Hey guys,
What is the BEST ROM for the Galaxy Player 4.0?
I REALLY want to flash a ROM but don't know which one to flash.
Your recommendations will be appreciated!
Also, along with ROM suggestion, can you also tell me HOW to flash it?
Thanks.
the playa! said:
Hey guys,
What is the BEST ROM for the Galaxy Player 4.0?
I REALLY want to flash a ROM but don't know which one to flash.
Your recommendations will be appreciated!
Also, along with ROM suggestion, can you also tell me HOW to flash it?
Thanks.
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If you want something fast i would go with EtherealRom v2.4 but if you want something stable i would go with IcyFusion
How to flash
1 Download Odin v 1.85 http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=581913&d=1304094576
2 then download terrasilent http://www.mediafire.com/?cf9aw48dnmiqi
3 extract odin and open it then click PDA then click terrasilent.tar
4 Put your galaxy player in download mode and connect itto computer
5 hit run on odin
6 after thats done go to odin and click pda and find the extracted rom you want and click the .tar file
7 Go back to download mode and hit run on odin
8 wait and enjoy
remember it has to have Root
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nn
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If you want something fast i would go with EtherealRom v2.4 but if you want something stable i would go with IcyFusion
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I don't think I can give a better synopsis that that. I loaded Ethereal and it was ridiculously fast, but I had crash issues(probably because I butchered/reflashed my bootloader/kernel/rom within days of getting it). IcyFusion is my daily driver rom and because of it my Samsung Galaxy Player has become my $0 a month smart phone. The only thing I needed to do to IcyFusion was download setCPU(sleep function lowers cpu so much that almost all media players stutter when the screen is off).
Either rom will make you completely dismiss stock as a complete waste of time. If you have any hiccups consider it an opportunity to learn a bit about your device and what it can do.
SGP4isokay said:
I don't think I can give a better synopsis that that. I loaded Ethereal and it was ridiculously fast, but I had crash issues(probably because I butchered/reflashed my bootloader/kernel/rom within days of getting it). IcyFusion is my daily driver rom and because of it my Samsung Galaxy Player has become my $0 a month smart phone. The only thing I needed to do to IcyFusion was download setCPU(sleep function lowers cpu so much that almost all media players stutter when the screen is off).
Either rom will make you completely dismiss stock as a complete waste of time. If you have any hiccups consider it an opportunity to learn a bit about your device and what it can do.
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The only problem I ever had with Ethereal was that it lagged way to much using Go Launcher EX. I had to change to Holo Launcher because of that. IcyFusion is great an all however, it was very hard for me to set up a Groove IP and Google Voice account, because it kept asking for a number lol. Performance I'd go with Ethereal, Battery Life I'd also go with Ethereal. But if you want more of the true ICS feel. Go with IcyFusion even though it is no slouch in performance either. Klin said he got 2300 @1ghz, but I only got 1700 with EXT =(. So I don't know. I may change back to it at some point.
soultaker123 said:
nn
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If you want something fast i would go with EtherealRom v2.4 but if you want something stable i would go with IcyFusion
How to flash
1 Download Odin v 1.85 http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=581913&d=1304094576
2 then download terrasilent http://www.mediafire.com/?cf9aw48dnmiqi
3 extract odin and open it then click PDA then click terrasilent.tar
4 Put your galaxy player in download mode and connect itto computer
5 hit run on odin
6 after thats done go to odin and click pda and find the extracted rom you want and click the .tar file
7 Go back to download mode and hit run on odin
8 wait and enjoy
remember it has to have Root
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for SOME reason... after I flashed the TerraSilent kernel to install these ROMS... my apps cant open.. like I see them.. but when I click them it says "Application not installed on phone" and it also shows an SD card on the apps. What also happened was that after I flashed the kernel, whenever I try to flash a ROM with ODIN, it says "USB not recognized" which didnt happen before I flashed TerraSilent. And I also want a stable ROM where the camera works...
to sum things up, I cant flash any ROMS that you need ODIN with AND I want a stable ROM to download.
thanks.
the playa! said:
for SOME reason... after I flashed the TerraSilent kernel to install these ROMS... my apps cant open.. like I see them.. but when I click them it says "Application not installed on phone" and it also shows an SD card on the apps. What also happened was that after I flashed the kernel, whenever I try to flash a ROM with ODIN, it says "USB not recognized" which didnt happen before I flashed TerraSilent. And I also want a stable ROM where the camera works...
to sum things up, I cant flash any ROMS that you need ODIN with AND I want a stable ROM to download.
thanks.
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I'm going to take a wild stab at this and say that you didn't flash TerraSilent as "PDA" in Odin. Unless something with your device goes horrifically wrong you shouldn't have to use "BOOTLOADER" or "PIT". To my knowledge we never use "PHONE" or "CSC" in Odin because of the nature of our devices(not being phones and all that). If you want to wait for a more knowledgeable person to respond they should have some more insight for you.
The camera works in IcyFusion and Ethereal. As far as I know everything works in both of those roms and this is from using IcyFusion for hours a day every single day.
Again, it sounds like you might want to retrace your steps, figure out what you did that deviated from Soultaker's instructions(or you can go to the Development section, find the TerraSilent/IcyFusion/Ethereal threads and see the unabridged instructions) then perhaps reflash the correct files in the correct sections. Flashing the TerraSilent kernel and these two roms will not break anything unless you've got a loose USB cord or a sketchy USB port and even then it takes a few seconds to find a new cable/port and flash them again.
SGP4isokay said:
I'm going to take a wild stab at this and say that you didn't flash TerraSilent as "PDA" in Odin. Unless something with your device goes horrifically wrong you shouldn't have to use "BOOTLOADER" or "PIT". To my knowledge we never use "PHONE" or "CSC" in Odin because of the nature of our devices(not being phones and all that). If you want to wait for a more knowledgeable person to respond they should have some more insight for you.
The camera works in IcyFusion and Ethereal. As far as I know everything works in both of those roms and this is from using IcyFusion for hours a day every single day.
Again, it sounds like you might want to retrace your steps, figure out what you did that deviated from Soultaker's instructions(or you can go to the Development section, find the TerraSilent/IcyFusion/Ethereal threads and see the unabridged instructions) then perhaps reflash the correct files in the correct sections. Flashing the TerraSilent kernel and these two roms will not break anything unless you've got a loose USB cord or a sketchy USB port and even then it takes a few seconds to find a new cable/port and flash them again.
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lol... but in reality I DID click PDA when flashing the kernel.. but thanks I will go back and retrace my steps and try to figure out what happened.
I agree on this as well, I was happy with only two different roms and only one kernal stayed the whole time- which was terrasilent.
The two roms were of course the ethereal rom and icyfusion rom. While ethereal is fast and great with battery life, it's extremely unstable when it comes to apps. Alot of apps just did not work like bandroid or Dead Space, and some apps only partially worked like my juice defender and weather apps would not pick up my gps for "location learning". Switched to Icy Fusion and all the apps I throw at it work. Juice Defender and my weather apps picked up my GPS immediately to an annoyance. While each person has their opinions of launchers, I found to really like the Holo Launcher in Icy Fusion alot more function, appealing, and eat less ram than the Go Launcher in Ethereal. While you of course can use any type of launcher you like, the "baked in" ones I found to be very different from each other and was a deciding factor.
It also doesn't help that Klin and hanthsolo have very different opinions in regards to sound quality. While some praise Beats Audio, it's really only a software mixer. Voodoo on the other hand has made a name for itself as it's a fantastic Hardware mixer that takes advantage of the Wolfson DAC inside the Galaxy Player 4.0. I'm much part of the field that would highly prefer a driver that improves the hardware inside the device instead of a software component that supposedly improves audio. Some can't avoid using the beats software mixer as it's the only way they can improve their audio like the Galaxy Player 5.0 users (who have the Yamaha DAC).
