Hey, I'm using Phoenix unleashed js8 with speed mod and baseband version i9000ugjk4. When I dial it' ringing and after few seconds them volume drops and become even lower then the original in call volume that isn't so high any way. It started bothering me when I first talked in a crowded place and didn't hear good.
I heard something about modems but didn't really understand it.
I'm living in Israel and my carrier supports 850/2100 UMTS (No GSM for 2g bands) and that's why I bought the cappy.
I have two questions:
1. How can I increase the volume of the in call volume?
2. How can I know if my phone is using both 850 and 2100 bands?
And a little question on the way..
How much time will it take until the roms and kernels of GB will be as stable and fast as the froyo roms?
Thank in advance, Elad!
anyone? :S
Elad92 said:
Hey, I'm using Phoenix unleashed js8 with speed mod and baseband version i9000ugjk4. When I dial it' ringing and after few seconds them volume drops and become even lower then the original in call volume that isn't so high any way. It started bothering me when I first talked in a crowded place and didn't hear good.
I heard something about modems but didn't really understand it.
I'm living in Israel and my carrier supports 850/2100 UMTS (No GSM for 2g bands) and that's why I bought the cappy.
I have two questions:
1. How can I increase the volume of the in call volume?
2. How can I know if my phone is using both 850 and 2100 bands?
And a little question on the way..
How much time will it take until the roms and kernels of GB will be as stable and fast as the froyo roms?
Thank in advance, Elad!
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1. I've noticed the same thing with call volume. I often have to switch to speakerphone to hear in crowded locations. I know that's not really a solution, but it's a temporary workaround for me. I'm not sure if there is any actual way to increase in-call volume.
As for stability and speed of GB ROMs: I recently made the upgrade (was running JS8-base OCed to 1.4GHz) to Mosaic II and can tell you that the speed and responsiveness of my Captivate has drastically increased (despite now only being at stock 1GHz). I think now is a good time to make the switch.
Try a kb1 kernel and modem, that has the support for the audience chip that all I9000 kernel/modems don't have, because it's a different chip in the I9000 than it is with the captivate...
sinizter said:
1. I've noticed the same thing with call volume. I often have to switch to speakerphone to hear in crowded locations. I know that's not really a solution, but it's a temporary workaround for me. I'm not sure if there is any actual way to increase in-call volume.
As for stability and speed of GB ROMs: I recently made the upgrade (was running JS8-base OCed to 1.4GHz) to Mosaic II and can tell you that the speed and responsiveness of my Captivate has drastically increased (despite now only being at stock 1GHz). I think now is a good time to make the switch.
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Don't you have bugs and FC with your apps? what kernel do you use?
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Try a kb1 kernel and modem, that has the support for the audience chip that all I9000 kernel/modems don't have, because it's a different chip in the I9000 than it is with the captivate...
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What is a kb1 kernel? the kernel I'm using now isn't for i897?
It is but it was ported and reoriented from the I9000 to work for the captivate. That was done because att drags there asses with updates, froyo came out in europe and canada months before att.
Kb1 is at&t's version it has the drivers for the audience chip I mentioned. Look in the dev section for kernels, it'll say kb1 next to it there should be a couple ... You will also need to flash a modem to match or you will have major sound issues.
here are 2 kernels for kb1:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988805
and:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989298
now look in this thread it has a modem for the I897(kb1) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989298
once you have a kernel and the modem flashed your sound quality should improve...
Oh and as far as gb goes it's the same thing I mentioned about froyo, not ever gonna be released by att, but it came out for the I9000 last month, and the reoriented kernels for it are pretty stable. the roms based on those kernels are fairly stable as well, my personal fave is mosaic but I'm biassed because I'm part of the team
haha, Phoenix is the best, I enjoy every second of using this rom!
I think I will stay with this modem and kernel because it really give me great perfomence. I will live with this volume
As for the GB, I think I will give it more time and wait for the kernels to have lag fix and to be more stable. My next phone won't be AT&T's, that's for sure.
Thank you both I appreciate your help!
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Hey guys
First of all, my apologies if such request has already been made. I searched for "pershoot kernel no uv" and "pershoot kernel stock voltage" and came up empty handed.
