yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet General] brihyn:
well the market after boot without hassle isn't bad.

But I just read the 3991 thread, which included Roebeet's initial speed test. Still worth going with TnTLite or waiting until/if 3991 comes out?

To ask a bit differently...a) how much speed improvement would I see with TnTLite?

b) how tough is rooting this thing? I've rooted several Evo's and a pair of Pandigitals, so I've done it before, but no idea how the GTab compares. c)how painful is getting the market to work? I don't mind a little work, but I don't want to have to study for a week to get it working...I have enough on my plate already :)

And finally, c) any other reasons beyond speed to jump to TnTL? (note, I don't mind jumping, but I want to make sure I know what it gains me first)
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245

This link tell everything step by step. Its really the easiest recovery & rom install I have ever done.

No need to root first and all custom roms come with root/superuser.

Stock tnt has a quadrant score around 1500 to 1800

Tnt lite has a quadrant score around 2300 to 2500

Basically your going to notice a difference in higher end functionality. Video, internet, gaming as well as a mild boost in everyday use.

As far as reasons to jump, I'm the kind of person that always has to see for myself. One of the fist things you do after installing bekits .8 recovery is to back up your current rom. That way if you don't like what you see you can just wipe data/cash and davlic cash, then restore your previous backup no harm done.

Its hard to list all the small improvements with tnt lite over stock. I can tell you though, after using custom roms with clemsyns kernel its almost painful anymore to play with the gtabs at office depot.

Oh and if your going to move to another rom I would suggest you invest in titanium backup as it saves all your apps, app data and user data(wi-fi connections, passwords, account settings) so you can instantly restore them to your new rom. Instead of installing all your apps again from the market and loosing any saved data all you have to do I'd download titanium backup again an run a batch restore and BAM everything is back.

Hope that answers some more of your questions :-)
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I am completely biased of course, but I would recommend TNT Lite with one of the custom kernels. I find it to be much better than stock.

But, another item to consider -- you can always backout. There are stock ROMs in one of the FAQ's (look at mine, for example). So, if you play around with some of these mods and don't like them, you can go back. Just read up on the instructions and you should be good to go.

3588 (the latest stock) cannot hold a candle to the other mods here. Viewsonic has a new firmware cooking , but for some reason it's taking them FOREVER to release.
[G Tablet General] brs330:
How to install a custom Kernel with TNT Lite 4.3.2

roebeet,

Could you expand on how to install a custom kernel with TNT lite 4.3.2. I couldn't find any instructions on the clemsyn kernel thread.

Thanks
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
It's mod agnostic - seems to work on TNT (Lite), VEGAn or zPad. It's in an "update.zip" format, so you'd just need a tool like clockworkmod to install it. That's pretty much it!

You might want to PM clemsyn to confirm (or post to his thread), but from what I can tell it's pretty much an update.zip, nothing more.
[G Tablet General] brihyn:
Thanks for the help.

I installed 4.30 along with the .32 Supp (or at least I think i did...not sure how to verify that that's installed, but once 4.30 was running, i deleted the .zip and the restore folder, copied over the supp files and power on-vol up again....I *think* it installed things)

First, wow is this faster than stock, even without doing a kernel update.

Second, all I have is the phone-looking interfaec. I went to Home Switcher for Froyo (assumed that was the place to switch?) but in there the only option I have is for the com.android.launcher, so how do I get back to the other home screen?

Again, thanks for the help so far, and the incredible performance enhancement.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahlhavoc:
To port over the iPhone emoji? its getting a little lame not to have a universal emoji.. but surely if Handcent can do it the system should be able to..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blakeboys:
Found THIS

Download, unzip, replace /system/fonts file of same name, reboot. It only covers about 70ish% of emoji. Better than 0%.

