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[Q] Would you mind helping a Android noob?

Ok,I'm new to Android, fresh out of Windows Mobile and might not know what I'm talking about, so... here we go,
I'm looking for my dream ROM, and kernel combination
Is there a ROM out there that has:
Delicious Froyo
4G Enabled
Can use Bluetooth controllers - (Wiimote, MSI BGP 100) [I guess that means it'd have to be Senseless?]
Retains its HDMI out functionality
Uncapped FPS
Over 2 multi touch points
Stability - Doesn't crash often
Decent Battery Life - (More than 5 Hours)
Swype Keyboard
802.11N Wireless Support Enabled
Overclocking support would be nice, but probably not necessary
I'm currently running Fresh Rom, but its starting to seriously lag after a few weeks of use, I guess its because of all the apps and widget mods I installed. And stupid Sense keeps starting up when I start my phone, even though launcher pro is my default home.
So I'm ready to flash another rom to have a clean start, now that I kinda know what I want.

There isn't a ROM with all of that

Looks to me like most (if not all) of the things you want to do can be done on Fresh. If it's lagging, wipe the caches using Amon and see if that speeds things up. I ran Fresh for a long while with no issues. For the past 3 days, I've been trying out the latest Baked Snack rom, and it's very good, too. The only thing I'm not sure about is the multi-touch feature because I haven't come across the need for it yet. I recommend you do the same thing I'm doing and everyone else does: Download them, flash them, keep them for a few days, and then try another rom. You'll be able to eliminate the ones you don't care for and then narrow down your choices. Do a search for multi-touch and see which roms have fixes for it, and try those out first.

or at least ava froyo v7, thats got everything working for me and use a kingsxkernel

I believe most of those are functional on most of the ROMs now. As far as swype keyboard, I think calkulins ROM (evio2) has that natively, or there's a new ROM someone else was working on that I think had swype listed, it was called echo5 ROM, I think. It's not on the first page, it was on the 2nd page last time I saw it.
The fps, overclocking, and >2pt multitouch are all functions of the kernel, I believe. And the 2 main kernel devs (kingx, and netarchy) support those functions in their kernels, which will flash on most any custom ROM
(I'm fairly new, from winmo, too. I was reluctant and apprehensive for awhile, but really starting to like Android, not to mention most the great devs from winmo are drifting to Android, or already have. Xda has made the transition that much easier)
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Like stated, any Rom can be anything. You can flash almost any kernel with any ROM..You can start with the stock ROM and flash what you want to get what you want...very customizable compared to WinMo.
That being said, I'm running Calkulin's EViO and love it. I can get almost 10th hours with heavy, heavy usage. With multitouch visualizer from the market, I can see 4 touch points. The phone is overlooked and fast as veal...never laggy. 4G works just fine. Lastly, the latest version has sense as an add-on, so no worries about it starting.
And, I have swype as an .apk if u want it.
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Thanks for the quick replies peoples, I went and wiped both cache, and the dalvik cache... even though I have no idea what the dalvik is, I'm using Anon Ra btw.
Calkulens Rom and a kings kernel sound like what I'm looking for, but what about the Bluetooth I know that sense based roms have corrupted Bluetooth settings, so no gamepad, are calkulins roms senseless? And work with wiimotes?
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VaelPak is the greatest. Just doesn't support bluetooth controllers but may be in an update soon
Swyped from my VaelPaked Evo 4G

Um no you can't flash kernels on most roms. They are either for sense roms or asop (senseless roms..cm6) you have to read the kernel thread... and swype you can install on any rom just search and you will find out the apk. For it. 4g doesn't work on cm6 so that's out the question then...
Most kernels are set to 1.19 to 1.22 top overclock.. setcpu is a paid app to over/underclock.. battery life there are a lot of things that causes bad battery. Bad reception, screen brightness, a app that keeps your phone awake, the settings of your CPU...etc...
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awenthol said:
Like stated, any Rom can be anything. You can flash almost any kernel with any ROM..You can start with the stock ROM and flash what you want to get what you want...very customizable compared to WinMo.
That being said, I'm running Calkulin's EViO and love it. I can get almost 10th hours with heavy, heavy usage. With multitouch visualizer from the market, I can see 4 touch points. The phone is overlooked and fast as veal...never laggy. 4G works just fine. Lastly, the latest version has sense as an add-on, so no worries about it starting.
And, I have swype as an .apk if u want it.
10hrs of heavy use? Please explain heavy heavy use because I get 4 tops even with the battery trick.. btw I use a wall charger not the phone. I have tried about every rom including yours and what I call heavy heavy usage is non-stop on phone. I can be on here on full battery, txt and do research on phone and get only 4 tops. Even with underclock.. you use wifi during heavy usage? Stock battery?
Just don't believe 10 hours heavy usage...
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So that combination of Calkulin's Rom and King's kernel will not work?
And does Overclocking seriously affect battery life?

