[Q] Upgrading speedmod to k13a - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

When you upgrade from the kernel baked into serendipity, do you need to do anything other than flash the new one? When I did this without changing any kernel settings in CWM, I got horrible battery drain, and looked to see kswapd0 jumping in at 50-75% on osmonitor. I know this has something to do with the lagfix but didnt want to monkey around in CWM until I was clear. In other words does flashing k13a over the serendipity speedmod carry over tweak settings or does it not, which would have caused my problem, or could the runaway kswapd0 be from something else? Flashing back to the backed up original kernel does fix the runaway process.
Only reason I want to upgrade is to keep learning how this all works together. And im a sucker for the latest and greatest. Searching yielded info on that process, but not much about how to remedy the issue, so apologies if im missing a relevant thread.
Thanks in advance.
Captivate fixed by Serendipity 5.7

sonicdescent said:
When you upgrade from the kernel baked into serendipity, do you need to do anything other than flash the new one? When I did this without changing any kernel settings in CWM, I got horrible battery drain, and looked to see kswapd0 jumping in at 50-75% on osmonitor. I know this has something to do with the lagfix but didnt want to monkey around in CWM until I was clear. In other words does flashing k13a over the serendipity speedmod carry over tweak settings or does it not, which would have caused my problem, or could the runaway kswapd0 be from something else? Flashing back to the backed up original kernel does fix the runaway process.
Only reason I want to upgrade is to keep learning how this all works together. And im a sucker for the latest and greatest. Searching yielded info on that process, but not much about how to remedy the issue, so apologies if im missing a relevant thread.
Thanks in advance.
Captivate fixed by Serendipity 5.7
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I would start by calibrating the battery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7723557 this usually fixes my drain. hope that helps otherwise i would start with a stock reflash with odin before trying again it couldnt hurt.

I dont think its battery stats.since.flashing back fixed it, pretty sure its a setting im not fixing or an incompatible app.
Captivate fixed by Serendipity 5.7

sonicdescent said:
I dont think its battery stats.since.flashing back fixed it, pretty sure its a setting im not fixing or an incompatible app.
Captivate fixed by Serendipity 5.7
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yes, 5.7 comes with k13a.

It does? Mines still k12s.

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Force close on bootup, and on all 3rd party apps

Hi all,
my phone just shat itself today.
Running cognition 2.3b6
Symptoms:
Yesterday, started doing a few reboots by itself (i was switching landscape and back while going to apps/settings, things started lagging and then u'd see the cognition bootup screen).. only happened twice. first times in 4 months of use.
This morning, it did the same thing and reset. so i pulled the battery, and thought id give it a proper reset.
On bootup i saw some things crash (clock/finance/reader) etc.. i thought yeh ok. whatever.. and then the market suddenly updated all these apps (maps/gmail/voice search etc..) all of which should've been up to date.
thought that was wierd, android market went back to old non-green market. and now most 3rd party apps crash when i open them. i.e. astrid/astro/google reader/ any game
things like maps/gmail/browser etc.. work fine.. i notice my ram is up at 230mb/304mb is this causing the crashing?
So i've rebooted a few times and still the same issue (although market has gone back to green market)
anyone seen something similar? i really dont want to reinstall as this rom has been great till this point.. sigh... really reminds me of windows back in the older days.
thanks in advance for the help.
What kernel are you using?
I think you are going to have to flash stock master clear, start over
kernal? to be honest, no idea.. i just flashed from jh7 back to stock (ji6 i think) to 2.3b6
kernal looks to be
2.6.32.9
[email protected] #1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Jf6 ji6 is leaked froyo
Pm me if you need help
yeh sorry JF6, that odin guy is what i use every time..
i'm just wondering what could've caused it? how can a crash totally disable nearly everything..
i'll reflash using the odin3 back to stock then back to 2.3b8 i guess now.. but if anyone knows how to save it please let me know.
Do you know what lash fix you are running?
Sound like data corruption but it had never happened to me
lash fix?
last fix?
what do you mean by that?
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lash fix?
last fix?
what do you mean by that?
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Lag Fix is what he ment. If i remember right the older vodoo lag fixes that were used in the older kernel versions had stability problems that have been fixed in the newer versions.
oh i c.. its the voodoo from 2.3b6..
i've just privacy-> factory wiped my phone. and that seems to have fixed it..
tho i might as well upgrade to 2.3b8 to see if it helps

