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[q] paragon 5.1

Ok...I am a 'somewhat' noob. I do have my phone rooted and have watched many videos and read through the forums. I have not yet flashed to a custom rom, but am thinking of making the jump. Just have a few questions....
Firstly...Anyone have any negative experience with PARAGON's rom? Looking though the many different ones, this one seems to keep catching my eye...
Next...I have backed up all my necessary files including using Titanium pro backup. As I said the phone is rooted. I am running stock 2.1. I have also used one click lagfix. Do I need to remove the lagfix? Can I use Odin to just master clear or do I need to flash to odins stock first? I have rom manger dowloaded also!
Thanks for any input and help in advance!

paragon is an awesome rom
You must disable the lag fix prior to flash. You can odin back to stock as long as you have all your backups. You do not need to be rooted to flash a rom. Odin will get rid of lag fix, but app should do so as well. If you use odin there is an update.zip on your sd. Leave it there, when on stock boot recovery, reinstall packages twice, you well have clockwork recovery. Install zip from sd, choose zip, select paragon, confirm
If you do not disable the lag fix you will get stock in a boot loop

gandalf21502 said:
Firstly...Anyone have any negative experience with PARAGON's rom? Looking though the many different ones, this one seems to keep catching my eye...
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Yeah...I got tired of waiting for at&t to release an update so took my froyo fate into my own hands...so to speak.
I ran Cognition 2.b3 - 3.02 and was pleased with the performance. I started watching this ROM at RC5 and just pulled the trigger today. The process went exactly as described. One thing I noticed is that this modem supports hsdpa, maybe cog3.0x did too...but never noticed. Went outside and turn GPS on and got 12 sat lock in seconds....sweet. locked in within 10'...very nice results.
Anyway, just get your feet wet, try it, don't like flash back to stock, or try another flavor. So far I'm very pleased with this ROM.

Paragon is great ROM. Been running it for about 6 weeks. I'm on RC5 now, waiting for RC6. I've had no issues. I'm running OC/UV (not required) with very conservative settings. Getting great performance, battery life and pretty good GPS.
Enjoy.

Paragon is a great ROM hands down!

Yeah, I'm running Paragon 5.1 and it's been running great. I haven't changed the OC/UV settings, just running default, with good battery and good speed.
Try it, you'll like it.

There's a reason he named it Paragon.
eSPyeL did his homework, paid attention to the details, and doesn't rush things.
If you like the ROM, throw him a bone. He's sticking with the Captivate for a good while and things will only get better.

THANKS for all the input!
I like my captivate! BUT the main reason I am looking to flash a custom rom is even with the lagfix, seems slow compared to my HTC flavors. I MUCH prefer this phone over them just want better responses. Also really want flash. I am an o/c'er by heart...ever since I have owned a PC I have o/c my CPU/GPU. Just like to get the most 'bang for buck' out of my parts...lol.
I think I shall give this a try...hopefully all goes well...

Take a look at Cezars Continuum v 2.1
After trying at least 10 different roms i am sticking with this one.

I am on paragon 5.1 with the 1.4Ghz 500hz kernel. I absolutely love it. Obviously I'm using the OC/UV to tweak it. I'm getting pretty fantastic battery life. Great GPS. I personally love the look and feel to it. I would reccomend this rom over and over again. I haven't found anything that I don't like about it so far. It's a solid working beast of a rom.

I have been running Paragon since RC3 and it has worked great. I have had a couple flashes that seemed to cause some issues with my phone, but when I had more issues than I could handle, I reflashed it and my phone worked great since. My first issues occurred when I flashed RC4 the first time, I was getting a lot if Force Closes of the system. I flashed RC4 again and didn't have any problems. The last time I had an issue was this past weekend with my flash of RC5.1. I was having some slow down issues where unlocking the phone or going back to the home screen would take more than 5 seconds. I just reflashed on Saturday and haven't experienced what I was before.
The flash issues I've had could be limited to my phone, so I won't be giving any grief to the ROM itself, and reflashing seems to fix it.
I like Paragon because it is fast, I like the theme and don't have to change it every time I flash, battery life is good enough for me to make it every day with only charging at night, and it has Bluetooth voice dialing. The Dev is also constantly updating the ROM to make it better and is doing a great job at it.