ThaDSman said:
So that combination of Calkulin's Rom and King's kernel will not work?
And does Overclocking seriously affect battery life?
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When you overclock your CPU is running faster than normal which in turn needs more juice... kind of goes hand in hand...
Yeah that should be fine. If I'm correct its a sense rom. When you look at a kernel you usually read what it has implemented and what your looking for in a kernel. They tell you which one its made for. Just was letting you know..
Also always do a nand backup in case of loops or anything goes wrong..
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Want to leave dk28 and go back to dk17?

There are quite a few threads about going from dk17 to dk28, but none that I could find about getting back to dk17. This can probably be resolved with a few quick links, so I'd appreciate the help if anyone can provide it. Was/is dk17 the current official release? Do I want to go dk05 and then dk17? Any help is greatly appreciated

DK17 is just a previous leak. There is no reason you'd want to be in DK17 rather than DK28.
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Well I want to go back to these non-froyo based roms, as I haven't found one that I've been happy with. Battery life is half of what it was prior to froyo

Not to mention slow 3g speeds, phone bug where u get no ringtone when dialing someone, and the screen rotation bug..
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All I'm looking for is the proper directions to get back to where I can use dk17 based roms and kernels

Well then flash back to stock eclair using odin...
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omair2005 said:
Not to mention slow 3g speeds, phone bug where u get no ringtone when dialing someone, and the screen rotation bug..
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if you hit the turn speaker phone on then off everything is good while ringing. Kind of annoying but oh well

henboffman said:
All I'm looking for is the proper directions to get back to where I can use dk17 based roms and kernels
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DK17 is Froyo....you don't want that then if you want to return to 2.1. I agree about some of the bugs but depending on your usage you should be able to get a days worth out of your phone. You would need to return to stock using Odin.
Here are some links that might helps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899928
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700
DI18 is what you want to flash in Odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794138

Thanks MILcityBoi, you don't want dk17 because dk17 is even worse than dk28! Di18 is what you want, its what came with your phone stock and what we have actual source for.
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For those stating there is no reason to go back to DK17, there are two reasons that I know of. Voice dialing over bluetooth works, and audio out from the Samsung docks works. In DK28, these are broken. I have not had any problems since going back to DK17, using Quantum 1.5 (from 2.1). I kept the newer modem, wiped, and flashed 1.5 over 2.1.

Rtalian said:
For those stating there is no reason to go back to DK17, there are two reasons that I know of. Voice dialing over bluetooth works, and audio out from the Samsung docks works. In DK28, these are broken. I have not had any problems since going back to DK17, using Quantum 1.5 (from 2.1). I kept the newer modem, wiped, and flashed 1.5 over 2.1.
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What effect do you get from keeping the newer modem but using an older rom? Really, I want to get back to phoenix kernel. And GPS

henboffman said:
What effect do you get from keeping the newer modem but using an older rom? Really, I want to get back to phoenix kernel. And GPS
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When I went back to Quantum 1.5, I wasn't sure if I would need to go back to the older modem or not, but it still works. Since it does work, I get whatever fixes and optimizations were made in the newer modem.

http://www.hellbent.cc/android/SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar
You should be able to flash that file in Odin to get back to the latest stock Eclair. Honestly, I'd stay on DK28 if I were you, but to each their own
There's plenty of threads around with Odin info, just search the forums if you need the Odin 101 course...
Just a disclaimer - there's no MD5 hashing available for this image, so if the download is corrupted for some reason you could get into some trouble. Flash at your own risk!

how does flash player 10.1 work on 2.1 like froyo 2.2?

gsrboy171 said:
how does flash player 10.1 work on 2.1 like froyo 2.2?
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It isn't directly supported like it is in Froyo, although 3rd party browsers (like Dolphin Browser HD) have built in support for it.