My point of my last paragraph is that In my opinion, the sole deciding factor if you like good audio quality is to go for a rom that caters to the Hardware mixer like Voodoo - Icy Fusion is the Rom that does this. If you so wish to do a combo with the beats software mixer, you have the OPTION to do so. Hanthesolo had an opinion that beats is the only way to go and forced it in his rom, not taking advantage of the Wolfson DAC in our Galaxy Player 4.0 at all. Installing the voodoo driver after caused weird bugs to come out of using the ethereal rom, like sometimes it just wouldn't enable unless you launched the driver app.
Hopefully with hanthesolo doing the 4.04 rom right now, he at least reads threads like these and just includes Voodoo Control inside that rom automatically by default since it takes advantage of the SGP 4.0 and he give us the OPTION to install beats if the user so wishes.
P.S. Beats Audio btw has a tendency to break video files and other things, so I highly do not recommend the ethereal rom because of this. Love hanthesolo's work, especially since he has a hand in the 4.04 rom for us, just can't recommend the ethereal rom from my experience. First post btw, long time lingerer (rooted Asus Transformer Prime with S Rom), just finally registered and posted here after using both roms (bricking once).
da1writer said:
I agree on this as well, I was happy with only two different roms and only one kernal stayed the whole time- which was terrasilent.
The two roms were of course the ethereal rom and icyfusion rom. While ethereal is fast and great with battery life, it's extremely unstable when it comes to apps. Alot of apps just did not work like bandroid or Dead Space, and some apps only partially worked like my juice defender and weather apps would not pick up my gps for "location learning". Switched to Icy Fusion and all the apps I throw at it work. Juice Defender and my weather apps picked up my GPS immediately to an annoyance. While each person has their opinions of launchers, I found to really like the Holo Launcher in Icy Fusion alot more function, appealing, and eat less ram than the Go Launcher in Ethereal. While you of course can use any type of launcher you like, the "baked in" ones I found to be very different from each other and was a deciding factor.
It also doesn't help that Klin and hanthsolo have very different opinions in regards to sound quality. While some praise Beats Audio, it's really only a software mixer. Voodoo on the other hand has made a name for itself as it's a fantastic Hardware mixer that takes advantage of the Wolfson DAC inside the Galaxy Player 4.0. I'm much part of the field that would highly prefer a driver that improves the hardware inside the device instead of a software component that supposedly improves audio. Some can't avoid using the beats software mixer as it's the only way they can improve their audio like the Galaxy Player 5.0 users (who have the Yamaha DAC).
My point of my last paragraph is that In my opinion, the sole deciding factor if you like good audio quality is to go for a rom that caters to the Hardware mixer like Voodoo - Icy Fusion is the Rom that does this. If you so wish to do a combo with the beats software mixer, you have the OPTION to do so. Hanthesolo had an opinion that beats is the only way to go and forced it in his rom, not taking advantage of the Wolfson DAC in our Galaxy Player 4.0 at all. Installing the voodoo driver after caused weird bugs to come out of using the ethereal rom, like sometimes it just wouldn't enable unless you launched the driver app.
Hopefully with hanthesolo doing the 4.04 rom right now, he at least reads threads like these and just includes Voodoo Control inside that rom automatically by default since it takes advantage of the SGP 4.0 and he give us the OPTION to install beats if the user so wishes.
P.S. Beats Audio btw has a tendency to break video files and other things, so I highly do not recommend the ethereal rom because of this. Love hanthesolo's work, especially since he has a hand in the 4.04 rom for us, just can't recommend the ethereal rom from my experience. First post btw, long time lingerer (rooted Asus Transformer Prime with S Rom), just finally registered and posted here after using both roms (bricking once).
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I think he took out the Beats audio mod in the last ver of his rom. I use Voodoo Control and have absolutely no problem with it. The market even updated it to the lastest and it works even better. I use DSP manager as well and still have no problem. Well it does have a weird bug in which when you choose your preset, it is supposed to show it on the graph but doesn't. But I believe you are right about it being unstable with some apps though. Mine sometimes freezes or just out right crashes and it sucks. But I think that has to do more with ram (that's why I switched to Holo Launcher too lol). I'm going to end up flashing back to IcyFusion probably today to see if I can get an improvement in the quadrant score. I think it may be sometime I'm doing wrong.
Voodoo
obscuresword said:
I think he took out the Beats audio mod in the last ver of his rom. I use Voodoo Control and have absolutely no problem with it. The market even updated it to the lastest and it works even better. I use DSP manager as well and still have no problem. But I believe you are right about it being unstable with some apps though. Mine sometimes freezes or just out right crashes and it sucks. But I think that has to do more with ram (that's why I switched to Holo Launcher too lol). I'm going to end up flashing back to IcyFusion probably today to see if I can get an improvement in the quadrant score. I think it may be sometime I'm doing wrong.
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I'm assuming that you downloaded Voodoo control from the Market itself, but its a paid app... can you put the apk file on this.. I would love to try it out.. I only have TerraSilent kernel installed right now..... now ROM installed.
the playa! said:
I'm assuming that you downloaded Voodoo control from the Market itself, but its a paid app... can you put the apk file on this.. I would love to try it out.. I only have TerraSilent kernel installed right now..... now ROM installed.
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? It's free though? Voodoo Control Plus is what cost moneys...
I would provide a link (forum won't let me post links yet, new user and all) but just check out the google play store and search voodoo, just grab the free version and if you like you can buy the Plus version to support the dev.
Yes, I do read these kinds if threads, it's nice to read some unopinoinated reviews of my ROM .
I did take out the voodoo APP in my ROM, as I was having issues getting it to work, but it can easily be optained from the market. I also may have taken out/fixed beats in the last version, so that it plays nicely with most things. Voodoo is integrated into the kernel itself, and beats mods the audio files in the ROM, so they shouldn't conflict with each other.
I personally find my ROM to be a bit less stable than stock, but most of the time it ran well, and pretty darn fast, IMO. For people who are having GPS issues, I have set GPS.conf (?) to search for satellites in the US/north america region, so you will have to mod /etc/GPS.conf to fix that. Of course, it's been a while since I have even looked at that ROM, so my recollection is a bit sketchy .
hanthesolo said:
Yes, I do read these kinds if threads, it's nice to read some unopinoinated reviews of my ROM .
I did take out the voodoo APP in my ROM, as I was having issues getting it to work, but it can easily be optained from the market. I also may have taken out/fixed beats in the last version, so that it plays nicely with most things. Voodoo is integrated into the kernel itself, and beats mods the audio files in the ROM, so they shouldn't conflict with each other.
I personally find my ROM to be a bit less stable than stock, but most of the time it ran well, and pretty darn fast, IMO. For people who are having GPS issues, I have set GPS.conf (?) to search for satellites in the US/north america region, so you will have to mod /etc/GPS.conf to fix that. Of course, it's been a while since I have even looked at that ROM, so my recollection is a bit sketchy .
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I agree, ethereal was fast/had better battery strengths (like 100mhz music) and switching back to icy fusion proved that while it (icy fusion) works better with apps (this is what i kinda meant about stability), your ethereal rom didn't eat ram like crazy like icy fusion. Right now, I'm trying to find ways to get more swap from terrasilent's kernal (or at least enable it since it's supposedly disabled) but I'm very new when it comes to scripts. zCache was easy to enable but freezes my device. I did mention though that the two best roms to get are yours and klins most recent work. Looking forward to the 4.04 rom though, I really want to jump to it but need at least your milestones you mentioned crossed first (stability aside). Voodoo please btw if you can get it working right!
