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So, I have one of the first Vibrants to hit the store. I'm running Neobuddy ICS Passion V8. Before the *****ing begins I want to say that I love this rom.
I followed the install instructions to a "T".
I used antutu cpu master to overclock to 1.3 because I read that other people were doing it and didn't see any complaints. When my phone booted to the point where the message that cpu master had superuser privileges came up, it froze and the display changed colors getting lighter and washed out looking. That scared the crap out of me and I thought I had just cooked my cpu. I pulled the battery and rebooted then tried to open the app and change the settings before it froze and failed, rebooting 6 times, battery pull each time. I finally relented and did a factory reset. Previous to this adventure I had it clocked at 1Ghz max and 100 min and was experiencing no lag. I just got greedy. I only changed it at all because I was getting 16 hours of battery life and thought I could trade some battery for speed. I have it running at 1.2 now and it's fine. So this is not so much a question but an answer to anyone who might be asking themselves if they should overclock to 1.3.
Bugs
mute/unmute necessary for incoming call audio
automatic brightness not responsive
complaints
contacts app doesn't match the rest of the theme
no text button next to phone button on contact
no long press functionality on contact
When it comes to Vibrants, all our phones are different. Some users will be able to run at 1.3 from now until our Zombie overlords take over and we're forced into indentured servitude. Others, like you and I will be lucky to run a mild OC without freezes.
I used to oc to 1.6 ghz on cm7
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What he said!
younix258 said:
I used to oc to 1.6 ghz on cm7
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My first Vibrant T959, manufactured prior to Oct 2010, used to fly, and overclock like there wasn't any tomorrow, and would flash anything! Was the most cooperative phone I ever had! Wish my wife was like that. LOL
Then I unfortunately got into a true HardBrick with it, and stupidly, instead of JTAGing it, got T-Mobile to exchange it, for a same model, but with a manufacturing date on it of 8-2011!
And this replacement phone, hasn't even ever performed as well as the old one, despite how I set it up, And at first it was stuburn as hell to get it to cooperate with flashing, until I unlocked it, and it calmed down alot, even though that makes no sense at all, but nun the less, it is what it is!
Point is, that each week, month or quarter, the phones aren't consistent in manufacturing qualities or how they run and perform, or the components they use. I had a Thoroughbred in the beginning, and now I how a plow horse, yes she still works well, but needs alot of coaxing, I had to re-do the GPS contacts right so there was firm pressure, and the SW flashes were a ***** in the beginning!
But I believe when this phone first came out, there was better quality of manufacturing and they used the same consistent components, until they shifted their focus on other models to push onto the market!
So again, what Billy Bobs got going with his, Isn't what it ll be with yours!!
Hey guys, anyone have a good idea of what some safe undervolting values would be? I was just going to play around with them and not set it on reboot so I could just pull the battery, but I am unsure of how irreversible the damage could possibly be, if any.
I am running: Senseless 1.0
dsb's kernel
I actually have it underclocked slightly because I don't play games, and when I do they are something like Angry Birds, or Words when I am bored.
Bump, out of all of you who have undervolted none of you know any good values?
AtLemacks said:
Bump, out of all of you who have undervolted none of you know any good values?
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Well, since no one will answer, I will
I generally only keep it undervolted -50mV across the board. That's just my usual set up to get a tiny bit more from the battery. The furthest I've gone is -200mV at the top. I didn't keep it like that for long, but everything seemed to run smoothly still. I'm sure I could go much lower, but I'm kind of afraid to until I know more about it.
I'm just starting to work on undervolting today since I found a kernel that works really well. I'll let you know what my phone is stable at.
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Well, since no one will answer, I will
I generally only keep it undervolted -50mV across the board. That's just my usual set up to get a tiny bit more from the battery. The furthest I've gone is -200mV at the top. I didn't keep it like that for long, but everything seemed to run smoothly still. I'm sure I could go much lower, but I'm kind of afraid to until I know more about it.
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Cool, I didn't know what was "too much". How much better battery life did you see from -50?
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I'm just starting to work on undervolting today since I found a kernel that works really well. I'll let you know what my phone is stable at.
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Which Kernel are you running?
