightful phone, still in my opinion the best single core Android phone that money can buy. Beautiful screen, fast, elegant and excellent on battery. It nursed me through those dark days of waking up in cold sweats with github commits circling through my head, kernel debug symbols blinking in the dark of the night like Vietnam flashbacks, breaking down into incoherent rants on IRC development channels ending eventually with "YOU WEREN'T THERE MAN, YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, HTC WILL COME AND GET YOU EVENTUALLY, THEN YOU'LL KNOW". Oh how I longed to find a high up HTC developer in a bathroom to blow them away before ending my own bitter misery. Alas, it was not to be.
After a successful tour of duty as a regular non developing user on the Samsung Galaxy S, I treated myself to a brand new and shiny Samsung Galaxy S II. As soon as I used the device and checked out the available source code for it, I knew I was ready, I knew I was fully recovered to be able to break free from the oppression of HTC, I knew that I was capable to step once more unto the breach and step back into Android development. The stage set, the orchestra struck...all that remained was to see if the Samsung Galaxy II could dance.
And dance it can. Accompanied by my trusty partner in crime netarchy (because this time if I go down in a gibbering wreck I'm damn sure taking someone with me) there is at last another phone with the magic, capabilities and horsepower to endure the test of time and upgrades, that like the Hero has carved out a niche of not only being the good of its generation but being the very best of its generation. Such hardware deserves only the best development efforts and here we are.
The best kernel for a phone that any human hand is capable of producing at this very moment in time. This will of course be rendered moot with the next release BUT RIGHT NOW, this is it boys and girls. Download it, flash it, use it with whatever ROM you wish (VillainROM of course for those with an IQ north of my shoe size) and enjoy the liberated freedom, speed and stability that those whoever owned a HTC Hero became accustomed to.
After much arguing with Samsung's inane practices, lack of logic, bizarre design decisions and enough harrassment via their support interface that I confidently expect a restraining order any day now, I bring you...
Ninphetamine version 1.0, the beginning.
Features:
Overclocking up to 1.6GHz. The phone is blisteringly fast at stock 1.2GHz so be happy you can push it to 1.6GHz. We will not provide higher, if you want higher then make your own.
Full voltage control interface. Via SetCPU you can set voltage as low as 800mV or as high as 1500mV for each speed in the database. If you're possessed with the intelligence of a baboon and destroy your phone as a result, do not come crying to us. All you'll get is a quote in this thread with much mocking from myself and your peers.
Patches and bug fixes up to and including 2.6.35.11. We're working on going up to 2.6.35.13 however the important fixes are in already. As well as some that never made it to 2.6.35.y -at all-.
Fully tested performance optimisations. This kernel comes with BFQv2-r1 IO scheduler enabled as default along with some tweaked parameters for this scheduler. These were painstakingly tested over many many many many many MANY different benchmark tests. These are the best. Anyone who claims otherwise or says that noop or deadline or CFQ is better, they're wrong. Why? Because I say so and I'm right.
A customised and trimmed down initramfs, including Clockworkmod. Many thanks to ogdobber for this who kindly gave me the template including ClockWorkMod that I took and further improved upon. All storage mounts are optimised for performance and data throughput, busybox is included as well as a much improved shell that by default provides tab completion even via adb shell. Please note that by default, adb is insecure, this means that adb shell, adb remount etc all work and give root access immediately.
So there you have it. Please download, flash, test and report any issues/bugs in this thread. I'll then either completely ignore the dumb posts or take on board constructive ones and use those reports/suggestions, incorporate them into the next version and then take all the credit.
Thanks to:
This release would not have been possible without the awesome and tireless work of netarchy, of Nexus S and Asus Transformer fame. Thanks also to ogdobber and supercurio for their assistance. Also thanks to mattgirv, Lenny, Rawat, Obihoernchen, geko95gek and Ante0 for being my guinea pigs for the many many test builds that were made before this final release, no doubt without them there would be a lot more bugs in this release than there already are. Also not forgetting of course, the everlasting patience of my wonderful wife, without which I never would have bothered picking Android up again at all.
Bugs/Issues:
Please of course report them in this thread, however before doing so, please:
Wipe dalvik.
Ensure you have no other OC software installed such as Tegrak. The only OC software supported by this kernel is SetCPU (or setting manually via command line of course).
Are you using a custom ROM? See if you still get issues with stock Samsung firmware or VillainROM. I cannot test with every single custom ROM out there, so I test with stock Samsung (naturally) and my ROM of choice.
If you're still having issues such as random hangs/crashes/reboots and if these issues still occur at stock speeds/voltages then please do the following:
Install the Android SDK if you have not already done so.
In a command window, do the following:
Code:
adb logcat > USERNAME-logcat.log
Then in another window:
Code:
adb shell cat /proc/kmsg > USERNAME-kmsg.log
Naturally replacing USERNAME with your name and make these logs available either via attachment or pastebin or whatever. Please do not paste them directly into posts as these logs can become quite large quite quickly.