P.S. hanthesolo, do you happen to have the script file to enable swap (or if you have time can you walk me through enabling the swap or upping the swap)? I keep trying with scriptmanager and the file is kicking out a very small footprint (bytes instead of kb), I don't think it's enabling. I had to resort to buying the Ram Expander app in the play store to use my 64gb [class 6] card as ram but it's having jittery results for me sometimes. I'd rather use the kernal assets than rely on a app.
I was using a ram bootser app (green paint brush looking app) but eventually the ram would just top off no matter what! Why is this like this btw - why does the ram fill up so badly on these roms? Maybe I'm just not use to low ram androids, tablet has 1gb so i never even worry about it ! I really hope the ics rom you are making with your team is friendly with the ram or has a high swap rate... You can pm me if this seems a bit too offtopic with my request in the above paragraph.
the playa! said:
I'm assuming that you downloaded Voodoo control from the Market itself, but its a paid app... can you put the apk file on this.. I would love to try it out.. I only have TerraSilent kernel installed right now..... now ROM installed.
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I was actually just looking at his thread and he said that beats mod is still installed lol. Then I read that it broke Flac so now I'm switching back to IcyFusion since I have some flac files, and don't feel like converting them lol. Actually I think Ethereal came with Voodoo Control (Voodoo Sound now), and all I did was extract the apk file and then installed it to the player. It also isn't a paid app only the plus ver is. You have to side load the apk file though since it doesn't show up in the market.
da1writer said:
I agree, ethereal was fast/had better battery strengths (like 100mhz music) and switching back to icy fusion proved that while it (icy fusion) works better with apps (this is what i kinda meant about stability), your ethereal rom didn't eat ram like crazy like icy fusion. Right now, I'm trying to find ways to get more swap from terrasilent's kernal (or at least enable it since it's supposedly disabled) but I'm very new when it comes to scripts. zCache was easy to enable but freezes my device. I did mention though that the two best roms to get are yours and klins most recent work. Looking forward to the 4.04 rom though, I really want to jump to it but need at least your milestones you mentioned crossed first (stability aside). Voodoo please btw if you can get it working right!
P.S. hanthesolo, do you happen to have the script file to enable swap (or if you have time can you walk me through enabling the swap or upping the swap)? I keep trying with scriptmanager and the file is kicking out a very small footprint (bytes instead of kb), I don't think it's enabling. I had to resort to buying the Ram Expander app in the play store to use my 64gb [class 6] card as ram but it's having jittery results for me sometimes. I'd rather use the kernal assets than rely on a app.
I was using a ram bootser app (green paint brush looking app) but eventually the ram would just top off no matter what! Why is this like this btw - why does the ram fill up so badly on these roms? Maybe I'm just not use to low ram androids, tablet has 1gb so i never even worry about it ! I really hope the ics rom you are making with your team is friendly with the ram or has a high swap rate... You can pm me if this seems a bit too offtopic with my request in the above paragraph.
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Yeah, RAM really is the achilles heel of this device, as we have the bare minimum to keep things running well (341 MB is user-availible), out of which only ~150 is actually usable for apps, as GB takes up the rest, which made that a MAJOR focus in my ROM. Hopefully now that we have ICS and with it it's awesome RAM management, we will not have as hard of a time keeping things balanced.
Believe me, I had tried every way possible to run modern/intensive games on it, but our ram physically limits us from actually running these games. I tried mass effect infiltrator a while ago, and I had to create a 100MB swapfile for it to run, and it ended taking up 100% of hard ram, and over 60% of the swapfile! Ran a lot better than I hoped though.
To run Zram, all you need to do is create a script (don't forget #!/system/bin/sh at the beginning), and enter these commands into the script:
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mkswap /dev/block/zram0
swapon /dev/block/zram0
To create a swapfile I forget the exact command, but you can easily look it up or use a swap app from the market .
da1writer said:
? It's free though? Voodoo Control Plus is what cost moneys...
I would provide a link (forum won't let me post links yet, new user and all) but just check out the google play store and search voodoo, just grab the free version and if you like you can buy the Plus version to support the dev.
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my bad.. I will look into this and download it!
hanthesolo said:
Yeah, RAM really is the achilles heel of this device, as we have the bare minimum to keep things running well (341 MB is user-availible), out of which only ~150 is actually usable for apps, as GB takes up the rest, which made that a MAJOR focus in my ROM. Hopefully now that we have ICS and with it it's awesome RAM management, we will not have as hard of a time keeping things balanced.
Believe me, I had tried every way possible to run modern/intensive games on it, but our ram physically limits us from actually running these games. I tried mass effect infiltrator a while ago, and I had to create a 100MB swapfile for it to run, and it ended taking up 100% of hard ram, and over 60% of the swapfile! Ran a lot better than I hoped though.
To run Zram, all you need to do is create a script (don't forget #!/system/bin/sh at the beginning), and enter these commands into the script:
Code:
mkswap /dev/block/zram0
swapon /dev/block/zram0
To create a swapfile I forget the exact command, but you can easily look it up or use a swap app from the market .
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handthesolo..... when will the camera start working in the ICS 4.0.4 ROM? I WILL download it after it starts to work.. cuz I use the camera often.. lol.. and bluetooth also doesnt work right? but watever... I can manage without bluetooth.. lol
I guess after the 4.0.4 ROM gets a bit more stable.. it will be the best one to flash.
the playa! said:
handthesolo..... when will the camera start working in the ICS 4.0.4 ROM? I WILL download it after it starts to work.. cuz I use the camera often.. lol.. and bluetooth also doesnt work right? but watever... I can manage without bluetooth.. lol
I guess after the 4.0.4 ROM gets a bit more stable.. it will be the best one to flash.
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The camera will probably be the last thing we fix, but we are quickly approaching a usable release. Believe me, we're working collectively about 100-150 hours a week so that you guys can have ICS on your neglected players. Just give us some time, and believe me, we will get there.
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The camera will probably be the last thing we fix, but we are quickly approaching a usable release. Believe me, we're working collectively about 100-150 hours a week so that you guys can have ICS on your neglected players. Just give us some time, and believe me, we will get there.
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ok sure!
btw.. u guys are working real fast... when will build 4 be up by?
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ok sure!
btw.. u guys are working real fast... when will build 4 be up by?
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No ETA's, but probably sometime next week, as I am planning on having HW acceleration fixed by the next release.
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Hello everyone! I just got my 16gb wifi model a few days ago. I'm from Canada. I think it's a very nice device, I love it, but have a few questions. First I noticed that the device seems to be a little laggy sometimes, specifically when you switch apps, or when in the browser or using the keyboard? Is there any way to make this better?
I have taken the habit of using the task manager to close unused apps, is this a good thing to do? I have the feeling that mine came with stuff that I don't really need/want. For exemple, There is a ^ in the bottom bar that I always tend to open by accident, this bar open another row of icon. Also there is a screenshot icon on the bar. Is this something to do with the TouchWiz? How much clog/more memory is the touch wiz using? Maybe without it I could gain some speed. I have removed all the widgets to make things better and I use a simple wallpaper.
I'm not into flashing for now, I'm not mentally ready, is there anything else I can do to improve speed and responsiveness?
Also, I have a blackberry and I am used to receive instant notifications for facebook. Is there an equivalent app for facebook for the tab?
Thanks.
First things first, Id root it. Its VERY easy. If you have issues with the Mass storage device not being seen my the PC, make sure usb debugging is off. Also, after you root it throw on Pershoots TW UX version of his kernel.
Then download set cpu and OC it to 1400. And if you want to put on a rom, put on task650s rom.
after that all lag is pretty much gone.
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First things first, Id root it. Its VERY easy. If you have issues with the Mass storage device not being seen my the PC, make sure usb debugging is off. Also, after you root it throw on Pershoots TW UX version of his kernel.
