I like das BAMF quite a bit, it seems to be headed in the direction of being the premiere customer Thunderbolt ROM, but MAN is it reboot-y in it's current state. I've reformatted/wiped everything, but the second I try to overclock in the slightest, I'll get random reboots/screen lockups pretty much constantly. This can be easily reproduced by quickly sleeping/waking a few times, or often by just letting the phone sleep naturally then trying to wake it.
When put to stock voltage it DOES seem to behave a lot better, my question is do I somehow have a non-overclockable T-Bolt, or is there something likely screwed up with the latest radio/kernel/ROM or whatever? I can downgrade back to a Nandroid backup no problem but if the problem's with the radio, for example, that's not gonna help.
I had some problems with the stock kernel on BAMF 1.6 remix screen seemed to get less responsive after a while. Changed Kernels seems to have helped.
What Kernel did you switch to? I'm not sure if BAMF has the same Kernel issues the Droid did when using custom ROMS (i.e. the ROM has to play nice with the Kernel by design or you run into problems)
I am a big fan of these kernels: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021404
I have not had any reboot issues with any of them though I do seem to get one reboot always when I change kernels or ROMS while I am setting things up. Maybe Radio I don't know but after that one it does not happen again.
Brilliant, seems to be working a LOT better. Anyone else dealing with random reboots definitely check this out
each phone is different in how it handles the kernels. i would just try out a bunch and see what plays nice with your phone. my thunderbolt can handle the extremely undervolted roms as well as the one's that are overclocked high. my friends though, cant. it is all about trial and error. i would just backup before you do anything though, just in case.
Yea. I'm using the minimal kernel - normal with BAMF re-mix 1.6, and so far, no reboots at all. (hope I did not just jinx myself).
evolutioncsr said:
I am a big fan of these kernels: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021404
I have not had any reboot issues with any of them though I do seem to get one reboot always when I change kernels or ROMS while I am setting things up. Maybe Radio I don't know but after that one it does not happen again.
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+1 on these kernels. I used the normal and the 192x version of this kernel on Bamf's rom and no reboots.
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I've had the Fascinate for about 8 months now, and originally applied a custom ROM in order to get the benefits of 2.2 (flash, etc). At the moment, I'm running CommRom 2.0, Sense themed, with a PBJ kernel. And while I'm able to access an abundance of themes and modifications with custom ROMs, I can't help but notice how buggy they can be. My phone randomly shuts off/becomes unresponsive at least once a day (requiring a hard reboot). Programs will often randomly force close in the background.
I also fail to notice any sort of performance improvement with the phone. Programs open and objects render just as fast, if not faster on my mother's Fascinate (which is completely stock). Also, battery drain has been a roller coaster... from what I've seen it's pretty crappy on stock ROMs, as well as my themed CommRom 2.0 ROM. The best battery life I've seen is on unthemed CommRom 2.0.. does that make any sense?
So, I was thinking about just reverting back to stock ED01, ED03, or whatever is out now, rooting it, and leaving it as is. I'll probably give CM7 or MIUI a try when they get out of the beta/alpha stages for our phone. What do you guys think?
Sounds like you have "sleep of death" issues. They can be hard to track down, but there are some steps to take to eliminate known problems.
Some people prefer custom ROMs some prefer stock, it's up to each user. I'm on CommRom myself, but since I use ADW launcher, I don't get the full experience. Mainly I like the tweaking I get to do on custom ROMs. Some people get better performance on them, but others get better performance on stock. I haven't personally noticed a huge difference.
My gf has a stock fascinate and it has problems too. I am running comrom 2.0 with pbj and have no issues. Each phone is different and even running a stock rom will have issues.
I think we forget how our stock phones ran beacuase most of us have been rooted for such a long time.
I think if your phone runs fine on a rom, just leave it. I know most of us are flash happy, but if you're having troubles run the sc roms. Those were always super solid.
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My gf has a stock fascinate and it has problems too. I am running comrom 2.0 with pbj and have no issues. Each phone is different and even running a stock rom will have issues.
I think we forget how our stock phones ran beacuase most of us have been rooted for such a long time.
