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Been running the Incredibly Re-Engineered ROM by chingy51o for about 2 days now. I wanted to post a question on the thread for it but apparently since I don't have 10 post on XDA, I have no business posting in the Dev Forums since I have no experience, which I believe I have plenty.
Well anyways here is my question. The battery life is terrible, is there a fix or one in the works? I was giving it time to settle in but after 2 days I still loose 30% in an hour.
The ROM was installed properly using recovery (I have plenty of experience), wiped and all. The ROM is SICK an I want to keep it.
Any fixes or suggestions would be awesome.
Try a different kernel.
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Try a different kernel.
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^ ditto, someone with "plenty" of experience should know about something like this
g00s3y said:
^ ditto, someone with "plenty" of experience should know about something like this
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LOL. Not nice, but LOL
g00s3y said:
^ ditto, someone with "plenty" of experience should know about something like this
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Yep. I've run that ROM and got great battery with Ziggy471 and Chad's kernels, money...you have options - Roms and kernels, the fun part is testing the combos.
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LOL. Not nice, but LOL
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That's what happens when you don't follow or read any of the ROM thread. Chances are it's all been discussed in it. Just search, read, learn.
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g00s3y said:
^ ditto, someone with "plenty" of experience should know about something like this
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I want to see if the creator had a fix or one in the works before I played with his masterpiece. That is why I was a little upset I could post on HIS thread. But thanks for the reply Mr. Smarty Pants.
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That's what happens when you don't follow or read any of the ROM thread. Chances are it's all been discussed in it. Just search, read, learn.
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I did read all 157 pages. I don't like to tear up others works in progress. I simply wanted to as a simple question on his thread and couldn't because I am a newby to the xda forums. OMG. You all are harsh.
abtxpress said:
I did read all 157 pages. I don't like to tear up others works in progress. I simply wanted to as a simple question on his thread and couldn't because I am a newby to the xda forums. OMG. You all are harsh.
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Its all good man. Did you wipe dalvik/battery stats, have you set your sync schedules to the longest intervals? Screen brightness, gps, bluetooth off, etc? I'm not trying to belittle you at all, these are just things I learned over time-from my G1 to now. Good luck...and if all else fails, run cyan7!
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abtxpress said:
I did read all 157 pages. I don't like to tear up others works in progress. I simply wanted to as a simple question on his thread and couldn't because I am a newby to the xda forums. OMG. You all are harsh.
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His work includes a custom kernel, Lou's #8, so he's already replaced the stock kernel with a different one. Flashing a different kernel is okay to do, especially if you are getting bad battery life. I've run Lou's kernels, they work great with some ROM's, not so much with others. It is responsible for servicing requests from applications and managing resources basically, like the CPU and battery.
Trying a new kernel is not going to ruin the ROM as a whole, like the icons and stuff, so that's why I recommend trying a new kernel. Chingy may switch it at some point if things work better overall, and since you can download Lou's kernels, you can just flash his #8 back to get the ROM back to "default" so to speak.
I use Chad's and Ziggy's because I've gotten the best battery life with those on EVO based ROM's. Give it a shot, if it doesn't make a noticeable difference, flash another, and if nothing makes a difference, maybe try another ROM just to see what kind of battery life that would yield.
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His work includes a custom kernel, Lou's #8, so he's already replaced the stock kernel with a different one. Flashing a different kernel is okay to do, especially if you are getting bad battery life. I've run Lou's kernels, they work great with some ROM's, not so much with others. It is responsible for servicing requests from applications and managing resources basically, like the CPU and battery.
Trying a new kernel is not going to ruin the ROM as a whole, like the icons and stuff, so that's why I recommend trying a new kernel. Chingy may switch it at some point if things work better overall, and since you can download Lou's kernels, you can just flash his #8 back to get the ROM back to "default" so to speak.
I use Chad's and Ziggy's because I've gotten the best battery life with those on EVO based ROM's. Give it a shot, if it doesn't make a noticeable difference, flash another, and if nothing makes a difference, maybe try another ROM just to see what kind of battery life that would yield.
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His ROM included Lou's #8. I tried A Ziggy and no luck, still had terrible battery. I then tried Lou's #9 and i would swear my battery has preformed 3 times better. I didn't think there was that big a difference between the two.
keith.mcintyre26 said:
Its all good man. Did you wipe dalvik/battery stats, have you set your sync schedules to the longest intervals? Screen brightness, gps, bluetooth off, etc? I'm not trying to belittle you at all, these are just things I learned over time-from my G1 to now. Good luck...and if all else fails, run cyan7!