Known Issues:
adb install <package> currently does not work.
Version 1.1
Changelog:
Some minor edits to the initramfs to fix adb install <application>.apk and a few other path issues. Loses the nice adb shell with tab completion, but fixes some issues. Download links updated.
Version 1.2
Changelog:
More initramfs changes to fix an issue with nandroid backups.
Making nandroid backups work again may have broken the "adb install" package install method, but I figure working nandroid and needing to push the apk to the phone to then install with Application Manager beats broken nandroids. I'll look further into the adb install issue later today.
Version 1.4
Changelog:
Some configuration changes to try and track down the random hangs/reboots people are experiencing.
Support for startup scripts in /system/etc/init.d added should ROM makers wish to use them.
Added debugging code, which prevents deep sleep in version 1.4, but makes crashes easier to diagnose.
FAQ/General Points
I hate Odin. It is a giant buggy piece of ****. Things can inexplicably go wrong for no other reason than Odin is a big heap of proprietary fail. Before reporting issues with the kernel, please either flash it with CWM or Heimdall. I highly recommend Heimdall, it will flash a jpeg to your kernel filesystem if you tell it to and somehow it'll boot anyway. I do all my testing with Heimdall so it's safe to assume that if I'm posting it, Heimdall will flash it. Heimdall also has the advantage of being open source and completely cross platform. Please take the time to download it and get used to using it, it will save you a lot of pain in the future.
This kernel has been tested with 2.3.3 KF2 and 2.3.4 KG1. There is no reason it shouldn't work with any ROM revision.
Somewhat amazing that I need to point this out, but you MUST FLASH THE KERNEL FOR THE VOLTAGE TAB TO APPEAR IN SETCPU.
Don't use tegrak with this kernel. DO. NOT. USE. TEGRAK. WITH. THIS. KERNEL.
The voltage that's adjusted is the CPU core voltage.
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Just a FYI for those people that can't make logical connections; if you have Tegrak OC installed when you flash this kernel, you might end up with a boot loop. Go back to default settings in the app, then uninstall it before flashing.
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More will be added to this post as the need arises.
pulled for now
SUPER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you !!!
netarchy said:
Use the voltage interface in SetCPU.
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OOOO who is here!!! famous netarchy
Hacre said:
Reserved
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Welcome. Will give it a try.
2.3.3, 2.3.4 ... all ok w this universal kernel?
EDIT: Great... I see you edited Post #2, and the answer is yes.
Thanks for the kernel. Does this have the multi-touch fix included?
jlevy73 said:
Thanks for the kernel. Does this have the multi-touch fix included?
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I've not noticed an issue with multi-touch, of what do you speak?
*subscribes to thread*
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Use the voltage interface in SetCPU.
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Okay maybe this is a dumb question, how do you undervolt using setcpu? I know I use it to underclock, and AFAIK it's different from undervolting. I've check the interface of setcpu just now trying to find undervolting options
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Okay maybe this is a dumb question, how do you undervolt using setcpu? I know I use it to underclock, and AFAIK it's different from undervolting. I've check the interface of setcpu just now trying to find undervolting options
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Make sure you're using the latest version, and use the voltages tab.
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Nice! So how will you do the undervolting here?
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Ummm...
Hacre said:
Full voltage control interface. Via SetCPU you can set voltage as low as 800mV
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If only I'd mentioned it in the OP...
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Make sure you're using the latest version, and use the voltages tab.
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Ooh okay i didn't knew there was such feature! thank you!
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Ummm...
If only I'd mentioned it in the OP...
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I'm sorry maybe I'm just using an outdated version and never knew you could actually do that. Forgive my ignorance
sorry i am new to android so i do not know about undervolt or overclock, can anyone please tell me best combination of voltages on 1.6ghz that does not effect battery life?
ravian29 said:
sorry i am new to android so i do not know about undervolt or overclock, can anyone please tell me best combination of voltages on 1.6ghz that does not effect battery life?
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The stock max voltage of the CPU is 1275-1300mV. Anything under this improves battery life, anything over this harms battery life from the standard "stock" expectations. Just like with a PC, not all processors are created equal. There is no setting for 1.6GHz that will not affect battery life as at best you'll need to increase voltage from the standard max setting. If you're not sure, use our defaults, these have been tested on two different handsets. There isn't even a guarantee that 1.6GHz will even work on your handset.
If you're not sure or are not confident, don't touch it. Any settings you set past 1.2GHz/1300mV are at your own risk, may damage your handset or even rip a hole in the space-time continuum, then you'll not only look an idiot with a broken handset but Stephen Hawking will be really pissed and you really don't want him trying to crush your toes in that tank he calls a wheelchair.