At -50mV across all frequencies, it reeeally varies. I never have a "normal" day with this phone. But, the shortest I've had using Ziggy's kernel from 192-1836gHz with on demand governor is around 7 hours. That was pretty heavy usage for me. Some games like Dead Space and Captain America, tons of internet, Pulse, texting, a few phone calls, music, and a little Netflix at night. The longest I've had has been 20+ hours. That's with very little gaming, a little internet, and mostly just texting. Stock battery, bump charged.
I'm really afraid to go too low, though. One time I was just seeing what would happen if I kept lowering it across all of the frequencies and it froze, then crashed. Had to battery pull to get it to work again.
I run DSB Kernel with SmartAssV2 underclocked to 1296, and before undervolting on my OEM battery I got 13 hours with a little over normal usage. Screen was on for about 2 hours total. On my extended battery I got like 27 1/2 hours, but obviously some of that time was overnight.
2 hours later I am still above 90% this is what I like to see! If I can get 15 hours on OEM battery, my extended battery will stay in my truck as my backup!
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2 hours later I am still above 90% this is what I like to see! If I can get 15 hours on OEM battery, my extended battery will stay in my truck as my backup!
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Might mess with this, I am running same kernel same governor. How much did you undervolt in the end? I was gonna push-100 on each and see how it goes...
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I went -50 across the board, using dsb kernel, underclocked to 1028, and everything is stable.
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Might mess with this, I am running same kernel same governor. How much did you undervolt in the end? I was gonna push-100 on each and see how it goes...
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Just -50, but I updated the kernel and forgot to remove the PH98IMG prior so I set the phone into bootloops. Had to factory reset(after trying everything else) and start over from backups.
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I went -50 across the board, using dsb kernel, underclocked to 1028, and everything is stable.
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See, I don't get the overclocking hype. It isn't hard to overclock when needed, so I feel underclocking is the better choice for battery life. The phone is fast as hell no matter what.
I may try to do some undervolting...but I am running clean rom 1.3 and dsb's smartass kernel, and I have been getting good battery life for what I use my phone for. I do have it overclocked though (on demand).
You won't damage the phone with undervolting. I mean a lockup might be a pain, but it won't damage the phone. Overvolting on the other hand could ruin the phone.
I will probably just stick with -50 across the board for now, I am tempted to pay for the full version just so I can save profiles and not have to set on boot.
Late reply but running AOKP w/ frAnco I UV -100 with no issues at all.
Running -75 on everything with incredikernel
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Late reply but running AOKP w/ frAnco I UV -100 with no issues at all.
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You sir must be using a Gnex. LOL
Please go easy on me, here. I know how to search forums, I just don't always understand what I read on here. :laugh: My husband has always helped me with most of my Vibrant issues, but he has recently defected to his HTC One S.
My Vibrant is getting unbearably slow. I'd been running a Fishman rom on it, and it seemed very, very slow. We then decided on the Slim Ryder rom. The first day or so it was unbelievably fast. That, unfortunately didn't last.
I have only the minimum apps on there and only one updating widget (BeWeather time and weather. Used to use Beautiful Widgets but it began superimposing the time over itself so I couldn't read the time...).
I'm a realist, and I know that my Vibrant is old. I know it isn't as fast as The Hubs' new HTC. I'm only comparing it to itself. Here's where I've noticed the slow downs:
*when switching portrait/landscape (sometimes tries to show half a landscape screen in portrait mode)
*when touching a text field, it is very slow to bring up the keyboard...sometimes i have to tap multiple times
*when Swyping or using Swiftkey, it sometimes hangs on a letter
*it takes several seconds to bring up my text messages, dialer, call logs...basic phone functions.
*using the browser is unbearable.
I've done the old standard...Master Reset, cleared history, caches, cookies, etc. I have wiped call logs and clear out my texts every other day. I don't store music on my phone (Google Music) and have my photos upload to my Google+ account via wifi so I don't get a lot of that stored up. I do not use a live wallpaper.
I'm not eligible for an upgrade until November. I am absolutely open to trying other ROMs, but as a mama with little people and no landline, having the ability to reach 911 from my phone is non-negotiable. Can anyone offer me any ideas on how to limp through until my upgrade?
Thanks in advance.