[Q] [KERNEL] SpeedMod Captivate [K12T HPCall VoodooSnd4 SharpnessFix STABLE] on I896?

Hello,
Sorry to sound like a complete noob in advance!
I have a new Samsung Captivate I896 on Rogers in Canada. I have ryans OCLF lagfix installed atm but i'm really interested in flashing this rom (will be my first one) and am wondering if it will work on this phone.
Also, is it just a backround fix? Will I still be able to use launcher pro, and will my phone still look the same with Froyo 2.2?
thanks in advance!
backdownup said:
but i'm really interested in flashing this rom (will be my first one)
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Speedmod is not a ROM, but a kernel.
As to your other questions, you have a LOT of reading left to do.
Sent from my Captivate.
MikeyMike01 said:
Speedmod is not a ROM, but a kernel.
As to your other questions, you have a LOT of reading left to do.
Sent from my Captivate.
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Agreed. Just to be save do alot of reading before attempting anything really lol. There are stickies in the Development section start there.
Ok so I did a little more reading. I896 and I897 are essentially the same. I'm not flashing a rom, just a kernel, so there should be no issue with the 3G problem mentioned in the wiki.
It won't change my rom or anything about the device other then how the filesystem works.
Thanks!
backdownup said:
Hello,
Sorry to sound like a complete noob in advance!
I have a new Samsung Captivate I896 on Rogers in Canada. I have ryans OCLF lagfix installed atm but i'm really interested in flashing this rom (will be my first one) and am wondering if it will work on this phone.
Also, is it just a backround fix? Will I still be able to use launcher pro, and will my phone still look the same with Froyo 2.2?
thanks in advance!
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Hi, I'm pretty new here too, and I have to tell you that know one will give you a straight answer. There's a lot of' tribal knowledge', and it seems that people would rather teach you how to unbrick your phone than to flash it without issue.
First of all, hook up to Samsung Kies and update your phone to Froyo. If you are on Rogers it's an official update, don't worry about flashing any other roms yet.
Next, Use the option in the OLCF to unlagfix.
Next, you will need to root your phone. OCLF is practically obsolete, as the developer does not update anymore. Your best bet is Superoneclick. Read all instructions first. It is very easy and effective.
After you have the phone rooted, you can now install Titanium Backup. This will save all of your apps, contact info, settings, virtually everything on the phone, it will save them to a folder on your external SD. drop and drag this folder to your desktop in case anything goes wrong. I never had a problem.
You should backup your kernel. I used Neldar's SGS Kernel Flasher. It will save your kernel as an 'update.zip' in your root folder. Drag this to your desktop and put it into a folder called 'i897 orig kernel' or what have you, in case something goes wrong. I never had a problem.
Now you can flash SpeedMod. The developer's website, which is linked to in the thread's first post, will walk you though it. You will first need to install ODIN. The SpeedMod developer has a step-by-step on how to flash SpeedMod using ODIN on the developer's page. Make sure you choose a Speedmod Kernel that is intended for the Captivate, not the I9000, and that you chose the one for ODIN, not the ClockWorkMod version. Follow the steps in the Developer's page.
When you have done that, reboot into recovery mode and you should see Green Text. From here you can enable the lagfix and other tweaks. use the volume keys to select the option you want and the power button to select. under the options, it will show you which tweaks you have enabled or disabled.
Remember to select the most stable SpeedMod release, the one that is posted in the Forum (K12U-T4) is a TEST VERSION, hence the 'T'. The latest stable version as of this writing was K12T, as posted in the developer's page. I have had great results with this one.
You may find that you don't need to flash a custom ROM, I have found this setup very satisfying.
Good Luck!
Wow,
Thank you so much clemmie! That's was succinct and very helpful, especially the part about the proper way to back up my stuff.
I uninstalled OCLF just now, and it seems my phone runs at the same speed (aka fast) as it did with the lag fix installed!
