Hi all
i am planing to apply Voodoo's lagfix
but just for safety i am asking that weather it formats/delete all the data of the mobile (either phone memore or internal SD card)
so that i should 1st backup many things before applying the lagfix
thanks in advance
this is the topic you need to talk to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774500
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So now that I lured you in with my snazzy thread title I will hit you with the boring stuff. Im just lost on all the ROM Flash OCLF Kernel Lingo. I want to go to Froyo and currently have 2.1 with Voodoo. There doesnt seem to be any SOLID thread that gives you simple instructions on what it does, how to do it, etc.
I read somewhere that if you have the Voodoo on the phone currently you have to flash back to the stock ROM. Other thread dont really touch on if you have to flash back or if you just do the upgrade.
Second, what is going to be lost in the process. Again I see some thread that say you have to do a Master Delete that will erase everything on the phone then some are not clear if you have to erase everything. If you do have to wipe it clean what are you guys using the back up all your apps? I did a backup with ROM Manager last night as well as a App Backup with Astro. But where do the backed up files go? Is it smart enough to drop them on the external SD card?
I hate to post such a general question but I am just getting overwhelmed reading 6 million different threads about different versions that do different things.
Disable voodoo by creating a folder in the voodoo directory "disable-lagfix" (without quotes), reboot (this will take a while). When that is fine download Titanium Backup and use that to backup all your apps + data. Copy the Titanium Backup folder to your external sd card. Backup all the data you want on your internal sd card. Flash back to stock and do a master clear (enable usb debugging first), root and install RM/CWM, copy over the rom you want to flash to the internal sd card (DO NOT RENAME). Power off the phone remove your sim card and sd card. Boot into CWM and flash your rom.
ps. Make sure your battery is fully charged.
Let me know if I missed anything. Swyping this before bio class.
Edit: Do NOT restore system data
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curti.nogg said:
Disable voodoo by creating a folder in the voodoo directory "disable-lagfix" (without quotes), reboot (this will take a while). When that is fine download Titanium Backup and use that to backup all your apps + data. Copy the Titanium Backup folder to your external sd card. Backup all the data you want on your internal sd card. Flash back to stock and do a master clear (enable usb debugging first), root and install RM/CWM, copy over the rom you want to flash to the internal sd card (DO NOT RENAME). Power off the phone remove your sim card and sd card. Boot into CWM and flash your rom.
ps. Make sure your battery is fully charged.
Let me know if I missed anything. Swyping this before bio class.
Edit: Do NOT restore system data
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Thanks a ton! Thats exactly what I needed to get it all straight.
curti.nogg said:
Disable voodoo by creating a folder in the voodoo directory "disable-lagfix" (without quotes), reboot (this will take a while). When that is fine download Titanium Backup and use that to backup all your apps + data. Copy the Titanium Backup folder to your external sd card. Backup all the data you want on your internal sd card. Flash back to stock and do a master clear (enable usb debugging first), root and install RM/CWM, copy over the rom you want to flash to the internal sd card (DO NOT RENAME). Power off the phone remove your sim card and sd card. Boot into CWM and flash your rom.
ps. Make sure your battery is fully charged.
Let me know if I missed anything. Swyping this before bio class.
Edit: Do NOT restore system data
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What he said. Also if you are new to flashing I would advise looking into the cognition thread. It is definitely the easiest and most user friendly rom. And actually if you are coming from 2.1 all you should need to do is disable the lagfix by above named method, and one click to stock using odin. Also can be found in cognition thread somewhere. Then flash. I have never had to do a master clear. And have never had even a minor problem with either odin flashes or CWM. This just would save a little time but by all means if you wanna stay safe as can be do a master clear.
Thanks. I got the Cognition rom loaded up and is working well. Although It is missing swype which I miss.
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Thanks. I got the Cognition rom loaded up and is working well. Although It is missing swype which I miss.
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Huh? All my Cognition versions had swype.
Swyping....read at your own risk
I second that, I have always had swype as well. I know this sounds obvious and I am sure you have already tried this but cog sets the default as android keyboard try switching the input by long pressing the input box.
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Might have to go into settings, locale and text and enable it. Not sure, never used it, but I have to do that for smart keyboard. It's a thought.