My vibrant was pretty slow with 2.1~2.2 using almost any rom;gingerbread was a huge improvement and ice cream sandwich is just blazing fast. I would suggest flashing ICS passion http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362961 or another rom that supports 911. Right now, the developers are working on porting jelly bean to our phone, and when its stable, go grab it!
2.1 and 2.2 roms I heard are a lil slow so try to use an ics rom like passion chimera or zenwick
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You can check out the kernel bible thread and maybe get a kernel with voodoo lagfix, seems to make my phone faster. I'm running 2.2 Blue Frankenstein ROM, it comes with voodoo lagfix.
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Try a kernel with voodoo lag-fix as iTz KeeFy mentioned and in the meantime disable any animations.
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My Vibrant is getting unbearably slow. I'd been running a Fishman rom on it, and it seemed very, very slow. We then decided on the Slim Ryder rom. The first day or so it was unbelievably fast. That, unfortunately didn't last.
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*when switching portrait/landscape (sometimes tries to show half a landscape screen in portrait mode)
*when touching a text field, it is very slow to bring up the keyboard...sometimes i have to tap multiple times
*when Swyping or using Swiftkey, it sometimes hangs on a letter
*it takes several seconds to bring up my text messages, dialer, call logs...basic phone functions.
*using the browser is unbearable.
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Fellas, if she is using Slim_Ryder, then she is using a kernel that already has Voodoo included, IIRC.
To me, these symptoms sound like you may be getting bogged down on your low-end CPU frequencies. Maybe get something like SetCPU or CPUmaster from the market and up your lowest frequency to the next step. When I am on a 2.2 ROM, I use BaliX1.2 and I have mine overclocked to 1.2ghz but my lowest frequency is 400ghz and not the standard 100-200 that most use. I find that this bogs my system down a bit more than it should. So that is when I decided to test it out and up the lowest in step increments.
You can go to my Battery Guide and in the 3rd post, there is a link to get SetCPU for XDA users for Free. When you use this, you might also want to check the governors as well. Some 2.2 kernels do not play well with On-Demand (BaliX most definitley does not-proven a long time ago). I have mine set to conservative and no profiles set at all. My I/O is Deadline also.
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Fellas, if she is using Slim_Ryder, then she is using a kernel that already has Voodoo included, IIRC.
To me, these symptoms sound like you may be getting bogged down on your low-end CPU frequencies. Maybe get something like SetCPU or CPUmaster from the market and up your lowest frequency to the next step. When I am on a 2.2 ROM, I use BaliX1.2 and I have mine overclocked to 1.2ghz but my lowest frequency is 400ghz and not the standard 100-200 that most use. I find that this bogs my system down a bit more than it should. So that is when I decided to test it out and up the lowest in step increments.
You can go to my Battery Guide and in the 3rd post, there is a link to get SetCPU for XDA users for Free. When you use this, you might also want to check the governors as well. Some 2.2 kernels do not play well with On-Demand (BaliX most definitley does not-proven a long time ago). I have mine set to conservative and no profiles set at all. My I/O is Deadline also.
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Thank you very much. It was the Blue Frankenstein 2.2 ROM I switched from to go with Slim_Ryder. Both have been very laggy.
I will definitely try the steps you've outlined for me, Woodrube. I really appreciate it. I know I'm using a Bali Kernel. It says Bali v1.8.8UV.
I spoke with a second-level tech at Tmo this morning and he said I've done all the troubleshooting steps they could recommend. He said at this point it is a hardware issue.
I will try these steps today and research how I can test my 911 capabilities legally. If if can get over those obstacles, I will definitely try an ICS Rom. I just have to limp through until early November.
Thanks again for the help, guys!
Hey guys. Been having an odd problem lately. My N2 had started freezing up overnight when charging. It just locks up on the clock screen. Usually around 3-4 am. This is a bad thing since I use mine as an alarm clock. I have seen a few other posts about phones freezing overnight but not any answers.
I'm running rooted with Jellybeans build 4. Pegasus overclock kernel. Phone runs flawlessly during the day. Only locks up at night when I am asleep. It has done it with both the stock clock and alarm clock plus. Anyone else have a similar problem that they have solved?
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Mine was locking up. Found rom toolbox was the culprit. If you are over clocking put it all back to stock settings and see if that fixes it.