Going to flash this kernel tonight or tomorrow, I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks again!
Good to hear. There would be a lot less smoke and mirrors if people would just be straightforward and post step by step instructions with links, to give people what they want. I hope what worked for me will work for you, and I encourage you to share what you learn as well.
Kernel flash done! Screen is initially very different looking thanks to the amoled mod. Success! Backed up, thanks for all the help.
hey clemmie,
i heard that there's some issues with voice quality due to the Speedmod kernel being initially i9000-based and that it's recommended to flash a i9000-based modem. Are you having any issues with using a stock i896 modem or do you recommend something else?
Yeah, that is true, but I haven't had any problems with the stock modem. The phone works as well in-call as any other I've owned. I wonder if there is a difference between the AT&T build vs. the Rogers build. It seems that it's the AT&T folks that have issues.
Hi,
I've been wanting to do this but I'm a bit wary if this will put the ATT splash screen on boot as well. Also, I like how my phone looks like now with ADW launcher and beautiful widgets installed, I'm just wondering if installing this mod would change my appearance settings too.
olwe said:
Hi,
I've been wanting to do this but I'm a bit wary if this will put the ATT splash screen on boot as well. Also, I like how my phone looks like now with ADW launcher and beautiful widgets installed, I'm just wondering if installing this mod would change my appearance settings too.
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Are you on Rogers? Earlier versions of the SpeedMod kernel had the AT&T splash screen, but newer versions have a simple black screen similar to the stock Samsung boot logo.
Installing the SpeedMod kernel will not change the configuration, apps, or settings of your apps. There are some settings that you can tweak in recovery mode but they are mostly file system tweaks. You will however notice that screen resolution is sharper. Your phone will run smoother and more efficiently with better battery life. You can still flash any custom or stock ROM with SpeedMod or without SpeedMod.
Yes I am on Rogers. However, I can't seem to find the stable version K12T that you mentioned on your instructions from the developer's page.
If you click on the hotlinked 'SpeedMod' in my 'tutorial' post, it will take you to the XDA page dedicated to the SpeedMod revisions. Right now there is a 13A Test version posted, but the latest stable version is now K12U. If you click where it says 'more info and downloads', it will take you to the developer's(Hardcore) blog, 'Tourist In Paradise'. The revisions are listed there. I would bookmark this page and check back frequently, as Hardcore is constantly updating. However, I'll link you to the latest stable release for ODIN, K12U:
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B-3n...WJmNTUtZDVmNThmMmNhZTRm&export=download&hl=en
Thanks for that! I just did this and although it didn't show the ATT boot screen, it shows the Galaxy S I 897 screen after the I 896 though. Thanks again!
Glad to hear you had success. Not so hard after all, eh?
After using this for a day or two:
I can't believe how fast my phone is. I thought it was fast before with (and then without) the oclf. I can barely keep up!
Battery life seems improved.
Screen is perfect. The lowest brightness setting is much better and more comfortable for low light usage.
I lost 1000 points off quadrant, but quadrant doesn't matter.
The only real downside is call quality took a hit. It's a bit static-y and echo-y.
I'll look into this though and see if I can find a solution, but if you have any tips let me know.
Looks like you are a candidate for a modem flash. Let me know if you find something that works, there is a lot of info on swapping modems for SpeedMod. Maybe I'll try one too!
Hey clemmie (or anyone), if I want to install voodoo lagfix - how abouts would I do that if the SpeedMod kernel already comes with / is based on sztupy's Universal Lagfix (enhanced) and if voodoo is a kernel itself (unless I'm wrong about this)?
If you flash the SpeedMod kernel, voodoo lagfix comes integrated with the kernel. It's a master of enabling it from the recovery menu.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I896 using XDA App

