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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ahsid:
I left CM7 last week after months of using it, because battery life was (I thought) poisenning my experience. I tried a couple different Samsung based roms, and settled for an AOSP-like. The battery life was as usual way better than with CM7, but after a couple of days, I had to jump back to CM7. ^^ I guess the recurrent lags where far more annoying than the weak battery life on CM. If you also feel frustrated by the power drain, follow my advice and try a Sammy rom for a while, you'll then appreciate CM like you did at first. :)

PS : I noticed people saying that their phone lost 1% per hour or so. I must say that I never got close to that with the internet connection on. Do users here turn off 3g/2g most of the time ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Devaster:
Solved by wiping all data and cache ... now using #77
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] fudduf:
just wanted to say that i used the heimdall package and everything works fine. can't report on battery because i just flashed but just wanted to report that i had no problems with windows.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] RoeeKa:
Hey guys, I need a little help,

I was just about to flash GB bootloaders...

usually my phone is recognized in Odin and download mode but I format my PC a week ago, it's not recognized in download mode now. I DID install the Nexus S drivers tho... (Not the SGS drivers, just nexus)

Does anyone know what the problem is?

In addition, are there any drawbacks to flashing the GB bootloaders? (apart from the risk)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sptorrent:
That's because of the GingerBread BootLoader that works now with CM7 (#77 onward).

You'll see a BIG battery life improvement - probably as good as stock
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dan542:
Maybe with drivers, but I dunno, because I never used odin. The nexus s driver you installed is valid only for CM7 not for the bootloader as it's the same as samsung roms. For odin, install drivers as you did before formatting your pc, but I would recommend you to try my heimdall package. Just download heimdall and unzip it, and then install drivers: Put your SGS into download mode and connect it to your computer, run Drivers\zadig.exe, tick "List all devices" from "options" menu and select “Samsung USB Composite” or "Gadget Serial" and finally click the "Install Driver" button. Then just flash my package on "Load Package" tab.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Funnnny:
The GB was known for the rainbow-screen problem and external SD card problem. Now those town problem gone.

But there's not many testing against it, so there's maybe some problem, since it's in very limited alpha stage.

So try it on your own ;) (but trust me it's very safe now)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
to use odin you still have to install samsung kies. you however yould try heimdall, since it uses its own drivers afaik.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] katsooba:
so with gb bl and all the recent improvements

what are the biggest fixes left?

tv out

ril polling fix

hd vid record

right?

if the ril get fixed i think the battery life will be even better :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] RoeeKa:
I'm actually very familiar with Odin.. I don't mind trying Heimdall but at least not when flashing bootloaders ^^

I'll have to install the samsung drivers then...

Is there anywhere I can get them WITHOUT installing kies? (really hate KIES)

thanks guys :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zadusimple:
I am on MIUI rom (signatures) , can i directly install this rom over MIUI from CWM ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Red_Vex:
Ril in first place and then vid record is the most important for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
You need to do a factory reset before moving between miui and cm7 ...otherwise yeah just flash from cwm.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Red_Vex:
Did you notice that new galnet miui based rom requires GB bootloader?

rschenk what theme do you use? i'm falling in love with cyanbreadX
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dan542:
Trust me, try heimdall. Follow my previous instructions and then open heimdall-frontend.exe. Browse my package as in picture 1 (sorry for the drawing, but it's pretty hard to draw on touchpad...), then put your phone in download mode, connect it to your computer and hit Start button as in picture 2.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Funnnny:
He makes his decisions and didn't have much testing with it. So it's not something to rely at.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
If someone is more comfortable using heimdall, then they should use whichever tool they prefer, odin or heimdall.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
I use Synergy...my favorite theme by far. Free and paid versions in the market.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
Synergy looks nice, but i prefere rover theme...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] galnet:
Actually, it DOESN'T require GB Bootloaders, it's only recommendation!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jscurtu:
So you trust a closed source flashing prog. Over a open one?

As i dont use windows on any of my machines, i am happy heimdall exist.. it is reliable and i never had a issue with flashing bootloaders with heimdall..

Just dont switch sbl with boot.bin.. when flashing :)

That will kill your kitten..
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zacharias.maladroit:
Updated camera driver from GT-I9000_OpenSource_GB_Update.tar.gz (Fixes front camera orientation). :p

Thanks goes out to Pawit Pornkitprasan ! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Red_Vex:
wifi icon signal is too small :eek:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] xavivars:
Hope it's merged soon into CM :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Red_Vex:
In order to have no issues with your installation you will need to make a backup of all you apps and data, as a full wipe is required to install this ROM!

YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO BE ON GINGERBREAD BOOTLOADERS IN ORDER FOR THE ROM TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY. IF YOU ARE NOT, OR ARE UNSURE, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS GUIDE HERE

It don't seems a recommendation and have caps letters.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pawitp:
It should be working properly as soon as the fix I've submitted (that zach posted a view posts earlier) goes live.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
So now that we are done arguing about bootloaders, we are going to argue about flashing tools? Silly, silly, silly. Maybe we can start arguing about ext2 vs ext4 just for giggles?

Odin or Heimdall? Both do the job, odin is just better known to casual users. Use which ever you prefer and are most comfortable with...nothing else to say.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
Its not the size of your wifi icon that counts, its what you do with it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] StephenC82:
Can we compare quadrant scores please ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sago62:
but it will be in next nightly?:p
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] katsooba:
maybe compare signal reception?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zacharias.maladroit:
EPIC comment :eek:

^^
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
lol, now everybody dash your wifi icon on the table...!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] greglord:
I dont know about all of you with CM on top of GB but,... I haven't seen 5% improvement on battery drain going from Froyo to GB on CM. With stock CM or Fugu.. it still drains as crazy o_O :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Red_Vex:
Let us dream please :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ashwinds:
You are holding it wrong :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] titooo7:
Be ready to be buried, lol.

CM7 is imho the best rom (although I still prefer samsung roms due to viber and hd recording issues) but there are lot of fanboys here so that kind of comments are almost not allowed.

PS: Im not calling everybody fanboy, but we cant deny that the thread has lots of them.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mermigas:
Thanks to CM7 team for their amazing work so far.

I am leaving for my summer holidays and this is how I will test my battery life

Keep going

:p
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] funkateer2:
Well said. The same experience for me.

Stop complaining about battery now, I think we almost all having a day life that is really enough to enjoy cm7. No?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] crushvic:
good day everyone i just want to ask if i can flash cm7(nightly) directly using cwm

i'm on gingerbread stock JVQ with galaxian kernel EE or do i have to revert back to stock froyo to be able to flash it using cwm..

thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] funkateer2:
Go go! Factory reset, wipe caches.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Red_Vex:
Flash directly cm7 nightly and gapps.

I suppose galaxyan kernel have cmw and root.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] greglord:
I complained about drains few days back, switched to Darky because of it. Someone complained about how CM doesnt have lags and such.

Here's my answer: True. I couldnt live like that :$ Back on CM, I have 13 chargers. Its okay ^^
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hiyan:
I second this. Tried sammy rom for 2 weeks, was OK at first but the lags got worse over time. Back to CM now and loving the improved batt with gb bl. Best rom ever.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pmmusale:
Best kernel for CM7 2.3.5

Guys,

Do current kernels (like Dark Core, Fugumod, Galaxian) support CM7 2.3.5?

Thanks,

Prasad
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mobidzid:
FuguMod for sure - I'm running 624 right now on CM7#77.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] crushvic:
sorry for this noob question..but i just want to be sure i'm on stock JVQ...

for installation procedure i will just go to recovery mode wipe data/cache/dalvik

and go to recovery mode(cwm) again

and choose install zip file and click cm_galaxysmtd_full77.zip

no other procedure needed?

is gapps =google application..

btw thanks again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] titooo7:
Darkcore and galaxian are for samaung roms only

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
That's all you need....except yes gapps are the Google apps and you should flash the gapps zip after the nightly and before rebooting.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pawitp:
You cannot use kernels made for Samsung ROMs with CM7.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] nosidefcp:
hello. been away for a few months...just updated my galaxy with this and its awesome...but i have a question, where is video call?anyway to make it work?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pawitp:
No. It's not supported by Android and was originally there because Samsung added it in its close-sourced TouchWiz.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mobidzid:
Except that FuguMod is made for CM7. The other two are not, indeed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] nosidefcp:
so its not possible to implement?im asking this because ive tested many other roms and all of them have video call. thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] beekay201:
yes, just search around for samsung usb drivers

edit: can someone who builds from src give me an awnser on this? i want to be sure, searched everywhere but didn't find a straight awnser.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] beekay201:
just clear things up even more: fugumod has both cm7 and sammy versions.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] frankhart:
I would like to help too. The howto is pretty straightforward but is the line from bk210doesntexist enough?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] benjieg:
I believe the USB drivers from Google should work:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] benjieg:
I think you can flash directly from CWM. No need to go back to stock Froyo. Welcome to the amazing world of CM7. :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] beekay201:
'repo download TARGET CHANGE' downloads commits not yet merged, but what i want to know is if i build after that, that commit will be included right?