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Thanks. I checked and found that rom toolbox was indeed trying to manage my cpu even though I already have Stweaks enabled. I bet that was the problem. Uninstalled and hoping for the best. Probably will have to wait until tonight to test that theory though. If it still locks up I will just have to revert to the stock kernel and see if that helps.
Thanks for the tip!
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Mine has been doing the same prior to 10:30. I work third shift and nap time starts at 7, I use the phone as an alarm clock with no 1030 wakeup because its frozen. Please post up if you find a fix. I'm also beans4 and perseus. The only change i've made to perseus is setting the gpu back to 533 from the default 640 in profile 5.
****edit*** I do not use rom toolbox.
Raise your voltages.
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Raise your voltages.
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Would you recommend an across the board voltage raise or just the lower cpu speeds? Say, anything below 400Mhz? I will try to slightly bump up the voltages for my lower clock speeds (since it seems to be freezing when idle) and see what I get.
Thanks for the suggestion. It makes a lot of sense now that I think about it.
Don't touch your voltages until you figure out if ROM Toolbox was the issue. No reason to raise your voltages on a hunch.
If that turns out not to be the problem, then raise your voltages. This way you will know which was the issue instead of doing both.
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Has anybody yet attempted to compile the 4.3 Kernel from Source Provided yet (device probably use some slight overclocking and light undervolting)? This device has amazing battery life and runs great. This is coming from somebody who has had 5 qualcomm 800 processor phones and no less than 400 phones (yes Really). Most people that i see with higher end phones use facebook and some other social apps, most of the processors are sitting idle for most people. I guess marketing is good now a days. Millions of people with 600-700 dollar phones with most processor cores times at idle and have no clue.
My wife got a Note 4 and I told her not to since most people have no clue of power/price to actual use/needs on a phone. Well yesterday, we kept running into each other in the house and I kept asking her about her battery percentage until at 3pm she started charging her phone and I told her Im at 70% (while laughing). Well she just ordered a HAM2 today. Yes I know you can get a 10,000Mah brick extension for the "high" end phones but damn. I guess I am getting older and seeing behind the hoopla.
Anyways rant off, but seriously any one look at the code yet. Im downloading it now.
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Has anybody yet attempted to compile the 4.3 Kernel from Source Provided yet (device probably use some slight overclocking and light undervolting)? This device has amazing battery life and runs great. This is coming from somebody who has had 5 qualcomm 800 processor phones and no less than 400 phones (yes Really). Most people that i see with higher end phones use facebook and some other social apps, most of the processors are sitting idle for most people. I guess marketing is good now a days. Millions of people with 600-700 dollar phones with most processor cores times at idle and have no clue.
My wife got a Note 4 and I told her not to since most people have no clue of power/price to actual use/needs on a phone. Well yesterday, we kept running into each other in the house and I kept asking her about her battery percentage until at 3pm she started charging her phone and I told her Im at 70% (while laughing). Well she just ordered a HAM2 today. Yes I know you can get a 10,000Mah brick extension for the "high" end phones but damn. I guess I am getting older and seeing behind the hoopla.
Anyways rant off, but seriously any one look at the code yet. Im downloading it now.
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I use to be one of those "gotta have the latest", until I got tired of rooting, flashing (getting older). I just want to turn it on and USE it.
The mate2, WORKS. As long as the OS is stable, and none of the apps I use requires a newer OS, I'm leaving mine alone.
Coworker went from a LG G2, to a Nexus6 (since sent it back, it was "too big), we set the screen brightness to the same level, installed
the same apps on both devices, then ran them side by side. The N6 "might" have been just a hair quicker at launching apps, but NOT
for more than 2 times the price of the Mate2, not to mention the #2 thing I look for in a device (#1 being STABLE), the HUGE battery life.
His N6, would "just" make it through the day with maybe 5-6% battery left over. My mate2 might "just" make it through THREE days of
battery. The value for money, for the mate2, can't be beat.
Nobody has attempted to because 1) some people, like p51, prefer to leave the phone as is, and 2) the people who do want to modify the phone don't know how.
Supposedly there is a 5.0 update later on, but I'd prefer stock Android. But none of us on here know how to create a ROM.