[Q] Lagfix options

I have rooted my phone using the Onclick rooting software, that seems to have been a success.
However, I tried using teh OCLF from market to lagfix it but nothing seem to have happened in the 30mins I let it do its thing. THe progress bar goes full then start again, and does this repeatedly. And after reading around some people say that's now out dated and other lag fixes should be more suitable
So, now that my Samsung G S is rooted, what options for lagfixes do I have?
Hi, im asking the same questions
Hi, i am in uk running stock froyo 2.2, I have rooted my phone using Z4root, but I want to put a lagfix on, I have read that OCLF isnt very good anymore, and voodoo you have to install a new rom and im not brave enough to do anything like that so which is the best lagfix i can use and i have heard about overclocking what does that mean? thanks in advance
can anyone help us please
TheSippler said:
So, now that my Samsung G S is rooted, what options for lagfixes do I have?
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Besides the fact I dont know whats a Samsung G S and no idea what your ROM version is you could do what I did. But depends on your ROM and SGS version!!!
But its on all your risk. Read manuals and warnings to the kernel and the app. You have been warned (I have done this on 2 SGS mine and my friends till now , he has 2.2 stock rom and I 2.2.1 stock JPY too)
Took the neldar kernel flasher , backed up my stock kernel.
Then flashed the speedmod CWM version with the kernel flasher, kernel you can find in the speedmod kernel thread.
Applied the tweaks and lagfixes (ext4) from the recovery. done
and that was it. btw when you do this, try to run the rom WITHOUT the lagfixes, just with the new kernel so you can easily get back to your stock. If you want more, then go to the recovery ULK options and do the recommended tweaks from there. If you still need it, then apply the lagfixes (always backup and always on your own risk)
kezgez said:
and voodoo you have to install a new rom and im not brave enough to do anything like that so which is the best lagfix i can use and i have heard about overclocking what does that mean? thanks in advance
can anyone help us please
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Not sure you have to install another rom, but I do not know the the original voodoo kernel . Maybe you could try with the one I suggested up there.Btw there is more kernels to choose from, depends on your Galaxy Version and ROM.
Overclocking is nothing you should be concerned with yet I think there is a pretty big speed jump from stock to custom kernel, then from custom tweaks and also to lagfixes. If you are not satisfied then you can try that. OC should make the phone faster. In my opinion though the 1GHz is enough for the phone. With OC come some risks (heat, battery usage, stability)
Last night I managed to get the OCLF working on the phone and noticed improvements. Now that I have a lagfix working, will OCLF be alright to leave on there? Or do you still recommend going to somethign else? (I didn't quite understand why OCLF is being considered out dated anyway).
Install the new version (2.2.1) and lagfix is of no need anymore.
Completely satisfied with a smooth running Galaxy now.
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Last night I managed to get the OCLF working on the phone and noticed improvements. Now that I have a lagfix working, will OCLF be alright to leave on there? Or do you still recommend going to somethign else? (I didn't quite understand why OCLF is being considered out dated anyway).
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Well keep the lagfix you have now. If you wanted try something else you would have to undo the changes you have done till now. If it works and you like it keep it..
To plexat: yes the 2.2.1 it's sufficient in speed.
In my case though I had to do already 2 factory reset once cuz the phone didn't start at all and in time even the 2.2.1 became slow. I installed the custom kernel though just for the sharpness fix but was surprised with the lower battery usage and speed. There is still a big speed jump from stock to custom
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
thankyou for your help, ive got the kernal flasher and kernal thread but can you just confirm for me what I have to do with the kernal thread sorry but ive not done this before and really dont want to damage my phone thanks again Karen
kezgez said:
