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[REQ] A Good Guide To Sztupy's Universal Lagfix. Sztupy Chips In Here.

Hi,
I for one is an eternal seeker of a lagfree SGS. But, being Sztupy, he can only spew out TECH. Most people either misunderstand, misinterpret or misdo things that he says & get into trouble.
My request here. Can a dev put things into perspective & give out a simple detailed guide for everyone? It needs to be lucid & comprehensive, & to be understood by both a layman as well as Einstein.
Thanks to all of you for the good work. I now feel proud I chose SGS over X10, my daughter gave me 10 seconds to choose.

ragin said:
Hi,
I for one is an eternal seeker of a lagfree SGS. But, being Sztupy, he can only spew out TECH. Most people either misunderstand, misinterpret or misdo things that he says & get into trouble.
My request here. Can a dev put things into perspective & give out a simple detailed guide for everyone? It needs to be lucid & comprehensive, & to be understood by both a layman as well as Einstein.
Thanks to all of you for the good work. I now feel proud I chose SGS over X10, my daughter gave me 10 seconds to choose.
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Sztupy's stuff is changing almost daily! A guide would be out of date in no time. Wait a week or so for it to get more stable!

I am SOOO curious to know what Sztupy does in real life...
What is he?

cyborg????

RyanZA said:
Sztupy's stuff is changing almost daily! A guide would be out of date in no time. Wait a week or so for it to get more stable!
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A guide for a kernel that is meant to be for people to make experimenting easy... kinda strange
Of course there might be a guide which tells you how to achieve the most stable config with ultk, but I'd rather flash voodoo in that case as it's much more stable. (but it's not really meant for people who want to experiment with different hacks and tweaks).
Btw. some cookers already use ultk in their config, and provide some guide on which option to choose (usually they tell you use no-rfs advanced ext4). They also have the added benefit that using the same rom there are less problems and more people can actually try to guess what went wrong (as all of the people on that rom topic are actually using more or less the same config).
The ultk, because it's just a kernel can be flashed to a lot of different roms, and it's possible some of it bugs are there because it's in some way or another incompatible with that particular rom.
Although a simple guide would be:
- Reboot to download mode (by holding voldown+home+power while switching on)
- Flash a complete JPM or JP6 based ROM, using Odin (re-partition ticked, use the 512 pit, and use a package that contains all images (dbdata,cache,system), although dbdata might be optional)
- After flashing reboot to download mode.
- Flash the kernel image over on that rom, using Odin (re-partition is not ticked, only the image is set as the PDA part)
- After flashing reboot to recovery mode (by holding volup+home+power while switching on)
- In the recovery menu chose Advanced ULK features->Lagfix options->No -RFS Advanced (a=e4)
- Press "reboot to recovery"
- After reboot chose not to create a backup, nor a restore
- After it boots up in recovery again press reboot again.
- You'll have a clear system with ext4 on all data partitions

Comeon... he is as human as me & you. I meant his WORK.

ragin said:
I am SOOO curious to know what Sztupy does in real life...
What is he?
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I create facebook spam campaigns for money for an insurance company. (don't worry, only for hungarians)
And I still havent finished the thing with the deadline of tomorrow morning, because I spent all my weekend on XDA.
You happy now?