Nandroid Backup before flashing... you've been warned. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahlhavoc:
So it zips it into correct spot or do I have to by hand?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blakeboys:
Unzip and physically put the file in the directory listed but nandroid first.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahlhavoc:
roger.. doing now. Thanks man.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahlhavoc:
Ok, hate to be an idiot here, but I was taught the only dumb question is one un-asked.. Astro will not move the files or replace.. seems maybe the system is using the font? If I can do this in recovery then I am unsure of how.. little help on the moving of said file and replacing?

Sorry man.. maybe I am missing something?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
That is the system folder [internal memory] and astro can't access it, well write to it; you'd have to use root explorer to paste it there.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahlhavoc:
yup.. dumb moment.. gonna use all my thanks up in a simple fonts q and a...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexlos:
This. You must be rooted to have superuser permissions (access to write to the /system partition).

Use Root Explorer like roxxors said, give it SU permissions, navigate to your system/app folder, mount R/W at the top right (read/write) and then you can long press on items to delete or modify the apps and permissions.

Remember you have to mount R/W before you can edit, paste, move things into, or otherwise modify what's in /system
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blakeboys:
Its ok as long as you get it figured out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Well we all have slow moments, and it was an honest question, and you'll get 5 more thanks for tomorrow.

At least you didn't get your evo stolen before calculus III, like I did today.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexlos:
Dude, that sucks man. I saw your post about it earlier and how someone said "Did you have a phone locator app?"

I've used locating apps in the past, but being a performance freak I try to keep my phone pretty barebones. Hearing your tale of sadness makes me wonder about reinstalling it.

Wouldn't do much use if the person who took it knows the first thing about Android. Not that I ever would but if I stole an EVO first thing I would do is turn of GPS and do Airplane Mode and either uninstall locating apps or do a factory reset.

But maybe someone found it on accident and it will be at the lost and found tomorrow? :)

Or maybe this is God's way of telling you to switch to the EVO 3D when it comes out! ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Well me being the mini guru I am, keep my gps off when not in use, and had no locator apps, and called my mom to call sprint and deactivate it and but a bad esn on it [which they did]. Its rooted, with all the bells and whistles, so I don't expect to get it back, and like I said, its been deactivated...and have to use a "shudders" blackberry for like 10 days, til i get the replacement. And it may be...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahlhavoc:
well works mostly.. still a few I still cant see, but it seems to be working! Thanks guys.

EEEP bad deal on Phone man.. crappy deal :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Glad that you got it working man.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aivarasdumbliauskas:
hi u all people just dont noticed this problem or is working for u everything just fine???? i tried many roms and u know i got like 720p video recording and the sound quality of video is really poor !!! i tired anything, so just please try to record any video with ur x10 and listen to the sound quality and tell is good or not? thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vito Andolini Corleone:
The sound quality is am issue that is being experienced by all the users. So its nothing to worry about. The devs crew is looking into the matter and soon we may get a fix.

Hope that has helped you out
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aivarasdumbliauskas:
thanks ;) it was helpful ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvtool:
Hi, I am fairly new to Android development. I have a question regarding the Galaxy S. What is the stock screen density of this phone in 2.1? I am trying to create the Galaxy S environment on an emulator so that I can test my application (I do not own one of these phones). Does the density change in later versions?

I have read hxxp://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

I know that the phone screen resolution is 480x800.

I am not sure what type of screen it is (Normal or Large), hence I cannot determine the density.

Is there an easy way of determining the density and screen type of a phone?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
I do not know how to find out a density of other phones thought its a standard :)

But Samsung Galaxy S I9000 should have 240 (as seen in build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density=240 ) as the standard one and no it doesn't change in the versions.

(I use 200 though looks nicer :) )
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvtool:
Hmm, strange. The application seems to work fine with that configuration, yet one of the users is reporting an issue. I wonder if he changed the density..

Thanks for your help!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
What kind of issue?

Well tell that guy to download spare parts and unticks "compatibility mode" if he is using changed density it may help him.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvtool:
Grr. It was a simple user error. He thought the background picture was not appearing in the center, when it was. Just the way the picture is.