Ok, I have Eclair and VooDoo on it. Now I want to make my phone as new, as from the box. I dont mind to have VooDoo just disabled but I want to format my mass memory. How do I do that because it will probably delete "disable lagfix" folder ? I dont want to flash with Odin or anything else since I dont have a clue how to work with that. Can I flash fresh Eclair trough Kies so VooDoo is deleted and I have phone just like when I bought it ? Or I can do right click and Format in windows, VooDoo does not have any connection with it ?
So, basically, I want to bring my phone in "out of the box" state, Im on Eclair and I have VooDoo lagfix installed and disabled with "disable lagfix" folder, thats it.
Tnx a lot !
No one ??? Am I the only one that wants to do this sometime ?
damirbusic said:
Ok, I have Eclair and VooDoo on it. Now I want to make my phone as new, as from the box. I dont mind to have VooDoo just disabled but I want to format my mass memory. How do I do that because it will probably delete "disable lagfix" folder ? I dont want to flash with Odin or anything else since I dont have a clue how to work with that. Can I flash fresh Eclair trough Kies so VooDoo is deleted and I have phone just like when I bought it ? Or I can do right click and Format in windows, VooDoo does not have any connection with it ?
So, basically, I want to bring my phone in "out of the box" state, Im on Eclair and I have VooDoo lagfix installed and disabled with "disable lagfix" folder, thats it.
Tnx a lot !
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when you format the internal mass storage, yes, "voodoo" folder will disappear too.
but when you reboot the phone, the kernel will detect that voodoo folder is missing, and it will once again, implement voodoo, and your phone will still have voodoo, and you will see the voodoo folder after the reboot.
Because Voodoo implemented at the kernel level, if you want to remove voodoo totally, the only way is to flash new kernel after disable lagfix.
on top of that, i believe voodoo didn't touch internal storage (except creating voodoo folder as a indicator or flag, and allow you to disable voodoo by adding a disable lagfix folder).
so it's safe to do format of your internal storage even if with voodoo installed.
hope the info helps.
most of the owner moved to froyo, which makes eclair related thread has lesser response
Tnx a lot, that helps, I have formatted mass memory and then Ive made Voodoo/disable lagfix folder and now it is ok, I can flash Froyo when it finally arrives in Croatia.
Thanks !
Once you activate the lagfix, files are created in the sdcard that are just over 1gb in size. Can i delete these files or are they important?
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I don't think the lagfix will work if you delete them.
So it disables the lagfix? If that was the case, it should be as simple deleting those files and disabling lagfix instead of going through CWM and waiting 15mins for it to disable.. Right?
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don't know if it's the same thing deleting/cwm but should be better to remove it
through cwm to make sure it's all gone. yeah it's quite a big file but i don't really mind.
got enough space for apps/games on the phone, and 4gb card for music, it's only $10
Hi everyone,
Today, to prepare for the install of Darky's 10.1 (currently running 9.5) I decided to turn off the lagfix. On the advice of someone at work, I also decided to format the internal SD (using the section in the options menu of the phone). I booted into recovery, and disabled the lagfix as normal, all seemed well. I then turned the phone off (to remove the SIM and SD), and rebooted just to double check that the lagfix was successfully disabled, and the lagfix was reapplied for some reason.
How do I stop this happening again? and how do I tell if the lagfix is definitely turned off?
Thanks
Rob
To update:
Just rebooted again after unchecking all the boxes in the voodoo sound app. Now the voodoo sound app still has both boxes unchecked, and the lagfix status is "Lagfix RFS Only, compatibility mode, no EXT4 conversion", is the correct?
Thanks again,
Rob
Yes, problem solved, and very interesting to know, thanks for sharing
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hi,
I have more than 100 apps installed that have more than 1.2 GB of data. can i still apply voodoo lag fix? it is safe for me? also after voodoo i will have 2 GB for apps?
Thx for any help!
Yes when applying lagix or formatting with ext4 the applications in /system directory are backed up and after the format the directory contents are restored .
So you will have all your 100 apps intact .
And you will continue to have the previously available space (2 gb) , after applying lagfix
Great
One more question:
I have stock Froyo 2.2.1 I9000XXJPY... I should use update.zip to apply voodoo or use the odin (never used this app before)...?
It really makes no difference if you flash the voodoo kernel through CWM (update.zip) , or use odin to do it .
I assume you are getting your kernel from here ? http://project-voodoo.org/download
Your phone is rooted?
Yes, I'm rooted and yes I want to use kernel from official voodoo site...
hymmm... so what method is safer? update.zip or by the odin?
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hymmm... so what method is safer? update.zip or by the odin?
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Both are one and the same
But update.zip method is my preference
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