Seems over all everyone is VERY happy with the rom...Like I said before I have browsed many roms and Paragon seems to be the one.
Couple more questions. Reading through various posts in the forums, there seems to be quite a few different ways to flash. Is it necessary to remove the battery and external SD card to get into download mode then run ODIN to go to stock 2.1 and then master clear? Some say yes, some say not necessary to use ODIN if you are currently running stock 2.1. I have removed my lagfix btw.
Is it necessary to use ROM MANGER opposed to simply booting into revovery mode yourself to flash the rom?
Paragaon defaults when installed with a standard o/c of 1200 correct? Seems most find that very stable, where 1400 is possilbe but less likely to hit.
Thanks again!

So this was my setup when auto-rotate decided to cut itself out on me. I had been using this setup for over a week now at least.
Paragon RC 5.1, default kernel (1200MHz, 500Hz?)
Generation X 2.0 theme, blue version (from i9000 theme forums)
Now, out of nowhere, my phone's gyroscope stops working on me. Out of nowhere as in, phone hasn't been reset, nothing flashed recently, no new apps installed, nothing, just regular usage.
I tried using the methods in the other threads I found (deleting /data/system/ms3c_yamaha.cfg, then running /system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha to manually recalibrate). Didn't work. Reflashed, wiped, all using CWM, nothing worked.
The sensor was stuck, and all the sensor readings would show that it was flat on a table (0,0,213 or something like that, the calibration utility in the Settings menu would show the ball dead center and not move).
Then I got stuck in bootloop and lost 3-button recovery mode after trying to flash 2.2 Rogers stock via CWM and forgetting to wipe data, and having to Odin flash to stock 2.1 AT&T in order to get 3-button recovery back, then flashed 2e, got CWM and clean installed Paragon from there, and then got rid of the AT&T splash screen.
However, I did notice that after flashing 2.1 AT&T (JH7) and booting to check if the update went through, the gyroscope sensor was working again.
Weird. But I guess that's why people say in the forums to flash to stock via Odin...
ANYWAYS. I literally just finished fixing it. What a painful work-around just because of auto-rotate, in order to get the gyroscope working again, and I don't even know why it stopped working. Definitely a huge negative experience. On the other hand, I'm sure it's an isolated incident not to do specifically with the rom.
On the plus side, battery life is reasonable, call quality and signal strength are great, JS3-based which means lots of themes from the i9000 forums, frequent updates, lots of features and oc/uv options. Did I mention it's fast?

Please PLEASE make sure you know how to restore your phone before flash ANY ROM!
I don't personally run this ROM (for the moment but I've heard good things overall about it.
Good thing about flashing custom ROM's - if you don't like it you have a doze others to choose from!

Well I took the plunge and installed Paragon 5.1...and SO FAR I LOVE IT. Blazing fast compaired to stock even with lagfix installed. Haven't had much time to test all things...but so far...SWEET!

I loved this rom. The best.
Senda from my Captivate with Paragon RC5.1 wait for rc6

Well been using it for a few days now, and I must say...IMPRESSIVE! Speed is great! So far I have found no bugs myself. The GPS is AMAZING! Locks in just a few seconds and I can now travel on an interstate at 65 and it keeps up with me, never thought I would see that on the captivate. Only issues really is my battery life is a bit less, but not much. just installed Juice Defender to see if that helps a bit. I am going to donate for this one! Can't wait to see what RC6 will be like...

gandalf21502 said:
Well been using it for a few days now, and I must say...IMPRESSIVE! Speed is great! So far I have found no bugs myself. The GPS is AMAZING! Locks in just a few seconds and I can now travel on an interstate at 65 and it keeps up with me, never thought I would see that on the captivate. Only issues really is my battery life is a bit less, but not much. just installed Juice Defender to see if that helps a bit. I am going to donate for this one! Can't wait to see what RC6 will be like...
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Juice defender will actually shorten your time between charges....don't use it. Paragon for me has been awesome. I have been running it since rc3 and it has definitely stopped my urge to flash. Battery life has been amazing and average between 18 and 26 hours on my phone (usually around 20 hours). Play with some tweaks, try out the different paragon kernels and play with your uv settings. When you find the right settings you will be amazed!
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ROM: Paragon RC5.1 1200 mhz/100hz kernel

I love this rom is fast and nice look
Senda from my Captivate with Paragon RC5.1 and waiting for rc6

Issues with Juice Defender? I have heard good things about it....what problems have you had using it? I installed it yesterday, really haven't seen any 'real' difference myself, but I am just using the defualt settings for now.
I am using the default kernel that came with the rom 1200/500. I set via OC/UV all my settings to -75. Max core 1200. Min 100.