sztupy said:
A guide for a kernel that is meant to be for people to make experimenting easy... kinda strange
Of course there might be a guide which tells you how to achieve the most stable config with ultk, but I'd rather flash voodoo in that case as it's much more stable. (but it's not really meant for people who want to experiment with different hacks and tweaks).
Btw. some cookers already use ultk in their config, and provide some guide on which option to choose (usually they tell you use no-rfs advanced ext4). They also have the added benefit that using the same rom there are less problems and more people can actually try to guess what went wrong (as all of the people on that rom topic are actually using more or less the same config).
The ultk, because it's just a kernel can be flashed to a lot of different roms, and it's possible some of it bugs are there because it's in some way or another incompatible with that particular rom.
Although a simple guide would be:
- Reboot to download mode (by holding voldown+home+power while switching on)
- Flash a complete JPM or JP6 based ROM, using Odin (re-partition ticked, use the 512 pit, and use a package that contains all images (dbdata,cache,system), although dbdata might be optional)
- After flashing reboot to download mode.
- Flash the kernel image over on that rom, using Odin (re-partition is not ticked, only the image is set as the PDA part)
- After flashing reboot to recovery mode (by holding volup+home+power while switching on)
- In the recovery menu chose Advanced ULK features->Lagfix options->No -RFS Advanced (a=e4)
- Press "reboot to recovery"
- After reboot chose not to create a backup, nor a restore
- After it boots up in recovery again press reboot again.
- You'll have a clear system with ext4 on all data partitions
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Thank you for giving this guide. It might help a lot of people. ( This isn't there on your post & nobody cared to tell too).
how about a breakdown on each options in the whole menu? Am I asking for much?

sztupy said:
I create facebook spam campaigns for money for an insurance company. (don't worry, only for hungarians)
And I still havent finished the thing with the deadline of tomorrow morning, because I spent all my weekend on XDA.
You happy now?
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I love this, I am a Gemini hehe
Some politician said a LONG time ago, 'If you want your words to be understood, 'tell it like you are telling it to a donkey'

sztupy said:
I create facebook spam campaigns for money for an insurance company. (don't worry, only for hungarians)
And I still havent finished the thing with the deadline of tomorrow morning, because I spent all my weekend on XDA.
You happy now?
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Facebook... check.
Spam... check.
Insurance company... check.
Sir, how does it feel to be the most evil being alive?!

RyanZA said:
Facebook... check.
Spam... check.
Insurance company... check.
Sir, how does it feel to be the most evil being alive?!
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I'm not evil, I just work for the evil

ragin said:
i am sooo curious to know what sztupy does in real life...
what is he?
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muaddib69 said:
cyborg????
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roflmao

ragin said:
Thank you for giving this guide. It might help a lot of people. ( This isn't there on your post & nobody cared to tell too).
how about a breakdown on each options in the whole menu? Am I asking for much?
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not now, maybe a later time Anyway most of the options just turn on and off some features and tweaks other people made.

I started this thread ina good faith.
Please keep it that way.

sztupy said:
I'm not evil, I just work for the evil
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Dont hate the player, hate the game....

ragin said:
I started this thread ina good faith.
Please keep it that way.
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/me too, just joking
(anxious for next release of Sztupy)

Will it work with your Multinational ROM 3.0 (latest)?

sebarkh said:
Will it work with your Multinational ROM 3.0 (latest)?
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Yep, it's actually preferred to use that rom as a base.

Ok, I'll try and flash it. Sztupy, your ROM is the only Froyo ROM I'm using. Thank You GREAT JOB!!!!

Pls correct me if I am wrong (still learning):
'Ext4 + ext2' means loop means buffer does not fsync ? It this safe? Not always 100% sure everything if saved?
Bind means using a faster but smaller partition ? Safe except for 'running out of space' problems ?
Correct? or?
I still need to test read speeds: How fast is RFS reads compared to EXT4 reading speed? I still believe an ALL EXT4 would be the best lag-fix!
Can /efs be made EXT4? I know /SYSTEM can. I need 48 hours in a day!
Thanks
JKay

[KERNEL] I9000B kernel with STEAM support [ALPHA]