I started fiddling with making the application accessible to other densities. The AVD comes with a large screen, medium density skin (480x800/480x854 at 160dpi). Are there actually any devices that use that kind of setup? I ran my application at those settings, and for some reason it is loading the mdpi resource, which is designed for a normal screen (640x480).

Thanks for your help Pagot!
[General Questions and Answers] Newby2:
Hello guys.

I'm new to this forum, and to Android phones and rooting and all that stuff.

I might have posted the wrong, if so, i'm sorry, and i hope a MOD will close it or move it.

but to the point, I've bought a Samsung Galaxy S I9000, and i have just now rooted it, and then i wanted to install on of your good looking themes, but i read that have to install a JM5-JM7 ROM... and i was like :confused:

so i wonder now how do i install theese ROMS and is there any ROMS there's better than others?

//Newby2 - Peace Out

BTW, this a good looking forum :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cuspide:
I whish to use this tweak...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1010807

i can't find the init.d folder to push the script in... Someone knwo where ?

If you don't have CWM then you can do following:

Make a file with this content:

Version 1:

#!/system/bin/sh

if [ -e /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb ]

then

/system/xbin/echo "128" > /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb;

fi;

Version 2 (If the Version 1 is not working for your ROM - credit goes to rafpigna):

# Tweak mmc read-ahead - rafpigna -

mmcfolder="/sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1"

cd $mmcfolder

folderlist=`ls -1`

mmcresult=`echo $folderlist | grep -o '\bmmc1:\w*' | sed 's/mmc1://'`

echo 128 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:$mmcresult/block/mmcblk0/queue/read_ahead_kb

cd /

Change the red marked number from 128 to what you need (example 2048) and save it as "99sdcardreadfix", copy it with the Root explorer or push it with ADB into /system/etc/init.d and set permissions to 777. Reboot.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timotuithof:
just flash one of the links he posted
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cuspide:
It doesn't work with xrecovery ... allready tried.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timotuithof:
then i have no idea sorry
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 28spawn:
it worked

Just pushed to /etc/init.d/ set permissions on all checked and reboot

Sd seems to be more fast to open pictures !

Testing with sdcard speed test my result is:

5Mb/s to write and 15 Mb/s to read

Tks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InternationalPlayer71:
/system/etc/init.d
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cuspide:
You have such a folder on x10?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InternationalPlayer71:
Pls mate..can you upload the file??
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InternationalPlayer71:
Yes! what firmware are you running??
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cuspide:
2.1 0435. Bitsnaker ...

I look in system/etc/

No init.d folder ... not even with a search ... :-( strange....

Maybe i bypassed the bootloader ... joking of course :-P
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InternationalPlayer71:
ahahah..So you are a rock!!! XD

I don't know why you don't have this folder...Maybe you can create yourself..i have only 1 file inside it!! Anyway i try to create the file and copy it to init.d folder but it's not working!! :( Any help pls??
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cuspide:
I all ready tried to create that folder... put the script in, changed the permission... not working...

Really annoying it really boost sd card reading, noticable whan you open gallery for example...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InternationalPlayer71:
I think there is an error in the text code:

#!/system/bin/sh

if [ -e /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb ]

then

/system/xbin/echo "128" > /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb;

fi;

:confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cebees:
I can't get the code to work automatically but it works!

Row Labels	Average of Read	Average of Write

128	18.067	13.033

2048	62.171	13.793

3072	74.785	13.505

4096	69.367	13.595

with 3072 it even hit 90MB/s sometimes!. thx u mate.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrljlamon:
wanna share your file ?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cuspide:
"Yperion" wrote me in PM:

:The script works only with cyanogens mod roms, i cant post on the dev thread so plz write it for the other users.