thankyou for your help, ive got the kernal flasher and kernal thread but can you just confirm for me what I have to do with the kernal thread sorry but ive not done this before and really dont want to damage my phone thanks again Karen
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Ok man, first of all. You have stock 2.2 but which phone exactly?
In the kernel thread, is written for which phones it is and also for which ROM.
So if it fits yours. You can try what I wrote you somewhere up. Backup, flash the CWM version etc.
First make sure though if you have the correct kernel for your ROM and phone. AND you shouldn't have any other type lagfixes applied.
Thats kinda all. What you can do if you have root, without any trouble, is backup your kernel with the app. Then verify if other things fit. And you can try to flash a custom kernel.
EDIT: Why are you still on 2.2? I mean UK had as one of the first 2.2.1 and plexat is right. 2.2.1 is faster and smoother as 2.2 ? If you dont have any lagfixes or other custom things applied you should kinda update to 2.2.1
Hi Pagot, I checked I had the right kernel and stuff and YIPPEE ive done it, my heart was in my mouth but i took the plunge and it now says i have the kernel above, it does seem more responsive and quicker although the benchmark still says the same? the reason I have still got 2.2 is because I have a branded o2 phone and they havent released it yet for branded phones and i am scared to try and flash it to 2.2.1 is there anything i can now do to speed it up anymore ie lag fixes and things thanks for your help
Glad it worked for you
Well not sure about upgrading the rom with a custom kernel. Am new at this too . So dont flash a rom yet.
From what I asked in the speedmod kernel thread. It should be safe to put back the stock backup kernel you made with the app and then to update if its out. Thats just for 2.2.1 upgrade for you in the future. The condition is however no lagfixes applied!!! If you have them applied it can and will probably go bad on the update!!!
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does seem more responsive and quicker although the benchmark still says the same?
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Ok please dont look at the score. Mine is actually worse as on the stock kernel if you are talking about quadrant. They are irrelevant.
If your phone feels right, leave it as it is
If you want to tweak it little more. Get to the recovery and there are some tweaks,should be still safe to make. They are marked as recommended in the ULK options.
I wouldn't suggest yet to apply a lagfix. Try it how it feels now. If it starts getting bad and laggy etc. Then experiment with that. I had a lagfix but reverted back, for me the speed is sufficient how it is now
Since you have now CWM you can even backup your whole phone.
If you dont know how to go to the recovery the 3 button combo. There are many nice tools in the market for that. I personally use SGS toolbox/tools, in it is a shorcut with reboot to recovery.
When you are there. the BACK button is actually like OK so beware of that!!! You navigate with the volume button UP/DOWN and confirm with home or back.
Thanks again, been in and enabled tweeks, just so as I no, I noticed in recovery there is a lagfix option is this where i go to apply this and if I do it how do I disable it if I want to
Also you said I could backup my phone now how do I do this Thanks again
Wow my phone is really speedy now thanks for all the help I've now flashed kernel tweaked and applied lagfix and all is well I've backed up my phone as well
YIPPIE
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kezgez said:
Wow my phone is really speedy now thanks for all the help I've now flashed kernel tweaked and applied lagfix and all is well I've backed up my phone as well
YIPPIE
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Ha seriously glad for you . One day you have no idea about anything, the next day you run a custom kernel with lagfixes and tweaks.
When you get to it, its kinda not so difficult. (It took me kinda a half year )
PAGOT said:
Ha seriously glad for you . One day you have no idea about anything, the next day you run a custom kernel with lagfixes and tweaks.
When you get to it, its kinda not so difficult. (It took me kinda a half year )
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How true. Just in case get familiar with Odin. Having fun with flashing by CWM can sometimes result in being stuck. Knowing how to use Odin and having all necessary files on your computer should give you some sense of security.