I think if your phone runs fine on a rom, just leave it. I know most of us are flash happy, but if you're having troubles run the sc roms. Those were always super solid.
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I even had problems with SC... hahaha
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Guys,
who has tried multiple roms? I'm on Das Bamf 2.1 and wondering how are the rest compared to Das... since Das Bamf hasn't made any more releases since 2.1 and sense 3 RC4... i'm inclining towards trying other roms... but really don't want to do the wipe and start from scratch.
Tisk,tisk, do and learn,no one can tell you what is best for you and your phone,take the time like we all.did and experiment and find your setup.
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i was on bamf 3.0 rc2 for a while but i switched to synergy and i love it so much more! great battery life, features, and even better community.
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Guys,
who has tried multiple roms? I'm on Das Bamf 2.1 and wondering how are the rest compared to Das... since Das Bamf hasn't made any more releases since 2.1 and sense 3 RC4... i'm inclining towards trying other roms... but really don't want to do the wipe and start from scratch.
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My $.02
Make a nandroid backup before you flash any new ROM. (Keep a backup of the radio you were using too). Wipe everything before you flash a new ROM. If you do try a different ROM run it for a couple of days to let your battery settle with the kernel, and to get a feel for it. They are all a bit different as are the kernels that run them. You'll find one that fits you after you try a few. Most of them are terrific.
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agreed. Back up and try the various rom/kernel/radio combos for a few days.
Also...keep in mind many of these are still changing...so if something is buggy, check the threads and maybe an update will be provided soon enough for your satisfaction
how do you backup radio? i am trying synagen in synagen website they have MR2 and MR2.5 listed as only for synagen... is it because they are only for gingerbread or was that radio really customized for synagen?
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how do you backup radio? i am trying synagen in synagen website they have MR2 and MR2.5 listed as only for synagen... is it because they are only for gingerbread or was that radio really customized for synagen?
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There are three radios for GB, Mr2,Mr2.5, and the new OTA .675. All three should be available from a sticky in the dev section. No customized radios for any ROM.
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thanks... so backup radio is just to keep original file and there is no easy way to backup your current radio from the system.... right?
First I was running CM7 and loved all the features and speed. However I noticed the camera shots were not as sharp as the sense camera, and since I have two little ones, it's hard to have them perfectly still for a picture. Also GPS was slow to get locks.
The sense camera is amazing, even in complete movement a clear picture and face comes out, somehow like if it averages a few frames or something.
So I switched to BAMF with Sense 3.0 for a couple of days. Had issues getting the wireless tether to work, also missed the DSP (I got powerAmp but the equalizer does not work as good as the built in DSP). I also missed having the phone plugged in to the car aux sound and being able to talk/hear a phone call. With CM7 and stock it could be done, but with BAMF I had to unplug it to be able to talk.
Synergy seemed to have all the features and I've been running that the last couple of days. Only thing is, it seems very laggy for me. I've even overclocked it to 1400. Everything works though, including GPS and wireless tether. One example of the lag is when playing music, if I go to the app drawer or even writing a text message, the music will sort of stutter for a little bit, coordinated with my typing or movements.
I guess I'll have to check the feature list for Th3ory rom. I just wish I could run CM7 with the Sense camera, all would be perfect!
although its not one of the choices you provided, i love the look of kobes honeybread. i have now updated it twice since the initial flash.
i suggest you try th3ory's most recent after all the other ones so you can see what you've been missing and appreciate it that much more
but on a serious note, flash everything you can. everyone has different taste!
any thoughts? just rooted it yesterday, was trying to figure out what the best kernel is
Stock, lol. Whatever comes on the ROM is going to be your best bet right now.
I am using stock rooted with ziggy kernel due to his having call recording enabled. Works well for me.
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I used Ziggy's for a few weeks but like most other users I found that it rebooted itself at least once a day no matter what the clock settings where (innefabilis ROM).
I switched to the OC dsb kernel & it has run absolutely perfectly ever since, but I don't see any huge advantage over just running the stock kernel at this point.