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Yes, I wiped every thing before I installed. I always do.
i have been reading silently through many of the discussions, and im not even gonna say im an expet or anything like that. i have done a few things and am getting used to doing this kinda stuff.... exactly how do u flash a new kernal? ( just a question) so go easy.
That's weird. On a stock build (using the kernel that came with it), I'm getting around 30 hrs on a 1500mah battery. (This is with light to medium usage)
Do you have setcpu installed?
Check your battery report, and check to see if 'Display' has been turning off correctly. I've seen a few roms where something got wonky with either Facebook sync, or exchange preventing the screen from turning off for any length of time. ('Time On' should be much lower than 'Time since unplugged')
I DID IT!!!!!
I sat down for a few hours and tweaked CM7 to run on the C. EVERYTHING runs so far. You need to make no changes, just flash it.
If you have a recovery menu you know how to do it. Menu will be out very soon too.
Uploading now
port of someone elses dirty port
Still has traces of metroPCS i will clean up
http://tomp90xjourney.blogspot.com/
download it there
Congrats! See if you can get the XDA folks to give you your own section. It should bring more attention to the port.
cricket is a good carrier
r0bot said:
Congrats! See if you can get the XDA folks to give you your own section. It should bring more attention to the port.
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Yeah? How would I go about getting it that kind of attention?
And thank you
rebel101150 said:
Yeah? How would I go about getting it that kind of attention?
And thank you
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Keep programming, maybe post some pictures and what not and they would probably add an optimus c section i bet.
You are a Godsend. My buddy has an Optimus C. I found instructions for rooting, but was having a hard time scaring up ROMS. Any chance of some screen shots? Does this have an OC kernel?
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You are a Godsend. My buddy has an Optimus C. I found instructions for rooting, but was having a hard time scaring up ROMS. Any chance of some screen shots? Does this have an OC kernel?
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No unfortunately it doesn't. Screenshots i'm working on (it saves them all in PNG which the site won't recognize).
An overclock kernel is being worked on, the base of this is the standard kernel. We do have one working but it's not ready for release yet.
So they will be up soon.
make sure he has the custom recovery menu. It won't flash properly without it. We worked a few days on that as well.
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No unfortunately it doesn't. Screenshots i'm working on (it saves them all in PNG which the site won't recognize).
An overclock kernel is being worked on, the base of this is the standard kernel. We do have one working but it's not ready for release yet.
So they will be up soon.
make sure he has the custom recovery menu. It won't flash properly without it. We worked a few days on that as well.
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If you're using Shoot Me, you can set the prefs to save as jpg.
By custom recovery, do you mean the one in the stickied post or CWM?
Biggest thing is the speed of the default device, I'll keep an eye here and get serious when the OC kernel is ready.... I think I'll need a pretty compelling argument to get him to root. Thank you for all your hard work in this area.
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If you're using Shoot Me, you can set the prefs to save as jpg.
By custom recovery, do you mean the one in the stickied post or CWM?
Biggest thing is the speed of the default device, I'll keep an eye here and get serious when the OC kernel is ready.... I think I'll need a pretty compelling argument to get him to root. Thank you for all your hard work in this area.
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http://tomp90xjourney.blogspot.com/
Just use that to download it
Just curious since I didn't see any screenshots (he hasn't given me the nod yet, either) What kind of overclocks have you gotten and how is your battery life?
EDIT: Nevermind, I just saw it on the blog (read past it at first). 850 MHz? That's almost a 50% OC! The battery life at that speed question still remains. Also, don't see the FAQ link, or is it not up yet? Thanks a bundle. I've gotten fairly proficient with things on my Inspire, but the Optimus looks to be a slightly different monster.
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cricket is a good carrier
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I agree, except that it costs more money then VM. The Optimus V also has more support by devs.
IM kinda scared of rooting my phone
Ventus_zx said:
IM kinda scared of rooting my phone
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I'm kinda scared of jellyfish. How are you supposed to avoid them when you can't even see them??
While poking and prodding around I found this one click ex2 lagfix for the I9000 and also the Fascinate.. I tried it and it works for our Continuum's also.