[Q] Samsung Captivate buzzing ear speaker

Hi - newb here, but...
I'm on my 3rd captivate - returned previous units for random shut-offs and non-functioning GPS.
After scouring this site, I've installed Cog 4.1, and am experimenting with different kernels, though the cog 4.1. seems pretty sweet.
Remaining problem: The earpiece on this unit seems "buzzy" when I'm on a call. I re-flashed the KB1 modem, buzzy performance remains. Any suggestions?
TIA.

try a different ROM (cog 4 is a ROM not kernel) or another kernel/modem combo. it's the only way to find out. rember that if you use an i9000 reoriented kernel, use an i9000 modem. same goes with i897 kernel/ modems.

Thank you - sorry, I thought cog 4 rom also had it's own kernel, but I guess it must use the stock kernel.
I'm now using cog 4.1 - not 4.2 as it was a bit off - with the overstock 1.2 kernel with the kb1 modem. I'll test that today and see how it goes.
Thanks again for the help.

So, if you've installed a i9000 kernel and are using the kb1 modem (i897) this can cause trouble.
What kernel did you install ?
You might try the latest speed mod and the jk4 modem, it's a pretty solid combo.
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Thank you for the suggestion. I actually fixed it!
First I used a can of compressed air and blew air straight into the speaker. No change. Then I just used my own hot air and tried to clear the speaker that way - voila, buzzing eradicated!
Thanks again.

Forgot to answer your question - using the overstock kernel with the kb1 modem. Combo seems very good.

11earl said:
Thank you for the suggestion. I actually fixed it!
First I used a can of compressed air and blew air straight into the speaker. No change. Then I just used my own hot air and tried to clear the speaker that way - voila, buzzing eradicated!
Thanks again.
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by own hot air, do you mean your breath? or any other tool?
I'm on galaxy s 2. and I seem to have the same problem when I'm on calls. It is random and irritating, almost as if the ear speaker has blown.

[Q] Overcome oc 2.2 custom VS Stock 2.3: Is it worth it?

Hi,
I'm still running the oc'd 2.2 Overcome fw with oclf and from the moment it booted I was just like Woohooo, that's pretty fast right there!
At 1,4 GHz games ran like a charm and flash vids also. Response time to input is absolutely amazing in comparison to stock rom.
So for those who already flashed to 2.3 on their tabs:
Is it worth it to update to GB?
And lets keep things like power management or battery indication aside and please focus on useful features like the lit buttons while the screen is on eg.
I got everything ready and off to go update, but I somehow love the tab right now and don't wanna mess up this high perf thingy and am afraid, that I'll not be able to reproduce this condition.
Thanks in advance.

K here you go.
The 4 "hard" button lights never turn off. Drives me nutts.
I ran quadrant and got a score of a lowely 940. I am used to getting over 2400 at 1.4 ghz. Plus the test ran wierd. The graphics were really low end, makes me think our graphics card is not being utilized correctly as of now with current update.
Linpack gave me a 11. As opposed to the 19, 20 i got at 1.4
I dont think we have voodoo lagfix yet. I stream alot of video, and I need this fix!
Had to contact Gameloft to get fresh links for all my games as the old ones were for 2.2. That sucked explaining to them I have a "official" firmware that is not out yet.
Had to reinstal uninstal flash several times to get it to work correctly. Finaly had to settle on 10.1. Web pages indicated I didnt have flash.
In my opinion, I would wait untill you can overclock it. Or atleast a cm7. I am gonna stay on it to mess around with some games that need 2.3.3
I was excited about the prospect of an actual google voice. As it needs gingerbread to work correctly, but that is a bust so far cause our phone number cannot do incomming calls. So basically it works the same as on 2.2.1. You can use it in conjuntion with groove ip to call out and get voicemails, but no incomming calls. Google chat is a bust also. No video chat for us yet.
Also, I havent seen any conformation that we can go back to 2.2 or 2.2.3
HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF I HAVE HELPED.
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Well, after some time on GB I don't wanna go back =)
Only the OC/UV kernel is a bit tricky.

[Q] Froyo VS Gingerbread

Hi guys,
I´ve tried most of the cooked JVH roms for SGS i9000 and also the stock roms.
Is it just me or is the Gingerbread JVH rom slower and less stable than the Froyo roms?
Why should I use Gingerbread when I Froyo is faster, more stable and the battery life is better.
What is your experience?