[Q] Need Speedmod K13B, Please

Does anybody have a copy of Speedmod's kernel K13B? K13C has turned my phone into a CD drive - at least as far as my computer is concerned - and though I saw a fix for that for an earlier version of the kernel, there doesn't seem to be one for K13C. Speedmod's download site doesn't include K13B, just A and the unfortunate (for my phone) C.
kevalin said:
Does anybody have a copy of Speedmod's kernel K13B? K13C has turned my phone into a CD drive - at least as far as my computer is concerned - and though I saw a fix for that for an earlier version of the kernel, there doesn't seem to be one for K13C. Speedmod's download site doesn't include K13B, just A and the unfortunate (for my phone) C.
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Look for the vold.fstab fix. It is independant of the kernel but will fix the drive mounting issue
Sent from my HTC Vision
Pirateghost said:
Look for the vold.fstab fix. It is independant of the kernel but will fix the drive mounting issue
Sent from my HTC Vision
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Thank you, Pirateghost, I'll give that a go. I really do love Speedmod's kernels as a rule... despite their unwillingness to let my battery show as 100% full for more than a minute our two. I'll hunt this up and give it a try now.
Here it is if you need it.
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Here it is if you need it.
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Hoh! Double blessings to you, laddie (or lassie, as the case may be). Unfortunately, the fix didn't work for my phone. Hopefully, going back to K13B will.
Well, hell! Reinstalled K13B... but now, auto-rotate is messed up, and pushing the "Home" button when the phone is in the browser sends it back, instead of to the phone's home screen.
Am I going to have to clean this thing off completely, then try to add the kennel again from a new OS? Try another kernel?This is really annoying, because the phone was running very well before I tried K13C.
Which reminds me: Does anyone have Cognition 3.02 or 3.04? Honestly, I usually save all this stuff to my computer once I've downloaded, but for some reason, I didn't with this kernel and rom. I might give a go to loading Cog 4, but considering my luck, lately, I want to have the option of going back, if need be, and DG's site no longer seems to include earlier versions of Cognition, unless he's hiding them somewhere I'm not aware of.
just load a new kernel. it looks like that version of K13b was meant for i9000 not the captivate version
Hmph, yes. That would definitely cause issues. Okay, so the question is still on the table: does anyone have a copy of K13B for the Captivate (with apologies for not making that clear in the first place)? And Cognition 3.02 or 3.04?
EDIT: Nevermind. I removed and reinstalled RocketDock, which had somehow become corrupted, and the problem solved itself. I have no idea why it should have affected how my computer read my phone, but it did. Thanks, everyone for your help; I'll start a new thread to request the earlier form of Cognition.

[Q] Ok to use modded kernel with stock froyo (KB1)?