Regards.[/QUOTE]

:(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icbless:
hmm. i was able to run thru recovery. but i dun feel ALOT of diff. just ABIT faster only.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atintan:
SD tweeks

There is nothing to share here I guess. You are looking at wrong file. there si no system/etc there is only etc/init.d when you use root explorer.

however you can edit your values by

- Manually change read_ahead_kb from 128 to 2048, 3072 or 4096 using root explorer.

i am getting 6 mb/s read and 40 or 50 mb/s write
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crowds:
not bad finding :)

i was able to increase reading speed from ~10Mb to 18Mb with a script file :D

the problem with this is that after a reboot it returns to 128Kb :(

but HELL i had a script so everytime i reboot just need to press one button :D:D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crowds:
and witch values you use to get those high values?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icbless:
you could use sd card speed booster app(paid). works the same. and it wont go back to 128kb.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrljlamon:
my root explorer shows a system/etc/init.d so idk why yours doesnt
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atintan:
My card shows the same as yours. If you read this thread from the beginning there was someone who complained that he could not find system/etc/...

I just wrote that when you open Root explorer just walk through first screen as it is there.

regarding values I used 4096 and it gave me those results. you can try with 2024 and 3072. but you have to run the test twice
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Spaniard85:
Any way to get this back if its been deleted in the theme and/ROM you're using? Apparently this isn't very popular, but I found myself using quite often.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] MYxdaUSERNAME:
hold the home button?
[Galaxy Tab General] sergioiacobucci:
Saw this on Android Central, this is really going toslow down how quickly we can get Honeycomb on our tabs. Which sucks, why is android being so annoying?
[Galaxy Tab General] DarkPal:
Want to get annoyed more:

Read this: http://androidcommunity.com/google-blocking-android-2-x-to-3-0-updates-for-tablets-20110328/
[Galaxy Tab General] crisvillani:
Yea were def not gettin Honeycomb by official means...

But hey thats why we got xda : P
[Galaxy Tab General] Adapt0r:
Having experience with Xoom I think it makes sense to delay releasing the source code. There are sufficient number of issues needs to be ironed.

I cant remember FCs on Froyo but there are plenty on Zoom because apps are not using proper Api or else.

So let us give Google time to rectify software and save ourselves from frustration and bad mouth.
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
It seems clear to me that the Xoom was rushed out the door in order to steal a march on the iPad2, and Honeycomb isn't really quite ready for primetime, which is why they are delaying the release of the source.

Regards,

Dave
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtnchkn:
This is a basic question that is annoying because it highlights how much I don't really understand.

What is actually wiped using the different recoveries and should I prefer one over the other?

Details:

I have been using Amon_RA 1.5.2 for quite some time and it is fine. But recently I had to revert to a sense rom to get the newest PRL (60677) since I wasn't getting SMS. When reverting, it made me wonder where this update was kept that it wasn't removed during my wipe, and also, are there other things hanging around which should be cleaned up?

My current root file structure looks like this (ND=not a directory):

acct

cache

config

d

data

default (ND)

dev

etc

init (ND)

init.goldfish (ND)

init.heroc (ND)

init (ND)

mnt

..../asec

..../sdcard

..../secure

proc

root

sbin

sd-ext

sdcard

sys

system

*I had been messing with Apps2SD though it is not currently used on this set up. Should explain the multiple SD card mnts.

Amon_RA 1.5.2 Wipe Menu

Wipe

Wipe data/factory reset :: Wipe /data and /cache

Wipe Dalvik-cache :: Wipe Dalvik-cache both on /data and ext

Wipe SD:ext partition : Wipe the ext partition on your sdcard

Wipe battery stats : Wipe the battery stats in /data

Wipe rotate settings : Wipe the sensor settings in /data

Clockwork 2.5.0.7 Wipe Menu

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

Additional Clockwork 2.5.0.7 Mounts and Storage Menu

format boot

format system

format data

format cache

format sdcard

format sd-ext

Any clarification would be much appreciated by me, and I assume the community. Thanks.