~John
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any thoughts? just rooted it yesterday, was trying to figure out what the best kernel is
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It depends on what ROM you're running to some extent. Also, people are having different experiences running the same ROM/kernel combo so ymmv.
I would decide on a ROM you want to try then read through that ROM's thread and look for issues people are having and what kernels they're using. Then read through the kernel threads and check for issues for it being used with the ROM you like.
It will depend on how you use your phone too. I've read where people running Ineffabilis ROM with ziggy's kernel are fine except if they let the phone charge to 100% while it's on it starts bootlooping. So I could never use that since I usually charge overnight and need to use the phone as my alarm clock. I went with dsb but haven't done any oc/uv tweaking yet.
You can always try one out and then change it if it's not working out for you.
I've personally used ziggy and dsb, I didn't notice much of a difference between either, but dsb was/is SUPER easy to flash, puts boot.img INS ph91img.zip on your sd and reboots to villager for easy install (ziggy might have done this to, I don't remember)
I also used both with inefabliss and didn't notice any issue with ziggy, but results may very!
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Hi, I haven't been an xda user in a while , I used to love tinkering around with my phones all day long.
now, I life has been taking over and I don't have the time to try out new stuff all day long.
that being said, the last rom I tried was a team whiskey bionix v1.3.1 sometime in early 2011 . I don't even think I wiped anything since.
I want a new rom, I feel like my phone is getting sluggish. I don't want to try roms that is going to make the phone slower, or is made for a faster phone (assuming ICS would be out of the question for me)
should I just stick with my current rom and wipe everything? I didn't have any complaints with it.
or are there better ones out now that wont compromise performance.
also another important thing for me is audio quality and saw many recommendations for voodoo sound. I don't have a kernal that supports it. I am running 2.6.32.9 jaeyoon.yoon
so pretty much what is the best rom and kernal combination for me that has no bugs, everything will run nice and snappy on. I don't want to experiment around anymore. I will straight up run the most recommended one.
many thanks in advance
I was in the same boat as you. I loaded Bionix back in February of last year and hadn't touched my phone's ROM since. For some reason I decided to see if there was anything new and sure enough ICS ROMs were available.
I love being on the cutting edge but my phone has to work too. I travel a lot and when I'm on the road I need to be able to depend on the phone working reliably. Looking at the ROMs available I went with the one with the most forum activity - that was ICS Passion. I flashed it first and was immediately impressed. Most everything works with the exception of the speakerphone which, while it does work, it seems like it picks up a lot of background noise.
Since then I've tried a few others but based on reliability and some UI preferences I went back to Passion. There are several battery mods which is nice, I like the Newborn3 battery style myself.
The other thing I've experimented with is the Kernel. I settled on the Glitch kernel because it seems the fastest to me and has no problem with the lock screen. It has Voodoo stuff which I honestly don't use much. The kernel does have issues creating a Nandoid backup but I never use those either ;-)
After using ICS I will not go back. In fact even the newer phones such as the SGS2 hold no attraction for me until there is a good ICS ROM available.
Hope that helps.
First off thank you bigjoe87865 for posting your question as I was in a similar situation. I previously had Axura and it was way too buggy and slugish. I finally had it the other night and started researching posts on the best rom and saw your question.
Second, atatistcheff, you installed ICS Passion and eventually you put the Glitch kernel. What was the reasoning in going about in installing this kernel and not using what was supplied with ICS passion? Would I enjoy my phone with just using ICS?
Was in the same boat as you until this week - long time Froyo user (Trigger and Bi-winning) for the past year. The GB roms always seemed to be too much trouble and not very practical.
After seeing all the positive feedback on the ICS ROMs, I figured I'd give it a shot and installed ICS Passion this week. Was immediately impressed with the speed, stability and functionality. Only problem I has was the battery life - it was simply awful. Saw posts regarding the battery life of SlimICS and flashed it on Friday. Works just as well as Passion, with the battery life I'm used from my Froyo ROMs. My single complaint is that the stock kernel doesn't support Voodoo sound, but I can do without that for the time being.
Long answer short: there's pretty much no reason to avoid ICS at this point - I'm a very light GPS user, so this is not a priority for me.