This kernel is a new one with the recovery STEAM insteaod of the normal one, it support a lot of options, take a look
to use it:
apply extract the zip and apply the tar in odin as pda or also extract the tar and apply the zimage as kernel with heimdall
NOTE this is for the 2 froyo roms i know
EDIT:
V2
This is the v2 version, not many changes but from the SpeedMod Kernel by hardcore i used:
* Optimized compiler flags: -mcpu=cortex-a8 -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=softfp -fno-gcse -fprefetch-loop-arrays --param l2-cache-size=512 --param l1-cache-size=64 --param simultaneous-prefetches=6 --param prefetch-latency=400 --param l1-cache-line-size=64
Also there are some memory twaks from that thread, i got 334 of total RAM, please check your SGS before flahsing because by mistake i didnt and now im not sure if it did any change
CHECK camera/vide/radio/tv/games
PD i added ext4 and JFS, but i did not tested them
No go and thank him an zstupy for this great work

Probando...

luismanson said:
This kernel is a new one with the recovery STEAM insteaod of the normal one, it support a lot of options, take a look
to use it:
apply extract the zip and apply the tar in odin as pda or also extract the tar and apply the zimage as kernel with heimdall
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Is it a fully working Steam??? I will surely try if it is.

i tryed some options and it worked, testing is welcome

Does it replace the CWM? Does it have all the basic CWM functions working? To go back, can we just flash another kernel with CWM or we need to flash a whole ROM?
I guess if you have a 'what's working' list & a 'to-do' list, we can start testing it.

Hello Luis, i put your Kernel in my SGS and now it dont show my IMEI.
I`m using Froyo JPD...
EDIT: Well... I done one Factory Reset and now IMEI turn show again...
What improviment i got with your Kernel? Have BLN?
Cya.

Guto ViP said:
Hello Luis, i put your Kernel in my SGS and now it dont show my IMEI.
I`m using Froyo JPD...
EDIT: Well... I done one Factory Reset and now IMEI turn show again...
What improviment i got with your Kernel? Have BLN?
Cya.
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i didn't try yet, but it a good thing u to list the improvements done from the stock one.
it should give u more visibility!!

Guto ViP said:
Hello Luis, i put your Kernel in my SGS and now it dont show my IMEI.
I`m using Froyo JPD...
EDIT: Well... I done one Factory Reset and now IMEI turn show again...
What improviment i got with your Kernel? Have BLN?
Cya.
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Seriously forget about BLN & other petty stuff. Go ahead and make a working STEAM KERNEL..
PS : This is some real good work.
PS2 : You need to put a BOUNTY on it.
PS3: checkout & rename your [ALPHA] to a version # looks good on the Title.

im not doing a lot of improvements, im working on some ideas on the work other ppl does for the other SGSs versions and thinks i would like, like this steam kernel
it is my V3 base kernel, it has tinyRCU, ondemand scheduler and BFQ sched
there is NO BLN because it caused problems with a2dp audio

Will keep a watch on this thread.

great man..lot's of options in steam menu...
some explanation about that? can u provide or give a link about lots of options we have now?
can i put everything in ext2????
everuthing ok unti now

ragin said:
Seriously forget about BLN & other petty stuff. Go ahead and make a working STEAM KERNEL..
PS : This is some real good work.
PS2 : You need to put a BOUNTY on it.
PS3: checkout & rename your [ALPHA] to a version # looks good on the Title.
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Here we go again.. Please create your own message board where you can edit every topic title to whatever you like!
Ps1: and please stop the non value added replies you're posting all over this board.
Ps2: my apologize for this non value added reply. I'm just trying to make a statement

i wont put a bounty on work that anyone can do, but i really do need money and dont mind on people donating money
i will keep working on steam, but im so short of time that i can not test everything, thats why its alpha, at least on the B version

jersr said:
Here we go again.. Please create your own message board where you can edit every topic title to whatever you like!
Ps1: and please stop the non value added replies you're posting all over this board.
Ps2: my apologize for this non value added reply. I'm just trying to make a statement
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<----- looks at his thanks meter & smiles,

Can we make the conversion to ext 2, 3 or 4 with this Steam Kernel?
And, it's too complicated to have some overclocking room on near future with this kernel? Like something to make easy to overclock with Set CPU and some setcpu.txt files?
Thanks, Luis! You're one of the most active developers to I9000B and we all should be completely thankful to you!
Keep with the good work! Congrats!