On my phone gingerbread is faster but very unstable, drains my battery, apps rebooting system, wifi sometimes cant reconnect after reboot just useless i have a feeling that ginger is in beta state and was never finished by samsung
i have also tryied almost every rom modyfied and untouched - all having different or same symptoms of instability funny fact is - most developers saying that everything works fine

I must admit that I've never (yet...) had any of those problems you read about all over the forums ... Speed is similar (or even better) to what I had on Froyo, and battery life has certainly improved with GB.
I'm currently on GingerReal 5.1 and although I've only used it for a couple of days, it hasn't let me down yet. Guess I'm one of the lucky few ...

I am going with GB, cuz of battery life and performance (i think it's slightly better than Froyos)

That is my feeling also. Although i had no really big problems with gb i went back to froyo. The current gb roms have nothing on the latest froyos. I like to have a rock solid phone and right now jsd is it for me. No advantage running the gb roms right now, in fact its a step backwards.
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Cool, so Im not the only one having these issues. Well I guess I will go back to Ultimate or darkys running froyo then. Worst part is that SwiftKey is not working in the email client

"less stable" meaning what?
for me GB is infinitely better including battery life
@Raider0001....have you tried factory reset?

i had no problem since i was started using 2.3.3 gb room and its getting my phone looks so nice, rockn' and thanks for GB costum room!

{Angel} said:
Although i had no really big problems with gb i went back to froyo. The current gb roms have nothing on the latest froyos. I like to have a rock solid phone and right now jsd is it for me.
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True, almost nothing to add. GBs theme is very nice, had not many problems with JVO - but I like to sleep knowing that battery is not empty when it's alarm time in the morning That is the main reason for me switching back to a customized JSD which runs without problems - except a camera freeze after taking a picture sometimes (not very often so that's ok for me).

+1 - checked almost all gb ROM. Always problems with battery life or FC. Today I flashed back Darky 9.5 with Crysis Revolution theme and now have no problems. I like MIUI but there is terrible battery drain.
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mossy1963 said:
"less stable" meaning what?
for me GB is infinitely better including battery life
@Raider0001....have you tried factory reset?
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Oh man i did everything to get rid of the most annoying bug which is battery drain (spent 2 weeks searching for stability), factory reset 10 times or more. Maybe not all i9000 are same in hardware because there are many without problems and many with.

I installed GB stock (JPJV6) yesterday to give it a try.. (Have already tried all GBs).
The only problem I'm facing with it is the lag in flyover movement in applications menu... It was very smooth on Froyo 2.2.1 (JPJPM, JPJPY).. That is really annoying

Gingerbread, because CM7 is gingerbread =]
If I was still on Samsung roms, I'd probably still be using froyo tho, it's stability is peak.

Raider0001 said:
Oh man i did everything to get rid of the most annoying bug which is battery drain (spent 2 weeks searching for stability), factory reset 10 times or more. Maybe not all i9000 are same in hardware because there are many without problems and many with.
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If someone honestly tells me that they have these issues when following best flashing practice, i.e. ensure they don't install a clean GB rom over debris from earlier roms and I'll start to listen.
Honestly...format internal SD, factory reset, flash with PIT and repartition, factory reset (again)...then NOT restore apps AND DATA from an old rom.
If all the above is done and the installation is truly clean and there are still issues I'll start to believe*
*in the tooth fairy at least

Froyo All Tha Wayyyyyy!!!!!!
JSD 1432 vs JVO 1025 benchmarks both without lag fix, no os bug on jsd 40% os bug on jvo sure ginger theme looks awesome but for what do you want a great looking car that does 15 miles per gallons???????

mossy1963 said:
If someone honestly tells me that they have these issues when following best flashing practice, i.e. ensure they don't install a clean GB rom over debris from earlier roms and I'll start to listen.
Honestly...format internal SD, factory reset, flash with PIT and repartition, factory reset (again)...then NOT restore apps AND DATA from an old rom.
If all the above is done and the installation is truly clean and there are still issues I'll start to believe*
*in the tooth fairy at least
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Well I actually did that on JVO factory and usb erase but the bug came back the third day

Im having a lot of issues with VPN and also with usb audio while docked on GB on Froyo those features were working fine
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Speed is faster, at least twice as fast on gingerbread out of the box.
For battery, take out the battery for a few mins and then reboot, then gb battery is at least twice as good too
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hey guys, I'd like some feedback on this if you're experiencing the same..
it seems that the TV out quality deteriorated a bit on gingerbread than in froyo.. i flashed stock froyo DXJPA and stock gb XXJVH to compare and there really is a difference.. sorry i don't have a pic to demonstrate, but an apparent deterioration i noticed is that a list divider (the line in the list menu like settings) is not shown when it is in the dead center of the screen.. but when i scroll it just a bit, it shows..
also, still an issue with tv out, the video controls overlay on the video player is seen on the phone but not on the screen.. this happens on gb but on froyo, it is exactly what you see on the screen.. it is also apparent in other video players like mVideoPlayer
lastly, subtitles don't appear on the TV in gb but they do in froyo.. tried in stock video player and mVideoPlayer..