As the title says, I'm looking for a kernel similar to pershoot's, with all its tweaks except for the undervolting.
The reason for this: I love the speed, the audio boost, capacitive buttons fix, BUT I'm noticing an impact on signal strength from the radio. I remember reading a horror story from a user here who thought using and UV'ed kernel killed his radio and I'm getting nervous.
For reference I have on hand 3 nexus's. All AT&T versions, 2 of them dead stock, 1 (mine) rooted, running Rodriguezstyle's v2.3fix froyo rom with pershoot's oc uv .33.4 kernel. I'm getting anywhere from -10 to -20 db's less in my signal meter in my phone as compared to the stock ones. It sucks since my rooted one completely smokes the other two when it comes to features and speed.
I'd like to go back to stock voltage and see if my signal reception improves. I hope it hasn't caused damage to the radio.
Thank you!
Uh bump? I'm now using a rooted FRF83 stock ROM with the stock kernel and my signal reception is definitely better but I already miss pershoot's... Anybody got a suggestion? Thanks!
Out of curiousity. Is there an oc kernel out there that's stock voltage, or atleast not too under voltaged?
Do you not enjoy the extra battery life? 1.275v is the stock and anything below 900-950mv seems to decrease the radios. You might want to edit the source and recompile because most people don't have a problem with the undervolting on most kernels (when done correctly).
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Do you not enjoy the extra battery life? 1.275v is the stock and anything below 900-950mv seems to decrease the radios. You might want to edit the source and recompile because most people don't have a problem with the undervolting on most kernels (when done correctly).
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Im willing to sacrifice battery life for the ability to stop dropping calls. Although Miami has hspa+ T-Mobile foot print here is spotty. I fluctuate between edge n 3g way too much. Every rooted nexus owner I know has that issue here. My brother has a stock nexus and he doesn't fluctuate as much as me...
Where can I find the stock frg kernel or frf kernel?
MoDaCo uses stock boot images I believe.
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MoDaCo uses stock boot images I believe.
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Hey again,
So, I'm currently on Cog 4.1.1 with Speedmod's latest with JK4, and the phone is running much more smoothly than it did with the KB1, which made my phone as laggy as a hundred year-old donkey on barbiturates.
Only thing is, though the battery life is shockingly good when the phone is idle, burning less than 5% in 7 or 8 hours, battery life with the phone in use is MUCH worse than it was when I had this modem/kernel combo with Cog 3.02, sometimes burning 10% our more in 30 minutes or less.
I'm thinking of giving KP1 or JK3 a try, and I'm in the San Francisco Bay area. Does anyone have any experience with either of these modem/kernel combinations? Or suggestions for other candidates?
I am using Cog4.1.1. This past weekend I started playing with different modems and kernels. KP1 is one that I tried -- better speeds than KB1, but my battery drained very quickly -- even at idle.
It's possible that I did something wrong (or had an app that was killing the battery) as I am still learning.. I tried about 3 or 4 different modems and just as many kernels, but my battery was bad...just bad.
I ended up wiping and reflashing Cog last night. This time yesterday, my battery was around 65% (very little use). It's still at 100% right now (very little use). I figure since it's been on 100% for a couple of hours now, once it starts dropping it may drop a little quicker than normal (or have a bigger first drop), but so far my battery is doing a lot better today.
Cog4.1.1 out of the box seems to be fairly snappy on my phone. I may try playing with different kernel/modem combinations again, but I think I may do a little more research and see if I can find a combo that seems to be working for the majority.
jsbac
Inject A Little Voodoo...
kevalin,
Gotta get that donkey off you're back.... (Modified Aerosmith)
Here's a suggestion for you... KB1+Voodoo Injection.
Supercurio has does a fantastic service by taking many, many stock kernels and injecting them with a dose of Voodoo.
By running these stock mods you have a much lower risk, if any risk at all, running into feature failure on your device.
Don't let the word "stock" in the stock kernel sway you decision. These kernels run as if they've been dosed with a few shots of N02. (That's Nitrous Oxide - and Accelerant when used for that purpose).
I am very cautious when it comes to tinkering with the reliability of my tools.