Ok. Running on JFS and everything seems to be ok and pretty fast till now. About 1500 on Quadrant and, just to mention, I've made a full conversion without backup. Wiped out everything to be sure if anything goes wrong it's not caused by apps and past configurations. Missed the ext4 conversion to test. Not tested ext2.
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Hello Luis, I put your Kernel inside ffabio Froyo light... I change all to JFS, but for now my Titanium Backup doesnt work, i got only FC...
Can be JFS?
Tnx and good work!

Thread's dead?
Oh well...
I'm still running everything on JFS and it's pretty fast and smooth, without bugs as I could see. But after some research found that it could be interesting to put /cache and/or /system to ext2. Anyone already tried this? It really should make some difference?
Thanks! And c'mon! Wake up, people! This is one of the best kernels we have to our i9000B! Let's give some feedback!

ClowReed said:
Thread's dead?
Oh well...
I'm still running everything on JFS and it's pretty fast and smooth, without bugs as I could see. But after some research found that it could be interesting to put /cache and/or /system to ext2. Anyone already tried this? It really should make some difference?
Thanks! And c'mon! Wake up, people! This is one of the best kernels we have to our i9000B! Let's give some feedback!
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You don't face the time-reset issue at restart?

ragin said:
You don't face the time-reset issue at restart?
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Nope! But as I said, I've done a full conversion (everything on jfs) and wiped out everything via secret code and via recovery menu, just to be sure it's all clean.
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[MOD][SlimBean 7.5] 45 Steps Volume mod for fine-tuning media volume

for now, SlimBean version 7.5 only
45 Steps Volume Mod
1. Download this framework.jar and paste into /system/framework/ using a file manager with root access (e.g. ES File explorer, root explorer, etc)
2. Make sure permissions are set to rw-r-r
3. Reboot
Enjoy!

Out of curiosity, do you have the source of what you changed, and what exactly was changed before the framework.jar was compiled?
I wouldn't recommend installing an unknown compiled replacement for the framework.jar without understanding what exactly was changed and how, especially as it may impact other functions of the rom depending on what exactly was changed. Also this mod might not work after 7.5 as there's going to be a major framework change in the next week(lies).

I'll create a new one when a new version of SlimBean releases if people want it.

bleuwave said:
I'll create a new one when a new version of SlimBean releases if people want it.
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I'm curious if the framework.jar differs from device to device (I'm not an android developer so it's not within the scope of my knowledge). Because personally I haven't had a sound volume problem with Mako/N4... now the Nexus 7 on the other hand, gotta crank that baby up +12 decibels in DSPManager just to sound loud enough.
It's of course one of the reasons I asked about source, because if it's something minor here or there and just re-compiled for a specific, that would be easier to deployed in my opinion.

Here's the tutorial I followed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42631958
Mods, feel free to remove this thread if posting this is more bothersome that it is worth

bleuwave said:
Here's the tutorial I followed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42631958
Mods, feel free to remove this thread if posting this is more bothersome that it is worth
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Oh I see now, basically patching up some of the file's values for the desired result as opposed to doing it from source.

kbeezie said:
Oh I see now, basically patching up some of the file's values for the desired result as opposed to doing it from source.
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Yeah if you do it, then you can complain.

bleuwave said:
Yeah if you do it, then you can complain.
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Know what would be really handy, if you know how to do it.
An Aroma installer (like I did for my sd-ext/dataswap enabler in my sig).
Basically package two versions of the framework.jar, modified and unmodified. Flashing the zip in recovery will ask if you want to apply the mod, or uninstall the mod, and replace the framework.jar with what you want (or alternatively two zips for apply and restore).