GB Best in ever thing

does i9000 still have problems ?

hi
with the latest 2.3.3 update
does the sgs1 still have those problems the sgs1 had
if yes
does cm7 fix it?
thanks

qwerty warrior said:
hi
with the latest 2.3.3 update
does the sgs1 still have those problems the sgs1 had
if yes
does cm7 fix it?
thanks
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Hi,
You've missed some steps or you were in long holidays?
SGS1 is already on JVT 2.3.5
There's no problems at all and it works as it should be.
Have a look at DEV threads, there's many good roms and kernels.

dany__ said:
Hi,
You've missed some steps or you were in long holidays?
SGS1 is already on JVT 2.3.5
There's no problems at all and it works as it should be.
Have a look at DEV threads, there's many good roms and kernels.
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oh 2.3.5
my bad
thanks for the info

I don't recommend samsung stock ginger roms. Samsung doesn't care about correcting serious bugs so i'm not using them. Worse for me is the one that makes the phone use battery after charging to 100% even with the power cord plugged in, which, by the way, isn't corrected as you can check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134741&page=29
That was a dealbreaker to me. Went froyo with a darky kernel until cyanogen 7.1 stable showed up. Also, i haven't been keeping up with custom samsung based roms, but at the time none were addressing this bug as well.
Been using cyano since it was released and i definitely recommend it. v2.3.7, phone's fast and no charging bug (didn't come across any other bug as well), decent battery (to me that means easily a day, i never got anymore than that ever with any rom with my usage) and tons of cool customization (my favs are the ability to customize your status bar with whatever buttons you want, profiles, DSP manager and, of course voodoo sound)
Only quirk i have are LED notifications not working properly with sms's (using handcent) for some reason. They do for everything else though. I'll live.
I did see several people saying otherwise about cyanogen, so take this with a grain of salt. I may be just a lucky guy but i'm yet to experience any problems.

kaynpayn said:
I don't recommend samsung stock ginger roms. Samsung doesn't care about correcting serious bugs so i'm not using them. Worse for me is the one that makes the phone use battery after charging to 100% even with the power cord plugged in, which, by the way, isn't corrected as you can check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134741&page=29
That was a dealbreaker to me. Went froyo with a darky kernel until cyanogen 7.1 stable showed up. Also, i haven't been keeping up with custom samsung based roms, but at the time none were addressing this bug as well.
Been using cyano since it was released and i definitely recommend it. v2.3.7, phone's fast and no charging bug (didn't come across any other bug as well), decent battery (to me that means easily a day, i never got anymore than that ever with any rom with my usage) and tons of cool customization (my favs are the ability to customize your status bar with whatever buttons you want, profiles, DSP manager and, of course voodoo sound)
Only quirk i have are LED notifications not working properly with sms's (using handcent) for some reason. They do for everything else though. I'll live.
I did see several people saying otherwise about cyanogen, so take this with a grain of salt. I may be just a lucky guy but i'm yet to experience any problems.
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thank you for your input
i dont know why samsung is ignoring the sgs1 while the sgs2 is awesome because of how samsung has approached its target market ( gave free i9100s for the cm team (hacksung team) and also one of the best optimized version of android ive seen on a phone

I would not discard stock rom with a good kernel without giving it a try. I'm personnaly very happy with jvt + semaphore + some aosp mods.
As always, your milage might vary, you'll have to make your own judgement.
Regards, jc

kaynpayn said:
I don't recommend samsung stock ginger roms. Samsung doesn't care about correcting serious bugs
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well as i'm not having any issues with JVT + semaphore kernel, i can only recommend this combination.
I have the best battery life ever. charged over night, disconnect at 6.30 am. using internet (~1h), mp3player (~ 2h), (display brightness low) and i'm having 66%.
i have tested roms like darky, simplicity, goa, and they havent such a good battery life.

thank you all
first i try stock jvt
after that ill play with different kernels
again thank you