Is it ok to use a modded kernel (like paragon) with a stock rom (KB1)?
I believe so.i think as long as you use a 2.2 kernal. I'm probably wrong though. Lol
I kill coneys, not phones.
The various release notes imply that it is possible but since its my wife's phone I dont really feel like getting killed for bricking it.
kevria said:
The various release notes imply that it is possible but since its my wife's phone I dont really feel like getting killed for bricking it.
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Have no fear. If you follow the instructions you will be totally impressed with the performance improvement. I am running totally stock with the exception of my stock kernel with voodoo lagfix and you can't beat it with a stick.
clemmie said:
Have no fear. If you follow the instructions you will be totally impressed with the performance improvement. I am running totally stock with the exception of my stock kernel with voodoo lagfix and you can't beat it with a stick.
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Which kernel are you running?
Edit: Nevermind, just read your sig file.
Cognition 4.x is basically stock Froyo with a lagfixed kernel.
If you don't want to venture too far from stock, you could use Supercurio's stock + Voodoo lagfix kernel for KB1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870760
You can flash the CWM version using SGS Kernel Flasher. It'll take a while for the first boot up, but you'll get audio prompts that it is working. Just take your typical precautions...backup, blah blah blah.
Works great with KB1.
lactardjosh said:
If you don't want to venture too far from stock, you could use Supercurio's stock + Voodoo lagfix kernel for KB1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870760
You can flash the CWM version using SGS Kernel Flasher. It'll take a while for the first boot up, but you'll get audio prompts that it is working. Just take your typical precautions...backup, blah blah blah.
Works great with KB1.
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I actually have CWM flashed onto her phone from installing PlumbBob's GPS fix so I could flash it with CWM. Thanks.
My main reason for flashing a different kernel was because her battery life is lousy compared to my phone with Serendipity and Paragon.
kevria said:
I actually have CWM flashed onto her phone from installing PlumbBob's GPS fix so I could flash it with CWM. Thanks.
My main reason for flashing a different kernel was because her battery life is lousy compared to my phone with Serendipity and Paragon.
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IMHO, the battery life has been great since flashing that kernel. I haven't done any official logging or anything, though.
And the difference in speed because of the lag fix is unbelievable. Incomparable.
lactardjosh said:
IMHO, the battery life has been great since flashing that kernel. I haven't done any official logging or anything, though.
And the difference in speed because of the lag fix is unbelievable. Incomparable.
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Great, thanks. I guess I know what Im doing this weekend.
Edit: Installing that Kernel didnt wipe your phone did it?
Voodoo+KB1 = Speed, Performance & Reliability
lactardjosh said:
If you don't want to venture too far from stock, you could use Supercurio's stock + Voodoo lagfix kernel for KB1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870760
You can flash the CWM version using SGS Kernel Flasher. It'll take a while for the first boot up, but you'll get audio prompts that it is working. Just take your typical precautions...backup, blah blah blah.
Works great with KB1.
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I absolutely agree with you lactardjosh.
Suoercurio has done a fantastic job in creating these kernels.
I flashed the V+KB1 the other day and my devices runs as if it's on a silicon base. Smooth - Extremely responsive - No difference in battery life - and most importantly - All of the features that are supposed to work...do!
Peace-
Liv33viL
kevria said:
Great, thanks. I guess I know what Im doing this weekend.
Edit: Installing that Kernel didnt wipe your phone did it?
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Flashing the kernel did not wipe my phone. BUT, you should definitely do a back up before flashing it. Just good practice.
The first time you boot up after flashing the kernel, it will take a while to finish booting. It'll stay on the AT&T World Phone splash for quite a while. You'll get a digitized voice telling you that the Voodoo lag fix is running and it'll give you an estimated time to complete it. The first time I did it, I couldn't understand what it said, but after messing up something else and having to go back to 2.1 and then upgrade to 2.2 again (which did wipe my phone), I realized that the first time it had told me it was going to take 10 minutes to enable the lag fix. The second time around, it took 2 minutes because there was nothing extra on the phone since it had just been wiped. So, depending on how many apps, etc, you have installed, the lag fix will take a more or less time. Let it run, find something else to distract you from how long it is taking.
I have enabled the lagfix on my phone. My wife has a LOT of apps on her phone so it will take awhile. I backed the rom up using rommanager and copied the Titanium backup directory off to my home computer.
I installed the Supercurio kernel last night on my wifes phone so it will be interesting to see whether the battery life gets any better. The phone should run smoother though.
kevria said:
I installed the Supercurio kernel last night on my wifes phone so it will be interesting to see whether the battery life gets any better. The phone should run smoother though.
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My Captivate runs great on the KB1+Voodoo Kernel from SuperCurio!
The performance of this Kernel has actually kept me on the stock ROM (for now)
bobapunk said:
My Captivate runs great on the KB1+Voodoo Kernel from SuperCurio!
The performance of this Kernel has actually kept me on the stock ROM (for now)
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I told my wife that her phone should be snappier now but the battery life may stay the same. Also told her to drain the battery down to nothing, charge to full while off, unplug and plug back in, wait until its full then unplug and turn it on.

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