Then download set cpu and OC it to 1400. And if you want to put on a rom, put on task650s rom.
after that all lag is pretty much gone.
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Do you have a link to the best rooting instructions? Also a link to OC?
Sure most guys will tell you to search, but thats not me. I'll help you out bro, np
1) how to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239185
That is a video with a written tutorial too. That should do ya
2) OC'ing kernel
Pershoot is the one that made it. It also have a nice VooDoo integrated sound matrix ( or whatever ) and it sounds crazy good. To take advantage of it, flash his kernel and then market VooDoo and download that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138167
If you have a touchwiz / WIFI rom/tablet.. Then you need to download the kernel off of his site that has TW / UX in the title of the link.
mroneeyedboh said:
First things first, Id root it. Its VERY easy. If you have issues with the Mass storage device not being seen my the PC, make sure usb debugging is off. Also, after you root it throw on Pershoots TW UX version of his kernel.
Then download set cpu and OC it to 1400. And if you want to put on a rom, put on task650s rom.
after that all lag is pretty much gone.
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I could not agree more with this, I just got done running benchmarks with just Task650's ROM, loading up the newest pershoot kernel now. Even with just the ROM lag is pretty much gone
Yeah Mann benchmarks don't mean much in terms of Android. But it's a good placebo for some
Sent from a miui powered HTC Evo.
Well, i admit that it is tempting to install a rom. I dont understand tho why it is necessary to clear up the slowness problem. Ppl at samsung need to work more to optimise their sh.t
mickey78 said:
Well, i admit that it is tempting to install a rom. I dont understand tho why it is necessary to clear up the slowness problem. Ppl at samsung need to work more to optimise their sh.t
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Im not sure if I know what you mean... what do you mean on you dont understand why its is necessart to clear up the slowness problem? It is because there is soo much bloat and things misplaced. Its kinda crazy. but after you run an optimized ROM and the kernel at 1.4ghz.. its night a day..
Hie guys. I am new to SGT 10.1 and to this forum.
[Nice little introducing video btw].
I just reply to this thread not to open a new one and start asking questions over there
From what you guys discussed above, after rooting the device and OC it, the lags will go away. How much does OC it to 1.4 affect the battery life and heat? I searched and most people posted it doesn't heat up the tablet much. I guess it is the same to you guys?
If I have rooted my tab and OC it to 1.4. Let says something gone wrong with the hardware of my tab and I would like to exchange it, am I able to un-root it and de-clock to 1.0 before I return?
Cheers
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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or1onz said:
From what you guys discussed above, after rooting the device and OC it, the lags will go away. How much does OC it to 1.4 affect the battery life and heat? I searched and most people posted it doesn't heat up the tablet much. I guess it is the same to you guys?
If I have rooted my tab and OC it to 1.4. Let says something gone wrong with the hardware of my tab and I would like to exchange it, am I able to un-root it and de-clock to 1.0 before I return?
Cheers
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The overclock with help with lags. But not all of the lags are based off of speed issues. Some are code related. But in the end, yes it will speed up nicely, and be more fluid.
The heat and battery isn't really an issue. But being that all of the dev'ing going on is all new. Its a wait and see thing. But in all respects, it should be just fine.
And I haven't looked into unrooting, but I'm almost 100% positive that it can be done.
Sent from a miui powered HTC Evo.
I actually have a question about OCing. I flashed the Starburst ROM on my tab, but no custom kernal. Is it still OK to download set CPU and crank it to 1.4ghz? (I've OCed computers 'til they cried, but never phones or tablets )
Sooo.. I'm not a fan of the crazy supermod kernels that add "tweaks" that improve only synthetic scores but kill your battery and are actually worse performing in real-world apps and cause other issues.
But damn, HTC has a HORRIBLE Bluetooth bitrate on A2DP. It's not the phone because one time I had a random ROM that had it sounding perfect, but whatever crap HTC has in there stock is awful.
Can anyone recommend one that doesn't do all the crazy stuff like SD/RAM "tweaks" but maybe only has things like dimmed capacatative buttons and the updated BT A2DP bitrate?
Or if I have to do this myself, what's a good way to get started?
Come on, no one?
Answer: Do it your self. Brah
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Answer: Do it your self. Brah
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He wasn't asking someone to developed a kernel, he was simply asking if one exists. Way to be a ****. I seriously have a hard time dealing with all the bull**** in the 3D forums.
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Saneless One said:
Can anyone recommend one that doesn't do all the crazy stuff like SD/RAM "tweaks" but maybe only has things like dimmed capacatative buttons and the updated BT A2DP bitrate?
Or if I have to do this myself, what's a good way to get started?
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I compiled a stock kernel with only dim leds and notification light blinking changed. If you tell me exactly what to change for the BT A2DP bitrate (or point to a kernel that has that change as a commit on github, etc), I'll do it for you.
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He wasn't asking someone to developed a kernel, he was simply asking if one exists. Way to be a ****. I seriously have a hard time dealing with all the bull**** in the 3D forums.
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Read the last sentence. Kthxbye lol
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ANYWAY.
Thanks mwalt. I'm actually using your kernel now with Clean/Senseless ROMs. I prefer no crazy crap in there, so I appreciate changing a few things that make sense and aren't experimental theoretical improvements.
My request is real though
Here's a big long thread about it, actually, to show I'm not crazy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-708685.html
Now.. to answer your question on where or what to change, after reading all that, I'm not sure I have an answer for you.
I know that the ROM in this thread works just fine:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316039
But of course, being CM7 based, it's still missing many things I need. Oddly though, unlike CM7 alpha, the BT audio worked just fine.
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I know that the ROM in this thread works just fine:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316039
But of course, being CM7 based, it's still missing many things I need. Oddly though, unlike CM7 alpha, the BT audio worked just fine.
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Do you happen to know what kernel empiire's rom is running? He doesn't say or give a source that I saw by quickly looking. I don't know enough to dig through the code myself and find it.
all my kernels have new / faster BT drivers...
GSM AOSP - pending
GSM SENSE - DONE
CDMA SENSE - DONE
CDMA AOSP = done
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318005
chad.goodman knows what he is doing!
I use the stockAnthraX kernel and it has just the right amount of tweaks that I need. Actually, I don't even think of them as tweaks...just making the phone do what it was designed to do.
Flash it...you won't regret it!
Just noticed mwalt had posted in here....his kernels were going to be my other suggestion! Both of them do quality work.
mwalt: The kernel for empires says it's from toastcfh, evo 3d #25 dirty. Something like that. I'm going from memory since I only flashed it to see if Bluetooth sounded good. And it sure did sound good. I have a few songs that are always an issue with HTCs settings and they were perfect.
I'll try out Chad's kernel to see if it's a kernel or other settings issue. If it's kernel, I'll have to research, hopefully with some help, where the setting truly is.
I've yet to check out how chad's performs in the car, but I have zero interest in overclocking anything. FSB, CPU, GPU, anything. This phone doesn't get the best battery life in general, and I have zero issues with 1.2ghz, so I see no reason to go higher. I use apps instead of just benchmarking, and those all work just great. In fact, some ROMS even set things back with tweaks that look good on paper (benchmarks) but actually break things like SD card read/write latency.
I personally recommend chad.goodman's kernals. I have flashed different kernals and different roms, testing each rom with each kernal. His always gave a better benchmark score, while remaining the most stable. I know that's not what your looking for however. Since that "phase" that I was going through flashing 4-6 roms a day, I have since stuck with flashing a new rom every few days to try them out. But I always, ONLY, flash his stock kernal, because it seems to me to make the phone run exactly as it should. I don't overclock or tweak it in any way, or use any apps to do so.