Just had sod, i think touched the menu key accidentaly (probably doesnt have anything to do with it), saw leds light up, and bam, had to power 10s. Still on #75@stock.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] melorib:
I have been saying that for ages, maybe said by an expert people will believe... ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] alinescoo:
I keept an eye on this thread for a long time now. I am getting really interested on this as CM gave life to my old HTC Polaris when was long time dead.

Just to have things clear in my head: Right now I am on official JVQ released on Kies today, so GB bootloaders. I can easy root it and have CW. As I read, I can easly install CM7 build 77 via CW.

I hope what I said is correct. Now, if I want to revert to JVQ what do I need to do ? Can I just simple flash JVQ via odin or I need .pit repartition ?

Also, what problems does CM7 have now ? TV-Out and ... ?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Red_Vex:
You can flash directly.

You need pit repartion

TV-OUT, Some HD Video Recording, 2g/3g switch on power widget
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Adevem:
when I inject Voodoo v10 on the last two to three nightlies, the analog volume in Voodoo Control doesn't seem to work anymore. the included v9 works well though.

is it just me? decided to post here.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] eeyunopper:
Same here. I have posted also in sc's thread. I assume it is because we are now on 2.3.5. Looks like support for up to 2.3.4 only at present...

sent via potential brick...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] KingMetal:
Is it possible to destroy your external sd card when you flash alot of updates and kernels?

With cwm and odin?

Mine (16gb) died yesterday.

The sandisk ************ was only 10 months old
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
very unlikely...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Red_Vex:
I learned after 2 sandisk of 8gb that with Sandisk all is possible.

Then i switched to sony 8gb and now i sleep better.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] KennyLegend:
Have many guys running CM7 come from custom samsung roms and if so, what are ur opinions on cm7 V ...say..custom jvp/jvq/jvr??

I'm currently running jvq with tegraks onenand and its the best combination I've had to date.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] siky_dude:
No..they were on cm7 since they bought the phone ... :|
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
I have only ever used sandisk...currently own around 10 sandisk cards plus several sansa mp3 players...never had a problem with any of them.

As for the Sony card, there are only three or so companies that actually produce SD cards, all the rest just buy them and rebrand them....so your Sony card may very well be a sandisk card too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] KennyLegend:
Samsung custom roms I meant. But ur post was very useful...thx ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
I was running iOS4.1 on my sgs before flashing cm7.

Cm7 is just as smooth, but it can't sync to iTunes worth a damn.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] codeworkx:
three bad sandisks this year.

sandisk is gone crappy.

atm i'm buying transcend.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] melorib:
I sync my CM7 SGS with iTunes... :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] KennyLegend:
I guess I'm wasting my time asking here . I was seriously wondering what were the main advantages running cm7 as opposed to custom GB roms .
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Dfolt:
LOL 4.1? Its old, I was on iOS 5 beta 4, nothing special, and i back to cm7..

But i can sync it with iTunes

You doing something bad :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Siberian Tiger:
Thanks for your hard work codeworkx :)

Is there a thought (now that you found wat was causing battery drain,sd card)

that you bring back to stock kernel led notifications?

Btw i'm using an 8gb kingston class 4
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] melorib:
Have you never tried CM7 ???

I see your name many times, but then I tried almost every ROM... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] JeeKee:
Just to be sure and not potentially fry my sgs... cwm can't touch bootloader right? So by restoring cm7 in cwm after fresh install of cm7 with gb bl it should still be on gb bl right. Thanks all!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] kashyyk:
amazing Rom Cyanogen 7, Thanks Codeworkx for supporting your Rom :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] petter244:
It already is on latest official. Think I looked in to DD-WRT a while ago, and my router was not supported:-\
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] atinm:
What?! What am I? Chopped liver?! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] brujoand:
No you are a fiesta! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT1I2VgIxrI
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
And also a big thank you to atinm, pickled herring, little egg rolls, those minature hot dogs on toothpicks and all the other classy appetizers who make cm7 what it is on the sgs.

Damn...now I'm hungry....
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Arkanius:
Click on your avatar inside Google Talk and then tick "Allow Video/Voice chat"
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] runedrune:
LOL!

10chars
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Vogie:
Nice applications ;)

what is "superior" ?! i can't find that !

Please tell me some application for contact and file manager and call and ...

Thanks

( I saw that topic Make your Android life easier with these Apps to make your SGS cool )
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
He was saying that often the alternative apps were better, that is superior, to the stock versions....and I wholeheartedly agree.