kbeezie said:
Know what would be really handy, if you know how to do it.
An Aroma installer (like I did for my sd-ext/dataswap enabler in my sig).
Basically package two versions of the framework.jar, modified and unmodified. Flashing the zip in recovery will ask if you want to apply the mod, or uninstall the mod, and replace the framework.jar with what you want (or alternatively two zips for apply and restore).
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Youre right. I thought about it and concluded I'm not handy enough to create a flashable zip let alone an Aroma installer like the Beanstalk rom guy did in the Android Development forums. I'm thinking it that it may be possible to just do it all via flashable scripts for EVERY rom instead of just slimbean 7.5 but then again, I don't have any training with code. I'm now thinking my mod doesn't deserve a thread of its own lol (especially if people don't trust random files - and they rightfully shouldn't). But, nice looking out!

bleuwave said:
Youre right. I thought about it and concluded I'm not handy enough to create a flashable zip let alone an Aroma installer like the Beanstalk rom guy did in the Android Development forums. I'm thinking it that it may be possible to just do it all via flashable scripts for EVERY rom instead of just slimbean 7.5 but then again, I don't have any training with code. I'm now thinking my mod doesn't deserve a thread of its own lol (especially if people don't trust random files - and they rightfully shouldn't). But, nice looking out!
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Technically mods are supposed to have a thread of their own, rather than just tagged in a rom thread.
That way anyone who has questions or issues can discuss them in the thread specific to that mod
Besides, a thread of it's own makes it seem a bit more um... legitimate.

kbeezie said:
Besides, a thread of it's own makes it seem a bit more um... legitimate.
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just rofl

[Q] Is the stock rom "good enough"?

I'm taking over a friends old R800i next week and I'm really looking forward to it since I've wanted one of these since about when it was released.
What I'm looking for is a rom that gives me all the usual stuff - GSM connection, working 3G, wifi, gps, sms, mms, camera - but, will a custom rom give me better performance for emulation?
I want to be able to emulate all kinds of consoles without losing too much performance due to the rom - nor do I want my battery to get drained while the phone isn't in use. I'm of course ready to try a bunch of roms and I have looked at some of the threads, without learning much to be honest. I'm not even up to date with who's roms are the stable ones or which is the highest SE provided rom for Play either.
Looking to emulate N64, nes, PS and sega genesis, mainly.

If you root and debloat the stock rom, you will get excellent gaming performance. I went rom using custom roms and went back to stock as it provided the best performance all around.

ozzmanj1 said:
If you root and debloat the stock rom, you will get excellent gaming performance. I went rom using custom roms and went back to stock as it provided the best performance all around.
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Have a quicklist of which items to uninstall? Is there timescape and other such stuff on the Play?
Also, which android version do you use? 2.3.4?

Was waiting for a thread like this,
Visit Gene real and take a look at the Ace xp setup,
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

stock rom is great even without any tweaks
you only need to debloat it

pedyvirus said:
stock rom is great even without any tweaks
you only need to debloat it
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Guess I should use the latest provided rom from SE? Which one is it anyway?

well pizza_dox has a stock debloated of 79 frimware
but i cant find it now
but it had a little bug that its very easy to fix it(problem wasnt little but it was very easy to fix it)

Oh yeq,
It was in my Sig and I forgot to include SEMCSetupWizard which broke the home button...
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as i know editing the build.prob without adding the setup wizard again will solve the problem(there is aline about setup wizard in build.prob. but i cant test it now)

pedyvirus said:
well pizza_dox has a stock debloated of 79 frimware
but i cant find it now
but it had a little bug that its very easy to fix it(problem wasnt little but it was very easy to fix it)
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Well Pizza_dox is an asshat refusing to answer on relevant questions in the thread he made for "the perfect setup", so I need a reliable source to go after since I have no idea what following the guide he provides will actually do to the phone (and I'm not going to learn by failing, hence why I ask questions which she/he refuses to respond properly to)

