Hey,
I am new to the flashing of the Roms ON MY GALAXY S i9000
I flashed the resurrection edition a while back..Today i upgraded from 9.2 to 9.3 after disabling the voodoo lagfix and installing the zip from SD card. Now the after completion of the flashing and all, i checked the voodoo folder in the Clockworkmod recovery, which showed disabled. Do I have to enable it from here? WIll there be any problems if i did?
You enable Voodoo by ticking enable in CWM Voodoo .
Darky should have the info on his page .
Problems are always possible with a modified rom but Voodoo is fairly safe .
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drtusharks said:
Hey,
I am new to the flashing of the Roms ON MY GALAXY S i9000
I flashed the resurrection edition a while back..Today i upgraded from 9.2 to 9.3 after disabling the voodoo lagfix and installing the zip from SD card. Now the after completion of the flashing and all, i checked the voodoo folder in the Clockworkmod recovery, which showed disabled. Do I have to enable it from here? WIll there be any problems if i did?
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You can re-enable the lagfix it simply by deleting the file that says "disable lagfix" or deleting the entire Voodoo folder, and then rebooting the phone.
Remember to give it several minutes to reconfigure your filesystem to ext4, and make sure your phone is either fully charged or plugged in.
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I'm currently using the Final build of Ginerclone which uses the JK3 modem and the ULF kernel. I would like to flash both the JK4 modem and Speedmod Kernel..
I understand the process for both.. but am kinda confused about kernel flashing. Speedmod reccomends disabling any lagfix before flashing a new kernel. How?? How do I disable the ULF that came with Gingerclone? I went into CWM and didn't see any options to disable.
Can someone give me a n00b step by step on how to disable the lagfix so I can flash the new kernel?
Thank you so much.
Should have an option in recovery fire advanced ulk options. Click then go to lag fix then disable. Go back and reboot. phone will go back to a screen giving options about new settings. Click top option to back up and restore. Done
mcord11758 said:
Should have an option in recovery fire advanced ulk options. Click then go to lag fix then disable. Go back and reboot. phone will go back to a screen giving options about new settings. Click top option to back up and restore. Done
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There is no option is CWM.. According to ROM manager I'm using the latest version... is there another way?
Do not use rom manager to get into recovery. Power off, use three button combo to get into recovery vol up and down and power. If you have ulk the option will be there
Go to my files and tell me if there is a folder named voodoo
I could not find anything in Clockwork Mod.. I had voodoo lagfix before I flashed back to stock via Odin. The folder was still there after installing Gingerclone so I put disable lagfix in the voodoo folder and decided to flash the Speedmod. Everything seemed to work fine.. My Clockwork Mod now has SpeedMod in the menu and new options.. It definitely flashed over... But here's the weird thing.. My kernel doesn't show SpeedMod in About Phone.. just the numbers 2.6.32.9 ...which is very weird.
Is that normal?
Certain roms can not show the kernel correctly so yes it is normal for certain roms. The 2.2.1 roms show the correct kernel
To get max effect of the kernel enable lag fix in recovery and enable all tweaks that have r next to it.
Also dl voodoo app from market for sound
Dude. if you have ext4 lagfix with ULF, then you don't even have to disable to flash. HC's speedmod kernel is TOTALLY ext4 compatible. It clearly states you don't have to disable if your already ext4.
mcord11758 said:
Certain roms can not show the kernel correctly so yes it is normal for certain roms. The 2.2.1 roms show the correct kernel
To get max effect of the kernel enable lag fix in recovery and enable all tweaks that have r next to it.
Also dl voodoo app from market for sound
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Ah that makes sense... Gingerclone is a 2.2 Rom and never showed the actual Kernel since I had it installed.
All the tweak options already show enabled.. so that's good. Also, as far as enabling the lagfix... when I go into Lagfix options in CWM. Everything already shows data is in ext4 format. Does that mean the lagfix is already enabled?
silverslotcar said:
Dude. if you have ext4 lagfix with ULF, then you don't even have to disable to flash. HC's speedmod kernel is TOTALLY ext4 compatible. It clearly states you don't have to disable if your already ext4.