Best case scenario, try our defaults and only increase voltage in 25mV steps. If you find yourself a 1450mV and your phone still isn't stable then 1.6GHz isn't going to work for you. If battery life is your concern, then consider undervolting in 25mV increments at 1.2GHz or even 1GHz or 800KHz.
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Ooh okay i didn't knew there was such feature! thank you!
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I am using the latest version 2.24, i don't see a voltage tab there..I only see Main, Profiles, Advanced, Info, About
@hacre cheers mate
umair9001 said:
I am using the latest version 2.24, i don't see a voltage tab there..I only see Main, Profiles, Advanced, Info, About
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In Settings -> About Phone what does the Kernel version show?
umair9001 said:
I am using the latest version 2.24, i don't see a voltage tab there..I only see Main, Profiles, Advanced, Info, About
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Yeah also checked it and I'm also using the latest version. Was about to ask this. Another question, is that voltage tab option kernel related? I'm using cfroot kernel and cannot find that damn voltage tab I'm using tegrak to undervolt. If I knew there's a feature like this in SetCPU, I should've not bought tegrak
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Thanks in advance for asking your questions and requests in here, and NOT starting a new thread.
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will this car charger burn my battery up? it's a 2amp. are their any benefits/ negatives to a 2amp over a 1amp? thanks.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/univer...dapter-for-digital-devices-black-12-24v-72961
strap97 said:
will this car charger burn my battery up? it's a 2amp. are their any benefits/ negatives to a 2amp over a 1amp? thanks.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/univer...dapter-for-digital-devices-black-12-24v-72961
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I gotta say, aftermarket accessories may be where we draw the line on knowledge lol. I read that link, it said "for devices compatible with 5v/2000mA" so, I guess I don't know for sure. But, a 5 dollar USB charger will almost surely not hose down this device, it can transmit streaming HD thru that same port, so it's probably fine.
I lost roaming after s-off is there a fix
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ruffneckZeVo said:
I lost roaming after s-off is there a fix
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA Premium App
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Is it still turned on in your settings? If it is, you'll have to call Sprint and have them refresh your phone.
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I lost roaming after s-off is there a fix
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA Premium App
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Are you on stock, stock w/kernel, custom ROM? Also, I assume you are constantly in the same roam area, and now it doesn't work? Are you sure it's just your phone? I guess since s-off is done throught the radio it is possible that s-off did it, but I doubt it. And what have you already tried to do for a fix?
s-off; Root; OTA Updates
I've been reading with great interest all of the threads about s-off, rooting for the EVO 3D. I have never rooted a phone before (although I did jailbreak a friends iphone a couple of years ago). Here's my question:
Is it possible to get s-off, root, recovery - keep the stock ROM and still take OTA updates?
The reason I ask is that there are still a few things that I expect the next OTA update will fix such as the icons going default for any app stored on the SD card after reboot.
For now, I would like to be able to use apps that require root but still be able to use the OTA until such time as I decide to flash a custom ROM.
Thanks in advance.
mvansomeren said:
I've been reading with great interest all of the threads about s-off, rooting for the EVO 3D. I have never rooted a phone before (although I did jailbreak a friends iphone a couple of years ago). Here's my question:
Is it possible to get s-off, root, recovery - keep the stock ROM and still take OTA updates?
The reason I ask is that there are still a few things that I expect the next OTA update will fix such as the icons going default for any app stored on the SD card after reboot.
For now, I would like to be able to use apps that require root but still be able to use the OTA until such time as I decide to flash a custom ROM.
Thanks in advance.
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Yes. s-off exploits the radio so OTA updates wont affect it.
Question regarding OC
I don't consider myself a n00b, but I am confused with the overclocking on this phone. I am coming from an EVO 4g, and did plenty of overclocking on it. What I noticed with the original EVO was that the performance benchmarks increased when it was overclocked. Once it reached a certain clock speed, then it would crash if it was too high. I keep seeing people say that benchmarks don't matter. I understand where they are coming from, but this is different.
Stock kernel with Viper ROM, my 3d scores in the 2000's consistently with Quadrant. If I overclock it to 1.5, it significantly drops. It's even worse when overclocked to 1.7 (the score is around 700). The phone does not crash though. People keep saying that this doesn't matter, but I have to disagree. As I am running Quadrant, I can visibly see the test animations are choppy and the FPS are much slower for each given test. Also, the database writes are taking longer. This would explain such a poor Quadrant score.
So... my questions are:
Is Quadrant just not optimized for a dual core processor? Why would it run so smooth stock, but then get all choppy when OC'd?
Maybe there is something off with the OC part of the kernels? I've tried both Silverneedle and RCMIX. Both give me the same results.
I've tried SetCPU with poor results. Then I uninstalled it and just used Viper's built in Daemon. Same poor results.
Do I have an inferior processor that can't be OC'd to even 1.5? My understanding of this chip is that it is actually a 1.5ghz chip that is being underclocked by HTC from the factory.