So I could go to the dk28 modem, but keep running eclair-based roms and kernels?

Won't you still have the hard-coded gps accuracy? Or does the modem fix that on 2.1?

schnowdapowda said:
Won't you still have the hard-coded gps accuracy? Or does the modem fix that on 2.1?
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I'm not sure. I'm back on di18 right now, running epic experience with phoenix kernel. Switched from viperrom 4.0.2c. Much happier, far more stable, with way better battery life (as I remember). GPS accuracy improved from 2400 meters to 30, using the *#1472365# cold start setting. I want to find out if I can rock dk28 with these settings.

henboffman said:
I'm not sure. I'm back on di18 right now, running epic experience with phoenix kernel. Switched from viperrom 4.0.2c. Much happier, far more stable, with way better battery life (as I remember). GPS accuracy improved from 2400 meters to 30, using the *#1472365# cold start setting. I want to find out if I can rock dk28 with these settings.
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I'm getting a 1 meter lock on dk28. Just make sure you have a lock on di18 and then Odin to dk28 and your GPS will be awesome.
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henboffman said:
There are quite a few threads about going from dk17 to dk28, but none that I could find about getting back to dk17. This can probably be resolved with a few quick links, so I'd appreciate the help if anyone can provide it. Was/is dk17 the current official release? Do I want to go dk05 and then dk17? Any help is greatly appreciated
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Actually DI18 is the current official release for 2.1.

am i missing something with the evo? (Alot of *****ing)

i just switched from the epic 4g to the evo (tried for 30 days, but the pentile matrix was a deal breaker). I flashed myn's rom. and netarchy's latest stable kernel. 4.3.1 -conservative, screen off profile too.
is it supposed to be this slow? I had to remove all the animations just to bear.
is it supposed to be so choppy?
why can't websites load quick enough? is it the flash?
the text is so blurry, is there a sharper font?
the battery? wtf. if i put it to sleep, it's ok. but with the screen on (relatively light to medium use) it won't last the day.
how do i watch videos?
am i missing somethings?

tonayie2 said:
i just switched from the epic 4g to the evo (tried for 30 days, but the pentile matrix was a deal breaker). I flashed myn's rom. and netarchy's latest stable kernel. 4.3.1 -conservative, screen off profile too.
is it supposed to be this slow? I had to remove all the animations just to bear.
is it supposed to be so choppy?
why can't websites load quick enough? is it the flash?
the text is so blurry, is there a sharper font?
the battery? wtf. if i put it to sleep, it's ok. but with the screen on (relatively light to medium use) it won't last the day.
how do i watch videos?
am i missing somethings?
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I dont know what you're talking about. I'm running the plain myn with the kernel he provides and it's fast as hell and stable. Maybe the kernel u installed is causing problems.
Try doing a full wipe and reflashing with whatever he provides.
As far as the internet goes, there is a problem with the hosts file that myn has in rls5. Download ad-free from the market, click Revert, then download the newest host files. That will fix your slow internet.

Sounds like something is jacked with your flash of the rom. Did you download rls5? What radios do you have? RLS5 is blazing fast.
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computerjunkie said:
I dont know what you're talking about. I'm running the plain myn with the kernel he provides and it's fast as hell and stable. Maybe the kernel u installed is causing problems.
Try doing a full wipe and reflashing with whatever he provides.
As far as the internet goes, there is a problem with the hosts file that myn has in rls5. Download ad-free from the market, click Revert, then download the newest host files. That will fix your slow internet.
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Wow thanks a lot. That really helped with the internet.

tonayie2 said:
Wow thanks a lot. That really helped with the internet.
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Glad to help.
Try going back to the kernel that was provided with the ROM. This is one of the most fast and stable ROMs I've flashed for the Evo.

computerjunkie said:
Glad to help.
Try going back to the kernel that was provided with the ROM. This is one of the most fast and stable ROMs I've flashed for the Evo.
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i actually did try that, but the battery was draining more that i liked. it probably was something that i did. I will try trouble-shooting later. Thanks alot though.