Dude sorry... But I might have been bussy and forgot to check the thread...
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

niklasson said:
Well Pizza_dox is an asshat refusing to answer on relevant questions in the thread he made for "the perfect setup", so I need a reliable source to go after since I have no idea what following the guide he provides will actually do to the phone (and I'm not going to learn by failing, hence why I ask questions which she/he refuses to respond properly to)
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Please act respectful: PizzaDox has opened many manu threads, and he can't be repling at all of them.
Anyway debloating a rom is simple and can be done by everyone that wants to, by extracting the system.sin from your .79 ftf, dumping its data with flashtool in order to make it a yaffs img, extracting it with a yaffs extractor and then removing the apps located into "app" that you consider as bloat
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[P9000 Lite] [ROM] [7.1.2]AOKP Nougat [(un)official]

Rom based on this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p9000/development/rom-aokp-nougat-t3690278
Full credits go to the AOKP team who made the rom for P9000.
To use on P9000 Lite you may need CWM 3.0.2.8 and you have to restore the backup zip provided in the link.
Features:
- Same as P9000 AOKP rom.
- Gapps (Micro) come preinstalled.
Warnings:
- The unpacked rom uses up to 5200MB, so make sure you got free space!
- Put the rom backup on an SD Card, not on internal memory.
- Fingerprint options make the settings app crash (Obviously).
Bugs:
- The rom occupies about 20GB because of a bug.
- Charging seems to be painfully slow. (If someone could fix this, it would be really awesome.)
Installation:
You have to put the folder from the zip in TWRP\BACKUPS.
It should appear and then you should be able to see the rom and install it.
Download Links:
http://aftermath-studio.go.ro/IBOVHQ49DEAML78T.zip
http://aftermath-studio.go.ro:8080/Upload/IBOVHQ49DEAML78T.zip - Edit: I also added a torrent in the attachments.
(Please post to mirrors and post comments with the mirrors, and I'll update the original post)
Good luck!

Update:
For my phone, it charged the battery a bit, or so it seems, and then it kept going down.
Not sure what the bug is, at least for now.
So keep this in mind while downloading.
Any contribution is greatly appreciated.

xnd_bogdan said:
Update:
For my phone, it charged the battery a bit, or so it seems, and then it kept going down.
Not sure what the bug is, at least for now.
So keep this in mind while downloading.
Any contribution is greatly appreciated.
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ATM I can only point you to CONFIG_MTK_PUMP_EXPRESS_(PLUS_)SUPPORT.
Did you set the following in devconfig?
Code:
CONFIG_MTK_PUMP_EXPRESS_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_MTK_PUMP_EXPRESS_PLUS_SUPPORT=y

Tarkness said:
ATM I can only point you to CONFIG_MTK_PUMP_EXPRESS_(PLUS_)SUPPORT.
Did you set the following in devconfig?
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he ported the rom, doesnt seem like he build it

Ruben Craveiro said:
he ported the rom, doesnt seem like he build it
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Yup.
That's what I did

xnd_bogdan said:
Yup.
That's what I did
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you need to change more modules and change some stuff on boot.img i think on the file init.rc on boot.img to allow charging

Ruben Craveiro said:
you need to change more modules and change some stuff on boot.img i think on the file init.rc on boot.img to allow charging
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I'll definitely try doing that but for now I took a break, since finals are coming.
If somebody fixes it before I get to have some free time, that would be even better to be honest.

xnd_bogdan said:
I'll definitely try doing that but for now I took a break, since finals are coming.
If somebody fixes it before I get to have some free time, that would be even better to be honest.
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i doubt that will happend, i dont think many people use the lite version, me in particular use the normal version, so i cant really fix it.

Do we know if anyone fixed it?
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Hi!
Anybody fixed the problems?

Hello.
I was going to continue porting this but unfortunately my phone failed so I was forced to buy a new one.
I'm afraid I can't work on this anymore, as I no longer have a p9000 lite