Sorry for being lengthy, but I've read through so many posts, and I'm tired of reading that "benchmarks don't mean sh*t".
mvansomeren said:
I've been reading with great interest all of the threads about s-off, rooting for the EVO 3D. I have never rooted a phone before (although I did jailbreak a friends iphone a couple of years ago). Here's my question:
Is it possible to get s-off, root, recovery - keep the stock ROM and still take OTA updates?
The reason I ask is that there are still a few things that I expect the next OTA update will fix such as the icons going default for any app stored on the SD card after reboot.
For now, I would like to be able to use apps that require root but still be able to use the OTA until such time as I decide to flash a custom ROM.
Thanks in advance.
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I would avoid the OTAs if you can, because they will take away root, and I am sure we will get the GOOD parts of each OTA in here as a flashable zip. OTAs are notorious for patching root, so be weary, and wait to flash them until you read about them here first.
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I don't consider myself a n00b, but I am confused with the overclocking on this phone. I am coming from an EVO 4g, and did plenty of overclocking on it. What I noticed with the original EVO was that the performance benchmarks increased when it was overclocked. Once it reached a certain clock speed, then it would crash if it was too high. I keep seeing people say that benchmarks don't matter. I understand where they are coming from, but this is different.
Stock kernel with Viper ROM, my 3d scores in the 2000's consistently with Quadrant. If I overclock it to 1.5, it significantly drops. It's even worse when overclocked to 1.7 (the score is around 700). The phone does not crash though. People keep saying that this doesn't matter, but I have to disagree. As I am running Quadrant, I can visibly see the test animations are choppy and the FPS are much slower for each given test. Also, the database writes are taking longer. This would explain such a poor Quadrant score.
So... my questions are:
Is Quadrant just not optimized for a dual core processor? Why would it run so smooth stock, but then get all choppy when OC'd?
Maybe there is something off with the OC part of the kernels? I've tried both Silverneedle and RCMIX. Both give me the same results.
I've tried SetCPU with poor results. Then I uninstalled it and just used Viper's built in Daemon. Same poor results.
Do I have an inferior processor that can't be OC'd to even 1.5? My understanding of this chip is that it is actually a 1.5ghz chip that is being underclocked by HTC from the factory.
Sorry for being lengthy, but I've read through so many posts, and I'm tired of reading that "benchmarks don't mean sh*t".
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Vipers Daemon is the reason you were getting great scores but once you flashed a kernel the daemon will no longer run even if you flash back to stock kernel, you will have to re-flash viperRom to get the daemon to run again until viper releases the daemon alone as a flashable file.
ckombo said:
So... my questions are:
Is Quadrant just not optimized for a dual core processor? Why would it run so smooth stock, but then get all choppy when OC'd?
Do I have an inferior processor that can't be OC'd to even 1.5? My understanding of this chip is that it is actually a 1.5ghz chip that is being underclocked by HTC from the factory.
Sorry for being lengthy, but I've read through so many posts, and I'm tired of reading that "benchmarks don't mean sh*t".
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IMO quad is NOT dual-core friendly, please use CF bench (made by chainfire on xda), I get sweet scores with that one. Using netarchy at 1.7 stock ROM.
You *might* have a chip that should stay at 1.2, who knows...
quads don't mean sh1t lol.
il Duce said:
I would avoid the OTAs if you can, because they will take away root, and I am sure we will get the GOOD parts of each OTA in here as a flashable zip. OTAs are notorious for patching root, so be weary, and wait to flash them until you read about them here first.
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I read from the devs that flashing OTA are safe since the exploit is via the radio. Think your wrong on this one, but its never a bad idea to be safe and check here before you accept an OTA.
il Duce said:
Are you on stock, stock w/kernel, custom ROM? Also, I assume you are constantly in the same roam area, and now it doesn't work? Are you sure it's just your phone? I guess since s-off is done throught the radio it is possible that s-off did it, but I doubt it. And what have you already tried to do for a fix?
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I'm using shooter rewind rls 2 rc1 has the newest rcmix kernel. It is an area I have always roamed in Verizon. So far I have done ##72786# and done the hands free updated prl tried all radios available
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ckombo said:
I don't consider myself a n00b, but I am confused with the overclocking on this phone. I am coming from an EVO 4g, and did plenty of overclocking on it. What I noticed with the original EVO was that the performance benchmarks increased when it was overclocked. Once it reached a certain clock speed, then it would crash if it was too high. I keep seeing people say that benchmarks don't matter. I understand where they are coming from, but this is different.
Stock kernel with Viper ROM, my 3d scores in the 2000's consistently with Quadrant. If I overclock it to 1.5, it significantly drops. It's even worse when overclocked to 1.7 (the score is around 700). The phone does not crash though. People keep saying that this doesn't matter, but I have to disagree. As I am running Quadrant, I can visibly see the test animations are choppy and the FPS are much slower for each given test. Also, the database writes are taking longer. This would explain such a poor Quadrant score.