So basically I would say flash his stock kernal, don't worry about overclocking it or doing anything to change it, and try it out for a few days. I think you'll be pretty happy with the outcome.
Edit: I play games for 1-3 hours a day on my phone, text constantly and use the phone for everything it has, and I get 18-26 hours per charge. The rom I had stuck with mostly(Or always go back to) is CleanROM DE with his kernal, which now includes it.
I'd prefer not to OC, but the kernel has it set for 1.5 by default.
CleanROM DE isn't bad, but some of the tweaks cause real-world issues despite possible score gains. For instance, the SD Card speed fix actually slows down read/write rates in any real-world usages and even makes songs skip. The latency is horrible with that script in particular.
I have played multiple albums without running into any problems myself. All of my music is 320 CBR, and I use the stock music player. As far as score gains, I haven't ran a benchmark on this rom. I've gotten to where I just want a good stable rom, regardless of the benchmark scores, and of course one that works for me. I'm not saying it's your phone or SD Card, but honestly I haven't ran into any issues with the read or writing of my card. I'm also using the SD Card that came with the phone which I believe is class 4. I'm getting out of where I "know what I'm talking about" but it could also be the process you follow when flashing. I feel like I go through alot of un-needed steps while flashing roms/kernals. I flash a combination of different Wiping tools that format and optimize(Synergy Wipe for example) the partitions in EXT4. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it, but I can honestly say I haven't ran into any latency issues and especially no song skipping, even with the phone under heavy load(Music+Games/3DGames+Sometimes an open web tab or two and texting).
It could all just come down to each phone is different, even though they have the same hardware. Just like with PCs.
As far as OCing, I may not be correct(I'm probably not), but from what I read on chad.goodmans post along with others, the processor is approved/supported to run up to 1.512 by QUALCOMM, although it seems HTC says 1.188.
I'm not an expert on this at all, and if this isn't correct let me know. I'm just talking from experience and from my understandings of reading around on the forums.
Trust me, I try multiple things multiple times so I can single out the source of issues
Without SD Card tweak init.d scripts everything is fine. Introduce them into the mix, songs, album art, and the phone in general runs slow as it waits to build up the buffer before reading/writing. Now, benchmarks don't show this because during that buffer time there's no reading/writing so it's not measuring it. Once it actually writes it's slightly faster, but you can clearly see that the test is stalling out and it takes a LOT longer to complete.
As for chad's OC, I realize he's just doing what the chip is rated at, I'm not worried that he's got things set to some bad level, I just also realize that the chip is underclocked probably to save battery, and I'm fine with that speed so I'll take the power savings.
And finally.. the Anthrax kernel has the same A2DP issues as stock, so the bitpool setting is either not changed in it or the setting is elsewhere. I need to flash the other kernel I had from empire's rom to see if that alone can fix it.
Post your results once you finish testing it out, I'd like to know what they are haha!
Like I said I'm not into pushing my phone anymore, just looking for the best overall experience as possible with complete stability. However once in a great while I decide to flash some stuff and tweak it around to see how far my phone will go before freaking out ha.
Ok.. after another round of testing.
Looks like it's NOT a kernel thing after all. If I use Chad's anthrax kernel in a Sense ROM it doesn't change the quality of the BT A2DP streaming. But in an AOSP ROM, where the audio sounds good, using Chad's AOSP kernel still sounds good.
So it looks like there's some file/setting somewhere else that determines the bitrate or the BT drivers. Guess this isn't going to be as easy as I hoped.
Well at least you got that figured out haha. I'm still very interested in your findings so keep us updated! ^.^
I've always found that AOSP run better anyways, but I like Sense too much to get rid of it haha! However I'm looking forward to the bugs in the XPLOD ROM to be worked out, I flashed that one when it was released a few days ago and it seems pretty sick.
I would love to have an AOSP rom, but at this point the phone is missing functionality. I'll deal with Sense, so long as I can play music over BT and not cringe.
BT is important for the car because I can use steering controls
Hi,
I bought my GS2 less than a week ago, and I'm really disappointed with it!
I rooted and installed custom rom and kernel the day I got it, and since then I've witnessed literally tens of fatal bugs that cause dirty shutdown(Usually I need to remove the battery). Also, apps force close too often. And on top of that I find my device very slow!
I had SE Arc S before GS2. I wanted S2 because I wanted better performance. I didn't get the performance, my Arc was way faster, even despite the two times lower benchmark scores. I'm using Apex Launcher, and every time I scroll the screen, I can clearly see the wallpaper "flashing", seems like it's too "heavy" for a dual-core CPU and probably for the best mobile GPU! Also, when I open a folder, it lags notably!
I have tested about ten different roms, including AOKP(RR & Foxhound), Samsung stock(Omega & Wanam) and MIUI(RGUI and some other which's name I don't remember). Also kernels like Sayah & NEAK. So far, I haven't got a stable nor a fast experience!
I know this isn't the S2 that is known for its performance and quality, this is something different! What could possibly be the cause of my problem? Games run well, but despite that, my phone is slower than a Sony Ericsson(single core & Adreno)!
Please help me, I know S2 can do better!
Mayby you installed a buggy and slow rom and kernel? Flash CM7 or a stock rom and you will be surprised
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I see that you already tried other roms, go back to the shop you bought it, mayby they can help you...
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Your experience is different to 90% of people who post here.
There are no shortcuts to having a phone setup/running the way you want to.
I emphasised that last bit because anyone who offers you anything but the most generic advice will be telling you what works for them, with the way they use the phone & the way they have it set up. If you follow said advice, chances are you won't end up with the results you're looking for.
My advice is to either persevere & keep tinkering with the phone (if you're not a person who likes to do this kind of thing, you're probably in the wrong place), or sell it & get something else.
You're obviously looking for shortcuts/quick fixes, and I'm telling you there aren't any.
Try Ollo Rom, def the best and most stable from IMO
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hi
this is very interesting. its some time i don't respond to posts. i am no guru to galaxy s2 but i think the phone is ok. first install stock rom to see if the phone is ok. i mean is charging ok and has no hardware problems. maybe its something hardware and u can take it back to the service and for that u need stock. i think u rushed a little custom roms install. if device is ok then flash a custom kernel like cf root or speedmod kernel to have root and use titanium backup to freeze some bloatware. install apex launcher and see if u get lag. use an app like 2nd core to see if your cpu is working with 2 cores and has hotplug ok. and cpu spy for deep sleep issues. then install battery monitor widget from 3c to see the heating from battery. it should stay between 25 and 41 celsius. then if is ok install a custom rom. i tested wanam, vk and now neatromlite. best satisfaction was with 2.3.6 la4 rom from gb by krinyo but that was in gb.
I recommend Resurrection Remix 2.3
I recommend Resurrection Remix 2.3
I'm not usually "question asker" persons, I tend to solve my problems myself. But as said, this problem is very absurd since this phone is a true high end. I'm on Cyanogen9, a rom that I've had really good memories(well CM7 anyway)and I'm finding this little bit faster. This isn't a solution anyway, just avoiding the problem. I'm gonna try to go back to completely stock and customize it again.
Thanks for answers, really appreciate.
Ps. I'm don't fancy going back to Gingerbread
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I'm not usually "question asker" persons, I tend to solve my problems myself. But as said, this problem is very absurd since this phone is a true high end. I'm on Cyanogen9, a rom that I've had really good memories(well CM7 anyway)and I'm finding this little bit faster. This isn't a solution anyway, just avoiding the problem. I'm gonna try to go back to completely stock and customize it again.
Thanks for answers, really appreciate.
Ps. I'm don't fancy going back to Gingerbread
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Try resurrection 2.4 or rootbox. They are the best roms for the s2, in my opinion. You shouldn't be disappointed.