I just recently flashed the KB1+Voodoo 2.2 after a few days graduating to the official Froyo 2.2 release. The O.R. of Froyo didn't really raise my head, but after installing one of Supercurio's KB1+Voodoo.... now this really blows my hair back..... for a basically "stock" kernel.
Just a quick observation, I ran a few benchmarks on my device, before and after and
Here's the Quadrant scores: Not that I take much stock in isolated tests - but real world usage is fantastic as well. Every feature that the device is suppose to deliver ... it does. No broken promises...
Stock KB1 Froyo 2.2
Quadrant: 983
Voodoo Injected Stock KB1 Froyo 2.2
Quadrant: 1421, 1461, 1503
Check this post: (Below) - It'll blow your hair back - if you're not bald
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870760
Hope this helps you out a bit.
Peace-
Liv33viL
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kevalin,
Gotta get that donkey off you're back.... (Modified Aerosmith)
Here's a suggestion for you... KB1+Voodoo Injection.
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This sounds interesting... but will it kill my earphone's ability to hear calls? I don't use bluetooth, so that needs to work when I'm driving. A couple of the kernels have had everything but that... which has meant instant removal.
Although, thinking about it, I got 36 hours off of my last charge (I wrote the time down when I unplugged it day before yesterday), so maybe my happy a*s ought to quit whining .
Still, I worry about how quickly it drains when it's actually in use, and I DO NOT want to have to carry an extra battery when I'm out and about.
Ah, well, maybe I'll just give it a try and see what there is to see...
As far as I know, Supercurio advises that no mods were made to the KB1 source, being that it is a production build.
Basically the core just got a face lift and a shot of juice. If your device is KB1 compatible (feature wise) then all should function as it did out of the box.
Put simply, worst case scenario, you flash the kernel when you have a few hours in front of you, so when you test it - if there are qualities that you don't like - you can simply flash your backup or another kernel of choice.
Good luck - and post your results with this. I'd like to know how you made out.
Peace-
Liv33viL said:
Good luck - and post your results with this. I'd like to know how you made out.
Peace-
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Well, ouch. My phone hates that.
Unfortunately, not only is the kernel not quite as battery-efficient, but no aspect of the sound works. Dead silence on both the speaker and the headphone.
I'll be flashing back... or maybe on to KP1... as soon as I remember how to disable Voodoo lagfix. Don't want to have to do a full re-stock and master clear just to put on a new kernel.
So, I've had a flash itch for a while courtesy of S7 reaching EoL and having been on Apex for the last month or two. Now that 2.3.4 is available on both the Captivate and i9000 platforms, can somebody enumerate the pros and cons of going with one over the other? I'm starting with what I know.
Captivate ROMs
Pros
Audience chip
Cons
No HSUPA
No Voodoo sound/colour
i9000 ROMs
Pros
HSUPA
More variety of ROMs/kernels/modems
Voodoo sound/colour
OC/UV
Cons
Not native to the device
very good question,I also have been looking at them and considering this and whether there is anything different about flashing one of those roms
I've not had bad experiences with either, but here is my two cents worth...
I prefer the Captivate ROMs, for the following reasons...
1. Stable. As I Swype this, it has been four days without a restart, and not one FC (Cognition5v2).
2. Audience Chip. It is a small thing, I know, but this is a phone, and call quality counts.
3. Voodoo Sound. Yeah, I paid for the app, and was happy to do it. Simone is doing some fine work and deserves to be compensated.
4. Overclock. Tegrak. Couple bucks. give it up for 2400 Quadrant scores.
Sent from my Cappy using Swype and my finger.
Forgot 5....
What is so special about HSUPA vs HSDPA? I have HSDPA, and it seems to be more than OK, even way out in the boonies where I live.
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OwenW71 said:
Forgot 5....
What is so special about HSUPA vs HSDPA? I have HSDPA, and it seems to be more than OK, even way out in the boonies where I live.
Sent from my Cappy using Swype and my finger.