So... my questions are:
Is Quadrant just not optimized for a dual core processor? Why would it run so smooth stock, but then get all choppy when OC'd?
Maybe there is something off with the OC part of the kernels? I've tried both Silverneedle and RCMIX. Both give me the same results.
I've tried SetCPU with poor results. Then I uninstalled it and just used Viper's built in Daemon. Same poor results.
Do I have an inferior processor that can't be OC'd to even 1.5? My understanding of this chip is that it is actually a 1.5ghz chip that is being underclocked by HTC from the factory.
Sorry for being lengthy, but I've read through so many posts, and I'm tired of reading that "benchmarks don't mean sh*t".
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Alright let me explain...
First you need to keep in mind that the kernels are in their beta stages. I had a quadrant score an 800, but my phone operates fine and plays games fine. Some of these kernels have the multiplier intervals wrong. I can get into that if you need me to, but anyways, on forth. There is a possibility that the CPUs on the EVO are actually lower binned chips. Now why do I say this? Because it has come to mind that overclocks vary, but like I said... The kernels are in their beta stages. Ill get in depth if you need me to about the processors and the bins.
Appreciate my help? Thank me
When I make a roaming call it says welcome to Verizon you are calling fron an invalid number please call your customer service also my data works
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OK heres a dopey question from a dopey chef.
Right now I have twrp recovery and its cool but I'm stuck in old ways. Can I download Rom manager and flash cwm over twrp? And if it does work, there won't be any issues? I know everyone.... twrp smokes cwm but that's what I'm used to. Then again.... if all the devs go with twrp then I should stay with twrp right? And blah blah blah? Lol
Thanks in advance.
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chefdave12118 said:
OK heres a dopey question from a dopey chef.
Right now I have twrp recovery and its cool but I'm stuck in old ways. Can I download Rom manager and flash cwm over twrp? And if it does work, there won't be any issues? I know everyone.... twrp smokes cwm but that's what I'm used to. Then again.... if all the devs go with twrp then I should stay with twrp right? And blah blah blah? Lol
Thanks in advance.
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No problem with flashing CWM within Rom Manager, just make sure you have quick boot disabled under your options (phone options that is) or when you boot the recover (since quick boot doesnt shut the phone all the way down) you will still see TWRP... TWRP owns though, just with the compress nandroid alone.
Konfuzion said:
I read from the devs that flashing OTA are safe since the exploit is via the radio. Think your wrong on this one, but its never a bad idea to be safe and check here before you accept an OTA.
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We're sorta both right. I would just hate to see someone trust an OTA, like the one when they make the bootloader, which could lockdown the whole phone, no root, who knows. It's safer to wait, like we both said
All right, so I just my Thunderbolt a couple days ago, rooted it, first time truly rooting a phone, used Revolutionary. Now for my noob questions.
Will saving apps to my SD card keep them on the phone after installing a new ROM?
I tried installing a BAMF ROM with Sense 3.0, it was laggy and I couldn't access the market, said I needed background data. ROM said it required a MR2 or above radio, I don't know if I have that or not, I'm guessing not since I couldn't access the market. Is there a way to check which radio I'm using?
I'm using the free version of juiceDefender, are there any noticable perks to upgrading to a paid version?
One last question, is there a good calendar app that will have a useful agenda widget (similar to BlackBerry's today feature)?
I'd like to learn what I can as fast as I can and stop being a noob ha ha. I ask about the paid apps 'cause I'd want to buy setCPU and really ramp up my speed. I'm using a free app right now and getting 1.2GHz, but I want 1.4GHz speed.
Okay, I lied, this is the final question, can someone link me to a good easy to understand noob rooting thread that can really help me understand more perks and good to do things with rooted phones?
Thanks in advance, any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Background data error should only be happening because you don't have wifi or 4g/3g on,so turn on either. Then go to market it would ask you to enable background data if it off
As for checking the radio not sure.
But on the benefits of root, in my experience is unlimited I have also just go a tbolt couple weeks ago and I have been switching roms and kernels left and right to find the right one to fit my needs. And it's really better because you can customize your phone to something you like.
My tip is to read the sticky threads in the general section and q&a.
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metllicamilitia said:
All right, so I just my Thunderbolt a couple days ago, rooted it, first time truly rooting a phone, used Revolutionary. Now for my noob questions.
Will saving apps to my SD card keep them on the phone after installing a new ROM?
I tried installing a BAMF ROM with Sense 3.0, it was laggy and I couldn't access the market, said I needed background data. ROM said it required a MR2 or above radio, I don't know if I have that or not, I'm guessing not since I couldn't access the market. Is there a way to check which radio I'm using?
I'm using the free version of juiceDefender, are there any noticable perks to upgrading to a paid version?