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That's a really good idea.
Go back to an ICS stock rom you know works fairly well, and go from there. Root the phone first, do a Nandroid backup before you make any other changes/flash any custom roms so you have a backup of a good setup as close as possible to stock (just with a rooted kernel).
Then you can try some roms out, maybe try out a couple of kernels. Best way to approach it is not to make too many changes at once I.E if you flash a rom, try it out for a bit with the supplied kernel before you start trying other kernels with it.
BetterBatteryStats (search for it on here/Google Play) can be invaluable so far as pinning down & eliminating any apps/processes that are causing unwanted battery drain. Also, give benchmarks too much of your time. They're not even close to an approximation of real world use of the phone.
And the other best bit of advice I can give you is read. A lot. Then read some more. Then keep reading till your eyes fall out. Particularly read anything you can get your hands on relating to the particular rom/kernel you're wanting to try out. Read the whole thread (even if it's 100's of pages). That's how you pick up little tricks/knowledge, by reading & then trying stuff out.
Edit - Also, the moment you root your phone & before you do anything else, get Hellcat's kTool from Google Play & backup your EFS. Keep a copy on your external SD card in the phone if you have one, and definitely keep a copy on your PC (and on an external drive or CD/DVD if you're really paranoid). You'd be surprised how many people we get on here with borked EFS/no IMEI & most (90%) don't have a backup.
ArmorD said:
I'm not usually "question asker" persons, I tend to solve my problems myself. But as said, this problem is very absurd since this phone is a true high end. I'm on Cyanogen9, a rom that I've had really good memories(well CM7 anyway)and I'm finding this little bit faster. This isn't a solution anyway, just avoiding the problem. I'm gonna try to go back to completely stock and customize it again.
Thanks for answers, really appreciate.
Ps. I'm don't fancy going back to Gingerbread
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I had something similar happen to me. I wanted to cry. But try this first (nobody likes hearing a grown man crying).
1- Restore your nandroid backup to get back to stock (you did do a nandroid back... Did you?)
2- Flash a STOCK ICS Rom. Any will do. As long as it's stock.
3- Proceed to flash any custom ICS rom of your choice
4- Flash any kernel of your choice
5- Enjoy
Thing is, some custom roms don't play nicely when you upgrade from gingerbread to ICS directly. Doing the above mentioned should do the trick.
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Try stock ROM with speedmod kernel. Or if you want batterylife, try undervolting kernels that are based on speedmod, like phenomenal or apollo kernel. Try also dorimanx kernel
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I have been a member for a long time, but I never post anything so in that sense I'm new enough that I can't post this in the forum I wanted to, so I'm asking here. This is going to sound like a hateful rant and I'm sure someone is thinking, "If she knows that, then why is she hatefully ranting?" I am not ready to give up yet, so I'm explaining how I arrived at this point.
I have had my Gtab for about a year and a half. In that time I have rooted it and changed the ROM several times. I moved up to the 1.2 bootloader. In all this time I haven't really used it much because it just doesn't work right no matter which rom I try. Each rom will be ok for a few days, and then it starts getting glitchy. I got so fed up with it, I just parked it for several months and didn't touch it. Just recently I have installed the smoother bean rom. It is sort of ok but it doesn't 'just work'. I'm not a bigtime gamer, I like angry birds and sudoku. I surf the internet, watch videos, read books/magazines that are in epub format. When I study, I highlight text and make notes. When I sit down to study, I need it to work. No hangups or lockups or slow/frozen screens. When I get it out to use at the KH to follow along with the material I studied previously, I need it to just work. It has been to the point that I had to open the thing and physically unplug the battery to get it to behave. I was so excited to get this tablet and read all the information in these forums about it, so I knew what I was getting into when I bought it. The bloom is off the rose and I just want a tablet that does what I want it to do. I don't even care if it has jellybean or ICS or even Honeycomb at this point... I just want a tablet that works without having to fiddle around with the software.
And I don't install crazy amounts of apps. I think there are 7 or 8 that I use. Mainly Moon+ reader, Dolphin browser, Pinterest and Sudoku and Angry birds. I also like to sync my google stuff, calendar, contacts, email.
I'm am thinking I might put it back to stock and let it do all the OTA updates and see how it runs. But if I do that, I have to do the fix that makes the google market and stuff work. If I can do that and in the end have a working tablet that is decent and stable, I'll do it. Can anyone give me any feedback after having done this themselves? How was your tablet after? I remember how horrible it was out of the box. Is it better? MUCH MUCH Better? or just a little better.
Is there another rom that has been proven to be stable? I'm not worried if the camera or bluetooth doesn't work, I don't use those with the tablet. I don't think they are working right now, I'm not sure I haven't tried them since I installed the smoother bean rom. It can be any version of Android, I don't care.
I have given some thought to selling my gtab and getting another tablet, but I don't want to do that just yet. I know there has to be a solution, I just haven't found it yet.
Any feed back or suggestions would be most appreciated. The developers work hard on this tablet and have kept it going when Viewsonic themselves quit on it. I think that its really cool that there is such a devoted community of people who still love this tablet.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
My recomendation for "stable"
No expert here, but I have multiple g-tablets. For the "stable" ROM, I use Cyanogenmod cm-7.2.0-smb_a1002.zip
Hope that helps,
Jack
I have very similar experience as yours. Bought the gtab long ago, played for a while, then stashed away for several month, but pulled it out again while some brilliant devs actually put JB on it.
I will never ever go back to stock on gtab. Both Smoother Bean and G-Harmony Jellybean ROMs work reasonably well. In my opinion, they are already pushing the limit of the hardware.
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No expert here, but I have multiple g-tablets. For the "stable" ROM, I use Cyanogenmod cm-7.2.0-smb_a1002.zip
Hope that helps,
Jack
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Whereabouts can I download that ROM? I googled the file name and I found the cyanogen download page with the various releases but I wasn't sure which one to pick. I didn't see any that said for the gtab and to tell the truth, it was late and my eyes were sleepy! If you know of a place to download the ROM, I would appreciate it. I would like to give it a shot and see how it goes on my tablet. I'm also going to try out reinstalling JB. I didn't realize there was a update for smoOther bean. So, we'll see what happens.
For stability and full function of the Gtablet, you will probably want to use a Froyo rom. All other versions of Android required re-written drivers and/or kernel, as Viewsonic did not release an official version, and never released their source code. My favorite Froyo rom is:
TNT 6039
I used that rom with VTL Launcher for months, until TeamDRH released their JellyBean rom. You might need to make some minor modifications to see all the apps in the Play store, just read the thread.
I also have another Gtab that is running CyanogenMod. This became my 'stable' tablet. My parents, kids and nephews have used it for months with no complaints. If it gets a little slow, just wipe the cache and it speeds right back up again. Hardware acceleration does not work on Gingerbread, so major 3d games often have graphical glitches, but it is very stable. Here is a link:
CyanogenMod 7.2
If you can wait a few more days (hopefully!) TeamDRH will be releasing a new JB rom with their new kernel. I am currently running my own CM10 build with the new kernel and it is great. Very fast and stable. None of the released JB roms ran very well on my 'experimental' Gtab, so I built my own. After a ton of work, it is running even better than my 'stable' tablet, so I would be willing to bet that when they release their new rom, it will be the best available. Judging by the description of your usage, I would try CM 7.2.
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For stability and full function of the Gtablet, you will probably want to use a Froyo rom. All other versions of Android required re-written drivers and/or kernel, as Viewsonic did not release an official version, and never released their source code. My favorite Froyo rom is:
TNT 6039
I used that rom with VTL Launcher for months, until TeamDRH released their JellyBean rom. You might need to make some minor modifications to see all the apps in the Play store, just read the thread.