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I read that only if you have the latest version of Voodoo, then it was compatible. Since I could never see exactly what kernel I had.. I wasn't sure exactly what kernel I was running.. so I disabled it before I flashed just to be sure. Now that I have speedmod installed and running.. can I delete the Voodoo folders off my sdcard?
I just installed firefly 2.1 concerning voodoo do you have to enable it to work i hooked up my phone to pc and cannot find any folder named voodoo and in order to flash a unsigned zip do i need 2e or 3e?sorry for noobie ? just dont want to mess anything up and i love this rom so far awesome.I came from motorola backflip and flashing those roms was easy this phone more involved i've been reading alot starting to go cross-eyed.
go to recovery and check if your file system is ext4, if it is, that means your lagfix is enabled. recovery 2e is generally used for flashing cwm zip file, if you are using recovery 3e, search the forum for signature fix, otherwise, you will get some errors.
kinda related question, do you need to disable voodoo when flashing other roms? and do i just do the disable by going into recovery/clockwork and choosing it?
scward said:
kinda related question, do you need to disable voodoo when flashing other roms? and do i just do the disable by going into recovery/clockwork and choosing it?
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it is recommended for disabling the lagfix before upgarding a new rom. Yes, you can do it in the recovery.
But from my own personal experience, you do not have to do that, at least for upgrading the same brand rom, for example, upgrading Phoenix from 3.5 to 4.1.
If you are more conservative, disable it first.
FireFly 2.1 does not use voodoo lagfix. It uses the Speedmod kernel which has options for lagfix in the recovery. I have flashed over ROMs using voodoo (without disabling it), with no problems.
If you do disable voodoo, and then flash 2.1, make sure you go into recovery and enable lagfix and other tweaks.
Hope this helps.
does enabling lagfix make that big of a difference?and which tweaks would i enable?
fezzy102 said:
does enabling lagfix make that big of a difference?and which tweaks would i enable?
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enabling lagifx will let you feel smooth UI on your phone because of quick file access on the system. if you are using SpeedMod kernel, it has more info about the tweaks (it will not make much difference as lagfix).
so if its not enabled i can flash themes and fonts.but if enabled disable first so as to be able to flash from cwm and it has to be on 2e right?thank you all for the help.
fezzy102 said:
so if its not enabled i can flash themes and fonts.but if enabled disable first so as to be able to flash from cwm and it has to be on 2e right?thank you all for the help.
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if you just want to flash themes or fonts, you can just leave the lagfix setting as it is (it does not matter), only when you try to flash a rom. Recovery 2e is very stable in my opinion.
hi y'all
i want to flash a new rom but as all as i know i need to disable the LAGFIX
when i reboot to the CW recovery (2.5.1.2) i cannot find the LAGFIX at all
got green recovery and not the red..how to fix this?
that's my "Rig"
Samsung Captivate
Cognition 3.04 + Firebird 1.0 Kernel + JI4 Modem
GUARDIANBD said:
hi y'all
i want to flash a new rom but as all as i know i need to disable the LAGFIX
when i reboot to the CW recovery (2.5.1.2) i cannot find the LAGFIX at all
got green recovery and not the red..how to fix this?
that's my "Rig"
Samsung Captivate
Cognition 3.04 + Firebird 1.0 Kernel + JI4 Modem
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There are a few things you cqn do. First there are apps to disable the lagfix with one click. I believe its called voodoo control. Second option would be the manual way by editing the voodoo folder otherwise you could always flash a different kernel that includes the correct recovery. Or lastly you may be able to flash the new recovery in odin or clockwork. I have an update.zip that you can run from recovery that will install lagfix edition clockwork ill post it if you would like.
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I know Cognition has been using Voodoo for a long time.
Basic answer to disable Voodoo before flashing another ROM:
Go into the "Voodoo" folder under your SD Card.
Put in a file with NO extensions called disable-lagfix
Reboot.
BUT... if you plan on installing a different ROM entirely - you probably want to flash back to stock first. Get Odin 1 Click and it will wipe the phone - including any existing lagfixes.
Basically though make sure you read the Dev's OP post before flashing - most will tell you to wipe your phone before flashing their ROM. Prevents a LOT of potential issues when you do it that way.
It also depends on what you're moving to. Most use ext4 therefore disabling lagfixes between them isn't near as necessary. But still reccommended.