One last question, is there a good calendar app that will have a useful agenda widget (similar to BlackBerry's today feature)?
I'd like to learn what I can as fast as I can and stop being a noob ha ha. I ask about the paid apps 'cause I'd want to buy setCPU and really ramp up my speed. I'm using a free app right now and getting 1.2GHz, but I want 1.4GHz speed.
Okay, I lied, this is the final question, can someone link me to a good easy to understand noob rooting thread that can really help me understand more perks and good to do things with rooted phones?
Thanks in advance, any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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Radio
Settings>About Phone>Software Information>More>Baseband Version
Compare to the radios here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048128&highlight=radio
If its not a radio in the Gingerbread section, download BOTH radios, rename one to PG05IMG.ZIP and place on the root of the sd card, boot into hboot and let it update. After its updated and booted, delete that file from the root, rename the other and place on the root. Boot into hboot and update that radio. Doesn't matter the order. You can find a zip with both radios in one, i'm just lazy and did a quick search to find you that one.
As far as overclocking, look into custom kernals that support higher overclocking and the speedtweak.sh script is nice. I use IMO's kernals, then go into any terminal emulator on the phone (download from market), type su, hit enter, then speedtweak.sh, hit enter. Gives you some options. Also nandroid your phone before messing with overclocking speeds incase you set to a speed you're phone can't use. You can screw your phone up overclocking, be careful.
Custom kernels can be found in a sticky on the development page. If you started with the latest GB update, then you have the latest radios. For apps, use titanium backup from the market. It saves all apps and their data for you.
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Thanks guys, I'll have to really check those out when I'm not so tired and can properly read without getting aggitated ha ha.
metllicamilitia said:
Thanks guys, I'll have to really check those out when I'm not so tired and can properly read without getting aggitated ha ha.
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Good luck. Post back results or if you have any problems. And always always always back up current ROM and do a full wipe when flashing anything new (mod,ROM, kernel, radio) to your phone.
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LeftyGR said:
Good luck. Post back results or if you have any problems. And always always always back up current ROM and do a full wipe when flashing anything new (mod,ROM, kernel, radio) to your phone.
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Don't not do a full wipe when flashing a kernel you are going to confuse him, if anything needs to be wiped just dalvik cache.
No wipe needed to flash a radio just do it.
Depending on the mod and what it changes just dalvik and clearing normal cache never hurts.
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Grnlantern79 said:
Don't not do a full wipe when flashing a kernel you are going to confuse him, if anything needs to be wiped just dalvik cache.
No wipe needed to flash a radio just do it.
Depending on the mod and what it changes just dalvik and clearing normal cache never hurts.
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Crap! OK new rule for me. No posting before coffee. Thanks for correcting.
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Okay, so I did notice one thing, I installed the Eternity Nightly theme, which I love, but I had to restore back to stock because when I used Titanium Backup to restore apps+data, it reset all my settings back to stock anyway and I really want to use the theme that comes stock with Eternity Nightly. Did I do something wrong?
when you do the restore on Ti, select only the apps you need, not all. Sounds like you restored some system files too that reset your theme.
I was attemting to try again, but there was an issue backing up the boot image. Is there a way to fix that?
Where are you backing up? I'm assuming through CWM? If it failed to back up, boot your phone up, download rom manager if you don't have it, and have it flash CWM recovery again. Then try to back it up again.
Yes, CWM, I have ROM Manager, I tried flashing recovery and attempting again twice, same issue, can't backup the boot image.
Figured it out, there wasn't enough space on my SD card for the backup, I found out when I tried to record a voice note and it said I didn't have enough space to record. I was using an 8GB card, but I think I'll have to switch to the 32GB. I was using sav ming the 32GB for a new mp3 player but a rooted phone could use it better I think.
So, I know what a sense ROM is, but what are the differences between and sense ROM and an ASOP ROM?
And what are the advantages of flashing different kernels?
metllicamilitia said:
So, I know what a sense ROM is, but what are the differences between and sense ROM and an ASOP ROM?
And what are the advantages of flashing different kernels?
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AOSP = Android open source project. So Sense ROMs are based soley on HTC phones. AOSP is a more general Android OS. If you're running a Sense based ROM, you use a kernel for that specific style. Generally, using a kernel for one ROM on the other style ROM will most likely cause problems...
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Okay, new one, I'm running BAMF Cubed 1.0.9 with the Red Hot theme for it and an Imosogen kernel, not sure if the theme or kernel matter. The only question I have with it, is how do I get FriendStream to work? I use FriendStream all the time (until I get to alpha test Social Scope), so any help is greatly appreciated. I hate the stock FB app/site, the news feed is crap now.
metllicamilitia said:
All right, so I just my Thunderbolt a couple days ago, rooted it, first time truly rooting a phone, used Revolutionary. Now for my noob questions.
Will saving apps to my SD card keep them on the phone after installing a new ROM?
