So I found this in the Incredible Forums and was wondering if it would work on the Eris? Has anyone seen/tried this before?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052026
Conap's kernel is already undervolted.
I noticed a thread about "The best ROM"...When I recently purchased my gTablet, I was wondering the same thing. I realize that best is subjective and started to do my homework on finding out what works best for me. I am not sure I found that, but I do like the ROM that I currently have, so best or not, I am happy. It occurs to me though, that others will have a similar question. From people who have used more of these ROMs than I have can we put together a list of ROMs, and what they were built to do?
Like anything, there are compromises, and developers need to make decisions along the way. They can chose to optimize this or that, perhaps not both due to some constraints, time, resources, etc. So, I guess I am asking, what ROMs are optimized for what?
Is there a ROM that plays games better than others?
Is there a ROM that plays video better than others?
Is there a ROM that is screaming fast compared to others?
Is there a ROM that allows for more customization that others?
I do not know what the exact criteria is, or what people are looking for from their tablets. I bought mine as a toy. I wanted to play with it and muck around (something I was not willing to do with my phone, well because it is my phone and if I broke it, I would not be happy).
I think that apps were the most important thing to me. I wanted a ROM that was stable and could play lots of apps. I ended up choosing the VEGAn Gingerbread ROM. I know the camera does not work for anything. I believe it has issue with videos, but the apps work great. I am good with this combination.
So, again I ask (after dribbling on and on) what ROMs are optimized for what?
really, the biggest diffierences are the interfaces, but honestly, changing the launcher can accomplish a GUI change in just about any rom.
essentially, there are 2 Android versions available for a stable rom, Froyo (TNT Lite, Vegan 5.1.1, and Calkulin I think, never used it, so I'm not sure) and Gingerbread (Vegan Ginger, and CM7). There should be major differences between Froyo based roms, and Gingerbread based roms. One similarity between them is that they are both designed for phones, not tablets. Changing a launcher will help give it a tablet optimized feel.
I currently use Brillian Corners (1.2 based Vegan 5.1.1 Rom) with Launcher Pro. I use Launcher Pro simply becuase I like the customizable LP widgets. VTL Launcher (a custom version of ADW, basically) is a Launcher that's been modified for tablets.
In addition to the roms themselves, there are custom kernels, that optimize the performance of the machines. Pershoot and Clemsyn are the foremost experts in custom kernel development and tweaking.
So, you can choose a rom based on your needs...as you mentioned, apps. Vegan 5.1.1 worked well for me, to run apps. I had flashed Clemsyn's kernel to run with it. I could still watch videos if hte need would arise, and the camera worked...but honestly, how good can a 1.3 MP camera work on ANY rom...
Anyway, I then flashed to Brilliant Corners to move to the 1.2 dev branch. Roebeet discovered that pershoots Adam kernal already worked, so he had him port it over and include it in the install. So, now, I basically have the same exact setup I had before, only on a 1.2 dev branch for future flashing ease.
I'm running LauncherPro, since I didn't much care for the VTL Launcher's lack of widgets.
Vegan Ginger and CM7 wouldn't work for me, since I do need video support, to keep the 7 year old busy when I want him to calm down.
In any case, customization is the key. You can have any rom, with any kernel, and find what works for you.
The only Rom available that is specifically designed for tablets is Honeycomb. There is no official version, and I didn't include it as an option above becuase it's still in Alpha stage. I wouldn't recomend it for anyone that wants an everyday Rom. It's mainly good for people that want to test it, and assist in the developemnt of it. Once all the bugs are worked out, OpenGl drivers are found, and it's tweaked for optimum performance, then it's a no brainer to go to it. It's made for tablets, it's powerful, and with the correct video driver optimization, it will be, by far, the best Rom available.