Before Lagfix
Quadrant - 1028
After Lagfix
Quadrant - 1770
Antutu Benchmark - 3140
I did not have a chance to test Antutu before I did the lagfix.
Either way here is the link to the file. Make sure you have root, Sammy USB Drivers, ADB, and the latest version of Busybox installed. Turn on USB Debugging and plug your phone into your computer. Unzip the file and double click on 'Lagfixme.bat'.
Follow the onscreen instructions.
DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK I AM NOT LIABLE!
http://www.mediafire.com/?1yzvjqemmykt9sr
Enjoy!
Is this just the RyanZA's OCLF from market or is this something different? I liked RzaOclf but was really hopin for sum voodoo lagfix since it uses ext4.....and an oc kernal too...
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nodixe said:
Is this just the RyanZA's OCLF from market or is this something different? I liked RzaOclf but was really hopin for sum voodoo lagfix since it uses ext4.....and an oc kernal too...
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i just want init.d support! lol and voodoo lagfix seems like a better idea as its ext4
Glad it's almost 5:00pm. My phone is totally hosed after running this. Won't boot at all. Hangs for a long time at "Verizon Wireless" bootanimation then goes to black screen. Vibrating incessantly as if it's constantly fc'ing something. I figure I should be able to flash from Odin and start fresh.
Peace,
Ray
EDIT: Flashed pastor's DL17 and I still have nothing. I may have a brick on my hands...
lol, don't you know its almost impossible to brick this phone trust me, one way or another, you will be up and working again
also, copy and pasted from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765822
Okay EXT2 is scary, how about EXT4?
You can't afford for your things to get corrupted? Weirdo. Real world performance between EXT4 and EXT2 is barely noticeable if at all, for the everyman this is probably your best bet.
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lol, don't you know its almost impossible to brick this phone trust me, one way or another, you will be up and working again
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A little tired and tightly wound I guess. When all seems lost, WIPE. I ought to know better! All set now.
Ray
market
Is the market working with this? That always seemed to be the issue.
Mine installed just fine first time.. Everything works as it should. It just left me with only 200MB of internal memory.
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However I'm not seeing the 2200's that the Fascinate peeps are seeing. Also removing the lagfix got me stuck in a boot loop that I fixed with a nandroid backup. Just an FYI.
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the oclf lagfix is ancient history and is almost entirely placebo
the sgs world moved on from it by october of last year, fwiw
yes it will give you awesome benchmarks, but real world performance is extremely minimal at best (yes i say this from experience)
Considering development for this phone is nonexistant I'll take whatever excitement I can get... <3 the trolls..
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So is there a up to date real world lagfix? Back on dl17 I had great config but was using so many things (oclf,akmo,cachemate,v6supercharger) I cant remember what made the difference....
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dont use the super charger scripts its garbage all that is, is a placebo affect the truth is every phone has different memory settings so u cant make a universal one ive seen that done over and over but none of them has ever worked.
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Considering development for this phone is nonexistant I'll take whatever excitement I can get... <3 the trolls..
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i wasnt trolling the thread, i was stating the obvious...oclf is not used on any sgs phone for the last 10 months (at least) and it was never much more than a quadrant epeen fix
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i wasnt trolling the thread, i was stating the obvious...oclf is not used on any sgs phone for the last 10 months (at least) and it was never much more than a quadrant epeen fix
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lmao nitsuji is very well know... i dont think theres a single troll in these forums with 1500 posts... but he speaks the truth.. quadrant is a horrible benchmark app.. and ROCLF just makes it skip multiple steps making your phone think its preforming better
EDIT: 3000 post 1500 thanks... you dirty troll
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dont use the super charger scripts its garbage all that is, is a placebo affect the truth is every phone has different memory settings so u cant make a universal one ive seen that done over and over but none of them has ever worked.
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As for the memory issues, the default for the Continuum is much higher than many of the other phones. I put together a little "How To" specifically for the Continuum. Just be careful, because I have seen issues with background apps, that I want to keep running, closed by Android. You really have to play with the numbers to see what works best for you. If anyone wants help with this, let me know.
Caio!
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As for the memory issues, the default for the Continuum is much higher than many of the other phones. I put together a little "How To" specifically for the Continuum. Just be careful, because I have seen issues with background apps, that I want to keep running, closed by Android. You really have to play with the numbers to see what works best for you. If anyone wants help with this, let me know.