I tried installing a BAMF ROM with Sense 3.0, it was laggy and I couldn't access the market, said I needed background data. ROM said it required a MR2 or above radio, I don't know if I have that or not, I'm guessing not since I couldn't access the market. Is there a way to check which radio I'm using?
I'm using the free version of juiceDefender, are there any noticable perks to upgrading to a paid version?
One last question, is there a good calendar app that will have a useful agenda widget (similar to BlackBerry's today feature)?
I'd like to learn what I can as fast as I can and stop being a noob ha ha. I ask about the paid apps 'cause I'd want to buy setCPU and really ramp up my speed. I'm using a free app right now and getting 1.2GHz, but I want 1.4GHz speed.
Okay, I lied, this is the final question, can someone link me to a good easy to understand noob rooting thread that can really help me understand more perks and good to do things with rooted phones?
Thanks in advance, any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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Though my Q&A hasn't been updated in a while, most of your questions are answered there. As for Juice Defender, well... I've never been a fan of owning a touch screen feature phone so I don't recommend it.
metllicamilitia said:
Okay, new one, I'm running BAMF Cubed 1.0.9 with the Red Hot theme for it and an Imosogen kernel, not sure if the theme or kernel matter. The only question I have with it, is how do I get FriendStream to work? I use FriendStream all the time (until I get to alpha test Social Scope), so any help is greatly appreciated. I hate the stock FB app/site, the news feed is crap now.
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This may be a good q to ask on the ROM's feed.
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Hey id thought I just throw a couple questions in here since a new thread isnt necessarily needed.
I Just Picked up this phone, root is done, just wondering if anyone can tell me the best radio/kernel setup that works great with MIUI & 4G is stable?
Just wondering - just got the NT, rooted it with indiferent's script and I wanted to know if there was anything out there about this, like if it's safe to use SetCPU, AnTuTu's CPU Master Pro...apps like that, as I think flashing anything right now is out of the question(correct me if I'm wrong!)...
Over-clocking is typically enabled within the kernel so at this point the answer is probably no as we are still running a stock kernel.
Once CM7 or CM9 become available this will change.
Why not check the other 2 or 3 threads about this?
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...because they weren't asking about the functionality of those two specific programs in the Nook Tablet. At least when I checked them.
The other reason I ask is because I remember that Dalingrin and others used to make standalone OC kernels, and since those sites have gone down, I was wondering if there was some news about it here...just in case.
neoage said:
Just wondering - just got the NT, rooted it with indiferent's script and I wanted to know if there was anything out there about this, like if it's safe to use SetCPU, AnTuTu's CPU Master Pro...apps like that, as I think flashing anything right now is out of the question(correct me if I'm wrong!)...
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You can OC with current kernel. See this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449782
How are things working out now after several weeks? Smooth sailing? Glad you did it? Any annoying notifications to update to 2.3.6?
When ICS FINALLY comes to this phone, will there be an upgrade path from UCKH7 or will I have to re-flash to 2.3.6 first?
Here's a tip: You have a choice when it comes to ICS. You can either:
- Root and flash ShoStock2, Phone Bricker, or another fully-functional ICS rom.
or...
- Wait for AT&T's hopelessly broken, fantastically buggy bloated ICS update.
The correct choice seems pretty clear to me.
mattdm said:
Here's a tip: You have a choice when it comes to ICS. You can either:
- Root and flash ShoStock2, Phone Bricker, or another fully-functional ICS rom.
or...
- Wait for AT&T's hopelessly broken, fantastically buggy bloated ICS update.
The correct choice seems pretty clear to me.
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It all comes down to preference, for me personally my boat doesn't float when I'm using ICS.
AOKP ftw
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ryude said:
It all comes down to preference, for me personally my boat doesn't float when I'm using ICS.
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Which is fine too, also a valid option. I just meant that those are his two options if he wants ICS.
whitenack said:
How are things working out now after several weeks? Smooth sailing? Glad you did it? Any annoying notifications to update to 2.3.6?
When ICS FINALLY comes to this phone, will there be an upgrade path from UCKH7 or will I have to re-flash to 2.3.6 first?
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You should be very pleased with UCKH7. I prefer it over ICS. I don't remember seeing any notifications; if you do see them, there are files you can delete to prevent it from popping up (device manager, device management, or something like that). In system/app it looks something like "wsyncdm" (may be completely off, but it similar to that). I would recommend using GTG's UnNamed v1; it's UCKH7 with some bloat removed. Ryuude's UnOriginal rom is also UCKH7. As good as the base is, those are the only two roms that use it (as least, all I can remember).
whitenack said:
How are things working out now after several weeks? Smooth sailing? Glad you did it? Any annoying notifications to update to 2.3.6?
When ICS FINALLY comes to this phone, will there be an upgrade path from UCKH7 or will I have to re-flash to 2.3.6 first?