I also have another Gtab that is running CyanogenMod. This became my 'stable' tablet. My parents, kids and nephews have used it for months with no complaints. If it gets a little slow, just wipe the cache and it speeds right back up again. Hardware acceleration does not work on Gingerbread, so major 3d games often have graphical glitches, but it is very stable. Here is a link:
CyanogenMod 7.2
If you can wait a few more days (hopefully!) TeamDRH will be releasing a new JB rom with their new kernel. I am currently running my own CM10 build with the new kernel and it is great. Very fast and stable. None of the released JB roms ran very well on my 'experimental' Gtab, so I built my own. After a ton of work, it is running even better than my 'stable' tablet, so I would be willing to bet that when they release their new rom, it will be the best available. Judging by the description of your usage, I would try CM 7.2.
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Second that! :good:
When will TeamDRH be releasing a new JB rom?
Do you mind to share the new rom?
Thanks for the feedback ya'll. I did install the CM7 ROM and I also tried another one, I can't remember right now which one it was. I was tempted away by the G-Harmony Jellybean ([ROM-AOSP][BL-1.2]G-Harmony Jellybean 4.1.2 ODEXed (UPDATED 12/28)) , I installed the Overclocked version and I have to say it is doing very well. I did have some SOD's but I supercharged it and bumped up the CPU with No Frills CPU and since then it has had no trouble. Its been since Saturday that I installed this ROM and I have used it a bunch since then. I guess time will tell.
I do have a question tho about a problem I'm having but it's absutely not a deal breaker. I can't get google calendar to sync. I know other ROMS have had a package to install that fixed this but I wasn't sure if I could do that with this rom. I don't want to jack up my install. I don't absolutelly have to get the calendar working right now. I don't have reliable internet at home, so the only time I get online with the thing is when I wifi tether to my phone. Was just wondering if anyone knew how to resolve this issue. Again, I would post in the forum for this ROM but I'm not allowed yet.
Thanks!
DaggerDave said:
For stability and full function of the Gtablet, you will probably want to use a Froyo rom. All other versions of Android required re-written drivers and/or kernel, as Viewsonic did not release an official version, and never released their source code. My favorite Froyo rom is:
TNT 6039
I used that rom with VTL Launcher for months, until TeamDRH released their JellyBean rom. You might need to make some minor modifications to see all the apps in the Play store, just read the thread.
I also have another Gtab that is running CyanogenMod. This became my 'stable' tablet. My parents, kids and nephews have used it for months with no complaints. If it gets a little slow, just wipe the cache and it speeds right back up again. Hardware acceleration does not work on Gingerbread, so major 3d games often have graphical glitches, but it is very stable. Here is a link:
CyanogenMod 7.2
If you can wait a few more days (hopefully!) TeamDRH will be releasing a new JB rom with their new kernel. I am currently running my own CM10 build with the new kernel and it is great. Very fast and stable. None of the released JB roms ran very well on my 'experimental' Gtab, so I built my own. After a ton of work, it is running even better than my 'stable' tablet, so I would be willing to bet that when they release their new rom, it will be the best available. Judging by the description of your usage, I would try CM 7.2.
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Can you share the ROM, please?
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Can you share the ROM, please?
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Do you mind to share the new rom?
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When DRH is ready to release their new rom, it will likely be on the other forum first. Search Google for "gtablet roms 1.2/1.3" and that forum will be listed at the top of the page. Can't link you to it, else I may anger the XDA Moderators! Sounds like they are very close, just waiting on a new recovery.
As for my current build, just a basic CM10 build with a few minor customizations (my chosen boot animation, removed/replace system apps, changes to build.prop, etc.). I cannot share it because I am using the new (unreleased) kernel, and it's a pretty 'plain' version of CM10, but you can easily build it all yourself. Once you have your build environment setup, it is easy to rebuild an updated version any time you like. Only thing is, you are on your own when it comes to troubleshooting and support! If you are interested, I can link you to the info I used to figure out how to build the kernel and CM10, and the Git locations of the required source code. You would need a decent computer running 64bit Linux (I use Arch Linux, but Ubuntu is easier to setup), about 50GB hard drive space, and some free time. I just did it for fun, plus I'm impatient and wanted to try the new kernel, and none of the JB roms at the time would run well for me.
Best ROM for G-Tab
Hi all,
I bought my G-Tab whentheyfirst came out and have tried about 13 or 14 ROM's over the last (nearly) two years. In my opinion the best is SmoOtherBean by Nobe1976. Out of the box it is pretty good, I made a few minor adjustments after the install and it is running perfectly.
Changed dpi to160 (enabled Music / Movies in the Play Market)
Used ROM Toolbox to delete Music FX and DSP Manager (fixed problem where music would suddenly blare or change volume)
Set min/max CPU to 312 / 1200 (seems to wake up faster, no lags when browsing,etc)
Give Nob1976 a thumbs up if you like his ROM - stop the trolls who have chased off so many devs.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900562
This post. A million times this post. Smooth bean looks promising but I've been through so many roms with mediocre to poor tab perf.
[=torilyn73;37717272]I have been a member for a long time, but I never post anything so in that sense I'm new enough that I can't post this in the forum I wanted to, so I'm asking here. This is going to sound like a hateful rant and I'm sure someone is thinking, "If she knows that, then why is she hatefully ranting?" I am not ready to give up yet, so I'm explaining how I arrived at this point.
I have had my Gtab for about a year and a half. In that time I have rooted it and changed the ROM several times. I moved up to the 1.2 bootloader. In all this time I haven't really used it much because it just doesn't work right no matter which rom I try. Each rom will be ok for a few days, and then it starts getting glitchy. I got so fed up with it, I just parked it for several months and didn't touch it. Just recently I have installed the smoother bean rom. It is sort of ok but it doesn't 'just work'. I'm not a bigtime gamer, I like angry birds and sudoku. I surf the internet, watch videos, read books/magazines that are in epub format. When I study, I highlight text and make notes. When I sit down to study, I need it to work. No hangups or lockups or slow/frozen screens. When I get it out to use at the KH to follow along with the material I studied previously, I need it to just work. It has been to the point that I had to open the thing and physically unplug the battery to get it to behave. I was so excited to get this tablet and read all the information in these forums about it, so I knew what I was getting into when I bought it. The bloom is off the rose and I just want a tablet that does what I want it to do. I don't even care if it has jellybean or ICS or even Honeycomb at this point... I just want a tablet that works without having to fiddle around with the software.
And I don't install crazy amounts of apps. I think there are 7 or 8 that I use. Mainly Moon+ reader, Dolphin browser, Pinterest and Sudoku and Angry birds. I also like to sync my google stuff, calendar, contacts, email.
I'm am thinking I might put it back to stock and let it do all the OTA updates and see how it runs. But if I do that, I have to do the fix that makes the google market and stuff work. If I can do that and in the end have a working tablet that is decent and stable, I'll do it. Can anyone give me any feedback after having done this themselves? How was your tablet after? I remember how horrible it was out of the box. Is it better? MUCH MUCH Better? or just a little better.
Is there another rom that has been proven to be stable? I'm not worried if the camera or bluetooth doesn't work, I don't use those with the tablet. I don't think they are working right now, I'm not sure I haven't tried them since I installed the smoother bean rom. It can be any version of Android, I don't care.
I have given some thought to selling my gtab and getting another tablet, but I don't want to do that just yet. I know there has to be a solution, I just haven't found it yet.
Any feed back or suggestions would be most appreciated. The developers work hard on this tablet and have kept it going when Viewsonic themselves quit on it. I think that its really cool that there is such a devoted community of people who still love this tablet.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions![/QUOTE]
Running SmoOther Bean but it starts up laggy?