I believe the rom is a pretty good and stable base. I believe that a kernel will provide the most bang for the buck. Ive ran lollipop on a couple of devices already and unfortunately im not impressed much. What they have rewritten for 5.0 is more centered on tightening up the Google ecosystem, (to make them more reliant on and integrated on google). Google is at a point where they are trying to follow in apples footsteps a bit because it makes sense for them. People have adopted one of two ecosystems and now that they are vested they can simplify and get very accurate metrics from users to sell forwards.
Anyways I may see if i can compile this thing, or i may not depending on boredom level and how bad the original code is.
yah what @scobiSTI said.. You put the piece there and the file over there and take out the 0 over there and boom I end up with a calculator program or something.
Lol let's not forget we are posting on XDA... Which is here FOR developing android for devices...
I can only comment on what people like hashcode did for the kindle fire. I'm glad that leaving well enough was not settled for. Because of development with the kindle fire I still use my first gen to this day. So I have no reason to settle for a phone that just works. Oh, one last thing... For the people commenting here. How many of you are boot loader unlocked and rooted? Just saying.
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I've been unlocked since the release of the phone and Rooted before this thread was made. then @modding.MyMind came around and gave us TWRP! love that guy still!
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I can only comment on what people like hashcode did for the kindle fire. I'm glad that leaving well enough was not settled for. Because of development with the kindle fire I still use my first gen to this day. So I have no reason to settle for a phone that just works. Oh, one last thing... For the people commenting here. How many of you are boot loader unlocked and rooted? Just saying.
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Been bootloader unlocked and rooted since the beginning of this year...and I'm loving it!!
Building the kernel isn't really necessary giving the already seen performance from this device. Could easily be done if you understand how to build from source and know a bit about C. Though typically seen with most custom kernels is a decrease in the battery life due to the more common or favorable features such as juicing up the CPU as a mere example. Plenty of tutorials on how to build from source. Once you get the hang of that you can check out other devs works on github to see what kind of patches they implemented for the purpose of learning, understanding, and applying. I personally find favor in writing scripts more than anything else, or playing around with the TWRP source.
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Has anybody yet attempted to compile the 4.3 Kernel from Source Provided yet (device probably use some slight overclocking and light undervolting)? This device has amazing battery life and runs great. This is coming from somebody who has had 5 qualcomm 800 processor phones and no less than 400 phones (yes Really). Most people that i see with higher end phones use facebook and some other social apps, most of the processors are sitting idle for most people. I guess marketing is good now a days. Millions of people with 600-700 dollar phones with most processor cores times at idle and have no clue.
My wife got a Note 4 and I told her not to since most people have no clue of power/price to actual use/needs on a phone. Well yesterday, we kept running into each other in the house and I kept asking her about her battery percentage until at 3pm she started charging her phone and I told her Im at 70% (while laughing). Well she just ordered a HAM2 today. Yes I know you can get a 10,000Mah brick extension for the "high" end phones but damn. I guess I am getting older and seeing behind the hoopla.
Anyways rant off, but seriously any one look at the code yet. Im downloading it now.
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Exactly. Tired of $100 extra month because of four lines with contracts. Bought my wife note 3 for Xmas. Found one new in box for 450 on swappa. I tend to jump manufacturers each new phone. I plan to stay in the midrange market for the foreseeable future. Only lag I've seen is a little of keyboard lag. Other than that, no bugs or issues yet. And that battery life... First time I haven't charged phone at work in months. I like that it tells me when apps are wasting battery in the background. Great way to eliminate those apps if possible. On my G2 android services was always eating battery.
Looking forward to root just for a couple of specific things. No time these days for ROM flashing.
To fix the keyboard lag, put powersavings to normal instead of smart... 5 minutes projected off battery life was worth it to be able to write faster
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To fix the keyboard lag, put powersavings to normal instead of smart... 5 minutes projected off battery life was worth it to be able to write faster
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Or use Fleksy keyboard which is a super fast tapping keyboard. It works without lag on endurance mode.
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Or use Fleksy keyboard which is a super fast tapping keyboard. It works without lag on endurance mode.
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ok, I'll give that a try... I tried swipe and it was also laggy... will try Flesky.