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Second, atatistcheff, you installed ICS Passion and eventually you put the Glitch kernel. What was the reasoning in going about in installing this kernel and not using what was supplied with ICS passion? Would I enjoy my phone with just using ICS?
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Passion always had a nagging issue with the lock screen for me. That is every few times when I pressed the power button to wake the phone up it would not respond. I'd have to press several times to get it to wake up. I've seen this issue posted about several times. It's really not serious and as with most issues YMMV. I think you'd be fine with Passion and the stock kernel. I like Glitch because the lock screen issue is non-existant and it seems to work fine with Passion.
You guys want a good ICS rom, flash ICZenwich 1.4, you'll thank me later
For those that want a very good froyo rom then I would go with
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441976
It is based off the bionix with the fisherman mod It is Rock Solid
Okay I've been seeing a few post about it now but I've been running Shostock2 3.0.5 with the Siyah Kernel.
I tried the Cherry picker for 2 days didn't like it for some reason.... Maybe I was biased based on the fact I came from Shostock 1.9.4 GB + Siyah and LOVED IT. But I guess it was time to cross the dark side and join the ICS fanboi's......
First, I wanted to say EVEN when I was on the ShoStock2 3.0.5 AND now currently 3.1.0 (Flashed Today about 30 mins ago....) People are having issues trying to OC to 1.6..... For me, not gonna happen it'll crash and just reboot. I've tried it muliple times and just doesn't work. New Install, Wipe Everything... NO GO for 1.6gHz.
I ran the phone smoothly so far on 1.5 prior to this, I had the phone very steady and stable with running 1.4.
Is anyone else experiencing the same? I know someone told me Not all phones are the same and just because someone else can doesn't mean your phone can.... I find it odd sense it's the same hardware and Setup. But hey, I'm not a tech or developer...
Anyways any feedback?
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Is anyone else experiencing the same? I know someone told me Not all phones are the same and just because someone else can doesn't mean your phone can.... I find it odd sense it's the same hardware and Setup. But hey, I'm not a tech or developer...
Anyways any feedback?
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Whoever told you this is correct. Even though our ATT SGSIIs all have the same Exynos C210 chipset, the chips themselves are not identical. Slight variances in the manufacturing process are inevitable and, in part, account for the varying degrees of tolerance that we see for overclocking and undervolting. My ATT Samsung Captivate was perfectly stable when OC'ed to 1.6 ghz. A LOT of people couldn't get above 1.2-1.3 ghz while still maintaining acceptable stability.
I'm on SHOStock2 3.1.0 (been running all the latest SHOStock2 builds since release and always with the most recent Siyah kernel) and I never OC beyond 1.4 ghz. I, personally, have never see any noticable performace gains on my phone when running at higher clock speeds, and the phone is significantly less stable. OC/UV settings are always YMMV.
Thanks for the reply...
Someone had replied to me in another one of my posted threads. You can check my recent post on that thread.
Anyways, I updated to 3.1.0 but then I just revert back to the 3.0.5 instead. For some reason I felt that it was better. Plus I was tired of getting the Shell notifications.....
Yes, I know I can go into SU and change the settings but I wanted to make sure that nothing was fishy going on so I wanted to see notifications.
So I'm currently on ShoStock2 3.0.5 + Latest Siyah + LE5 Modem. As far as I'm concern, it runs very smooth and has pretty decent battery life =) I have My and my Wifey's phone I can mess with (Hers is also a S2) But again thanks for the reply.
i did a dirty flash of 3.1 over 3.0.5 and i kept getting freezes when plugging in the AC adapter and also screen-off freezes. I assumed it had to do with the kernel change (i did not disable setcpu first) so i went to recovery and wiped cache and davlik, froze on boot. So i did a complete wipe and flashed the rom clean... once i made any change to the kernel (OC, UC, UV, changed governor, flashed new kernel) i would get stuck in a bootloop. even my nandroid of 3.0.5 seem buggered which really doesnt make sense.
Did a full wipe again and flashed unoriginal for the time being, not sure if it's my device or the ROM (most likely something ive done, lol)