--------------------------------------------------------------------

A different thread discussing general difference between Amon_RA and Clockwork
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJinWV:
I can't provide much help technically, but I wanted to point out clockwork 2.5 also has a Wipe Dalvik Cache option under the Advanced menu.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpeeps74:
I'd definitely like some more technical information too, but I can provide what I've read and observed.

Factory reset wipes data AND cache.

Wiping boot and system happen already when flashing a rom and wiping either will require you to nandroid or reflash the rom. Many roms seem to suppress the messages or something.

[dpeeps74]
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
The radio itself, PRL, PRI, and profile, are all stored in a deeper part of the phone than recovery or bootloader, if I remember right it's hardcoded into the dialer function of the phone (NOT in the .apk or ROM), so they stick no matter what you wipe or flash. As for what's different between the 2 recoveries, they both do basically the same thing, but CWM has more wipe options and is newer code, also when flashing zips from CWM you can actually select them inside of folders from your sd, whereas with amon ra it must be on the root of your sd. Also, in amon ra there is an option to "fix UID mismatches" which could be helpful if your device goes crazy but I've never had to use it. CWM has a fix permissions option, but you can also do that from TE, so again, not much use to me personally. I use 2.5.0.1 because it will flash both amend and edify zips, it's green, and doesn't give me the error code that 2.5.0.7 did. I have used every recovery available for the heroc. Also, the 3x versions of CWM have even more options and wipe options. The other sucky thing about CWM is the fact that wipe sd is right next to wipe cache in mounts so people sometimes wipe the wrong one. That is why tte one in the main menu is the one to use for wiping cache. Also, wipe and format are the same thing, different words. Feel free to pick them both apart, I think clockwork has much better functionality, even though the UI kinda blows compared to amon ra. YMMV.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
You shluld give RA.1.7 a try

Yea it's Me Again With The

Modified Hero
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
Wow, this is exactly what's been on my mind lately... I've been looking at the ClockworkMod thread in dev lol.

I just switched from Amon_RA 1.7 to CWM 3.0.2.4 last night. I decided that since I'm trying CM7 for the first time, I would also try a new recovery. Il Duce summed up the differences nicely. What I found comforting was that nandroid backups made in one recovery can be recovered in other recoveries, you just have to move your backups to the appropriate location on the SD card.

I think they're about equal. Amon_RA has a nice interface, and I much prefer the press Home to confirm instead of CWM's. With CWM, you could choose a "Format /system" or something and you are only presented with a "Yes - wipe" confirmation, which doesn't actually tell you what you're wiping. And like Il Duce said, that could easily wipe the sdcard instead of cache. But with CWM you can make your SD card less cluttered and put zips in different folders.

If you're not using Firerat's mod, there's no reason not to just try them all :)

If you are using Firerat's mod, it's just a bit more troublesome.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtnchkn:
My phone doesn't handle anything that is OC, which makes me weary of 1.7 since I thought it was OC'ed.

Is it?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
darch-ra 1.7 is capped at 691.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
IIRC it is OC'ed to 768 MHz.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
no that's godspeed. 1.7 works fine on my phone, which dies over 729, which means 1.7 isn't 768, it's probably 691, but most def it's not higher than 729.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtnchkn:
So what is a good download link for the image, since the only 1.7 I can find on the forums is the 'unofficial mirror of Darch 1.7' which gives me an error when I try flashing (says there is no image)?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
my dropbox

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5669105/darchra.img
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtnchkn:
I really apprecaite the link but I get the same error as I did last time I was flashing a darch image

flash_image: not found

will try it again later with adb.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
I wonder if that means the command is "not found" or if it's saying the .img is not found. If it's the latter, make sure you put quotes around the file path if there are spaces, e.g,

flash_image recovery "C:\Android Folder\recovery.img"

If it's the first, then you're right, it should work in adb shell.