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The U in HSUPA is for upload. If you run a speedtest on HSDPA your upload will be closer to 300kbps whereas HSUPA will be more like 1000kbps. Theoretically this means faster web browsing because it can send the requests faster to get the download faster.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S Captivate
Correct, HSUPA downloads at the same speed as HSDPA, but has higher theoretical upload rates. Since most web site requests will fit in a packet or two, UPA does not have much advantage for browsing, but is noticeably faster for things like uploading photos. I generally reserve that kind of stuff until I find a wifi hotspot.
Again, this is just my opinion, but the i897 ROMs have a slight edge in stability and call quality on the Captivate. I do wish we had more source for kernels, but with the Tegrak and Voodoo stand-alone apps, I'm happy.
Sent from my Cappy using Swype and my finger.
I have hacked my phone to get 5 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up just 4 yahh to know;D
MIUI is 2.3.5 and has HSPA becuase it runs an I9000 modem
thr ROM itself has nothing to do with the Modem, atleast wether it has HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA.
Voodoo sound and color is available for MIUI/CM7
And also voodoo sound is available on every device, it hacks the audio driver/and files that run it .
Sent from my Stock KH3/4 2.3.4 Captivate using the XDA Premium App!
OwenW71 said:
I've not had bad experiences with either, but here is my two cents worth...
I prefer the Captivate ROMs, for the following reasons...
1. Stable. As I Swype this, it has been four days without a restart, and not one FC (Cognition5v2).
2. Audience Chip. It is a small thing, I know, but this is a phone, and call quality counts.
3. Voodoo Sound. Yeah, I paid for the app, and was happy to do it. Simone is doing some fine work and deserves to be compensated.
4. Overclock. Tegrak. Couple bucks. give it up for 2400 Quadrant scores.
Sent from my Cappy using Swype and my finger.
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There was a free Voodoo control app. But i paid cuz he deserves it too.
I dont OC/UV at all and get over 3000 in quadrant on stock KH3
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I dont OC/UV at all and get over 3000 in quadrant on stock KH3
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I don't understand how you can get scores like that on stock KH3. Did KH3 implement EXT4? My max score on any stock ROM was just under 1000. The single biggest factor in jumping up my scores was to go to a EXT4 ROM, even OC did not have as much effect.
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I don't understand how you can get scores like that on stock KH3. Did KH3 implement EXT4? My max score on any stock ROM was just under 1000. The single biggest factor in jumping up my scores was to go to a EXT4 ROM, even OC did not have as much effect.
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No changing file system, still RFS. Not creating a buffer zone, no oc/uv!
Im just lucky
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I don't understand how you can get scores like that on stock KH3. Did KH3 implement EXT4? My max score on any stock ROM was just under 1000. The single biggest factor in jumping up my scores was to go to a EXT4 ROM, even OC did not have as much effect.
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i get around 1660 on kh3 no oc and on rfs
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I don't understand how you can get scores like that on stock KH3.
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+1
I just got 1352 on KH3, fresh flash.
Hello. I'm looking for the most stable rom which can give perfect works in the 3g network. Now I using f1 rom but the speed of 3g is very poor and not stable.
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Hi there,
at first, you should decide, which android version you want to use.. if you're looking for most stable, e.g. most tested and proofed stable over time, I'd personally recommend darky's rom http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/darkyrom-v10-4-2-xwjw1.6577/ v10.4.2., which is based on latest Gingerbread Samsung sources. (a good guide for flashing, coming from different ROMs, is included.)
As for a rock solid Kernel, I'd go for the Speedmod-Kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044519
To get the most out of your 3g network, you should then flash different modems to test which one serves best in your region. Modems are tuned to different regions and carriers. Here is a comprehensive list: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9579987#post9579987
My Personal analysis : It seems that the the top rated modems are the ones released in built up areas/countries/regions, and i designed to use more battery to give the best results especially when it comes to GPS Lock & Accuracy, Network, Speeds & Coverage. This does make sense, so if your in a built up area and use a modem designed for a less built up area which requires less power your not going to achieve goods results on paper, but if you use a modem designed for a built up area in a area that requires less, then your results are going to be sky high BUT might be to high and in turn drains more battery power than needed. So yes Modem's are clever little things, you have to find the right balance for your area, network, coverage, GPS and so on.
JPP is considered the TOP modem preference (See points below) BUT its uses alot of power to get those results.
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