Sounds like somethin in your setup is acting up...
I've tried 3 different ROMs (CM6 currently) and havent ever had "bad" battery life... and I do use my phone, have email/FB/wether updating hourly and I check other Email, news, etc all the time... watch a video here and there.... My battery never lasts less than a day...
I'd say just wipe everything and try another ROM/kernel... hopefully that'll help

Just like everyone says wipe your cache & Dalvik. Matter fact do like i do if your running clockwork wipe it 2x or 3x's. Get Rom Manager and and update your clockwork to the latest 3.0.0.2 <<--i think thats it.
Wipe and re flash should solve your problem. I run Myns Rls5 and its flawless...

I was only on Myn for a day, but I didn't have any problems with it. I set up my friends on it though and he's been using it for the past few weeks with no speed or lag issues.
I have had the problems you describe on a few different ROMs if I'm using a kernel that doesn't play well with the phone/ROM. I would play with different kernels until you get a setup that works.
Hope that helps.

If your using Set CPU make sure is not throttled way down because this will lag and freeze your phone up. Kernel is probably making things worse as well.

luist4498 said:
If your using Set CPU make sure is not throttled way down because this will lag and freeze your phone up. Kernel is probably making things worse as well.
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I'll confirm this. I got rid of set cpu all together. battery life is just fine. get to about 10-15% by the time i charge at night.

I just want to say that compared to the Epic the EVO screen is crap. You are going to have to deal with that. It will never be as good of a picture. As for battery life this is a known issue. Battery life on the Evo is terrible. There are certain tweaks and settings that will work to where you can get the whole day out of your phone. Just try different kernels, settings and what not until you figure out what works for your phone. Believe it or not all Evo's are a little different and what works for one may not work for yours. May I also suggest purchasing an extended battery. You can find cheap ones on ebay for around $10. These will give you better battery life. Enjoy the Evo bro and don't worry you will find out what works best for your phone. Just come here and read everyday and try new things and sooner or later you will be rocking the Evo just the way you want it.

[Q] white screen for camera and video feedback after updating to gingerbread

just wondering if anyone knows what is going on with my evo and if its only mine oppose to everyone else. i haven't found anyone else complaining of this issue but every time i update from 2.2.1 to 2.3 or higher my camera display feed back is all white. also any video (i've only tried mp4) on my sdcard playback is all white, i do however hear the sound from the video. i've tried at least three different roms, including the rooted version of the ota release.
that being said when i flash back to 2.2.1 or earlier my camera works perfectly again!? i just don't get it. maybe i missed something... any helps is appreciated. i certainly would like to enjoy the updated perks of androids constantly evolving capability. but i really use my camera a lot.

figured it out
thanks for the prompt replies, lol. just kidding. i reflashed synergy and this time around the camera and video feedback are working. this time around i went into mounts and storage in recovery and formatted each individually, more specifically the /system partition. also this time around i did not flash netarchy kernel. not sure which did the trick but 2.3.3 is working flawlessly now. hopefully this will help someone else experiencing this issue.

Do not use Netarchy with Gingerbread. HTC has not released the Gingerbread kernel source yet, so Netarchy is still based on Froyo.
Netarchy kernel + Gingerbread Sense = white camera and a couple other issues
We'll be stuck with stock for a while, until HTC unleashes the kernel source.

:-/
oh wow, that sucks royally. so im guessing cpu scaling or swap partitions are out of the question? i don't really use swap partitions but i do like the capability lol. oh well, its not like 998mhz is a bad cpu speed. and honestly when i use scaling i keep it at 768mhz to save the battery and it still runs smooth. but thanks for the reply! glad to know for sure it was the kernel.

Is gingerbread worth it over Froyo roms?

Hey guys im curious is there anyone who has been able to fully replace EC05 roms with one of the gingerbread roms availalbe? And in doing so keeping the stability, battery performance, and speed of the EC05 roms? I've personally gone from an amazing experience with ACS SFR 1.2 to Ginger Bamboozled and ERA hurricane rom and personally have not seen any benefits with keeping gingerbread. I notice no battery improvements and the phone has slowed down significantly. The only plus i've seen with gingerbread is the cool CRT off animation. Note i've never run the commands to stop processes that update in the background i.e. DRM and SNS, which from what I read make a fairly big difference with getting better battery life on EH17 roms. So at this point I'm thinking of going back to SFR 1.2 or another EC05 rom. Is there someone out there that can give me some useful tips on how to make the Gingerbread roms run smoother for me or am I just wasting my time? Also I used to get random Reboots on Gingerbread but i've noticed that it has stopped, odd. Oh almost forgot I use my keyboard all the time for writing emails for work and not having the skipped letters fix is so annoying. I want to shoot my phone sometimes.