Nice you gave me some more settings to try. Don't know that I want to change the DPI or have any issues with volume. Did change CPU settings. Anything else you'd recommend?
After it's run for about 10 minutes, it seems to work OK, only occasional lag. I'm setting background processes limit to none on every boot up. Anyone have a way to make that change stick between reboots?
Thanks!
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ugsny321 said:
Hi all,
I bought my G-Tab whentheyfirst came out and have tried about 13 or 14 ROM's over the last (nearly) two years. In my opinion the best is SmoOtherBean by Nobe1976. Out of the box it is pretty good, I made a few minor adjustments after the install and it is running perfectly.
Changed dpi to160 (enabled Music / Movies in the Play Market)
Used ROM Toolbox to delete Music FX and DSP Manager (fixed problem where music would suddenly blare or change volume)
Set min/max CPU to 312 / 1200 (seems to wake up faster, no lags when browsing,etc)
Give Nob1976 a thumbs up if you like his ROM - stop the trolls who have chased off so many devs.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900562
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Check out nobe1976 UnOfficial -BAKED ROM
For anyone who is "still looking" for something stable, check out noble1976 modified Blackbean (on this site).
I am very satisfied with this "beta" version that this maybe will be the last one I'll be using (its that stable for me).
A big THANK YOU to Noble1976 for his hard work on getting this version to work on the gtablet and his PAC rom and all the other help he has given to us. :good:
What's your experience like with Blackbean?
Are you seeing any startup or sleep lag like I'm getting with SmoOther Bean? I switched from Go Launcher EX to the default one (Apex?) and it does seem a bit better.
Would like something a bit more responsive for daily use though. What's involved to flash Blackbean over SmoOther Bean? Repartition, etc?
Thanks for the heads up on this - might give it a shot when I hear back from you! Sounds like a good weekend project!
Downloadbob
_dave said:
For anyone who is "still looking" for something stable, check out noble1976 modified Blackbean (on this site).
I am very satisfied with this "beta" version that this maybe will be the last one I'll be using (its that stable for me).
A big THANK YOU to Noble1976 for his hard work on getting this version to work on the gtablet and his PAC rom and all the other help he has given to us. :good:
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downloadbob said:
Are you seeing any startup or sleep lag like I'm getting with SmoOther Bean? I switched from Go Launcher EX to the default one (Apex?) and it does seem a bit better.
Would like something a bit more responsive for daily use though. What's involved to flash Blackbean over SmoOther Bean? Repartition, etc?
Thanks for the heads up on this - might give it a shot when I hear back from you! Sounds like a good weekend project!
Downloadbob
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BAKED Bean you will must NVFlash to the new 2013DRH setup. The boot.img in that ROM is the latest fosser2 3.1.10 kernel. The mounting is completely different other then the System. So updating the Tablet with the latest that is linked in the OP should be done to the T.
downloadbob said:
Are you seeing any startup or sleep lag like I'm getting with SmoOther Bean? I switched from Go Launcher EX to the default one (Apex?) and it does seem a bit better.
Would like something a bit more responsive for daily use though. What's involved to flash Blackbean over SmoOther Bean? Repartition, etc?
Thanks for the heads up on this - might give it a shot when I hear back from you! Sounds like a good weekend project!
Downloadbob
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The only "lag" I'm seeing is after the opening screen animation the screen goes blank for 10sec or so. So, just wait till the regular default screen appears.
And be sure to do what Nobe1976 said. It went very easy for me changing over, for I already have used NVFlash 2013DRH version with
nobe1976 "PAC" ROM. Good Luck.
Please?
So, first of all - hey, guys, greetings from a fellow modder
I have an Xperia U that needs to work faster than it does at the moment It was fine during the first two months or so and then it started to slow down and now it needs a reboot every 2 days or so. There are two paths to making it better, I guess:
1. Tweaking the current (stock) ROM (Is there anywhere a complete list of Sony's bloatware that can be safely frozen (I've got TB Pro) without causing any force closes? That would be the greatest thing. (please don't recommend using Greenify instead :silly: )
2. What ROMs would you recommend from your U xperience so far? (Note that I need the illumination bar, the front cam, video recording and bluetooth to work properly)
Current firmware on it is: 6.1.1.B.1.10. It's rooted, but the bootloader is still locked
Cheers and thanks in advance!
If performance is your main concern then going back to Gingerbread is probably your best bet as everything ICS or higher will be heavier unless I'm mistaken.
If GB is too much of a step backwards then have a look in the Xperia U Development forum for one of the tweaked stock ICS roms -- most of them will be lighter-weight than the stock rom you're on at present.
As for removal of unnecessary things, I managed to get rid of all of the Facebook and Twitter stuff from mine without issue, albeit I'm on Jelly Bean. It may also be worth getting rid of some of the Google apps if you don't need them, or if you do need them it might be worth removing them from your system/app directory and installing them as user apps as you can then use Greenify (I know, you said you weren't interested) to hibernate them so they only run when you want them to.
If you have CWM installed, make a backup and start messing around, that way even if it goes wrong you can just boot back in to CWM and restore your original rom, problem solved.
MagicMagicD said:
If performance is your main concern then going back to Gingerbread is probably your best bet as everything ICS or higher will be heavier unless I'm mistaken.
If GB is too much of a step backwards then have a look in the Xperia U Development forum for one of the tweaked stock ICS roms -- most of them will be lighter-weight than the stock rom you're on at present.
As for removal of unnecessary things, I managed to get rid of all of the Facebook and Twitter stuff from mine without issue, albeit I'm on Jelly Bean. It may also be worth getting rid of some of the Google apps if you don't need them, or if you do need them it might be worth removing them from your system/app directory and installing them as user apps as you can then use Greenify (I know, you said you weren't interested) to hibernate them so they only run when you want them to.
If you have CWM installed, make a backup and start messing around, that way even if it goes wrong you can just boot back in to CWM and restore your original rom, problem solved.
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Oh, boy, now I'm embarrassed that I haven't thought of that plan myself That's the way to do it, then. Just need to setup CWM and I'll get down to experimenting.
Yeah, Gingerbread is lighter on RAM usage, but I somehow feel that ICS and JB are more powerful when using them... Not talking just about the UI improvements. Can't quite explain But I feel the same way about both my Moto DEFY+ and this Sony U
Could you tell me what kind of a Jelly Bean ROM have you got on yours and what kind of bugs do you have to deal with?
Thanks for helping!
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Yeah, Gingerbread is lighter on RAM usage, but I somehow feel that ICS and JB are more powerful when using them... Not talking just about the UI improvements. Can't quite explain But I feel the same way about both my Moto DEFY+ and this Sony U
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I know exactly what you mean -- I would love my phone to be faster but I just can't face going back to GB and now, having moved to JB I'm not sure I could even go back to ICS. It just seems wrong to have to "downgrade" anything to make it better.
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Could you tell me what kind of a Jelly Bean ROM have you got on yours and what kind of bugs do you have to deal with?
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I'm currently using kantry123's v7 version of pipi14's JB rom which has a number of fixes on top of the previous v6. It's nice to use but it definitely has issues;
LED bar doesn't work properly
Front camera doesn't work
Low memory causing launcher redraws and other issues
The front camera I don't need so it doesn't bother me, but the other two are an issue. I'm actively investigating fixes and workarounds for the LED bar to see if I can get it working a bit more to my liking. The low memory though, that's pretty much impossible to solve. I've managed to get around some of the problems by using the Experimental v8 kernel and tweaking the minfree values to be quite low but I'm still playing around to try to get the best result.
Whilst I'm very grateful for being able to run JB on my XU, I can't honestly say that I'm happy with the result. But with that said, I am a lot happier with this setup than I was with the stock ICS update that I got, which just made my phone horrible to use.