As for Contacts, I am testing out GO Contacts right now and I am very happy with it so far. It is also a great dialer.

For a file manager, Root Manager is my first choice, followed by Astro.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] joserobleda:
I already do that. I get the cam icon on the top-right corner on gtalk
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jodmos:
Thought it was safe to drink coffee while reading thread - just had to clean screen after coffee eruption! Worth it though:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] joserobleda:
Same problem on different sgs...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] eRajesh:
I am already waiting for the next nightly build! LOL :P

99% of the bugs have been fixed. It would be really interesting to see what the next nightly brings
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] scooteriuly:
my camera is not wotking (black screen) black screen in video / picture preview with gallery and quickpic, and no video playing.... any ideeas?

p.s i have the right bootloaders, i came from 2.2.1 Froyo JS3
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] :
I got the latest cm7 update yesterday And it drains my battery like hell (even with green power on)

I get about 7hours idle time before battery is empty.

Are there any reasons for that?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] atomic339:
Lock and unlock screen after reboot.

Or in task manager clear camera data.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] atinm:
Has been discussed lots of times, but basically we don't have all the sleep code working yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] aristos77:
hi, I don't know if it's a bug or just my problem. when I use HD recording on playback the video does random freezings( my English are not so good to explain it correct) I even reflash and did factory reset, wipe cache, but the same.

help please.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] runedrune:
what quality settings are u using? bilboa said that happens when u use youtube hd.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] aristos77:
what settings do you mean? I just choose HD settings in can apk
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] melorib:
Yes... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
To be perfectly honest, since I have answered the "Advantages of CM7" question at least half a dozen times in various threads on these forums over the last 48 hours, I would say you are not wasting just your time, you are wasting yours AND our time by not using Search.

However, since you spell well and that is rare lately, here it is in a nutshell. Cm7 is faster and smoother than any other ROM you will find as well as more customizable and more easily themed. Battery life is likely a little better on Samsung ROMs, and things like FM radio and HD video work better than on cm7.

Beyond that, you will have to try for yourself and come to your own conclusions.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Rat2000:
I come from stock rom :D Since the first day i flash cyanogen(first custom rom to) i knew this is for my phone. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] KennyLegend:
Thank you. I'm on xda a good while now and I DO know to search first. I HAVE tried almost every rom.

However, search from within the xda app is absolutely cack .

I thought u were taking the piss running ios till I read it can be done. My apologies there.

My iphone on 4.3.4 is the smoothest I've ever come across ...even smoother than my sgs on jvq and onenand mode.

If cm7 is comparable then I will certainly try it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] fractoid:
Hey everyone!

The last few pages are full of people raving about GB bootloaders, but I couldn't find a link to a suitable package. Searching for it just gets too many results.

Could anyone point me to where I can find a bl for #77?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
Try the nightly wiki (link in my sig) go to i9000 howtos and u will find all u need...

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] siky_dude:
I have posted jvq,r bootloaders many many times...i think i even posted them today...

This shows how lazy some people are :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] fractoid:
Thanks fadexf.

If it's lazy to reread the first page, read the last few pages, do a search and then politely ask; well yes I seem to be lazy. Please just disregard my posts if you don't want to answer.

-> Maybe putting a link in the firt post would be good...didnt think to look in the tut part of the wiki. But I guess almost everyone is already on GB...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] siky_dude:
well...to be fair, this is the 1001th bootloader question today .

i say 1 to many :) .
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
Actually I WAS taking the piss out of you.

If iOS really can be run on an sgs then you taught me something new, so thank you. However I would still compare cm7 to iOS in smoothness.

And yes, search is faulty...but skimming the last few pages of a thread for relevant topics works better for me when I have a question. After all, very few questions or problems are unique...mine least of all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] john321:
I use the drivers from this thread... no more kies!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961956&highlight=driver
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] :
do we need froyo bootloader?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] siky_dude:
*2xfacepalm*
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Zatta:
No,sir. You don't NEED the Froyo Bootloader. You NEED to go to a toilet sometimes.

However, it is still recommended to have Froyo bootloaders but the current consencus is that GB bootloaders work fine plus have an excellent battery life.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Zatta:
I was caching up on the thread just now and stumbled over this question that didn't got answered. I know that the full wipe fixed everything but wanted to add my 2 cents.

This same thing happens to me every now and then but is resolved more easily than doing a full wipe: just reboot. If that doesn't help a reflash certainly does.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
I suggest to have a look at the gooapple, and if u r there already, please take the interface with u so galnet can learn how to build a ui ...

Edit: -build +copy

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