Caio!
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Where is the how to? I'll give it a shot. BTW, did the zipalign help at all? I know it did me, but your issues seemed a little more severe.
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Where is the how to? I'll give it a shot. BTW, did the zipalign help at all? I know it did me, but your issues seemed a little more severe.
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It's in my OP here: FIXED! - Froyo ROM "closing" the background apps.
Keep in mind YMMV, I would adjust the settings using AMM (Auto Memory Manager) from the market. Because of the aforementioned problems (yes zipalign helped a little bit), and all the friggin' apps I installed and use, I have actually gone back to the default memory settings. I'll start playing with them again starting this weekend. As a System Administrator, I just can't leave well enough alone... My wife doesn't like it when I mess with my phone because I grumble so much when the thing hoses up... It's my fault, I know... But...
Well, I stopped on the way home from work today to see what was new at Sprint. I've been thinking about getting the EVO 3D... I came home with a Touch.
So. I want to root, so I can run root apps like um, Ad Free etc. What do I need to know about rooting this before I jump in head first? Do these phones have any stupid security etc or anything I need to know about?
I just wanna make sure I don't mess anything up.
What do we have for a recovery etc?
Any tips would be GREAT!
E4GT doesn't have all the locked bootloader stuff to worry about like EVO 3D.
You can start off here:
[ROOT][EG30] Automated root of your existing stock ROM (w/o ODIN or ROM Flash)
That will get you rooted on stock and won't involve flashing anything. It doesn't use ODIN.
There is also a tool called ODIN which lets you flash stuff to the phone outside of Android. It provides fastboot-like functionality. Using ODIN, if you flash unsigned kernels, your boot screen will get a yellow triangle and there is a flash count that gets incremented. Also it'll identify the phone in the boot screen by the real model name (I9100...) rather Galaxy S2. Other than that it'll still boot and work.
Question about this ODIN flasher thingy and the unsigned kernels. Why the increment count etc? What is the point to that?
Thanks for the info btw. I think the link you sent will be a good start. Don't need to flash any custom roms yet. I wanna get the hang of the stock one first. This Samsung has a very different feel then the HTC EVO/Sense stuff.
Need to ask Samsung.
Probably they want to keep track of whether you installed non-standard software, possibly for service reasons.
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BTW you can use a USB jig to get rid of the Yellow Triangle and reset the flash counter.
If you just want to get rid of the Yellow Triangle, you can flash back the stock kernel, then use other methods like the Root Installation Kit I pointed to earlier.
Once you get CWM, flashes through that won't affect the Yellow Triangle and flash count.
Just watch the roots right now the odin has an issue with LOS from what I have seen. I am currently using a direct root which roots the rom.
I assume LOS means loss of service?
OK! Noted.
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Just watch the roots right now the odin has an issue with LOS from what I have seen. I am currently using a direct root which roots the rom.
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Stock phones suffer from LOS too. Rooting and some kernels MAY make it worse. I've flashed nearly everything available for this device in the last month and have not had 1 serious unexplainable LOS.
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OK! Well I did the MOST important thing I wanted to do which was to get root in there so I could use Adfree!
I also did the EG30+CWM5 while I was there. Now what? What cool stuff is there to play with? Looking around the forums now, just not sure what to check out first.
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OK! Well I did the MOST important thing I wanted to do which was to get root in there so I could use Adfree!
I also did the EG30+CWM5 while I was there. Now what? What cool stuff is there to play with? Looking around the forums now, just not sure what to check out first.
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If it were me, I would use the phone as is for a few days to get some feel for whether your situation will get LoS and what the battery life is. Then you have a baseline to compare to after you start making changes.
It is easy to get really excited and install a whole bunch of stuff and all of a sudden you get LoS or really bad battery life, and then you can't figure out what caused it or even what to expect with the stock phone.
This could lead you to think the phone is at fault when it is actually something that was installed later.
Also with the official Samsung rom out now most of the roms in development will be getting reworked shortly.
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Can someone point me to a thread that explains LOS and what do you do if you get it?
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Can someone point me to a thread that explains LOS and what do you do if you get it?
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As far as I know the only thing you can really do is reboot the phone. going back to a stock kernal also helps.
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I also did the EG30+CWM5 while I was there. Now what? What cool stuff is there to play with? Looking around the forums now, just not sure what to check out first.