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I went back to my oldest nandroid (2.3.4 stock w/root) a week or two ago, because CM9/AOKP were for some reason not retaining my saves from a few games I play. The AudioOut_1 wakelock (is this a bug? I would assume so, but I'm no dev) was too vampiric for my tastes. I don't want to have to turn off sounds just to keep my battery at a normal level. Not to mention, battery life isn't particularly stellar in the first place, albeit certainly not the worst I've ever used. I haven't made any effort to increase battery life out-of-the-box, though. Haven't run any kernel scripts or anything. I've never really looked into it, come to think of it. Probably should though.
Really I forgot just how nice stock 2.3.4 was. It was incredibly smooth (slightly more so than AOKP/CM9 - no slight jitter when scrolling home screens) and equally fast. Rarely were there any FCs and my game data would not disappear. Battery life was excellent and I could keep phone sounds on. Oddly enough, I stupidly ran an OTA update on my phone. Everything looked like it worked, but luckily it didn't, and I didn't end up with 2.3.6.
That being said, today I find myself back on CM9. Why? I don't know, really. Probably just testing it out and checking out its progress, since I haven't used it in several weeks. Still good. Seems more stable. A work in progress, for sure, but the devs are doing a very good job and my biggest gripe is that I'm incapable of contributing to the process.
Nevermind...
Thanks for all the quick replies. What about the AP mobile data problem? Are you guys seeing that or just managing it with a data manager?
whitenack said:
Thanks for all the quick replies. What about the AP mobile data problem? Are you guys seeing that or just managing it with a data manager?
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If you go back to UCKH7 using the stuff that Entropy set up, you'll have root. Install Titanium Backup and freeze the AP mobile app if you are worried about it. I'm still running UCKH7 and I haven't had a problem with the AP mobile app, probably because I haven't touched it.
mvi57 said:
If you go back to UCKH7 using the stuff that Entropy set up, you'll have root. Install Titanium Backup and freeze the AP mobile app if you are worried about it. I'm still running UCKH7 and I haven't had a problem with the AP mobile app, probably because I haven't touched it.
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Thanks. One more (maybe) question... My phone is currently not rooted. To start this process, do I need to rooted first?
whitenack said:
Thanks. One more (maybe) question... My phone is currently not rooted. To start this process, do I need to rooted first?
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This process will give you root. Read this whole thread and then follow the instructions in step 2c.
mattdm said:
This process will give you root. Read this whole thread and then follow the instructions in step 2c.
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Ah, I have been looking at this site.
whitenack said:
Ah, I have been looking at this site.
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Pro tip: Don't look at that site. We have people come in here every day with problems that resulted from flashing something from there. It's largely out of date.
mattdm said:
Pro tip: Don't look at that site. We have people come in here every day with problems that resulted from flashing something from there. It's largely out of date.
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Thanks.
Rats! It looked easy. Easier than the link you provided. I'm not sure I'm savvy enough for all that.
whitenack said:
Thanks.
Rats! It looked easy. Easier than the link you provided. I'm not sure I'm savvy enough for all that.
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It's not so hard! Just go slow, follow each step, and you'll be fine.
mattdm said:
It's not so hard! Just go slow, follow each step, and you'll be fine.
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Thanks for the encouragement. I think I am going to try it out. I have read the first few pages (haven't had time to read all 400+ yet, haha).
I'm not interested in flash counters, custom kernals and custom mods, right? All I want is to follow the instructions on #2c and stop. That will give me the stock 2.3.4 rom plus root. Right? And then that is all I have to do, other than reinstall all my apps and configure the settings.
whitenack said:
Thanks for the encouragement. I think I am going to try it out. I have read the first few pages (haven't had time to read all 400+ yet, haha).
I'm not interested in flash counters, custom kernals and custom mods, right? All I want is to follow the instructions on #2c and stop. That will give me the stock 2.3.4 rom plus root. Right? And then that is all I have to do, other than reinstall all my apps and configure the settings.
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If you read the first few and last few, you'll be OK. IMHO, if you do step 2 you might as well do step 3. You get CWM recovery, which is universally (as far as I know) recommended. Nandroid backup is the best thing since sliced bread...
whitenack said:
Thanks for the encouragement. I think I am going to try it out. I have read the first few pages (haven't had time to read all 400+ yet, haha).
I'm not interested in flash counters, custom kernals and custom mods, right? All I want is to follow the instructions on #2c and stop. That will give me the stock 2.3.4 rom plus root. Right? And then that is all I have to do, other than reinstall all my apps and configure the settings.
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You'll need to do step 1 to get your phone into download mode, then you can do #2c.
+1 for mgd76's recommendation to get CWM onto your phone so you can do nandroid backups, flash new ROMs, etc.
I just flashed using 2c listed in creepyncrawly's thread, quick, easy and reliable. Just came over from iPhone and I'm enjoying what seem to be endless possibilities in the customization department.