Have you tried Spare Parts and setting all animations to FAST in it? I am on Bonsai B14 EG22 and my phone is about as fast as it was on EC05 ROMs. I do stop all processes when I first boot and have a few frozen with Titanium.

kennyglass123 said:
Have you tried Spare Parts and setting all animations to FAST in it? I am on Bonsai B14 EG22 and my phone is about as fast as it was on EC05 ROMs. I do stop all processes when I first boot and have a few frozen with Titanium.
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I don't care if that does anything for the actual speed or not...its a hell of a placebo effect. Another thing is you could oc with tegrak

As of right now, I don't see any advantage of using a Gingerbread Rom. I was in the same boat as you. I tried a few of them but due to the random reboots and keyboard skips, I couldn't take it anymore. I'm now using the Epic Revolution Rom and I love it. I won't be going back to Gingerbread till the official release.
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Depends on the apps you have
I'm running the ERA OLYMPUS 1.6 EH06 ROM. I hoard apps and that's really bad for performance of the device and battery. I haven't frozen the SNS/Updates but I freeze the DRM every time I install a ROM anyway. I just managed to get all the apps that like running in the background to not do that by messing with the settings and clearing widgets. I can now last at least 5 hours on battery while actually using the phone. My battery life has been about the same on every ROM I've ever used. I would say to try this ROM with Journaling enabled and running Chris' new EH17 Plus kernel. I am also using the EH17 modem. Everything is working pretty well for me now.

No good reason to keep the leaks. However, if you are converted to ext4 and use the v6 supercharge script its as smooth and responsive as sfr 1.2 at 1.4ghz.
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I've been dealing with the same dilemma the past week. I've found that there's really no pros to keeping the gb roms. Although I really like the theme on bamboozle as well as my quadrant stats. Speaking of which, can anyone tell me where I can get the SII lockscreen that comes with bamboozle? It's definitely my preferred lock screen. If anyone can help that'd be awesome thanks!

Thanks for good responses
Thanks guys for all the feedback, I think i'm being swayed more towards the EC05 roms until the release of gingerbread source files. I think the biggest thing now that look at it is the keyboard letter skips. I rely on my phones keyboard far to much to write really fast work emails and no matter how I setup my virtual keyboard or auto correction on TouchPal keyboard or Swype, its just not accurate enough and I waste more time trying to fix the auto corrections. Thanks again everyone and I really hope this thread assist others with making a their choices on which Rom to Choose or which version of Rom to choose. Froyo here I come.... now i gotta figure out if I want to go with Era or ACS lol.

In my opinion, no. After trolling all around using GB Leaks I finally came back to Froyo (Bonsai 4.1.3) because of the stability and speed.
I think its best just to wait for something official when it can be polished and tweaked with.

I too have been up and down the development pages, trying out different roms an modems, froyo and GB. Froyo was cool when i was using it, but I like the way GB looks. I actually had more problems with the Froyo roms than with GB roms, but that could be bc im getting better at rooting.
Right now im running RandomROM 2.3.4 on the EG22 modem with generation x theme. I get a couple of framework fc's throughout the day, but it doesnt seem to actually fc anything. I seem to just get the notification. battery life is amazing. I used to have to charge my phone after only 6 hours, even with light use. Now I dont need a charger until the end of the day, even with moderate to heavy use. I even use it as my wifi at home for xbox and whatnot. Touchpal's hardware prediction is pretty cool, although I havent really noticed much key skipping without it. I'm still new at rooting, so I don't do too much with oc and such.

I get about twice the battery life using RandomROMs hawk v4 vs any of the ec05 builds. Haven't experienced any TV's yet and only one random reboot after running the v6 script.
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*fc's
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Tbo25 said:
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Lol that's funny(x
You realize there's an "edit" option right?
And lol @ "TV's"
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Lol that's funny(x
You realize there's an "edit" option right?
And lol @ "TV's"
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Yeah I know. I tried editing it a couple different times but for some reason it wouldn't let me submit. And I didn't realize that fc's auto corrected to TV's lol.
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Yeah I know. I tried editing it a couple different times but for some reason it wouldn't let me submit. And I didn't realize that fc's auto corrected to TV's lol.
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Haha funny stuff
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