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Install set CPU and underclock that puppy! Especially with the screen off. 200 min has worked flawlessly for me, and 800mhz Max still flies for most things.
The battery savings are staggering.
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As far as I know the only thing you can really do is reboot the phone. going back to a stock kernal also helps.
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clearing ram fixes it sometimes too
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Install set CPU and underclock that puppy! Especially with the screen off. 200 min has worked flawlessly for me, and 800mhz Max still flies for most things.
The battery savings are staggering.
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completely agree. been underclocked to 800mhz for a while. No difference in performance and battery increased probably 20%
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Install set CPU and underclock that puppy! Especially with the screen off. 200 min has worked flawlessly for me, and 800mhz Max still flies for most things.
The battery savings are staggering.
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I'll have to give that a try. I've never been into overclocking these phones. I don't game, I don't use them for video either. I just use them for work to look up help desk tickets while I'm going building to building.
Beats the hell out of lugging my MacBook around just to read some notes on the go.
I want to know if there is a good (reliable) OC Kernel for this device that can take it up to past 2100. If there is, can I flash it on a stock flashed rooted rom (ZVB)?
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I want to know if there is a good (reliable) OC Kernel for this device that can take it up to past 2100. If there is, can I flash it on a stock flashed rooted rom (ZVB)?
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I haven't seen one. Why would you want or need to overclock this phone anyway?
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Overclocking this phone any more than stock is unnecessary and will make it heat up that much more and faster. Hence why there isn't one at all.
The only kernel we have for stock, and it goes to 1.8 is this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38910863
If you read that thread, you'll find that this is as high as we can get. And its an awesome kernel!
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I've always been a fan of OCing, but with quad-core processors, it just isn't neccesary anymore. OCing was originally a viable option because the device wasn't very fast; lags and other issues occurred because the device was trying to do things that the processor had trouble keeping up with. This is no longer the case; everybody has a quad-core device these days, it seems. There is more than enough power and speed to go around now, and OCing just puts unneccesary stress on the device. My penny and a half, for what its worth.
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The only kernel we have for stock, and it goes to 1.8 is this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38910863
If you read that thread, you'll find that this is as high as we can get. And its an awesome kernel!
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On my way to check it out right now....will you please humor my ignorance on the matter and educate me on why this device can't be made to go any higher. Do you mean , "for now" or ever?
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On my way to check it out right now....will you please humor my ignorance on the matter and educate me on why this device can't be made to go any higher. Do you mean , "for now" or ever?
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For now at least. Who knows what the future will bring.
Evolutionmod is working on the Sprint version, and Mysteryemotionz is working the ATT version. The 2 are working together to give us all the benefits they can.
If I remember right, it's a heat and stability issue as to why we can't go any higher.
But then as BMP777 said...theres really no need for us to OC anymore. Other than bragging rights.
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For now at least. Who knows what the future will bring.
Evolutionmod is working on the Sprint version, and Mysteryemotionz is working the ATT version. The 2 are working together to give us all the benefits they can.
If I remember right, it's a heat and stability issue as to why we can't go any higher.
But then as BMP777 said...theres really no need for us to OC anymore. Other than bragging rights.
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I totally understand about the heat issue. I hate it when it gets overheated and shuts down for an undetermined amount of time. Is there a remedy for that. I think it would be better if the phone didn't have that glass on the back, but thats just my opinion. I'm thinking about taking it off an replacing it with something else. I saw a thin piece of carbon fiber sheet that might work and look cool as hell.
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I totally understand about the heat issue. I hate it when it gets overheated and shuts down for an undetermined amount of time. Is there a remedy for that. I think it would be better if the phone didn't have that glass on the back, but thats just my opinion. I'm thinking about taking it off an replacing it with something else. I saw a thin piece of carbon fiber sheet that might work and look cool as hell.
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Well... there's a chance you can take that will stop it from shutting down. Possibly fry your phone. I or the OP of that thread aren't responsible though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42684002
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Well... there's a chance you can take that will stop it from shutting down. Possibly fry your phone. I or the OP of that thread aren't responsible though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42684002
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Well, that was a handy little post. Thanks. I have another idea about the over heating but I need some technical advice from people who really "know" phones. If I remove the back glass and replace it with aluminum, will that aluminum mess-up the reception at all?