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i want to flash this one
Perception 10.4
with SpeedMod Captivate [K13B HPCall VoodooSnd4 SharpnessFix
im sure i have lagfix installed in the COG 3.04 ROM but cannot disable it
pls guys its a new phone and i cannot get another if i brick it (bought over Ebay,im from Israel)
regards
GB
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found a way to get the RED Recovery
pressing the power button and bringing the menu>Recovery
thats it!!!
now
how i proceed?
GUARDIANBD said:
i want to flash this one
Perception 10.4
with SpeedMod Captivate [K13B HPCall VoodooSnd4 SharpnessFix
im sure i have lagfix installed in the COG 3.04 ROM but cannot disable it
pls guys its a new phone and i cannot get another if i brick it (bought over Ebay,im from Israel)
regards
GB
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check your build first, then use odin to flash back to stock, you do not need to disable lagfix when you flash back to stock.
then you install the rom from there.
why should i return to stock?
by the way iv found the way to enter the "RED recovery"
how do i proceed from there?
thanks allot!!!
GUARDIANBD said:
why should i return to stock?
by the way iv found the way to enter the "RED recovery"
how do i proceed from there?
thanks allot!!!
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back to stock is just want to make sure you do not mess up something. it will always work for me ...
copy your new rom zip file to your sdcard root dir, go into recovery, install the zip from there.
You don't need to disable lagfix. Just flash and be done with it.
mengbo said:
back to stock is just want to make sure you do not mess up something.
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Yeah, because no one ever messes something up odin flashing.
When you say green/red.... ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.1.3 -voodoo lagfix is red. The Speedmod kernel's version is green. You can switch to the 3e recovery from inside speedmod.
where i can get a stock?
The stock kernel is rather slow and unfunctional. I don't think anyone really wants to flash back. You should try speedmod for a good kernel. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893880
However, to answer your question, you can always flash back to Odin.
flashed to stock OTA working great not laggy at all and the call quality is superb!
i wish at&t have 2.2...bummer!
oh well...
now flashing as planed
Hi guys
i was on Darky 10.1 EE
i dissabled lagfix > applied Ficetos JVP > phone stuck at i9000 logo
Enabled lagfix >reflashed ficetos jvp CWM > blue letters flashed > after reboot fone still stuck on i900 logo
Dissabled lagfix>Voice said"converting data partition > stays there for 1 hour at i9000 logo
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With unable to dissable lagfix , i had CWM darkyrom 10.1 EE on sd card .
Apply>CWM darkyrom 10.1 EE>reboot phone stuck in i9000 logo
Lagfix dissabled from recovery >Voice said"converting data partition > stays there for 1 hour at i9000 logo.
Current phone status
I can enter recovery and download mode
Lagfix - Enabled
Next boot - Dissabled
System Lagfix /no
Debug options /no
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Stuck help please
I think the easiest way here would be to reflash from Odin with repartition. Always remember to make a backup of your ROM with CWM, it makes such problems easy to solve.
Start with flashing stock rom, then root and custom rom from CWM.
Thanks but my lag fix is still enabled .
When i start up voice says "converting data partition" .
it wont brick my phone ? as lagfix is already enabled?
anonymusneo said:
Thanks but my lag fix is still enabled .
When i start up voice says "converting data partition" .
it wont brick my phone ? as lagfix is already enabled?
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It won't brick because flash through odin rewrites everything back to default.
Always make sure lagfix is disabled when flashing through CMW 2/3. It's been known that some ROM's will freeze in boot ani when lagfix is enabled (most of them even warn you in their install manual).
I had simillar problem with darky 10.1 when i tried to change kernel (i switched off lagfix)... the only rescue was as said above - flash with odin, repartition... again
Thankyou all so much its fixed now . and i found out one more thing . after flashing it dissabled lagfix on boot then it installed
hey i'm experiencing the same thing... am i suppose to reflash the rom thru odin or wad? can you pls share exactly wad you did please? ><
Hi All
I am currently running stock Android 2.3.3 on my SGS and I have 16 GB internal storage and 16 GB microSD storage.
I want to install Cyanogenmod or DarkyROM and I also want to format the disk using a faster filesytem e.g RS or ext4.