This is why I try to encourage people to go to the 1.2 dev branch if they plan on flashing a "legacy" Rom like TNT Lite, or Vegan 5.1.1. If they go to the 1.2 equalivilent, then they are halfway to Honeycomb when it get's ironed out.
if you plan on sticking with Gingerbread, then by all means, stay with 1.1, and use Vegan Ginger or CM7.
Some background: US Atrix on AT&T, Gingerbread, rooted, running the webtop mod (and thanks for that. Seriously.). Bootloader's still locked; this is my first smartphone & I really can't afford to bork the thing, so I'm inclined to stay with the stock rom.
I've got the HDMI mirroring thread bookmarked, and I understand that it's "not for the faint of heart" -- the conclusion seemed to be that working the code into a custom rom makes more sense than applying this patch to the stock rom. So I'm running the Netflix app over the webtop, and it's dropping frames left and right. (Interesting that it doesn't happen while playing movies through the built-in "media center", only over webtop. More resource-intensive, probably?)
So my first question: would overclocking reduce the lag to something more reasonable?
My second question: is this a stupid thing to do, as I'd be watching 2-hour movies at a time with the CPU boosted?
thanks guys.
Not a dev or anything but I am running darkside 4.2 rom with faux123 1.3 kernel. I use netflix full screen on my lapdock all the time and leave the kernel set at 1100 unless gaming, I think it has alot more to do with optimization of the kernel then the overclock.
I say go for it but do lots of reading and make sure to do backups often if your going to do any flashing. The phone has so much more potential than stock can offer. It is a ton smoother and alot better battery.
Sent from my awesome atrix thanks to all the devs here!
I'm running 2.3.6, webtop 2.3.6 modified using the latest faux kernel. It works with webtop at 1.45 just fine on my Atrix. Also, I've used setCPU to have a charging profile of 1.0 to 1.45 GHz, specifically for webtop. It seems to be working stable.
I actually ran Netflix in webtop full screen just to see and it is still a bit choppy (not smooth), but watchable. When made phone window normal size, it appeared to be smooth.
I'm using ubuntu webtop + 1.3g kernel, plus SetCPU profiles.
Works very fine.
Faux included a zram option in his kernel to improve web top performance. Take a loo at his thread for instructions
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I'd rather not have to try out all 10 ROMs. Your 2 cents?
Also, they all seem to be from July-era...?
well they allll have there own lil
niggels but it kinda depends on what
your going to use the atrix for
if you need webtop or webtop over hdmi
try 4.5.5 from darkside he also has cool
themes alienv4 is a trusty standby of mine also for that "use"
if ya dont like gameing on the bigscreen
and just want pure speed use a debloted
rom some still have webtop all cm7 ones
dont
want a stable cm7
use the ba2f...stable cm7 rom
i personally liked neutreno g+ cm7 weekly based i also tested it as it was being build so i makes me smile
how well it turned out and Notourioust544 did a fantastic job on it to..:thumbup:
For gameing in landscape mode and
the ability to use webtop
i gotto give props to Nottach
and his darkside series of roms
IMO; but ive tried almost all of them too.
:sly:
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Thanks I'll take a look at those. I just saw wetdream was released this morning. I'll give it a shot since it sounds like Nottach is pretty seasoned now after his work on darkside.
instead of creating another thread,
can anyone comment on the voltages required for a given frequency on these Tegra2 chips?
I just came from an OGDroid, on those the process variation between the OMAP3430's was next to nil...most ROMs worked at a certain vsel and so the community standardized around those.
For these Tegras it seems to require a bit more user involvement.
So the question, I'm running Clemsyn's elite 1.0ghz, should I bother tampering with the vsels? It looks like on most of these rom's it's about 1mv / 1mhz. IE 1000mhz and 1000mv.
I am running a custom rom with a kernal (devil) that allows for Swap
I have been getting posts that both say swap is great and swap is essentially pointless. My google research comes to similar results so I put it to you my fellow fassy users. Should I use swap? Why or why not?
swap is much slower than the true ram.