Could you please point me in the right direction? I am not completely noob, I have flashed my HTC HD2 with TyphooN Cyanogenmod v3.5.4 successfully but I am very new to the scene.
Thanks
Mike
If you like a bit more speed, theme manager, and more custom options flash cyanogenmod. But it uses a bit more battery than stock roms and videoplayback is not fully working for some file formats, there are problems with hd videorecording and tv out is not working and also occasional bugs that the device won't wake up and so on...
When flashing a modified Samsung Stockrom you won't have this problems
For filesystem Samsung RFS and ext4 are relatively on par with speed. You won't notice any difference with the bare eye. The only problem with rfs is that it is fat based so it gets fragmented over the time and after a few months of usage the phone is getting a bit slower.
If you want a all in one package I would probably go for darky or any other rom.
If you want a small barebon like system that you can expand with the things you really need I would go for surface .
For flashing there isn't really much to do. Put the zip file with your rom on the internal sd card. Turn the phone off. Go into recovery with pressing volup+home+power and then letting go when phone turns on.
In menu choose select zip from sdcard, choose the rom and install it. Reboot and it should be done
You are very kind chainer1, I was looking at http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Full_Update_Guide and I cannot see where I could format the partition where Android will install, to ext4.
Yes I am worried about file system errors in my current SGS because I think I have ejected it without safely removing it; so I want to format both internal and external SD cards and start fresh.
Q: Can I have Hardcore's SpeedMod kernel with ClockworkMod Recovery installed as per http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Full_Update_Guide in my SGS and continue to run with my stock Androind 2.3.3?
internal and external sd card are just user space it has nothing to do with the partitions the systemfiles are on. the internal and external sdcards are fat, you cant do anything about that. when you install a stock rom through odin or kies, partitions like system, data, dbdata, cache are formatted in rfs. generally if you are flashing a roms, things on internal or external sdcard remain untouched. after you have flashed a custom rom with custom kernel you can do filesystem conversion to ext4. on kernels based of chainfire's you have to do it via chainfires ext4 app. on speedmod via recoverymode i think. but be aware that cm and samsung rom have differrnt kernels. you cant use speedmod for cm7 only for samsung roms.
and yes that should work that you can run speedmod while staying on stock.
and you dont have cwm recovery if you dont flash a custom kernel via odin before. check if there is a tar version of speedmod and flash it as pda via odin. after that it should be done.
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This is great. One last question, can I format partitions like system, data, dbdata, cache using ClockworkMod Recovery? I am asking this because I can't test ClockworkMod Recovery anymore in my HD2 because I "without knowing" installed ROM Manager and updated CWM which has prevented me from using Recovery. It says "Invalid boot image".
you can format them. but you likely cant change the filesystem. i guess you can enable ext4 on speedmod in cwm, but i dont know exactly cause i havent used speedmod for ages on gingerbread
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If you go to a cm rom like insanity, you get yaffs file system, which imho is miles ahead in terms of speed
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I had Samsung Android 2.3.4 and I followed http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Full_Update_Guide to the word and after
"Click Start on the Heimdall Frontend. A blue transfer bar will appear on the phone showing the kernel being transferred. The device will reboot automatically."
It it stuck at the boot where it says
Galaxy S
GT-I9000
SAMSUNG
Please help
Edit 1: Okay I installed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106075 and now it loads that kernal.
chainer1 said:
and yes that should work that you can run speedmod while staying on stock.
and you dont have cwm recovery if you dont flash a custom kernel via odin before. check if there is a tar version of speedmod and flash it as pda via odin. after that it should be done.
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Warning for new users of Samsung Galaxy S (SGS) with Gingerbread... flashing SpeedMod as per http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Full_Update_Guide will make your phone not boot! When that guide says "This guide assumes the Samsung Galaxy S already has Android 2.2 installed on it. If the Samsung Galaxy S is already rooted & has ClockworkMod Recovery installed, skip this section." it really does mean that.
Now as for my situation, I have ended up in a rather weird state:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7pw7B9B0glM/TkRh2hXHcLI/AAAAAAAACQo/WZuadkg7W44/s800/11+-+1
I have a SGS with Samsung Android 2.3.4 and TalonDEV 0.4.3 kernel installed.
My goal is to install Cyanogenmod latest Nightly.
What are my options? Thanks guys.